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Season 2, Bonus Episode from Monday Morning Jumpstart The more you know who you are (vision and values), the better you will know where you are and the greater the impact you can and will have on the relationships and world around you. Without a clear vision and core values, it becomes hard to find our direction in life. There are 3 kinds of people who are trying to find direction… 1. People who don't know what they would like to do - Confused! 2. People who know what they want to do, but don't do it - Frustrated! 3. People who know what they want to do and do it - Fulfilled! The way to know what we want is to first know who we are! Part of knowing who we are is understanding our strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats or roadblocks. When is the last time you took a Personal SWOT Assessment? To maximize growth in our lives we should all take a personal SWOT yearly. SWOT allows us to continually clarify those things that are important to us and make sure we have what we need to keep growing Take a quick SWOT - List your STRENGTH's WEAKNESS's OPPORTUNITIES THREAT/ROADBLOCKS Thanks for being part of the 321Grow Community. Help us grow by sharing with your friends on social media. Believing Your Best Is Yet To Come... Rick Torrison --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/321Grow/message

Season 2, Episode 1 Do you find yourself at the end of the day evaluating your success for that day based on the number of things you accomplished? What if you accomplished many things but did not accomplish that one thing you really needed to get done? Would you still consider your day a success? What keeps you from that One Thing that you really desire to do or accomplish? For many of us, it is the tyranny of the urgent that always seems to be pressing in on us. The truth is that there is always something urgent or important that needs to be dealt with. Which one gets our attention... it is the one that is the loudest or most immediate. When we don't establish the most important thing, someone else will. Here is the most important question you can ask yourself when setting your priorities for the day or week or month... Looking at all you have to do, all that is on your list, ask yourself this one question. If I was only able to get one thing done today, what would that one thing be? That one thing that if I accomplished it I would be able to say I was successful today! Once you have established that one thing, ask yourself the same question 2 more times. You know have your top three priorities for your day. Once you set your priorities you need to set the strategy to get them done. In today's podcast, we talk about how to identify and build a strategy to accomplish the one thing that is most important to accomplish in order for you to succeed that day, week, or month. Thank you for being part of our growing community. If you find these podcasts helpful, share them on your social media and invite your friends to check out 321Grow. Until Next Time... I am Rick Torrison Believing Your Best Is Yet To Come --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/321Grow/message

Season 1, Episode 35 The greatest need we have when communicating is to be heard and understood! To understand what someone is saying requires our listening. Hearing and listening are not the same! Just because we hear someone talking, doesn't mean we are actually listening. Have you ever had someone say to you (maybe a child?)... "You are not listening!" Unfortunately, I have heard this all too often from my children and on occasion from my wife. Hearing is about volume and projection, listening is about understanding. Listening is not about having an answer or solving a problem. Listening involves feeling, emotion, and connection. In today's episode, we will discuss the difference between hearing and listening and some practical steps we can take to become better listeners. When we become better listeners we become better leaders! Thank you for sharing your time with us. If you find value in these podcasts, help us grow our community by rating and sharing 321Grow with your friends. You can also join the 321Grow Private Facebook Group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/2387790494797837/ Until Next Time... Believing Your Best Is Yet To Come Rick Torrison --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/321Grow/message

Season 1, Episode 34 Principles are those things that are true. They do not depend on our belief in them and they do not change because of belief, culture, language, or geography. Principles are always true but how they are lived out in our lives is unique. Today we are going to talk about one of those principles that when lived out in our lives, has the power to change everything and bring real freedom to our lives emotionally and relationally. Life is all about relationships. Relationships are both a source of great joy and love as well as great challenge and frustration. As long as we are living, we will have the great pleasure of working through and engaging in relationships. When relationships are strong and healthy, there is nothing better, but what happens when an important relationship becomes challenged or broken? In today's episode, we will talk about the pain of broken relationships and the power of forgiveness in bringing healing and freedom. It is absolutely easier said than done, but the potential restoration of the relationship is worth it. There is power in forgiveness, but forgiveness is not about the other person, it is about you, your heart, and your freedom. I hope you find some freedom in today's message! Thanks for choosing to be part of this community of everyday leaders and entrepreneurs. We are living our life out loud and in community together. We are perfectly imperfect people going through and going up! Help us grow the community by rating and sharing this podcast with your friends. If you have not joined the 321Grow private Facebook Group head over to https://www.facebook.com/groups/2387790494797837/ and join today Until Next Time... Believing Your Best Is Yet To Come Rick Torrison --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/321Grow/message

BONUS EPISODE Today we partner with Monday Morning JUMPSTART Today we talk about A Year in Review! How do we finish well and prepare for growth? Here are 4 things you can do to review Celebrate the Victories Determine what you want to stop doing Identify what you want to keep doing Cast vision for what you want to start doing If you could start this last year over again, knowing what you know now, what would you do differently? While we do not want to go back, this question is important because it can inform us going forward. We hope you enjoy these podcasts. Help us continue to build the 321Grow community and join our private facebook group. Until Next Time.... Believing Your Best Is Yet To Come Rick Torrison Everyday leader and entrepreneur, choosing to live life out loud and doing in community together. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/321Grow/message

