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Tactical Friday: Taking Extreme Action with Mehak Vohra

Making connections and rapport building is a science and art. You want to build connections with someone first before you ask something from them. Look at relationships as being something where you can provide value to a person. 

Welcome back to Tactical Friday! l welcome back Mehak Vohra to dive into how we can apply everything we talked about in Monday’s episode. We talk about the ways Mehak took action, applied learning from her mistakes, implemented everything she’d learned, and went all in. 

 [00:01 – 01:06]

  • Opening Segment I welcome back Mehak Vohra

[01:07 – 06:33] 

  • Building Your Network from Scratch  
  • People like talking about themselves
  • Ask informed people in the industry for advice and listen
  • Provide them value 
  • Show up to make connections
  • Don’t be afraid of rejection   
  • Build connections first, figure out where you can provide value and then make an ask 

[06:34 – 15:53]

  • Making Connections Intentionally
  • Look for genuine connections to make with people 
  • Find common ground  Do your research 
  • Using research and rapport building to and opportunities 
  • Learn that rejection is ok
  • Rapport building is a science and art 

[15:54 – 18:04]

Tweetable Quotes: 

  • “I want to build these connections with them first before I try to make an ask of them. You have to look at relationships as being something where you can provide value to a person.” – Mehak Vohra
  • “I’m always trying to look for connections. Where can I relate to someone, regardless of whether they’re in my space or not?” –  Mehak Vohra

Connect with Mehak on  LinkedIn, Tik Tok and Instagram.  Visit Skill Bank at https://www.joinskillbank.com.

Dropping Out of College to Build Something for Yourself with Mehak Vohra

Entrepreneurship is a means of learning through risks and failure to build something to serve those around you. Welcome to another week of Tactical Leadership! In today’s episode, I welcome Mehak Vohra, the founder of SkillBank. a 15 week FREE upfront marketing program. SkillBank helps people break into marketing and reach their goals. Mehak dropped out of Purdue University’s computer science program at 19 years old to pursue startups. After running her LinkedIn marketing agency for 4 years, she’s started a company and generated 10m+ views on LinkedIn for herself and clients. Tune in and listen to this incredible story of how Mehak doesn’t let anything deter her, not even failure.

[00:01 – 14:32]

  • Opening Segment
  • If you have a platform and want content that DELIVERS, go over to knightly.productions!
  • I introduce Mehak Vohra to the show
  • Something special about Mehak that we might not know about her
  • When Mehak got the entrepreneurship bug
  • A content creator at a very young age
  • Making an app in her freshman year of high school
  • Excited about building something out of nothing for herself
  • When she decided college wasn’t for her
  • How Mehak stayed motivated to create something of herself
  • Did anyone inspire and mentor you that you can attribute that level of success and mindset?

[14:33 – 20:05]

  • How SkillBank Improves the Lives of College Graduates
  • Mehak advises to start young and build networking connections
  • Starting SkillBank
  • Helping college graduates land jobs
  • Starting out teaching a couple of students at 5 am in the morning
  • Being patient until you prove your concept
  • Setting things up to see tangible progress
  • Entrepreneurship is a learning opportunity

[20:06 – 27:40]

  • You Are Your Biggest Project
  • Resources that have helped Mehak build herself
  • Always trying new things
  • Learning from others who have succeeded in the space
  • How everything Mehak has done has led to the next thing she’s doing
  • Mehak tells us about SkillBanks
  • Chief Pup Officer, Olive!

[27:41 – 31:25]

  • Closing Segment
  • What is the legacy you’re wanting to leave in the world?
  • Helping people and making them the best version of themselves
  • See links below to get in touch with Mehak
  • Final words

Tweetable Quotes:

  • “When it comes to entrepreneurship, you have to look at it as a way of making yourself better and learning. Make it an opportunity for you to learn.” – Mehak Vohra
  • “If something doesn’t work out, but you’ve learned something new in the process, it’s a lot easier to look at it as, “Hey, this actually wasn’t a failure, because I’ve learned something.” Rather than, “Hey, I tried it out, and it didn’t work. And I just wasted like a month of my time.” – Mehak Vohra

Connect with Mehak on LinkedIn, Tik Tok, and Instagram 

Visit Skill Bank at https://www.joinskillbank.com

About the Host: Zack Knight

Zack sits down with CEO’s and experts to share tactical knowledge of how to become a better leader and create a more effective, safe environment for your team. Zack offers consulting and podcast coaching and runs Knight Protection Services, LLC, a company that helps busy executives build a winning culture through safety and security.

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