YOU MATTER To Christ: Recent Episodes
Chad Burmeister
Do you find yourself frequently stressed out? Or maybe you aren’t sure of your true identity? No matter how hard you try, there just seems to be a giant void in your life?
Welcome to the YOU MATTER To Christ podcast, where we talk to current and former athletes, business professionals, and everyday people just like you. We ask them questions like, when did you hit the buzz saw moment in life, when did God undeniably show up in your life, and why do you pray?
The YOU MATTER To Christ podcast was launched to provide a platform for open and honest conversations that explore faith, hope, and the incredible impact of God’s love. Particularly for those who have doubts or reservations, this podcast is for you.
Life has a way of throwing us into challenging situations, and it’s during those moments that doubts can arise. I know what it’s like to question, to wonder, if there’s more to life than meets the eye. That’s why I want to share stories of hope and inspiration and transformation from both believers and those who may have wrestled with their faith, so that together, we can uncover the undeniable power of God’s love.
I believe that each and every one of us, regardless of our doubts or skepticism, is valued and cherished in his eyes. I believe that YOU MATTER To Christ. You are the only one that has ever existed that is you. Your unique spirit, skills and experiences make you exactly the right person for whatever it is God created you for.
So if you find yourself spiritually skeptical, unsure, curious, or you’re facing a void in your life that you just can’t seem to fill, then this podcast is for you.
Join me in this adventure of exploration into the power of faith and the value of establishing a relationship with God. And remember, in the book of Matthew, chapter seven, verse seven, it says, ask and it shall be given to you. Seek and you will find. Knock and the door will be open to you.
I invite you to ask the tough questions, seek the truth, and knock on the door. Together we will discover that you truly matter to Christ.
God’s peace.
Listen to You Matter To Christ at https://www.youmattertochrist.com/podcast.
This episode of the Living a Better Story Podcast features Scott Anderson, Founder and CEO of Doubledare Executive Coaching and Consulting. He focuses on helping business leaders avoid burnout and reclaim their energy for fulfillment at work and in life.
He talks about the inevitability of having negative thoughts and how these can cause burnout and dissatisfaction in our lives. He also shares about the different ways we can counteract these thoughts and start to reclaim control over our emotions.
HIGHLIGHTS
- Scott's advice to his younger version
- You're exactly where you're supposed to be so have faith
- What burnout is about
- How to recover from burnout
QUOTES
Scott: "I could choose fear or I could choose faith. But it's not inevitable, it's not like I don't have a say in the way I experience my day and my life. It takes practice and it takes discipline and, really, I think what it takes is having made a mountain of mistakes more than anything else."
Scott: "We have to multiple times a day, even take 5 or 10 seconds to completely drop the stress. Otherwise, it's this biochemical cycle and the psychological cycle of having unrelieved stress that ultimately results in this bone-tired exhaustion."
Scott: "Instead we have to shift our whole basis of living and action and focus on our values instead of our thoughts and emotions. In that way, we will always do what matters most to us. But it's a shift, most of us are addicted to listening to our thoughts and emotions and responding accordingly."
Connect with Scott by following the links below:
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/scottandersonms/
- Website: https://burnoutbreakthrough.com
This episode of the Living a Better Story Podcast features Mary Anne Jacobs, CEO of Girl Scouts of Gateway Council. She provides deep insight on having faith during our toughest times and learning to look back at what God has provided.
Mary Anne shares about losing her son because of their babysitter's actions and praying all throughout that tremulous time. She also talks about working in a male-dominated field and using that experience to build and empower the women she now works with day to day.
HIGHLIGHTS
- How people get through tough times with God
- The tragedy of losing their son
- Having a mustard seed of faith
- Using her experience of working in a male-dominated field
QUOTES
Mary Anne on looking back and feeling God's presence: "I always share with particularly women, if you look in the rear-view mirror, look over your left shoulder. You'll see that He was with you all the time."
Mary Anne's insight on understanding God's timing: "God uses every aspect of your life to draw Him closer to you. And then you really fully understand the peaks and you know that you're not walking alone."
Mary Anne on a time God undeniably showed up: "When I was finished, I just started laughing because I was in this zone of God. And He laughed with me and it was a joyous laugh. Like I was so excited I did this and this would have had to be God."
Connect with Mary Anne by following the links below:
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maryannejacobs/
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/maj1957
This episode of the Living a Better Story Podcast features Bikram Mishra, CEO of Evolution Laboratories LLC. He shares how he was pulled into a string of scenarios that ended with him getting sentenced the maximum penalty, a consequence that didn't actually match the situation.
Bikram shares how this whole story progressed, from serving 12 years to learning the lessons throughout the whole experience, as well as dwelling in God's presence all throughout the journey.
HIGHLIGHTS
- Introducing Evolution Laboratories
- The worst 15 seconds of Bikram's life
- Serving 12 years and the lessons learned
- Feeling God's forgiveness of our past, present, and future sins
QUOTES
Bikram: "It's rough because broken people are the ones that need a listening ear and compassion, but we're also the hardest to deal with because we're broken and we've admitted that and accepted it. A lot of people are still living in a facade where everything's fine and they're superficial. But, no judgment, I was there and I would happen to be like that if I'm not careful."
Bikram: "That's the hardest part of it. Waiting gives that sinful flesh part of us the opportunity to just get up in there and really sink its teeth into us. And the Spirit is there guiding us patiently, saying 'God is with you' and to have faith in the process."
Bikram: "God obviously has the component to deal with humans that involves us being away for a long period of time before we're actually fit for the service that he wants us to do."
Connect with Bikram by following the links below:
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/b1kramm/
- Website: https://evolabs.us/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/b1kramm
This episode of the Living a Better Story Podcast features Amir Reiter, CEO of CloudTask. He talks about setting up expectations for relationships and how challenges in many of those areas in life can help us grow.
He shares that many of the prominent people that we look up to have suffered in some way and this inspired growth in them. These moments of suffering are impactful in revealing the choice to get yourself to a higher and better point in life.
HIGHLIGHTS
- What Amir's younger self would say to him now
- Controlling your perspective to fuel growth
- Faith and being inherently good
- What would he be doing in the next few years
QUOTES
Amir: "Humans are not designed to grow off of feeling good, they just aren't. And if you look at history, it's pain and suffering that puts us forward. I already know that it's never going to be good enough because there's no such thing as a ten. Because a ten becomes a seven to us and that's what drives us to look for that ten that doesn't exist."
Amir: "Yeah, but no one teaches this stuff in school, right? Our brain is really undertaught like we don't talk about consciousness and how to control these things. I definitely think you're not supposed to have all the answers but humans' capabilities are limitless."
Amir: "Sometimes we're just uncomfortable with our power so we have to try to describe things but I don't need that. I'm okay with it, you know? I think our purpose is a lot different than we think about if that makes sense"
Connect with Amir by following the links below:
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amirreiter/
- Facebook: Amir Reiter
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/amirreiter/
This episode of the Living a Better Story Podcast features Paul Michalski, Founder of Integrous LLC. Sometimes, it takes a massive sledgehammer to wake you up to even the smallest realizations.
Paul shares the story of when he realized that his marriage was in a downward spiral. He tells of the profound experiences God showed him to get through this and other hardships later on in his life. He also talks about what Integrous LLC does and how they advise leaders on how to lead faithfully.
HIGHLIGHTS
- Experiences growing up and how others would describe Paul
- The moment of realization that his marriage was spiraling down
- When God showed and taught him not to give up
- The focus of Integrous
QUOTES
Paul: "The third thing, thankfully, is I did something I had not done in a long time is I cried out to God to help me. And that moment changed the rest of my life."
Paul: "I've lost count of the number of people whose lives have been transformed because in a moment of desperation they said, God if you're real, now would be a really good time to show me."
Paul: "God would show up to just show me in a way that I would understand, 'just don't give up.' The lesson I learned was so often I think we give up on the brink of success. That we give up just at that last moment."
Connect with Paul by following the links below:
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulmichalski/
- Website: https://integriosity.com/
This episode of the Living a Better Story Podcast features Dan Bruder, Founder of Blendification and author of The Blendification System. Dan shares the concept that we need to look at how to blend work and life instead of just focusing on work-life balance.
He shares about his early childhood environment and how it influenced his story. He also talks about a particular night when God showed up for him that involved Bible verses and a cartoon about Jesus. All of these experiences led Dan create a system that blends work and life in all aspects including faith, career, and even usual daily activities.
HIGHLIGHTS
- The advantage of growing up in a tough environment
- Connection as a primary driver for people
- An odd connection between a verse and a cartoon
- What faith means to Dan
QUOTES
Dan: "The message there was 'man shall not live on bread alone.' So I was stressed about my job and the recognition there was life isn't just about that. There's much more to life."
Dan: "The truth is there's some level of ambiguity to this and we have to make what I consider to be a leap of faith. So it's having trust in something that I can't see and knowing that I don't have all the answers."
Dan: "We're all created for good works. We're actually created to do good things and we call that our vocation, calling, or what have you, and if we look at our time we spend over 40 percent of our time on work-related activities. So if we're going to do anything good in life we need to do it through work."
Connect with Dan by following the links below:
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danbruder88/
- Email: dan.bruder@blendification.com
- Website: https://blendification.com/
This episode of the Living a Better Story Podcast features Juanita Headley, Founder and CEO of Changing Cases. She is an international speaker on human trafficking and a pro bono lawyer focusing on cases around immigration and false incarceration.
