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Is parenting easy? No. Is it doable even when it’s hard? Yes. Listen in as Mark describes his experiences and his approach to being a father, including how he builds two different relationships based on his kids’ dispositions and needs. If you’ve ever wondered what’s going on in your kids’ heads? Mark probably doesn’t know either. BUT, he can show you how to build trust and cultivate insight so that you can be a great parent’ Mark left a full time career as a flight nurse to focus all his energies on helping you to be the best parent you can be. Today, Mark is an author, coach, and speaker whose mission is to re-energize the dads in America by developing faith-based fatherhood resources that equip and empower dads to become the dad they always dreamed of being. Mark has been married for over eighteen years and has two children, ages 12 and 10. Find all the resources mentioned in this episode on the web at http://rickcoplin.com/sts048

Our Response To Adversity Dictates Our Future. A crippling genetic disease caused Brain Wagner to lose his sight and to almost lose hope. Brian’s blindness enabled him to see the world with new vision. Now he’s on a mission. He took a chance on surgery that could have made things worse. Fortunately, it partially restored his sight. Now, Brian has partial use of his left eye and can even drive. Those days of blindness and struggle were a bleak time for Brian. He withdrew and briefly turned to alcohol to ease the stress. But he never lost hope completely. Each of us faces adversity daily in our work and personal lives. Our response to this adversity dictates our future. Brian’s goal is to help others recognize their blind spots, embrace their personal adversity, ‘go blind’ and respond by ‘gaining vision.’ Today, Brian will tell you his vision is better than ever, and he has clarity on who he is, where he is going, and how he can help individuals and organizations identify their blind spots and see beyond them. In short, he can help you improve your vision. For more information, visit http://rickcoplin.com/sts047

Ray Matz has been en entrepreneur for over thirty years, He’s owned businesses in landscaping, real estate, and vending. Today, he’s Founder of Game Changing Dads and improving kids’ lives through hockey. Ray “Razor” Matz Jr. is an energetic and passionate leader in his community and in his home. He is a devoted husband, a fun-loving father of 3 children, a successful business owner, and a dedicated children's minister in Fernandina Beach, Florida. Ray originally wanted to play professional hockey and pursued that until it became clear that would not be his future. He moved back home and started a landscaping business and during the next 18 years he continued to run his own landscaping company, invest in various business opportunities, and create a successful real estate portfolio. Even though he couldn’t play professional hockey, Ray did play Roller Hockey for Team USA for three years, becoming a three-time world champion. Ray ‘s love of hockey provided him the opportunity to be the head instructor at Team USA Clinics for 20 years; he has taught hockey to kids of all ages from all over the world. Ray created the Main Beach Roller Hockey kids program in Fernandina Beach, Florida to reach area children through the sport. Ray currently serves in the children’s ministry at Journey Church in Fernandina Beach, Florida. He absolutely loves coaching and encouraging every child he meets, on or off the rink! Ray started Game Changing Dads to motivate and encourage husbands and fathers to lead, love, and live. Ray is pursuing his passion of reaching kids and families through a coaching and public speaking career, as well as within the church ministry. Links and resources can be found in the show notes at http://www.rickcoplin.com/StS046

Changing Our World Starts With A First Step. Take A Step Today. Kim Emch was a corporate executive, became a stay-at-home mom, and then discovered poverty in her wealthy suburb. Now, she leads an organization changing lives one family at a time. Kim has an amazing, positive spirit that will inspire you to look more closely at your community and ask “what can I do to make people’s live better?” SON Ministries has helped fifteen Ohio organizations begin their own programs, and Kim would gladly do the same with you in your community. Find more of the resources from this episode at http://rickcoplin.com/sts045

Aaron Walker is an entrepreneur's entrepreneur. He started his first business at the age of 18, which he sold to a Fortune 500 company nine short years later. Aaron has started, bought, and sold twelve businesses over the course of his career. Aaron's new book, View From The Top is guaranteed to motivate and inspire you to live a successful and significant life.

Today, Aaron is the premier advocate of leveraging your success for real significance. He helps men grow in success and significance through coaching, masterminds and thought leadership through his organization, View From the Top.
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Brian Dixon is an encourager, an educator and sharp business leader. He is married with three young children. Brian earned a Doctorate in educational technology. Several years ago, he was the director of online programs for a nationally recognized charter school network with 10 member schools throughout Southern California. He then launched and lead two technology-infused, project-based public charter high schools in downtown Baton Rouge.   Then Brian started Dixon Agency which handled content marketing and strategy for clients. Currently, he is Founder at Amplify Publishers and focused on building a flourishing business around online course creation and publishing. His goal is to produce 300 six-figure generating courses in the next seven years and to compete effectively with larger, traditional publishing houses. Amplify is an acronym for: Audience, Message, Process, Lead, Instruct, Friends, and You. For more information and impactful quotes, visit http://rickcoplin.com/sts043

