Every Breath Counts: Recent Episodes
Ryan Shekell
Conversations with global thought-leaders to demystify success, help you take your career to the next level, and stand out from competitors and peers. Ryan Shekell pulls from his experience as a former collegiate athlete, ultra-marathon runner, and award-winning medical device sales executive to discuss growth hacks with Navy SEALs, Fortune 100 CEO's, Best-Selling Authors, Entrepreneurs, Professional and Olympic Athletes and much more.
My guest today is Marty Strong. Marty has been a leader and business consultant for decades, first in uniform as a combat-decorated Navy SEAL, and then in commercial business. Marty is the author of 2 fictional series, The time warrior sagas, and the SEAL strike series, before releasing his newest book, Be Nimble – How the Creative Navy SEAL Mindset Wins on the Battlefield and in Business.
I’ll be honest, I nerd out anytime I can talk to a former SEAL or any special operator. I find their experience, mindset, work ethic to be so inspiring. And Marty didn’t disappoint. We talked about the differences in people that do and don’t make it through seal training, what it takes to finish any mission, the specific mindset it takes to lead others and so much more.
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Today’s guest is Brennan Redmond. Brennan (CFA, CFP) is a First Vice President at Sage Rutty in Rochester, NY. After graduating with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration – Finance with Honors at the Rochester Institute of Technology in 2003, Brennan has been in the industry ever since, having gained experience at both large and medium sized firms. Through trust, accountability, transparency and communication, Brennan and his team ensure that his client's maintain a balance between meeting today's needs and tomorrow's priorities.
In this episode we discuss:
- The proper mindset when determining how to spend or save your money
- Are we in a depression?
- How far is inflation going to go?
- What strategy allowed Brennan to profit in 2022
- How inflation will affect the economy
- How to fire your broker and profit
- Top 3 questions to ask a financial advisor
- How inflation hurts the lower class most
- How to invest to beat inflation
- How the energy sector impacts the economy
- The economic 10-year outlook
- How to teach our children about finance
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Today's guest is Martin Rutte. Martin is a speaker, consultant, and president of “Livelihood”, a management consulting firm, in Santa Fe, New Mexico. His newest book is Project Heaven on Earth: The 3 simple questions that will help you change the world … easily. Martin asks me these 3 simple questions and dive deep into how this mindset can impact your personal and professional life and give you purpose and direction in everything you do.
It’s easy to look at life’s tragedies and assume the worst. In just the last 2 years we've experienced 6,341,131 total Covid 19 deaths, 14,400 total deaths in the Russian Ukraine war and US Inflation is over 8.6%
But Martin is here to shift the paradigm from a dystopian point of view, to the realization that you can create your own personal heaven on earth, and contribute to a collective heaven on earth for all of humanity.
Highlights of this episode:
- Ryan answers the 3 "Heaven on Earth" questions
- Martin analyzes Ryan's answers
- Is heaven on earth acheivable?
- Is your "heaven" simply your purpose?
- Does the past determine the future?
- It's not important whether you believe something is possible
- Heaven at work
- Overcoming your constrained beliefs
- Understand Heaven through seeing Hell on Earth
- The gateways and obstacles to heaven on earth
- "A project" or "to project"
- Examples of the manifestation of heaven on earth
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My guest today is David Wood. David left his cushy Park Avenue job 20 years ago to build the world’s largest coaching business. He became #1 on Google for “life coaching,” serving an audience of 150,000 coaches, including business owners, executives, teams, and more to produce extraordinary results through authentic, transparent communication.
In this episode, we discuss his new book, The mouse in the room, a leadership book, with forward written by none other than Jack Canfield, author of chicken soup for the soul, codifying the lessons he has learned throughout his career.
There is so much in this episode, and if you are exhausted pretending to be someone you are not to garnish the respect from others, I guarantee this podcast episode will give you the tools to be more authentic and communicate in a way that builds deeper more meaningful relationships in your life and career.
Highlights
- How hiding your feelings hinders your relationships
- Addressing the 'elephant in the room'
- Why Jack Canfield wrote the forward to David's book
- How honesty can earn trust
- How to increase personal awareness
- How to create a culture in which employees feel safe and supported sharing their feelings
- How to exemplify authenticity
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My guest today is Brenden Kumarasamy, founder of MasterTalk, teaching every level of individual from student to CEO, the framework and skills of masterful communication. As an experienced speaker and facilitator, Brenden understands that audience members need to walk away captivated, and above all, inspired to master the art of communication. It should be seen as something to look forward to rather than a burden that must be overcome.
In this episode, we discuss:
- Why people are afraid of public speaking
- How public education sets students up for failure in communication
- How to begin creating a speech
- How to practice a presentation
- Starting with the beginning and end of a presentation
- How to hone in on your main idea
- How to encourage peer feedback and how peers can self-learn
- How to build confidence in your communication
- What do 9 year olds do better than CEOs
- The value of being open-minded
- Is it better to present on something you are passionate about or know a lot about
- How to be creative and authentic in your presentation
- applying communication to personal relationships
- applying communication to sales and business
- and much more...
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My guest today is founder of the Center for Ageless Entrepreneurs, Rick Terrien. Rick is a lifelong entrepreneur, with a focus on business sustainability. He is an accomplished public speaker who is passionate about sharing his love of ageless entrepreneurship.
In this episode we discuss:
- Is it ever too late to become an entrepreneur?
- The skills and experience needed to start a company
- The benefit of entrepreneurship at 20 versus 60
- How entrepreneurship provides freedom and autonomy
- How to encourage employees to think like an entrepreneur
- The steps necessary to start a company
- How to create a company around an idea
- The importance of intellectual property
- Building a company around a niche
- The 3 most common mistakes entrepreneurs make
- How to build a network conducive to entrepreneurship
- Creating sustainability in a company
- and much more...
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My guest today is Steve Fredlund. For 30 years, Steve Fredlund has been a sought-after problem solver, strategist and catalyst whose insights have powered breakthroughs around the world through Fortune 500 companies, small businesses and nonprofits. Steve loves helping individuals, organizations and communities with their unique situations as well as addressing struggles faced more broadly, such as improving employee engagement through happiness and increase capacity for better decision-making, problem solving and strategy development.
Highlights from this Episode
- The Math of Problem Solving
- Finiding happiness in your work
- Applying logic to decisions
- How to clarify a problem
- The iterative process of problem solving
- Avoiding Paralysis by Analysis
- How leaders should empower employees to problem solve
- How autonomy in problem solving improves retention
- Problem solve by understanding purpose
- and much more
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My guest today is John Laurito. John is a leadership consultant and thought leader as well as author of the book Tomorrow's Leader. He is also host of the podcast, Tomorrow's Leader. He specializes in turning around companies with poor performance and disengaged employees.
Highlights:
- What Baseball taught John and Ryan about Leadership
- The importance of Confidence to performance
- The role of a leader
- How leaders create momentum
- How to grasp opportunity in business
- Turning Company performance around
- The process for making big changes in business
- How to establish expectations for employees
- What authenticity means in leadership
- How managers can show employees they care about them
- How to earn respect as a leader
- How to build trust as a leader
- and much more...
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John served as President & CEO of Concord Wealth Management, the Boston Agency of Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company for seven years. During that time, John led the agency to more than triple the size and led the agency from last place national ranking to #2 in the country. Prior to Penn Mutual, John spent 18 years with Ameriprise Financial in various roles from financial advisor, Field Vice President, and Regional Vice President. He earned the Outstanding Leader Award and Diamond Ring Club honors, through numerous accomplishments including bringing the Hartford, CT office from #100 to #1 in the country under his leadership. John has also run several organizations with a specialty around "turnarounds" leading four organizations through major change and transformation.
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My Guest today is Todd Ehrlich, former Navy Seal, Founder of Kill Cliff Recovery Drinks, Venture Capitalist and Philanthropist. Todd shares how fortitude and resilience helped him get through SEAL training while other elite athletes failed, and how these same traits helped Todd thrive as an entrepreneur. Todd continues to invest in early stage companies and provides needed resources and perspective to founders that he learned throughout his journey.
“[SEAL Training] is really meant to weed out people that don't have the ability to embrace the fortitude needed to make it.” – Todd Ehrlich
Highlights:
02:54 – Intro, The Navy SEALs
05:10 – Fortitude vs Physical Speciman
08:39 – Does Military success translate to Business Success?
11:50 – Uncertainty in SEALs and business
14:57 Transition from Navy to Business
17:05 Starting Kill Cliff
22:41 The purpose behind Kill Cliff
25:01 Culture is the most import thing
28:09 Trust
30:00 Psychological Testing for new partners and employees
34:20 Failure vs Sub-Optimal results
40:40 – The Start Up Culture
43:24 - What does it mean to be a man?
Quotes from Episode
“Going through SEAL training made me a much better person all the way around.”
“Just because someone is a really great military person, does not mean they are going to be a great entrepreneur.”
“If you are surprised that you are still wet and sandy, it means you shouldn’t be here.”
“I think that some people will realize that there is a path forward in business - you just have to find it.”
“Starting [Kill Cliff] was just an exercise in straight up TENACITY”
“Anytime you can weave a real, authentic purpose into building a business the better it is.”
“When everything sucks, having a purpose is very motivating.”
“If [employees] aren't clicking with the culture of the organization, they're probably not happy, and if they're not happy, it's time for them to go somewhere else.”
“It's very pragmatic, at the end of the day, whereas before I was trying to not be all things to all people, I was really trying to make everybody happy.”
“Trust is so critical. It’s kind of everything. You’re lost in business without it.”
“If you can identify suboptimal results early and what's causing them, or if you're on the wrong path, it prevents TOTAL failure”
“One thing that people often screw up is they don't realize the length of time it's going to take to sell somebody something.”
“I think there's this big tendency of start-up CEO's to do urgent things instead of important things.”
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My guest today is Dane Smith. Dane is a two-time best-selling author, public speaker, and teacher. He is CEO of TellMeYourDreams.com - a coaching and training company that helps employees love their job.
In this episode, we discuss:
- How to market ethically like Seth Godin
- How to market yourself with humility
- Service vs Selfish Sales and marketing
- Creating a Challenger sales culture
- The value of time
- Breakdown of Will Smith and Chris Rock at the Oscar's
- How to react in a stressful situation
- How forced discomfort can prepare you for difficult situations
- How to control your actions and reactions
- Happiness vs. Fullfilment
- Creating greatness in your life
- What is delayed gratification and why is it important
- Investing in your future self
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My guest today is RJ Maute. Two huge challenges, as the internet evolves from Web 2.0 to Web 3.0, are how quickly should we introduce our children to the internet and who owns our identity? RJ has worked in technology sales for 20 years. We dive into how tech companies are profiting off of our data, and how to be the best versions of ourselves in this ever changing world.
In this episode we discuss:
- The benefits of tradition and family
- Separating your identity from your job
- Being self-aware and able to find your blindspots
- How to build rapport in sales
- How to make a meaningful first impression
- How to use mutual connections to expand your network
- The role of social networks in personal and professional life
- How big tech companies know that you are home or not
- Is AI dangerous or a luxury?
- When should kids get a cell phone?
- Should we actually reduce our screen time?
- How we as individuals can can back our data and monetize ourselves
- and much more...
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My Guest today is Frank Berry, former Commissioner of the Georgia Department of Community Health and current Executive Director at EY (Ernst and Young). Frank was appointed to Commissioner by Governor Nathan Deal because of his ability to motivate and mobilize people around a mission of serving others.
In this episode we discuss:
- The attributes it takes to become noticed as a leader
- The importance of team
- How to mobilize a workforce around a common goal or mission
- Who cares more - the leader or the employees?