Juanita shares about the impactful moments throughout her life that brought her to prison ministry, becoming a pro bono lawyer, and eventually starting the Changing Cases organization. She talks about the time when she was confined for 8 days and the undeniable way God showed up then.
She also talks about her book, Can You Keep a Secret? Here she tackles the difficulties she has faced in her life that led her to educate and empower individuals against sex trafficking and sexual abuse. She ends by discussing what faith means to her and how God has been present even in the most difficult times.
HIGHLIGHTS
- Start of Juanita's prison ministry
- The negative impact of abuse
- The many ways God shows up
- What faith means not only for service but in daily life
QUOTES
Juanita: "Sometimes I tell people a white lie that I'm God's favorite but he doesn't have any favorites. But I am so blessed just by the way he shows up."
Juanita: "I want to ensure that I'm not exploited ever again. But I want to protect other children and so I believe that despite the negatives, despite the effects it had on me, the Lord has allowed me to use my story."
Juanita: "For the last 10 years, I've been living like a Luke chapter 10 Christian. I've traveled the world for 10 years without a paid job, I've never worked illegally, and the Lord has provided so much. So for me, knowing how real he is and seeing him show up consistently, it's not easy obeying. But as my pastor said, it's a lot harder to disobey."
Connect with Juanita by following the links below:
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/juanitaheadley/
- Website: http://changingcases.org/
- Book: Can You Keep A Secret?
This episode of the Living a Better Story Podcast features James Burkhardt, President of Orphaned Heart Ministries and founder of the SNT Radio. SNT, short for "Spirit and Truth", has been streaming online 24/7 since Memorial Day of 2009.
James talks about his early passion for baseball and music. It wasn't all sunshine and rainbows though as his parents went out of their way to discourage him from playing music. Ultimately, he continued to foster this love for singing in church, especially during Christmas time.
He also shares about always keeping the idea of servant leadership in mind while being in executive positions throughout his life. He mentions learning about humbling himself and being a doer of the Word, not just being a role model.
HIGHLIGHTS
- What started his life-long journey into music
- Understanding God's presence after missing church
- Being a servant in a position of leadership.
- Taking the path less traveled
QUOTES
James: "Don't lose your childlike faith. Don't lose the joy of discovery or the joy of just being free in your mind and with your body. Go out and enjoy nature because sometimes you can be focused on the next project or the current project, you lose track of what you really need."
James: "At that young age, I could understand the presence of God's spirit in church, but especially at Christmas time. It was like, for a few weeks everyone became totally different, kind, and God's spirit kind of permeated the earth."
James: "I found that God loves a humble and contrite heart. So even though you've accomplished a lot, you're supposed to not be braggadocious about it or drawing attention to yourself."
Connect with James by following the links below:
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamesburkhardt/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JamesKevinBurkhardt/
- Website: https://www.sntradio.com/
This episode of the Living a Better Story Podcast features Dr. Deborah Fryer, a Doctor of Philosophy in Comparative Literature, mindset coach, and an award-winning filmmaker. She is also the founder of the Anatomy of Money system, training entrepreneurs for ease, abundance, and freedom in life and business.
Deborah shares all about how nature helped her realize her aspirations and allowed her to be in one with herself. She talks about her "should haves" and why she didn't handle money as well as she should have even with her many qualifications. She explains how nature eventually taught her to let these thoughts go.
HIGHLIGHTS
- Growing up in snowy Minnesota and seeing the effects of climate change
- Gaining realizations by embracing nature
- Knowing that you're right where you're supposed to be
- Understanding the 'oneness' of all
QUOTES
Deborah: "Nature is not productive 24/7 and I had been running my business as if I didn't have to follow the laws of nature. I was often working round the clock for clients. And what I came to understand was that I was operating against the laws of nature. I was just giving and giving some more and not allowing myself to receive."
Deborah: "I had only been giving, I haven't been allowing myself to receive. I had only been giving, I haven't been allowing myself to rest. And I hadn't allowed myself to just be. I was so in the mode of doing, doing, doing, I didn't even know how to be."
Deborah: "Whenever we're taking a big risk, we feel this click and it often is at the heart and it's often at the solar plexus. And that's by design because it's like our body is saying, 'I got you' and the squeeze is actually the catalyst that's going to get us to the next level."
Connect with Deborah by following the links below:
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deborahfryer/
- Website: https://deborahfryer.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/anatomyofmoneyacademy/
This episode of the Living a Better Story Podcast features Rick Barnett, Founder of Rep-Lite, a contract sales and service company providing salesforce solutions in the medical industry. Instead of using the CEO title, Rick considers himself more as a "steward" for this faith-based organization.
He was driven by his dad to become a major league pitcher when he was young and through that, he always had a passion and drive for any endeavor. He shares how this passion helps with his goals and how it naturally transcended to his business.
Rick also shares his experiences working with his Christian counselor and its immediate effect on his view of life in general. He details the premise behind running a faith-based company and never getting a pushback when it comes to employees' beliefs.
HIGHLIGHTS
- Passion to become a major league pitcher at a young age
- The realization of searching for significance in the wrong place
- Going on a life-changing journey with a Christian counselor
- Putting faith in God's word
- The philosophy and execution of bringing his faith to work
QUOTES
Rick: "I was focused on the things I thought would satisfy my soul and I thought were significant. And what I realized only 10 or 12 years ago is that my significance has nothing to do with my salary, nothing to do with my title, and it was really a heart transformation if you will."
Rick: "This world and all the outside influence that we get, I think having someone who is honest, caring, and faith-based to not speak at us but to speak in us, is really valuable."
Rick: "Faith is my only solid ground. Everything else can shift and shake and rattle but the aspect of faith and believing in something I can't feel, touch, or see, it's a bedrock. It's a foundation."
Connect with Rick by following the links below:
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rickbarnettreplite
- Website: https://www.rep-lite.com/
- Email: info@rep-lite.com
- Phone: 404-721-0609
This episode of the Living a Better Story Podcast features Ricco McAdory, CEO and Founder of Davidic Covenant Speaks, keynote speaker, and author of the book Your God-Given Identity.
He shares how he has always known about being a miracle baby. However, it was when he was already 40 years old that he found out that his mother did not know she was pregnant until the last trimester. With this, Ricco learned to unlock solutions by focusing not around him, but within him.
He also explains how during his time in the navy, miles from home in the middle of the ocean, he finally said yes to God's call to minister His word. All of this led to his passion for helping other people realize their purpose, no matter what it may be.
HIGHLIGHTS
- Loving basketball and music at an early age
- Learning about being a miracle baby at a crucial time in his life
- Saying yes to God's calling during his time in the US Navy
- The core pieces of the book, Your God-Given Identity
QUOTES
Ricco: "That let me realize that my future was not ahead of me but it was inside of me, just in seed form. And I had to say yes to activate the seed that was already there."
Ricco: "Faith is such a very important part. You're going to hit rough patches in life to where you can't figure it out on your own. You're going to need His higher wisdom to help you see what's already there. And once you say yes and surrender, the very thing you were praying for could be staring your right in the face."
Ricco: "He put both the idea and the purpose on the inside of you therefore you came to earth already loaded. So there's not a time you're going to be wondering, 'I don't have.' It's not that you don't have, it's there but it's coming in a way that you haven't recognized yet."
Connect with Ricco by following the links below:
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/riccosmcadory/
- Calendly: https://calendly.com/riccomcadory
- Email: ricco@riccomcadoryspeaks.com
HIGHLIGHTS
- Daniel's principles of hard work to reach goals
- The challenge `of Daniel's sister's rheumatoid arthritis
- Jhonmich's business model and philanthropy
- Daniel’s faith: Living day by day and believing in manifestation
QUOTES
Daniel: "We just got that business model by trying to just give back. We don't really judge the business off how many bags we sell, but of how many lives we change, because we know that in the long run, the profits will come in."
Daniel: “I'm a big believer in manifestation, so speak things into existence. That's what I tell my players, your thoughts become things. If you're telling yourself that you're going to miss an open shot, you're going to miss the open shot.”
Connect with Daniel by following the links below:
- LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-grusky-3a36b9177/
Jhonmich website -
https://jhonmich.com/
HIGHLIGHTS
- Having a vivid imagination as a child and being a natural leader
- A year of turbulence because of suffering and untimely losses
- Having the ability to carry hope for one's self and for others
- Working in advocacy and learning more about victims' experiences
QUOTES
Hannah: "In that moment, when you're really just clinging on by a thread is where you really meet God because you realize you have to hold on to something bigger."
Hannah: "Eventually, when you've persevered through suffering, it brings about the ability to carry hope for people when they can't carry it for themselves. And not in a trite way but in a way that honors the fact that they have suffered or lost."
Hannah: "The church is one of the places that really pushes healthy marriages and we talk about marriage counseling and marriage retreats. But we don't really spend a lot of time talking about what happens when it goes sideways. And I think that's something important to incorporate in."
Connect with Hannah by following the links below:
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hannah-s-66b8731b2/
- Website: https://www.houseoffaithandfreedom.org/
HIGHLIGHTS
- Growing up near a lake and other defining childhood memories
- Taking risks, embracing failure, and challenging one's self
- Tackling the extraordinary by doing something that matters to you
- Playing with Kurt Warner and finding his identity outside football
QUOTES
David: "You never achieve something until you are willing to embrace the failure... There's an extreme amount of strain that comes before the breakthrough."
David: "You can go after your dreams and fail, or you can accept ordinary opportunities and also fail."