Mark Henson is the founder of Sparkspace... a unique and exceptional business retreat center in Columbus, Ohio. Mark joins us to talk about his entrepreneurial journey through being an employee, becoming an entrepreneur, success, his journey into depression & burnout, and how he has come back better than ever. 
This conversation is a candid look at how entrepreneurs think and some of the pitfalls we encounter. Mark is also the author of Ordinary Superpowers: Unlock The Full Potential of Your Most Natural Talents. Mark's ordinary superpowers are: •    Exploring new ideas and spaces •    Simplifying things •    Sharing ideas through writing and speaking In addition to running his business and writing books, Mark also conduct retreats, speaks at conferences and coaches people who want to live a more superpowered life. For more resources, visit http://rickcoplin.com/why-ordinary-superpowers-are-key-to-your-unique-success

If I Wanted To, I Could Quit My Job Alex is a full time Clinical Pharmacist who manages 300 anticoagulation patients for the Department of Veterans Affairs. A teacher at heart, Alex helps busy professionals build successful side-businesses at warp speed. He built his first successful side-biz in 2013 and in 2016 paid off his house 27 years early thanks to the hustle. Now he coaches others to do the same. His motto: “Fall in love with action over results.” He currently runs 3 businesses on the side (a franchise, media company, and a coaching practice), plus he develops online courses.
 Alex writes for Entrepreneur.com, HuffingtonPost.com, and PharmacyTimes.com Prior Guest Shout Outs: 1. Mary Valloni – picked up two new coaching clients as a result of our conversation in Episode 32, How to Impact Your Life, Challenge Clients, and Improve Our World 2. Chris O’Byrne - Episode 31, How To Design And Pursue Your Authentic Life Intentionally “We've been able to transition into a full-time nomadic lifestyle with tons of time to spend with our daughter while still growing our business” Significant Success Quotes: “The beautiful thing about the Internet is that you don’t need to be near people.” “If I wanted to, I could quit my job.” “When you live a frugal lifestyle, you can do just about anything.” “I work 45-50 hours for my day job, and on top of that, I have five coaching clients.” “We’re on track to retire in 7 to 10 years - if we want to.”

Encore Presentation: Louise continues to grow her business and expand her speaking opportunities - including keynoting a conference in early 2017. I love her quote, "“When you know who you are, then what the world dishes out is not so bad.“ Enjoy! For a full list of quotes and links to resources from Louise, visit http://www.rickcoplin.com/sts010  

Encore Presentation: Jim Akers uses the metaphor of successive races over the course of one's life to illustrate how we can move to greater levels of significance as we gain experience and intentionally pursue new opportunities. For more about Jim, his book, or any of the other resources mentioned here - visit http://www.rickcoplin.com/sts002  

Bob Ghiloni has served as the head men’s basketball coach at Denison since 2002. within two years, he had turned around a program that had endured seven losing seasons. During his tenure he has led the DU basketball program to a third-place finish in 2005, an appearance in the NCAC Championship game in 2012 and the NCAC Championship in 2016. In 2005 he was named the NCAC’s Coach of the Year. This year, he led the Men’s basketball team to a 22-5 record, it’s best record in the history of the school But that’s the surface stuff. The man behind the program is a coach’s coach. He influences these young men, the athletic department, the Denison Campus and the community in hundreds of ways. Coach Ghiloni is an intellectual, a deep thinker, a life-long learner, a connector, a family man, a voracious reader, and a friend Most of all, he influences those closest to him through being a living example of what he preaches to his team: Becoming Selfless Educated Men of Action. For more about Coach Ghiloni and this episode, visit http://rickcoplin.com/how-to-influence-young-men-for-life-long-success-interview-with-coach-ghiloni      

John McCollum lives in Columbus, OH with his wife, Kori, and three adopted children, all of whom have been adopted from Asia. Asia's Hope is a Christian non-profit organization that provides long-term, family-style residential care for orphaned children at high risk of sexual and economic exploitation in Cambodia, Thailand and India. Asia’s Hope has 150 employees in 4 countries. ✅ Started out working in a bar, discovered a love of marketing. ✅ Worked for an agency ✅ Started his own company ✅ Got married and adopted their first child and now have adopted three ✅ Growing awareness of needs in Asia ✅ Leveraged his marketing & business skills ✅ Chose to shut down his company ✅ Asia’s Hope runs 30+ orphanages in Cambodia, Thailand, and India   For more information, visit the show notes at http://rickcoplin/how-one-determined-person-can-change-the-world-sts-037  

Scott Perkins is a former pastor who experienced burnout and a life of chaos. He shares this story - and the mask of lies he wore before becoming restored and living through transformation. Are You Hiding Behind A Mask of Lies like Scott Was? That sounds rather harsh, but it fits Scott's story. Note the importance of the word "was"? Scott shares the story of his downfall: A life of chaos turned into burnout, misplaced priorities, and the weight of the mask he wore which nearly destroyed his life. I saw myself in some of Scott's experiences, and you might have too. Scott's story will move you as he shows how he is being restored and living through transformation.   Resources and Links Mentioned In This Episode: ✅ Tree of Lies book ✅ Special offer to Success to Significance podcast listeners✅ Unlocking Your Lies Video Course    Our guest: ✅ LinkedIn ✅ Facebook ✅ Twitter ✅ Website     You can find more about Scott and the resources mentioned in this episode at http://rickcoplin.com/sts036

