Dr. Finance Live Podcast Episode 80 - Stephen M. R. Covey IV Interview - Trust Expert - Author

(Originally aired 10/6/22): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcPmGM2Q9CM

This is Episode 80 of the Dr. Finance® Live Podcast hosted by Dr. Anthony M. Criniti IV (aka “Dr. Finance®”). Dr. Criniti interviewed Stephen M. R. Covey IV, a New York Times and #1 Wall Street Journal bestselling author, inspirational speaker, and an authority on trust.

Stephen M. R. Covey is the New York Times and #1 Wall Street Journal bestselling author of The Speed of Trust, which has been translated into 22 languages and has sold over 2 million copies worldwide. He is also the author of the newly released Wall Street Journal bestseller, Trust & Inspire: How Truly Great Leaders Unleash Greatness in Others.
Stephen brings to his writings the perspective of a practitioner, as he is the former President & CEO of the Covey Leadership Center, where he increased shareholder value by 67 times and grew the company to become the largest leadership development firm in the world.

A Harvard MBA, Stephen co-founded and currently leads FranklinCovey’s Global Speed of Trust Practice. He serves on numerous boards, including the Government Leadership Advisory Council, and he has been recognized with the lifetime Achievement Award for “Top Thought Leaders in Trust” from the advocacy group, Trust Across America/Trust Around the World. Stephen is a highly sought-after international speaker who has taught trust and leadership in 55 countries to business, government, military, education, healthcare, and NGO entities.

For more information, please visit: www.trustandinspire.com

0:00 - 1:10:44 - Podcast welcome and Stephen's story
1:10:45 - 1:18:00 - Overview of books
1:18:01 - 1:25:56 - Overview of Stephen R. Covey’s (dad’s) books
1:25:57 - 1:33:16 - What is the relationship between your recent book’s major concepts of trust and inspire and your father’s major concepts of 7 habits of highly effective people?
1:33:17 - 1:34:10 - How important is trust in business and life?
1:34:11 - 1:37:09 - What would happen to an advanced society where trust of government is eliminated?
1:37:10 - 1:38:44 - What would the world look like if everyone was operating at 100% trust capacity of everyone else (i.e., the world trusts everyone)?
1:38:45 - 1:43:43 - Could this hypothetical world ever exist?
1:43:44 - 1:47:15 - Why do leaders operate under the paradigm of command and control (lack of trust for its people)?
1:47:16 - 1:50:40 - The Necessity of Finance book quote (2013), p. 82 on economic goal of wealth maximization: Thoughts?
1:50:41 - 2:00:02 - What is more important inspiration or motivation?; Dr. John DeMartini
2:00:03 - 2:04:05 - Does motivation have any value at all?
2:04:06 - 2:04:49 - Can 1 book change the world?
2:04:50 - 2:11:44 - What role has networking played in your life?
2:11:45 - 2:13:07 - Is mentoring important? Who are some of your mentors?
2:13:08 - 2:16:17 - What are your favorite financial books?
2:16:18 - 2:19:25 - Do we need money to survive?
2:19:26 - 2:20:25 - Is finance necessary for everyone? Why or why not?
2:20:26 - 2:23:04 - How important is having a purpose in business? What is your purpose?
2:23:05 - 2:26:33 - What would you like to accomplish in the next 10 years or so? Why?
2:26:34 - 2:28:32 - What would you like to be your legacy to this world?
2:28:33 - 2:35:57 - Wrap up thoughts and Outro

Dr. Anthony M. Criniti IV (aka “Dr. Finance®”) is the world's leading financial scientist and survivalist. A fifth generation native of Philadelphia, Dr. Criniti is a former finance professor at several universities, a former financial planner, an active investor in diverse marketplaces, an explorer, an international keynote speaker, and has traveled around the world studying various aspects of finance. He is an award winning author of three #1 international best-selling finance books: The Necessity of Finance (2013), The Most Important Lessons in Economics and Finance (2014), and The Survival of the Richest (2016). As a prolific writer, he also frequently contributes articles to Entrepreneur, Medium, and Thrive Global. Dr. Criniti has started a grassroots movement that is changing the way that we think about economics and finance.

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