Lessons on Leadership From Dad

<p><br />Welcome to today's episode of the peak performance selling podcast today we've got a little bit of an interesting one should be short and pretty sweet, but today I am doing a tribute to my dad who recently passed away he lived to be 73 years old, he was a multiple time cancer survivor and ended up having the one of the rarest diseases in the world, that had been seen in about 45 people ever across the globe. It ended up taking his life in January 21 2021.<br /><br />He and I were 40 years apart so for my 40th episode on the podcast I'd hoped to have time to interview him which didn't happen.<br />But what I'm going to share today our lessons on leadership that I learned from him over his career over 35 years of leading a nonprofit.<br /><br />A little bit about my dad Terry. He was really an inspiration to me around my life, especially as I became a professional really understanding leadership.<br />He was born in Framingham, Massachusetts but actually lived, the majority of his life in Texas before hopping around to a couple different junior colleges ending up in Kansas getting his master's in social work.</p><p>He moved to boulder Colorado in the late 70s worked a few different odd jobs and then started working for <a href="https://www.efaa.org/" target="_blank">Emergency Family Assistance Association</a> a nonprofit organization helping less fortunate and homeless families, specifically in Boulder County around Boulder Colorado with food, shelter, transportation. He became the Executive Director running this nonprofit and also started a sister organization in the neighboring town of longmont where we grew up.</p><p>Over those years he learned a ton. He probably wouldn't say he was the sharpest tool in the shed or a wacko from Waco<br /><br />But today we're going to talk through some of the different lessons he learned and shared with me on leadership, how do you engage and lead other people and how do you also lead yourself.<br /><br />I'd love for any of you to share in the comments or wherever some