Scott MacGregor

I don't build a network. I build friendships. I build relationships. There's a huge difference. Networking to me is transactional. And I think as soon as you're transactional, things change. You know, if you need something to happen by a certain time, that's going to be like a drive-by friendship. It's probably not going to be sustainable.

I don't build a network. I build friendships. I build relationships. There's a huge difference. Networking to me is transactional. And I think as soon as you're transactional, things change. You know, if you need something to happen by a certain time, that's going to be like a drive-by friendship. It's probably not going to be sustainable.

I don't build a network. I build friendships. I build relationships. There's a huge difference. Networking to me is transactional. And I think as soon as you're transactional, things change. You know, if you need something to happen by a certain time, that's going to be like a drive-by friendship. It's probably not going to be sustainable.

Heather, I could not be more excited for this. I've been looking forward to it all day. You know, I absolutely love you to pieces and I hold you in the absolute highest regard. You are one of the best podcasters on the planet.

Heather, I could not be more excited for this. I've been looking forward to it all day. You know, I absolutely love you to pieces and I hold you in the absolute highest regard. You are one of the best podcasters on the planet.

Heather, I could not be more excited for this. I've been looking forward to it all day. You know, I absolutely love you to pieces and I hold you in the absolute highest regard. You are one of the best podcasters on the planet.

Yeah, you know, I grew up relatively poor in an affluent town. So I stuck out like a sore thumb because economically, you know, we were very, very different from everybody else. So, you know, as a kid, I was just trying to figure out the world and the world when you're a kid is the town you live in. Like, it really doesn't extend much beyond that.

Yeah, you know, I grew up relatively poor in an affluent town. So I stuck out like a sore thumb because economically, you know, we were very, very different from everybody else. So, you know, as a kid, I was just trying to figure out the world and the world when you're a kid is the town you live in. Like, it really doesn't extend much beyond that.

Yeah, you know, I grew up relatively poor in an affluent town. So I stuck out like a sore thumb because economically, you know, we were very, very different from everybody else. So, you know, as a kid, I was just trying to figure out the world and the world when you're a kid is the town you live in. Like, it really doesn't extend much beyond that.

And and I was just trying to figure out why were my experiences so different from my peers? and so that spur i think really spawned kind of a lifelong curiosity so i thought it was because of my circumstances but i'm 57 now and i will tell you i'm as curious at 57 as i was when i was seven So part of my journey has just been that trying to satiate that curiosity.

And and I was just trying to figure out why were my experiences so different from my peers? and so that spur i think really spawned kind of a lifelong curiosity so i thought it was because of my circumstances but i'm 57 now and i will tell you i'm as curious at 57 as i was when i was seven So part of my journey has just been that trying to satiate that curiosity.

And and I was just trying to figure out why were my experiences so different from my peers? and so that spur i think really spawned kind of a lifelong curiosity so i thought it was because of my circumstances but i'm 57 now and i will tell you i'm as curious at 57 as i was when i was seven So part of my journey has just been that trying to satiate that curiosity.

And I recognized early on in life that I was an outlier. I didn't call it that, but I knew very early on as a kid, I knew I thought differently about things than my peers. But when you're a kid and you think differently about stuff, Heather, you just think you're weird. Like, I wasn't celebrating it.

And I recognized early on in life that I was an outlier. I didn't call it that, but I knew very early on as a kid, I knew I thought differently about things than my peers. But when you're a kid and you think differently about stuff, Heather, you just think you're weird. Like, I wasn't celebrating it.

And I recognized early on in life that I was an outlier. I didn't call it that, but I knew very early on as a kid, I knew I thought differently about things than my peers. But when you're a kid and you think differently about stuff, Heather, you just think you're weird. Like, I wasn't celebrating it.

I'm like, there's something wrong with me because I do not think the way that everyone else thinks. And then later on in life, especially when I got into business, I was hitting levels of success that my peers were not. And I really stepped back and I'm like, why is this happening for me? I wasn't more connected. I didn't have more money. I wasn't better looking.

I'm like, there's something wrong with me because I do not think the way that everyone else thinks. And then later on in life, especially when I got into business, I was hitting levels of success that my peers were not. And I really stepped back and I'm like, why is this happening for me? I wasn't more connected. I didn't have more money. I wasn't better looking.

I'm like, there's something wrong with me because I do not think the way that everyone else thinks. And then later on in life, especially when I got into business, I was hitting levels of success that my peers were not. And I really stepped back and I'm like, why is this happening for me? I wasn't more connected. I didn't have more money. I wasn't better looking.

I didn't have anything that I saw as a distinct advantage, but I pretty quickly realized that That by being a contrarian, by always, when everyone was going left, I just intuitively wanted to go right. And by taking that path less traveled, that's where the pot of gold is in life. So I have leaned into that heavily, always in my career, but even more so now as an entrepreneur.

I didn't have anything that I saw as a distinct advantage, but I pretty quickly realized that That by being a contrarian, by always, when everyone was going left, I just intuitively wanted to go right. And by taking that path less traveled, that's where the pot of gold is in life. So I have leaned into that heavily, always in my career, but even more so now as an entrepreneur.