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In this episode of Tenaciously Human Podcast, we have John Jonas the Owner of Onlinejobs.ph. He is a husband and a father of 5 kids, a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, an entrepreneur, and the host of The Secret Sauce of Outsourcing. In this episode, he talked about how he discovered outsourcing, made his life better, helped other people - and never went back. He is the owner and founder of Onlinejobs.ph – a platform where you can hire Filipino virtual assistants. This can be extremely helpful for you as a business owner - so make sure to listen to this episode!Sneak Peek: 06:30 What do you do to make sure that you can juggle the different challenges that come with working from home?06:41 No other success in life compensates for failure in the home - David O. McKay11:00 I had turned work over to some of my team. I had two guys in the Philippines working for me and to whom I turned most of my work over to, and I was amazed that they actually were capable and competent in taking over things.15:38 Philippines is just different. The experience is different. The culture is different. They are hardworking and honest and super loyal and they don't wanna steal your business. 31:00 So the biggest difference that you're seeing between what you do and others is that you're not looking for someone to just come in, do something and then leave you're hiring an employee, right? You're hiring someone who's gonna be on your team, ideally for a very long time.35:32 People always ask two questions. How do I know I'm ready to hire someone? Who do I hire first? Learn more about him: johnjonas.comWant to be on the show? Send us an email at jake@tenaciouslyhuman.comBe part of the Tenaciously Human movement! Crush your career, compromise nothing. Learn more here at tenaciouslyhuman.com

In this episode of Tenaciously Human Podcast, we have Cory Carlson. He is a Christian, a husband, a father of three, a former executive, a speaker, an author, and a coach. As he advocates winning at home first, he talks about the early years of his career and how he navigated success, failures, and priorities in life. He shared how God moved in his life, turned around, achieved success when he seek balance in work, faith, and faith.Sneak Peek: 13:15 I think God works in mysterious ways in our lives. And you felt his hand in something like being fired, right? To me, that takes a lot of faith. And probably experience in trusting God. Were there other experiences in your life that led up to you to say, you know what? I trust God at this moment, even though I don't know all the facts. 15:49 You try, these big moments are pretty clear, but it sounds like you had these little moments along the way that you start to build [your faith. And then going forward, it's a lot easier to trust God because you've learned by degrees to.17:15 I control the input. God controls the impact. 19:16 What does that mean in, in practicality, to put home first? 22:20 We've gotta go on dates with our spouse. Otherwise, we'll become roommates. We gotta be intentional with our kids and be their loudest voice to them. Otherwise, culture's gonna be the loudest voice.28:52 Everything can be taken away from us. Right? As we start to accomplish things in our lives and, find some semblance of professional success, it's really easy to look back and think, I can trust my bank account because there are a million dollars in there, more than I can trust God, cuz he's intangible. Right? But that money can disappear. You get a certain number of followers on Instagram and then you get banned or someone kicks you off Twitter. So many of these things can get taken away really quickly. And we don't know really how intangible, how unstable our life is. The only things that we can rely on ultimately is God.Learn more about him: www.corymcarlson.comBuy the book- Win at home first www.corymcarlson.com/winathomefirstFollow him on IG: instagram.com/carlsoncoryWant to be on the show? Send us an email at patricia@tenaciouslyhuman.comBe part of the Tenaciously Human movement! Crush your career, compromise nothing. Learn more here at tenaciouslyhuman.com

In this episode of Tenaciously Human Podcast, we have Clay Olsen. He is a Christian, soon-to-be father of four, and the CEO and founder of Impact Suite, an award-winning self-care app that has been helping thousands of people. He is here to talk about how he started making an impact in helping people recover from addiction, and becoming a part of the journey of healing and recovery for many people. Sneak Peek: 14:27 You started this, this movement to talk about [pornography] when did it transition into not only talking about it, but helping people to recover from this? 15:49 There was no good solution. And so we decided, We need to make it free. And so all these other groups that we love and still, support and encourage people to get professional support if they need it. 19:40 It was free for youth and it still is free for youth and it will always be free for youth. So young people don't pay for premium access to the tools.20:16 That's incredible because as I reflect back on my life and my struggle with addiction, my struggle with mental health, all those sorts of things. The tools that I know now as an adult, would've been immensely valuable to me as a teenager. 29:00 I've chosen a career path that is very purpose driven in everything. I have a lot on my plateI find a lot of purpose at work and not everyone does. I get that, but even if you do or don't at work, it's important to find the purpose at home as well.40:40 If I could scream one message from the mountaintops on this topic, addiction. Recovery is that there needs to be a paradigm shift in the way that we think and talk about mental health because there's one that is not only more true but far more hopeful for individuals as they hear a message that tells them, that they can heal and they can reach lasting recovery and healing it doesn't have to be permanent.Learn more about him: linkedin.com/in/clayolsenWant to be on the show? Send us an email at patricia@tenaciouslyhuman.comBe part of the Tenaciously Human movement! Crush your career, compromise nothing. Learn more here at tenaciouslyhuman.com

This is the 100th episode of the Tenaciously Human Podcast! it wouldn't be possible without your support! I am blown away that we've made it this far. It has been super fun. We have had the opportunity to talk with guests everywhere; from the next town over to all the way around the world. It has been just a great experience and I've loved learning so much along with all of you.Some other great news that I want to share with you is that we reached the top 10% of podcasts in the world across all categories. I'm very excited that we are growing and that the powerful message that we really believe in is reaching many people around the world.I'm also writing a book based on all the stories and lessons from this podcast and in this episode I'm going to share with you the 7 steps on how to find wild professional success without sacrificing faith and family that will be the chapters of my book. Here's a sneak peak of the podcast:01:31 You can have professional success, you can pursue it, you should pursue it, and you can do so without losing faith, without sacrificing family. In fact, you can be empowered by those two things and that they all kind of feed off each other: faith, family, and business. When you focus on all three of those they strengthen each other and each one raises the others. 08:40 Step 1- Identify who you are09:35 If you lose your job today, does that make you a worse person? Does that change who you are? The answer is no, it doesn't change who you are at all.13:28 Step 2- Define your Success14:22 You need to look at it not just professionally, but what is your life gonna look like when you reach this goal? When you reach this vision? And most importantly, what is your life gonna look like along the journey to get there? 16:00 Step 3- Stake Your Claim17:56 Step 4- ADD by Subtraction24:40 Step 5- Mental and Emotional Awareness27:46 I find validation is such a powerful thing in the world. If we can validate each other more. It's gonna, I mean, that, that's the secret in my mind to world peace.30:00 Step 6- Time Management32:15 Step 7- Revisit the RiverWant to be on the show? Send us an email at patricia@tenaciouslyhuman.comBe part of the Tenaciously Human movement! Crush your career, compromise nothing. Learn more here at tenaciouslyhuman.com