How we finish one thing is how we enter the next! How do we finish 2019 in strength so we can enter 2020 with a purpose! It begins with a simple intentional step each day. It starts with breathing. It may sound simple, in fact you are doing it as you read this and listen to this podcast. but when you stop and take a few deep breathes you rush oxygen to your bloodstream which stimulates your mind and wakes up your body. You can also take control of your calendar. When you do and take control of your life! To finish well is to rise above the chaos of the moment. Chaos is part of life but how we engage the chaos is critical to our sanity and success. Enjoy today's episode of 321Grow and thanks for being part of our growing community. Help us spread the word by sharing this podcast on your favorite social media platform. Believing Your Best Is Yet To Come! Until next time... I am Rick Torrison, an everyday leader, and entrepreneur living life out loud and doing it with you in community. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/321Grow/message

Episode 32 The Holiday Season can be some of the most joyous times and the most challenging times of the year. The holidays have a way of magnifying everything. Not only the good things but also those painful places that we have buried deep hoping they have gone away. Do you ever look at the holiday season with the mindset that says, if I just hold on to the new year it will all be better. Have you ever thought that? If you have you know that it is a lie because 12 months later you are saying the same thing, year after year. It doesn't get better over the years, it only gets worse as we get older. We become hard-hearted, cynical and often isolated. BUT THERE IS HOPE AND FREEDOM from becoming Scrooge with a Bah Humbug view of life and the holidays. It is time to move from our past pains and into our future potential and possibilities. You are so much stronger than you think you are! The truth is that we can not go around, over or under the obstacles that are in front of us or the pain that is buried deep within us. The only way to go up is to go through... That may seem hard and scary, but you already know the truth. Just because we ignore something, pretend it does not exist or bury it deep down inside of us does not mean that it is gone! Getting by is no way to live our lives. You were created for MORE! You are stronger then you think you are. You are NOT perfect and you won't be. If you wait until you are perfect or have it figured out you will never move forward and go through. Here are a few thoughts on how to start walking (I am not saying they are easy steps, but when engaged they will lead to a better outcome) Start with taking some deep breaths, as many as you need to slow everything down for a minute and allow you to refocus Speak life over yourself - Even if you don't believe it at the moment still speak it out loud. Complete this statement I AM... (one positive word) and do this several times. Remember that the only thing you control is yourself. Your freedom will not come from other people's actions. If you are waiting for someone else to do the right thing or say the right thing you will remain stuck and bound. Examine what you control and make a conscious choice to do, think and speak the right thing. Forgive much. Forgiveness is not for the other person, it is for you! When you forgive someone even when they don't ask for it or deserve it, you are setting yourself free. When you refuse to forgive you are choosing to remain bound. Not easy but worth it! Find time to laugh, especially at yourself! Laughter is good for the soul! Give thanks often Seek to do simple acts of kindness to others without any expectations Thanks for sharing your time with me! If this is helpful to you please share it with others and help us to grow the 321Grow community. Join our Facebook Group today https://www.facebook.com/groups/2387790494797837/ Believing Your Best Is Yet To Come... Rick Torrison --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/321Grow/message

Season 1, Episode 31 (this episode was recorded as part of Monday Morning JUMPSTART) Have you ever said to someone Be grateful! Count your blessings! Focus on the good! living from gratitude, particularly when the airwaves bombard us with all the "not-so-good," is easier said than done. Fires. Tragic shootings. Anti-semitism. Terror attacks. Hurricanes. More violence against innocence. What about the pressure and problems, trials and the unexpected. The job stress, financial stress, marital and kid stress... there will always be something that isn’t as we’d like it to be. Things that can cause anxiety, sadness, self-pity, despair, frustration or resentment. There is an answer to ALL of it! In today's episode, we look at the power of giving thanks and the shift that happens in us when we focus on gratitude and thanksgiving rather than the storms around us. When we focus on what’s missing or outside of our control – we end up in self-pity focus on the problems – we end up in worry and fear focus on what’s unfair – we end up in resentment BUT When we focus on what we have – we end up in thanksgiving focus on the solutions – we end up walking in peace focus on what is good and right – we end up in blessing Epictetus once said that a wise man “does not grieve for the things which he has not but rejoices for those which he has.” Emotions are contagious! What emotions are you carrying? What are you infecting those around you with? Imagine the difference it would make if each of us, individually and collectively, decided to trade our complaining for thanksgiving When we give thanks, we magnify our blessing and expand our ability to be a blessing. When we are a blessing, we will be blessed Thanks for sharing your time with us. Help us build the 321Grow community by joining our facebook group https://www.facebook.com/groups/2387790494797837/ and share this podcast on your favorite social media platform. Until Next Time... Believing Your Best is Yet to Come --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/321Grow/message

