Sell Without Selling Podcast
Episode #38
Networking RX with Frank Agin
On this Episode:
- Frank gives his background and how he began pursuing law and accounting
- Frank tells his story of being the poster child for a bad networker to becoming the founder of AmSpirit
- Frank and Stacey talk about what success means to them
- Frank shares what inspires him to do what he does
- Hear Stacey’s metaphor for money
- Frank gives networking advice for those in their first year of business
Key Takeaways:
- Figure out what drives you
- Find an organization to volunteer
- Make it personal and take notes
- The reality is we do nothing alone
Today’s Guest: Frank Agin
Frank Agin is the founder and president of AmSpirit Business Connections, where he works to empower entrepreneurs, sales representatives and professionals around the country to become more successful through networking. In addition, he is a “sought after” speaker and consultant to companies and organizations on topics related to professional networking and business relationship development. He’s written numerous articles on professional networking and is the author of several books, some of which include, Foundational Networking: Building Know, Like and Trust to Create a Lifetime of Extraordinary Success … The Champion: Finding the Most Valuable Person In Your Network … Chase Greatness: Life Lessons Revealed Through Sports. He is also the host of the weekly Networking Rx podcast, which provides insights and advice for becoming more successful through networking as well as the host of the daily micro podcast Networking Rx Minute, which provides short messages of inspiration and recommended action.
“If Sunday nights are miserable, you need to do something else.”- Frank Agin
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(First ~2 mins)
Hey, this is Frank Agin, president of AmSpirit Business Connections, and the host of the Networking Rx podcast, If you really want to learn the science to creating six and seven figure businesses, significantly increase your revenue, and learn how to successfully build a professional organization and relationships, you should be listening to Sell Without Selling podcast with my good friend, Stacey O’Byrne.
[Intros]
Stacey: Frank, welcome to the show.
Frank: Well thanks for having me, gold nuggets. It might be fools gold, maybe silver, I don’t know.
Stacey: I am excited to have you on the show. So we were talking earlier, and as a matter of fact, we were talking a couple days ago. I’m really excited for our listeners to get a glimpse of what success means to you.
Frank: You know what, for me success is being able to do what you want to do, really on your own terms. You know, success is not money, right? School teachers don’t make a lot of money, but for the most part they’re doing what they love to do. And I get it, there are certainly problems with school teachers. It’s just one example. But for me, I have a law degree, I have an MBA, I have a CPA. I have more letters after my name than in my name, and I had a very prestigious job with a very big accounting firm doing tax consulting. It was a great place and great people, but I wasn’t happy. It wasn’t my passion. It wasn’t for me. I’m a people person. And if Sunday nights are miserable, you need to do something else.
Stacey: I love that. I’m curious, what got you to pursue a path of accounting and law?