Finding What You Want with Alex Barker

Today I had the pleasure of speaking with the Entrepreneur, and the Founder and CEO of The Happy PharmD, Alex Barker. The Happy PharmD is a business and career consulting and coaching firm for pharmacists. Alex first started his career thinking that he wanted to be a pharmacist but realized during his residency that that wasn’t the case. He spent roughly five years bouncing around, trying different things until he reached where he is now. Let’s dive into Alex’s story of how through trying out different paths can help you find what you’re good at and what you really want. Things you will learn in this episode: [00:01 – 07:23] Opening SegmentI talked briefly about valuable information that you can take advantage of in this episodeI introduce guest, Alex Barker, into the showAlex talks about how his journey beganGrew up thinking he needed to impress everyoneStudied pharmacy in collegeJumped around starting different businesses and built up his coaching and leadership skillsStarted and focused on The Happy PharmD [07:24 – 13:46] Finding What You WantAlex takes us back to when he realized “I don’t like this” during his residencyRelatable to the feelings he got when he got fired several timesHoped to get into teaching but realized he didn’t like that after learning about businessNow thinks of teaching as a back-up plan in case his business failsAlex talks about “what you’re good at and what you’re bad at” [13:47 – 19:25] The 5-Year GapAlex talks about his 5 years of bouncing around different pathsThinks he should be further along than where he is currently at that timeRealized and decided to commit to one thing to see if it succeedsTalks about the things that helped him realized “this is the place to go”Limitations: Knowing what you’re good at and outsourcing the restSeeing the need and no one doing it [19:26 – 27:27] How do you differentiate yourselves against competitions in the business?Alex talks about what makes them different against their competitionsDelivering great serviceGrowth: having a team working along your sideI talk about the mindset “I want competition but I don’t want to compete”Having healthy competition that will help push you in the right way [27:28 – 32:24] The FOCUS FIVE SegmentWhat book have you recommended most often?How to win friends and influence peopleIf you can get an hour of somebody's time and ask questions, who would that be and why?Genghis Khan, strategyWhat is one thing that you believe that most people would disagree with you on?The mindfulness crap that’s been going aroundMorning routine, How do you start your day?Wake upBeen reading my favorite comicsSelf-care time with my wifeWhat is the best place we can connect with you online?See below for social linksFinal words from Alex and me   Tweetable Quotes: “It was really the trial and error, perhaps there’s a mixture too of just quick adoption of skills and execution that really led me to where I am because I would quickly try to learn as much as I could and applied it as I was learning it to really justify is this worth pursuing or not.” – Alex Barker “I have found that I am in a much more tempered place because of my failures and because of my successes, I’m no longer swayed by new shining opportunities that people present me” – Alex Barker “once you figure out what you’re good at, you have to think through how can I only do that activity and delegate everything else to the best of my ability” – Alex Barker   Resources Mentioned:The Happy PharmDHow To Win Friends And Influence PeopleGenghis Khan You can connect with Alex on Linkedin, or subscribe to his YouTube Channel. Visit their website at https://www.thehappypharmd.com/ to know more. LEAVE A REVIEW + help someone who wants to explode their business growth by sharing this episode or click here to listen to our previous episodes. Are you working HARD but not really moving the needle on anything? You should check out my POWER LIST and find out how you can get more done to move your business, project, or relationship closer to where you want it to be. Let’s go! To know more about me and all the real estate opportunities you can find, check out my website at Hansstruzyna.com. Get the chance to talk with me for FREE. Set up a call using this link https://calendly.com/h-struzyna/15min Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.