- The importance of Communication, Customer Service, Teamwork, Accountability
- The Best gift from a CEO is their time
- How to Network like a Government Leader
- Aligning service, profit and mission
- and much more.....
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My guest today is Brandon Bahr, co-founder and CEO of Simple Solvants, providing the highest quality ethanol for medical grade hemp oil extraction. Brandon started his company at the onset of the Covid Pandemic immediately addressing a need for ethanol in hand sanitizer production. However, he chose to pivot and focus on what he and his co-founders knew best - medical grade hemp extraction. They understood the importance of providing high quality ethanol to ensure the health and safety of medicinal cannabis and CBD.
In this episode we discuss:
- How to start, grow and scale a business
- How Brandon founded his company
- Pivoting for profit or purpose in Covid
- The health risks of low grade ethanol on CBD and medical marijuana
- How CBD is extracted from the Setiva Plant
- The importance of logistics on the profitability of a company
- How to choose between quality and affordability in production
- How to A/B test business decisions
- When to consider Venture Capital for a start up
- Maintaining a cuture of excellence in a start up
- How CEO's should think strategically
- How leaders can empower employees
Chapters
00:00 - Intro
01:30 - Entrepreneurial Journey
03:39 - Importance of Ingredients
07:33 - Ethical Responsibility of Companies
10:20 - Difference in Hemp, Cannabis, CBD
12:20 - How Oil is Extracted
15:30 - Why start an ethanol company?
21:00 - The Covid Pivot
27:15 - Quality vs Cost
33:27 - Distribution is the Future
35:58 - Amazon of Ethanol
39:10 - Strategic Testing for Success
43:00 - Venture Capital Considerations
46:39 - Uncovering Other's Values in Business
47:58 - Building a Culture
52:49 - Final 3 Questions
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My guest today is former NFL fullback, Chris Manderino. After his football career with the Kansas City Chiefs and Cincinnati Bengals, Chris founded Lyfe Fuel, a plant based supplement company knowing the importance of healthy nutrition to performance and longevity.
In this episode we discuss:
⁃ The perfect morning smoothie recipe
- What mental and physical skills are required to compete at the highest level
⁃ How walking on to a college and NFL roster prepared Chris for entrepreneurship
⁃ Chris' 5 staples for health and longevity
⁃ The 3 most important attributes that athletics teaches entrepreneurs
⁃ The benefits of plant vs animal based protein
⁃ How knowing where your food is coming from is as important as what’s in it
⁃ Whether genetic testing is beneficial before taking vitamins and supplements
⁃ The health and happiness differences between Italy and the United States
⁃ What a healthy work/life balance should look like
- How a busy CEO manages time and daily activities
- and much more...
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My guest today is Edmund McCormack. Edmund is the founder and managing partner of Dchained, a multi-strategy hedge fund that combines fundamental analysis to maximize risk-adjusted investments in emerging blockchain leaders.
Unless you've been living under a rock, you're aware of bitcoin, NFT's, and cryptocurrencies. You might be wondering how people are getting rich as well as losing their life savings investing in this sector.
In this episode we discuss:
- The history and the future of crypto
- Is Bitcoin a currency or a platform?
- What is the blockchain?
- Why cryptocurrency is so volatile
- How to open an account and start trading crypto
- The 3 most exciting new crypto investments
- How macroeconomics impacts crypto and vice-versa
- What is an NFT?
- Is Bitcoin digital gold?
- and much more...
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Entrepreneurial executive leader with a broad range of experience providing strategic direction, business planning and management oversight for developing and executing short, mid and long-term corporate strategies. Track record of developing & executing effective revenue & operational frameworks to scale growth at organizations. Natural ability to develop high-quality, long-term, and growth-focused client partnerships and build high-performing teams motivated to achieve growth initiatives.
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My guest today is Erez Agam. Erez authored the book, Berlins Immigration Secrets. This is a powerful episode that highlights the idea that you are in control of your own future and you can choose the direction you desire to go through choosing where to live.
In this episode, we discuss:
- How experiencing different locations can expand your perspective and opportunity in life.
- Why you should consider immigration as a path to success
- How to begin the immigration process
- The universal truths that every successful person shares no matter where they are from
- The difference in US and Germany immigration policies
- Being ordinary vs extraordinary
- The skills you learn by trying new things
- Making rational and strategic decisions
- and much more...
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Berlin’s Immigration Secrets - If you dream about greener pastures overseas but find the immigration procedure to be a daunting one, Berlin’s Immigration Secrets will provide you with the guidance needed to successfully achieve your goals. The author Erez Agam presents a complete guide to the immigration process in Germany based on his own experiences, including several little-known facts and insights. In the form of a memoir, Agam narrates a story of perseverance, dedication, and resilience, demonstrating how to efficiently tackle the bureaucratic procedures involved in the immigration process and highlighting the difficulties you are likely to face. The essence of the immigration experience and the mindset required to overcome obstacles remain the same no matter what your end goal is, and this book will help you build a new life at your chosen destination.
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My guest today is Mark Herschberg. Mark is the author of The Career Toolkit, Essential Skills for Success That No One Taught You. From tracking criminals and terrorists on the dark web to creating marketplaces and new authentication systems, Mark has spent his career launching and developing new ventures at startups and Fortune 500s and in academia. He helped to start the Undergraduate Practice Opportunities Program, dubbed MIT’s “career success accelerator,” where he teaches annually.
In this episode, we discuss:
- How MIT identified skills companies were looking for but couldn’t find
- How foundational skills are overlooked in academia
- How we UNLEARN networking early in life
- How man “touchpoints” are needed to leave an impression
- The difference between internal and external networking
- The importance of collaboration within a company
- How to create a “career plan”
- Making small goals to achieve large success
- How to adapt to changes in your career plan
- The necessary skills to hone on Day 1 of your career
- How to define and negotiate work-life balance
- How to manage using transparent communication
- How to create a culture of ethical decision making
- How to train new employees
- How to put employees in a position to succeed
- And much more…
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My guest today is Alan Lazaros. Alan is the CEO and co-founder of Next Level University. He is also co-host of Next Level University, a top 100 podcast with over 800 episodes in 100 countries worldwide. Alan is one of the most sought-after speakers about self-mastery, productivity and entrepreneurship.
Have you ever wondered:
How do I find happiness in my life?
How to find fulfillment in a career
How to find fulfillment in life
Why you are not happy
In this episode, Alan shares how he turned his life around after a near-deadly car crash. We talk about the difference between happiness and fulfillment and why happiness is fleeting and fulfillment is a better long-term goal.
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Today, Alan’s a Professional Speaker, Peak Performance Business Coach and Consultant, and the Co-host of The Next Level University Podcast.
Between Speaking, Podcasting, Coaching & Consulting, Alan has clocked and tracked thousands of hours inspiring, motivating and educating others on how to master their systems and design a magnificent life on their own terms.
Alan believes that life is about choices.
He grew up his entire life hearing stories about his father, and he can tell you from experience that how you die isn’t going to matter. What’s going to matter is how you chose to live.
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My guest today is Rachel Brenke. Rachel is not only a multi-faceted entrepreneur, business strategist, and intellectual property attorney, She is a professional triathlete representing team USA and authored 7 books all while being a military spouse, mother of 5, and cancer survivor. I’ve always thought the busiest people in the world find time for the things and people they love, but Rachel takes this to a whole new level.
In this episode, Rachel and I talk about:
- How to build a sink or swim mentality
- How diseases like cancer can change your perspective on life and future
- How to prioritize your activities to maximize achievement
- How to understand how to manage different goals in the different seasons of life
- How being laser-focused can be a blessing and a curse
- How to deal with losing your identity as you go through transitions in life
- What Rachel learned from professional sport that helped her in business
- How to correct your children without de-motivating them
- How to identify and remain focused on the goals that matter to you
- and much more
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Rachel Brenke is a multi-faceted entrepreneur, business strategist, and intellectual property attorney.
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My guests today are Lucas Foster and Jason Kannon. Lucas is headed to Beijing to compete in the 2022 Winter Olympics. The first part of this interview is with Jason Kannon, former professional snowboarder, and trainer and mentor to not only Lucas Foster, but many pro snowboarders. The second part is a re-broadcast of my July 2021 interview with Lucas Foster.
Jason and I discuss Jason's background in athletics, including an accident he suffered riding in Wyoming. He shares how this experience helped shape his philosophy on life and coaching. We also discuss Jason's experience growing up in martial arts. He attributes the lessons he learned to give him the ability to survive his snowboarding accident. He teaches current snowboarders the same lessons that helped him, to train their minds to be prepared for the rigors of competition at the highest level.
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In the second part of this episode, Lucas Foster and I discuss:
- What separates a gold medal snowboarder vs middle of the pack snowboarder?
- What’s the best and worst advice Lucas ever received?
- How do you go from one of the best in the world to THE best in the world?
- What are 3 habits or daily activities that are non-negotiable to achieve success?
- Lucas' secret performance hack
- Balancing cheering for teammates and competing with them
- and much more
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My guest today is Dr. Peter McCullough.
*Disclaimer - I am not a doctor and this should not be interpreted as medical advice. Please consult your doctor when making decisions concerning treatment and prevention of disease.
Dr. McCullough is not just, aboard-certified cardiologist and internist, but the most published cardiologist in the history of his field. He spearheaded the Covid early treatment movement, researching and treating patients with a combination of drugs such as hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin. Due to the success of this research, he was asked to testify to congress regarding treatment options to end the covid pandemic.
His work has become more mainstream after appearing on the popular Joe Rogan podcast, opening up an important dialogue about vaccine efficacy, natural immunity, early treatment protocols.
In this episode, I ask Dr. McCullough why so many doctors and scientists draw different conclusions from the same data, what neutraceuticals we can have at home to be prepared when encountering covid, where he believes our major academic medical institutions dropped the ball, what to consider when considering vaccinating children, and even whom he would want to see play him in a movie.
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Dr. McCullough is board certified in internal medicine, cardiovascular diseases, and clinical lipidology. He cares for advanced patients with common medical problems including heart and kidney disease, lipid disorders, and diabetes. He has become an expert on COVID-19 illnesses and welcomes recovered patients into his practice.
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My guest today is Storm Cunningham. The Covid pandemic has hindered the global community. Storm is among the world leaders and has written multiple books about community revitalization. Storm and I discuss many aspects of revitalization including, climate change, infrastructure, and geopolitics. He shares some great examples of cities that were in disarray that made remarkable changes. It’s an important conversation that we can draw parallels to regardless of which issues are affecting any community. Storm shares the exact strategy that successful communities use as well as how individuals, politicians, and businesses all play a role in the revitalization efforts.
In this Episode:
- Intro
- What is revitalization
- How can we make a career out of revitalization
- Why politicians rarely know anything about revitalization
- Why having a plan doesn't mean anything
- How Chattanooga went from worst to first
- Where to begin
- 3 Most important Actions are Repurpose, Renew and Reconnect
- How to prioritize projects
- The importance of community leadership
- The importance of public/private partnerships
- Storm's suggestion to revitalize post Covid-19
- Potential positive and negative byproducts of revitalization
- Is nuclear energy a viable option for climate revitalization
- How to create a diverse ecosystem for sustainability
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My guest today is Chris Plourde. Chris was a Chief Executive before turning to a life of coaching. He now works with top athletes and well-known companies, celebrities, moms/dads, and even military special ops to help gain clarity, establish personal performance habits, create balance and unleash their true potential in all areas of their life.
In this episode we discuss:
- Why are people not fulfilled in their current career?
- How to be the linchpin in your career (per Seth Godin)
- Who to blame for positioning employees for failure and how to change it
- How to learn the language of success and fulfillment in business and life
- Can persuing career advancement and financial success be counter productive?
- Do people really need a coach?