In this episode of Tenaciously Human Podcast, we have Yael Trusch. She helps Jewish women with their finances, is the award-winning host of the Jewish Money Matters Podcast, and is dubbed the Jewish Oprah. We talked about God, faith, money, what it means to be rich, and finances in general. Listen to this episode and be enlightened about money and faith with Yael Trusch. Sneak Peek: 07:40 If God wants you to be rich? I believe that God wants me to be rich. Do you believe that God wants everybody to be rich?08:40 We still have to operate with the perspective that God is good and God is kind, and God has a plan and a mission for you and he's gonna give you all the resources and the capabilities, and you just have to let, go and accept.10:40 How can I become less me-centered and more God-centered? 22:00 It is really important for all of us to understand the concept of trust in God. You and I, we all trust something. We trust that we're gonna wake up in the morning and there's gonna be the sun. We trust our partners. We trust our coworkers as we trust but sometimes what we fail to understand is we have to trust in something so much greater than all of that.24:00 There's not one more hour of work that I can do that's going to give me more money. I just have to do what God wants expects from me and I have a blueprint and it says you are gonna work six days a week, not seven days a week, you're gonna be off the seventh day. You're gonna be off. You're gonna close your store. You're gonna close your computer, your cell phone. There's no business, zero business, and yet you're gonna make the same amount of money.37:05 You are exactly where you are. Stay focused on the mission. Stay focused on who you are, what you can do at this moment, and what God needs from me at this moment. If I'm a mother of little children, God needs me for the children. God needs me. If I'm a married woman, God needs me to be invested in that marriage. Follow her on her IG: instagram.com/yaeltruschLearn more about her: yaeltrusch.comWant to be on the show? Send us an email at patricia@tenaciouslyhuman.comBe part of the Tenaciously Human movement! Crush your career, compromise nothing. Learn more here at tenaciouslyhuman.com

In this episode of Tenaciously Human Podcast, we have Linda Modaro. Linda Modaro is the founder and lead teacher at Sati Sangha, a vibrant online meditation community that offers daily virtual meditation sittings, online retreats, and in-person retreats throughout the year. She teaches meditation and she's here with us to guide and teach us about meditation.Sneak Peek: 03:56 How intertwined is Buddhism and meditation? 05:00 The practice I teach “reflective meditation” is really our anchor for somebody to just sit quietly with their mind and with their life. And then when they come out of meditation to reflect upon that and then to talk about it with somebody. 07:00 Just focus on. Forget about everything else. I'd say our path emerged from the understanding that the mind is also the mind and your life and the way you feel about your life is also an object of meditation and that when you sit down and you're open or more receptive or more gentle to what your mind is saying to what you are thinking about, you're being kind and you're being actually caring to your mind and body. 24:00 If someone doesn't feel like they have a spiritual friend or they'd like another spiritual friend in their life. How would you encourage them to find that individual?32:12 Defining what success looks like in meditation39:11 Acknowledge those feelings, acknowledge those thoughts, those emotions, and release them through meditation, as opposed to just bearing them down deep and hoping that they don't resurface at some point down the road. Follow her on her IG: instagram.com/sati.sangha/Learn more about her: https://satisangha.org/ Want to be on the show? Send us an email at patricia@tenaciouslyhuman.comBe part of the Tenaciously Human movement! Crush your career, compromise nothing. Learn more here at tenaciouslyhuman.com

In this episode of Tenaciously Human Podcast, we have again Eli Albrecht. One of the things that makes us so unique as a podcast is we talk about how our faith elevates our family and our business and vice versa and Eli will share information on how he believes that the Jewish faith benefits profession and benefits family. Eli Albrecht, who is a husband, a father, a lawyer, and a member of the Jewish faith.Sneak Peek: 5:39 It has two major benefits (Prayer) Every commandment I believe is meant to benefit us, to make us more rich people and, and healthy people and, express that to society and create a messianic society.08:00 Prayer helps to build, comradery and congregation.08:21 What I view as the core risk of the professional, especially the ambitious professional is that we start viewing ourselves as the work we do, and that I think is one of the greatest risks and the greatest pitfalls that we've all fallen into is that we view, we view our failures as us, but like we also view our successes as us.16:21 Why are the Jewish people so successful professionally? The number of CEOs in the country that are Jewish is disproportionately higher than the number of Jews in the country.Learn more about him: linkedin.com/in/eealbrechtCheck other episodes of Eli on the show: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/eli-albrecht-private-equity-mergers-and-acquisitions/id1594485626?i=1000549886149https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/eli-albrecht-shabbat-the-conflict-in-russia-and-ukraine/id1594485626?i=1000554960781 Want to be on the show? Send us an email at patricia@tenaciouslyhuman.comBe part of the Tenaciously Human movement! Crush your career, compromise nothing. Learn more here at tenaciouslyhuman.comSneak Peek: 5:39 It has two major benefits (Prayer) Every commandment I believe is meant to benefit us, to make us more rich people and, and healthy people and, express that to society and create a messianic society.08:00 Prayer helps to build, comradery and congregation.16:40 Why are the Jewish people so successful professionally? The number of CEOs in the country that are Jewish is disproportionately higher than the number of Jews in the country.43:15 What I view as the core risk of the professional, especially the ambitious professional is that we start viewing ourselves as the work we do, and that I think is one of the greatest risks and the greatest pitfalls that we've all fallen into is that we view, we view our failures as us, but like we also view our successes as us.Learn more about him: linkedin.com/in/eealbrechtCheck other episodes of Eli on the show: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/eli-albrecht-private-equity-mergers-and-acquisitions/id1594485626?i=1000549886149https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/eli-albrecht-shabbat-the-conflict-in-russia-and-ukraine/id1594485626?i=1000554960781 Want to be on the show? Send us an email at patricia@tenaciouslyhuman.comBe part of the Tenaciously Human movement! Crush your career, compromise nothing. Learn more here at tenaciouslyhuman.com

