How to Handle Your Haters and Identifying your Superpower | Adam Mendler

About Episode: 

Today we welcome Adam Mendler on the show, CEO of the Veloz Group.  Adam brings his perspective on mentorships, and the different levels that exist. Learn how his career has been formed, and why he focuses on learning from others to better himself every day.

We Meet: Adam Mendler, CEO, The Veloz Group

Episode References: 

UCLA - https://www.ucla.edu/

Geek Squad - https://tinyurl.com/2nbvvwy5

Tony Horton - https://www.tonyhortonlife.com/

P90x - https://tinyurl.com/rtwjys2f

Angels - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles_Angels

Ohio State Football - https://ohiostatebuckeyes.com/

John Kerry - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kerry

George W. Bush - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_W._Bush

Senator Jim Inhofe - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Inhofe

Senator Barbara Boxer - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Boxer

Dodgers - https://www.mlb.com/dodgers

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About Adam Mendler: Adam Mendler is the Chief Executive Officer of The Veloz Group, where he co-founded and oversees ventures across a wide variety of industries: Beverly Hills Chairs, a leading office furniture e-tailer; Custom Tobacco, a one-of-a-kind cigar customization e-commerce platform; and Veloz Solutions, a technology consulting and software development practice. Adam is also the creator and host of the business and leadership podcast Thirty Minute Mentors, where he regularly elicits insights from America's top CEOs, founders, athletes, celebrities, and political and military leaders. Adam has written extensively on leadership, management, entrepreneurship, marketing and sales, having authored over 70 articles published in major media outlets including Forbes, Inc. and HuffPost. Adam’s Lessons in Leadership series in Thrive Global and other media projects total more than 500 one on one interviews with America’s top leaders. Adam draws upon his insights building and leading businesses and interviewing hundreds of America's top leaders as a keynote speaker to businesses, universities and non-profit organizations on leadership and related topics. Adam’s unique professional background includes experiences working for D.E. Shaw & Co., then the largest hedge fund in the world; for Credit Suisse, then a Fortune Global 150 company; for the strategic planning groups at William Morris Endeavor and Universal Pictures; at TWC Sports Management, a leading sports agency; and on a successful presidential primary campaign. Adam has served as the Executive Producer of Virtually Israel; as a Strategic Partner and Advisor to Here Media; and has been an advisor to the accelerator Fusion LA since its inception. Adam graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Southern California, earning a B.S. in Business Administration and a B.A. in Political Science, and earned an M.B.A. from the UCLA Anderson School of Management, where he received the UCLA Anderson Fellowship Award. Adam teaches a graduate-level class at UCLA on teamwork and leadership; serves on USC’s Board of Governors and on the board of UCLA’s Master of Applied Statistics program; and is Chairman Emeritus of the USC Alumni Entrepreneurs Network. A Los Angeles native and lifelong Angels fan, Adam loves sports, classic movies and TV, politics, physical fitness and backgammon.