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29th October 2019
06:04pm GMT

"I know one of the things my dad said during the time when I was in Coyles, I think we were having an argument over something and he was going: ‘Sure what would you know? You’re a pen-pusher.’"There are two ways one can respond to someone saying something like this. You can take it as an insult and go on as normal, or you can soak up the feedback and back yourself to prove them wrong.
"He didn’t mean it in a nasty way but it sort of made me think 'I won’t be a pen-pusher, I’ll be my own boss, I’ll be very successful as we go on.' "And even though it didn’t matter to you at the time and you moved on, you think about it as you go on in your career and you think about ‘Well, I’ve been successful.’"After 15 years at the helm of an insurance company he founded himself, on thing you certainly can't call Ciaran Mulligan is a pen-pusher. When he was named an EY Entrepreneur Of The Year Finalist with then-business partner Rowan Devereux in 2011, there were no prouder people in the room than his mom and dad.
"My parents when we were finalist in the EOY in 2011, they were so proud that night at the awards. Dad in his tux and mam and the family and friends."You can't help but feel Mulligan Snr. knew exactly what he was doing when giving his son the hard truth. Subscribe to The Architects of Business for free on iTunes, SoundCloud or watch every episode on JOE Player.
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