- The importance of building a strong foundation
- The 5 pillars of mental and physical health
- How to create balance in life and career
- Building your 2022 career blueprint
- What does it mean to be masculine in today’s society?
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"I am a coach, a businessman, a father, and a husband. I have worked with top athletes and well-known companies, celebrities, moms/dads, and even military special ops. As a Former Master Trainer and Presenter, I created and presented content both nationally and internationally, on the mental and physical aspects of training for peak performance in all areas of life. As a former Chief Executive with Men’s Teams and Organizations, I mentored many men to find their authentic self and create leadership qualities which they could bring to their families, communities and businesses.
I want to help you gain clarity, establish personal performance habits, create balance and unleash your true potential in all areas of your life. While the needs of every type of person may vary, the core concept is the same. The way you approach one thing in life is the way you approach everything in life."
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Today's episode is a "Best of 2021" for the podcast. I've chosen 9 different 5-minute clips to help you optimize your mindset and achieve unimaginable success in 2022.
Hear from guests like X-Games Snowboarder, Lucas Foster, Best-Selling authors Tommy Breedlove, Nate Dukes, Nicholas Trevillian, 100-mile ultramarathoner Lesley Cortright, NFL Linebacker Anthony Trucks, World-Class Mind-Reader, Jonathan Pritchard, YouTube star Sonny Von Cleveland and Army Ranger Major Jesse Stewart.
Listen now as we talk about integrity, eliminating words and phrases, pushing the suck and so much more!
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My guest today is Terry Rich. Terry is an international keynote speaker and author. Known as a disruptive innovator and entrepreneur with a drive for integrity and honesty, he’s worked in the trenches, survived the new business trends, and had success with generational changes. Oh, and he led the team that busted the largest lottery fraud in U.S. history, was a guest on Johnny Carson’s “Tonight Show”, ran a zoo, and has given away $1 Billion.
Terry and I had a deep conversation about the false narrative that success comes easy to some people. What we discuss in this episode:
- Terry talks about how growing up on a farm helped prepare him for success (0:1:42)
- We discuss how failure starts as early as toddlers learning to walk (0:3:35)
- Terry shares how losing an election for student body president taught him humility and grounded his ego (0:6:02)
- Terry discusses the importance of outreach and how he networked with Johnny Carson earning a guest appearance on the Tonight Show (0:11:46)
- The most surprising part about the Tonight Show (0:14:10)
- Terry shares the importance of leveraging opportunity by identifying unmet needs in industry (0:18:14)
- Terry shares how success in Cable TV positioned him to run a zoo (0:22:17)
- Terry shares strategies on how to decide which ideas are worth pursuing (0:26:31)
- Terry shares how to embrace and enjoy life's journeys and detach from the end goal (0:31:10)
- Terry shares a story about Daymond John and how to align work and passion (0:32:01)
- Terry shares how to build a culture that energizes people to work hard and contribute to the mission (0:37:41)
- Terry and Ryan discuss how to clearly and efficiently communicate (0:41:20)
- Terry shares 2 "Million Dollar Ideas" no has heard before (0:45:48)
- Terry shares his core marketing principles (0:48:42)
About the Guest
Terry Speaks
https://terryspeaks.com
Twitter
https://twitter.com/terryspeaksus
LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/in/terich/
Buy the Books:
The $80 Billion Gamble: The Inside Story of How A Suspicious Ticket, Hot Dogs and Bigfoot Foiled the Biggest Lottery Fraud in U.S. History
Dare to Dream, Dare to Act: Unlock Your Ideas to Greater Success
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My guest today is Wylie McGraw. Wylie calls on his training and experiences from the US army, baseball, and competitive bull-riding experiences to accelerate the performance of high-powered executives.
In this Episode, we discuss:
- Which experiences were most impactful in understanding leadership (sports, bull-riding, US Army)
- Why the military is so good at developing leaders
- How the US Army prepares soldiers for leadership
- How consequences impact decision making
- How to “detach” and gain perspective
- How to build a leadership foundation
- How to align personal and professional goals
- How to maintain altruism and get still have a successful business
- How to uncover leadership blind spots
- The importance of practicing difficult conversations
- Whether or not, leaders need coaches
- And much more…
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For more than a decade, I’ve been behind
the scenes ERUPTING high-achievers
from all walks of life.My path began with fellow combat veterans who were struggling with PTSD
while trying to transition back into civilian life.
My success with them led to working with various health professionals, high-powered executives, professional athletes, celebrities, and influencers.
As referrals continued to mount, I felt it was time to make myself more accessible to other leaders looking for – and asking about – similar next-level performance.
Today, I work intimately with a select handful of CEOs, executives, and leaders who are willing to do whatever it takes to blow past their limits and master their lives.
Leaders call me because they want their life back!
Website
https://www.wyliemcgraw.com
LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/in/wyliemcgraw/
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My guest today is J. Scott Christianson. Scott is a technology thought-leader, author, and entrepreneur. Scott is also an Associate Professor at the University of Missouri. He's a sought-after lecturer and communicator for all things, artificial intelligence, deep learning, and digital currencies. This is a powerful discussion about how AI and technology has and will continue to impact business, politics, and human interaction. By the end of this episode, you'll have a better idea about how AI works, how to leverage it for personal and professional growth, and how to be prepared in the event it's used as an attempt to scam you or your family.
Topics Discussed in this Episode:
- What is AI?
- What is Deep Learning?
- How is AI used to advance business?
- How has AI affected productivity and how can it improve your productivity?
- Can computers be creative?
- Is AI evil?
- How has technology revolutionized the financial industry with currencies like Bitcoin?
About J. Scott Christianson
Website:
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My guest today is Nick Loper, serial entrepreneur and host of the Side Hustle Nation podcast. Nick has been passionate about entrepreneurship since he was a kid reselling baseball cards at the end of his driveway. We go deep on how to start, grow and market a side hustle. Nick shares the reason you should begin the journey of entrepreneurship and how to overcome the pitfalls that so many "wanna-be entrepreneurs" fall into.
In this episode, you'll learn:
- Why you shouldn't follow your passion to start your business
- How to determine what side hustle is for you
- How to ride a rising tide in business
- Where to search relevant trends
- The biggest mistakes "wanna-be entrepreneurs" make
- How to market a business with little to no revenue
- Where to find hundreds of side hustle ideas
- how to turn an idea into a business
- And much more...
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Today, I (Ryan Shekell) am your host and guest. As a podcast host, business leadership consultant and executive sales manager, I get asked questions all the time about how to build a successful sales career.
I handpicked 5 questions from listeners about how to optimize their career and become sales superstars. My perspective has been cultivated from years building and training a high performing sales force. I learned these strategies and truths after taking a $300,000 annual revenue territory to over $10,000,000 annual revenue.
Topics I discuss in this episode
- How can I be successful in sales without feeling like a used car salesperson?
- How can I build rapport with a customer that I have nothing in common with?
- What is the biggest mistake you've made in your career?
- What is the best strategy to close a sale?
- How do I tell new sales reps that they don't deserve a raise but still keep them motivated?
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My guest today is Trennell Walker. Trennell was football standout in Texas at the age of 14 before a fluke play left him paralyzed from the neck down. Trennell shares his story of transitioning from depression and finding his power and purpose. We talk about his book and mentality “The TRENNELL Effect,” and how these principles can help others overcome adversity in their life.
What you will Learn in the Episode
- How to build a “Go Hard or Go Home” Mentality
- How to deal with setbacks
- How to navigate depression when your world is completely changed
- How faith can give you perspective
- How to establish a purpose for your life
- How to (and the importance of) control(ing) your emotions
- Strategies for finding gratitude
- The importance of authenticity in relationships and business
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My guest today is Chris Tuff, Best selling author of the book, "The Millennial Whisperer."
Every generation believes they are the best. You can often hear rumbling in a workspace about what “the kids these day” are doing wrong, or differently than the previous generation. This is no different as millennial have taken over the workspace.
Millennials are the generation that grew up in the technology boom when personal computers and the internet changed the landscape of the world forever. The assumption from some is that this made the generation soft and didn’t foster their ability to communicate in person.
Like all generational shifts, the goal should’t be to change the next generation as much as it is to build a culture in which everyone can showcase their strengths.
In this episode you will learn:
- The difference between Millennials and Boomers
- Why Millennials aren’t considered “loyal” employees
- What Millennials want in a career
- The importance of autonomy in the workplace
- How to use high energy in management
- Strategies for building professional connections
- How to create a culture to attract and retain hard working employees
- The importance of authenticity in your career
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The Millennial Whisperer website
Chris Tuff Website
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In this episode, Joe Sanok (top 50 podcaster and author of Thursday is the New Friday) shares how he turned his side-hustle into a full-time business. He took the same time optimization principles to travel the country amidst a global pandemic for months while having his most profitable business months to date.
Email me for a free copy of Joe’s book Thursday is The New Friday: ryan@ryanshekell.com
What’s your favorite day of the week? The “Motivation Porn” culture makes you believe it should be Monday. The “Productivity” and gratitude culture makes you believe that you’ll never work a day in your life if you love what you do.
Whether you love the grind or enjoy your weekends, you want to spend more time doing what you love. Joe Sanok’s new book, Thursday is the New Friday, helps you to organize and prioritize your schedule to do what you need to do and have more time to enjoy what you want to do.
What you will learn in this podcast episode
- How to turn your side hustle into a business
- The importance of time blocking, and how to create the perfect to-do list
- How to automate tasks that are time sucks
- How to save time by minimizing emails
- The most common “Aha” tips for entrepreneurs
- How to scale your business and revenue if you have plateaued
- How to create upsells and downfalls to capture more business
- And much more…
Resources
Buy the Book – Thursday is the New Friday
Listen to the Podcast – Practice of the Practice
Contact Joe
My guest today is John Cerqueira. His story of Gratitude, Love and Abundance began on the morning of September 11, 2001. John was on the 81st Floor of the World Trade Center when the building was struck by a plane. John and his boss encountered a woman in a wheelchair in need of assistance. They proceeded to cary her down 68 flights of stairs, exiting just 5 minutes before the building collapsed.
John shares his story to help others realize that selflessness is a major factor in happiness and fulfillment in life. He wants to encourage others to design their lives with others in mind. John is an introspective and genuinely kind person and his story will inspire you while relating to his own pursuit of worldly goods and success.
In this episode, we discuss:
– an insider recount of the 9/11 attack
– what conversations were happening in the WTC
– how ordinary individuals decided to take selfless action to save others
– how chaos and terror like 9/11 can teach us about the world
– how 9/11 showed us the best and worst in humanity
– what 9/11 can teach us about leadership
– the difference in pursuing extrinsic vs intrinsic rewards
– how to break a selfish thought cycle
– how to align your purpose and career
My guest this week is Nate Dukes. Nate was a successful entrepreneur enjoying the lifestyle that came with owning a thriving business. However, the same traits that led to his business success also produced a drug and gambling addiction. The fallout of this addiction took Nate on a downward spiral leading to losing his company and spending 6 months in jail for grand theft auto.
At his lowest point, Nate found hope in the power that he was in control of his future. Through his best-selling book, “You’ll Never Change” and speaking engagements, Nate is passionate about helping others come to the same realization that he did after leaving jail.
You can change. You are in control. You have the power to make every breath count!
What you will learn in this episode
- Who needs to read this book
- How to be the hero of your own story
- How to control an addictive personality
- How childhood experiences can shape your perspective on health and wealth
- Understand how to manage the extreme highs and lows of life
- How to break a negative feedback loop
- The 3 ways to find your identity and align your life
- The difference between mindset, habits and actions
- The difference between “wait” and “patience”
- The importance of having purpose when performing any task
- The #1 strategy to build wealth
- Whether or not you should include servitude in your personal mission
About Nate
In his early twenties Nate was a business owner chasing success while dealing with a secret drug addiction.
