In this week's episode, I am joined by Rich Christiansen! Rich Christiansen is a globally recognized entrepreneur, author, mentor, and humanitarian. He has founded or co-founded 51 businesses, with 16 of them becoming multimillion-dollar successes, each launched with $10,000 or less, and has conducted business in 14 countries. He is the bestselling author of The ZigZag Principle (McGraw Hill, 2011), which became both a Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestseller, and the co-author of Bootstrap Business. In 2021, Rich launched the Legado Family Framework, a model designed to help families strengthen values, traditions, and governance—positively impacting and stabilizing families worldwide. A natural mentor, he has launched and trained hundreds of young leaders, founded the Entrepreneur Leadership Center, and served as Chairman of the Board of Trustees at Southern Utah University as well as on the Utah State Board of Higher Education. He also founded Mountain Grabbers, his thought leadership company, and HooDoo Capital, an early-stage venture capital firm. Beyond business, Rich leads an adventurous life. With his family, he has explored slot canyons, summited Mt. Kilimanjaro, and stood at the base of Mt. Everest three times. He enjoys frisbee golf, skiing, golf, cooking, playful music, and makes meditation a daily practice. Together with his wife, he is the proud parent of five sons, ten grandchildren, and a daughter from Nepal. Looking ahead, Rich is committed to using his next chapter of thought leadership to help guide humanity toward a balanced and safe middle way. Key Points • Rich Christiansen's 51-business journey • The Zigzag Principle unpacked • "Fail quickly and efficiently" • Entrepreneurship with a heart • Critical thinking over AI • Personal values define success Best Quotes 03:33 - 03:43 • "It's about 12, 13 years old. I kind went back and rewrote it, updated it last year, and, and it was really fun 'cause a lot of the principles held stronger than ever." 06:07 - 06:13 • "Please put guardrails in your life because it really becomes a at bat game, Scott, it really does." 06:37 - 06:43 • "I think it's always funny to me how movement and action create opportunity." 22:20 - 22:25 • "You show me a family or an organization with a bunch of rules and I'll show you a broken culture." 37:31 - 37:43 • "I think back to that concept of, of I want my sons to be, they know that they're not going to get any of my wealth and they would be offended if I did give them money."  

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