Mentors, Givers, and Mindful Questions, EA Csolkavits of GIVERS University
As founder and self-described patriarch of GIVERS University, E. A. Csolkavits attempts to share and spread the experiences he had as a young man when he met and was mentored by multiple successful and very generous people. E.A. shares his own journey from humble beginnings to success along with the mentors he sought and found along the way. He made a commitment early in life to share what he learns about givers and takers and how to help others identify and achieve success of their own.
- Growing up the son of a milkman and learning to run a business
- Working at 16 years old as a bonded janitor June Martino
- The impact that the generosity, kindness, and approachability of June Martino – an early McDonald’s co-owner and bookkeeper to Ray Crock
- Finding a mentor and becoming an advocate for mentoring
- Working for Sam Robbins in the diamond industry
- Interviewing more than 1,000 millionaires in two years and understanding that they all had a story about being in financial troubles before finding success
- His mentor turned desperation during the Great Depression into a million dollars in less than two years
- Success results from solving other people’s problems instead of focusing on your own problems
- “You’ll never have money problems. You’ll have idea problems.”
- To get the right answer, focus on asking the right question
- Mentors are there to solve all your problems but to help you grow and improve
- Givers versus Takers
- 25 Deeds to tell whether someone is a Giver (wisdom, wealth, and wellness) or a Taker (defeatism, disruption, and destruction)
- Declare And Turn Around (DATA Reset) to turn from a Taker to a Giver
- The 3 phrases to say to yourself every day: I will never give up. I will keep rising up. And I will always overcome.
Links referred to in the episode, and how to connect with the guest, EA Csolkavits:
GIVERS University YouTube Playlist
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