“I don’t think there’s anything in life worth doing if it doesn’t actually add value to people’s lives.” – Michael Abernathy
Join Niiamah (@niiamahashong) and Michael Abernathy as they delve into the importance of knowing oneself and being willing to be wrong. Gain wisdom for personal and professional development.
Timestamps:
0:01 – Introduction
1:16 – Niiamah describes Michael
2:47 – Michael’s self-introduction
4:07 – Michael’s background story
7:54 – Serving people, caring for people
9:52 – Outliers invited to self-reflect
11:46 – Identity and being wrong
13:01 – Analogies and abstract thinking
14:15 – Michael’s use of analogies
15:45 – Michael’s pattern recognition skills
17:41 – Three types of work
21:20 – Applying patterns in business
24:07 – Defining “building”
27:31 – Cold email outreach example
29:25 – Frameworks and pattern recognition
32:28 – Serving through email outreach
36:22 – Skipping neutral in frameworks
38:45 – When to ship the product
41:50 – The E-Myth Revisited book
43:02 – How to follow Michael
43:50 – Michael’s message to future self
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