If you could go back in time, is there anything you would have done differently? Do you regret how you handled a certain situation, or that you passed up an opportunity you didn’t recognize at the time? What would you want your younger self to know? I know they probably wouldn't listen... but if they would, what would you tell them? Here is a more interesting question. What would your younger self tell your present self? What would your younger self think about how your present self is doing in life? Would your younger self be excited about what you’ve done with your life or would your younger self be disappointed that you didn’t fulfill the dreams you had when you were younger? In today's bonus episode, we partner with Monday Morning JUMPSTART a facebook live community that meets every Monday morning at 7:15 am over on facebook.com/rtorrison. Thanks for joining us on 321Grow, a podcast of everyday leaders and entrepreneurs who are living their lives out loud and doing it in community. Join the private facebook group where we share more thoughts and encourage one another along the way. https://www.facebook.com/groups/2387790494797837/ Until Next Time... Believing Your Best Is Yet To Come! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/321Grow/message

Bonus Episode from Monday Morning Jumpstart Have you ever seen plate spinners? They have a bunch of sticks, and they quickly begin to spin a plate on the top of each stick. As one plate spins they quickly add another plate. As they add more spinning plates the ones they started with begin to slow down and wobble! Then the chaos begins... They have to run from plate to plate to keep them from crashing to the floor! It wears me out just thinking about it. How many of us feel like we are spinning plates right now and it is only a matter of time before they begin to hit the floor? In today's episode, we will look at the challenges of plate spinning and how we can stop the chaos. It is all about focus and knowing what your purpose and passion is! Purpose is the reason your journey and Passion is the fire that lights the way... Check out and watch this episode on Facebook Live https://www.facebook.com/rtorrison/videos/10157716298269292/ Thanks for sharing your time with us. 321Grow is all about everyday leaders and entrepreneurs living life out loud together in community. Join our 321Grow Facebook Community today. This is a place to encourage, strengthen and learn from each other. https://www.facebook.com/groups/321Grow/ Until Next Time... Believing Your Best is Yet to Come! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/321Grow/message

Episode 30 Life is about relationships. Unless you are a hermit on an island, everyone has to deal with other people. We were all created for relationship! Our experience in and with relationships in our past has a way of influencing and shaping our relationships today. Relationships can be lifegiving, filled with excitement, powerful and intimate. Relationships can also be painful, life-taking, places of challenge and anxiety. In this episode, I share some of my journey with relationships. Growing up through my formative years with a single mom and a grandmother shaped how I viewed and interacted with the different relationships in my life. When I met my wife and chased her to Texas (story in the debut episode) I had to confront my idea of relationships. I realized that when you choose to engage in real relationships you will see the good, the bad and the ugly in that relationship. We are OK with the good and bad, but when we get to "ugly" we have to make a decision, are we going to love through our leave! I was great at leaving until I met my wife... I chose to love when I wanted to leave and life has never been the same! Enjoy today's episode, thanks for choosing to be part of the 321Grow community. Help us spread the word by sharing this podcast on your social media and rating it on your favorite podcast platform. If you have not yet joined our Facebook group you can ask to join through this link https://www.facebook.com/groups/2387790494797837/ Until Next Time... Believing Your Best Is Yet to Come! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/321Grow/message

Episode 29 Alexa...? Hey Siri...? Every answer to every question is in the palm of your hand! We can no longer plead ignorance. We have information, but how is our lives being transformed by that information? Information is not our problem, what we do with the information we have is the problem. We have more information and knowledge available to us today than at any other time in history. In today's episode, we talk about how to move from information to revelation that leads to transformation. Thanks for sharing your time with us. If these podcasts are adding value to you, please share them through your social media and subscribe on your favorite podcast platform. If you have not joined the private facebook group, you can join the community today at https://www.facebook.com/groups/2387790494797837/ Until Next Time... Believing Your Best is Yet to Come --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/321Grow/message

Season 1 JUMPSTART Bonus Vultures and Hummingbirds both fly through the desert. Vultures look for dead, decaying meat, Hummingbirds look for beautiful blossoms filled with sweet nectar. The principle is that we always find what we are looking for! What are you looking for? Today's episode we partner with Monday Morning JUMPSTART which is a facebook live community that meets every Monday morning at 7:15 am. If you have not joined us for JUMPSTART I want to encourage you to start your week with us on facebook.com/rtorrison A vulture mindset looks for dead things, live on what was (should a, could a, would a), live on mistakes, get offended easy and can kill momentum. Vulture mindset people look for other vultures, they wallow in self-pity. A Hummingbird mindset looks for life, those relationships that give life, they live on what is, seek beauty, find opportunity and follow after wisdom. Disclaimer: Vultures have a redeeming quality, they are the garbage collectors of our highways, scavenging and keeping it clean! Thanks for joining us today. Help us build our community by subscribing to this podcast, sharing it on social media and joining our 321Grow Facebook community. Until Next Time.... Believing Your Best is Yet to Come! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/321Grow/message

Episode 28 Anxiety seems to be all the rage, everyone is doing it! But then there is this, Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. Philippians 4:6 Anxiety does not have to be your middle name! In today's episode, we talk about the paralyzing effect of anxiety on our lives, families, and careers. If this is something you struggle with, you are not alone and it does not have to define you! Thanks for sharing your time with us today! If you enjoyed today's episode subscribe to 321Grow on your favorite podcast platform today, rate this episode and share it with your friends. You can also join the 321Grow facebook Group by following this link and asking to join the community. https://www.facebook.com/groups/2387790494797837/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/321Grow/message