David: "If you're experiencing a break down, a breakthrough is on the other side, you just have to continue to trust that process."
Connect with David by following the links below:
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-bush-4875248/
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/davidbush65
- Website: https://www.theextraordinarylife.com/
HIGHLIGHTS
- The deaths of his child and wife and surviving a suicide attempt
- You hear from God when and how you need to hear Him
- Losing it all and gaining it right back again
- Faith that tomorrow offers a new chance at life
QUOTES
Bryce: "We call ourselves human being, but yet, most of us are just human doing. And so, when we take a step back and be that individual that we are called to be, for me, I'm an evangelist for our organizations, for our companies, for my nonprofit that I have, for my family, for my church and faith, I am a consummate evangelist."
Bryce: "In 2006, had a son of my wife, we were in an open relationship at the time, ended up being killed due to negligent medical homicide. And all I knew how to deal with, coping with things like that was to work harder and do more. The human doing versus the human being."
"So I did more, I do more, I do more, do more work, do more contracts, do more consulting, and I wasn't there for my wife. And by Friday, June 13th, 2008, I'll never forget I was on my way home from an event I was speaking at, and I get a call that she had taken her life. And over the next 18 months, my life would spiral out of control."
Bryce: "My God, he's a gangster, you look in the book of Mark and he kicked over the change tables and cussed out the priest at the temple because they were defiling His house. My God is kind of a badass. But that's I need to be talked to and that's how he talks to me and how I talk to Him."
Connect with Bryce by following the links below:
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brycemckinley/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/coachsharpen/
- The Five Hour Flip website: https://5hourflip.com/
HIGHLIGHTS
- An early drive for entrepreneurship and teaching
- Disease in the family as the Buzzsaw moment and its silver lining
- God reveals Himself in nature, Faith is divine order
QUOTES
Rebecca: "If I started chasing a dream that wasn't meant for me, if it was a job or it was sort of educational path, it does create a lot of misery because sometimes the lock in what we're meant to do in life, you have to have that frictionless sort of surrender."
Rebecca: "In my own life, I would think back on that and I would think about how that makes us a better person, and how it makes life richer because it's not really the length of your life, it's how much you enjoy each day."
Rebecca: "I think another cause of misery is sometimes comparing ourselves to other people or what we think is the ideal family, because who hasn't thought that?"
Connect with Rebecca by following the links below:
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rebecca-corbin-ed-d-8a01b713/
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/rebeccacorbin7
- Website: https://www.nacce.com/
HIGHLIGHTS
- Looking back at younger Chuck's interests and dreams
- Rejection in the Air Force Academy led to God's path
- Fact-based Bible studies: The body and blood of Christ
QUOTES
Chuck: "My prayer was something that, if I knew how it was going to turn out, maybe I wouldn't have prayed that, but I always prayed use me how you want to use me. Well, guess what, I didn't become an astronaut. I didn't blow up in Challenger or Columbia, and I have though led a very interesting and blessed life."
Chuck: "I'm convinced that Jesus made grape juice. That's what oinos means, unless there's some context that means it has to be fermented grape juice."
Connect with Chuck by following the links below:
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chuck-bagby-052b735/
Website:
http://www.burningheartbiblestudies.com/
HIGHLIGHTS
- Playing in treehouses and Martin Luther King's passion as influences
- Conversations with God in flowing water, thunder, and dreams
- Embrace all of who you are and let God show it to you
QUOTES
Charisse: "It was the passion behind the words. It was this thought of dreaming of a world and something in my little heart and little mind, could relate to that and resonated with okay, I can be someone that can make a difference someday."
Charisse: "We don't do life alone. Dreams are not accomplished by yourself, but require a community of people that can encourage you and support you and when you feel like the passion is depleting, to keep you going."
Charisse: "Allow God to show you the multifacetedness of you, of who you are, the gifts that you have, the way that you show up in your family, the way that you show up in your work, the way you show up in your community, and in the world."
Connect with Charisse by following the links below:
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/charisse-jones-42590045/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/graceandgritunlimited/
- Website: https://www.graceandgritunlimited.com/
HIGHLIGHTS
- Leading roundtable discussions, marriage, and family retreats
- Near-death in a motorcycle accident and giving life over to the Lord
- Missing death in Iraq due to a flat tire was God's intervention
- Faith is risk to do what the Lord tells you to do
QUOTES
Charles: "I went septic and I was septic for over 40 hours, and I should've died. They put me on a drug-induced coma in which I had an out-of-body experience and I looked down on my own body. And I remember it. I looked down and there was some people praying for me around my bedside."
Charles: "We should've practiced our tire changes a little bit more but it took us about 15 minutes and people are running all around. And Chad, while we're there, a Marine convoy goes past us and a mile down the road, their front vehicle gets bitten half by a roadside bomb. They lose all the guys in their front vehicle."
Charles: "It's the best ride you'll ever have is riding the wave of the Lord. You'll do everything in your life that doesn't make sense, but you'll do it because that's where you're supposed to be. And it's an exhilarating ride. The Lord's wave is funner than any other wave."
Connect with Charles by following the link below:
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/charles-c-401976187/
HIGHLIGHTS
- Living the qualities of a good person who helps others
- The first day in prison was formative in humility
- Meeting Pastor Rod and learning not to take blessings for granted
- Sharing the word of God and showing acts of kindness
QUOTES
Jarvis: "My mom, she would give me $20 a week. That was my commissary. $20 is a lot of money in prison. I was eating. I was eating very well. But each of my bunkies and and my roommates, they were poor. They had nobody writing them letters, they would get no mail, no commissary, and that's really turned my heart seeing how fortunate I was."
Jarvis: "Going to prison, I got my vision. So a vision keeps you disciplined. That's the short version. The Bible says that people perish because of lack of vision, a lack of knowledge, so I stepped into that, which is so amazing."
Connect with Jarvis by following the links below:
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jarvis-guthrie-75a324b5/
- Website: https://www.savedbygraceministries.net/
HIGHLIGHTS
- Sticking needles in his arms was rock bottom
- An arrest for battery burglary revealed God's forgiveness to Billie
- Your $1 and prayer shows a homeless person that God still loves them
- Pressure washing and time with God to reintegrate into society
QUOTES
Billie: "I thought I was only supposed to smoke a joint in my life. Now I'm literally having that stuff going on in my veins that was a huge speed bump, but at the same time it got so horrible that I couldn't even stop."
Billie: "I have to live faith by faith. Everything has to be through faith. Without faith, I wouldn't be here today. I would literally be dead. Faith plays the biggest part of my whole entire life."
Billie: "That $5, even that $1 to help somebody could miraculously change him from the inside to show them that somebody cares for them. I would pool off to the side of the road, I would say the Holy Spirit led me to you, so they know that wow, even Jesus still loves little old me."
Connect with Billie by following the links below:
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/billie-j-dyson-3rd-417859222/
HIGHLIGHTS
- Multiple grammar schools: Challenges taught Lashondra to be present
- Pioneering social media marketing for fundraising
- A vision at 8 years old of elevation and belief in God
- Becoming a foster parent is Lashondra's purpose on Earth
- The pillars of the Apartment and Housing Rentals Foundation
QUOTES
Lashondra: "The first vision I could remember, I was walking down an aisle at a church... And, when I got up to the front, people then believed God was real. I could feel it. And when I got up to the front at the altar, He lifted me up and everybody started believing that God was real."
Lashondra: "Children, they're sponges. And we all matter, that you matter. We all have a job to do on this Earth. And so, if God put it in your heart to become a foster parent, then do that, please. If he put it in your heart to adopt, then do that. But don't it for any other reason."
Lashondra: "We've given you all the tools in the first two pillars for you to understand what wealth means. And then, we do the community reinvestment, that's where we are buying properties, helping our clients become owners in our properties, and helping our clients become members, real members, of a neighborhood or a society."
Connect with Lashondra by following the links below:
- LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/lashondragraves/
- Website -https://theapartmentlady.org/
- Email - lgraves@theapartmentlady.org
HIGHLIGHTS
- Moving to the US grieving her father's death
- A domestic abuse case rocks Rachel's family
- God calls us to repent on behalf of the evil in the world
QUOTES
Rachel: "I said God, I don't care if I have to dedicate the rest of my life to taking of my son. I will. Just don't take him away from me. And, at that moment, the Holy Spirit, I heard it loud and clear, he's mine. He's mine. I gave him to you, nobody's going to take him away from you."
Rachel: "How can I feel joy at this moment? But seeing all the people that surrounded me and who just loved me unconditionally, who never questioned my character, I felt so loved... nobody questioned my character."
Connect with Rachel by following the links below:
- Website - https://rachelbruno.com/
HIGHLIGHTS
- Infertility: Opening up to the blessings of adoption
- Sharing the 77Pray App and working on the website
- Faith: Living your life the way Christ wants you to live it
QUOTES
Dustin: "If the lineage of Israel, God's chosen people, is good enough to have an adopted ancestor who is also our savior, why am I so hung up on this whole idea of foster care and adoption?"
Dustin: "Reaching out to others and having fellowship with others because then that brings out more perspective, and you get advice. And a lot of times I think some of that is straight from God. He's using other people to speak to you."
Connect with Dustin by following the links below:
- LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/dustinbdevries/
- Website - https://caffeineinteractive.com/
HIGHLIGHTS
- Near death experience: A shift from pursuing wealth to serving others
- A near miscarriage sobers up Ian from sex addiction and substance abuse
- Fighting the force of temptation and cultivating faith
QUOTES
Ian: "My biggest value's integrity. And integrity and honesty, for me, is foundational."