In this episode of Tenaciously Human Podcast, we have Juli Wenger. A certified professional coach, speaker, author of "Fired-up, Fulfilled, and Free" and the host of Becoming Ourselves - The Podcast. We talked about trusting God in our lives, she shared how she found her freedom and followed her purpose.Sneak Peek: 9:05 There's kind of two schools of thought that I am debating in my head. One is that God made you this way. There are strengths to this “weakness”, right? There's a flip side to this coin and you need to embrace the challenges that come with this because it also leads to strengths. And the second is that God did create you this way. And he also created modern medicine to help you. And so which one is it? 17:40 And I was pleasing people all day long and I was overachieving all day long just for those hits of validation from outside– That maybe I was enough, but the problem with those hits is they fade. And so He reminded me that the roles and the titles and all of those things, they don't actually define who we are.And as I worked through some of that, I came to this point where I realized that I am love joy, strength, flight, and grace. That is the essence of Julie when you strip all the titles and all the roles away. And it's a reflection of Him29:00 I am choosing today to trust that God has me exactly where he wants me to be. I am choosing today to see myself the way he sees me. I am choosing to remember and be reminded of who I am and that my value and my enoughness is not tied up in my roles, but my enoughness is settled because he's enough.43:15 From a religious standpoint, I believe God communicates with us, but even from a more secular standpoint, that is where so many of these ideas and thoughts and new ways to do things come to us is in those moments of stillness. And I believe it comes from God.Follow her on her IG: instagram.com/juliwengerLearn more about her: www.juliwenger.comGet your copy of Fired-up, Fulfilled, and Free : www.juliwenger.com/firedupbookWant to be on the show? Send us an email at patricia@tenaciouslyhuman.comBe part of the Tenaciously Human movement! Crush your career, compromise nothing. Learn more here at tenaciouslyhuman.com

In this episode of Tenaciously Human Podcast, we have Bob Lotich. Author of “Simple money, Rich life”, a certified educator in Personal Finance, and one of the hosts of THE SEEDTIME MONEY PODCAST. He talks about his financial breakthrough, overcoming financial struggles, trusting God, and GIVING.Sneak Peek: 07:10 You have all the disciples sitting in this boat and Jesus is standing out there on the water, and I don't know if he invited all of them or just Peter but Peter takes this bold step, gets out of the boat, and gets to do something really amazing. He would've never gotten to experience that miracle, that opportunity if he had not kind of run with that invitation. On a much smaller scale, like our thing is just like that too, where had we not accepted that invitation from God to kind of do something that just didn't make any sense we wouldn't have gotten to experience the corresponding miracles that followed and the blessing that was attached to it and all that stuff.22:00 We associate our worth with our net worth, right? Like– according to the world, I am worth this amount of money. And that has nothing to do with your worth. 22:02 What have you done to help separate your worth or help others to separate their worth from their financial situation?25:22 I am a huge advocate of giving, and I think giving at every stage of your financial journey is really important.31:00 Give from a grateful heart and give from a broken heart.- Pastor Andy Stanley.43:45 I don't think God really cares about the money. I think he cares about our hearts. Follow him on IG: instagram.com/boblotichLearn more about Bob: seedtime.comPurchase the book: seedtime.com/smrlWant to be on the show? Send us an email at patricia@tenaciouslyhuman.comBe part of the Tenaciously Human movement! Crush your career, compromise nothing. Learn more here at tenaciouslyhuman.com

In this episode of Tenaciously Human Podcast, we have Analena Fuchs. A human design and energetic alignment coach and the host of The Art of Slowing Down to Quantum Leap. We talked about slowing down and the benefits of it. With so many things we can do in this world Analena explains how slowing down benefits all of us. Sneak Peek: 1:00 Why should we slow down? When there are so many good things to do in this world.3:00 It's the same with day and nights, we have the bright sun it's like action time and the sun goes down and it gets dark and quiet and we gotta slow down and rest and recharge. Right?4:00 But the most simple thing, which is actually the hardest for all of us, it's this slowing down.13:30 Let something be easy is to slow down and focus on what you're naturally good at and what you're inclined to do. And don't try and do it the way that everyone else is saying to do it.30:05 It's you, slow down. Allow yourself to feel these things. There's this connection between you and the universe and when you suppress your emotions, you're kind of burying that connection.Follow her on her IG: instagram.com/analena.fuchsLearn more about her: analenafuchs.comWant to be on the show? Send us an email at patricia@tenaciouslyhuman.comBe part of the Tenaciously Human movement! Crush your career, compromise nothing. Learn more here at tenaciouslyhuman.com

In this episode of Tenaciously Human Podcast, we have Dean Bridgett Madrian, the current Dean of the BYU Marriot School of Business. She shares how she tackles life as a professional and a mother and wife. She shares stories and sentiments on how asking for help is okay and beneficial in life, and she also talked about one of the non-negotiable things in her life – Her faith. Sneak Peek: 01:40 “How did you make the decision to pursue such a powerful professional career in your life?”11:50 “What are the things that are most important? What are your non-negotiables, the things that you're not gonna sacrifice and what are the things that you're willing to give up in order to keep hold of those non-negotiables.”35:05 There is a lot of power in our religious beliefs and in our identity, those two things go hand in hand.49:00 “What advice would you give to those people who are trying to make an impact on the world without losing their values, losing the things that are important to them?” “They have to know what your values are.” “Everybody makes mistakes”Want to be on the show? Send us an email at patricia@tenaciouslyhuman.comBe part of the Tenaciously Human movement! Crush your career, compromise nothing. Learn more here tenaciouslyhuman.com

Today I'm super excited to share with you my conversation with Claire Villarreal who is our first non-Abrahamic religious guest on the podcast who shares with us about her experience with Buddhism. She wondered about the nature of reality most of her life and has practiced various forms of Buddhism since 1997. She has meditated her way around India, Nepal, and Thailand, with pilgrimages to Tibet. She completed a PhD on Tibetan Buddhism and contemplative ways of knowing in 2015 at Rice University, worked for Dawn Mountain Center for Tibetan Buddhism, and is now a digital nomad and meditation instructor. Things that blow her mind include science, great storytelling, and Spinning. Understanding reincarnation 3:55What Buddhism is to Claire 6:55Finding your true Buddha nature level of awareness 14:19Why pursue professional success when your value isn't tied to that? 19:46Does Buddhism believe in a higher power? 26:05Why is Buddha always portrayed as a big fat man? 32:09The 4 noble truths 34:56Some principles that apply to and benefit everyone 40:35Some final thoughts 47:01“So as you start applying those principles in meditation, maybe you're sitting and you have a thought that comes up ‘Oh no, I have to do this thing tomorrow,' or ‘What if this presentation doesn't go well?' It's an opportunity to notice ‘Oh wow, I'm building my sense of my own self worth on how this goes, not on who I am.' If I'm actually this luminous being, whether you want to use the word Buddha nature or put it in your own tradition's language, it doesn't really matter. If I'm this deeply luminous being and I go out and I totally screw up my presentation, it has consequences, but it doesn't mean I'm worthless.” 16:04https://www.clairevillarreal.com/