Episode 27 We were there! Nats Win! Nats Win! Nats Win! Those are hard words for an Astros fan (which I am). But what made it easier was getting to know some of the families of the players and their amazing stories of perseverance and grit! We may not have choices about the things that happen around us or to us, but we all have choices about how we handle the challenges and obstacles that come our way. We are blessed to have had season tickets to the Houston Astro's this year which allowed us to be at the home games of the World Series. Our seats are actually right in front of the visiting family's seats. We usually sit in front of the visiting pitchers' family. Some teams have great fans and families and others... not so much! The Washington Nationals have great fans and families. We got to hear some great storylines of some of the star players on the nationals. While they were our enemy on the baseball field, I became a fan of their resilience and perseverance off the field. (As you listen today you can tell I was suffering from a World series Loss hangover. That is why we say this podcast is about real life, uncut and unedited. Correction in the podcast; Sherzer was injured and had to sit out game 5, Stausberg was voted MVP of the series) Life Happens! You hear me say this often. It is the unexpected moments that come our way and how we handle them that defines and speaks into our character. Maj. General Bob Dees has written several books on Resilient Leadership. He talks about the warrior. He shared that warriors prepare for battle and understand that when in the battle they WILL be hit, knocked down, face defeat. No one steps into a boxing ring thinking they will never get punched! The issues is not getting hit, knocked down or punched, the issue is are you going to get back up? Often easy to say but not as easy to do... I understand from my own experiences. In today's episode, we talk about this and those things that help us to get back up. I love this and share it in the podcast The Arena from Theodore Roosevelt "It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat." Until Next Time... Believing Your Best Is Yet To Comer! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/321Grow/message

Episode 26 When I was a kid, we lived in a neighborhood where there were no fences between the houses. Every Saturday my friends and I would head out to play and we wouldn't come home until the sun went down. The only break we would take is to get a drink from the water hose on the side of the nearest house. The key to drinking from a fire hose was being the one to control the flow of the water. If you didn't control the flow, you knew that getting a drink was going to be an adventure... you would wait until they put their lips to the water and started drinking and then turn the nozzle up full blast, blowing your friends cheeks wide and causing them to choke... We would turn the hose on each other and take off running through the neighborhood again. Does life ever feel like you are drinking from a fire hose? In today's episode, we talk about the intensity of life and who is controlling the flow. Thanks for being part of the 321Grow community, if you have not joined the facebook group you can do so today through the link provided https://www.facebook.com/groups/2387790494797837/ Help us grow by sharing this message through your social media and subscribe through your favorite platform. Until next time... Believing Your Best Is Yet To Come --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/321Grow/message

Episode 25 - All I need is me! This is where I lived for much of my life and no matter how hard I tried to break through there always seemed to be a lid on my growth and future. It wasn't until I realized that I was the one limiting my future and potential that I was able to take the lid off and truly begin to grow. In order to grow, I knew I was going to need to surround myself with people smarter and further ahead of where I was. In today's episode, I share my journey of finding mentors and coaches that would sow into my life and help me learn and grow. We all need mentors and coaches in our lives to push us and stretch us and help us get from where we are to where we desire to be. Do you have a mentor or coach in your life? If not, why not? and if you do, take time to send them a note and thank them sowing into your life! Thank you for being part of the 321Grow community. If you find value in these podcasts please subscribe, like and share it with your friends. If you want to be part of a growing community join our private 321Grow Facebook Group through this link https://www.facebook.com/groups/2387790494797837/ Until next time... Believing Your Best Is Yet To Come! I am Rick Torrison, an everyday leader, and entrepreneur living life out loud and in community. See you on the other side! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/321Grow/message

Season 1 JUMPSTART Bonus Every Monday 321Grow partners with Monday Morning JUMPSTART to share a message of hope, strength, and courage with you. You can watch this message as well through facebook live and the link provided. https://www.facebook.com/rtorrison/videos/10157694694594292/ We all have giants in our lives that we have to face every day! How we choose to fight those giants is the key to how long we will have to continue to fight those giants! We can learn a lot about how to fight those giants from David and Goliath. Here are just a few thoughts to consider when facing the giants in your life. Trust yourself. You have what it takes in you. Use your experiences and know your strengths when fighting the giants. Saul tried to put his armor on David but it didn't fit. Whose armor are you wearing? Know your stones. What do you have that you can take into battle with you? (Your experiences, relationships, faith, and prayer). Declare the victory before it happens! This is about vision and changing mindsets. You must speak life over yourself to take your eyes off the giants. Do the work. Preparation is the key to victory. If you don't have what you need when the giant comes, it is often too late to go and get it. Know what stones you have before you have to use them. These are a few of the things we talk about in today's episode. If this podcast ads value to your life, help us to build the community by subscribing on your favorite podcast platform, share this episode on your social media and join the 321Grow Facebook Group today. Until next time... Believing Your Best Is Yet To Come! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/321Grow/message

