Episode 259 The One Minute Coach with Dr. Masha Malka (Part 1)

John talks with Dr. Masha Malka — entrepreneur, best-selling author, transformational coach, founder of Inborn Genius Corporation and The One Minute Coach educational system, and proud mother of three. Dr. Masha tells her story of leaving the Soviet Union as a teenager, starting over in a new country, and how that experience shaped her into a resilient entrepreneur and coach.

Listen to this episode to learn more:

[00:00] - Intro

[01:30] - Dr. Masha’s bio and backstory

[02:47] - Leaving her country with only $80 

[04:12] - Feeling lost and starting over in America

[06:12] - Becoming an American Citizen

[07:01] - Finding her purpose and becoming her best self

[10:02] - John and Dr. Masha’s views on purpose and pain

[13:50] - How society’s expectations can make us forget who we really are

[15:44] - Questions to discover your passion

[17:37] - Failing (good) vs. failure (bad)

[19:07] - “How Did You Fail Today?”

[21:04]  - “What Does This Make Possible?”

[23:31] - Dr. Masha’s education journey

[26:03] - Employee vs. entrepreneur mindset

[29:10] - The story of starting “Moscow Delicates”

[35:00] - The One Minute Coach

NOTABLE QUOTES:

“You’ve got to go through the hard stuff to get to the good stuff. There’s no other way to do that.”

“If you just focus on the end result, you’ll be miserable for a very long time. It’s about the process.”

“You have to go through the most challenging and difficult time you’ve ever faced. You’re gonna have to go through pain to get there because purpose is on the other side of pain.”

“There is always something good in everything.”

“Sometimes the most valuable lesson you can learn is what not to do—not necessarily what to do.”

“We’re all born with a particular set of gifts and talents—and your purpose is the combination of those gifts and your life experiences.”

“In the traditional schooling system, we often forget our inborn genius. We try to adapt to other people’s values and expectations, and in this process, we often forget the gift we were born with.”

“Any idea has potential.”

“Not having preconceived ideas—and keeping everything open—sometimes creates miracles.”

“Information is overloaded, and the longer we live, the more it becomes too much. So what you do with that information is much more important than the information itself.”

“Imperfect action is always better than a perfect plan.”

USEFUL RESOURCES:

https://mashamalka.com/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/theoneminutecoach/

https://www.instagram.com/masha_malka/

https://www.facebook.com/masha.malka

https://x.com/mashamalka

https://www.youtube.com/@MashaMalka

The One Minute Coach to Mastering Your Emotions: A Step-by-Step Guide to Feeling Happy on a Regular Basis (https://a.co/d/h4J6XXh)

The One Minute Coach: Change Your Life One Minute at a Time (https://a.co/d/a1Yv4hh)

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EPISODE CREDITS

Intro and Outro music provided by Jeff Scheetz - https://jeffscheetz.com/