The Power of Constant Learning - An Insight into Greg Goushian's Journey

Are you ready to unlock the secrets of relentless personal and professional growth? We've got the keys. This episode features Greg Goushian, the dynamic CEO of Recovery Beach Treatment Center in Southern California. Greg's journey spans over a decade in the industry and he's chock-full of wisdom to share. 

He emphasizes the oft-forgotten notion of never-ending learning, networking, and self-improvement. Greg's insights are not just relegated to the realm of business, they touch upon personal development too. He takes you on a journey of attending conferences with an open mind, learning from everyone you cross paths with, and continually assessing your strengths and areas for improvement. Greg's advice is simple and profound - Say yes to every opportunity to connect. This episode is packed with actionable tips and inspiring stories that will motivate you to pursue continual growth in your professional and personal life. So buckle up and get ready to transform your mindset!

Transcript

Speaker 1 0:00

Welcome to Hatching Creativity . This isn't just another behavioral health podcast . This is the place where thought leaders converge to talk about real-life challenges , breakthroughs and pivotal aha moments . Thanks for tuning in to Hatching Creativity . In this episode , I get the chance to speak with Greg Gushian . He's the CEO of Recovery Beach Treatment Center in Southern California and we speak about the best pieces of business advice he's received and how he executed it . If you like what you hear , please like , share , subscribe and tell all your friends about the Hatching Creativity podcast . We're live at the West Coast Symposium in Palm Springs , california . I'm here with Greg Gushian from Recovery Beach Recovery Center . Greg , would you like to introduce yourself ?

Speaker 2 0:49

Yeah everybody , greg Gushian , ceo at Recovery Beach . We're a 33-bed inpatient facility for substance abuse , detox and residential levels of care in the middle of Orange County , offering accessible , quality treatment , individualized , lots of unique services , lots of opportunities to provide help for those who aren't getting it in the area . I'm really grateful to be here , mike , and looking forward to the conversation .

Speaker 1 1:11

Thank you as someone who's been in the industry for how many years ? It's been about 12 now , so Greg's been in the industry for 12 years . I met you . You were doing more marketing and business development , training , leadership and leadership on the business side . Right After all these years of working in so many different aspects of the industry , what would be the one piece of business advice that you would offer to somebody who's trying to get better or learn new things ?

Speaker 2 1:43

I think you kind of answered my question already Right . There is don't stop trying to get better and learning new things . My biggest piece of advice in general , whether it's this industry , any industry in your professional life , you can't stop learning and you can't stop getting better and don't ceiling yourself . Whether you're in a corporate role , if it's a W-2 job , if you're an entrepreneur , there's always an opportunity to get better . And it's tough for guys especially myself , anyone who's been more so .

Speaker 2 2:12

On the sales , the business side , the marketing side , ego is always a really big thing and I remember 12 years ago when I first got into the industry . I came here from doing pharma sales , so medical sales . Everybody thinks they have a big head , everybody thinks they know everything I did . But once I was able to realize that I can learn from other people . And it doesn't have to be your supervisor , doesn't have to be the owner of your company . It could be someone who is your counterpart . They could have the same role as you . They could be in a lower level position , they could be a janitor . You can learn something from everyone . And if you can get yourself into that mindset and out of the I know everything mindset , then you're going to grow in a way that you never could otherwise and in 12 years . Honestly , I think I've grown the most in the past maybe 18 months , because specifically of that took most of my career to get there . But that shift is what brought me to where I'm at now and I'm continuing to see a steep slope up because I'm learning things that I haven't learned before .

Speaker 2 3:13

Speaking with guys like you , I never dove into the compliance aspect . I never dove into that side of things and learning things , and now I want to know , not only because it can help me run my business , but it also helps me get connected with other people and other aspects of this space and other spaces . And not only does it help you in your job today , but there's always the next step and you don't know what's going to happen in five years , 10 years , if one day this whole thing blows up and there's no more treatment and I got to do something else . I'm fine because I have connections , I have a network , I've learned things and skills that are applicable in other spaces and I think if everybody can kind of focus on that , then you get to the point where , like I said , you're growing for yourself , not just within your organization and that's transferable anywhere you can take . That that's always yours . Nobody can ever take that away from you .

Speaker 1 4:02

It's true , you know it's funny , because one of the pieces of advice I give to people very often is talk to everybody , yes , and don't just talk to people because you want to get something from them or you need something from them , or you think that there's something valuable or be looking for something valuable . Talk to people to let them get to know that , and what ends up happening is you start to learn different things from different people , different ways that you can add value to your life and improve , and I think that they kind of blend together . Yeah , what you're saying . Do you have any thoughts on how to evaluate where you may be stronger in areas or where you may have areas that need to be improved ? Yeah , at least for self-belief .

Speaker 2 4:52

I think take a look at what you've done well in your recent years , or historically so in my example , right on the business development side , I've always been able to network and make connections and learn ways for any type of business acquisition not just client acquisition in our case , but in any other business sales . You have to be creative because there's no path when you get a job description in sales it doesn't say do this , this , this and this in these amount of time . You have to figure it out . For the most part Everybody's personality is different and everybody's personality is different . But again , if you kind of just make that shift , you just get to the point where you almost figure it out organically . And that's what really helped me out a lot in that aspect . And I think again , to look outside of just this particular industry there's so much beyond what we're doing here but to figure out a way to make it transferable .

Speaker 1 5:53

What is the best thing you've picked up ? Best little nugget you've picked up since you've been here oh , man , you mean specifically at this conference or just in general .

Speaker 2 6:02

So I think and maybe not just this conference , but conferences in general , like you said when speaking to everybody but you come into something like this and you have the people you think you want to be with , obviously , us , we're friends , we work together in a lot of ways . You have your priorities and then you have okay , maybe I should connect with this organization or this , but to go in without more of a game plan and talk to everybody , you'll realize you're going to meet somebody that you didn't have any intention of meeting and that's going to be one of the most valuable connections you made here . And that happened to me every single time I went to any conference , any event , and it didn't happen to me yet . But I know I'm going to meet somebody here I've never seen before , I've never heard of their company before , and that's going to push , that's going to provide value to me , my company , my career . And just don't say no to anybody . Just why not Walk these aisles and say hi to ?

Speaker 1 6:51

everyone . So what's really great is this was about . This interview and conversation was really to ask Greg to give you one piece of good advice and he just gave you two . So take that for what it's worth . You guys just have some really good info . Thanks for tuning into Hatchin' Creativity . We appreciate your support . Please don't forget to like and subscribe and tell all your friends about the show and remember it's never just about one thing .