ABOUT THIS EPISODE
Miguel Martinic, an unboxable entrepreneur, landed a new client - and closed his business the next morning. The question behind that decision takes ten seconds to ask about your own work: what is this actually for?
Miguel Martinic grew up in Bolivia, the boy in a Catholic school who wanted to know what a number meant, not just how to reach it. He built a career as a financial advisor, then closed his consultancy the morning after landing a new client, lost a lot of money on three startups that failed, and started again at 43. Today he is a culture transformation and leadership advisor, helping companies close the gap between the culture they declare and the culture they live through his programme, Human Operating Manual. His argument: asking why sends you looking backwards for causes, asking what something is for points you forwards - and the mind that kept asking was never the problem.
For anyone who has hit the goal that was meant to feel like success and felt nothing - and has started quietly wondering whether the work they're so good at is actually theirs.
In this episode:
- Why a mind that needs the whole story gets corrected at school - and what that same instinct makes possible later
- The night a new client's email made him close a working business, and the question that did it
- Three failed startups, a fresh start at 43, and why he came to see his difference as "pushing outside to see the light"
- Why saying no won't hurt anyone - and what people-pleasing is really protecting
Chapters:
00:00 Cold open
00:53 Intro
03:08 Meet Miguel Martinic
06:03 Out of the square at school
09:55 This number is not the whole story
14:38 What is this actually for
16:54 The Friday night email
19:01 Three startups and a restart at 43
24:11 Bringing humanity into companies
28:46 Faith, gratitude and the body
32:57 Your personal inventory
36:14 Why saying no won't hurt anyone
38:45 Unmasking and the hell yes
39:55 Success on his own terms
41:16 Quick-fire round
48:34 Outro
Mentioned in this episode:
The Power of One More by Ed Mylett
About Ania
Ania Hulsman is a leadership, performance and identity coach for gloriously unboxable high-achievers - neurodivergent founders and senior leaders who are done masking a version of themselves that doesn't fit. She is the creator of The Unboxable Power Framework and host of Neurodivergent Unplugged.
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👉 aniahulsman.com
Connect with Miguel
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/miguelmartinickakoulli
Book a conversation with Miguel: https://calendar.app.google/cVwhpRX15gx1Segf6
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