Tapping Into The Power of Spirit with Paul Farrell

This episode of Success Fundamentals features Paul Farrell, Founder and CEO of Nehemiah Security. In Paul’s experience, some keys to success include adaptability, the willingness to continuously learn, putting your priority on people, and last but not least, an unwavering faith in God.

He shares how teams thrive when companies make it a point to hire from diverse backgrounds, especially in areas of troubleshooting. Paul also shares the unique privilege he has to help others, either as a coach or as a philanthropist who supports many causes and advocacies.

Paul shares why being CEO of a company necessitates humility, as well as the effect positive relationships have in making people happier and companies even more successful. For Paul, the fact that he is in a position to change lives is the biggest metric of success.

HIGHLIGHTS

04:45 Learning programming and Paul's professional journey

08:19 Joining AOL and noticing the buzz around the internet in '97

10:36 Staying innovative and nurturing relationships with people

15:03 Learn quickly, stay adaptable, and celebrate diversity

20:47 Faith in God: Bringing teams closer and blessing others

24:21 Supporting causes and advocacies with a donor-advised fund

28:10 Staying humble as CEO: Nurturing the mind, body, and spirit

32:05 The privilege to help others is success

36:51 Giving away money, getting it back, and repeating the cycle

42:07 Connect with Paul

QUOTES

11:26 "People are the number one thing we should concentrate. It's the one thing that makes the difference between mediocre and great firms and super firms. It's people management. And so, you learn to have relationships with people and how to grow them and to maintain them over time."

19:56 "I really, really believe in more diversity, giving more people a chance where you can, if you can in your position as hiring, I think it'll add to your value overall, especially where these people are participating in problem solving situations, you get a great team that way because they look at it differently."

25:57 "You can write checks all day long, but you can't fake showing up. You can fake caring, you can't fake showing up... writing checks doesn't absolve you from also just doing something yourself."

33:39 "What's on your tombstone? And I simply want one thing, one thing only; he was a godly man to my family, to my children, to my friends, to my community. That's what makes a difference."

37:06 "The name of the new company is called Pater Holdings... which is father in Latin. And it's where I believe my next role is is not working 70 hours a week in my own job, but working alongside CEOs and entrepreneurs to help them do their jobs."

You can connect with Paul through the links below.

• LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/farrellpaulj/

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