Ian: "The enemy knows where to get you. That's all I can tell you. There was something real with God, there's an opposite and equal, dangerous force of the world that's pulling at your temptations and desires."
Connect with Ian by following the links below:
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/iankoniak/
- Website: https://iankoniak.com/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/iankoniak
HIGHLIGHTS
- Chicke's childhood as a rebel and working in the travel industry
- Losing her business as the Buzzsaw moment and trusting God
- Being a Game Changer, Christian, and serving God
- A poll on faith: Most people keep faith and business as somewhat integrated
QUOTES
Chicke: "How will they remember me? Did I choose to serve? Did I point to you? And that's it. And I made the decision, whether somebody was going to cancel me or not, I was going to stand in my faith and I was going to do it boldly without apology."
Chicke: “The currency of the future is our integrity… that's what it boils down to that our integrity is what is going to be valuable in the future.”
Connect with Chicke by following the links below:
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chickefitzgerald/
- Website: https://chickefitzgerald.com/
HIGHLIGHTS
- Jim is hit by lightning and fell 80 feet
- Starting the You Are Amazing group and Just Allow God's Journey
- Faith: Discipline in the love of Christ and complete trust in His will
- Chad's son suffers third degree burns and prompts Chad to create 77Pray
- Dealing with loss and leaving it up to God
- Writing You Matter and healing people from all over the world
QUOTES
Jim: "I define faith as discipline, discipline in the love of Christ, because if we are not disciplined within our love for Christ, who can we love? Is the question I would ask myself if I was in doubt of God. Now, if you love God, everything falls into place. That is how faith is always driven in my life."
Sharon: "Faith is all about trusting him in every detail of your life. And so now it's just like, okay, God, I'm trusting you to do this. I'm trusting you to do this. If it's your will, like this property that we're purchasing, if it is your will, then let's go. If it's not in your will, if it's not what you want for us then close the deal. I don't want it."
Sharon: "Everybody just wants to be loved and a lot of people just don't feel that love. They feel emptiness and so, I think what you're planning on doing or what God is directing you to do, I just pray that it really does heal this world, the United States, and even the world, because definitely something needs to change the way it is because people are hurting so bad."
Connect with Sharon and Jim Couts by following the links below:
- LinkedIn (Sharon): https://www.linkedin.com/in/sharyync/
- LinkedIn (Jim): https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimcouts/
- Website: https://jagjourney.com/
03:12 Being intentional about processing your emotions
06:24 Slow down, question your emotions, and talk about it
22:58 Experience is the best teacher
31:20 Connecting with yourself takes a lot of emotional intelligence
34:24 God loves you, whether or not you know Him
37:20 You don't have to earn God's love
39:28 Do not diminish God's capacity to shine his light through you
42:02 Love God with your heart, soul, and mind
44:53 Taking care of yourself is also honoring God
46:16 Seeing yourself from a more conscious state will improve your life
48:16 What it means to evolve as a man
57:09 Expressing love not to please God, but through God
1:03:48 Give up your need to be right
QUOTES
09:18 Angus: "Your life is a reflection of your past beliefs. And so what you're living today is actually living in the past because all the stories that you have told about yourself, you've convinced yourself into a subconscious state of your identity."
31:36 Angus: "Going through my business and, you know, burying myself into trying to carry the weight of the world on my own shoulders, like I was doing it all wrong. And for all the wrong reasons, I didn't ask for help. And I didn't understand how my energy internally was mounting against me and I was creating my own pain."
34:20 Chad: "You still feel him, whether you've read the Bible or not, because it's not about reading the Bible necessarily. That's all good. It helps you get closer to the word, but you are talked to, you were quote unquote on a desert island, which was under your tree and in your own head and God, and yet God found you."
36:44 Angus: "I'm of the opinion now where it's like by grace, you are saved and it's not, you, you start living a life out of the expression of that caliber of love. And the more you feel loved, the more you act right, do right, be right."
39:15 Angus: "I have to walk in dominion and authority and glory and power. And I have to let my light shine because God has made me a city on a hill that cannot be hid."
45:31 Angus: "Our bodies require this kind of focus and that is in the minds and in the health of our emotions, you know, mind, will and emotions. If you aren't caring for those things, then you can get exhausted. You can get distracted, you can get into really dark places because you're trying to burn candles at both ends."
1:11:38 Angus: The more that we put pressure on ourselves or on others to perform for some kind of an accolade, acceptance or validation is the moment we are caught in religion and legalism."
Connect with Angus by following the links below:
- Instagram: Instagram.com/angusnelson
- Website: https://www.angusnelson.com/, manhoodmatrix.com
HIGHLIGHTS
01:41 Embracing grace: there are no accidents
04:26 God is a god of covenants
08:52 The three Ws of graceless living
14:58 Religious legalism vs accepting grace
17:25 The cycle of striving vs the cycle of grace
24:32 You are loved by God, no matter what
26:22 God reveals Himself in the most challenging times
28:05 Have the courage to show your own wounds, and let Christ shine through them
35:25 Rest in God's grace, because you have already been accepted
QUOTES
06:01 Travis: "Sometimes God will give you what you want to help you realize that you don't want it."
07:04 Travis: "The way you relate to God will determine how you relate to you and to everybody around you. So if we don't get this right, and understand that Jesus came specifically, came to establish a new covenant and fulfill the old covenant, then we're going to struggle."
08:31 Travis: "The new covenant is a covenant of faith and we receive salvation by grace, period. It's what Jesus did, not what we have done."
15:58 Travis: "Favor is not earned or bartered for by religious activity. I pray, I read my Bible, but I don't do it to get something more from God. I do it because I love him."
21:19 Travis: "Jesus says, Hey, you're accepted. The cycle of grace begins by understanding that we're completely accepted in Christ. We've put our faith in Jesus. Jesus comes and he lives with. He abides in us.
23:19 Chad: "When you just slow down, and realize that you are provided for. That sustenance, peace man, you just have to open your eyes and look around. You can breathe. You're alive."
24:59 Travis: "When you're secure in His love, suddenly you can give and receive love with so much freedom because you know that that God's opinion of you is not on the line. He's already made up his mind. He's crazy about you. He's already made up his mind about you. He's so crazy, He sent his son to die on the cross for us.
27:28 Travis: "Your wounds will always preach better than your talent."
34:49 Travis: “Because of what Christ has accomplished on the cross, you are not what you do. You are what Christ has already done for you.”
Connect with Travis Hall by following the link below.
- LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/pastor-travis-hall-87432a1b/
- Website: https://cultivatemypurpose.com/
HIGHLIGHTS
05:03 Meeting her future husband in high school and a delayed engagement
11:44 A military deployment to Saudi Arabia turns out to be the greatest gift
21:31 Deployment to Oman and getting getting steeped in local culture
29:26 Hearing God through her son: Remembering a commitment to not quit
38:18 A message: Get up, open your body and the Jeremiah story
45:06 Convincing a colleague to go to the field with her
54:54 Defining faith: Living in God's unconditional love and doing his mission
QUOTES
17:26 "Will we be safe here? And there was a decision point. I almost turned around and went back in the plane, but I realized now that the kind of commitment that is required of military families and military spouses is every bit as all-consuming as it is for the military member."
34:43 "We decided that if you're still having problems by December, you can come home, but you've always told us that you cannot quit and you can't come home. I was like, oh my God, I hung up. And like TC said, that was a defining moment in your life."
39:38 "I randomly opened my Bible and it opened to Jeremiah, the first chapter, and my eyes went to verse four and it was like the earth shook. Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you."
41:21 "The mandate that was placed on my life that night was, I mean, it was a completely life changing experience. And I realized that God does know who we are.
He knows us by name. It doesn't matter where we are, Chad. He knows us personally."
Connect with Dorothy by following the link below.
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dorothybonvillain/
HIGHLIGHTS
02:45 Learning sales early and setting big goals
06:44 Steve's brother's brain cancer taught awareness of life after death
11:46 God's undeniable existence: Ball boy job in '79, surviving 9/11, and writing his book
18:37 Successful people: The difference in happiness is spirituality
21:10 A Single Day of Peace: A business leader embraced the meaning in Christ
25:41 Get a copy on Amazon and connect with Steve
QUOTES
13:18 "I got the (ball boy) job and I come in the next day to get my uniform, go into the clubhouse, get ready, practice with the players. And I'm like, holy cow, I got this job. And I often say too many people got tired of hearing from me. God because I kept praying over and over, and Pat Kelly's office got tired of here from me calling him."
16:10 "I won first place in the inspirational and Christian category. You know, candidly, I'm not a writer. I really am not. I'm a software professional, but I wrote a book, got divine guidance, and all these good things have happened with the book."
19:24 "Many people that have a lot of financial success are not happy because they're not living by the right principles. So they're frustrated. Maybe they're arrogant. Their disposition isn't good. They're not thankful."
22:27 "I always say is that ultimately the goal of the book is to help make the world a better place by helping people find their better place. And if they read my book and they're inspired and they find a better place within themselves, their own spirit, the God inside them, they'll do more for others."
26:34 “I remember when I first started working with you, people told me... oh, you get to work with Steve. He's going to help you make a lot of money… I think as we both go into the second round of nine holes a week, we make the turn, hopefully what they'll say now is, oh yeah, if you get to work with Steve, he'll help you with your spirituality.”