Episode 24 - What motivates you? Have you ever felt like quitting? When we feel like quitting we need to remember why we started. We need to understand what motivates us and what steals our motivation. There are two types of motivation, positive and negative. Positive motivation is about pleasure or reward and negative motivation is all about pain! Which do you feel is more powerful? Negative motivation is more powerful to get us up off our backside and start moving... but positive motivation is what will keep us going when we feel like quitting. Negative motivation will get you going... Positive motivation will keep you going. In today's episode, we talk about those things that motivate us and those things that rob us of our motivation and how to tap into the positive motivation that will keep us going and growing, even when "Life" happens! Thank you for being part of the 321Grow community. If you find value in these podcasts please subscribe, like and share it with your friends. If you want to be part of a growing community join our private 321Grow Facebook Group through this link https://www.facebook.com/groups/2387790494797837/ Until next time... Believing Your Best Is Yet To Come! I am Rick Torrison, an everyday leader, and entrepreneur living life out loud and in community. See you on the other side! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/321Grow/message

Season 1, Monday JUMPSTART Bonus podcast (you can watch this episode on facebook live at https://www.facebook.com/rtorrison/videos/10157674782799292/ You are either with me or against me... It is either true or it is a lie... You are either with me or against me... Do you look at life through either/or lenses or are you more comfortable with a both/and mindset? WE believe either/or people are rigid, dogmatic, uncompromising and intolerant. We think that people who are both/and don't stand for anything and allow everything to be OK! Listen to today's episode to learn why, as people of faith, it is either/or AND both/and. Join the 321Grow Facebook community today https://www.facebook.com/groups/2387790494797837/ Until next time... Believing Your Best Is Yet To Come! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/321Grow/message

321Grow BONUS - This episode was recorded on the way to Live2Lead Houston 2019 Live Simulcast with John C. Maxwell, Chris Hogan, Angela Ahrendts, Marcus Buckingham and Rachel Hollis. As a John Maxwell Executive Director, I had the privilege of hosting this year's simulcast. During the simulcast, we invited everyone to join the 321Grow community. Welcome to all you everyday leaders and entrepreneurs who made the investment in yourself and your team today. Nothing great has ever been achieved by accident! The Power of Intentionality says that personal growth doesn't happen accidentally. John C. Maxwell says that the greatest gap in the world is between knowing and doing! What are you doing today to be intentional about growing yourself and your team? " People are anxious to improve circumstances but unwilling to improve themselves. They, therefore, remain bound! - James Allen Four steps to intentional growth To grow yourself you first need to know yourself. All growth begins with a personal and honest assessment of where you are, your strengths and your weaknesses. If you don't know where you are going (your destination/ vision), how will you know when you arrived? All growth comes when we have a vision for our lives, a clearly defined destination. Just keep swimming! The law of atrophy ways when movement ceases things begin to die. Get started, don't wait, adjust along the way. Find someone to follow - The greatest leaders are also the greatest followers. Seek wisdom from those ahead of you. Thanks for being part of the 321Grow community. Please join the 321Grow Facebook Group today and tell us your story. https://www.facebook.com/groups/2387790494797837/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/321Grow/message

If only I would have... If only I had... If only they didn't... If only someone... If only are the words of regret! Regret is review mirror thinking and never leads us to the desired destiny of our preferred future. In this episode, we look at the danger of an If only mindset and how to move from viewing our future through regret to viewing our future through possibility. Join the 321Grow Facebook Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/2387790494797837/ and help us build a community of everyday leaders and entrepreneurs who are living life out loud together. This is a group to be encouraged and encourage others along their journey. You will find real people sharing real stories and asking real questions. If 321Grow has added value to you, help us spread the word by sharing, liking, subscribing and rating this podcast on your favorite platform. Until Next Time... Believing Your Best is Yet to Come! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/321Grow/message

Every Monday 321Grow partners with Monday Morning JUMPSTART. JUMPSTART is a weekly Facebook Live experience, where we talk about faith in business. You can listen to this episode here or watch the Facebook live episode through this link https://www.facebook.com/rtorrison/videos/10157655591714292/ In this episode, we talk about being present in the moment! What do you need TODAY to be successful TODAY? When coaching people who are going through some challenges, I encourage them to simply win the day! Often we find ourselves filled with the leftover anxiety from yesterday and the future worry of tomorrow. What do we need each day to help us win the day? In this episode, we talk about 5 things everyone needs to win the day! If 321Grow has added value to you, help us build the community by rating and sharing this podcast on your favorite platform and through social media. If you want to go deeper in community together which is the heart of 321Grow, join our 321Grow Facebook Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/2387790494797837/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/321Grow/message

Where you find yourself today, does not define where you will be tomorrow! I believe it was Zig Zigler who said yesterday ended last night! What a true statement, but sometimes it is hard to let go of yesterday. In today's episode, I share a personal story of how a visit at 4:00 am in the morning changed my perspective of one of the most challenging times in my life! Join the 321Grow Facebook Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/2387790494797837/ and help us to build a community of everyday leaders and entrepreneurs who are living life out loud together in community. We want to hear your stories, find encouragement in community and grow in leadership and influence. Thanks for sharing your time with us. If you find value in this podcast help spread the word, share, subscribe, rate this podcast on your favorite platform. Until Next Time... Believing Your Best Is Yet To Come! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/321Grow/message