David Samuel doesn’t want you to know he’s there. He calls it “Distraction-free Media”. As a professional recording engineer, David thrives on working behind the scenes so that those who are on stage can focus on maximizing the impact from their presentation. In other words; The less you know about the work going on by the production team, the better the event. In this episode David talks about: • His life change in the midst of a career change • Helping tech departments in large organizations work as a team • How he plans to create a course of instruction • Acoustic feedback is what 90% of the audience hears before the engineer does • Pursuing a degree; Not for the degree itself but for the increased knowledge that could open doors in the future • Using knowledge to train others how to better understand technology For more, visit http://www.rickcoplin.com/sts035  

Encore Presentation: Pursuing Your Dream In The Face of Setbacks   This is an encore of episode 007, featuring Jared Easley, who has a great story of dreaming big and making things happen.   Jared is an author and co-author of multiple books, most recently, Stop Chasing Influencers: The True Path to Building Your Business and Living Your Dream.   Reality tempers Jared’s story. He was let go from his day job and decided to pursue his dreams. He then had to fall back on his professional credentials to support his family working as a consultant while building his dream on the side.   Some of his efforts failed, including an early partnership. Some left him in debt. His story is full of learning experiences and ongoing triumph in the face of significant obstacles.   Access the Show Notes HERE.   Resources and Links Mentioned In This Episode: ✅  Stop Chasing Influencers: The True Path to Building Your Business and Living Your Dream (Jared’s most recent book) ✅  Podcasting Good to Great: How to Grow Your Audience Through Collaboration ✅  PodcastMovement.com   Show Notes: ✅ More details about Jared and how to reach him ✅ Several highlighted quotes from Jared ✅ Links to additional resources, books etc.   Check it all out HERE.     You can join our Success to Significance Community via our weekly newsletter.   Thanks for listening today!   You can reach Rick via Rick@RickCoplin.com and Voicemail.

 Do Something Amazing Today That Scares You   Today we have as our guest Mike Merriam.   Mike is an author, speaker, and AVID participant in life. Mike’s most recent book is Closer Than You Think - Six Fundamental Questions to Ignite Your Personal Evolution. Those questions form the basis for your clarity, purpose and actions.   Just three weeks before our conversation, Mike encountered an unexpected career change when he was let go abruptly from the mortgage company he worked for and had excelled at for several years.   Mike looked around and said "I’m going all in on my business" and he hasn't looked back.   We learn on our conversation that in the year leading up to that radical change, Mike had been preparing for the next phase of his life. Even though it came sooner than expected, he was ready enough to land on his feet.   I’m confident Mike’s positive outlook, radical approach to living, and entrepreneurial drive will inspire you today.   Resources and Links Mentioned In This Episode: ✅  Closer Than You Think - Six Fundamental Questions to Ignite Your Personal Evolution (Mike’s book) ✅  Mike's Website ✅  Coaching and Mentoring Opportunity with Rick Coplin     Show Notes: ✅ More details about Mike and how to reach him ✅ Several highlighted quotes from Mike ✅ Links to additional resources, books etc.   Check it all out HERE.     You can join our Success to Significance Community via our weekly newsletter.   Thanks for listening today!     You can reach Rick via Rick@RickCoplin.com and Voicemail.    

How to Impact Your Life, Challenge Clients, and Improve Our World     Today we have as our guest Mary Valloni.   Mary has an inspiring background in the non-profit world where she created tremendous success leading a non-profit organization to repeatedly raise record amounts of funding. Mary has parlayed her in-the trenches and leadership experiences into a growing business that is now helping others lead their organizations effectively and as a result, is impacting lives on a global basis. Mary just published her first book, Fundraising Freedom, which focuses on the non-profit world. The fundraising and teamwork principles she outlines are applicable to all types of businesses.   Mary’s a super sharp person & I’m confident you’ll enjoy our conversation!   Resources and Links Mentioned In This Episode: ✅  Fundraising Freedom Coaching Course ✅  Fundraising Freedom (Mary’s book) ✅  Mary Valloni’s Website ✅  The 2017 Success to Significance Community Survey ✅  Coaching and Mentoring Opportunity with Rick Coplin     You can join our Success to Significance Community via our weekly newsletter.     Show Notes HERE: ✅ More details about Mary and where you can reach her ✅ Several highlighted quotes from Mary ✅ Links to additional resources, books etc.     Thanks for listening today! You can reach Rick via Rick@RickCoplin.com and Voicemail.

