Leading Through Emotions and Experience with Stefan Durina

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We often believe that competency, intelligence, and experience define a great leader, but the greatest leaders lead through love.</span>   <span style= "font-weight: 400;">Creating and leading a company takes passion and purpose. Leaders can build anything from scratch, but success would be impossible without their love for their craft and their people, including themselves.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this episode of the Fifth Dimensional Leadership, I interview Stefan Durina, CEO and Founder of Beneko. Stefan Durina is a serial and worldly entrepreneur who has</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">been building e-commerce businesses worldwide since 1998, reaching 500M€ GMV & 2M Consumers. He has been bankrupt twice, in love three times, and a father four times.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">He’s also a Cross Border eCommerce Pro since 1998, Problem Solver, Deep thinker, Advisor, and Profitable Businesses Founder, Investor, and Collector of Best Practices. Stefan has founded & managed companies with 200+ Employees, 500M+ Euros turnover, and done Business in 4 continents and 20+ countries.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In our conversation, Stefan Durina talks about the importance of love in building businesses and learning through experiences:</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">The power and trade-offs of an entrepreneur</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">The causes and implications of over-consumerism</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">How reusing and recycling products connects us</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Discovering and learning the world through experience</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">How emotions bring de