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When I think about Elie Medawar, four ideas come to mind: Behavioural flexibility Leveraging strengths Learning machine Contagious enthusiasm Elie started Medbox at a very challenging time in his life. There were red signals everywhere. He had just left his job, and he was about to become a dad. Everyone was dissuading him from starting his own business and saw it as a risky and crazy move. Yet, he took a leap of faith and made it happen anyway. Fueled by every challenge that came his way, driven by the purpose of saving lives, and for three years now, he’s been setting himself bold goals and overachieving them. Some key questions I asked Elie in this episode: 3’54”: His relationship with time 7’38”: His approach to sales 10’27”: Using the skills he acquired in his 9 to 5 roles 12”48: Behavioural flexibility 14’06”: Creating a market that didn’t make sense on paper 15’24”: His approach in setting goals 18’17”: His managerial style 21’00”: The early-stage challenges he faced 24’04”: What money is for him 24’55”: What leadership is for him 25’11”: Something crazy he did that not a lot of people know about 26’06”: Launching a business versus scaling a business 31’33”: Where he finds his mentors 34’07”: His approach around decision making Join me in the Leadership Activators Facebook group and be surrounded by like-minded people who are on their way to developing emotional mastery.