From Trauma to Resilience: Dan Stewart on Freeing Himself From Childhood Pain & Coming out of it Stronger as an Entrepreneur

The chaos, stress and upheaval of childhood trauma can make it hard to believe that you’re worthy of success in business. But if we work through it, that same trauma makes us resilient entrepreneurs and the exact kind of people who need to be making a contribution. 

Every entrepreneur wants to get to that space of meaningful contribution and confidence, but how do we get there when bad experiences make us feel unworthy? In today’s episode, I’m joined by a business owner with an incredibly inspiring story. 

Dan Stewart is a speaker, author, entrepreneur and CEO of Happy Grasshopper. He shares how he was able to extract resilience from his childhood struggles, and how those experiences have informed the amazing life he has built. 

Three Things You’ll Learn In This Episode 

How to melt away your sales aversion 

Why does selling make us feel so icky, and how do we shift our mindset to something more helpful?

Why videos games prepare you for entrepreneurship 

In video games, you fail over and over again until you master a level, how is that any different from business? 

The power we have over our trauma 

Can we shift our own perspectives around our childhood trauma so it doesn’t lead to more anguish and suffering? 

Guest Bio 

Dan Stewart is an entrepreneur, speaker, writer, and the CEO of Happy Grasshopper,  one of the world’s leading conversational marketing and database nurturing companies. In the past few decades, Dan Stewart has founded four multi-million dollar companies. He was a contributing writer for Fortune Insider, as well as real estate industry media outlets like Inman News. Dan is preparing to release his new book Seriously Happy Selling which focuses on his successful career in sales, the key is relationship building and creating conversations.

Dan has established himself as a sought-after keynote speaker and has appeared at well over 150 events in the last 5 years. On average, Dan has been privileged to speak at over 25 events each year on topics that include sales, conversational marketing, entrepreneurship, business, and organizational leadership, as well as copywriting. At Happy Grasshopper Dan has helped more than 10,000 members convert more leads, recruit the best candidates, and create meaningful conversations that lead to sales with his conversational marketing techniques.

For more information visit https://happygrasshopper.com.