04 Oct 2016

105 Ellory Wells | If It’s Meant To Be, It’s Up To Me

Posted in entrepreneurs, interviewers, podcast By Harry Duran On October 4, 2016

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Here’s the Recap:

Ellory Wells is the host of The Empowered Podcast, where he interviews other entrepreneurs who have made the transition from unhappy employee to self-fulfilled employer. Ellory wanted to transition out of corporate America because he was unhappy from 9 AM to 6 PM and that unhappiness went home with him. Although he was successful at what he did, he needed something more out of life and his career.

What We Covered:

04:45 – Ellory thinks I have fantastic hair. He had long hair in college.
06:45 – I eat the same breakfast everyday.
08:40 – Ellory really liked episode 100.
12:00 – All of the stuff that the cool kids were doing in school are irrelevant now that they've become adults.
13:10 – Ellory talks about being bullied in private school.
14:20 – People these days are proud to be a geek.
17:30 – Why did Ellory have the need to get his voice out there?
20:10 – Did Ellory have an inch to scratch?
21:40 – Why did Ellory grow from blogging to podcasting?
22:45 – Where did Ellory's entrepreneurial drive come from?
29:05 – How did Ellory's family react to his career shift?
30:10 – Ellory was miserable at his old job and that comes home with you.
35:05 – Did you know there are games in Excel spreadsheet?
36:50 – No entrepreneur wants to create an awful work environment.
39:00 – Do we need a world full of entrepreneurs?
42:50 – Ellory goes into a short tangent about business owners.
49:20 – Ellory talks about the power of podcasting.
54:05 – People want to be entertained before they want to be informed.
54:30 – What is the most misunderstood thing about Ellory?
58:00 – What has Ellory changed his mind about recently.