After constantly hitting rock bottom, hurting everyone close, waking up in jail and losing everything, Nate went on a journey of changing his decisions, his mindset, and his habits which helped him create his own comeback story.
He quickly found that there were other people, just like him, who were stuck believing the lie that they’d never change. Through this book, onstage speaking, and one-on-one coaching, Nate shares what he’s learned to help other people make their own comeback.
Episode Resources
The Book “You’ll Never Change”https://www.youllneverchange.com
Website
Instagram (@whoisnatedukes)
My guest today is Kelli Calabrese. Kelli is a fitness entrepreneur, coach and best-selling author of multiple books including "Success Habits of Super Achievers," featured on CBS, FOX, NBC and many other major news stations and papers.
I’ve always believed that my relationships with the people I love are the most valuable asset I have. The quality of our relationships contribute to happiness as well as career. So how can we improve our relationships and how does that effect our lives?
Kelli reached the pinnacle of success as an entrepreneur before getting a divorce from her husband of 24 years. Kelli discusses what went wrong with her marriage as well as strategies to build a stronger relationship.
In this episode we discuss strategies to build a deeper connection with the people that you are closest to. Kelli shares the importance of self-love and gratitude and how having a strong identity can strengthen all of your relationships.
What you will learn in this episode about Gratitude and Relationships
- The most common habit of super achievers
- How early super achievers wake up before their first obligation
- The benefits of entrepreneurship for family oriented people
- How joining a Mastermind can help you grow your business
- The 3 things to look for in a high quality Mastermind or other collaborative group
- The pillars of recovery from any trauma
- How to strengthen your identity while in a relationship
- How to forgive yourself and establish self-love
- How to schedule gratitude into your day
Episode Resources
Website www.kellicalabrese.com
Book – Success Habits of Super Achievers
My guest today is Martin McPhilimey, an accredited and experienced Respiratory and Sleep Scientist, as well as an Exercise Physiologist and Behavioural Science Practitioner. With his qualifications, passion and 15 years of experience in research, fitness, and training, Martin’s mission is to create a world of high performing individuals with healthy minds and bodies.
We dive deep into the science of sleep and how it affects your physical and emotional health. Martin also discusses the strategies he uses to help clients cure insomnia and make the most of the sleep they are getting.
Sleep and Health Topics Discussed in this episode:
- Are Westerners overworked and under sleeping?
- How stress impacts sleep
- How each of the stages of sleep affect recovery, differently
- How lack of REM sleep can hamper emotional wellbeing
- How to fall asleep faster and cure insomnia
- The profound effect naps and NSDR (Non Sleep Deep Rest) has on your health
- What is Yoga Nidra and how it can help you relax
- Which supplements you should and shouldn’t be using for improved sleep
Non-Sleep related health topics we discuss:
- What is over-breathing and is it bad for you?
- What V02 max is, how you measure it, and why it is the single biggest marker of health
- The future of wearable technology to optimize health
- How to turn your stress into goals
Resources about sleep and performance
Performance Through Health Website
Yoga Nidra
Non-Sleep Deep Rest
My guest today is Nicky T (Nicholas Trevillian), 8-figure real estate entrepreneur, author and speaker. Nicky T shares his story of humble beginnings to real estate mogul before being paralyzed from the waist down. Nicky shares the mindset he used to not only triumph in his career, but pull him out of the ICU, learn to walk again and even run a marathon.
What You’ll Learn about how to Triumph from this episode
- How to get started in the real estate game
- Why real estate is a great path to financial freedom
- The one thing you should do to be successful, no matter what your goals are
- How to go from “getting started” to “scaling progress?”
- How to change your life in 30 days
- How big your goals should be
- How to find and leverage your why
- The 3 things you must do to break down barrios
- Who you need to choose for your inner circle
Resources to Triumph
Triumphant Life Website
Today’s guest is Best-Selling author of the book, “A CEO Only Does 3 Things,” Trey Taylor. Trey learned what it meant to be a leader from working alongside great CEO’s like Jeff Arnold of WebMD and ShareCare.
He applied what he learned about leadership when he took over his father’s financial firm after his father’s surprise death. Through this experience, Trey realized that only focusing on culture, people and numbers allowed him to focus on the things that matter, and empowered his team to handle the rest.
We discussed Trey’s pillars of leadership and how to implement his leadership philosophy at many different levels.
What you’ll learn about business success in this episode:
- Conventional and Unconventional ways to become CEO
- The Only 3 Things a CEO needs to do
- How to establish a culture in a company
- How to get the most out of your people
- Why numbers and accounting are important to the success of a company
- How to hire the right candidates to fit your company culture
- What Trey learned from great leaders like Jeff Arnold of WebMD, and Kevin Harrington
- Finding the balance between personality and culture
- How to cultivate a high-performer
- How to lead with integrity and authenticity and why it is important
About Trey Taylor
Trey is the Chief Executive Officer of Taylor Insurance Services, Managing Director of trinity | blue consulting and Founding Partner of Ascend Partners.He holds a Bachelor’s degree in History from Emory University in Atlanta, a Juris Doctor degree in Tax and Corporate Transactions from Tulane University School of Law in New Orleans, and has completed additional coursework at St Peter’s College, Oxford University in the UK, the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and the Georgia Institute of Technology.
In 2013, Trey was named one of Georgia Trend Magazine’s 40 Under 40. Additionally, Trey received the Cheers for Peers MVP, Cheers for Peers MVP Giver, Employee Recognition Award and Happiest Company Award in 2014 from TinyHR. Frequently featured as Keynote speaker, he has addressed attendees at the Human Capital Institute, the Ascend Conference, and many other engagements.
Episode Resources
Buy the book "A CEO Only Does 3 Things"
Website
Today's Guest is Barbara Tanze, a world-class opera singer and breathing and voice coach. Breathing is the only essential body function that is conscious as well as unconscious. And you CAN improve how you breathe to improve your health and help live a better, healthier life. Ever since I was diagnosed with Cystic Fibrosis, I wondered if there were strategies to improve my breathing so that I could maintain health, wellness and performance. After talking to Barbara, I learned that much of what I was doing was good, but there is so much more that I need to know. My biggest takeaway from our conversation was that we should be more concerned about breathing efficiency, versus capacity or strength.
"Breath is the bridge which connects life to consciousness, which unites your body to your thoughts." **Thich Nhat Hanh
What you will learn about optimizing your health through breathing from this episode**
- How proper breathing improved Barbara’s voice as an Opera singer
- How to bring attention and intention to your breath
- Why breathing less is better than breathing more
- Why nasal breathing is ESSENTIAL
- What happens when you breath through your mouth
- How nasal breathing can increase your output and performance
- The benefits of breathing efficiency
- How to stop breathing through your mouth at night
- Strategies to optimize your health through proper breathing
Learn to Breathe for Performance with these Episode Resources
- Voiceup.SI Website – https://www.voiceup.si
- Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/btbreathing/
Your ‘Identity’ is who you are when you aren’t thinking about who you are.
Anthony Trucks
One of the most important characteristics to have when pursuing success is the ability to “shift” or pivot when encountering adversity. Anthony Truckshad every excuse to roll over and accept that he wasn’t destined to become great. After being given up by his mom at the age of 3 and forced to endure a terrible foster care experience, Anthony learned survival skills that he used to leverage any opportunity he encountered. It wasn’t until his adopted mother showed him that he was loved and worthy, that he accepted and believed that greatness and success was possible for him.
After that “Identity Shift,” Anthony went on to achieve massive success in football, eventually earning a spot in the NFL, and reaching the pinnacle of his chosen profession. But another “Identity Shift” happened when he was injured and had to begin a new career.
He went on to compete on the hit TV series America Ninja Warrior, and has motivated audiences around the world as a keynote speaker and performance coach and author.
Topics discussed in this episode:
- What can be taken away from growing up in foster care
- Having a kid in college
- What survival skills Anthony developed
- The importance of hardships in life
- What separates someone who overcomes hardships from someone that retreats from them
- How to build confidence and self-esteem
- How to build a support network or inner circle
- Does Anthony ever have imposter syndrome?
- Seeking people that will challenge you
- How to build your “Zone Identity”
- How your brain CANNOT comprehend the level of work needed to achieve your goals
About Anthony Trucks
Anthony Trucks is a former NFL Athlete, American Ninja Warrior on NBC, international speaker, host of the Aww Shift podcast, and the founder of Identity Shift coaching. He uses cutting edge science and psychology to upgrade how you operate so you can elevate your life and business to reach your full potential. After being given away into foster care at 3 years old, being adopted into an all white family at 14, losing his NFL career to injury and more he learned how to shift at a very young age, and now his life mission is teaching others how to Make Shift Happen in their lives.
Episode Resources
- Anthony Trucks Website
- Buy the book “Identity Shift” (promo code “EBC”)
- Book suggestion – 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
- Book suggestion – Outwitting the Devil
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Every one of us has unique talents that make us great. Are you aware of your talents? The first step to unlock your potential and step into your power is becoming self aware. This can be uncomfortable and unnerving for many of us. Because self-reflection highlights not only our strengths but our weaknesses. But through this reflection, we can identify areas for growth as well as skills that will facilitate that growth.
What you will learn from this episode
- How Bobbi went from working at Wendy’s to getting a graduate degree
- How to identify your strengths and weaknesses
- How to realize your potential
- How to persevere when the future is unclear
- How and when to lean into your weaknesses
- How to overcome self-limiting beliefs
- The strength of “just starting”
- The blueprint for building a network
- Who is more likely to succeed: optimist or pessimist
- Identifying your “real self”
Episode Resources
Bobbi’s Websitehttp://www.bobbikahler.com
The UnYielded Showhttp://www.bobbikahler.com/podcast/
Marijuana is becoming legalized throughout the Untied States and the Cannabis and CBD industries are booming! But what is CBD, and is the hype for real? Like any early stage industry, there can be confusion and conflicting data. So how do you know if CBD can actually benefit you? Furthermore, is there a reputable place to buy from? And what do you ask when you get there? These are just some of the questions that Mike and I discuss in this episode.
What you will learn in this episode:
- Business
- How to turn value into a company
- Importance of relationship in sales
- Health
- The difference between CBD and Cannabis
- Why Full Spectrum and Broad Spectrum are a "cop out"
- How to determine if CBD is right for you
- Contraindications (side effects) of CBD
- Top 5 benefits of CBD use
About Mike -
Hey, I’m Mike! I’m the CEO of Mountain Made and an undiagnosed entrepreneurial addict. Startups are my game and I love all things business. Team building, planning, and mapping give me life—but don’t worry, I’ve got other hobbies too.
When I’m not running a business empire, I’m spending time with my amazing wifey and adorable canine companions exploring the world around us.
You can find me embodying the #GoLikeHell spirit with a ton of active hobbies. I love homesteading, downhill mountain biking, trail running, and anything outside (yes, even yard work!)
I wake up early and I work late. How do I do it, you ask? A complete Mountain Made CBD regimen of course!
Weighing about 3 pounds in the average adult, the brain is about 60% fat. The remaining 40% is a combination of water, protein, carbohydrates and salts. The brain itself is a not a muscle. It contains blood vessels and nerves, including neurons and glial cells. – John’s Hopkins Medicine
So if 60% of your brain is fat, are you feeding it the right fats to promote structural health and optimal function?
Most people don’t realize that the structure and the function of the brain are intimately interconnected.
Delia McCabe
Dr. Delia McCabe has dedicated her career to understanding how to nourish high functioning brains. We discuss, not only the necessary dietary foods, but also exercises and lifestyles that promote optimal function.
This episode was one of the most informational episodes you’ll hear and is chock full of strategies and actionable habits to stay at the top of your game.
