144 – Advising Elon Musk, Spiegel and Whitman with Arman Sedeghi

Arman Sadeghi is a published author, motivational speaker, entrepreneur and Philanthropist. He is the author of The Business Bible and CEO of 6 companies. He has advised some of the top CEOs in America on various projects, including Elon Musk of Tesla, Snapchat CEO, Evan Spiegel, Ginni Rometty of IBM, Steve Wynn, Meg Whitman and others. A husband and father, he enjoys working hard to help everyone around him better.

Arman Sadeghi

Top Takeaways: Advising Elon Musk, Spiegel and Whitman with Arman Sedeghi

  • I did start 6 companies at once
  • I built a system and a structure to support growth
  • I’m constantly in the structure creation mode
  • Worry about the cause, the effect will follow
  • Important versus urgent
  • Spend time doing the important that are NOT YET urgent
  • No one makes a superhero movie about the planner and builder who creates a system to avoid disaster- though they are more important
  • The more you react- the more there will be things to react to
  • Are we relying (detrimentally) on technology to save the day in our business?
  • I’m obsessed with KPIs- if you have the right KPIs you can see what happened, what is happening and what will happen next without actually being there
  • When KPIs are tracked every day- everything changes
  • KPIs should flow from the bottom up
  • The struggle with KPIs isn’t in what to track, but how to be accountable to them
  • KPIs need to change from a “should” do to a “must” do
  • 3-5 KPIs is the sweet spot
  • The most important thing in any company is to track KPIs

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Learning From Leaders: 

Current Book: Rich Dad Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not! Mass Market by Robert T. Kiyosaki

Leadership Superpower: KPIs, KPIs everywhere

Motivational Mantra:

[shareable]Be happy with who you are and what you have while pursuing what you want[/shareable]

Book Most Often Gifted: How to win Friends & Influence People by Dale Carnegie

Additional Items Mentioned

Arman’s website: titaniumsuccess.com

The Business Bible: A 10-Step Revolutionary Guide to Conquering Your Business by Arman Sadeghi

 

About the author

Jake Carlson is a popular speaker, accountability partner, and host of the Modern Leadership podcast. Jake built his business while traveling with his family around the world. Follow him on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or LinkedIn. Read more about him here.