I have been looking forward to having Melissa Sevy on this show for a while now. She is a mother, wife, a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, and is the CEO and Founder of Ethik whose services fuel a global marketplace where conscious companies can easily connect with brilliant artisans to bring authentic, handmade products into their supply chain. She does a lot of things in addition to all this, so I'm excited to share this conversation with you guys from which you can gain some insight and inspiration into her life of how she is able to balance faith, family, and business. We also discuss how her business works and how she was able to create this platform for foreign people of lesser opportunity that allows them to market their hand-crafted products outside of their own country. How she met her husband 3:02About her faith 6:48About her business 15:13Why not do a non-profit instead of a for-profit? 20:52Becoming the middle-man 31:17What they sell 34:12How she got to this point 39:23Her talents and strengths and how she discovered them 44:12Branding items 48:57What it's like working with your spouse 50:05Is it hard to focus on family? 57:36“Something that's been interesting about building a business is the comparisons with creating a business and faith in spiritual terms. And in that way of faith is a belief in something before it exists, or that you can't see, but it exists in the idea form, or the faith form in this realm outside of the tangible, and then manifesting that and making that thing happen. Then actually seeing it happen, it's a miracle, is what I really feel like. Like the idea for this business.” 7:19https://ethikcollective.com/@melissasevy

I have an awesome guest today named Marilee Killpack, who is a wife and mother of 4, and is the Co-Founder of Gathre, a company that creates quality mats for spaces where families and people can gather and spend time together. We discuss how she's been able to develop her faith and let that guide her in building her business, and then how she's been able to break through the stigma of having children and working as a mother and woman in this regard, especially living in somewhere like Utah where that might be looked down upon in some cases.What helped her build faith before building the business 5:17A challenge women face often and how to deal with it 11:15Helping your kids know they're the priority 17:53Starting a business with a friend 23:21Bringing their husbands on board 25:02Allowing themselves to take vacations 31:58A story of faith affecting the business 42:43“We can take cues, like if one daughter is having a really hard time, there was a time when one of our daughters was having a hard time and we would bring her into work, or maybe work from home a little bit. Follow their cues because it isn't just this cut and dry thing, you know? Sometimes there's a little give and take. They might need us a little more than other times.” 20:36@marileekillpack gathre.com

I have been thinking a lot about what work-life balance means, especially as we near the 100th episode of this podcast that talks largely about work-life balance. My perspective of work-life balance has changed a lot over the last 90+ episodes, and there are 4 points that stick out to me as I try to categorize my thoughts and feelings on mindset. Those 4 points are that it's a journey and not a destination, work-life balance is highly personal, it's your responsibility and nobody else's, and then it has way less to do with the amount of time you work than you think.It's a journey and not a destination 0:55Work-life balance is highly personal 2:27Your responsibility and nobody else's 5:28It has way less to do with the amount of hours you work than you think 7:19“It is a journey and not a destination. It's a pursuit, or something that is on-going. It's not a check box. There's not a point where you'll say ‘Hey, I've made work-life balance. I never have to think about this again.' It is something that you are constantly working on.” 0:55

I'm excited to have Dave Checketts with us as I have been following him now for quite some time. He's a husband, father of 6, a Christian and member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, he recently returned from a mission for the church where he served as the President of the England, London Mission for 3 years. He started his professional career pretty young doing really big things and at 28, he was the President and GM of the Jazz, which was the youngest chief executive in NBA history. He then went on to be the president of the New York Knicks, and then the presidency of Madison Square Garden, and then went on to found SBCGlobal, a consulting and investment services firm for sports teams, and then he has also served as CEO of Legends Hospitality Management and on a number of boards. The Mormon Way of Doing Business 2:35How he was able to balance family, faith, and career 11:18Spending time with family instead of the team 19:00His crazy schedule 20:50Don't commute 30:34 Advice for someone with family and a busy career 35:10When his dog died and he had to choose between family and his job 39:37Being competitive 49:36Balancing his competitive nature with Christianity 58:17Expect a miracle 66:05Distinguishing your ego from God 74:40 “I just said, ‘I'm happy to do this. This will be a challenge because the company's a $4 billion entertainment company. I will do it, but I only have one request,' and then after we settled on all the other terms of the contract, I said ‘I'm not gonna be here on Sunday. I'm just not gonna be here. It's a family day, it's really important for me, it's a day to demonstrate my faith. I'm not gonna be here, and even if the Knicks are in game 7 of the world championship, the chances are I probably will not come.'” 9:46

I want to talk to you guys about hope today. Hope is such an interesting thing and I think it is a necessity for all of us in life to get through the hard times and to believe that things will get better or work out in the way we are hoping. Life has been super crazy lately. We just had our 5th kid join the family and with the oldest being 4 years old, running life with 5 kids can be pretty hectic. There are a couple of things that really give me hope, which is what I want to share with you today. One thing is the hope that things will get better and that God has a plan that will ultimately lead to lasting happiness. There is another concept of the 3 act play that I like to use with act 1 being the setup of the characters and the story, act 2 is where things get harder and conflict is introduced, and then act 3 is the resolution to your story. Trying to have hope and get ahead 2:40Dealing with addictions 3:49Some things that give me hope 5:31The 3 act play 6:21The guiding higher power 10:38“We've talked a lot about on the show balancing our time, our efforts, our energies between all these competing good things in life, and when you're in the act 2 of a specific area. Professional, family, health, or something like that, that's a good moment often to increase your focus in that area and maybe less of it somewhere else.” 10:09

Today we have Jason Barnaby on the podcast and I'm looking forward to sharing this conversation with you. He is a husband and father of 3, a follower of Christ that believes in that relationship over anything else, an author, speaker, and a podcast co-host of The Diamond Dogs Podcast. Jason Barnaby specializes in actionable inspiration. Whether via one-on-one coaching, facilitating a group leadership program or delivering an interactive keynote (in-person or virtual), his message and passionate delivery are sure to spark your inner fire. His love for facilitating A-HA moments led him to start his own company, Fire Starters Inc. in 2017. Its mission is #IgniteHope and #TorchFear with individuals and corporations to unleash potential, overcome limiting beliefs, and inspire action. About his podcast 1:08 His background and meeting his wife 12:31 Experiencing failure, trial, and error 25:06 Transitioning from professor to all the other endeavors 29:05 Making it through the pandemic 42:16 Focusing on family 45:44 Has your faith guided you? 53:09 “I would say if you fail, fail fast and move the heck on. Like, move along if you fail, and I think so many people are like ‘This isn't it, but what about, you know, it's a steady paycheck,' or ‘I've got benefits,' or whatever and they wind up staying and I think that's one of the biggest sadnesses in life. It really is.” 26:23Firestarterstribe.com