How To Design And Pursue Your Authentic Life Intentionally   Today we have as our guest Chris O'Byrne, Founder of JetLaunch, a company that provides excellent services to people self publishing books. Chris has an intriguing story, a winding path from being a high school teacher to launching into entrepreneurship, and then growing his business to support the lifestyle he and his wife seek. We talk about how he is focusing on building the necessary systems and processes to make the business sustainable and support additional opportunities he is identifying. We also talk about Chris’s working from home and what that means for his family. The latter half of our conversation is all about intentionally pursuing the lifestyle he and his wife desire. I don't want to give too much away before Chris has an opportunity to talk about it. I’ll just say it involves a part-time nomadic lifestyle living in a van that is sometimes parked down by the river.   Resources and Links Mentioned In This Episode: ✅  The 2017 Success to Significance Community Survey ✅  JetLaunch ✅  Coaching and Mentoring Opportunity with Rick Coplin     You can join our Success to Significance Community via our weekly newsletter.     Show Notes: ✅ More details about Chris and where to reach him ✅ Several highlighted quotes from Chris ✅ Links to additional resources, books etc.   Check it all out HERE.     Thanks for listening today! You can reach Rick via Rick@RickCoplin.com and Voicemail.

You Can Live Your Intentional Courageous Life Today   Today we have as our guest Melissa Nixon. Melissa is a vibrant professional speaker, trainer, & leadership coach. Melissa invested 15+ years in Corporate America as a HR/Organizational Development leader helping leaders navigate large scale change. Today she is building a business that is changing lives and companies around the world, all because she said "Yes!" to her dream.   Resources and Links Mentioned In This Episode: ✅  The 2017 Success to Significance Community Survey ✅  The Courageous Life Challenge - What would you do if you weren't afraid? ✅  Melissa's Website ✅  Melissa's Book: The Courageous Life - How to Leap from Your Career to Your Calling     You can join our Success to Significance Community via our weekly newsletter.     Show Notes: ✅ More details about Melissa and where to reach her ✅ A dozen highlighted quotes of Melissa ✅ Links to additional resources, books etc.   Check it all out HERE.     Thanks for listening today! You can reach Rick via Rick@RickCoplin.com and Voicemail.    

How To Live Your Life Forward From Dream to Do   Today we have as our guest Kent Julian. Kent invested his life in the non-profit world, specifically the church world for 20+ years. He was a youth pastor and by his early 30s was the executive director of a national youth organization that worked with 2,000 youth groups across America. Then he did something crazy, like many of our guests, he quit to become an entrepreneur and now leads the company founded, Live It Forward. Today he’s a professional speaker and coach. You can find his articles in places like Entrepreneur, Success, Huffington Post, and the GoodMenProject. Kent also has a top notch podcast called the Live It Forward Podcast.   Resources and links mentioned in the episode: ✅  2017 Success to Significance Community Survey ✅  Kent's website: Live It Forward     You can join our Success to Significance community via our weekly newsletter.      Show Notes You can access today's show notes HERE.     Thanks for listening in, you can reach me at Rick@RickCoplin.com or you can leave me a private voice message.    

Engineering Your Dream Life By Maximizing Ideas, Focus and Flow   Today we have as our guest Kary Oberbrunner. We talk about what it means to live in today’s information overload world, the multitude of decisions we all face just navigating our normal days, what it means to be hacked and how we can become unhackable.   Resources and links mentioned in the episode: ✅  Being (mentally) hacked and the Hackability Assessment; ✅  The Hackability Webinar ✅  Kary's new book The Elixir Project ✅  The Elixir Project Experience: Thirty Days to becoming unhackable.     You can join our Success to Significance via our weekly newsletter. It's full of encouragement and tips for you: HERE.     Show Notes You can access today's show notes HERE.     Thanks for listening in, you can reach me at Rick@RickCoplin.com or you can leave me a private voice message.     Here's to a fantastic 2017 for you and your family!

This week's Success to Significance Podcast is a short episode capping off 2016, previewing episodes for January and February, and encouraging you to pursue intentional learning and growth opportunities for 2017. Here's what we talk about this week: ✅  Our self-investment imperative for 2017; ✅  Being (mentally) hacked and the Hackability Assessment; ✅  The Hackability Webinar ✅  My self-development focus for the first quarter; ✅  The 2017 Success to Significance Community Survey; ✅  The Deeper Path coaching program I am offering to you beginning in February.     The Success to Significance Newsletter Have you subscribed to the Success to Significance newsletter? It's full of encouragement and tips for you: HERE.     Show Notes You can access today's show notes HERE.     Thanks for listening in, you can reach me at Rick@RickCoplin.com or you can leave me a private voice message.     Here's to a fantastic 2017 for you and your family!

