Ep. 92 | Mike Ayala – Adapt and Thrive in Every Season of Life

On this episode of The Rich Equation Podcast, Ashish is joined by Mike Ayala. Mike is an investor, speaker, podcaster, and founder of Investing for Freedom. Mike helps busy professionals and business owners find true freedom to live their best life.

He’s also co-founder of Four Peaks Capital Partners, LLC. His scope includes operations, management teams, development, and chief people officer. He also co-directs the overall investment strategy along with Andrew Lanoie. Mike has over 22 years of experience in finding freedom by building teams and streamlining operations.

In this episode, Mike talks about his life. He talks about the evolution of identity as time passes by. He shares his observations from the entrepreneurs around him with regard to the challenges they encounter each day. He talks about understanding the seasons of life and how they translate to business and knowing where you are now. Mike shares his perspective on investing as well.

Highlights:

00:00 - Ashish Introduces Mike

03:10 – Ashish asks Mike about aspects of our lives where we should be thinking bigger

10:44 – Mike shares a story about his stepdad and talks about building an identity

13:07 – The evolution and development of self-identity

16:22 – Mike shares his thoughts about seasons of life and situations where it’s ok not to work on areas that you know you need to change, so you can stay in your zone of genius

22:39 - Ashish and Mike talk about traits of entrepreneurs

25:24 – Things Mike has seen and observed on entrepreneurs and how challenges are being addressed

31:45 – Understanding the seasons of life and business

35:55 – Ashish asks Mike about his perspective on investing

37:17 – The downside of waiting for opportunities

Connect with Mike Ayala here:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/themikeayala/?hl=en

Website: https://www.michaelayala.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/themikeayala/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoa4pNSAYxBM6nSn2jCrPYA/featured

Links:

Check out previous episodes of The Rich Equation Podcast here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-rich-equation/id1585002788