Welcome back to the Ultimate Shift! For today's episode, we have Mary Akbari. She is an F&I Manager and Businesswoman. We talk about how she survived, rose up from the lowest points of her life, and eventually found success. Let’s get right into the episode and learn from Mary’s story [00:01 – 0:0] Getting to Know Mary Akbari I welcome and introduce my guest, Mary Akbari, to the show Mary shares the story of her family’s story of migration from Iran to Turkey and the US Mary shares her experience inside and outside the borders of the US Her desire to become a successful businesswoman and live in a big city [09:07 – 22:19] Dream big and Work Hard Mary shares her dream to work hard, be better and make her family better How Mary keeps herself motivated Setting priorities to achieve your goals Giving up things that are unnecessary to achieve your goals What is the purpose of life? To be happy and what can you do to get there To influence other people and make an impact on others
[22:20 – 36:35] Finding The Right Balance How Mary finds the right balance in her career and personal life Overcoming the fear of failure Success comes with Hard work What would you tell your younger self with everything that you know now? Stop worrying about making everybody else happy What would you tell a person who can't find happiness at a certain point in their life? Move away from what makes you feel miserable Navigating away from toxic relationships What do you think your 15 year old self would tell you right now?
[36:36 – 48:14] Closing Segment Mary’s words of advice to people struggling to come and chase the American dream What Mary does to overcome struggles at work If you had the world stage for 5 minutes, what would you say? Be Kind. Be understanding. Take the time to get to know people around you. Having the confidence in yourself to bring happiness to yourself and other people Make sure to go and follow Mary Remember to like and review Final words
Tweetable Quotes: “If you have dreams and you don’t have plans, it’s just dreams, you’re not going anywhere with them.” - Mary Akbari “If you want a better life, you’re gonna have to give up some stuff.” - Mary Akbari “You’re not lucky from where you’re standing today, it’s from your hard work. If you can work hard again, you’ll get to where you were to begin with.” - Mary Akbari “Just be patient, everything has a timing. If it’s not the right time, then it’s just not meant to be.” - Mary Akbari “Take the time to get to know the people you work with. You’ll grow more, and you’ll help them grow more.” - Mary Akbari
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