Check Your Ego at the Door with Ryan Narus

Published: Dec. 8, 2019, 7:36 a.m.

b'Ryan Narus started his entrepreneurial journey with no money, no experience, no capital, and no network. And after studying psychology and statistics at Wake Forest University and receiving his MBA, he also had plenty of student loan debt. But he refused to quit. He sacrificed, took bold action, and found creative ways to make money while he started and scaled his business. Now he is a self-made real estate entrepreneur who owns and operates 10 Mobile Home Parks spanning over 1,200 units, and he is on a mission to help others.\\n\\nLEADERSHIP INSIGHTS\\n\\n- There are three types of employees: 1. People who are in it for a paycheck, 2. people who work hard to build their career, and 3. people who have a common goal.\\n- Learn how to say \\u201cno\\u201d to many things so you can say \\u201cyes\\u201d to the most important things.\\n- Build up a real self-esteem where people\\u2019s opinions of you will not affect your leadership or.\\n- As a leader, make sure you can measure what you want to manage.\\n- Check your ego at the door.\\n- Remember that what you know is only a fraction of what there is to know.\\n\\nQUESTIONS TO INSPIRE US TO ACTION\\n\\n- What is some lesson, saying, or experience that continues to influence your leadership to this day? The experience of having bad bosses. Learn what not to do!\\n- Use three descriptors to finish this sentence: \\u201cA leader is\\u2026\\u201d High-empathy, decisive, and a good listener.\\n- What is a question that leaders should be asking either themselves or others Is my ego getting in the way?\\n- What book would you recommend to leaders Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin\\n- If you could get every listener to start doing something THIS week to help them be a better leader, what would it be? Check your ego at the door.\\n- As a general life principle, is it better to ask \\u201cwhy?\\u201d or \\u201cwhy not?\\u201d \\u201cWhy?\\u201d Learn to say \\u201cno\\u201d to what is not relevant to your goals so that you can say \\u201cyes\\u201d to others.\\n\\nWebsite:\\nhttps://www.archimedesgrp.com/'