Connect with Stephen by following the link below.
- LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephendangelo/
- Amazon Book Link - https://www.amazon.com/Single-Day-Peace-Inspirational-Principles/dp/1637460333
- Website - https://www.singledayofpeace.com/
HIGHLIGHTS
02:50 An abundance mindset early on: Embracing that God will provide
07:13 Embracing forgiveness and gratitude
08:18 Brian's dad leaving allowed other father figures into his life
17:04 See ourselves as God sees us
21:20 Coaching nonprofits and visionary business leaders
24:51 Clarifying Purpose, Provision, and Assignment and embracing grace
29:52 Building legacies with more investors
32:54 The undeniable presence of God when Brian's youngest son got sick
36:00 Faith is stepping into the place that God has shown us
QUOTES
04:57 "There was just an abundant mindset that we can see a God kind of come into our lives and really help us with our dreams and vision and not have this scarcity mindset. So I think that was modeled for me early on."
22:53 "A lot of what I'm doing is just helping clients really help build that culture within their team, their roles, and then be that encourager and coach to come alongside them to say, keep the main thing, the main thing."
26:26 "On my epitaph, I want it to say he encouraged and blessed others. Well, I don't have to be paid to add value and bless others. And I'll say this, the thing that we most need in life, if we give that away, God just has a way of multiplying it."
33:25 "I think that process of handing over my son to the Lord was just the ultimate feeling of hopelessness but yet faith that God had him, regardless of if his life was going to be short or here he is, 17-years old."
37:25 "There's something very intentional, I think, in the faith journey between our relationship with the Lord and seeing him move in ways that really activate kind of the gifts and the calling that he's given us."
Connect with Brian by following the link below.
- LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/brianlhurd/
HIGHLIGHTS
01:43 Kip's childhood, her passion realized early on and growing up sports-oriented
06:53 Success and setback stories for sports athletes, financial and therapeutic issues
11:52 Kip's client interaction: Mental and online assessment, sit-down interviews, customized recommendation plan for improvement
14:51 Sexually assaulted, poor decision making, self-hatred: "Lie Identity"
19:26 The passion to impact lives
23:05 : Kip's personal encounter with God: The hardest situation, rain, dark and gloomy
27:30 How Kip defines faith based on her own experiences
29:25 77Pray: A reminder app
30:21 Final thoughts
QUOTES
05:44 "My personal mission was kinda what I just quoted to you, 'to impact, to influence, and to educate.' I think it's more than helping athletes achieve their physical goal, their sports goals, but it's being able to see they became better people because of their involvement in sports."
11:03 "Athletes especially at that level, we're talking about NFL, are very mentally wired to read and react and then respond quickly. Which can work very well in a number of other fields. But what they also have to learn as a life skill is to be self-disciplined and self-controlled, have personal responsibility, make good choices. I wish those were the hashtags at the back of the helmets."
17:23 "As kids, we have an interpretation about our reality at that time. And then as an adult, we look back at that time and we go, 'wow, that's not accurate,' you know? And then we put blockers in our own mindset to our own capability whether it's delivering value, making money, making relationships we get in. It's all inside."
20:05 "I want them to understand self-control, personal responsibility, they gotta be able to manage their choices well in life both on the field, off the field, on the court, of the court, and those type of things."
26:49 "If you read scripture then you would have an understanding that God is still good even though these bad things are happening because He allows free will. And that's a hard concept for some people, but I think once you overcome that or look at God where He tells who He really is ... you see him in those 10 minutes, you see him in those dark spaces because He is still there."
28:27 "It's just trusting Him with those life decisions to guide the transformation that I have experienced because of faith. To be a very broken young woman, to a single mom of strength and boldness. A women's football world champion raising two kids of my own while building my business ... Only God by my side could I have done and done that."
Connect with Kip by following the link below.
LinkedIn:
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/anne-kip-watson-9b1060a/
HIGHLIGHTS
01:44 Andrea's childhood life growing up on stage with a musical family
04:15 Business concierge, liaison, and a collaborative partnership
05:45 Unforgettable memories brought realizations and learning to walk on two feet
11:09 StrengthsFinder test, individualization, and how people are important and what inspires Andrea to chart the direction to the next 20-30 years
13:20 An undeniable time God showed up, a blind date with the future husband, "the string to my balloon": The unexpected is already planned by God
16:00 Faith, Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey, and the true north
QUOTES
03:14 "I think just being comfortable being the voice that is something that is mandated in the job, you have to learn that I think as a leader as well. There are a lot of people who can do that out of pride or you can do that out of humility ... being able to link all those stories and bring a voice to their history and start magnifying that is a huge part of that role."
09:02 "Recovering from physical things that have definitely taught me a lot. But becoming independent and becoming comfortable with who I was as a human at that point in my life really set the foundation and allowed me to grow in so many ways moving forward."
12:12 "There are people that have to play a role in the team, just how Christ says we're all part of the body and if one of you fails or one is weak. Then you can't be effective."
15:31 "Sometimes you have to face these traumatic buzz saws in life to recognize that ... those are the times where when you go, 'God, what do you need me to learn from this. Your will be done.' And those are the most magical moments that can happen in your life."
17:01 "Whether you're in a good season and you have to keep the faith that is not of your own, or whether you're really in a place of desperation. There is a strength that can be found when you only reach the end of your own ... and what's beyond you."
17:41 "When those red lights or those yellow lights, you look back and see them turn green, faith is what gets you there. Faith is what keeps you breathing and I'm so grateful to have that tethering me and giving me a true north."
Connect with Andrea by following the links below.
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/william-c-harvey-b06032114/
- Website (Show Me Christian County): https://showmeccmo.com/
HIGHLIGHTS
01:57 Cody's roots in God, nature, and giving as the secret to living
07:35 Core values of unity, bringing people together, and restoring broken things
12:08 A dollar, pizza, and Mountain Dew: Recalibrating life according to God's path
17:42 Being mentored and the authentic value of human capital
21:50 Bringing people together in community and friendship
27:38 Letting God in and The Gift You Are
30:58 Deviating from God in Miami and returning better and stronger
36:29 Learn patience and have faith that God will provide
QUOTES
04:09 "You can do some pretty cool things in life but, at the end of the day, I think that the core of joy really comes from being close to your family and being around people that you love."
06:13 "It's important to just keep in mind, God's going to supply us with whatever we need and it's important for us to be giving the rest back to the things that he's called us to give to. And that's going to be different for every single person."
16:50 "If I could go back to that time, I would completely have a different mindset and be extremely more grateful for the things that I had. And I try to carry that spirit now with me when things are tough or I'm a little down on myself. I try to have more of a spirit of gratitude and thankfulness for what I do have."
18:11 "Human capital is always going to trump money capital every day of the week. There are people, it doesn't matter how much money you have, there are people in the world that can open up doors for you if you build that connection with them."
36:48 "There's a difference between going down a good path and a God path. And sometimes we're in a season because God needs us to be in that season so that he can sharpen us and he can equip us and he can empower us to do what he's called us to do."
Connect with Cody by following the links below.
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/william-c-harvey-b06032114/
- Breakout: https://web.breakout.fm/p/@Cody
- Website (Kennected): https://kennected.org/
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Are you lost, and you don’t know if you’re serving your purpose in this lifetime? It’s time to discover your pathway. Listen to this episode as Chad Burmeister and Greg Curtis talk about reconnecting with God and living a meaningful life. Greg is the Central Director of Assimilation and Guest Services at Eastside Christian Church. He has worked inter-denominationally in resourcing and coaching other churches in the development of their guest assimilation process. In this conversation, he shares his testimony, the biggest roadblock, and his calling in life. His biggest passion is connecting de-churched people to Jesus. Strengthen your faith more, climb to the top, and learn many powerful insights in this episode!
Step back and see how people are suffering around you. Then you'll want to step up and do the right thing even when no one's looking. Chad Burmeister's guest today is Aaron Schoenberger, the founder of Brainchild. In this episode, Aaron and Chad discuss how AI is taking big strides in monitoring you and how you use social media. Naturally, this poses a huge ethical problem concerning who manages the information and what they do with it. Join in the conversation and be inspired to do the right thing even when no one's looking. Tune in!
People should learn how to adopt the "get better every day" mindset. Everyone needs to become a better person. You know that is what God wants. He wants you to strive to be the best father, brother, boss, anything. Join your host Chad Burmeister and his guest Marc Reifenrath on his journey to becoming a better person. Marc is the CEO and founder of Spinutech. Learn how he leads his team by example by having that get better every day mindset. Find out how you can consistently get better today.
When life offers you opportunities, you take them. Opportunities are hard to come by, especially today with the pandemic. Be open to learning new things and try not to be locked into one career path. Mike Wagner found his golden opportunity after several career plans. Now, the host and producer of the Mike Wagner Show, Mike believes that you can do anything as long as you believe in yourself. Join your host Chad Burmeister and his guest Mike Wagner on his early show days, his faith in God, the media today, and more. He inspired millions of people through his show. Now, it's your turn to get inspired.
God is giving us everything we need to survive and solve our problems through AI. It continues to develop and grow, which makes it easier for us to do fundamental tasks. That gives us endless opportunities to help people and make a difference. Co-Founder of Work Entropy, Andrew Kennedy, joins us for this episode with Chad Burmeister to delve into using artificial intelligence to measure gaps and understand that continuous learning is important to enrich our lives. As we all know, work has become more complex as time goes by, but AI is also growing with it so we could adapt to the changing world. Andrew Kennedy discusses the interview process to hire the right people as well as his plans for the future, what he intends to do using AI through speech analytics, production calls, and mental health support calls. Live a better story and change your world, too. Tune in and listen to this podcast episode now.
