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"Jason Womack coaches on how to live a life of purpose"
ARIELLE DREHER | STAFF WRITER
Thursday March 17, executive business coach and author Jason Womack came to APU to speak to Scholars for Business Achievement (SBA).
Womack discussed some ideas in his book The Promise Doctrine and answered students’ questions. Womack and his wife, Jodi, founded The Womack Company four years ago and have worked in eight different countries and 42 different states in finance, healthcare, aerospace, education and social services.
Aren Salbashian, president of SBA, said the connection to Womack was through a previous member of SBA who had attended one of his seminars. According to Salbashian there have been a lot of speakers this semester within the School of Business and Management. ‘It’s that time in the semester now when people need this kind of push and that kind of direction,’ Salbashian said. Salbashian felt that listening to Womack speak was important, especially for upperclassmen.
‘He doesn’t necessarily give you exact steps to becoming successful, but as far as identifying yourself, he’s the best at it,’ Salbashian said. Womack didn’t waste time and he used his experience to easily identify people in the audience Salbashian said. According to Salbashian, Womack called people out on many things like what kind of person they were or what they did. He believes Womack must be good at what he does because Womack could tell exactly what a person was good at from only a few words.
‘The fact that he knew I was a people pleaser was a big deal for me,’ Salbashian said. ‘He was able to pinpoint exactly who I was by only one of my questions.’
Freshman finance major Brian Harrington heard Womack speak as well. According to Harrington, Womack was not the kind of executive coach that he had preconceived him to be. Womack’s focus on relationships and the psychological side of things surprised Harringont, but ended up being the most engaging for him. Harrington’s biggest takeaway was to always follow through with goals that he sets for himself. ‘You can write down whatever you want, but you need to be intentional about wanting to serve others,’ Harrington said.
Womack came to APU to share a few ideas he felt students would be able to draw on. ‘It [APU] is an organization that is open to outside influence and I believe it is important for students to see and hear as many ideas as possible that are out there that we all can draw on,’ Womack said. Womack encouraged students to continue studying self-awareness and self-knowledge and says everyone falls into a purposeful life full of reason.
‘Being able to tap into who we are and then letting what we do manifest from there is important for students to recognize,’ Womack said. "
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