Episode 217 has Alan Johnson telling stories, his true passion.
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Our very own people person, Alan Johnson, has spent a lifetime helping people. With good listening and great photography skills, Alan is a storyteller. I’m proud to call him my friend. Be sure to listen on your favorite podcast app.
4:03 – my dad took typing because that’s where the pretty girls were; he claims typing saved his life.
10:32 – I really wanted to be on the radio, so I showed up at 16 with my FCC disc jockey license and played country music
14:43 – I had my life all planned out, then I fell asleep driving home and broke my face
23:03 – Just because someone has a leadership role or not, doesn’t mean they’re better or worse than you. Every role is important.
31:36 – That’s always my MO at work, start at entry level, work hard, prove who you are, and then move up rapidly.
39:59 – That’s when I discovered my first Jeep, it was basically a motorcycle, but with a roll cage.
48:01 – who’s the one person on your team who never puts their phone down, won’t shut up and can’t build anything? They all laughed and pointed at me!
56:02 – I started working with promoters because my job was to help tell the story of something I was passionate about and loved.
1:07:47 – Imagine life as a piece of paper, most people fill it from top to bottom, left to right, there’s not a blank space anywhere – but life happens in the margins
Special thanks to 4low Magazine and Maxxis Tires for support and sponsorship of this podcast.
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