Lee and Doug discuss:

• How addiction informed Doug’s early life choices, and path to recovery

• The principles that guided a remarkable business career

• What ‘One Day Success’ means to Doug

• How to let go of past pain and regret

• Defining failure and moving forward

Links & references

Lee Cooper: https://www.linkedin.com/in/leecooperrecruiter/

Doug Fleener: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dougfleener/

https://twitter.com/dougfleener

Doug’s Book - The Day Makes the Year (Makes a Life):

https://www.dougfleener.com/books

Get in touch: lee@extrology.com

Episode highlights:

“It was the 80s; the Miami Vice days. I was in the boat business, I got to know a lot of drug runners. I had a model that basically went from buying marine supplies to my store, and then trading them for drugs, with a drug runner, drug dealers, and eventually my life fell apart and I hit rock bottom. And out of that rock bottom became these different stages in my life and growth. ” - 4:08 - Doug Fleener

“I didn't like who I'd become. But part of living successfully, is dealing with the regret, and remorse that you have, and if you're not careful, it really locks you in and owns you” - 13:06  - Doug Fleener

“It's what we do in a day, that thinking, drives our actions, and it's our actions that change our results. And those are results, whether it's in business, whether it's your happiness, relationship, whatever it is, it is what it is, what are we going to do as a result?” - 40:13 - Doug Fleener

“I think success is how you feel when your head hits the pillow.” - 43:59  - Doug Fleener

“I like to talk about breakouts and breakthroughs. A break out is when I really learn to do when I improve what I am already good at, right? So I can break out to another level. And then the breakthrough is really identifying what's that thing trying to hold me back.” 51:13 - Doug Fleener

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