When I was 5 years old, I mainly stopped watching cartoons and started watching home improvement shows. I was enamored and knew that was what I was supposed to do in life. I was supposed to build things and life continued to confirm that for me because as I grew up, I got unsolicited job offers in the construction industry and found that I just had a knack for it. I knew this was exactly what I was supposed to do in life all the way up until one day that suddenly changed and I didn't know any more. Today I want to talk about finding your purpose in life and 3 things you can do in order to discover what that is. The 3 things that help us discover our path: The Hundred Dreams List 2:56Try a ton of different things 3:58Fail quickly 5:38“The Hundred Dreams List is not a new concept and has been around for decades and decades and decades. There's a reason why I think it has stuck around, and I find it so powerful if you spend time writing out a hundred things that you would like to do within your life. Big things, small things, everything in between, just write out what you would like to do in this life. Another question to ask as you're writing this list is ‘What would I do if I knew I could not fail. If I could do anything in this world perfectly, what would I do?' A couple different ways to phrase this question, but you start writing these dreams, and that really helps you to think.” 3:15

I'm excited to share this episode with you today of my interview with Brandon Clark, who introduced himself to me a while ago and I've been really impressed by him and his journey. He's a husband, father, Christian, member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, and is the Supply Chain Manager at PhoneSoap, and is the Founder of Ernest Jack, a men's mental health company that focuses on helping men grow and gain better strengths in the mental health field. Brandon opens up about his own mental health struggles and how he has been able to understand it more and more over time, developing tools to combat the lower moments, but still has a ways to go on this path. About Brandon 2:09Changing his path and experiencing mental health issues 16:05What has helped him manage and learn about bipolar disorder 33:07What the subconscious is and how it affects mental health 45:57Victim mindset vs taking responsibility 59:44Turning to God 65:09His goal with Ernest Jack 69:50Advice for someone struggling with mental health 78:08“Whatever is written on your subconscious then is channeled throughout your body, and then you go and do whatever is on your subconscious. So if you're feeling hurt and you have these heavy emotions, that trauma or feeling or any of these things, then you could very well channel it behaviorally in a way that's not helpful to the circumstances or to your relationships. The only way to move past trauma that I've found is to rewrite what's on the subconscious.” 46:36

Today I wanted to talk to you about mental health, which has been on my mind for the last 8 or so years and there is, gratefully, a lot of movement towards taking care of mental health, but there are still some stigmas that may keep one from getting the help they need. I want to give 7 reasons why you should go see a mental health professional, which include being human, you feel off, strained relationships, dealing with addiction, trauma, big life changes, and having harmful thoughts. You are a human being 2:45Feeling off 4:36Your relationships are strained 5:54Addiction 7:36Trauma 9:50Big changes in your life 12:37If you're having harmful or suicidal thoughts 13:00“Mental health is something you need to take care of just like your physical health…Just like hiring a personal trainer for your body, you can hire a mental health professional for your mind, and that is 100% appropriate and a great idea.” 16:24https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/800-273-8255

In today's episode I had the opportunity to speak with the Founder and COO of Cotopaxi, Stephan Jacob, who is a family man, husband and father, a Christian, and part of a Presbyterian church. Cotopaxi creates outdoor products, apparel, and experiences that help alleviate poverty, move people to do good, and inspire adventure. Stephen explains his process of going from his schooling, to consulting, and then to creating Cotopaxi with his business partner, all while balancing his relationship with who is now his wife. He tells about how the business came about when he realized he wanted to run this business while also helping people in need around the world. His family and religious affiliation 2:25What got him from engineering to consulting 10:29Keeping his relationship going while apart 18:26Founding Cotopaxi 28:16How their business model works 33:47Making sure their impact was positive 40:31How Stephen's faith has impacted his career and what he believes 45:32How his wife and their values have impacted him as a businessman 57:05How to continue to be happy with your goals 66:43“Do good is such a big part of our brand and we're making a big statement and commitment to our customers that that's who we are, and when you wear Cotopaxi, when you buy Cotopaxi, you're part of that community. So there is a tremendous amount of responsibility that we feel that things are truly and genuinely buttoned up and that we do everything we can to do things right on our impact program and within our supply chain.” 43:59

We are all familiar with Uncle Ben's famous saying “With great power comes great responsibility.” Now that is definitely true of superpowers, but it's also true of success. Real wealth, real success should create flexibility and opportunity to make the world a better place. There's a common misconception that religions teach that wealth is bad or evil, but in reality it's greed that is warned against. Giving and helping those in need or those who have less is one of the greatest pleasures of having wealth, but you don't have to wait until you're wealthy to start giving and helping others.Giving beyond tithes 2:26Dave Ramsey and giving more 3:30Charity makes you wealthier 4:22You don't have to wait to be wealthy 5:20“For a lot of reasons that are unknown and some that we could guess, those who are charitable are going to be making 275% more than those who are less charitable, or not as charitable as they are, which is incredible.” 4:58

Thaddaeus Hay is the Chief Revenue Officer at Buy Box Experts, a business that helps brands control and grow their Amazon business. He's a husband and father, a Christian, and member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. In this episode we discuss the importance of being vulnerable and being able to be open with your internal struggles and why that can really help with your mental health. Letting faith guide the way in business and even applying the principle of repentance have been some big things that have helped Thaddaeus in his career and business ventures. He tells me about his big goal to sell his company and what his expectations of selling it would be versus what he actually felt afterward and why it's important to not just seek after wealth and the glory of financial success. About Thaddeaus's family 1:00What changed to allow him to be emotionally vulnerable and open 5:02Should you be open and emotionally present with everyone? 11:38What faith and repentance means to him 14:54Starting his business 23:12Being acquired by Buy Box 32:08What he expected after becoming a millionaire 36:55Keeping himself grounded 42:31Defining success 54:36“I've never had a happier, more real relationship with my wife, with my kids, with my family, and my parents even. I struggled for a long time with my parents and the relationships, and over time we've become better at this honest and true, being open and vulnerable. And I think vulnerability really is, in a sense, it's honesty. It's complete and utter honesty, and that is something that God has commanded us to do.” 10:42

So many of us love to focus on what's right in front of us, or most pressing and urgent, which I wouldn't say is all bad and often is even necessary, but today I want to share a story. I was really focused on my studies when I was in college, but I had a conversation with a church leader who said that if I spent all that time studying, but didn't spend much, if any, time with the Lord, how would I feel? If I got to the end of the 4 years and had a 4.0 GPA, would it have been worth it if I hadn't built and maintained a strong relationship with Heavenly Father?A conversation with a church leader 1:14The time management matrix 3:24Quadrant 3 and 4 5:26“If I got to the end of 4 years, even if I had a 4.0, which I didn't, but would that have been worth it if I had spent 4 years without developing that relationship with my Heavenly Father. Now that I am married with kids, if I were to look 4 years down the road and realize that not only my relationship with my Heavenly Father, but with my family would suffer, would any amount of success be worth it to me? And I don't think it would be.” 2:41