Today's BONUS episode - Oh No... I think I am addicted to FOMO! 321Grow Partners weekly with Monday Morning JUMPSTART as facebook live faith and business community. You can join us live every Monday morning at 7:15 am (CST) on facebook.com/rtorrison or watch this episode here https://www.facebook.com/rtorrison/videos/10157637114394292/ Join the 321Grow Facebook Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/2387790494797837/ and help us build a community of everyday leaders and entrepreneurs who are living life out loud and in community together. Thanks for sharing your time with us. Help us grow by sharing, liking and rating this podcast on your favorite platform. Until Next Time... Believing Your Best Is Yet To Come --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/321Grow/message

This bonus podcast is also a video that you can watch over on the 321Grow Facebook Group. Join the community today! When you join 321Grow you can watch this podcast as well as other great conversations and encouraging posts! https://youtu.be/67c9L5YkSAo Just over a year ago, we sold our dream home and moved into the city! While everyone else is moving out of the city, we decided to move into the city! We are in a high rise in the med center right across from the zoo, and we love it! Every Saturday my wife and I ride bikes through the city, stop at a new breakfast spot and enjoy the miles of trails through the city. This morning on our ride we passed a mom out on the trails early in the morning. She was working out doing lunges with her baby in her arms. Way to go, mom! You know that had to be hard, she could have easily stayed at home and given up on her workout and no one would have cared. But there she was in full workout mode, strengthening herself and making herself better and stronger. Another mile down the road and we rode through the TSU campus and I thought about all the students that go to school, probably taking on debt to do so. Those students have chosen to make their lives better and to give themselves the best chance for a future and a hope. What's the point? The mom and the students made an intentional choice to improve their lives and to make themselves better. Being intentional is the key to growth! If you want to lead others, reach your potential, leave a legacy then you must be intentional to invest in yourself first. What area do you need to move from someday thinking to NOW actions? It's not too late! Let's get growing! I hope you enjoyed today's bonus podcast. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/321Grow/message

Have you ever heard the statement, perseverance or hard work pays off? What if it doesn't? In today's episode, I share a story of perseverance that did not pay off, at least not as I had hoped! In my journey of extreme perseverance, I had to ask myself the question, is the payoff the reward of perseverance or is the ability to persevere the reward of perseverance? Listen to today's podcast and find out. Thanks for sharing your time with us. We are everyday leaders and entrepreneurs choosing to live our lives out loud, together in community. Join the 321Grow facebook group and become part of the community. Until Next Time... Believing Your Best Is Yet To Come! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/321Grow/message

BONUS Podcast - Welcome Monday Morning JUMPSTART Community! Today we combined 321Grow with JUMPSTART a weekly facebook live message over on my personal facebook.com/rtorrison. We broadcast every Monday at 7:15 am central time on facebook live. Today's 321Grow will sound a little different as we welcome in those live participants to the podcast. Today is truly unedited and you can copy and paste this link in your browser to watch the video as well https://www.facebook.com/rtorrison/videos/10157620142149292/ Has anyone ever said to you, "That's Not My Responsibility!" or "That's Not My Job!" ? In tody's episode, we share the parable of Everybody, Somebody, Anybody, and Nobody! Be sure to listen to today's episode to learn the moral of the story. Join the 321Grow Facebook Group today and start sharing your story with us. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/321Grow/message

When I was a kid in school we would play a game called Red Rover. Our teacher would divide us into two groups and line us up across from each other. We would be instructed to hold hands and then yell to the other team... Red Rover Red Rover, let (insert the name of the smallest and weakest person from the other team) come over! The object was for that person to pick the weakest point and run as fast and hard as they could through our line trying to break the connection. If they broke our handhold they would pick someone from our team to become part of their team. If they failed to break our line they became part of our team. In today's podcast, we talk about relationships and connection. The more time we spend in a real relationship the more we begin to see the good, the bad and the ugly of the other person. Often when we get to the ugly we leave or break the relationship. What would it take to stick instead of leave? We just opened up a 321Grow Facebook Group and would love for you to join our community. This will be the place where we can make a greater connection, strengthen, encourage and learn from each other. You can find all the podcasts in this group with other discussions and messages along the way. Consider yourself invited! Thanks for sharing your time with us. Until Next Time... Believing Your Best Is Yet to Come! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/321Grow/message

50 / 50... you do your part and I will do mine and together we will have 100%! This is what I used to believe until I went through marriage counseling and the counselor challenged my perspective and suggested that living life and marriage from a 50 / 50 perspective will only lead to 50 / 50 results and a lot of frustration. In today's podcast, we talk about what it means to be All IN! What does it look like to live 100% or All In? We just launched our 3212Grow Facebook Group. This is the place where we will connect, share, encourage and strengthen one another along our journey. Send me a request through Facebook to join 321Grow and join the discussion. Thanks for sharing your time with us. we are everyday leaders and entrepreneurs living our lives out loud and doing it together in community. Uncut, unscripted and unedited. Until Next Time... Believing Your Best Is Yet To Come! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/321Grow/message

