• Date Your Clients with Mark Young

  • Feb 22 2025
  • Length: 51 mins
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Date Your Clients with Mark Young

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  • Welcome to the optYOUmize Podcast where we help entrepreneurs build the business AND life of their dreams. Get tips, tactics, stories, and inspiration from interviews with business and personal development experts and lessons from my own successes and failures so you can make more, work less, and live better. You don't have to go it alone--we're here to support and motivate you, and encourage you to keep going until you reach your goals. Follow optYOUmize Podcast with Brett Ingram: LinkedIn | YouTube | Instagram | Facebook | Website Summary Brett Ingram interviews Mark Young, author of 'Date Your Clients.' Mark shares his unique background in entrepreneurship, emphasizing the roller coaster nature of the journey. He discusses the isolation entrepreneurs often feel and the importance of community, as well as the challenges of balancing personal life with business demands. Mark also reflects on his diverse career path, highlighting the significance of transferable skills and the concept of 'dating your clients' as a metaphor for building strong professional relationships. In this conversation, Mark Young discusses the parallels between dating and business relationships, emphasizing the importance of first impressions, setting expectations, and building genuine connections. He shares his journey from writing an email to creating a book, illustrating how ideas can evolve. Mark highlights the significance of proximity in fostering relationships and the need for resilience and collaboration in entrepreneurship. He encourages entrepreneurs to seek support and not to isolate themselves in their struggles, advocating for a focus on relationships over transactions. Visit https://dateyourclients.com to get his book--it's a step-by-step juxtaposition between the relational skills required in dating and those required to be successful in business, so you'll learn a lot and also have a fun read while you're at it! Chapters 00:00 Introduction to Entrepreneurship and Personal Background 03:46 The Roller Coaster of Entrepreneurship 07:48 Isolation and Community in Entrepreneurship 11:57 Balancing Personal Life and Business 16:00 The Journey of Self-Discovery and Skills 20:02 The Concept of 'Dating Your Clients' 24:45 The Importance of First Impressions 27:01 From Email to Book: The Journey of Ideas 28:31 Juxtaposing Business and Dating 33:12 Setting Expectations in Relationships 39:09 The Power of Proximity in Business 45:55 Resilience and Collaboration in Entrepreneurship #dateyourclients #personaldevelopment #entrepreneurship #optyoumize #brettingram #entrepreneurpodcast #podmatch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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