What you will learn from this episode
- What the brain is made of and how to build a stronger structure
- The importance of fat for brain health
- How you should consider macro nutrients
- The importance of the brain/gut connection and how to eat for health
- The 5 best foods to feed your brain
- How and why you need to “work out” your brain
- The impact of stress on brain health
- How sleep, sex and sweat improve brain function
About Delia
Delia shifted her focus from conventional talking therapy, after completing her Masters in Psychology. She had discovered that what we eat impacts brain function directly, and came to understand that until the brain is properly nourished no amount of talking can support optimal cognitive functioning.
Delia has since immersed herself in the fascinating world of nutritional neuroscience and offers a focused, insightful, evidence-based approach into how specific foods can improve our mood, concentration, memory and learning ability and help us manage stress and remain calm and happy in our busy, stressful world, regardless of our age!
Delia received her PhD from Adelaide Medical School and her present research focus is on the neurobiology of stress and nutrition.
Delia’s knowledge about the brains requirements for
optimal well being, her enthusiasm for sharing complex science in an easy-to-understand format, and her ability to share practical and actionable steps with her audience, make her a speaker that keeps her audience engaged and enthralled from start to finish.
People who attend Delia’s events and workshops describe them as ‘extremely engaging, enlightening, fascinating, and motivational!’
Delia’s first book, ‘Feed Your Brain – 7 Steps to a Lighter, Brighter You!’ explains the science behind nutrition and brain health and was released mid-2016.
Delia’s second book, ‘Feed Your Brain – The Cookbook’ was released in November 2017, and takes the science into your kitchen to enable the creation of delicious, brain-supportive meals.
Resources
Delia’s Website
Omega 3 Supplement Recommendation
Book Recommendations
- “7 Steps to a Lighter Brighter You” by Delia McCabe
- “7 Steps to a Lighter Brighter You – The Cookbook” by Delia McCabe
- “Spark” by John Ratey
- “The End of Alzheimer’s” by Dale Bredesen
Nobody desires to be average, but very few people know how to be great. In this conversation, I talk to Tommy Breedlove about his USA Today Best-Selling Book, Legendary.
One of the all-time best movie quotes comes from The Sandlot, when Babe Ruth said, “Remember kid, there’s heroes and there’s legends. Heroes get remembered but legends never die, follow your heart kid, and you’ll never go wrong.”
I wholeheartedly believe that nobody desires to be average, but very few people know how to be great. In this conversation, I talk to Tommy Breedlove about his USA Today Best-Selling Book, Legendary.
If we concentrate on being better than we were yesterday and serving our fellow humans, our world would be a drastically different place.
Tommy Breedlove
Tommy knows what it takes to create a successful business and life. He has researched the mindset it takes to become Legendary and has distilled it into actionable steps that are easy to understand and apply into your life.
Who is Tommy Breedlove?
Tommy Breedlove is a Wall Street Journal & USA Today bestselling authorand Atlanta-based business, relationship, and mindset coach who is a regular featured keynote speaker at global events.
Tommy started his 20-year corporate career at one of the largest financial consulting firms in the world, and eventually became a shareholder, the International Practice Leader, and a member of the board of directors for one of the largest public accounting and financial firms in the southeast U.S.
At the top of his career, Tommy experienced a transformational moment inspiring him to walk away from the corporate world to change his life and follow his true calling.
Tommy now serves clients and audiences everywhere by empowering them to build and live Legendary Lives. He guides people to discover a life of significance while building a lasting legacy. The simple tools he shares shows them how to work in their zone of brilliance, obtain financial freedom, and live with meaning and balance. The goal is to help everybody to become the person they’ve always wanted to be.
When Tommy isn’t speaking or serving his clients, he enjoys traveling the world, hiking, and spending quality time with his wife and two dogs.
What you will learn from this episode:
- The 1 thing to eliminate and what to replace it with
- How to have gratitude and build upon it
- Which words to eliminate from your vocabulary, and what should you replace them with
- Who you need to identify or your inner circle
- What the busiest people do
- How to deal with the guilt that comes with telling people “No.”
- What is your “Zone of Brilliance” and how to operate in it
- How the top 5% think about money
- How you should think about time blocking to get things done
- How to start the day with a win
- How to “Start small and Dream Big”
- The worst advice Tommy ever received
Have you ever wondered how the busiest entrepreneurs have so much energy and focus? Many of them have have made their mental and physical health a priority. And the ones that haven’t experience burnout and fatigue far too often.
Best-Selling author, Nate Palmer realized that as an entrepreneur and fitness enthusiast, certain routines and foods gave him more energy than others. He spent years perfecting his blueprint to optimize health. You can get learn his secrets in his book, The Million Dollar Body Method: The Entrepreneur’s Diet for Superhuman Focus and Rapid Fat Loss. Nate shares the strategies of the book with me during our discussion on this week’s podcast.
After reading Nate’s book, I applied the morning routine we talk about for 2 weeks. I had sustained energy and focus all day long and never experienced the afternoon brain fog that sets in after a big lunch. If you want to improve your mental clarity and physical performance, heed Nate’s advice and watch your results skyrocket!
What you will learn in this episode
- The perfect morning routine to start your day
- Whether or not breakfast is the most important meal of the day
- The importance of Protein, Fat and Carbs and when to eat them
- What to eat for lunch to eliminate afternoon brain fog
- How discipline during the day gives you freedom for dinner
- How many hours you should be fasting every day
- How complexity kills progress
- How delayed gratification benefits health and is a great parenting tool
Resources from Episode
Get a copy of Nate’s Book – Million Dollar Body Method
Join Nate’s Facebook Group
Learn more about how busy executives can benefit from fitness
Professional Snowboarder and 2022 Olympic hopeful, Lucas Foster shares his unique strategies for optimal performance. Whatever your passion may be, it takes focus and preparation to conquer your goals.
Michael Phelps said, You can’t put a limit on anything. The more you dream, the farther you get.
And Alex Morgan said, Everyone has a talent. It’s what you do with that talent that makes you great.
Lucas is a rising star on the US Ski and Snowboard team and X-Games competitor. He’s in the prime of his professional career and working towards a birth in the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.
Lucas is passionate about becoming the best version of himself and is dedicated to achieving greatness in his life. Lucas shares what he is doing differently than other pros that gives him an edge in competition, how he calms his mind before a big competition, the importance of balanced training, the difference between working in versus working out and so much more.
If you aspire to be the best in the world at anything, there is so much you can learn from lucas. And in Feb of 2022, you might find yourself crushing your goals, and watching Lucas do that same as he crushes the competition in Beijing.
Questions I ask Lucas:
- What separates a gold medal snowboarder vs middle of the pack snowboarder?
- What’s the best advice you ever received?
- What’s the worst advice you’ve ever received?
- How do you go from one of the best in the world to THE best in the world?
- Why was it important for you to finish high school and how did you balance schooling and professional sport?
- What are 3-5 habits or daily activities that are non-negotiable to achieve success?
- What’s something you do, a secret performance hack, that no other snowboarder does that you are most proud of?
- You said you look up to your dad, what’s something you admire about him that you don’t feel like you’ll ever live up to or achieve?
- Is there an inner dichotomy between cheering for your teammates and wanting to succeed at the individual level in a sport like snowboarding?
- What are your thoughts on US sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson being banned from the Olympics?
- What is the most impactful book you’ve ever read?
- If you could have a drink with anyone, who would it be, what would you drink and why?
- How do you “Make every breath count” in your life?
Check out Lucas on Instagram!
“A leader must lead, but also be ready to follow. They must be aggressive, but not overbearing. A leader must be calm, but not robotic. They must be confident, but never cocky. A leader must be brave, but not foolhardy. They must have a competitive spirit, but be a gracious loser.” - Jocko Willink
Leadership is a skill that takes time and effort to hone. As a leader, you must think about how each action and interaction defines you and builds your leadership reputation.
I’ve had so many people ask me about what makes a great leader. I’ve been fortunate to work with, and learn from some amazing leaders throughout my life, but some of the best lessons I’ve learned have been from speaking to others. So I’ve chosen an all-star lineup of leaders that have contributed to this podcast to share the 5 pillars of leadership to guarantee results, as discussed on the Every Breath Counts Podcast.
Minter Dial was the managing director at L’Oreal for over 10 years. We spoke about the importance of authenticity in leadership and how to cultivate an environment in which others can thrive. One of the most important aspects of leadership is not only finding the right people, but putting them in situations to succeed. If you want to learn more from Minter, you can check out Episode 18, The Importance of Authentic Leadership.
Scott Olsen was a counter-intelligence agent in the FBI during the Cold Warand created the leadership development program for the FBI. Leadership is so important when the stakes are highest. Scott talks about not only how to develop leaders, but what traits to look for when searching for and hiring them. You might be surprised to hear that fascination is one of the most important traits. If you want to hear more about Scott’s story and experience in the FBI, check out Episode 16, Become a Better Leader.
Eric Strand is a ultramarathoner that has completed numerous races including the Leadville 100 and the Boston Marathon. He has taken the lessons he learned from 100+ mile races and applied them to his role as COO of Drury Hotels. In Episode 7, Leadership Lessons from UltramarathonsEric shares the importance of setting big goals and surrounding yourself with the best people you can find. While we don’t talk about it in this clip, Eric exemplifies empathy as a leader. When covid hit, he wanted to raise money for the people in his company most affected. So he decided to run 245 straight miles across Missouri to raise money for frontline hospitality workers.
“Hoorah!” The next leader to hear from is Marine and best-selling author David Richards. Marines are known for their leadership qualities and training, and David shares a great story about a platoon in Vietnam. The takeaways of this story are the importance of daily habits and how being dedicated to a process will yield the results you are looking for. He also speaks to the importance of maintaining morale in a stressful environment. Check out Episode 15, Purpose-Driven, to he
Sport Scientist and former collegiate baseball player, Dallen Reber, understands the value of self-reflection. Through such reflection, his athletes honed their strengths and compensated for their weaknesses. So, when he was honest about his personal and professional goals, he knew entrepreneurship was his future. As the creator of the Self-Mastery Journal, Dallen has designed his career to align with his personal mission.
In this episode, you will learn:
- How journaling and honest self-reflection can accelerate your personal and professional growth
- Why resilience is the most important lesson from sports to take and apply to business
- How asking the right questions puts you in position to find the right answer
- The importance of humility and how to accept what you learn about yourself when you self-reflect
- Finding balance between family life and career
- Using “time blocking” to increase your productivity
- How to be present in the moment while other items are unfinished
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Your career is simply how you monetize your skills and purpose. It doesn’t matter where you are in your financial journey, what matters is that you take the time to understand how to manage your money and make it work for you.
If you value the money you have made or have goals that require a cash investment, you have to understand how to make your money grow. Kenny Polcari is a financial communicator and experienced financial advisor that understands economics as well as anybody. He helps the modern investor navigate the abundance of options available and helps investors create designer portfolios to achieve their financial goals.
Whether you know everything about money and investing or you are just beginning and only have $100 to invest, you will learn something from this episode. Kenny is not only intelligent but engaging and weaves current events and politics into his predictions for global marketplace.
If you are interested in hearing his DAILY commentary,
Text “INVEST” to 21000
Questions I ask:
- Who is the modern investor?
- How do you determine your risk tolerance?
- How can you talk to your partner about money?
- How can you create a diversified portfolio?
- How do current events affect the stock market?
- What are smart logic algorithms?
- Should I invest in Bitcoin?
- Which meme stocks should you invest in?
- Are we headed towards inflation?