Today it’s just you and me.     Here’s what we’re covering today: ✅  The launch of Kary Oberbrunner's latest book, The Elixer Project. It's going to be one heck of a global party on December 6th, 2016. Join us if can at Launch Party! ✅  The LifeScore™ Assessment, which is free product offered by the Michal Hyatt organization. I’ll talk about my results from last year and this year, how I closed some of the real gaps, and how I plan to use LifeScore more effectively in 2017; ✅  Next, we’ll talk about 5 Days To Your Best Year Ever, an online goal setting course and community, also offered by the Michal Hyatt organization. The LifeScore™ Assessment is part of the launch of Best Year Ever. We’ll also talk about the upcoming webinar, the course itself, the three levels of participation, the pricing, and a few observations about being an affiliate of a major product launch, which is a first for me; ✅  and finally I’ll touch on The Deeper Path coaching and mentoring cohort I'm offering to you beginning in February.   Success to Significance Newsletter Have you subscribed to the Success to Significance newsletter? It's full of encouragement and you can sign up HERE.     Show Notes You can access today's show notes HERE.     Thanks for listening in, you can reach me at Rick@RickCoplin.com or leave me a private voice message.   Enjoy today!    

Today it’s just you and me.   Success to Significance is taking a mini-break between Thanksgiving and the end of the year. We'll featue guests again on Friday, January 6th, 2017. Plus, there won’t be an episode every Friday in December.     Here’s what we’re talking about today: ✅  What's coming up in 2017. I have several excellent conversations with thought leaders starting in January; ✅  The 5 Days To Your Best Year Ever course on setting and reaching goals provided by the Michael Hyatt organization; ✅  A coaching program called Rocket Results offered by my friend Richard Medcalf; ✅  The Live It Forward Advance Deep Dive offered by another friend, Kent Julian. ✅  The Deeper Path coaching cohort I'm offering to you set to begin in February; ✅  The coach I hired in September and the MAJOR difference I'm already experiencing. ✅  And finally, I answer the question "Why would I feature someone else's coaching program or course when I'm offering coaching too?” That sounds crazy, right? Well, not really! I’ll explain in a few minutes.   You can access today's show notes HERE.   Thanks for listening in, you can reach me at Rick@RickCoplin.com or leave me a private voice message.   Enjoy today!

Brian is Founder of Better Minds Group.   He’s Clinical Psychologist by trade, and he's also a well regarded Executive Coach, a Confidant for those who get to work with him, a Strategist with keen insights and a Brain-Optimization Trainer. Our conversation spans stress and how we handle it, history, professional burnout, marriage, psychology and the pressures we face as human being who are individuals, employees, family members and entrepreneurs - you name it. We all face challenges and Brian works with people who need help to navigate our world.   Access the show notes for this conversation with Brian, including several quotes, plus links HERE.   You can email Rick at Rick@RickCoplin.com  

Brian is Founder of Better Minds Group.   He’s Clinical Psychologist by trade, and he's also a respected Executive Coach, a Confidant for those working with him, a Strategist with keen insights and a Brain-Optimization Trainer. Our conversation spans economics, history, ancient and modern societies, professional burnout, nationalism & globalism, war, the pressures we face as employees and entrepreneurs, and the pressures our children face in a world radically different from the one we know so well that began a tectonic change just a few years ago and is rapidly fading into history.   We look at some serious issues facing our generations, and we also laugh quite a bit.   Access the show notes for this conversation with Brian, including several quotes, plus links HERE.

Success to Significance welcomes Cardiff Hall.
 How To Upgrade Your Mindset For Your Best Future
   Today we have with us Cardiff Hall, an executive with Del Monte Foods with over 27 years experience in corporate environments and consumer packaged goods.   He is building his next business around coaching working professionals to accomplish their goals. He's leading colleagues inside Del Monte and coaching others as well. Cardiff helps individuals and companies revolutionize how they live or do business. He leads others to reach beyond their current level of success, so they can have sustained achievement.   Cardiff is also author of a new book Tide Turners, scheduled for release on January 17th, 2017.     Popular Links:   Kary Oberbrunner's How to Become an Author Webinar Joel Kessel's 30 Days to a Bigger Stage Access the show notes for Cardiff, including several quotes, links to his site and his book, Tide Turners HERE.  

Mike Kim is a marketing consultant, communications strategist, and copywriter. Prior to going out on his own, Mike was worship pastor of a large church in Connecticut. Mike joined a company as Chief Marketing Officer and while he was CMO, that company grew revenues from a six-figure business to multiple seven-figures.   Mike leverages what he learned and put into practice as CMO to help coaches, consultants, and speakers market and monetize their message. Mike has a passion for helping professionals move from stuck to free, coaching them as they make the leap from their day job to launching a successful business. Mike is host of the popular Brand You podcast. Access the show notes for Mike, including several quotes, links to his site and his podcast at http://www.rickcoplin.com/sts021  

Jason Barger's life of significance has spanned the nearly two decades since he graduated from college. He's led over 1,700 people to construct 125 houses internationally for families living in poverty. He's implemented the Streets Mission Project to serve the homeless on the streets of Columbus, Ohio. He's designed programming focused on living with joy, love, compassion, faith, and service for over 1,900 campers per summer. Today, Jason is a dynamic motivational speaker, author, teacher, servant-leader, and consultant working with companies and individuals around the world. As founder of Step Back Leadership Consulting LLC, he adds value to organizations that are passionate about Culture Change, Leadership Development, Innovation, Service, and bringing their Mission to life everyday. Jason, his wife Amy, and their three children live in Columbus, Ohio Access the show notes for Jason, including links to his site and his books at http://www.rickcoplin.com/sts020  