Remaining genuine and staying authentic is crucial to building strong, lasting relationships, and that's why in this episode I have real estate agent, investor, and best selling author, Jimmy Rex, who is the founder and CEO of the "We Are The They" coaching program and social movement. He is also the host of the top-rated podcast "The Jimmy Rex Show," and author of the best-selling book "You End Up Where You're Heading," but his life is so much more. He is a real estate expert, having sold over 2500 homes in his career, with his team selling another 4000 homes to investors in the past 20 years. One of his greatest passions is helping friends and clients invest in real estate and creating lasting wealth. Jimmy owns over 30 real estate properties himself and hosts a weekly mastermind call where he discusses all things real estate investing with the top Real Estate mentors in the country. He is a serial entrepreneur, having been involved as an investor and founder of over 20 companies and 32 restaurants. About Jimmy and his path 0:50From real estate to podcasting 11:04How his belief in God has shaped his career and life 12:58Coming to a point where life is exactly how you want it 18:54Some of the trials he experienced 22:56Becoming friends with Tony Robbins and other big names 31:31Adding value to someone's life and how to become friends with successful people 37:16How to remain authentic and avoid transactional relationships 44:23“I think people just underestimate who they can actually become friends with. When you create enough value in somebody else's life, when you become the type of person those people want to be around, people want to be friends. It's very hard not to like somebody when that person makes your life better all the time, and so I'm always just trying to come from contribution and just do things that help people's lives become better, and when you do that people want to be friends. They want to hang out with you.” 33:26https://www.mrjimmyrex.com/https://wearethetheymovement.comTwitter:@JimmyRexInstagram:@mrjimmyrex

As we've been uncovering this new class of entrepreneur and business leader that's able to find that wild professional success while prioritizing faith and family, I've learned a lot. I've learned that the ones who are successful at this holistic approach are those who have learned to properly manage their emotions and their mental health. Life is chaotic and unpredictable, and we need to learn how to process and work through these things to be able to navigate and deal with the various ups and downs life offers. I talk about the 4 stress responses, such as Fight: facing any perceived threat aggressively. Flight: running away from the danger. Freeze: unable to move or act against a threat. Fawn: focusing on the needs of others while ignoring your own, and immediately acting to try to please to avoid any conflict.Something helpful for me with mental health 1:26Stress responses 2:24What to do about stress 5:25“Some of the things you can do to activate the Vagus Nerve are singing, humming, gargling, massaging the back of your ear, kind of inside the ear canal on the back side of your ear, meditative breathing, sighing… changing your location, dancing and doing something that is a little bit crazy.” 7:00

Today I talked with Bridger Pennington, the Founder and Managing Director of Black Bridge Capital and Co-Founder of Investment Fund Secrets. He helps people launch highly lucrative funds, such as private equity, venture capital, hedge funds, and debt funds. Bridger shares with me about his business journey and how his dad always had money, but never helped him out financially because he didn't want to just hand him his success. He shares a lot of wisdom on the importance of struggling and figuring out how to succeed on your own, which personal growth will be a huge help in life. “My dad taught me, if anyone ever tries to pressure you like that, just say, ‘Hey I trust you 100%, but I don't trust your kids' lawyer. What I mean is what if you die tomorrow? And your kids have an attorney that's trying to break up the estate and that attorney is going to go after me, and they don't know about our relationship.'” 27:01Starting out and learning business 2:22The importance of letting your kids struggle 9:45How he met his wife 14:38Business failures 20:42Make use of your network when working with someone new 29:37How faith and God have immensely helped and guided Bridger 32:14How his relationship with his wife has helped him in his career 41:09What is risk? What is the worst case scenario? 45:10How he has kept faith as a central part of life even with wealth 51:00“I have a bunch of people all of the sudden coming out of the woodwork that want to meet with me that are these older men that have sons or daughters that are just not doing much in their 20s. And they always ask me, literally yesterday I was at lunch with a guy, he brought his one son that was 30 and was trying to bring his other son who was 23, and that son slept in, didn't want to come. He was like ‘I have another son that just got out of jail.' He kind of alluded that he's paying for his college tuition, car, Grubhub, and he's like, ‘Yeah I kind of treat it as my taxes,' and I'm like, ‘NO! That is the answer to your question of why your kids are rotten.'” 10:14www.investmentfundsecrets.comwww.investmentfundsecrets.com/freecourse@bridger_pennington

Today I have a great friend with me today by the name of Jake Bennington, who is a God finding individual, husband, a father of 2 and a half, and is currently the Chief Revenue Officer of J Wales Home Solutions out in Texas. Jake is also an advocate for self care, mental health, and mindset. We talk about the importance your faith and identity can play in your life and how important it is to be present with your family and children, not letting devices and work get in the way of your relationships. We also discuss the importance of finding value in your life independent of other people with whom you associate, and then how Jake's faith has formed and evolved in his life.About Jake and his family, learning their purpose 1:50Understanding one's own identity and Jake's faith 16:15Your kids know when your focus is not on them 26:52Jake's career and getting into sales 28:20How to strengthen your mind 36:55The importance of respecting your own word and wishes 44:58What led to wavering faith? 61:14Jake's relationship with God and us being vulnerable 82:28“If you know you're going to be scrolling because you have to follow up a ton, don't do that in their presence if you can help it. If you need to go to the bathroom for 20 minutes and pop off 30 texts, even if you're not going to the bathroom and you're literally just standing there, I do that sometimes because I would much rather that be the case than them to get it wrong in their head. If I'm in their physical presence, you take first chair to me, you're most important to me. You get my bandwidth.” 25:09

“Being realistic is the most commonly traveled road to mediocrity. Why would you be realistic? What's the point of being realistic?” -Will Smith. I think most of us have big dreams throughout our lives, but not all of us actually pursue or even consider the pursuit of those dreams as an option. When one is not pursuing a dream, it's likely they're living by fear. Fear will keep you from going after the thing that will make you the happiest, but courage to pursue your dreams is the way you will find more happiness and meaning in life. Fear 1:43Why people are realistic 3:55Imposter Syndrome 5:54“For me the reason to pursue [the unrealistic] is much more important. For me those reasons are how you figure out what life is about, through trial and error. It's getting out there and experiencing something, seeing what happens, pursuing the ridiculous, and that's where life becomes really fun and really fulfilling.” 9:11

