Show Notes
Our personal lives and professional lives. Two areas typically kept completely separate, never to see one another.
In reality, who we are, what we’ve been through and what we “do” for a living are all inextricably linked. Failure informs what we do in the future. Adversity helps build us stronger. Mistakes are what make us.. well, human.
These aren’t things to be ignored, but experiences to be embraced for the true growth potential they provide. Today’s guest and episode focuses on this very fact.
Michael Stephenson is a community leader and marketing expert with over 20 years of experience driving significant change. His company, Brim and Brand is a full-service marketing and advertising agency. His focus on fostering meaningful progress and his leadership is second to none but most importantly, is informed by the challenges and obstacles he faced in his own life as a young man – which we examine in this episode.
Additionally Michael shares his blueprint for others, what inspires him to “give back” and enrich his community, his 3 big takeaways from someone starting over and more great nuggets of wisdom!
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Episode Highlights: 0:00 - Introduction 1:47 - Meet Michael Stevenson 3:18 - Favorite genre and how it informs Michael 6:24 - Michael’s early days 16:01 - Moving to now: Starting the company and how Michael runs it 29:16 - Letting go of bitterness and resentment 31:00 - Michael’s 3 Takeaways 33:22 - Where you can find Michael
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