How To Be A WORLD CHANGING Leader - With Simple Modern CEO Mike Beckham

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What’s the secret to mindful leadership? Mike Beckham, CEO of drinkware brand Simple Modern, shares his thoughts. Mike leads Simple Modern with an unconventional approach that looks beyond money, job titles, and vanity metrics. Their “atypical mission statement” focuses on generosity, thinking forward, and making an impact. In this episode, Mike shares how he’s built a multi-million brand while creating a company culture and ethos we can all learn from.
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EPISODE TIME STAMPS
0:00 - Intro
1:21 - Want something? Show persistence
4:55 - A fear of failure is holding you back
6:53 - Are you thinking too small?
9:47 - How do you want to lead people?
9:58 - The business’ mission: to impact people’s lives through sharing
11:04 - Post career, what will I look back on?
12:11 - Where does ambition come from?
15:12 - The stages of leadership
17:45 - Don’t isolate yourself as a CEO
19:32 - ‘CEO’ is not an identity
22:26 - How to define your identity in healthy places
27:04 - Impacting the lives of others
28:23 - Redefining generosity
30:25 - Great leaders create great leaders
32:22 - Writing equals learning
37:54 - The domino effect of sharing knowledge
39:53 - A masterclass in marketing
44:26 - Your most valuable resource is time
45:55 - Don’t think about money, think about trading
49:13 - Gain priceless assets
51:47 - The most important thing about leadership
54:17 - Follow real leaders, not perfect ones

[@RyanHawk]

Loved this conversation so much. Mike Beckham is such an inspiration! Would love to hear everyone's thoughts on the episode.

[@nigelpimlott4391]

Great edition of the podcast - thanks Mike and Ryan

[@RyanHawk]

Glad you enjoyed!