Influence is a powerful tool, especially in this day and age where social media influencers are rampant. But how does influencing work when it comes to marketing, and how is it measured? Today’s guest, Jon Iadonisi, has the answers. Jon is the Founder/CEO of VizSense, a leading provider of authentic micro-influencer marketing solutions. In this episode, he discusses the mechanics of influencership, how it’s used and measured, and how you can maximize it to reach your target audience. Jon likens influencer networking to the spread of a virus. Interested to learn more about his insight? Tune in to learn more about influencer marketing and hear about Jon’s story and spiritual journey to finding faith and God.
Today's guest is Robert Needham. Robert is the CEO of Spectrum Advanced Markets, Inc. and has launched fourteen shuttles into space. Robert is here to talk with your host, Chad Burmeister, about how none of that matters if you’re not happy. And for him, you can find that happiness if you find God. Furthermore, learn about economic slavery, his idea of sharing capitalism, and why giving is more important than receiving. Plus, learn a thing or two about franchising. Know how to build your own business by franchising from another company. There are a lot of things to tackle today, so come and join the conversation.
Brilliant women find ways to provide revenue for their families. That's why Peggy O'Flaherty’s passion is to empower women to become entrepreneurs and content creators. Peggy is the Co-Founder and CCO of Mavely, an app that gives you access to social selling tools and brand partnerships. In this episode, Peggy talks with Chad Burmeister about why you need to discover the gifts God has placed in your heart. These gifts are not for you. They're gifts for the world. Tune in and let Peggy's story inspire you to make this world a better place with your God-given talents!
There are many things in our life that we have no control over, be it how we are born, our skin color, gender, etc. However, this shouldn’t stand in the way of us and the opportunities that the world provides. Women’s rights issues and racism stem from systemic injustices and oppression, thus fighting for one should go hand in hand with the other. Debbie Pope is the CEO of YWCA Boulder, dedicated to eradicating racism and empowering women. Driven by her personal experience with MS through her mother, she is also the National Executive Vice President of Development at the National MS Society, helping families and patients deal with the condition. Debbie’s works have been centered on helping others and providing equal opportunities. Get to know her story and how she’s cultivating equality starting at home.
Success isn’t just an individual experience. As we elevate our own lives, we can impact others and vice versa. Dr. Tracie Lashley is the Founder/CEO of THE Leaders Innovative Growth Solutions LLC and Executive Director at The John Maxwell Team. She is a speaker, author, and leadership elevation strategist. Tracie believes that by elevating yourself, you help elevate the people around you as well. In this episode, she joins host Chad Burmeister to share her story of overcoming and talk about her take on leadership in the lens of business and faith. Listen to her dramatic journey to success and be inspired to live a better story today.
Our journey in life will never be smooth-sailing. There will be challenges and tough times ahead. In the same vein, there will always be another greener pasture on the other side of all of it. Chad Burmeister reflects on this with his guest, Paul Yuhas. Paul is an independent consultant who also used to work for Statefarm and IBM. In this episode, he shares how he learned to navigate life's toughest challenges with his faith in God. He also talks about the importance of taking care of ourselves, taking time off every now and then to reconnect with ourselves and the people we love. Join Paul as he takes us across his life story, how he found God, and how he learned to give back to society.
When it seems like all hope is lost, we can only pray for a miracle. But what if we don’t recognize it? Maybe that’s the reason a lot of people are wallowing in self-pity or despair. If we could only discover and realize that we receive miracles every day, we could strengthen our faith and believe that God is the ultimate power to guide us to the right path we need to take. Chad Burmeister discusses powerful insights with Candace Mae around Christianity and our belief in God. Candace is a leadership and strategic business consultant, executive coach, and the author of the upcoming book, Heaven Within. In this episode, she dives into having a great relationship with Christ and shares how she copes with difficult situations in her life. She cites instances of an extremely painful process that she went through and how she found Christ amidst all of those. It’s not about the material things anymore. It’s not about having the nicest car or the most expensive bags. Life is about love and Christ.
Nowadays, we see unrealistic stuff in social media where people look more successful and happier than us. With that, we tend to feel like we’re stuck somewhere, or we’re not achieving anything great. But remember, in God’s eyes, you are a superstar. It is our relationship with Him that matters above all else. Join Chad Burmeister in this conversation with Essence Montgomery about embracing the ups and downs of life and daring to stand up and believe that God has His plan for us. We must look through the silver linings and enjoy life to the fullest. In this episode, Essence explores what true faith is and how we could form a great relationship with our creator.
Learn to discover your gifts and find out who you are. The show’s guest in this episode is Eric Nevins, host of the Halfway There podcast. Eric talks with Chad Burmeister about his spiritual journey. Eric loved building Legos and climbing trees as a child. The sense of creativity and adventure he learned from that helped him become who God wants him to be. Although he had to work at a financial company far from his dream job, he didn’t stop pursuing the life he always wanted. And that’s to serve God! Tune in and keep building your dream life!
You might already know about the biblical tale of how God mysteriously worked to feed 5000 people with only seven loaves of bread and some fish. Today's guest has a similar story. Mark Anthony is the President/Founder of Southeastern Food Bank, an organization that provides daily sustenance to neighbors in need. He joins host Chad Burmeister to share the multiple instances of how God maneuvered for him to continue his purpose of providing food for the many, from donations from a stranger to donations at the 11th hour. He also explains how more than just feeding them, he also aims bring people to Christ through his evangelism. Be inspired by his story and his commitment to his service in today's episode.
How do you impact the world around you? By genuine service. Chad Burmeister’s guest in this episode is Brett Meyer, the CEO and Founder of Impact Upgrade. Brett shares with Chad how his company works in automating processes for nonprofits. They work in the background to allow the frontliners to focus on their job of impacting the world. Join in the conversation and discover how Brett’s introverted nature helped him live a significant life. At the end of the day, when you focus on serving the ultimate Kingdom of God, you make this world a better place to live in.
How do you feel at peace with yourself even when life feels like a complete mess? During this pandemic, many of us have experienced anxiety, loneliness and other uncomfortable emotions because we need to brave the unknown. Join Chad Burmeister as he talks with Md Faiz Yusuf about exploring life’s uncertainties and learning from mistakes. Md Faiz Yusuf shares personal experiences that shaped him to be the person he is now. He highlights how his passion for writing, reading, and music have become avenues to channel his emotions during difficult times. They also discuss the role of AI in our everyday lives and how it makes huge impacts on our society. Are you in an extremely low moment in your life? Tune in and get the encouragement you need to keep going.
How do you grow to your highest level possible? By using the talents God gave you to do the most good. The show’s guest today is Susan Gygax, founder of Spectacle Talent Partners. Susan shares with Chad Burmeister how she helps CEOs find the right talent to join them in their mission. Mismatching talents with missions causes businesses to fail. Using your God-given talents with integrity not only makes you successful in your business but also fulfilled in your life. Tune in!
For some people, it takes the darkest moments of life to see the lighted path to God. Such is the story of today’s guest on Living A Better Story. Joining host Chad Burmeister is Doug Booker, founder/owner of Booker Leadership. Doug talks about his journey to finding faith and the trials and tribulations he endured along the way. Doug has authored numerous works where he offers insightful advice to leaders in his book, Significance Starts Now, and enlightening guidance in Triangles, Compasses And God, which he discusses in this episode. Learn all about Doug’s interesting journey to finding God and his unique take on leadership and prayer.
Every business owner wants full productivity when it comes to working. No matter what your industry is, project management plays a big role in your team. Ted Hawksford believes in that role because he is the CEO of LiquidPlanner. He helps businesses with his project management program so that they can achieve team productivity and effectiveness. Join your host, Chad Burmeister, and his guest, Ted Hawksford, talk about Ted’s company and how he plans to grow it. Go through Ted's career from when he worked for Microsoft to starting his own company. Learn how to bounce back from being let go from your job. And learn why being in a team where everyone shares the same goal makes a big difference.
If you ever lose your way in life, it's always best to find God. Listen to him and take action with him. This is what Jake Jordan has been doing ever since he found his way in life. Jake is a business coach and life coach with a Christian twist. He helps people succeed in life by finding themselves first. He believes that once you find yourself, you will find God, and amazing things will happen. Join your host Chad Burmeister and his guest Jake Jordan on finding and listening to God. Learn about his struggles and how he was able to ignore the money ladder and focus on helping the people around him. Find your way with God today!
Everything that is in your mind will reflect through your emotions. You need to have the right mindset in life if you want to get through some difficult times. Join Chad Burmeister and his guest, Mimika Cooney, in this conversation about finding the right mindset. Mimika is a mindset and business coach who helps people grow by unsticking their minds. She is also an author, speaker, and podcaster. Tune in and learn how you can deal with your problems. Discover how your brain works and how to control your emotions.
Anything and everything you need to partake in this journey called life have already been written. It's all in The Bible. This is the testimony of today's guest, Thomas Noon. Thomas is the CEO and Founder of Catalyst Cohorts and C-Level Services. His work is centered around helping CEOs and entrepreneurs scale their business and improve their relationships. Thomas shares personal stories and testimonies on how God has led him in life and in business to help people. He also talks about an exciting innovative new tool for spreading the word. Hear Thomas's story and see how living in constant prayer and listening to God's Word can open opportunities.
