Podcast appearances and mentions of rick hart

Had a great time chatting with Rick about his journey to get to where he is today, including some wild stories about when he rode his bike cross country in support of homeless veterans. Thank you Rick! This was a great episode. Hope you guys enjoy! - matt

On this edition of the On The Pony Express Podcast, Billy Embody breaks down the early buzz around SMU's athletic director search for Rick Hart's replacement, Chris Del Conte responding to rumors and the latest on SMU Basketball.Check out our sponsor, Tomes Auto Group! Mention On The Pony Express for EMPLOYEE PRICING on a new or pre-owned vehicle! Whether it's a new Ford, Subaru or Volkswagen, Tomes Auto Group will take care of you! Come and check out Tomes Auto Group's full selection of new vehicles, or get a great deal on a reliable pre-owned model. No matter which vehicle you decide on, their professional finance teams will help you get settled with a competitive financing or lease plan.When you're looking for quality auto maintenance and repairs, you can always count on the professional technicians in one of their service departments as well, where they handle everything from oil changes and filter replacements to powertrain and drivetrain repairs. Schedule an appointment today, or purchase parts to handle maintenance and repairs on your own!Texas insurance rates are ridiculous. Call Mark Villasana, a proud SMU alum and owner of Northwest Insurance Agency, is here to fight back. Northwest Insurance Agency fights for our clients and finds the best insurance coverage at the absolute lowest price.Are you…Ready to leave the corporate Rat Race for the American Dream?Looking for a side hustle while working your current job?Wanting to diversify, build wealth, and/or leave a legacy?Andy can help!!! Andy is a franchise consultant (as well as franchise owner) and helps people find franchises that fit their skill sets, financial requirements, time to commit and more….His services are 100% free and he's here to help if you have any questions about business ownership.Andy Luedeckewww.MyPerfectFranchise.Netp: 404-973-9901e: andy@myperfectfranchise.netBook time with me at: Andy's CalendarUse code PonyExpress20 on Rhoback.com for a generous 20% off for all new customers. Take a look at the brand new SMU line of clothing that Rhoback unveiled. That's 20% off all Performance Polos, Shorts and more with code PonyExpress20. 

On this edition of the On The Pony Express Podcast, Billy Embody breaks down SMU's search for a new athletic director after Rick Hart announced he was stepping down. New SMU president Jay Hartzell and the school's leadership have their eyes set high once again.Texas insurance rates are ridiculous. Call Mark Villasana, a proud SMU alum and owner of Northwest Insurance Agency, is here to fight back. Northwest Insurance Agency fights for our clients and finds the best insurance coverage at the absolute lowest price.Call Mark at 214-352-5656or email him at markv@nwagencies.com to discuss your current rates, coverage and where you may lack protection.Head to StatusJet.com to learn more about the official presenting sponsor of the On The Pony Express Podcast. Use code PonyUpACC or mention On The Pony Express for a discount on a round trip flip booked with Status Jet. Status Jet is more than just a private jet charter company. They offer a personal touch in every aspect of your business and travel. Whether you are looking for charter flights, searching for the perfect aircraft to buy, or interested in selling a plane, experience a new level of luxury with Status Jet.Use code PonyExpress20 on Rhoback.com for a generous 20% off for all new customers. Take a look at the brand new SMU line of clothing that Rhoback unveiled. That's 20% off all Performance Polos, Shorts and more with code PonyExpress20. 

Rick Hart played 4 tracks live in our Radio Carrum studio on the 'Sunday Morning' show. Enjoy!

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Shawn and Ryan catch up with SMU's Director of Athletics Rick Hart. Rick shares about SMU's investment in facilities, winning seasons for SMU football and other sports, as well as the exciting news of SMU's move to the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC).

The Tar Heels weathered an early surge from Pitt to move past the Panthers, 41-24, and move to 4-0 for the first time since 1997 (3:10)Carolina Basketball practice officially began Monday and Adam was there to give a report (27:17)SMU AD (and Carolina grad) Rick Hart joins to talk SMU to the ACC, his time at Carolina and whether we can come party in Dallas (35:59)Plus: Mack Brown is the best FB coach to ever do it at Carolina (1:06:53), get Cascada ready for GameDay in Durham (1:18:23), LARPing goes wrong versus a bat (1:21:26) and Christmas MadLibs (1:32:04)See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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Hello my friends, welcome back to Foxx on the Wire I know it's been a little while since the last episode but I'm happy to be back again with a brand new episode featuring Rick Hart! Rick's style is country with a little bit of rock n' roll mixed with some roots, blues creating a sound of his own. He's just released his new single 'This Heart' I encourage you to go and check it out it's a great tune. It was great to catch up with Rick I've been aiming to get him on the show for a while now, and it's nice to be back on the airwaves again. More episodes coming soon - thanks for tuning in!  Click HERE to check out the video version of this episode over Foxx on the Wire YouTube Channel - Don't forget to SUBSCRIBE! Follow Foxx on the Wire on the socials so you don't miss any episodes https://linktr.ee/foxxonthewire Feedback at foxxonthewire@gmail.com Until next time! A. Foxx acousticfoxx.com.au

