Shawn French: Conquer Fear and Self-Doubt to Build an Unstoppable Mindset | Human Behavior | E382
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Young and Profiting (YAP) with Hala Taha: Entrepreneurship and Self-Improvement Podcast
58 min
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8 chapters
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
People think sales is selling something. It's solving a problem.
How did Shawn French overcome paralyzing anxiety in his sales career?
If there's a pain point and you can respectfully solve it and they like you, they're gonna buy.
Sean French is a high-performance coach, keynote speaker, and host of the top-rated podcast, The Determined Society.
I remember people saying like, why are you starting a show? What have you ever built?
Why is authenticity crucial in sales according to Shawn?
What have you ever done? I wasn't treated very kindly about it. I was dismissed a lot.
What was Shawn's journey into creator entrepreneurship?
What was the mental shift that you had to go through to double, triple your sales and become a top 1% salesperson?
What story did I want to tell my son? There's no way am I ever going to tell my children that I quit doing something because it was hard.
You say people buy people, not products.
How did Shawn build a personal brand despite facing naysayers?
Talk to us why authenticity in sales really matters.
I think people need to like you. In sales, it's really big. When people make emotional buys, they buy the person that they're working with because they feel comfortable, they like them, or they can trust them.
What are the different things that you're running in terms of revenue streams and how are you bringing in revenue with your personal brand as a creator entrepreneur?
Yeah, so right now we are obviously
What are the five habits of unstoppable success that Shawn outlines?
What's up, Yap fam? Have you ever been so terrified of failure that you physically couldn't move? That's where Sean French found himself, sitting in his truck on a rainy day, unable to walk through another door. The anxiety was so crushing, he was ready to quit sales and return to teaching. But then his boss asked him a question that changed everything. What are you gonna tell your son about why you quit? Today, Sean French is a high-performance coach, keynote speaker, and host of the top-rated podcast, The Determined Society. In this episode, he shares how he went from that breakdown to becoming a top 1% salesperson, how he then went on to build a thriving personal brand in his 40s, and why your struggle is truly somebody else's survival guide.
What role do motivation and discipline play in achieving success?
Together, we'll talk about pushing past fear, leading with authenticity, and turning pain into purpose. Yeah, fam, I know you're going to love this one, so sit back and enjoy this conversation. Sean, welcome to Young and Profiting Podcast.
So excited to be here.
What peak performance routines does Shawn recommend for productivity?
Good to see you.
Yeah, I'm excited. I'm excited to speak with you today, get all of your wisdom. And when I was doing research about you this morning, I found out that you had a breaking point in your truck one day, and that was the pivotal moment in your life where you transformed your life and went in a new direction. So talk to us about what happened that day in the truck, what was going through your mind, and how it led to the unstoppable process.
I think you're referring to the day where I broke down in tears. Yeah. So I had left teaching and went into payroll sales and, you know, I have my first child and I wanted to be able to provide a better life for him, right? More money, more opportunities to do things and provide experiences. And the first 90 days, it was just so bad. I was so terrible at it. It was like walking in from door to door. Sometimes I was just stuck. I couldn't get a word out and I was just embarrassed. And I started getting this type of anxiety to where I would pull up to an office or a place of business and I literally could not get out of the vehicle. I was so terrified of something that wasn't going to even kill me, but how I was defining it was so big and large.
And so I found myself driving around my territory and then I parked at a grocery store. And it was pouring down rain in Marco Island, Florida. And I literally broke down. I was like, I can't do this anymore. And I just need to quit this. And I need to go back to doing what I was really good at, which was coaching baseball. And the only way to coach baseball was to teach school. So it was a vehicle to get to do what I wanted to do. And so I went into my good friend, Dan Tuffarello, who was my boss at the time. It's funny enough, I just hired him to work for us. He starts Monday.
Funny how the tables turn.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–0:05
2
How did Shawn French overcome paralyzing anxiety in his sales career?
0:05–0:23
3
Why is authenticity crucial in sales according to Shawn?
0:23–0:29
4
What was Shawn's journey into creator entrepreneurship?
0:29–0:46
5
How did Shawn build a personal brand despite facing naysayers?
0:46–1:25
6
What are the five habits of unstoppable success that Shawn outlines?
1:25–2:06
7
What role do motivation and discipline play in achieving success?
2:06–2:21
8
What peak performance routines does Shawn recommend for productivity?
2:21–58:27
Speakers
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