Larry Easto is a seasoned professional with over 40 years of experience in law, coaching, and consulting. He has a diverse background that includes community development, strategic planning, and authentic marketing. Larry is passionate about helping others recognize their strengths, overcome weaknesses, and achieve personal growth. An accomplished author, he has written multiple books aimed at empowering professionals and facilitating their journey to success. Larry’s unique perspective integrates experiential learning with practical business strategies, helping individuals and businesses thrive in today’s dynamic environment.
Larry joins Audley on The Audacious Living Podcast to discuss the following:
- Larry Easto emphasizes the importance of avoiding negativity and complaining, advocating for a focus on positive energy and personal growth;
- He reflects on his career evolution, recognizing that making a difference in people’s lives has always been a driving force;
- Larry discusses the significance of goal setting and planning in business, likening it to a roadmap that requires regular course corrections;
- He encourages listeners to embrace their strengths while delegating tasks that are not aligned with their skills, promoting a focused and efficient approach;
- Failure is framed as a valuable learning experience, rather than a setback, reinforcing the idea that growth often comes from mistakes.
My Review:
As someone who draws strength from nature, I absolutely love how Audley Stephenson started our conversation on his Audacious Living podcast.
After introducing the image of a garden, his reference to the requisite care and attention led to the similar attentiveness required to succeed in our journey through life. As is the case with growing fruits and vegetables, it’s necessary to make plans to our life plan as circumstances continue to shift and evolve.
One essential element of this process is keying into our personal strengths.
When Audley made this comment, I immediately thought of one of my favorite consultant tools—the SWOT analysis. In case that term is new to you, it is the process by which we identify our Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats. As a result of this identification, we can apply out strengths to offset if not overcome our weaknesses, pursue exciting new opportunities and minimize potential threats.
By way of bonus as Audley so rightly pointed out, when applying our strengths, we create supportive momentum that will help carry us forward to our desired outcome. This in turn leads to the gratifying experience of life getting better, the better life gets.
As is the case with great podcast interviews like this one, the experience was more like a collaborative mutually enjoyable conversation than a formal question and answer interrogation. As an engaged participant, I had the opportunity of sharing some of my life lessons learned as well as benefiting from the questions and comments coming my way.
From my perspective the conversation generated two significant takeaways.
One is the importance of celebrating each every achievement on our personal journeys through life. As the importance of each achievement increases, so does the level of celebration. You have after earned the right to celebrate whatever you have made happen. Don’t hide your light under a bushel.
Secondly, whenever things don’t work out as expected, don’t beat yourself else. Bad things happen to good people like you. But instead of dwelling on the disappointment, refocus on what you can learn from the experience. Given that experience is the best teacher, the school of hard knocks offers excellent learning opportunities.
And what a rich learning opportunity it was chatting with Audley. Thank you so much!