Kenny’s Bio
Kenny is Founder/CEO of Kace Capital Advisors, Senior Market Strategist of Slatestone Wealth, Strategic Advisor at Campfire Capital and a CNBC financial commentator. As a former member of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) since 1985, he brings over thirty years of executive management experience in institutional equities and wealth management, and twenty-five years of stewardship in industry advocacy. A charismatic voice on the markets is often quoted in various publications including the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Associated Press, Financial Times, and Reuters. He first started working with the news media after 9/11, at the request of the NYSE, and became a regular contributor during the financial crisis, developing a reputation for being an advocate for the investing public, and a champion for Main Street on Wall Street. Kenny is on the board of the National Organization of Investment Professionals (NOIP), and the Headstrong Project, a nonprofit providing free treatment to veterans with PTSD. Kenny has a BSBA in Finance from Boston University School of Management and is series 7, 24, 27, 55, 63 and 65 registered.
You can tweet him at @kennypolcari,
connect on LinkedIn, or
check out his blog at kennypolcari.com.
Your career is simply how you monetize your skills and purpose. It doesn’t matter where you are in your financial journey, what matters is that you take the time to understand how to manage your money and make it work for you.
If you value the money you have made or have goals that require a cash investment, you have to understand how to make your money grow. Kenny Polcari is a financial communicator and experienced financial advisor that understands economics as well as anybody. He helps the modern investor navigate the abundance of options available and helps investors create designer portfolios to achieve their financial goals.
Whether you know everything about money and investing or you are just beginning and only have $100 to invest, you will learn something from this episode. Kenny is not only intelligent but engaging and weaves current events and politics into his predictions for global marketplace.
If you are interested in hearing his DAILY commentary,
Text “INVEST” to 21000
Questions I ask:
- Who is the modern investor?
- How do you determine your risk tolerance?
- How can you talk to your partner about money?
- How can you create a diversified portfolio?
- How do current events affect the stock market?
- What are smart logic algorithms?
- Should I invest in Bitcoin?
- Which meme stocks should you invest in?
- Are we headed towards inflation?
Kenny’s Bio
Kenny is Founder/CEO of Kace Capital Advisors, Senior Market Strategist of Slatestone Wealth, Strategic Advisor at Campfire Capital and a CNBC financial commentator. As a former member of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) since 1985, he brings over thirty years of executive management experience in institutional equities and wealth management, and twenty-five years of stewardship in industry advocacy. A charismatic voice on the markets is often quoted in various publications including the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Associated Press, Financial Times, and Reuters. He first started working with the news media after 9/11, at the request of the NYSE, and became a regular contributor during the financial crisis, developing a reputation for being an advocate for the investing public, and a champion for Main Street on Wall Street. Kenny is on the board of the National Organization of Investment Professionals (NOIP), and the Headstrong Project, a nonprofit providing free treatment to veterans with PTSD. Kenny has a BSBA in Finance from Boston University School of Management and is series 7, 24, 27, 55, 63 and 65 registered.
You can tweet him at @kennypolcari,
connect on LinkedIn, or
check out his blog at kennypolcari.com.
Part 2 of 2
Mark Twain said, "Let us endeavor so to live that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry."
This is part 2 of my interview with Sonny Von Cleveland, musician and YouTube sensation. If you haven’t heard part 1, listen to episode 22 as he discussed how being molested as a child and turning to a life of crime earned him 18 years in prison. During that time, he spent 19 months in solitary confinement where he met a muslim man that inspired him to change his life.
In this episode, you’ll learn about the power of authenticity, and how you MUST find your identity so you can live a life in alignment with your purpose. You will learn how to achieve greatness and success without a formal education and how work ethic and building meaningful relationships can take you anywhere.
Here’s a reminder that Sonny speaks passionately about his life, and speaks about some topics not suitable for children, so if you are listening to this with your kids, hit pause, throw in the headphones and listen up.
Check out Sonny's website: https://www.sonnyvoncleveland.com
Sonny's YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSH-H6O8PI2k8z4PynAtMRg
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/svc720
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/svcofficial720
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SonnyVC720
Maya Angelou said, “I did then what I knew how to do. Now that I know better, I DO better.”
And Zig Ziglar said, A second chance doesn’t mean anything if you haven’t learned from your first mistake.
Today’s episode is RAW! This is a warning that you should not listen to this if you are driving with children in the car. It’s such a powerful message, I had to break it up into 2 parts. Subscribe now to the podcast automatically download part 2 which will be released tomorrow.
Sonny Von Cleveland is an amazing individual that has overcame a difficult life. He was sexually abused from the age of 5 to 10 and turned to a life of crime that earned him 18 years in prison, 19 months of which were spent locked in solitary confinement which he refers to throughout this podcast as “the hole.”
Sonny used his time behind bars to find purpose and passion in his life and came out a different man. He formed a band and became a rockstar, worked his way up to a 6 figure income in corporate America, and started a hit YouTube channel with millions of views. He has dedicated his life to inspiring others to realize that their dreams are possible.
Check out Sonny's website: https://www.sonnyvoncleveland.com
Sonny's YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSH-H6O8PI2k8z4PynAtMRg
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/svc720
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/svcofficial720
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SonnyVC720
How would you react if you were told your 4-month-old daughter was diagnosed with Cancer? It’s not a situation any human would envy. Matt Curbeau has applied the same mindset and skills that he honed as a professional triathlete towards his most recent challenge, fatherhood.
Matt found his love of endurance sport at none other than a CrossFit class after graduating college. It was the sense of community the was so appealing to Matt about CrossFit as well as endurance sport.
Matt spent years racing professionally, finishing top 10 in a handful of events and even setting the course record at the Mussleman Triathalon in Geneva, NY. However, the best part of his career was meeting his wife Kaitlin, a fellow triathlete. Matt and Kaitlin have transitioned to their new passion of parenting.
I’ve always looked at sport as a metaphor for life. Matt has done a beautiful job making the most out of his natural talents and pushing himself to the limit. Shortly after Matt's daughter was born, she was diagnosed with bilateral retinoblastoma, requiring chemotherapy and immediate medical treatment. His family and community rallied around him and his wife as an essential road crew provided necessary support along their journey.
The principles Matt learned from his athletic career, such as preparation, disciplined practice and a relentless work ethic are the same attributes that he is passing on to his daughter as she is taking on her own challenges with the same passion and zest for life.
Matt will be raising money this week for Boston Children’s Hospital in his 2nd “Ride 4 Claire,” a 2-day, 400-mile bike ride from Penn Yan, NY to Boston, MA. You can follow him on his journey and donate to contribute to his mission of funding children’s cancer research.
Follow Matt’s Journey
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/matthew.curbeau
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/turbeau86/?hl=en
Donate to Ride 4 Claire: https://secure.childrenshospital.org/site/TR?px=1800659&pg=personal&fr_id=2070
Some Questions I ask:
- What was a typical day during your career?
- What is a misconception about the life of a pro athlete?
- How important was nutrition when you raced?
- What was the perfect pre/during/ and post race meal for you?
- I’ve heard a lot of people consider a more vegan diet touting the endurance benefits, did you have teammates or competitors going vegan?
- I know recovery is super important, how do you recover from hundreds of miles of racing?
- What lessons have you learned in racing that you have applied to fatherhood?
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I didn’t know what to expect when I was introduced to Natsune Oki, we are so different – or so I thought. I’m an almost 40, married, white male living in the United States, and she’s a 20 something Japanese entrepreneur living in Tokyo. But our similarities made for an extremely engaging discussion about business, purpose, self-awareness, winning, leadership and so much more.
One of the most interesting thoughts Natsune shared was about the similarities and differences in the Japanese philosophy, Ikigai and the Greek philosopher, Aristotle. She came up with the concept of the “Identity Circle,” as a framework for self-awareness by reflecting on and defining:
- Who you are
- What you love, and
- What you do
Natsune and I went on to discuss the differenced in the mindset of a psychopath killer, like the ones featured on the hit TV show, Criminal Minds and how a similar “scarcity” mindset can be detrimental to human growth.
This episode was a Success Sandwich, and I hope you love it as much as I did. We share practical advice on how to manage time, run a business and perform at a high level, in between a fun blend of philosophy and cultural discussion.
Here are some questions I asked Natsune:
- One of the core principles of self-development is purpose. But I’ve heard you say, there is no purpose in life – what do you mean by that?
- What Non-verbal and verbal behaviors have you found effective in supporting power and confidence?
- Is it possible to envision your future if you lack self-awareness?
- How should entrepreneurs balance the idea you have to be “all-in” or give 100% when pursuing your dream but also maintain some risk tolerance? Or should they?
- What is Reality?
- Why Is Having Certainty So Powerful? and What Is Certainty Anyway?
- How do we Balance Getting Your Priority Done and Helping Others?
- How do we learn Resilience Through Mastering Self-Talk and Self-Perception?
- What do people misunderstand about managing your time?
- How do we create growth from change?
Connect with Natsune
Website
YouTube
TikTok
Instagram
Facebook
Are you prepared to be a high-performer when things get stressful?
When things get tough and you start to feel the pressure of the situation do you rise to the occasion and perform at the best of your ability?
There are 2 types of people in the world; when you are driving down the road and encounter a yellow light, some people slam on their breaks and some people accelerate to beat the light. What do you do when you you see a yellow light? In Episode 19, of The Every Breath Counts Podcast, I dive deep into the importance of consistency when it comes to Peak Performance in athletics with expert and coach Jay Thooft.
Jay spent several years at the United States Olympic Training Center working with the world’s best athletes to elevate their performance. His work at the USOTC led to a realization that it wasn’t just athletes at the highest level that needed high performance psychology training – it was all athletes that stood to benefit. In 2016, Jay founded Performance Excellence & Recovery Consulting, a consulting firm dedicated to providing developing athletes the tools necessary to elevate their mental game and perform in the face of stress, pressure, and adversity.
Lessons you will learn from this episode:
How to identify when you are not not performing at your Peak level
What separates champions from competitors
How to overcome your limitations
Strategies for training your mind to handle adversity
How to overcome self-doubt
How sports prepare children for challenges in life
How to separate your role from your identity
Contact Jay
Website: https://www.trainwithperc.com/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvsY-kH-pNup_IIK2JVPalg
Twitter: https://twitter.com/@PERConsultation/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/perconsultation/?hc_ref=SEARCH&fref=nf
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The most successful people I know all share some common attributes. Two of which are being self-reflective and adaptable. Self-reflection is key in evaluating your successes and challenges and brings clarity to your journey. Then you can use this new-found knowledge to plan strategic changes to take you from where you are to where you want to be.
My guest this week is Minter Dial, a self-described agent of change, a three-time entrepreneur, professional speaker, and award-winning film producer and author. Minter showcases his storytelling as he shares insightful, witty and funny experiences from his journey to become the authority and leader he is today.
Questions I ask:
· How did you realized that just being yourself makes everyone you a better leader?
· How should anyone go about finding out who they are?
· Should anyone take a job just for a paycheck?
· What are your thoughts on having a midlife crisis/enlightenment?
· How has humility served you?
· How did you create an environment of honesty and authenticity at L’Oreal?
· What perspective did you gain from your Grandfather’s experience as a POW?
What you will learn from this episode:
· How to identify what is important to you and build a career around it
· The type of people should you build a network around
· The principles attribute to creating a high-performing team
· How to choose one company over another
· How to balance humility and confidence
· How to lead yourself before you lead others
About Minter Dial
Minter Dial is a professional speaker, elevator and a multiple award-winning author, specialized in leadership, branding and transformation. An agent of change, he's a three- time entrepreneur who has exercised twelve different métiers and moved country fifteen times. Minter's core career stint of 16 years was spent as a top executive at L’Oréal, where he was a member of the worldwide Executive Committee for the Professional Products Division. He’s author of the award-winning WWII story, The Last Ring Home (documentary film and biographical book, 2016) as well as two prize- winning business books, Futureproof (2017) and Heartificial Empathy (2019).
