#57 Stephen McDonnold - Retired Executive / MBA Point of View / College is "How" to learn / REM Story / Favorite Child

Welcome to another episode of "Wish I Knew . . . " 

A podcast where I speak with people about their careers focusing on their success, advice, mentoring and listening to interesting stories.

I'm your host Gary Nowak and today I've got a guest that truly hits the mark for me of what a successful career is all about with my guest Stephen McDonnold.  Great career, great wife and wonderful daughters

Career Background:

• PGA Store nearly 17 years
• Home Depot 14 Years
• Ernst & Young 2 yrs
• Presebyterian College and Mercer University MBA Tax

Highlights

• Playing with electricity early on and letting me know playing with water is more dangerous
• Playing golf in college for a D1 school, so jealous.  
• Starting young and his dad giving him 2 books
• College is all about how to learn, don't get bogged down in the details
• Focusing on Tax for an MBA, he wanted something specific
• What to do with a philosophy degree
• Being a good person and giving back to the community
• Observer and using this as a mentoring approach
• Cream always rises to the top
• When your best attributes are also your worst attributes
• Simple advice = be humble and listen
• Great perspective on hard vs soft skills
• Switching jobs why and when
• Getting great financial advice 
• Taking a big risk by going to PGA Store and the influencer behind this move
• Finally figured out his biggest influencer
• When your job is a blast
• Great REM story
• Going to the best golf tournament on earth yearly and no room to give this a guy a break to go
• He has an answer when I ask him who his favorite child is with one of his daughters next to him and it wasn't her

Want to be a guest? Email me at gpnowak@gmail.com!