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Leading from the Heart with Roman Prokopchuk

Episode Summary

What do you stand for? Defining your values may seem like just an interesting exercise, but truly living by them can give you the answers to the questions and challenges facing you. Learn from someone who has seen it all in life, from growing up in a Soviet country and immigrating to the U.S. to teaching himself SEO and fostering young children after a series of miscarriages.

Episode Notes

What do you stand for? Defining your values may seem like just an interesting exercise, but truly living by them can give you the answers to the questions and challenges facing you. Learn from someone who has seen it all in life, from growing up in a Soviet country and immigrating to the U.S. to teaching himself SEO and fostering young children after a series of miscarriages. 

Roman is a first-generation immigrant from Lviv, Ukraine. He became a self-taught digital marketer in the 2008 recession and founded his own agency in 2012. He is the host of the Digital Savage Experience Podcast and a foster parent to twenty children and counting.

Quotes to remember: 

“That experience you went through is more important, a lot of times, than knowledge.”

“No one’s going to take those experiences and what you’ve been through away from you.” 

“Eventually you have to stand for something. And you decide what that is.”

Takeaways:

• Social media will show you a highlight reel, even if someone appears very motivated and focused
• Take the opportunity; what do you have to lose? 
• Learning the hard lessons about business and life will help you later on
• Experience and passion are better than a degree and a pretty resume
• Go the ethical route and work with and serve business that align with your values
• Your business’ core values should align with your personal values
• Everyone has wisdom from their own experiences
• Take the opportunity because you don’t know if it will still be there later on, and you don’t know where it will lead

What you’ll learn:

• What life was like growing up as a child and first-generation immigrant from a Soviet country
• On growing up with an abusive, absentee father
• About Roman’s role model for masculinity--his grandfather
• How to build your emotional intelligence
• How Roman got started in digital marketing while being jobless in the 2008 recession, then lost that job after two months from a bizarre circumstance
• How to build a relentless savage mindset
• About being a heart-led entrepreneur and shifting focus to legacy rather than personal gain
• What it was like to go through 5 miscarriages with his wife in 3 years
• On being a foster parent and opening their hearts up to get hurt in order to be role models for love for the children 

Mentioned on the podcast: 

• The Digital Savage Experience podcast

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