From Cubicle Warrior to Successful Businesses with Donnie Boivin

<p>In today’s episode, Jeff begins a series of shows exploring people who have created businesses based on their skills. In this show, Jeff interviews Donnie Boivin of Success Champion Network:</p> <p>Donnie and Jeff discuss:</p> <ol><li style="font-weight:400;">Served 4 years in the Marine Corp and 20 years straight in Commission Sales.</li> <li style="font-weight:400;">Became one of the top Sales Trainers in the country.</li> <li style="font-weight:400;">Learned about entrepreneurship at age 40; no one in his family had done it before.</li> <li style="font-weight:400;">One comment over dinner changed his life; (15) Days later he started his own company.</li> <li style="font-weight:400;">Started off as a success coach and faced losing it all after 6 months.</li> <li style="font-weight:400;">After talking to his wife he started a podcast that became very successful.</li> <li style="font-weight:400;">In April of 2020, COVID hit and put a stop to a conference he had worked very hard to plan.</li> <li style="font-weight:400;">After talking to his wife again, he decided to fix and teach what people hated about networking.</li> <li style="font-weight:400;">What's next: Business Summit in September 2022</li> <li style="font-weight:400;">What's new: New book that addresses the hardships/dark side of building a business.</li> </ol><p>Fast Five Questions:</p> <ol><li style="font-weight:400;">If you woke up and your business was gone, you have $500, a laptop, a place to live, and food, what would you do first? “Build a community; find a very specific topic he can get passionate about (mindset related) and launch a podcast to build a private community at an offsite site.”</li> <li style="font-weight:400;">What is the biggest mistake that you have made in business? “Thinking it was going to be easy but building a job instead of a company. The transition from employee to business owner requires you to grow your thinking so you think like a CEO.”</li> <li style="font-weight:400;">What is a book that you would recommend? “Had t