Episode 249 - Lessons Learned with Jeff Burningham

<p>When you’re first starting a business, it’s not only about the idea you have or the plan you’ve made to make your company successful. Most importantly, it’s about the people you begin your journey with and the individuals that you decide to accept in your inner professional circle – because business is a team sport, and you can only win if you learn how to select your players.&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><strong>Today’s episode&nbsp;</strong>is full of nuggets from our guest, Jeff&nbsp;Burningham. His vast experience not only in the entrepreneurial world but also&nbsp;in the&nbsp;political&nbsp;arena comes with lots of lessons learned along the way - and he was kind enough to share some of them with us. We discussed how to choose the right partner for your business and what to focus on when interviewing a potential employee, how the best leaders show up for their people, as well as Jeff insights on running for governor and the reasons he decided to start a podcast after he’s spoken with thousands of people in his campaign.&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Jeff&nbsp;Burningham&nbsp;has built and sold multiple businesses and he’s invested in several others through&nbsp;Peak Capital Partners, a company&nbsp;he founded&nbsp;to&nbsp;helps organizations get their feet off the ground. More recently, he ran for governor in the state of Utah.&nbsp;He is one of the people that just have an incredible amount of background experience and a wealth of ideas that would definitely benefit you and so many other people.&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Listen to&nbsp;<strong>Episode 249&nbsp;</strong>of<strong>&nbsp;Becoming Your Best,&nbsp;</strong>to learn from Jeff’s journey through life and business and choose at least one lesson learned by him that you can apply&nbsp;<em>today&nbsp;</em>to become your best on the path you’ve taken.&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><strong>Some questions I ask:</strong>&nbsp;</p><ul><li>Jeff, can you give us a little background on who you are? (02:30)&nbsp;</li><li>What are some of the most important things that you’