Scott MacGregor - The Outlier Project & Embracing Adversity

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In today's episode, we are grateful to spend time with Scott MacGregor, who is the CEO of SomethingNew (SomethingNew is an 8-time American Business Award winner for Innovation, which is a record!!! ), the founder of The Outlier Project and 4x author of Standing O!  After a long and successful corporate career, Scott took his talents to entrepreneurship where he continues to excel, and make a huge difference in the world.   

The Outlier Project is a unique membership community for professional development and is for anyone who believes success is found by showing up differently.  They are fond of saying, “Anyone can be ordinary”.  A special focus of The Outlier Project is to develop leaders who believe that companies and individuals alike succeed or fail based on the quality of the teams they build and the relationships they invest in.  Scott and his team call this having a “People Over Everything” mindset.  

Today's conversation is as real as it gets.  It's filled with laughter, wisdom, adversity, resilience, and vulnerability.  Scott grew up with a dad who worked hard, very hard.  He was a gas station owner, and his mom was a stay-at-home mom who looked after them.    Scott learned so much about grit, resilience, and curiosity through his parents.   As a 10-year-old, Scott learned early the power of providing excellent customer service.   Scott and his wife, Meg, have two sons  - Cooper & Tucker.

Where things turned powerful was Scott's story of vulnerability surrounding his son Tucker, who faced challenges in the Marine Corps.   Scott attributes his son's challenges to a lack of building resilience early, where they might've done too much for him.   I hope Scott's personal story will hit home for someone and help them realize you are not alone.  

As parents, he shares that the adversity we face is a gift.  It comes down to choices; we cannot be victims of our circumstances.   To learn more about Scott, you can visit him on LinkedIn or at https://theoutlierproject.co/

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