054: Ben Ward | Overcoming Traditional Education in Life That Stunt Our Creativity

Welcome back everyone, we have Ben Ward, Founder of Forward Leadership. Ben is a passionate leader with over 20 years of experience in sales leadership, and executive leadership training and development. At age 26, Ben built and managed the highest producing sales region at Firstline Security, an INC 500 company. He became the highest producer in the company-of over 2,000 sales representatives nationwide-and generated over $37 million in revenue with sales teams. In this episode, we talk about the four pillars of what he helps his mastermind members go through. We talk about why, through standard education in life we stunt our creativity, and how to overcome it. [00:01 – 02:27] Opening Segment I introduce our guest, Ben Ward I briefly talk about the great values that await you in this episode Connect with Ben. See links below [02:28 – 08:13] Ben’s learning journey Ben talks about how his learning changed from his early years vs today Developing a pattern of absorbing information and knowledge early on Deciding to learn, absorb, apply and teach others Ben talks about his mentors and partners Having a clear goal and find people who can help you achieve that goal Getting into a mastermind to help him write his book [08:14 – 19:31] Masterminds and Self-education How Masterminds helped Sean in resetting himself and get unstuck The power of having passionate minds align and challenge you Sean shares his thoughts on https://amzn.to/3odVxIY (Outwitting the Devil) Ben’s thoughts on Self-education and Traditional education Taking action and Taking Control of our thoughts More people turning to experts in a certain area rather The Four Pillars [19:32 – 27:15] Forward Leadership  What people can expect when they enter Ben’s reality A no-nonsense take on how to succeed Guarding your mind and taking action despite fear Success stories of people who have gone through Ben’s mastermind Ben talks about his framework that helps top sellers into top leaders [27:16 – 37:38] Creating Success Getting o