His latest book on leadership, You Lead, How being yourself makes you a better leader (Kogan Page) came out in January 2021. He’s been host of the Minter Dialogue weekly podcast since 2010. He is passionate about the Grateful Dead, Padel Tennis, languages and generating meaningful conversations. @mdial / minterdial.com
Have you ever felt caught in a rut? Like you are going through the motions of life, checking off daily responsibilities and punching the time clock with no real purpose? Sometimes life can feel like one big hamster wheel. And you are moving your feet but not moving towards anything. Simon Sinek has made a career writing books about “Finding Your Why,” and the self-help industry preaches the importance of having purpose in life.
But what is purpose? Purpose is defined as “the reason something exists.” Have you thought about why you exist? Often times we confuse our achievements with our purpose. We think that we are born to entrepreneurs or artists. But those are jobs. It takes deep reflection to understand your true purpose and some people may never find it.
Today’s guest has been there. He was “overweight, unhappy and on the edge of not wanting to live.” Rob and I dive deep into what it takes to live a purposeful life. You are going to be inspired by his story of losing 160 pounds and teaching himself how to read and write in his 20’s as a fifth grade dropout.
Questions I ask
- Where does passion come from?
- How do you take the first step to creating a better life?
- Are you more afraid of success of failure?
- Can fear paralyze someone?
- How did you lose 130 pounds?
- What is the most impactful book you’ve ever read?
- If you could have a drink with anyone, who would it be, what would you drink and why?
- What would the subtitle of your autobiography be?
Things you will learn
- What is purpose and how can you find it
- How to be passionate about living
- How to harness fear to drive growth
- How to create and stick to a path of success
Connect with Rob
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A common interview question revolves around opportunity for growth within a company. This is something that I have spoken to numerous young professionals about. While the answer varies from company to company, my initial response is always the same; if you act treat your current position like it’s your own business, you will be a leader on day 1.
Scott described this beautifully in our discussion by saying that an individual must become a leader when they run out of bandwidth to perform their daily activities without assistance. This is a powerful idea, because it empowers everyone to take on as much responsibility as they desire, and then scale their actions to achieve the highest level of success. This means that your achievements will directly coorelate to your goals and your effort.
I encourage anyone that wants to be a leader, to treat your current position as though you are the CEO of your own job. Set goals and strategy, execute the strategy and scale the results. You will be amazed by how much you are able to accomplish with this mindset!
Scott began leading high performance teams in consequential environments as a teenager when he landed a job as a climbing guide on Mt. Rainier in Washington State. After eight years leading in the outdoors, and having completed college and Law School, he embarked on a lengthy career in government.
Over several decades Scott served as a Deputy Prosecuting Attorney and as an FBI Special Agent. Scott was a Counterintelligence operations officer, an Assistant Special Agent in Charge of Intelligence and Counterintelligence, and lived in the Middle East as the FBI’s Legal Attaché in Baghdad, Iraq.
Scott’s core expertise is in building and leading high performance teams. In addition, he has successfully coached emerging leaders across many disciplines including the security industry, non-profits, government, transitioning veterans and intelligence community leaders, the culinary industry, Tae Kwon Do age group national champions, and MMA fighters.
Scott also developed and implemented the FBI’s front-line Leadership Development Program and the FBI’s leadership performance assessment process for Special Agents in Charge.
Scott is a member of ASIS and SHRM, holds a B.A. in History from the University of Washington and a Juris Doctor from the Seattle University School of Law.
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I have struggled to place a greater value on processor results. I can recognize the value of results because if you have a goal in mind, reaching that goal is of utmost importance. However, the argument can be made that being solely goal focused relies on external factors. And being process focused places a higher importance on the discipline of performing the necessary daily activities to be your best.
Dave and I spoke at length about his writing process. A process that has made him a #1 international best selling author. He talked about learning to embrace the monotony of performing an important task everyday from his experience in the US Marine Corps. He attributes the discipline to his success as an author and an individual.
What are your goals? More importantly, what are you doing on a daily basis to bring the goals to reality?
My problem with being results driven is that when you acheive your initial result, do you simply stop? I believe that if you have process put in place, you are capable of surpassing expectations you have for yourself.
You should be results-driven, but don’t stop when you receive a positive result. Continue to build processes and maintain discipline to harness a relentless work ethic. And you will continue to grow and build unprecedented results.
David Richards is an international best-selling author, life strategist, and yoga instructor. He spent his early childhood living in various parts of the United States and three years living on the island of Okinawa, Japan. After graduating with a bachelor's degree in English, he was commissioned as an officer in the Marines. He earned two Masters degrees while on active duty and was part of the initial landing force in Somalia in support of Operation RESTORE HOPE.
Down to earth, insightful, and sometimes silly, he blends elements of yoga with quantum physics to bring the esoteric together with the practical. In doing this, David helps people see past their limitations and embrace their true potential.
Questions Asked:
- Did you always want to be a writer?
- Did you choose to go into the Marines because it aligned with a greater purpose in your life?
- What was it like spending part of your childhood in Japan?
- How has spirituality and yoga impacted your life?
- How are Christianity and Buddhism similar and how do they intersect in your life?
- How did spirituality make you a better marine?
- What did the Marines teach you about being successful in your life?
- What little habits are needed to be successful?
- Should you align your purpose with your actions even if it creates problems for you?
- How important is collaboration?
- How important is health and wellness to overall success?
- Why is it important to do hard things?
- What have you failed at?
- What is so important about the ability to perform a rewrite or pivot?
- How has humility served you?
- How do you balance deadlines and quality?
- If you could have a drink with anyone, who would it be, what would you drink, and why?
- What would the subtitle of your autobiography be?
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Education is a big part of an individual’s journey to success. Since 1989 the cost of a 4-year college degree has double (even accounting for inflation) from $52k to $104k, according to a recent article in Forbes. This is faster than the rise in wages over the same time.
There are some amazing and inspiring stories of business leaders that never graduated college. Stories about Elon Musk, Marc Zuckerberg, Sir Richard Branson and Bill Gates are hopeful and inspirational, but are rare and not the norm. More often than not, individuals that have attended and graduated from a secondary education program outpace their peers in compensation and career advancement.
So what can be done to make secondary education more affordable and accessible for students? Jenna Shulman is the CEO of JELF, the Jewish Education Loan Fund. She credits her network from law school with positioning her for the opportunity to run a company like JELF. The purpose of the organization she runs is to offer interest-free loans to Jewish community members looking to attend secondary, post-secondary and vocational education programs.
Jenna talks about her journey from law school to the not-for-profit sector as well as managing through the pandemic and pivoting to accomplish the mission. She also discusses how government loan forgiveness would affect the college landscape and loan industry.
In 2014 Jenna was named one of Atlanta’s Top 40 Under 40 by the Atlanta Jewish Times. In 2015, Jenna was also named as an outstanding Jewish community innovator. Additionally, she has served on numerous steering, leadership and advisory committees, both in and outside the Jewish community, for many years. In her spare time, Jenna’s hobby is matchmaking like-minded singles of all ages and has made many marriages to date.
Questions Asked
- What made you choose to work for a Not-For-Profit?
- How is creating a strong network contributed to your success?
- Is there competition between not for profits?
- How do you retain clients/donors?
- How has Covid affected charitable donation?
- How do you find balance of the right amount of outreach to donors?
- How do you plan and execute an event or gala?
- Why is the Jewish community so interested in helping each other?
- What do you think about government loan forgiveness?
- How would loan forgiveness affect the cost of college?
- Who has been the most inspiring speaker you have booked?
- If you could have a drink with anyone in the world, who would it be and why?
- What would the subtitle of your autobiography be?
Resources:Donate to JELF
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Jesse Stewart is the Founder of AM300 Solutions. He is a writer, best-selling author, speaker, consultant, and former U.S. Army Ranger. He retired at the rank of Major following multiple combat tours spanning every calendar year from 2003-2010.
You can only earn hard fought wisdom through experience. Jesse discussed his family history of military experience going all the way back to the French and Indian War. He followed in his grandfather’s and his father’s footsteps enrolling in the Army after high school, and his father stayed enlisted long enough to give him his first solute and pin his Ranger tab on his uniform.
Jesse was drawn to service but remembers the day that solidified his path to the Rangers. After having long at the top of the World Trade Center on September 10, 2001 with his aunt and uncle, he watched the towers fall the following day from the weight room at college and took the event as a direct attack on his family. He became an Army Ranger and spent almost 8 years deployed on and off fighting for the United States of America. After reaching the rank of Major and sustaining multiple injuries on the battlefield, Jesse was medically retired, in 2012, at the age of 31 and left “medically disabled.”
Jesse’s experience after leaving the military brought more clarity to his life and purpose. After battling depression and alcoholism, Jesse went through a transformation, similar to that of a Phoenix burning down to the ashes before being reborn.
Jesse founded AM300 solutions to train athletes with the Hard Fought Wisdom he acquired on the battlefield. One of the aspects of the program he is most proud of is the Warrior Athlete Program, where the athletes he works with visit with Veterans to help bring purpose to their lives. He now works extensively with the US Olympic Ski and Snowboard team, helping train their minds for the uncertainty of competition. As a consultant, many Olympic athletes are reaching peek performance and anticipating success in the coming games.
Jesse is a best-selling author, consultant, keynote speaker (check out his TED talk) and all around leader.
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Buy the book – Un-Winnable Wars
The Phoenix Project (Coming 2021)
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Lucas Foster
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Episode 12 - Create a purposeful like with Claire Rogers
About Claire Rogers
Claire specialises in mindset coaching. With her private clients, she coaches them to rise to their highest level of personal and professional growth by developing a positive mindset and creating healthy, purposeful lives. She does this by aiding her clients to re-discover their passions and create healthy habits and empowering beliefs.
With her business clients, she trains and speaks on corporate wellness to support, improve and implement effective transformational change to enhance employee wellbeing, talent retention, productivity and employee engagement. She is passionate about driving business strategies and ensuring results while also maintaining employee health and wellness.
Notes about our discussion:
- Claire's history and success as an international model and in corporate America
- The moment she realized her life needed to change direction
- Anxiety and Panic attacks
- Finding and deciding to pursue a purposeful life as a mindset coach
- The coorelation between mind and body and how it affects your wellness
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References
Claire Rogers
Website: https://www.itopiacoaching.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/itopiacoaching/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iTopiacoaching/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/itopiacoaching/
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Ryan Shekell
Website: www.ryanshekell.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryanshekell/
Episode 11 - Lead like a Lady with Gina Osborn
About Gina
Gina Osborn began her career in 1986 by enlisting in the U.S. Army as a Counterintelligence Special Agent. She was assigned to a specialized team in Germany that investigated the highest profile espionage cases in the European Theater during the end of the Cold War and into the first Gulf War.
In 1996, Gina became a Special Agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation. In her 22 years of service oversaw numerous high profile cases including investigating Asian Organized Crime on a task force in the Little Saigon District of Orange County, California and supervising counterterrorism investigations in Southeast Asia. She went on to become Assistant Special Agent in Charge of the Cyber and Computer Forensics Programs in Los Angeles where for 11 years, she led investigations relating to national security and criminal computer intrusions and retired from the FBI in 2018.
Gina is a leadership expert specializing in navigating Chaos, Crisis and Change. Having responded to catastrophic terrorist attacks and cyber hacks as an FBI Executive and chasing Cold War spies in the Army, Gina knows that Crises can be managed, Chaos can be controlled, and Change is inevitable.
She brings a unique perspective about succeeding and leading as a woman, in a male dominated field.