A shortened podcast episode explaining why we have no guest this week and encouraging you to listen to three other excellent podcasts. We're back next week with a phenomenal conversation with Jason Barger. In this episode, I recommend three stellar podcasts they are: Ken Davis' The Art and Business of Public Speaking with a guest presentation from Michele Cushatt: The Gift of Good Communication. Kary Oberbrunner's Igniting Souls Podcast. Kary has grown a business to over 7 figures in just a few short years. His podcast is full of thought provoking, actionable advice. Find it HERE. Kent Julian's Live It Forward Podcast. All episodes are excellent, and in Episode 25, Ken lays out better than anyone how success and significance are intertwined. You can access all episodes, starting with the latest one, HERE.   We're back in full force next week with Jason Barger, who has an amazing story, not the least of which is turning down a job with the Chicago Bulls right out of college to work with an organization that runs a summer camp. He's had an amazing, nearly two decade journey since then. I know you like what Jason has to say.   The Show notes for this short episode can be found HERE.   Thanks for listening!

Vincent Pugliese has a background in journalism, and is a globally recognized sports photographer. He’s also a wedding photographer in partnership with his wife Elizabeth.   Vincent is writing a book, Freelance to Freedom which will be published in early 2017.   Most importantly, Vincent and Elizabeth are parents to three young boys and building a life of financial and time independence by their own design.   Access the show notes at http://www.rickcoplin.com/sts018      

Brian Mininger was leading a successful construction company and flying high when the downturn of 2008/2009 hit hard. His company was over-leveraged and he had to layoff employees over several months, then shut down and fire his remaining employees two weeks before Christmas. Brian then went down an entrepreneurial path, consulting, writing, podcasting and seeking to build a new life. A wise mentor encouraged him to return to construction. He re-discovered his passion for building, not just properties, but for building people. Today he works for that mentor and is leading the new company to remarkable growth, on track to hit $10 million this year, with the goal of reaching $100 million in five years. Brian’s story is one of success, failure, depression, rebirth and renewed purpose.   Access the show notes at http://www.rickcoplin.com/sts017  

Joanne Miller is an entrepreneur who wears many hats and who has focused her life on creating a Haven of Peace for her family, friends and clients. Joanne grew up surrounded by divorce, poverty and occasional violence. She was determined to change her family DNA when she married Dan Miller. Joanne worked to intentionally create a Haven of Peace within their homes, which sometimes meant living in a crowded trailer with young children. Joanne recently published Creating a Haven of Peace: When You’re Feeling Down, Finances Are Flat, and Tempers are Rising. Creating a Haven of Peace provides a formula for creating Sanctuary in your own home. Joanne outlines her approach through attainable steps to creating your Haven of Peace. Joanne is the author of multiple books on creativity, art and children’s themes. Joanne’s success is her leadership in creating and sustaining a Haven of Peace. Her significance is evident in her various roles of wife, mother, grandmother, author, artist, teacher, entrepreneur and nurturer.   Get a copy of Joanne's book, Haven of Peace. Access the show notes at http://www.rickcoplin.com/sts016   Want to be included in a Q&A Episode or Leave a comment for Rick or for Eric? Leave your message at http://www.rickcoplin.com/speak  

Eric Eaton is a business leader, former lead pastor of his church, philanthropist, and most recently, author of The Raging Sloth - An Upside-Down Blueprint to Bust Your Limits, Build Your Purpose, and Balance Your Life. Eric had his career interrupted, not once, but twice by chronic pain. His medical condition made it impossible to keep up with colleagues and the demands of both a consulting career and a career as the lead pastor of a large church. Eric's life changed when he changed his mindset and re-framed success in his terms to leverage his disability rather than suffer under it. He became the Raging Sloth. Access the show notes HERE.   Want to be included in a Q&A Episode or Leave a comment for Rick or for Eric? Leave your message here http://www.rickcoplin.com/speak  

Jonathan Milligan is a former teacher and recruiter who has built a successful online business helping others create the life and work they love. Jonathan is like many of us, in that his avocation evolved through a series of less-than-planned jobs, setbacks and successes. He started his career as a teacher and after a few years, transitioned to recruiting in the finance and insurance industry. He then began blogging about recruiting as a way to build his platform. During this time, Jonathan developed his first online product. This product was his first glimpse of helping a global audience and producing revenue. More digital products followed, and Jonathan and his wife made the decision in 2009 that he would become a full time entrepreneur. At each step along the way, Jonathan was adding knowledge and skills that enabled him to begin blogging and creating digital products full time Today, Jonathan runs a successful online business, creating digital products and courses, leading a membership site, Blogging Your Passion University, and hosting the Blogging Your Passion Podcast. As with many entrepreneurs, family comes first. Jonathan's focus on his family as his top priority is the Why behind his success. Access the show notes HERE. Want to be included in the Q&A Episode? Leave your message!

