Developing the Entrepreneur Within with Sean Castrina

Power Producers Podcast

In this episode of The Power Producers Podcast, David Carothers interviews Sean Castrina, the host of The Ten Minute Entrepreneur podcast and best-selling author and entrepreneur. Sean talks about his writing process and shares valuable insight into becoming a successful entrepreneur.

Episode Highlights:

• Sean introduces himself and shares a bit about his background. (1:13)
• Sean explains that writing books has allowed him to examine what has worked and failed in his businesses and share that with others. (4:47)
• David shares about his online ecosystem that trains commercial insurance producers, as well as the importance of writing a business plan. (10:17)
• Sean explains how to conduct interviews and how communication is the key to success. (13:10)
• Sean and David discuss that in order to be successful, you need to think in a different way than most people think because millionaires have the same mindset and that is why they achieve success. (17:46)
• Sean recalls a speech he gave at a college, where he advised the graduating students to do two things in order to become millionaires later in life. (21:16)
• Sean shares his experience of the first time he witnessed obscene wealth. (28:06)
• Sean discusses an experience he had in college as a wrestling athlete, the pain he went through, and what he did to overcome it. (29:13)
• David mentions that the experience Sean went through is what led to his mentality to be successful as an entrepreneur. (34:09)
• Sean and David discuss a book by Chris Voss titled "Never Split the Difference". (36:00)
• Sean shares with listeners how they can get a free copy of his book, 8 Unbreakable Business Rules for Business Startup Success. (40:05)

Tweetable Quotes:

• "I think that the type of person dictates the great degree of the success that any organization will have." - Sean Castrina
• "If you can communicate well, like, you know, in entrepreneurship, wow. You know, it changes the game because you're constantly, you know, either selling and or resolving conflict." - Sean Castrina
• "I speak at colleges. And I always tell them, listen, every single person in this audience, you know… I can make you a millionaire if you just do two things. Now, I'm not going to make you a millionaire in 10 years, but I can guarantee that I'll make you a millionaire." - Sean Castrina

Resources Mentioned:

• Sean Castrina LinkedIn
• 8 Unbreakable Business Rules for Business Startup Success
• Never Split the Difference
• The Ten Minute Entrepreneur podcast
• David Carothers
• Kyle Houck
• Florida Risk Partners
• The Extra 2 Minutes