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Show Notes:
We discuss:
- The skills and traits are required for success as a counter intelligence agent
- Finding common ground and building trust for effective collaboration
- Having empathy for your adversaries, even in criminal situations
- The parallels between The Spy Game and the Business Game
- How technology has affected our ability to build meaningful relationships in personal and business life
- Managing employees in the digital age
- The importance of being able to adapt as an operator as well as a leader
- Dealing with chaos and failure in life or death situations
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References
Gina Osborn
https://ginalosborn.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ginalosborn/
Podcast: Lead Like a Lady
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/lead-like-a-lady-with-gina-l-osborn-a-real-life-podcast/id1557136702
Podcast: Behind the Crime
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/behind-the-crime-scene/id1510421892
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Ryan Shekell
www.ryanshekell.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryanshekell/
Episode 10 - My guest today is Jonathan Pritchard, founder of the international consulting company "The Hellstrom Group" which has trained teams to improve their sales, negotiation, and presentation skills on six of the seven continents.
His expertise comes from his background traveling the world as a Mentalist, a unique type of entertainer specializing in mind reading tricks
We discussed his journey of growing up poor in the mountains of North Carolina, to majoring in art in college and eventually becoming an international keynote speaker and consultant.
He shared stories about how he got into mentalism and mind reading, and how that understanding of the human brain has allowed him to advise Fortune 500 companies in sales, marketing and other deliverables.
We also discuss how he learned Kung Fu at record speed and the importance of how discipline and effort best correlate to success in every aspect of life.
Speaker
Jonathan Pritchard
https://www.hellstromgroup.com
https://www.elite.university/about/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/the_pritchard
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathanpritchard/
Ryan Shekell
www.ryanshekell.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Ryan-Shekell-103564051701441
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryanshekell/
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Episode 9 - Heather quit her job as an Anesthesiologist Assistant to start a software company focused on offering a streamlined continuum of care for surgical patients. But when Covid hit her, company and dreams took a backseat while she did her part serving her community and saving lives, intubating patients in the ICU.
This desire to serve others led her to a new business opportunity. She joined Wellness 4 Humanity and opened Covid testing sites in Atlanta and New York. Here, she rolled out a new concept of healthcare that she refers to as “Concierge Medicine.”
Heather is on a mission to make the world a better place. We talk about her experience in the ICU, he tools she uses to deal with stress and adversity and what she is doing with her new company to make the world a healthier place.
Speaker
Heather Repp
www.w4humanity.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/heath_n_wellness/?hl=en
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/heather-repp/
Ryan Shekell
www.ryanshekell.com
Episode 8 - DB and I discuss how Reflecting, remembering, reconnecting and rebooting can help anyone create purpose in their life. After his second divorce and being diagnosed with Kidney disease, DB realized he needed to find meaning and purpose in his life. He found the 4 actions needed to have appreciation and move forward. Now his pursuit of love inspires others to find the same appreciation in their lives.
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Speaker:
DB Marshall
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lovespursuitatl
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dammeon-marshall-812860188/
https://lovespursuitatl.net
Ryan Shekell
LinkedIn:
www.ryanshekell.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryanshekell/
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Show Notes
00:00 Intro – About the book Love Pursuit by DB Marshall
01:27 Love yourself
“Came about, you know, one day I was sitting down in my bedroom and I was trying to think of different titles to kind of come up with my business. And so love pursuit came to mind and I kept saying it kept saying it and processing it.
00:03:56 Second Divorce
“No. So believe it or not. That was my, [00:04:00] that was my second divorce of 10 years. I don't know what it is with me and 10 years in divorces, but that was the second divorce.
06:00 Balance in marriage
“But there's also this balance because. There's a lot of sacrifice in a marriage and, and I've been married for over 10 years. I love my work.But also, because we have like this, this together purpose, I think, and I feel like we have just this idea that we have created this life together and having children has a lot to do with that as well that we want to create this family
00:09:06 Purpose can change
“That's an interesting perspective. I've never thought about the fact that your why can change.
13:30 Growing up poor
“You know, what you said was exactly right. That is not purpose. However, at the time that was my purpose. And I'm gonna tell you why that was my purpose. It was my purpose because I grew up poor
19:45 The 4 “R’s”
“And I call it the four, our motto and the four. Our motto is just the first thing that you have to do is just sit down and you have to reconnect with yourself. Just reconnect, whatever it is, bad, good in friendship, reconnect, you know, just find out what it is that makes you feel good. And I thought I reconnected. The next thing I wanted to do was just remember, and this, the beautiful thing with remembering, I call them golden little nuggets. The third thing I did was to reflect, reflect as a few stages. So once you have reconnected with yourself you remember all those beautiful momentsI created some type of journal and I jotted those things down and I used all that information of the different stages that I went through to reboot my life.
28:50 Kidney Disease
“And I really wanted to understand what impacted the kidneys and what do I need to feed my body and also feed my mind. And so that started the physical wellness. The emotional wellness actually started, like I said, after divorce emotionally, I started working on myself because that impacted everything in my life.
31:47 Chaos
“And I went to this third doctor and I walked in and I told her what was going on. I was like, how can I fix it? And he looked at me and he was like, you can, your kidneys are gonna fail.
37:29 New Purpose
“I just want to be that beacon of hope to say, you know what? I did it and I'm not comparing it to myself and said, your situation is similar to mine or mine is similar to yours. What I'm saying is that we all are human beings.
Episode 7 - Eric Strand, COO of Drury Hotels shares his story of raising over $40,000 for frontline hospitality workers during the Covid pandemic. He set the fastest time running the Katy Trail, start to finish, a 245 mile rail trail spanning the entire width of Missouri.
He dicusses leadership and management strategies using lessons from his ultramarathon experiences, as well as work/life balance and fatherhood.
Show Notes:
Intro
Background -
MBA,
First Marathon Grandma's Marathon https://grandmasmarathon.com, Duluth MN
Training and inspiration
Chicago Marathon success https://www.chicagomarathon.com
Boston Marathon qualifier https://www.baa.org
5:50
Interest in Ultra-marathon after running with Dean Karnazez (https://ultramarathonman.com)
Leadville 100 Trail Race, Race across the sky
7:22
Balance Training and COO Drury Hotels
Support Network, amazing wife
Getting it in early before 7:00 meetings
10:50
Being your best self when you run
Running as an addiction
13:16
Drury Hotels
How Covid affected Hospitality industry
How you deal with adversity like a pandemic
Pivot strategy
Coming out stronger
Strength of the team having overcome adversity
Process improvements
21:08
Raising money for frontline hospitality workers
Running the Katy Trail, rail trail the width of Missouri (245 miles) in 3 days, 14 hours and 6 minutes
Why the Katy Trail?
25:14
Preparation nd mindset
Goal setting and chances of success
Describing the trail, terrain and run
Sleeping and Eating during an ultra
Running with Halucinations
Discipline
Eating Solid Foods and burning calories
31:49
Hardest race ever? Leadville 100 2014
Confidence and wanting to finish faster than before
First 6 miles falling over and over and getting a busted nose, ribs and extremities
How to keep going
36:12
Strategies and inner dialogue to keep going
Enjoy the suck
38:24
Applying these lessons to fatherhood and leadership
Lessons from Leadville
Running with your kids
42:00
Questions
Running with Dean Karnazes
Mom is biggest inspiration
Pete Kostelnick, best runner to run with
Where to find Eric
Ryan Shekell
www.ryanshekell.com
Speaker:
Eric Strand
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/eric.strand.378
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eric-strand-38aa12152/
Eric's Website
www.leadfeet.com
Drury Hotels
www.druryhotels.com
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Episode 6 - Jermane is full of energy and passion and you can feel it in his voice. He believes there's two types of people in the world - creators and there's victims.
He joined me from Singapore, where he's been living since the beginning of Covid to talk about how growing up half-black without a father made him question his identity. He found later on that he needed to take action to create that identity, not relying on the opinion of others or being defined by his possessions.
We discuss fitness, books, perspective and his on life.
Jermane Cheathem
LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jermanecheathem/
http://www.daofinancialsolutions.com/
Ryan Shekell
www.ryanshekell.com
My guest today is Donald James. Donald joins me to speak about his 35 year career at NASA and how he applied the lessons he learned from his Mom to successd He used the knowledge from that experience to write a book titled, "Manners will take you where brains and money won't." We discuss leadership, management, family, and even aliens!
Show Note:
Intro
-NASA Career
-Leadership and Respect for other cultures
-STEM in education and replacing it
-Honesty versus politeness
-Interviewing and hiring for a team - authenticity
-Teamwork and collaboration
-Pink Suits and being uncomfortable
-NASA compared to surgery
-Power dynamic and race relations - police brutality
-Aliens
Speaker
Donald James
www.donaldgregoryjames.com
Author:
Manners will take you where brains and money won't
Ryan Shekell
www.ryanshekell.com
My guest today is Lesley Cortright. Lesley set out to prove to herself and her daughters that you can do anything you put your mind to and that girls can do insanely hard things. She completed the Leadville 100, a 100-mile race through the heart of the Rocky Mountains, in 28 hours and 23 minutes, under the 30-hour minute time cap (something that only about 1/2 of the runners crazy enough to attempt are able to do). The experience changed her outlook on life and human potential. An outlook that has helped her build a photography business, capturing life’s moments for others!
Speaker
Lesley Cortright
Wander Photography
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/lesleycortright
Photography - https://www.facebook.com/wanderphotographyatlanta/
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/lesley-cortright-a39a504/
Website - wanderphotgraphy.com
Ryan Shekell
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/ryanshekellspeaker
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/ryanshekell/
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryanshekell/
Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCK4n1_pdUpZ-MTL-itdDZmA
Website - https://www.ryanshekell.com
Show Notes:1:00 - Introduction and Growing Up In Colorado
4:00 - First 10k Race at 9-years old (Boulder Boulder)
10:00 - Philosophy about Quitting
12:30 - Running in school, back-to-back state championships as a freshman and sophomore
23:00 - Transition to College and running for enjoyment
30:00 - Post college and running with appreciation
34:30 - Leadville 100 ultra-marathon, pacing and registering
50:00 - Training and preparation for an ultra-marathon
1:00:00 - The worst leg and the community of ultra running
1:09:00 - The Finish Line
1:14:00 - Life - Becoming a professional photographer
My guest today is Tom Pritchard, is one of the most respected film finishing managers in the history of Kodak. His outlook on life was forged when his wife nearly died while pregnant with his first born child. He exemplifies a leader by making deposits into an "emotional bank account" with those that he works with, and isn't afraid to do the dirty work to get the job done.
Ryan Shekell
www.ryanshekell.com
Episode 2 - Kevin McShan talks about his life with Spastic Quadriplegic Cerebral Palsy and his journey to become a journalist.
Speaker
Kevin McShan
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kevin.mcshan1
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevin-mcshan-1586028a/
Podcast: https://anchor.fm/kevin-mcshan/episodes/Ryan-Shekells-Story-of-Courage-and-Strength-epa9hr
Ryan Shekell
www.ryanshekell.com
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My guest today is no stranger to hard times. He was born in the Great Depression, lost a son, jimmy, to suicide, a son in law to heart attack, and another son in law to cancer. In the last 13 months alone, he lost his wife, 2 of his best friends and sold the house of 67 years that he raised him family in.
Despite all this, his positive attitude and zest for life pours out of him. He attributes this to the 4 F’s
-Faith
-Family
-Friends
-Fortitude
Check out the website for more episodes:
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Welcome to the every breath counts podcast
My name is Ryan Shekell, and each week I interview experts and leaders about their stories and strategies on how to optimize your mind, your body, your career and your life so that you can Make Every Breath Count!
Albert Einstein once said, “I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious.”
I am passionately curious about becoming the greatest version of myself. Join me on my ‘journey of discovery’ as I interview the most successful people in the world
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