Episode 94
Industry Insights and Lessons Learned After 30 Years in Painting w/ John Van Groningen September 4, 2023 with John Van Groningen
Some lessons learned over 36 years Create and run your business in a way that suits your personality and strengths Learning and adapting have kept me sane
Listen on Spotify Recommendations from this episode QBQ by John G. Miller
Book, at 36:57
"um I love reading I listen to a lot of books um but I always like to know what people are reading what they've consumed what is good out there that I maybe have not heard of favorite little book qbq the question behind the question uh it's us it's by John Miller it's just a it's a short little book but it talks about personal responsibility and I've used this throughout I don't know how many years I was just talking wit"
9 Lies About Work by Marcus Buckingham and Ashley Goodall
Book, at 38:07
"um a really nice uh book on leadership and uh and what leadership is and uh and how to experience it and how to grow in it and one of the books I read recently that I that I've enjoyed is uh nine lies about work and that's by Marcus Buckingham and Ashley Goodall Nine Lives of power this one I I found really intriguing because it it made me think so for example they say the first lie is that people care which company they"
Sound of Freedom by Alejandro Monteverde
Movie, at 39:55
"I thoroughly appreciated I I enjoyed it but not in the typical way of it it's not enough uh it's not a movie that uh that is just kind of easy and easy to just go through and laugh and everything um but uh sound of Freedom that came out um not too long ago um I I really respect that movie it moved me and I would I would encourage people to go watch sound of freedom sounds of freedom I have I the weekend that it came out obvi"
Leadership Is An Art by Max DePree
Book, at 37:55
"how do you have to fly your plane differently there's a lot of little stuff like that in this qbq it's such a quick read but I've really enjoyed that another one that I've read that I really like too is uh leadership is an art and that's by Max Dupree um a really nice uh book on leadership and uh and what leadership is and uh and how to experience it and how to grow in it and one of the books I read recently that I that I've"