As I walked the beach today I could not help but notice the footprints of other travelers ahead of me. It reminded me of those people in my life who have gone ahead of me and helped me along with my journey. In today's episode, we talk about the importance of honoring those that have gone before us! No one who has experienced any form of success has gotten there on their own! Who are those people who have marked your journey? Whose shoulders are you standing on? The footprints in the sand also reminded me of one of my favorite poems that I share with you in this episode! Enjoy and thanks for sharing your time with us. Until Next Time... Believing Your Best is Yet to Come! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/321Grow/message

"Yesterday Ended Last Night." - Zig Zigler What is the most important day of your life? Your marriage... your child's birth... your salvation...? In today's podcast, we talk about the power of today and how it impacts your tomorrow. What are you bringing with you from yesterday, how will it impact today? Where will it lead you tomorrow? Today is the most important day we have, you can not redo yesterday, but you can get a fresh start today! Thanks for sharing your time with us. Subscribe to 321Grow on your favorite Podcast platform, rate the show and share it with your friends as we continue to grow the community. Until Next Time... Believing Your Best Is Yet To Come! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/321Grow/message

Max Dupree said the first responsibility of a leader is to define their reality. We often in business get lost in the details and lose sight of the reality of the situation that we are in. Alex Haley said you either deal with the reality of your current situation or the reality of your current situation will deal with you. Last couple days at the beach... enjoy the sound of the waves! In today's episode we talk about leadership and the impact of taking an honest assessment of our current reality. If 321Grow is adding value to your life, please subscribe and rate this podcast through your favorite pod cast platform. We can be found on most major pod cast platforms (Spotify, Google, iTunes, Breaker, Pocket Casts and Radio Public) You can leave a voice message through anchor.fm/321grow with your thoughts or comments. Please help us build this community of everyday leaders and entrepreneurs who are choosing to live life outloud, together! Share on your social media and rate the podcast on your favorite platform. Until Next Time Believing Your Best Is Yet To Come --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/321Grow/message

Today I woke up in a funky place, feeling stuck, like I am spinning my wheels in mud! When that happens, I start to question myself and the things I am doing and if not careful find myself sliding into a pit! NOT TODAY! How about you, have you ever felt like you are working really hard, but no matter how hard you work you can't seem to make any progress? When you make progress you realize that it was in the wrong direction! Today's episode I talk about movement, what causes us to get stuck and how we can get unstuck. Thanks for sharing your valuable time with us. Help us to grow 321Grow by sharing this episode on your social media. Until Next Time... Believing Your Best Is Yet To Come! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/321Grow/message

In today's episode we welcomed in the Monday Morning JUMPSTART community which is a Facebook Live broadcast every Monday morning at 7:15 on my personal facebook page facebook.com/rtorrison Would love to have the 321Grow community connect with Monday morning JUMPSTART. Picking up toothpicks is really about focusing on the details and realizing that everything we do matters. It is not usually the big things that we can see that trip us up… it is those little things that we can't see that end up causing the greatest problems. Enjoy todays 321Grow and thanks for sharing your time with us. If you find value in this podcast please help us build our community by sharing your social media. Until next time... Believing Your Best Is Yet To Come! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/321Grow/message

I loved walking the beach where the waves and the shore meet in Sanibel Island Florida. At one time, not sure if it still is, Sanibel beaches were in the top 5 in the world for shells! We have bags of amazing shells of all kinds, shapes, and sizes. Looking for the perfect shell was therapy for me. I know I must be a pretty boring person if I find great enjoyment in digging in the sand for shells. But, there is nothing better than pulling up a hand full of sand and shells and discovering something you had never seen before. So what is the perfect shell? I don't know, but I can tell you when I see it. In today's episode, I talk about my hunt for the perfect shell and relate it to leadership and life. Our quest for perfection, what is it and does it really exist. Thanks for sharing your valuable time with us, please help us grow the 321Grow community by sharing these episodes on your social media. Until Next Time Believing Your Best is Yet to Come! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/321Grow/message

I coached High School basketball in Texas! People ask if we were any good... lets just say we were competitive! One thing I new how to do was call timeouts. A timeout is used to change the momentum, regroup, put in a specific play, encourage the team and often to give everyone a chance to catch their breath. We could all use a time out in our lives. In today's episode we talk about timeouts, and how they are important to our health and sanity and that they don't always have to be a long vacation. Thanks for being part of 321Grow, a community of everyday leaders and entrepreneurs who are choosing to live life outloud together. If you are encouraged by the podcast, help us grow the community by sharing on your social media. Until next time, believing your best is yet to come! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/321Grow/message

My wife and I love taking road trips. Today's episode we are driving to Florida for some much needed R&R. We packed the car full with our bikes on the back and every window covered... I know, not smart. I have added more blindspots to the trip! In today's episode we are talking about the blind spots in our lives. We all have them and if we are not careful they will end up causing an accident and keeping us from arriving to our destination safely. What causes blind spots and how do we expose them and remove them from our lives? Check out today's episode and find out! Thanks for sharing your time with with us today. 321Grow is a podcast of everyday leaders and entrepreneur who are choosing to life their life out loud together! Until next time... Believing Your Best Is Yet To Come! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/321Grow/message

