Apogee Man

We chat about attachment theory. Secure, anxious, avoidant, and unorganized. What's interesting about attachment theory, is how predicable those personality traits are through generations. Insecure childhood attachments are related to higher instances of divorce. I am hopeful Dr. Jessica Brennan and I will stay in touch as we continue the journey! Follow us @apogeeape #apogeeape apogeeape.com apogeeman.com #apogee Support this podcast

The nation is hurting a lot right now. We changed our logo to indigo. The color for reason, logic, and understanding. We must understand our fellow humans right now. Our people need a healing. #apogeeape apogeeape.com @apogeeape @apogeeman apogeeman.com Support this podcast

Zach and Eric chat about opening the economy. Someone is getting a little fed up with the status quo. apogeeape.com apogeeman.com #apogeeape Support this podcast

Zach and Eric chat about the new studio and leadership. #apogeeape apogeeape.com apogeeman.com Support this podcast

Lindsey Graham, owner and operator of Glamour Salon is opening her business against the governor's stay at home orders. In this hour long conversation you will hear in her own words her reasons for opening. Agree or disagree, this podcast is about humanizing us all. Here you can see exactly who she is, and learn all of the reasons she feels opening her business is essential. Glamour Salon opens May 5th, 2020 and is limiting clients. gloursalonsalem.com apogeeape.com apogeeman.com #openoregon #apogeeape @apogeeape @glamoursalonsalem @apogeeman Support this podcast

Zach and Mike chat about the way like is today in this raw podcast. We go through many solutions we feel like we should have by now as we wrap up season 0. apogeeape.com apogeeman.com @apogeeape @apogeeman #apogeeape Support this podcast

Zach and Eric talk about new things on the horizon and what this podcast is good for. We are slowly wrapping up our season zero and will begin season one with so much more! Sorry for the terrible audio. We moved into a new studio and setup too soon. Good thing for bonus episodes! apogeeape.com apogeeman.com @apogeeape @apogeeman Support this podcast

This is a message from a small business owner to all Americans. Oregonians especially need to listen up. I have been told I am ambitious, and I wish sometimes I was not to the degree I am. I am the perpetual student and have done too many impossible things because I understand human nature. I do not get repeat clients in my business. I have to earn every single one. Our leaders do not understand human nature, and this is more dangerous than any misunderstanding or mixed feelings we have on the current pandemic. Our leaders do not understand us and it's dangerous. My objective is to preserve quality and quantity of life. My name is Zach Thomas and I have 10 employees in my wedding business. We are also the largest wedding company in the state and were planning on 350 weddings this year and 500 in 2021. Suffice to say, I am fed up with having to tell brides that I don't have a plan, a solution. Nor am I able to console them in any way. I can't tell my employees that it will be OK, when I have missed multiple paychecks myself because we have already had 4 months of revenue taken away from us. We were up 37% year over year in February. 1 in 5 of my brides are anti-depressants because the life we have all been told to create does not make us happy. Parents, teachers, religious leaders, news outlets and politicians either lied to us or placed so much distrust in them that we will never trust any of you again. All of us have felt the culture shift this last decade. Let's mix that with a pandemic, look at history, and take real inventory of our fragile predicament. I chose the name Apogee when I started us as a DJ company 14 years ago because the meaning of the word resonated with me as a person. Apogee is the highest point in the development of something. Apex, zenith, pinnacle, paramount. I have always had a desire to be the best. I have always wanted to be the best because I have never felt like I was good enough and I had something to prove to someone else. I did this in many areas, and most of all I did it in weddings. Now, I am calling on all medical professionals, educators, politicians, lawyers, doctors, high school drop outs, business owners, felons, and everyone else who feels their voice is not heard to make it known. It is time for us to unite our minds and create a plan of action which discusses all problems we are facing as a people. Since I am not afraid of being wrong, and don't give a shit if I am right, or if you don't like a noise that my mouth makes. What I care about is doing what is right. To me, doing what is right means providing for the ones I love and that is something I will do and will sacrifice every fiber of my being for. Should someone have told me 7 months ago that I would become single, open my dream business, move my mom into my house, become unemployed, revise my business vision, get TikTok famous, and have to write a pandemic plan to the governor while and be sincerely asked to run for office I would have laughed my ass off. Yet, life happens and we do what we must. Making a plan is the right thing to do. If I am wrong and my plan is wrong or a better plan emerges, I am fine to admit it and seek a better solution. I am not a cry baby who is attached to my feelings and insecure about being wrong. I care about action, and a leader needs to act. I do not identify with any political party and have been unsuccessful in finding one that which fits my point of view. My point of view is quite simple. I want the bull shit and incompetence to stop. Unlike our elected leaders, I understand introspection and course correction. I understand not knowing what to do. That's how business works. We look at what people need and if we have a good answer to what they need, we can make money and feed our family. To me, that is a successful business. I understand how important relationships are. I know what humans can do. Both the bad, and the good. We must... Support this podcast

Apogee: The highest point in the development of something. A climax or culmination. Apex, zenith, pinnacle, paramount, apogee. You and I have felt tensions rise over the last few years. For the first time in the history of the planet a species broke free from the pains and struggles of the earth. We have have had the cognitive revolution. The agricultural, spiritual, financial, industrial, and computer revolutions. We have nothing left to prove, yet our 100,000 year old species still has yet to conquer the greatest challenge of all. Ourselves. We have exterminated and snuffed out life at will without consideration, foresight, reason, regard, or complete knowledge. We are gods, but the wisdom. Now is the time for the wisdom. We are capable enough. Strong enough, and worthy enough for fulfillment in life. Apogee APE is the journey to discover self knowledge and understand the command and uncommon who walk among us. I am Apogeeman. Just a man who wants to be his best. This podcast is my journey and the journey of apes like me. I'm @apogeeman everywhere except Facebook. Inquiries apogeeape@gmail.com donations venmo @apogeeman Follow our journey #apogeeape apogeeape.com Support this podcast

This is my mom, Noreen! I want this podcast to demonstrate how we all came to be what we are. We are our family, friends, community, and the many conversations left unspoken. Follow the hashtag #apogeeape Follow the journey at apogeeape.com Follow Zach @apogeeman including Venmo and apogeeman.com Support this podcast

Zach chats with former co-worker & current neighbor Summer Beshore about life. We have known one another since 2006. Watch & subscribe on YouTube and follow us everywhere online @apogeeape apogeeape.com apogeeman.com Support this podcast

Zach and Eric chat about things we missed out on. Poor leadership and so much more! Follow us @apogeeape on YouTube, TikTok, Facebook, and Instagtam apogeeape.com Follow Zach @apogeeman & apogeeman.com Follow Eric @ericaguinaga77 Support this podcast

Eric and I talk about TikTok, what we love about then platform and how I believe it's going to be the future of media consumption. It's larger than Facebook and Instagram with an active user database of 1.5 billion people and 500 million active users as of January 2020. Follow: @apogeeman @apogeeape @ericaguinaga77 www.apogeeape.com www.apogeeman.com Support this podcast

Zach and Eric talk about how positive people and the community have responded and are now rallying to support those in need at this time. It's encouraging to see such positivity and awareness of one another that has spring up over the last few weeks. www.apogeeape.com www.apogeeman.com #apogeeape Support this podcast

Eric and I discuss what is happening in Oregon with the outbreak. We chat about the types of conversations need to start happening for us to still have a healthy and productive community. It's time to face some hard truths. #apogeeape www.apogeeape.com Support this podcast

A recap of yesterday's concerns and taking a reasonable approach to life. Everything is different, let's not panic. www.apogeeape.com #apogeeape Support this podcast