Episode 12: Stay Hungry: Why Maintaining a Growth Mindset Fuels Reinvention and Future Triumphs with Clay Staires
“Most of life is walking. Most of life is just doing the daily. It's just showing up to work on time, doing good work, and not quitting.” —Clay Staires
Sometimes, settling for what we've already achieved can limit our potential. While success and achievement can feel comfortable, true growth often comes through transition and challenging oneself, even after experiencing success. By embracing more challenges and responsibilities, we can experience continued personal and professional evolution.
Clay Staires’ journey demonstrates this well— after achieving much in his career as a teacher and minister, he continually pushed himself to take on new roles, businesses, and responsibilities. This allowed him to develop new skills, expand his impact, and avoid complacency.
Join in as Clay shares the mindset shifts required to transition from different roles and industries and his approach to helping entrepreneurs establish sustainable growth. Scott and Clay also provide actionable advice for navigating a fast-paced business, sustaining personal and business growth, pursuing your potential, avoiding wrong conclusions, establishing clear vision and processes, and creating more room for learning and impact.
Connect with Clay:
Clay Staires has been a leading authority on processing the frustrations and difficulties that accompany leadership. Having worked with thousands of people for over 25 years, Clay has developed a uniquely effective leadership training program that has been taught on university campuses, in high school classrooms, in small businesses, and nonprofit boardrooms. Locally, the Skiatook Chamber of Commerce named him the “2012 Citizen of the Year” for the positive impact his program has made on his community.
Clay has been a high school teacher and head coach for 15 years. He received honors as the Teacher Of The Year and Coach Of The Year in Missouri. Clay has 10 years of executive experience in the non-profit sector where he led an award-winning company and redefined a 30-year-old brand.
In January 2012, Clay started The Leadership Initiative which utilizes his programs and abilities to train and equip growing leaders as well as communicate and speak across the country about The Leadership Mindset, Enduring Pressure, and Navigating Transition. Today Clay speaks nationally in front of a variety of audiences including small business owners, entrepreneurs, state legislators, government employees, chambers of commerce, college and high school students, and many more.
Episode Highlights:
01:34 Football Coach Turned Millionaire Entrepreneur
07:14 Long-Term Mindset and Business Growth
13:47 Business Growth and Limitations
17:56 New Mindset Required
24:47 Do Not Live Out Negative Stereotypes
31:30 Get Permission Before Pushing
“Growth is a process, not an event”. Tune in to hear key lessons on transition, accountability, and challenging yourself even after success with @reiblaw and The Leadership Initiative Founder, @claystaires. #Podcast #NewPodcast #TheShatterproofEntrepreneur #BusinessCoaching #Leadership #CareerTransition #GrowthMindset #Success
Resources:
Quotes:
01:41 “It comes from being in that spot where you're looking at your life and it's not that things are bad but ‘there's more to me than I've, I've accessed; there's more to me than what I've experienced so far’.” —Clay Staires
12:06 “Most of life is walking. Most of life is just doing the daily. It's just showing up to work on time, doing good work, and not quitting.” —Clay Staires
14:59 “There are no shortcuts in life, just accept it. And then move forward. The sooner you accept it, the better.” —Scott Reib
16:04 “God takes you down this journey and prepares you for those things. If you'll, if you'll walk with him.” —Scott Reib
24:06 “Your company exists to serve you.” —Clay Staires
30:50 “It's all about setting up systems and letting the systems be the bad guy. Because if you don't have systems, by default, you've got to be that person.” —Clay Staires
33:25 “With our clients, we always get permission because some people appreciate that push, other people don't. And so you have to know where you are in that continuum.” —Clay Staires
WATCH IT LIVE!
Thank you for tuning into our latest podcast episode!
If you're ready to take your business to the next level or need expert legal advice, we're here to help. Click the links below to get started:
Contact Us Today: reiblaw.com/contact - Let's discuss how we can support your business goals.
Learn More About Access: reiblaw.com/access - Find out how which level of access is right for your business. So, you can have the resources and tools designed to grow and protect your business on demand.
Get Your Shatterproof Score: reiblaw.co/shatterproof-score - Discover how resilient your business is and learn ways to make it unbreakable.
Don't miss out on the opportunity to transform your business. Reach out now and let's make your business shatterproof together!