When I was a child, my mom and uncle would take me to the fair. They had this carnival game on the board walk called Whack-A-Mole. I think you can find them at Chucky Cheese as well. The object was to take the mallet and beat the mole on the head every time it popped up. The challenge was that as you popped one mole down, another would pop up. It was an endless cycle that you could never win. Sometimes life can feel a little like that Whack-A-Mole game. The challenges of life seem to come from all directions and no matter how hard we try to deal with them they just keep coming! In today's episode we talk about what a Whack-A-Mole life looks like and how we can kill those moles once and for all! Thanks for sharing your time with us. If you enjoy the podcast and it is adding value to your life, please help us spread the workd by sharing on your social media. Until next time... Believing Your Best Is Yet To Come! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/321Grow/message

321Grow is a podcast of everyday leaders and entrepreneurs choosing to live life out-loud. Do more... Have more... Be more... that is the mantra of the Hamster Wheel! In today's episode we look at the lies of the "wheel" that says being busy means being productive, the faster I run the further I can go, and the harder I work the more successful I will be. Thanks for giving your time to this podcast. Believing Your Best is Yet to Come! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/321Grow/message

321Grow is a podcast of everyday leaders and entrepreneurs who are choosing to live their lives out-loud! In each episode we will get real as we share the successes and challenges of life together. In this episode I share my own journey with anxiety and the day I thought I was going to die... so that is what a panic attack feels like! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/321Grow/message

Recalculating! My favorite word when driving through the streets of Houston! Today's episode was birthed in the middle of a traffic jam while driving home from a long day of training. I forgot to map my route home before I started driving and before I new it I was dead stopped in Houston Traffic. I quickly plugged in my destination and current location and mapped my new route... recalculating! I followed the new map, made a few course corrections and before long was back on track and in the flow! Life can be a lot like this! I think I know where I am going but because I failed to take the time to build my roadmap I often find myself stuck in the traffic of life needing to recalculate! If you enjoy 321Grow, I invite you to share it with your friends through your social media. Help us build a community of everyday leaders and entrepreneur who choose to live their lives out-loud together. Wee are stronger together then we are apart! Until next time, Believing Your Best Is Yet to Come! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/321Grow/message

Nothing happens. by accident, especially personal growth! If you want to grow your leadership and grow you influence, it will take intentionality. In today's podcast we talk about ways to become intentional about growing your leadership and influence. If you like 321Grow, help us spread the word by sharing the link on your facebook, Linked In and twitter. You can also follow me on facebook and share your thought and suggestions on how to continue to make these podcasts better. Believing your best is yet to come! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/321Grow/message

We all wear masks that hide those scars of our past. We put them on as protection hoping that no one will find out who we really are. But those masks don't only hide our scars, the also keep us bound and trapped in a lie. They keep us from our destiny and the "more" that is waiting for us. But removing our masks can be scary, it requires a measure of vulnerability and being honest with ourselves. Listen to todays episode of 321Grow and discover the first step in removing your mask and stepping toward your future. You were created for more... time to get after it! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/321Grow/message

Hey my friends, thanks for sharing your valuable time with me! We all have those experiences, good and bad, in our lives that mark us and shape how we view life, relationships, family, work, friends! These experience become the lenses by which we view everything threw. They impact how we see things and how we act and respond to life. Today I challenge you with the thought... what if the lenses you are viewing life through are scratched and dirty? Are your lenses you view life through impacting your present relationships and limiting your future? It may be time to clean your glasses! I would love to hear from you. You can leave a voice message through my podcast homepage on Anchor.com at 321Grow Let me hear your thoughts. If this is helpful to you, help me build a community committed to living life outloud together and intentional about growing and discovering our more together. 321Grow on anchor.com or spotify --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/321Grow/message

Thanks for stopping by and giving me a few minutes of your day! You were created for MORE! It does not matter how good your life is or how hard your life is right now, you were created for more! I believe this because my faith declares it to be so! The key is believing that our past does not define our future... it is only meant to inform us. Unfortunately the wounds of our past have become walls keeping us from our future. In today's episode I share part of my own story about the wounds and how they build a wall that almost kept me from my future. If you are stuck, find yourself in a rut and have some walls that you keep running into, send me a message, share your journey and know you are not alone! Share your thoughts and questions with me todayanchor.fm/321Grow/message --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/321Grow/message

Don't know what a latchkey is... Listen to today's episode and find out! We all have markers in our life that impacted us and shaped us whether we knew it at the time or not! In this episode I share one of those moments when I was young growing up outside of Chicago in a single parent home. Being a latchkey kid in the 70's almost cost me my relationship with that girl I chased to Texas in the 80's! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/321Grow/message

In this episode I will introduce 321Grow, the who, what and why this podcast exists. I am an everyday entrepreneur, living my life out-loud and doing it while driving to work! My passion is helping individuals, organizations and companies get unstuck. It is all about a clear destination, knowing where we are starting from and then building the best route! Each episode I will share part of my story, things I have learned from my many mistakes and victories. I hope you enjoy 321Grow, I would love to hear from you. If you find yourself stuck and spinning your tires, let me know and I will share some thoughts on how to get traction in your situation on one of the daily podcasts. You can share your questions and thought through this link today https://anchor.fm/321Grow/message --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/321Grow/message