Surviving a Heart Attack and Remembering What Matters Most with Jim and Kathy Paullin
June 2022 at a business event outside of St. Louis Jim Paullin slips out of a meeting and has a massive heart attack in the lobby of his hotel and is rushed to the hospital. He and his wife Kathy relive this event, what happened, what they learned, and how this has changed their life.
Show Notes:
- Jim Paullin – MBA from Emory University, division manager for a global paper company, and now an entrepreneur
- Kathy Paullin – BS from Emory in Chemistry, worked at the CDC and Monsanto, and now an entrepreneur
- (6:45) “Joe Darkangelo, I need your help. I have slight chest pains.”
- (10:15” ****Code Blue****
- (17:15) “The most important realization we had about this heart attack was that God was in control….if we had the heart attack at home he might not have made it.”
- (21:10) “All I can remember is I WANT SOME OXYGEN!”
- (25:50) Why it is important to invest consistently through life.
- (29:00) Why you buy insurance when you don’t need it.
- (31:00) Jim Paullin gives advice to young people of what he has learned in life.
- We decided to do life together
- Learning soft skills and personal development in life is critical
- The secret to success is to ask questions and then LISTEN.
- Get mentors and coaches that can help you in life.
- (41:00) The hare vs. the tortoise.
- (46:45) Words of encouragement to Jim Paullin about his mission for the next generation. The best days of America are ahead, and there is hope and opportunity!
- (56:00) Jim & Kathy’s parting words of wisdom
- “The life you want is easily obtained by getting new information.”
- Book Recommendations
- Leading With A Limp – Dan Allender
- Think and Grow Rich – Napoleon Hill
- How to Win Friends and Influence People – Dale Carnegie
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Tristin Dickie
Nashville Fellows Program 2022, Marketing Assistant for Affinity Technology Partners, Professional Photographer freelancer. Go VOLS!
