Stepping Outside the Box

Jake Carlson | Podcaster | Speaker | Leadership Mentor

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Today’s Guest Expert: Christian Espinosa

Christian Espinosa is the bestselling author of “The Smartest Person in the Room”, an entrepreneur and founder of Alpine Security, a white hat hacker, certified high-performance coach, and lover of heavy metal music and spicy food. He’s also an Air Force veteran and Ironman triathlete. Christian used to value being the smartest person in the room until he realized that his greatest contribution to humanity, leadership, and the fight against cybercrime is his ability to bring awareness and simple solutions to challenges associated with high IQ/low EQ staff.

3 Top Takeaways: Stepping Outside the Box

I worked on the culture of my company & establishing people’s skills to compliment people’s technical skills
I believe that with communication is the response you get & if you’re not getting the right response, it’s up to you to take ownership
Growth mindset makes you believe your traits are not fixed – that they can change and improve over time
Mono tasking is the opposite of multi-tasking – if you don’t make yourself present, you make people feel less valued