John Flannery was such a fun interview; he has this dry wit which shines through in his story telling and it continually has me laughing. I don’t know, John is just a good man. He willingly talks about his highs and his lows, the joys and the tears, and his struggles and his breakthroughs. He is a family man to the core, stands up for what he believes in, and has the job of his dreams. We talk family, life, death and everything in between.
John Flannery was such a fun interview; he has this dry wit which shines through in his story telling and it continually has me laughing. I don’t know, John is just a good man. He willingly talks about his highs and his lows, the joys and the tears, and his struggles and his breakthroughs. He is a family man to the core, stands up for what he believes in, and has the job of his dreams. We talk family, life, death and everything in between.
Show notes:
When I become Mayor! One of the first thing I’m gonna do is take back our streets! I catch John when he just got done playing tennis… Who the hell plays tennis?
Vulnerable. John has a dry wit and it shines in his story telling. John Flannery likes to control outcomes.
My feelings are back. For a long time I didn’t have them. I feel everything today and it's a blessing and a growing opportunity.
“I feel and think about a lot of different things and I am grateful to have friends like you who help me to decipher if I can make an impact or not”. He is open to hearing and getting the answer he does not want.
“The truth will set you free…” “It will put your balls in a vice script first!”
The ability to discern what to do or not. Prayer and meditation is an option.
John puts his money where his mouth his - One day I’m walking by a grocery store and I see dude hanging out next to a Trump booth with a sign - and it was John - and the sign says “Anyone but him”. And the peace, love, and learning that came out of this experience is awesome.
17 years ago he had to change, his wife was gonna leave with their kids, and by the grace of god he had had enough. He had a spiritual experience he had to change…“I’ve never had a (spiritual experience) where I wasn’t doing something with or for somebody else.” “I’ve never been filling Johns agenda out and had a spiritual experience!”
Can’t we just be fucking nice to each other? Even if we don’t agree with each other…
Would you like to get punched in the face.
His sign experience showed that 95% of the people are down for peaceful of dialog…
John Flannery is in sales and is a sales trainer and he loves what he does for work and he loves how he gets to be of service in his job. He gets to live his calling. He believes in the balance of the three legs of the stool; health, wealth, and relationships.
John, cursed me when I first told him to think about the fact that we are all going to die… Now it is one of his favorite things.
John is a family man to the core, he loves the family structure, and thrives it… A question I have for him, “How hard is it to see a child seemingly having problems?” A quote he heard “You’re as happy as your most unsettled kid”. And John does not like that…
Johns parents died when he was young; his mom when he’s 14, dad when 19… We get to reflect on that. Perhaps that is what bumps him on his path of self destructive behaviors that almost push his family away.
We took about the transition to starting his business Flannery Sales Systems. His mentor at the time gives him his phd in buyer behavior, which is what selling is all about. “Understanding what is important to the buyer.” I was very unsure of the outcomes but I had to take the action. His wife is integral in his leap of faith to start his business.
The two sides of John, the foot loose and fancy free John and now we have the buttoned down John Flannery with Flannery Sales Systems; where those clash beauty comes out. They come together in his business where he gets to travel. The covid has put a damper on that. But he is good at the travel in his business. It’s the connection of the people he meets where he down’t know anyone. Or it’s meeting people like me when he comes into a new group of people.
We get to talk about death. Perhaps there was suppressed emotions when his mother passed when he was 14… John affords me my interest in this point of his life. This is a very touching and reveling moment in the interview. And when his father dies, the worm turns and John is pissed at god. It was a dark time. It took him a long time to grieve that. He gets to share that with young people now and then, which is a gift for him.
I (mischa) have a very small family - Johns large and tight knit family fascinates me. His family is smaller today, he is down to 29 first cousins.
Johns relatively recent crucible moments that he has come out the other side of… we get to talk about that how he lost his faith. It ends up reinforcing his faith and the path he is on. “If you’re still not connect to your higher power, god, whatever… Who moved?!” “God had a plan, and I forgot that". “Don’t forget what got you to your faith”. He’s a better man for it and his connection to source is that much better for it.
In regards to recent growth with his wife - Maybe I should ask a few more questions, and then I should be quiet… and listen. I don’t have to answer! With his family, “I volunteer my opinion less than ever.”
John did some community volunteering with his son. And the moment is very profound.
John Flannery is good man.
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