If you're a business owner, entrepreneur, or founder trying to build a business that actually scales without burning you out, this episode is essential listening and the framework inside is also part of what we teach at MentorBusiness.com.
Dr. Lewis Haydon, a trusted business coach and mentor to growth-focused founders, breaks down how to build personal core values that actually drive your decisions, your leadership, and your business results.
This isn’t corporate fluff. This is raw truth, lived experience, and a practical framework any founder can apply today.
Inside, Lewis shows you how to look back at the key decisions, wins and painful moments, that shaped who you are, and how to turn those into a clear set of values you can actually use in the business.
If you’ve ever felt like you’re second-guessing everything, chasing shiny objects, or making decisions from pressure instead of clarity, this episode will hit hard.
You’ll learn how to identify the trigger points that shaped your behaviours, how to align your team with the right values, and how to build a business where actions match intentions.
Takeaways:
• Why most founders misunderstand core values and build corporate buzzword lists instead of real drivers
• How your proudest and most painful decisions reveal your true values
• The connection between decision-making, behaviour change, and long-term business outcomes
• How to align your company vision with your personal values without forcing a generic mission statement
• Why values stop shiny-object syndrome and help every team member stay in the right seat
• How self-awareness not frameworks, gurus, or templates, is the real unlock
Chapters:
00:00 – Why core values matter more than any business tactic
04:15 – Looking at your life like a film reel to find defining decisions
09:42 – Trigger points and the psychology behind behaviour change
16:20 – Pain, vision, and why they drive founders differently
21:55 – How personal values shape leadership and business direction
27:33 – Journaling and identifying recurring patterns
33:12 – Why corporate buzzwords kill real culture
38:05 – Aligning team, vision, and values without becoming “Silicon Valley”
45:40 – The hard truth about building values that actually guide decisions
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