Episode 49: Entrepreneurship and Financial Education in Schools, Breast Cancer Detection by the Blind, $30 million Attack on Homelessness, Self-Love/Self-Forgiveness, 1-on-1 Learning vs. Classroom Learning, Helping Rituals

Show Description:

In today's current events, we talk about a charter school in Northern Philadelphia attacking poverty by teaching students how to become millionaires through a financial education and entrepreneurship program. We highlight a lady in Colombia who lost sight at the age of 36, but is savings lives by detecting early signs of breast cancer long before doctors or technology. Lastly, the Salesforce CEO is attacking homelessness with $30 million - we discuss.

In the real life experience section, Slager gets into how he is working on self-love and self-forgiveness, and how we can apply self-awareness and communication within our relationships. Tim reflects on what he learned in sales last week, specifically understanding the customers' needs first, and the importance of showing examples and telling stories before rambling on about unimportant information.

In book talk, Slager shares two lessons from "Don't Sweat the Small Stuff," focused on helping others and showing gratitude on a daily basis. Tim shares an article from Harvard Business Review, which talks about the benefits of 1-on-1 learning that you don't get in the classroom setting.

Show Highlights:

5:00-14:15: We recap our dinner with Jim McKneight, former guest, Slager recaps the Kentucky Derby experience, and we get into some Indy 500 talk.
14:15-23:30: We discuss a school in a high-poverty North Philadelphia area, which is teaching students how to be millionaires. We discuss the specifics of the program, the way most schools approach entrepreneurship, and educating young minds on health, wealth, love, and happiness.
23:30-31:30: We highlight a blind lady in Colombia who is savings lives by detecting warnings and signs of breast cancer long before doctors or technology can.
31:30-42:30: Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff donates $30 million to the attack on homelessness. We talk about the causes of homelessness and possible solutions to fix it.
42:30-52:30: Slager reflects on how he is working on self-love and self-forgiveness in his everyday life, and we discuss the importance of self-awareness, communication, and controlling what you can control in relationships.
52:30-57:30: Tim discusses an important lesson he learned in the sales field: showing examples and stories first, then telling date afterwards.
57:30-1:01:00: Slager highlights two important takeaways from "Don't Sweat the Small Stuff," focuses on helping others and showing gratitude to people on a daily basis.
**1:00:00-1:07:00: **Fueled by an article from Harvard Business Review, Tim points out the benefits of 1-on-1 learning over the classroom, and ends with a story of how he utilized this with the National Sales Manager at Cook Medical.