The Danny Miranda Podcast

#294: Michael Girdley – $100M CEO On Common Mistakes People Make In Their 20s

Dec 28, 2022

01:43:30

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Episode guests

Michael Girdley

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Episode notes

Insights on Running a Seasonal Business from a Former CEO

02:34

The Downsides of Being a Middle-Aged White Guy

01:18

The Importance of Fulfillment

01:24

How to make friends in France

01:23

Introduction

2min

The First Million Podcast With Michael Gurdley

2min

The Story of the Fireworks

2min

Uda Loops

3min

The Opportunity Cost of Getting Into the Fireworks Business

2min

Fireworks Are Fun, You Know?

3min

Why Do You Go Beyond Fireworks?

5min

How Do You Not Become a Wimp?

3min

What I Hate the Most About 47 Year Old Dude Life Advice

2min

10.

You Know, I'm a 47-Year-Old Wica, You Know?

3min

11.

Is There a Difference Between 47 and 37?

3min

12.

What Are Your Core Values?

3min

13.

What Are Your Core Values?

1min

14.

What Is Your Why?

3min

15.

Do You Have Multiple Businesses?

4min

16.

The Downsides of Being a White Guy

3min

17.

The One Thing I Wish I Had Had More Conversations With

1min

18.

How Did You Live Tweet Berkshire Hathaway's General Meeting?

2min

19.

Butlifts to Berkshire Hathaway

2min

20.

Is There a Generational Difference?

3min

21.

Covid 2020

3min

22.

You Want to Be Trusted in Media?

3min

23.

Is Twitter a Good Tool to Get Your Word Out?

2min

24.

Identifying Blind Spots

2min

25.

What Are the Things You Don't Understand When You Work With a Business Coach?

2min

26.

I'd Like a Business Coach, but I'm Just Out of College?

4min

27.

What Is EOS?

3min

28.

EOS and VTOs - Is This Really What You Want to Do?

2min

29.

Five Year and 10 Year Goals in General?

2min

30.

What Have You Learned From Your Children?

2min

31.

Parenting Is Like the World's Greatest Brainwashing

2min

32.

Is There a Difference Between Happiness and Fulfillment?

2min

33.

The Monkey Mind Versus the Conscious Mind

2min

34.

How Did You Know You Had a Monkey Mind?

2min

35.

How Did You Learn Spanish?

3min

36.

How to Get a Tutor From a Foreign Country

2min

37.

You Know, I'm Back. Let's Go.

2min

38.

Are You Trying to Build an Audience on Twitter?

3min

39.

What's Going on With Baby Boomers?

2min

40.

How Do You Transition to a Different, Completely Different Place?

4min

41.

What Do You Enjoy Creating?

2min

42.

Is There a Challenge for Entrepreneurs?

4min

Michael Girdley is an entrepreneur. He's the owner of 10+ businesses (including fireworks, software, school, and coffee chain) totaling more than $100,000,000.

And this conversation is unlike anything Michael has published publicly.

We spoke about generational differences, what it's like to raise children, why he's loving Spanish, why he lacked courage when he was younger, common mistakes people make in their 20s, replacing companies with religion, and much more.

Michael's Links

Twitter: https://twitter.com/girdley

Linktree: https://linktr.ee/girdley

Resources Mentioned

• Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values by Robert Pirsig – https://www.amazon.com/Zen-Art-Motorcycle-Maintenance-Inquiry/dp/0060589469

• Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind by Shunryu Suzuki – https://www.amazon.com/Zen-Mind-Beginners-50th-Anniversary/dp/1611808413

• Michael Girdley Thread on Effectuation: https://twitter.com/girdley/status/1517850790148263936

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