Digital Social Hour
From Church to CMO: Shocking $1M Loss Sparks Success | Nick Cavuoto DSH #979
14 Dec 2024
From Church to CMO: A jaw-dropping journey of resilience and success! 🚀 Nick shares his incredible story of losing $1M in just 2 days during COVID, only to bounce back stronger than ever. 💪 Discover how Nick's unique path from ministry to marketing shaped his approach to business and life. You'll be inspired by his insights on: • Overcoming adversity and turning setbacks into comebacks • The power of service and genuine connections in business • Navigating traumatic experiences and emerging stronger • Building trust and creating quantum leaps in your career This episode is packed with valuable lessons on resilience, leadership, and the unexpected parallels between ministry and marketing. Don't miss out on Nick's powerful advice for aspiring entrepreneurs and leaders! Tune in now for an eye-opening conversation that will challenge your perspective and inspire you to reach new heights. 🎧 Hit that subscribe button and join the Digital Social Hour community for more game-changing insights! 🔔 #leadgeneration #selfimprovement #digitalmarketing #contentmarketing #discomfortleadstogrowth #emailmarketing #leadgeneration #growthmarketing #marketingfunnel #socialmediamarketing CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro 00:35 - How Nick Started His Career 01:40 - The Trust Equation 05:16 - Giving Without Expectation 06:35 - Encouraging Others 09:58 - Fear of Not Reaching KPIs 12:02 - Judgment in Professional Settings 15:51 - How I Met Adley 18:23 - Importance of Relationships 19:43 - Sabbatical and Art Therapy 22:43 - Overcoming Public Speaking Fear 30:25 - Relationship With Your Father 34:01 - Childhood Near-Death Experience 38:56 - School Shooting Trauma 39:20 - Nick’s Experience in the Shooting 43:27 - Shooter’s Motivation 45:45 - Changes in the School Post-Shooting 49:20 - Another School Shooting Today 49:38 - Supporting Someone in Hard Times 51:55 - Nick’s Final Message APPLY TO BE ON THE PODCAST: https://www.digitalsocialhour.com/application BUSINESS INQUIRIES/SPONSORS: [email protected] GUEST: Nick Cavuoto https://www.instagram.com/nickcavuoto https://www.nickcavuoto.com/ LISTEN ON: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/digital-social-hour/id1676846015 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5Jn7LXarRlI8Hc0GtTn759 Sean Kelly Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/seanmikekelly/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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When you think about community and advancing people towards a common goal, you realize business is very, very similar to painting a vision and inviting people into it. I learned so much in those years. And it was a big organization. We had 10,000 people every weekend. So I was managing an eight-figure budget when I was 22. Just got exposed early to business and stuff.
All right, guys, Nick Cavuto here. We are in Nashville at your spot. Thanks for having me, man. Absolutely, bro. Thanks for coming on. Yeah, dude, I'm super pumped to be here. It's going to be a good, insightful episode. Former pastor.
Yeah, man. Seven years. Yeah. So when I was 19, I fell out of college for the second time. And so I called my dad and said, dude, what do I need to do? My dad's been my spiritual mentor for my whole life. And he's like, listen, buddy, you got to learn how to serve. Like this is going to be a season for you to learn an important lesson that like you can go through the muck, you know, of life.
But so as long as you're in service to other people, man, everything's going to work out. And so, yeah, man, that's where I started, you know, and it's been a cool journey. I learned a lot about business, a lot about marketing, being in ministry, I think, because if a you have to sell Jesus, that's a complicated issue.
And second, and secondly, when you think about like community and advancing people towards a common goal, you realize like business is very, very similar painting a vision and inviting people into it. whether you're leading a team or whether you're leading a tribe of people towards a common goal. I learned so much in those years and it was a big organization. We had 10,000 people every weekend.
So this is not like grandma's church of 42 people, you know, that's a mega church. It's a mega church. It was a, it was a huge deal. Five services every weekend. I've hosted over a thousand live events. Yeah. Every weekend. It was an operation, man, but I was managing a, you know, an eight figure budget when I was 22. So just got exposed early to like business and stuff. Yeah.
Yeah, you worked your way up from volunteer to second in command, right?
Yeah, dude. So when I started, I just showed up and I interned for two years. I worked there full time. I interned, just slugged it out. No pay? No pay for two years and just showed up every day, you know? And it's interesting because like when you just consistently show up and you do a great job, you don't make excuses. You're a champion of the vision. You get spotted, man.
And so they just saw me and I just grinded it out and they were like, hey, we need someone to step up next to this gentleman who's a public figure. And we need someone to like be number two and help him. And so it was technically in like an executive assistant role.
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