Success does not come easy. And the other side of success is not as glamorous as people often think. In this episode, Martin Sawa joins Chad Burmeister to discuss his book, The Other Side of Success: Money and Meaning in The Golden State. Before becoming an author, Martin was a commercial real estate broker, operator, and developer. A tragic moment changed the trajectory of his life forever. He shares his personal success story and reveals the hardships he went through in his journey. Be enlightened by Martin’s story and see how he’s strived to live a better life through it.
Life is an opportunity for all of us to progress, growing and learning through lessons learned. In this episode, we listen to someone who has done just that and triumphed through adversity. Chad Burmeister is joined by the executive director of The Podcast Factory, Jonathan Rivera, where they discuss faith and adversity. Jonathan shares his story, from his start as a blue-collar worker, losing everything as a real estate investor, and triumphing over adversity to get to where he is now. An inspiring story that you should not miss.
Retirement is not the end. Rather, it is a new beginning and an opportunity for you to thrive. Just because you’ve put a stop to your day job doesn’t mean everything else about your life stops as well. David Carpenter is the founder of Thriving Into Retirement, and in this episode, he shares how you can thrive after retirement because there’s more to life than just making a living. He joins host Chad Burmeister to talk about how you can design an enriching future after retirement.
The most important things are often left unsaid. Such is the irony of life where people miss so much because they fail to go deeper. Robert Strock fills in the gap with The Missing Conversation podcast, where he explores complex issues that continue to persist even as the world seemingly contains all the information and answers. From hunger to terrorism to immigration, and everything in between, Robert covers it all to provide, like the name of his other podcast and book, Awareness That Heals. In this episode, he joins Chad Burmeister to take us to the origin story of his passions and his mindset around living the best life he can for himself and the world moving forward. He then talks about the mission behind the Global Bridge Foundation and reflects on our ability to be significant with our wealth and make a greater impact. Follow Robert and Chad as they bring important conversations forward.
When you lead people, you don't disregard their personal lives because it's a part of who they are. They will not work productively if they are not treated well, affecting the business' overall performance. More than ever, this pandemic has shown us the importance of that. In this episode, Chad Burmeister is joined by the Chief Marketing Officer of Showcase IDX Kurt Uhlir. Together, they talk about the challenges of burning out at work, the importance of self-care, and how leaders can connect with their people and support them in business. Kurt also shares valuable insights on the role of faith in his journey and why he believes high-achieving servant leadership is the way to go.
It's not enough to have a great idea. You also have to be proactive in achieving your goals to serve not only yourself but others as well. In this episode, host Chad Burmeister is joined by Anthony Minessale II, CEO of SignalWire, to discuss how Anthony built his company from the ground up. He shares how he dropped out of high school to pursue his dreams and other circumstances that led him to where he is now. Anthony believes that it's all about having dedication and faith in your vision. Be inspired by his story and learn more about how he actualizes his ideas and what's next in telecom.
Listen to the life story of Kristen Brumbaugh. Before she was the Director of Client Success in ScaleX, she was just a little girl who enjoyed playing outside during summertime. She would play with the kids from her village, bouncing around different houses, eating all kinds of food. This was her life back then. It's good to reminisce about those memories, good or bad. Join Chad and Rich as they go through Kristen's past, present, and future. Experience Kristen's traumatic childhood experience, her community volunteer work, and her future expectations.
How do you start a relationship with God? How do you start building one and what do you need to know? Chad Burmeister talks to NVIDIA’s inside sales expert and believer, Gary King. Gary talks about the unsigned letter from his father, written the night before his parents passed away, and how this changed his life. He also tackles servant leadership, trust in the Lord, and work-life balance. Tune in for an inspirational episode that must not be missed.
True success is rarely about other people. It is about staying who you are despite others telling you who you should be. Liz Wendling is a sales expert and the President of Insight Business Consultants. She works with people who love what they do but hate to sell. And she is very successful at it, all because she was true to herself. While her whole life was full of people telling her to be someone she's not, Liz continued and persevered in the path that speaks most to her inner knowing. In this episode, she joins Chad Burmeister to share her life story and how she helps others figure out who they are and sell in a way that is true to who they are. Tune into this conversation and learn how Liz got started on sales and how the sales business works these days, all the while embracing your true self.
Addiction is an illness. It is widespread and can consume an individual even to the point of death. That was almost the case for Kevin Parker. In today’s episode, Kevin joins host Chad Burmeister and opens up about how his drug use drove him to near death and how that experience helped him find his faith and ultimately start his recovery journey. He now uses his experience to help others as a drug interventionist and recovery coach for anyone suffering from addiction. Listen and be inspired by his story of overcoming addiction and finding God when he needed him most.
Faith is a core value that we must focus on so everything will fall into place. Chad Burmeister and Robert Fukui, CEO of i61 Business Development Network, delves into coping with grief and loss and how to overcome life’s challenges with peace. Robert Fukui shares personal and professional experiences that contributed to the success he has attained. He shares his marriage story and how he encountered grief and peace he has dealt with.
Are you drifting through life unaware of your purpose? On-Purpose Partners is an online tool that gives you your two-word purpose in 3 minutes. Chad’s guest in this episode is Kevin McCarthy, the Chief Leadership Officer of On-Purpose Partners. Kevin discusses with Chad how the two words are God’s branding on you. You’ve had it with you since birth. It’s your spiritual DNA! Tune in and be on-purpose!
Pain and suffering are constants in our world. But there is a way to overcome such adversities in life: through faith. In this episode, Mischelle Saunders-Gottsch joins Chad Burmeister to share her own story of conquering the challenges life has thrown her way and how that led her to her mission. She is the CEO and Founder of Altered Stories Ministry, a faith-based evangelistic storytelling ministry that helps women share their God stories to reach and inspire other women across the globe. Mischelle opens up about her traumatic childhood and the many ways it propelled her to pursue a God-centered life despite facing abuse in a Christian cult. She also shares how a shift in perspective taught her to see joy in any circumstance.
The most important thing for most people is their children. For Kelly Scheer, she believes her son is the reason why she was put on this Earth. Kelly is a proud mother, an executive coach, and the CEO and Chair of Vistage Michigan. Explore Kelly's life from her coaching job to her love for her son, and even get a glimpse into the shadow side of life. Learn how to sacrifice everything and be proud of everything that your children do. They are going to run the future, and it is your job to teach them good values. Join your host, Rich Blakeman and his guest Kellly on her life story.
Our gut tells us what’s right or wrong. Using our energy for the good makes a huge difference. Even the smallest good deed that no one notices! The show’s guest today is Missy Dalvit, Owner of The Squeeze-Tavern. Missy shares with Rich how she watched her twin sister recover from a car accident. It helped her realize how crucial it is to help people. Tune in and use your energy for the good!
You all heard the phrase, "learn from your mistakes." Most people would try to avoid making mistakes. Though there are some who look for crisis because they want to grow. To quote the guest today, "Your pain becomes your purpose." Join your host, Chad Burmeister and his guest, Dolores Hirschmann. Dolores is the founder of Masters in Clarity, which is a coaching service that helps people clarify their ideas for impact. From the communication aspect to the plan of action, Dolores is in charge of clarifying that. Listen in today to learn the story of Dolores. Learn her times of crisis, her achievements, and finding her role in her company.
What do you do when life becomes challenging? Who do you turn to? For many Christians, the answer is of course, turning to God. Chad Burmeister is today’s host as he talks to our guest, the founder of Follower of One, Mike Henry, Sr. Mike talks about the early challenges he faced in the workplace and his professional life, and he shares whet happened when he found God. Mike talks about living a life full of value and what he is aiming for with Follower of One.
The CEO only does three things: culture, people, and numbers. Chad Burmeister’s guest today is Trey Taylor, the CEO of Taylor Insurance Services and author of A CEO Only Does Three Things. Trey discusses with Chad how, if you’re a CEO and you don’t like these three things, perhaps it’s time to reconsider and go back to what it is you love doing. If you want to increase the value of your business, you need to bring in people who love to do the things you hate doing. Life is more fulfilling when you find a career path that makes you happy rather than blindly doing what you’re told to do. Live a better story by following the God-given desires of your heart. Tune in!
When you suddenly lose your job, and you can't find one for months on end, what do you do? Find a church! Chad Burmeister's guest today is Denny Bohs, Servant Leader and Freelance Project Manager based in Pennsylvania. Denny opens up with Chad about how he had to rely on his family, friends, and church community to survive when he lost his job. Coming out of that situation, Denny finally had the business he always wanted to own. So when you're climbing a steep mountain, and you need help, knock on the door of your church. Come on in and join this inspiring conversation!
Most people strive to live the American dream—with high-paying jobs, beautiful families, and big houses. Well, Carlos Hidalgo thinks otherwise. Living the American dream can seriously mess you up as a person. Whether it's your ego or your personality, those things will be your downfall. Carlos believes in The UnAmerican Dream, which is also the title of his newest book. Join Chad Burmeister as he sits down with life design coach and founder of Carlos and Susanne to chat about Carlos' life pursuing the opposite of what people are going for. From his story, get inspired to find your true purpose in life. Even if you strayed off the right path, Carlos believes that there is still hope because, at the end of the day, God created everyone for a purpose, and it is your job to find it.
