A self-made, financially independent entrepreneur, author and host of “The Unconstrained Podcast”, Miles Wakeham joins the show today to talk about how he left Australia to make a life for himself stateside and the ups and downs that followed. Together they discuss the importance of trusting your gut, how to value your time and why there is no reward without risk.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
Success comes when preparedness meets opportunity. Trust your gut and forego everything else that is around you telling you not to. Reaching success does not come by ‘luck’, you get there by being persistent and having the ability to listen to your gut. If you don’t have faith in yourself and your ability, you will never grasp opportunities and follow them through.
You cannot control what happens around you. The only thing that you can control is how you react to what is going on. You are the captain of your ship, whilst you may think that you know the answer to everything that is going on in life, you don’t.
If you know your value, you understand that you are not there to just have a job, you are there to add value to help the employer reach their mission. You need to listen to what their mission is, understand it and study it. You then need to come up with how you can best serve that mission, which makes you a valuable asset, not an employee.
We don’t understand that as humans, we only have one life to live, we don’t get a second shot at this. If we go and waste it by selling our time by the hour to somebody because we are living in fear that without that we will be poor, then we have lost the plot. The fact is, we have to realise what our true value is as individuals, once we value that, we can put a price on it. What is that value worth to your employer?
There is no reward without risk and there is no progress without risk. The two are directly interconnected. You cannot progress as a human being without risk and you need to accept that there are risks at all points of your life. Have the courage to get through the risks but most importantly, do not let the risks dictate your life.
BEST MOMENTS
“Next thing I knew I was a millionaire again.”
“You are a valuable asset, not just an employee.”
“Whilst that asset that I have built is out there, I don’t have to work.”
“You have got to be willing to accept that risk is part of life, but you cannot let this blur your vision.”
ABOUT THE GUEST
Miles Wakeham - “Where do I begin.... If you want the left-side of my brain, I'm a technology advocate, engineer and software developer. Specializing in decentralized technologies incl. web, mobile and embedded. Have been a programmer since 1978. Databases are my key focus, with a heavy Data Modeling background. Linux professional and supporter of open source technologies. Systems analyst for Australian Submarine Corporation in 1980s. Moved to USA in 1989. Worked with Amgen (biotechnology) as early team member, helping build corporation from small team of 200 or so researchers and administrators to Fortune 500 corporation, with role as Development Lead in Sales & Marketing group. Independently developed service management software that was #3 leading product in world sales in 2003. Founded Edgneering LLC in 2007, one of the first "cloud computing" cos in Phoenix, Arizona. Data center designer and installation for clusters of servers in three worldwide redundant locations. Assisted major pharmaceutical benefits & claim processing organization from inception to over $100 million in revenue by developing web based custom software to run the majority of their operations and claim processing. Heavy emphasis in security, including HIPAA, PCI, and Military grade security systems.If you want the right side of my brain (far more interesting), I'm an extrovert, speaker/presenter, I sense opportunities and go to them, I travel the world but call Arizona my home-base, I want to help people find their own freedom (whatever that may be), and I love to talk. I host the Unconstrained Podcast and run the website https://www.beunconstrained.com I seek out investment opportunities and do everything possible to try and be a contrarian. I'm respectful of others, and enjoy a good joke.I spent decades as a musician, having been raised that way from the age of 5. My mother shoved a violin under my chin & I ended up in junior symphony orchestras as a kid. Then I found that you couldn't get girls that way, so I became a guitarist and played in some semi-successful bands in California. Then I learned the art of recording and built recording studios, recorded with some major acts in Hollywood, as a contractor to Capitol Records and others in the 1990s. I compose music and still cherish those memories. My sensitivity to music seems to have morphed into a sensitivity to people, psychology & opportunities, which drives me to learn more about this crazy life experience we are all on. If you really want to know who I am, follow me on Twitter at @mylesw & @beunconstrained”
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