Taking Organizations to the Next Level

Carl Gould is a best-selling author, award-winning coach, and serial entrepreneur that has clients all over the world. Today, on the EO Wonder Podcast, Carl reveals how many female entrepreneurs hold themselves back in business, and how they can use their femininity to their advantage. Tune-in to learn his insights on business development, scaling, and systems, what he says “no” to, and the habits that keep him focused on his goals. Finally, discover how Carl has broken down the book creation process so that anyone can share their expertise with the world. Time Stamped Show Notes: 00:25 – How to build a personal relationship with clients, be more persuasive, sell, and grow your business 00:48 – Female entrepreneurs can leverage this in a way men can’t; they are born networkers and multitaskers, and this gives them an advantage 01:15 – Women can interconnect “web-thinking” through blog and social media use and get to more places quicker than men in many cases 01:30 – Carl’s Entrepreneurial Journey 01:37 – Started when he was a teenager; he left college due to a leg injury and started his first business 6 months later 01:54 – He started a landscaping company which grew for about 5 years then he sold it; he then launched a construction company and sold it in 2004 02:15 – Today, he coaches, consults, and advises; in 1990 he went to a Tony Robbins event and fell in love with personal development and was coaching as a passion since then 02:35 – In 1996 he decided to coach professionally and set up his construction company to sell; in 2002 he launched the company that he has today 02:54 – His internal slogan is, “I get paid to play all around the world”; he has clients all over the world in over 35 countries and has a mentoring organization as well 03:30 – What is your preferred wiring? Visual, auditory, or kinesthetic? Carl is visual 04:00 – Visual people tend to be founders and first-generation owners of businesses; they see things better/different than they are, and their current reality as unacceptable 04:40 – Are entrepreneurs born or made? 04:50 – There is no correlation between personality and performance, anyone can do anything; entrepreneurs are born and everyone is born with entrepreneurial spirit 05:09 – Not everyone should be an entrepreneur; it is hard work and can wear you out if it isn’t for you and businesses fail early on if your heart and soul isn’t in it 05:40 – His businesses wore on him because they weren’t his passion 05:50 – Good entrepreneurs are made 06:12 – Tactics to help entrepreneurs – Taking us back to the Ice Age 06:24 – The most polarity between male and female and back then women governed; there was no war as women are more about life 07:20 – After the Ice Age hit, the one fastest genetic change that happened in humans (only 800 years) was women’s hair and eye color (blonde hair and blue eyes came into existence)