Seizing Tomorrow: Transforming Challenges into Opportunities | OM031
In this special episode of our podcast, we are moving beyond our usual focus of interviews to take a unique look at opportunity-making from the perspective of exponential leaders and service providers in 2024.
I’ll share insights from my experiences as an entrepreneur myself and the lessons learned from those changing the world at scale.
If you are looking to learn more on how to navigate and leverage the challenges and changes in the global landscape, including economic turmoil and global events so that you can turn these into opportunities for growth and success this is the episode for you.
Let’s get started…
About the Host:
Jim Padilla is the founder and CEO of Gain The Edge – a done-for-you provider of industry-leading sales systems and unicorn sales professionals which he co-heads with his wife and entrepreneurial partner-in-crime, Cyndi Padilla.
Through their unique blend of laser-targeted selling systems, inspirational team-building expertise, and 60+ years of combined sales experience – Jim and his wife have generated over 1/4 bn in sales for a long line of high-level, visionary entrepreneurs.
Jim’s mission is to help purpose-driven thought-leaders untangle themselves from the day-to-day minutiae of seeking leads and sales for their business so they’re free to amplify their impact.
When Jim’s not making dollars rain down from the sky, you’ll regularly find him at the driving range – hitting a bucket of balls. Jim credits his time on the driving range as the main source of his best ideas.
Recently relocated back to California, Jim & Cyndi are immersing themselves in family time with their three daughters & four (soon to be five) grandchildren.
Connect with Jim at https://jimp360.com
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Transcript
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Jim Padilla:simply because that's how we've always been doing it. And and there's big opportunities to be gained. For people who are who can build solutions that become the glue between you between multiple companies, like I said, Where can you where do you build an opportunity that has an open, so I like Legos, if you're building an opportunity to have some place for somebody else, to literally plug their business right into yours. And then or something that you can acquire and plug in, right away. There's so much more of that than I'm starting to see on the landscape. And, you know, those are open discussions that I want to share. A lot of this is just brainstorming and brainstorming with you. And other things. I'm sharing specific examples of what I'm seeing, I would love to see hear what you're seeing as well. Right? And then of course, risk management, you know, we got to be thinking about risk management consistently, as we're moving forward, because everybody's got different tolerance, of course of risk for risk. And then we got to be thinking about what is what is, you know, what do we do? What can we do to mitigate the, the downside, right, of all the things that we're doing, because there are so many good opportunities out there. And I do find that the people who are able to take advantage of the of the opportunities that show while mitigating the risk of the people who are going to are going to win and it doesn't mean mitigating all the risk. It means mitigating the immediate risk that that will get by you some time and help you see around some corners until you start getting the actual growth in the end, the readiness that you are seeing in the other areas so that you can continue to mitigate risk. You know, and right now I think we've had a higher number higher risk tolerance than has ever been experienced in the business world before because things change so fast. So there's things where you maybe would not invest in a company or take on an opportunity, because a decade from now might not, might not be the right thing, or is right now, you know, maybe you maybe you acquire something for the short term, right, maybe you have a short term acquisition strategy that will get you through the next season, while you're building something different or working to acquire a more longer term solution. So it's just, man, I get so excited about it, cuz there's so much opportunity, so many things going on. And every conversation I have with other powerful business leaders and people that are just changing the world and kicking ass and taking names, it's just, I'm stunned and amazed at all of the ideas and all of the opportunities that just keep coming. And more than if nothing else happens here. Besides you getting excited about the possibilities, just know that these are not for the big guys, this is how you become the big guys. Right? You can acquire your way to exponential growth, you don't have to get there and then start buying companies. There's a lot of ways to look at how can you have How can you have pieces of other companies? How can you have a powerful solution that isn't just reliant upon the things you do inside of your business to be able to feed you? Right? How many things how many ways can you be diverse, and powerful, and a huge service in demand and humble and desirable, and salt problem solving man just there's, there's so every one of you is great, great, that person with a great opportunity. There's nothing no matter where you are sitting, if you're within earshot, or watching this podcast, there's opportunities, all you got to do is reach out and touch one. And hopefully will give you some more inspiration to do so. And between these these, with these couple of episodes that we're going to be rolling into what things should you be thinking about what things can be doing to be looking around corners, so that you can set yourself up to be able to win in a down market in interesting economy where there's a lot of fear, a lot of speculation, and excuse me, and set yourself up to win. And we're happy and honored to be part of that journey with you. You know, so make sure you check out the show notes. There's some some resources and ways to connect with me. There's also again, more information about our sales team ready podcast, and other ventures that we have coming up. But more than anything I thank you for for being here along with us on this ride. Thanks for being part of our allowing us to be part of your success team. And, you know, I just I'm really humbled by all the opportunity that exists and for what is possible for you. So go out and make a big difference. Make a lot of money changed a lot of lives and let's go make some things happen.