Rick Coplin goes Solo and discusses nine of the lesson's he's learned launching The Success to Significance Podcast. He also covers some of the highlights from previous guests. Links mentioned in this episode: Review Success to Significance in iTunes Read others' reviews Learn more about the 2016 Igniting Souls Conference Leave Rick a voice message Access the show notes HERE. Want to be included in the Q&A Episode? Leave your message!

Trivinia Barber is an Entrepreneur, Wife, mom, and CEO of Priority VA, which employs over 50 VAs and team members, including her husband, Chris. Trivinia started her business as a result of family and mindset changes, and like many entrepreneurs, worked 16-17 hours a day in the early years of Priority VA. In fact, she was three years into that pace when she and Chris recognized they needed to change. Trivinia is successfully fighting to regain her balance - one of the many challenges of the entrepreneurial life. As with many entrepreneurs, family comes first. Trivinia's focus on her family as her number one priority comes out loud and clear.   Access the show notes HERE.   Want to be included in the Q&A Episode? Leave your message!

Kyle Keldsen is an entrepreneurial Intrepreneur. Kyle is an entrepreneur at heart, and has found a company to work with that enables him to do what he loves and have impact. Kyle left a position as partner in a company after realizing his best memories centered on times when he was speaking in front of audiences. He became a leader in ToastMasters and explored the potential of entrepreneurial opportunities. Ultimately, Kyle decided that working for a company that helps individuals become better presenters would be his intersection of passion, skill and market need.   Access the show notes HERE.   Want to be included in the Q&A Episode? Leave your message!

Louise Elliott is an amazing person person. She describes herself as a Hockey Mom, career coach, photographer, artist, and author. Louise invested 27 years in corporate IT. She was Executive Director at JPMorgan Chase in 2013 when she began to evaluate her life and what she wanted to do. At the same time, she was increasingly less enthusiastic about her work and her health was suffering due to the stress. She refocused her efforts on her career development, continuing to work full time while she began to build her coaching and mentoring business on the side. She left Chase in 2014 and joined a company where she could invest 80% of her time doing what she loves. On top of a full time career and building a business on the side, Louise is working on her Masters in Psychology, which is one of her life goals. Louise is also a single mom of teenage son who aspires to play hockey in the NHL. Louise was downsized in January 2016 along with 150 colleagues, and successfully coached her colleagues through the layoffs. Louise is Founder and Chief Transformational Officer (CTO) at her company, CareerPowerShift Louise will knock your socks off with her positive approach to life. Access the show notes HERE. Want to be included in the Q&A Episode? Leave your message!

Employee to Stay-At-Home-Dad to Leading A 7-Figure Business Today, in the second half of our conversation with David Branderhorst, we talk about: David’s role in the Igniting Souls organization. The goal of the programs and products David and his partner are developing. What impact means. Where David finds his reward.   David left a banking career to be a full time dad. As his kids entered school, he pursued entrepreneurial opportunities and now impacts people on a global scale. David worked with directly with the CFO and CEO of a regional bank and his wife had a successful career of her own. They had a baby, then had twins. There were cracks showing in the foundation of their marriage due to stress and exhaustion. David realized the outcome he and his wife wanted went far beyond survival. They agreed he should “walk away” from his career to invest his time as dad to his three children while his wife continued her career. When the kids were old enough to go to school, David began to search for a new career, but realized he wanted more than just a job. He eventually partnered with Kary Oberbrunner to build Igniting Souls, where he helps individuals and organizations clarify who they are, why they are here, and where they should invest their time and energy. Hear David Speak at the Igniting Souls Conference in October 2016. Access the show notes HERE.

Part 1 with David Bradnerhort David left a banking career to be a full time dad. As his kids entered school, he pursued entrepreneurial opportunities and now impacts people on a global scale. David worked with directly with the CFO and CEO of a regional bank and his wife had a successful career of her own. They had a baby, then had twins. There were cracks showing in the foundation of their marriage due to stress and exhaustion. David realized the outcome he and his wife wanted went far beyond survival. They agreed he should “walk away” from his career to invest his time as dad to his three children while his wife continued her career. When the kids were old enough to go to school, David began to search for a new career, but realized he wanted more than just a job. He eventually partnered with Kary Oberbrunner to build Igniting Souls, where he helps individuals and organizations clarify who they are, why they are here, and where they should invest their time and energy. Hear David Speak at the Igniting Souls Conference in October 2016. Access the show notes HERE.  

Jared Easley has a great story of dreaming big and making things happen. Jared is an author and co-author of multiple books, most recently, Stop Chasing Influencers: The True Path to Building Your Business and Living Your Dream.   Reality tempers Jared’s story. He was let go from his day job and decided to pursue his dreams. He then had to fall back on his professional credentials to support his family working as a consultant while building his dream on the side.   Some of his efforts failed, including an early partnership. Some left him in debt. His story is full of learning experiences and ongoing triumph in the face of significant obstacles.   Access the Show Notes HERE.