My guest today is Benton Crane who is a husband and father of 4 and a half, he's a Christian and member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. He is currently the CEO of Harmon Brothers, a Provo, Utah based ad agency behind some of the most viral ads in internet history. Since 2013, the agency has generated over 1.5 billion views and counting, and over $700 million in sales through their videos, so it's a super successful ad agency and well known, especially in this neck of the woods. Benton started his career as an auto mechanic and that knack for diagnosing and solving problems has led him to where he's at now. About Benton's faith 2:40Working with multiple faiths 9:08How The Chosen came about 17:09About his family 19:11The evolution of his career 24:53Factoring family into career 37:16The path to Harmon Brothers 42:07Feeling promptings throughout his career 46:08How faith and family influence Benton in his career and as a leader 51:44Mistakes he's learned from 57:26“It wasn't a unique skill set, but it was a valuable skill set in that I had this data analysis background that was very needed and very wanted by Deloitte's clients, and so it was very easy for me to bring a lot of value to the table. I would get assigned to these clients and I would show up and bring value in a very meaningful way and because I was bringing that value, it allowed me to set some healthy boundaries when I needed to tell my manager, ‘I'm sorry I'm not gonna be able to work this late nighter because I have this commitment at my church.' Or ‘I'm not going to be able to work this weekend because I have this commitment to my family where we're going to go do this, that, or the other.'” 39:30

I have a great guest today by the name of Corbin Church who is a husband of 31 years and father of two daughters. He has always seen family as the number one priority in his life with the quote by David O. Mckay, “No success can compensate for failure in the home.” No dollar amount or monetary gain could ever replace the success you experience when prioritizing your familial relationships and responsibilities, and focusing on the greatest assets an individual can have, such as your spouse and children. Corbin gives some good advice on keeping yourself humble by using humor and making fun of yourself, as well as doing service and helping others to keep being grateful for what you have. About Corbin and his family 0:46Being treated differently when you're wealthy 11:53Keeping pride at bay 16:34Some things Corbin has learned from humanitarian service 27:29Why try to find success if poverty often facilitates happiness? 32:54Does God want us to be wealthy? 42:47Corbin's entrepreneurial path 48:34Some of his failures 54:16Advice for someone starting out with family or business 63:47“I will rip on myself publicly all the time and I just have a hoot with it. I laugh as I rip on myself, I call myself a senior citizen, I talk about having ADHD, or not being able to walk across the room or remember anything, or whatever. My self depreciation just goes on and on. I know exactly where I am and so forth, but laughing at myself keeps me in check.” 16:56

I grew up at a school that was near a busy intersection and we always had rules that we had to stay close to the school so that we wouldn't go close to the road and possibly get hit by a car. One day, they put a fence around the school which allowed us the freedom to use the entire school yard and playground instead of just the area near the school. It also allowed teachers to use their time and energy however they felt they should, giving them more time and freedom to better prepare and teach the students. Story of 0:41What boundaries are 2:29Some examples of necessary boundaries 4:41How to set expectations and boundaries 6:27Explaining why 7:13“You need to follow a 4 step principle or a 4 step plan in explaining this to your family. So number one is to explain why. Quoting Simon Sinek, start with why, help them understand why you're even having this conversation. Step 2 is to be clear to them and to you what you need and want. Number 3 is then asking them for support, and number 4 is reinforce.” 6:44

Bubba Page is a father of 8 children, a couple of dogs, a Christian, and a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. He has had a storied career as an entrepreneur, an angel investor, and is currently serving as the president and co-founder of the Page Company, a company that his wife and he founded a few years ago. Bubba doesn't hold any punches back as he tells us the importance of faith and family in his life, and some of the mistakes he's made along the way, and what he's doing moving forward to better prioritize those two things in his life. What Bubba's family means to him and going all in with business 9:06Some sacrifices he was making when he was all in 20:53Priorities and what he would have done differently 26:48Setting goals and standards with family time 34:19The 3 voices to pay attention to 38:30 God can change anyone 46:09Is it possible to be wildly successful and still prioritize faith and family? 50:50“So in 2016 and 17, at the end of that line of that business, that's when I felt, you know personal, I felt a dramatic feeling and impression that I and my family were not temporally prepared for what is coming. And I remember thinking, ‘What does that even mean?'” 11:57 To learn more, go to https://www.tenaciouslyhuman.com/

I have a great guest today by the name of Liz Wiseman, who is a wife, mother, a Christian, a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. She is also a New York Times best selling author and the CEO of The Wiseman Group. I have been following her ever since I first heard her speak in 2008 and we discuss her successes in work and business, and how her faith coupled with home life has influenced those aspects of her life. She talks about living in such a way that you can make sacrifices and be happy about the sacrifices that you make without regretting those later on in life. About her and her family 1:08Getting married and her career 7:45Loving work and advice for people who hate it 15:12Being yourself and having an advantage in your career 24:19Discipline and understanding who you are 31:26What inspired her to leave Oracle 38:26Going off and working on her own 40:04Managing work/life balance 48:31Having a bigger impact in her own path as opposed to the seductive one 62:58Books Liz recommends 66:05“I just kept getting all of this responsibility and bigger jobs, and every one of them was a steep learning curve and every one was kind of a grueling learning process, and then I got to a point where I'm like, “OK, I kind of now know what I'm doing.” and it wasn't nearly as fun. It had lost its luster for me.” 39:17https://thewisemangroup.com/

Who are you? Most of us, when asked that question and after muttering our name, are going to go to our profession and say “I'm a plumber, an executive, an account manager, or a marketer.” But is that who you are? If you lost your job tomorrow, would that change who you are? Some people might go a step further and say that if they're not their job, then they are their hobbies, or a husband/wife and mother/father. But say you lose all these things, would that change who you are? We often base our own identities on things that can and often do change, and if we attach our worth to those, then our worth will constantly be in flux. The question we often ask ourselves: Am I enough? 2:01The great, unchanging anchor 3:36The story of Job in the Old Testament 6:32“Once we establish who we are and whose we are, and that we are of a divine heritage, it is so much easier to overcome things. And it takes a lot of work to get to that point. Constant work I would say to continue to fortify that relationship with the anchor and to really understand what that means.” 4:37

Today we have a great guest by the name of Richard Smith who is a husband, father, a christian and member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, and is the CEO and owner of Fields Market, a super store that takes you back in time and has been used in various big films and TV shows. He has had quite the entrepreneurial journey and I'm excited to share this conversation with you about his story and all the things he's learned through the various businesses and adventures of his life. Starting a business at seventeen 3:11Marketing as a store willing to film 9:20Some of the harder moments of his career and his wife's diagnosis 15:54The blessings he saw from the hardship of losing his wife 33:11The last few years in business have been the best they've ever had 39:19“I looked at my kids and if you were to ask me as they were going through it, it was very hard. It seemed like our family was crumbling, but the years since then I've seen how they've all become stronger and learned from the experience, and it's made them better, more sympathetic, more understanding … all trials teach us and help us.” 35:25 To learn more, go to https://www.tenaciouslyhuman.com/