We all start on a path thinking that we will become "this thing" one day, but life doesn't work like that. We switch career paths on the fly because that is what we do as humans. Do we regret some decisions? Sure. But we got to live with those decisions and carry on in our path. This is the story of Bernie Borges. Bernie is the chief customer officer of Vengreso. He is also a podcast host and a voice-over actor. Join Chad Burmeister as he talks with his friend, Bernie Borges, about Bernie’s life—throughout his many career options, his regrettable moments, and more.
Sometimes our life journey just needs a little bit more trust, faith and confidence. Sometimes, you need to take that proverbial leap, like today’s guest did. The founder of Sugo Capital, Sarah Sullivan joins Chad Burmeister in a lively conversation that walks us through her story, from her dreams of being in the circus, discarding her dreams to chase financial success, to her entry into real estate. Sarah speaks about finally living her dream by opening a circus school and gives advice on how to succeed professionally. This is a must-listen if you’re at the cross-roads of a decision.
If there is any one who can visualize transformations, it’s Mitch Russo. The founder of Timeslips corp. and the inventor of the Power Tribes concept, Mitch has been through a lot and learned from it, transforming himself into the person he is today. Chad Burmeister hosts Mitch for a conversation that touches on Mitch’s personal journey and the challenges he faced to get to where he is today. Mitch also talks about his work in guiding clients into transforming their business, and the process he uses to help his clients. This is an inspirational story that will point you towards the direction you need to go to transform your life for the better – a story you wouldn’t want to miss.
Before he was making Dugout Mugs for the millions of baseball fans out there, Kris Dehnert was just an ordinary kid who loved to collect baseball cards. Join your host, Chad Burmeister, and discover the inspiring story of Kris Dehnert. Learn how his critically ruptured appendix changed the course of his life—from being Mr. Busy to a man with a balanced work life. Discover what it means and why it’s important to "know your metrics'' and how to believe in something when all hope is lost.
Finding a team to support you can be quite difficult and costly, especially if you’re a small to mid-size company. David Reske, Founder and President of Nowspeed, sees outsourcing a digital marketing team as more cost-efficient than hiring one marketer. In this episode, David shares his life journey and business goals, taking us through his discovery of outsourcing and his love for traveling. In building up Nowspeed, a digital marketing company, he had to live frugally for a year with no income. He could've switched to plan B, but he was dedicated to helping other people succeed in their businesses with his expertise that he never gave up. Join in the conversation and let David inspire you to grow and explore. Tune in!
The average American eats three meals a day, and sometimes, they don't even finish it. Orphans wish they had at least one meal a day. If you can just drop one meal, which is 35 cents, you could feed a lot of orphans. This is why Gary VanDyke founded the program, Food For Orphans. Gary discovered how blessed he was when he flew to a third-world country. Ever since then, he has followed the path that God gave him to care for these children with no families. Join Gary as he sits down with Chad Burmeister to talk about his life journey and finding God. Learn how to give to those in need. Let your faith move you today!
Good storytelling becomes more impactful and relatable when presented through an efficient video platform. By using moving pictures and excellent sound work, viewers can digest its message a lot easier. This is the focus of Sati Hillyer's work as the CEO of OneMob, telling stories through mesmerizing and engaging videos. Joining Chad Burmeister, Sati explains how this profession made him appreciate even more the power of human connection and relationships, one of the main reasons that keep everyone alive. He talks about the importance of embracing one's uniqueness and becoming a gift to others even through the simplest works. Finally, Sati shares the role of faith in God in his life, touching both his spiritual and emotional sides, leading to a more positive mindset.
The passion you have burning in you today is deeply rooted in you since you were a child. Rich Blakeman’s guest today is Clare Price, the President of Octain Growth Systems. Clare shares her experience of how she wrote her first short story, “My Dog Nicky,” when she was five. Fast forward to the present, and she’s still very much in love with writing content for her business. For Clare, content directly relates to telling your brand story and connecting with the people who can use your services the most. Join in the conversation and re-discover the child in you!
Science deals with analytical, critical thinking of synthesizing data and observing how things interact in order to solve hard problems. The same concepts apply in the world of digital solutions. Chad Burmeister's guest is Tom Hileman, founder and President of Hileman Group. In this conversation, Tom shares how his childhood passion for science and solving hard problems led him to the world of marketing. Join in the conversation as Tom shares experiences in his life that made him who he is today.
There are certain lessons that we get in life that would define the rest of it moving forward. In this conversation with Chad Burmeister, Steve Parker, the CEO and founder of Levelwing, shares his life-defining moment when his father taught him a very important lesson in accountability and responsibility. When he was still a small kid, Steve used to roam around on the football field to pass the time. One day, he happened to enter the locker room and come across lots of pens and pencils lying around. He had a finders-keepers mentality and collected 70-80 of them. But then his father told him to apologize in front of the team and return what he'd stolen. To this day, Chad practices accountability and responsibility, as we all should. What’s your life-defining moment?
Imagine using kid's storybooks as your business and having joy and monetization in the process. We are so focused on engaging in the grown-up life that we didn't even consider a kid's book for business. There will always be a kid no matter what era, and those kids will always love good storytelling. But what transpires when you tell a story about entrepreneurs, and you didn't exclude all those jargons away? You watch as your young readers throw aside your book. Timmy Bauer understands the exact emotion. In this episode, author and host of The Purpose-Driven Entrepreneur Timmy shares his story on growing enthusiasm to touch kids' hearts while storytelling exciting and unique topics like entrepreneurship. If you want to learn and incorporate his knowledgeable experience, hop in the conversation.
When you understand your story, you’ll know what God placed in you so you can help others. This episode’s guest is Jessica De La Cruz, the principal for Ombudsman Educational Services at Goodyear. Jessica shares how overcoming painful, traumatic experiences helped her become a passionate purpose-driven individual. Her desire to watch people succeed energizes her to keep helping people daily. Tune in and be inspired to use your God-given strength to help others move forward towards a future full of hope.
Living a better story starts with the story that you tell yourself about yourself. Unfortunately, we all have self-limiting beliefs that hold us back from what we are destined in this world to be. Your struggle with these self-imposed limitations will be you greatest one yet and it will make or break the rest of your life. Pastor Travis Hall of Life Church International dissects these limiting beliefs one by in his book 7 Deadly Thoughts. Join in as he walks us through the contents of this book and the inspiring message it contains in this conversation with Chad Burmeister.
It’s heartbreakingly common for successful athletes to see their lives after sports as a downward trajectory from a supposed “peak” that they have enjoyed while they were on the field. Darryll Stinson is passionate about breaking this limiting belief through Second Chance Athletes, a nonprofit that he founded after bouncing back from a sports injury. In this conversation with Chad Burmeister, we get to hear of Darryll’s personal experience of having found God in a time of need and how he is using his newfound strength to spread that ministry to his audience. If you’re going through tough times right now, this episode will remind you that everybody deserves a second chance, including you. And if you keep on rooting for yourself, that second chance might just lead to the best life you will ever live.
Transforming culture for the betterment of a business is indeed a huge task to undertake. Everything that has become commonplace in your company doesn't necessarily mean that they must be tolerated, especially if they are clearly dragging you down. Keynote speaker Todd Duff joins Chad Burmeister to talk about his mission of bringing business culture to the next level in a unique way: doing magic tricks. He explains how putting a bit of flair and mystery into his presentations allows him to easily send his message across to different teams, guiding them to a better path towards success. Todd also shares how he deals with the small speed bumps in his life, how he sees himself three years from now, and the role of his faith in God in moving forward without hesitation.
With so many challenges in life, keeping the faith is one of the main things people turn to for strength and inspiration. By understanding that God is guiding us no matter what, one can do greater and kinder things to others. Reminiscing on his inspiring life with Chad Burmeister and Rich Blakeman is the CEO of LGC Communications, Gregory Demetriou. He shares how putting his life at peril by getting shot while responding to a bank robbery as a detective changed his entire life perspective. Gregory explains how doing little good things every single day inspires him to be a better business leader and an individual overall. He also talks about the challenges he has with running his company and inviting his children back to church.
Some business owners make the mistake of burying themselves too deep into their work that they forgot how to care for other things around them. Fortunately for Jason Pearl, he was able to save himself from such a tragedy and lead an extraordinary life. Joining Chad Burmeister, the President and Founder of Nacre Consulting shares how he was able to find success in his professional life by trusting the will of God and giving adequate time to his family. He dives deep into the role of faith in his business management and how he found a significant change in everything because of higher guidance. Jason also shares some business advice, particularly how to avoid burning your cash flow even in the middle of challenging times.
Life is an eternal wheel of uncontrolled incidents that everyone tries to thrive in. No matter what follows, we try to exercise our optimistic nature to both the church and our work to see the positive output from both commitments. It is easier said than done. At some point, you will lose track and even doubt yourself if you are taking the right step. In this episode, Sales Coach and Author Deb Brown Maher shares her insights about controlling negativity and her multi-functioning experience with the church and her profession. Problems are there to strengthen you for the better. Let Deb guide you on how you can stand firm while handling life challenges while still smiling at the process.
Even though we know they are just sophisticated tricks, watching magic performances is still awesome to behold. With the pandemic, many magicians held virtual magic shows instead, which gave their performances a unique level of excitement. Being one of those performers affected by COVID-19, Daniel Chan brought his magic to the online scene. Joining Chad Burmeister, the Millionaires' Mentalist talks about his transition to the internet realm, which was challenging yet still fulfilling. He shares how he works with all kinds of clients, the status of his earnings despite the current restrictions, and his plans for the coming years. Chad also bares his most painful memories, what drains his energy, and the things he tolerates in his business.