Andrew Moon, a serial entrepreneur, strategist and speaker, joins The Success to Significance Podcast this week. We talk about over-working, pursuing health in a healthy manner, and throttling back to stay alive. Andrew sold his business, Network Logix, as he realized there was no way to backtrack and reign in his workload and sustain a manageable rate of work or growth unless he fired most of his clients. YOU may see yourself in Andrew's story. You can learn more at RickCoplin.com/StS006

Joel Kessel reveals why he moved his office home, talks about his current business and how he is growing opportunities through new products, and why conference are important to his future. Listen to Message Clarity Is Your Best Strategy For Breakthrough Success For inspirational quotes and links to resources mentioned, visit http://rickcoplin.com/sts005  

Today we talk with Dr. Harold Arnold. Harold is an entrepreneur, a social and organizational psychologist, and a licensed marriage and family therapist. He is also a passionate teacher who is building his platform on the side while focused on his full-time job as a Pharmaceutical Market Researcher. As a result he understands the necessity of focused effort toward significant goals and the challenge of building a business in the margins of a busy life.   For a list of quotes and resources from this episode, visit http://www.rickcoplin.com/sts004  

Cynthia Claire invested over 25 years in her corporate careers and pursued her passions on a global scale inside her last employer. She left to form her own company and is now an in-demand speaker, author, and coach. Cynthia recently authored Divorce to Divine, Becoming the Fabulous Person You were Intended to Be.. Her enthusiastic approach to her career, taking risks and moving forward, even when the path is unclear, will encourage you. Show notes for this episode can be found at RickCoplin.com/StS003

Jim Akers was a highly successful executive who left the corporate world three years ago to pursue greater significance. He recently published Tape Breakers, How To Maximize Your Impact With People You Love, Teams You Lead and Causes that Stir Your Heart in early 2016. Tape Breakers is a book which in many ways defines how those moving through success to significance can do so intentionally. This is an interview you will not want to miss. Jim’s thoughtful approach to business, planning next steps, taking risks, supporting a vital cause and intentionally living will inspire you. Show notes for this episode can be found at RickCoplin.com/StS002   About your host: Rick Coplin contributed to building a start-up company, directed technology programs in a major financial institution and consulted with companies throughout the United States in the areas of technology, finance, marketing, and operations. Following the startup sale, Rick joined Rev1 Ventures becoming the Vice President of Community Partner Ventures. Rick worked alongside entrepreneurs, supporting, mentoring, coaching, incubating and funding high-growth potential companies. After eight years at Rev1, Rick transitioned back to being an entrepreneur in early 2016. He is leveraging his business and entrepreneurial experiences to build significance and impact. Rick works with executives helping them to translate their success into significance by recognizing their calling, creating clarity, identifying potential, pursuing intentional living and realizing their dreams.   You can get to know Rick at RickCoplin.com, where Rick blogs weekly and publishes a new episode of The Success to Significance Podcast every Friday.

Steve Schulze, a 30-year government employee, was encouraged by his wife to “Get out before they carry you out”. Steve left his career at the beginning of 2016, and he details how that journey started a few years ago.  He is now focused on building on his success to create a life of greater significance.   Our conversation in many ways epitomizes what Success to Significance is all about. So, it’s a perfect first episode. You will be amazed at Steve’s authenticity and clarity as he tells his story.   Show notes for this episode can be found at RickCoplin.com/StS001   Learn more: The Success to Significance Podcast will help you leverage your success into significance.   About Our Host Rick Coplin contributed to building a start-up company, directed technology programs in a major financial institution and consulted with companies throughout the United States in the areas of technology, finance, marketing, and operations.   Following the startup sale, Rick joined Rev1 Ventures becoming the Vice President of Community Partner Ventures. Rick worked alongside entrepreneurs, supporting, mentoring, coaching, incubating and funding high-growth potential companies.   After eight years at Rev1, Rick transitioned back to being an entrepreneur in early 2016. He is leveraging his business and entrepreneurial experiences to build significance and impact.   Rick works with executives helping them to translate their success into significance by recognizing their calling, creating clarity, identifying potential, pursuing intentional living and realizing their dreams.    You can get to know Rick at RickCoplin.com, where Rick blogs weekly and publishes a new episode of Success to Significance every Friday.  

The Success to Significance Podcast helps you leverage your business success into significance and impact. It is hosted by Rick Coplin who has contributed to building a start-up company, directed technology programs in a major financial institution and consulted with companies throughout the United States in the areas of technology, finance, marketing, and operations. Following the startup sale, Rick joined Rev1 Ventures becoming the Vice President of Community Partner Ventures. Rick worked alongside entrepreneurs, supporting, mentoring, coaching, incubating and funding high-growth potential companies. After eight years at Rev1, Rick transitioned back to being an entrepreneur in early 2016. He is leveraging his business and entrepreneurial experiences to build significance and impact. Rick works with executives helping them to translate their success into significance by recognizing their calling, creating clarity, identifying potential, pursuing intentional living and realizing their dreams. The Success to Significance Podcast will help you to do the same as Rick interviews those who have leveraged their success into significance. You can get to know Rick at RickCoplin.com