In this episode I interview Gary Crittenden who is a great friend and mentor to me and with whom I've deeply enjoyed my association. He is a husband, father, grandfather, a Christian, and a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Gary is currently working as the executive director of HGGC, a mid market private equity firm, and is the former CFO of both American Express and Citigroup, some of the largest corporations in the world. Because of the unique positions he's held professionally, he is powerfully prepared to help us understand what it takes to make it to the top and how to do so while maintaining some semblance of life, family, and the things that truly matter in life. This is a rare opportunity to listen to someone who has had such vast experiences as this and I know you'll enjoy this conversation. “You can't always have everything you want because you'll always have to sacrifice something, but you can choose what that sacrifice will be.”The power of leadership 3:22Some of the leaders Gary had growing up 5:51BeautyIndustryGroup 16:28How he's able to do all these things with his family and faith 10:15How important faith and revelation were during all the growth in business 30:30How to stay strong in your principles 43:12Is quality time more important than quantity? 56:00How he was able to carve out time for family and manage huge career responsibilities 61:58Maintaining faith and humility 67:14“The Steven R. Covey advice is something that has blessed me throughout my whole life. This idea of set a goal, 5, 6, or 7 goals, decide what they are, decide what you're going to do this week, and it's remarkable how that is clarifying to say, ‘What can I do this week to enable that feeling to take place?'” 53:19 To learn more, go to https://www.tenaciouslyhuman.com/

We often talk on this show about having this holistic approach to success. Having success in many areas of our life professionally, that wild professional success, but also without sacrificing or even empowered by faith and family. I want to emphasize the importance of defining what success looks like to you so that you aren't basing your level of success on what success other people are having. Focus on setting goals in these 4 areas: Intellectually, physically, spiritually, and socially. Create a vision board using 4 steps:Choose a time frame 6:50Write out one to two goals in each of the 4 categories discussed 8:02Pick a picture and a few words to represent each goal 9:07Review this daily and out loud 9:42“You have to define it for yourself, or you will be as Katy Perry described, Like a plastic bag drifting through the wind, kind of blown about. And then as Paul talks about in the Ephesians 4:14, ‘We'll be tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine.'” 2:55 To learn more, go to https://www.tenaciouslyhuman.com/

Today's guest is Amanda Blackman and she comes at us from Australia. She is a mom, soon-to-be grandmother, a Christian, entrepreneur, and a business coach. I really loved our conversation and her perspective on life, her journey to faith, and how she views wealth as a tool to bring about good to the people around her. Amanda was a married woman and was just miserable in part because of her upbringing and also just because of the situation she was in. She explains how her perspective about life and purpose has completely changed and she now lives a life of faith that guides her through all difficulties and opposition. You are gonna love this conversation with Amanda as I did. Being converted through an online chat argument 2:04Her background 6:42Sharing with other people 12:34Is it possible to have professional success and still have faith and family? 15:41Being a business owner 24:17Tight communities strengthen the world 34:12The significance of the word magnify 41:18Try vs do 47:44How to address the question of whether God will do something or not 57:54If you need God to prove himself 66:25“I have no doubt that God can say to you ‘OK, serve here, serve here, do this, go above and beyond and watch what I'll bring into your account.' Because when we say, ‘I want a million dollars.' you will get that much and no more. What you're saying is ‘God, I trust you, but I'm gonna limit you.'” 46:30 To learn more, go to https://www.tenaciouslyhuman.com/

Zack Oates is a husband, father, Christian,  member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Ladder-day Saints, and CEO/Founder of Ovation.Zack Oates: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zackoates/Sponsor: https://www.threadwallets.com/ To learn more, go to https://www.tenaciouslyhuman.com/

In the Book of Mormon, there is a verse of scripture that says the following:"And if men come unto me I will show unto them their weakness. I give unto men weakness that they may be humble; and my grace is sufficient for all men that humble themselves before me; for if they humble themselves before me, and have faith in me, then will I make weak things become strong unto them. " (Ether 12:27)Jake discusses four ways in our lives that "weak things can become strong" in our livesWeak things become strong in and of themselves Weak things force you to build up other aspects to compensate Weak things are strong because they are different weak things unite with others, to help and be helpedSponsor: https://www.threadwallets.com/ To learn more, go to https://www.tenaciouslyhuman.com/

Sean Huckstep is a husband, father, Christian, member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and VP of Sales at SalesRabbit. His dedication to juggling it all is palpable, and he shares what some of the sacrifices he has had to make look like. Sean Huckstep: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sean-huckstep/Sponsor: ThreadWallets.com To learn more, go to https://www.tenaciouslyhuman.com/

David Chase is husband, father, Christian, member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and the CEO of Ampleo. In addition to the lessons he shares from his career, he discusses preparing to let it all go to serve God for 3  years.David Chase: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-a-chase/Sponsor: ThreadWallets.com To learn more, go to https://www.tenaciouslyhuman.com/

Eli Albrecht joins us again to discuss his insights as a member of the Jewish faith on two main topics: Shabbat and the conflict in Russia and Ukraine.Eli Albrecht: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eealbrecht/Sponsor: https://www.threadwallets.com/ To learn more, go to https://www.tenaciouslyhuman.com/

Sterling Snow is a husband, father-to-be,  Christian, member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and Chief Revenue Officer at Divvy. Sterling: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sterling-snow-051baab5/Sponsor: ThreadWallets.com  To learn more, go to https://www.tenaciouslyhuman.com/

Nicole Howerton is a wife, mother, Christian, and  VP of Business Development & Partnerships at Givz, where she is also a member of the founding team. She talks about the importance of side hustles or hobbies, communication with your spouse, and the power of faith and family in her life. Givz: https://givz.com/Nicole Howerton:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicolehowerton/Episode Sponsor: https://www.threadwallets.com/products/black-lip-balm-holder To learn more, go to https://www.tenaciouslyhuman.com/

It is crucial that we take a moment every once in a while to breathe. It can be done during stressful times or really joyful ones, but it's important that we take that time so that we can approach each new moment with renewed energy and focus! To learn more, go to https://www.tenaciouslyhuman.com/

Johnny Hanna is a husband, father of 8, and CEO and founder of Homie. We discuss how he strives to juggle all of these incredibly demanding roles. To learn more, go to https://www.tenaciouslyhuman.com/

Jordan Boogaard is a husband, father, Christian, member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and HR Evangelist at Eddy.  Tune in to learn from a great man who's striving to do great things with his life! To learn more, go to https://www.tenaciouslyhuman.com/

Often the question is asked, " how do you create a leader?" The shortest answer is to let them lead. Just get them out there, get some mud on the tires, and see what happens. I do this for a few reasons:If you don't give someone the opportunity to fail you, you aren't giving them the opportunity to impress you.  You have to be vulnerable in order to see growth.No one grows in the comfort zoneYou'll quickly learn the strengths and weaknesses and you can coach and mentor them around that.  To learn more, go to https://www.tenaciouslyhuman.com/