S1E42 Scott Osman - Seeing Potential Through a Photographers Eyes
LGOtv: Big Talk
LGOtv: Big Talk
S1E42 Scott Osman - Seeing Potential Through a Photographers Eyes
Dec 11, 2020 Season 1 Episode 42
Laura Gassner Otting

How do you build a legacy, and what can you learn from helping others build theirs?

Join Laura Gassner Otting as she hosts this episode of LGOtv with special guest, Scott Osman - Listener, Simplifier, Synthesizer.

Timestamps
2:25 - How did you get into portrait and fashion photography?
4:25 - "For me, taking pictures was the equivalent of listening."
11:05 - The photographer came in and said, "Look, I gotta tell you. We don't get any direction about how to take this photo. We're just told, make them look good or make them look bad."
12:12 - "A lot of coaching is helping people see themselves and see the potential that they have."
17:04 - "He does know how to be a leader. And what it takes to be a leader"
19:35 - "He'd say, 'If I'm doing my job right, I should be able to leave early.'"
28:06 - Go find a mentor.
31:06 - Were your parents entrepreneurial when you were growing up?
33:15 - "They said, 'If you really want to be a photographer, then you should be a photographer.'"
36:30 - "The first job I got in photography was with a world class photographer."
41:05 - "Why did you leave photography?"
44:27 - "Every super power seems obvious to the person that holds the superpower."
50:09 - Recognize good leaders and know who to follow.
53:45 - "It's so hard not to think that the world is about you and that you're the center of it."
56:30 - "You can't take it with you, but you can leave it all behind."

Links
https://www.100coaches.com

Washington Post Best Selling Author and Motivational Keynote Speaker, Laura Gassner Otting, inspires people to push past the doubt and indecision that keep great ideas in limbo because her presentations make listeners think bigger and accept greater challenges that reach beyond their limited scope of belief.