Patrick Gentempo on the Philosophy of Business Ownership – Episode 69
What does it mean to reinvent yourself as an entrepreneur? Patrick Gentempo dives into how we can make our vision a reality and be successful on purpose by simply clarifying our core values and avoiding that “maximum tension zone”.
Patrick Gentempo is CEO at Action Potential Holdings, Inc. As CEO, Patrick has helped diversified groups of extremely successful entrepreneurs in solving challenges within their companies. This position allows him to implement his capabilities and inspire the development of value-based conscious capitalism.
Patrick has a philosophical approach when it comes to his advice for other business venture entrepreneurs. He has created “The Philosophy Formula”, which is a value-based decision making process. When you clarify your purpose and realign with your core values, then you can avoid what he calls the “maximum tension zone”. Decisions begin to emerge from your values and all things become congruent.
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- “Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change.” – Stephen Hawking
- “The reasonable man adapts himself to the world: the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man.” – George Bernard Shaw
- “The great thing about entrepreneurs is that they fall in love with their ideas, the problem with entrepreneurs is that they fall in love with their ideas.” – Patrick Gentempo
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John’s 3 Key Take-aways
- Find the philosophy in entrepreneurship, clarify your purpose in life, and be successful on purpose.
- Once you have that visionary purpose, then realign to avoid that “maximum tension” zone.
- Put into place a quarterly reassessment that assures you are aligned with your core values.
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