Good Comes First with @MarkSBabbitt

SEASON 2, EPISODE 16

Finding himself a single father of four overnight, learn how Mark became a good father, successful entrepreneur, and discovered his purpose to make the workplace a better place.

MARK S. BABBITT

In This Episode

• A life lesson learned from being raised in a small town
• Coaching baseball for 35 years: fostering family and creating a culture
• Sense of urgency vs. sense of outrage
• Finding himself a single father of four
• Realizing he could be a good father AND an entrepreneur
• Leaving Silicon Valley and moving to the mountains
• Setting a precedent to be a family-oriented business
• Fulfilling his purpose to make the workplace a better place
• The writing and titling of “Good Comes First”

Quotations From This Episode

“At a very young age, I learned that your friends are who you’re with right now.” –.@MarkSBabbitt

“If someone isn’t aligned with your values, doesn’t fit your view of  your perception of the mission, the vision, they can’t work with you.” –.@MarkSBabbitt

“One of the great things about this 18-20 month stay at home thing has been we just we kind of get to watch from afar.” –.@MarkSBabbitt

“There have been moments where it’s just been inspiring to watch people rise to the occasion.” –.@MarkSBabbitt

“It’s hard to feel a constant sense of urgency, but it’s pretty easy to feel a constant sense of outrage.” –.@MarkSBabbitt

“I wanted to raise my own kids and I figured out for me what is to this day, has been the biggest shift I’ve ever had to deal with overnight.” –.@MarkSBabbitt

“It wasn’t just a shift for us it was a shift for the entire company, we became family oriented.” –.@MarkSBabbitt

“Why can’t we find a way to make work both profitable for the company and fulfilling for the employee?” –.@MarkSBabbitt

“We knew about servant leadership, but we hadn’t figured out how important servant purpose was.” –.@MarkSBabbitt

Followers find Mark’s advice in Entrepreneur, Inc., Forbes, and many other publications. An in-demand speaker, Mark was named one of Inc. Magazines’ Top 100 Leadership Speakers.

Resources

• Website: https://goodcomesfirst.com/
• Twitter: .@MarkSBabbitt
• LinkedIn: in/marksbabbitt

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Transcript

Summary Keywords

culture, leadership, father, entrepreneur, family, purpose, workplace

Speakers

Mark S. Babbitt, Bryan Kramer