#0435 – Why Your Excuses Are Holding You Back with Patrick Engasser

About this episode

Patrick Engasser discusses how to overcome excuses and transform challenges into advantages for success.

Why Your Excuses Are Holding You Back What if the biggest thing standing between you and success isn't your circumstances, your competition, or your limitations... but the excuses you've accepted as truth? In this episode of Deep Leadership, I sit down with Patrick Engasser, bestselling author, business coach, motivational speaker, and former top-performing sales leader. Patrick has been blind since birth, yet he built a remarkable career leading sales teams, coaching entrepreneurs, and helping leaders achieve extraordinary results. Patrick shares how he transformed what many would see as a limitation into a competitive advantage, why mindset always comes before strategy, and how leaders can stop letting obstacles define their future. We also discuss the power of relationships, the importance of leading by example, and why people follow leaders who do hard things when no one is watching. If you've ever felt stuck, overwhelmed, or limited by your circumstances, this conversation will challenge the way you think about adversity and inspire you to take action. In this episode, you'll learn: • How to turn your biggest challenge into your greatest advantage• Why mindset must change…

People in this episode

Host: Jon S. Rennie

Guest: Patrick Engasser

Topics covered

• excuses
• mindset
• leadership
• adversity
• relationships
• success

Keywords

• excuses
• mindset
• leadership
• success
• adversity
• relationships
• coaching

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Deep Leadership

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