This week on Physical Friday we are talking about creating games to make your workouts more interesting. We have used a deck of cards and dice to create awesome workouts but could we take inspiration from recent sporting events to create others? How about Golf or maybe March Madness? Yep… sure can! We go over one that my friend Rick Hart gave me that about recently that uses the concept of golf to create a workout. With The Masters being last weekend I figured this would be a good one to try out.  In the podcast we go over how to create this workout, how the scoring works, and how you could make 1000s more like this one with no equipment or with a full gym.  Next week we are going over how to create a fitness game out of a March Madness bracket, so be sure to subscribe to be notified when that comes out! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rick Hart is a retail success story. The Rick Hart Group had 18 stores, 300 staff and a turnover of $180 Million Dollars in the household goods and electronics industry. Rick shares his business story and his approach to business that allowed him to become the go to electrical retailer in WA. It's a fascinating story and gives anyone in business an insight into a highly competitive and cut throat industry.  This episode provides great value to any small business owner looking to scale their business or anyone who loves a good start up story. Don't forget to leave us a review, subscribe and follow the show here http://www.businessgrowthperth.com.au You can connect with Kevin below Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevinmillerpodcast/Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/kevinmiller____/The Blether Podcast - https://www.thebletherpodcast.com

Listen in to today's episode of "From the Chair" with SMU AD Rick Hart. Rick and I discuss being a third generation athletic administrator, the evolution of the student-athlete experience and today's opportunities as a result. We also dive in on the future of D1 Athletics post-Transformation Committee, college athletics' historical communication patterns and then finish with a discussion of SMU Athletics and its place in the DFW Metroplex. A good listen- tune in....See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Djorn Buchholz on bringing the National Soccer Hall of Fame to North Texas & Dallas bid to host the World Cup in 2026, Rick Hart on the rise of SMU athletics & hosting the Dallas Open, Abraham Nudelstejer on the significance of FIFA World Cup memories & Ricardo Pepi.

3:30pm-Flo Thamba, Baylor Senior Forward4:15pm-Jeff Traylor, UTSA Head Football Coach4:40pm-Spencer Drango, Former Baylor Offensive Lineman5:00pm-Rick Hart, SMU Athletic Director5:30pm-Jon Machota, TheAthletic.com5:55pm-Paul Catalina's "Top 5"

Telegram columnist Mac Engel has his finger on the pulse of Metroplex sports and gives his unique perspective on TCU football and head coach Gary Patterson on this week's On Second Thought podcast. The wounded Horned Frogs host the Texas Longhorns on Saturday and are hoping to bounce back from last week's gut pun h of a loss to rival SMU in the Battle for the Iron Skillet. Engel gives an update on the war words between Patterson and SMU president Rick Hart regarding a postgame scuffled after SMU's Brandon Crossley attempted to plant a flag on the TCU logo at midfield. Engel and hosts Cedric Golden and Kirk Bohls break down the matchup and also discuss if the Dallas Cowboys, who host Carolina Sunday, are built to sustain this nice run of recent success despite the continued questionable coaching decisions of head coach Mike McCarthy.  

In this week's episode, I sat down with Rick Hart, the Managing Director of Hart & Co and the former President of Fremantle Dockers Football Club. We talked about his journey as a businessman, and how he started his successful appliance retail store. Learn more about how Rick Hart stays on top of things and the tips you can use to implement in your life or business. Perth Entrepreneurs Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/perthentrepreneurspodcast/ Entrepreneurs Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/neilgibbpeptalk/Perth Entrepeneurs LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/neil-gibb-14a618185/  HMO Property Co Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/thehmopropertyco 

Rick Hart is the Assistive Technology Instructor at Lighthouse of Collier, an organization that offers programs and services to help the blind and visually impaired become independent. Inspired in part by his own visual impairment, Rick demonstrates a true passion for assisting those with vision loss to enhance their lives through the use of technology and adaptive skills.

This week, Rick Hart and Alex Ames, student activists with the Students Against Sonny group, explain why the Georgia Board of Regents' reported plan to make Sonny Perdue the next chancellor is so dangerous. Shortly after we recorded this episode, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that the board has paused the chancellor search. Listen as we discuss the historical origins of the notion of a politically independent chancellor in Georgia and Rick and Alex explain what they want from the chancellor search. Sign their petition: https://www.change.org/p/sonny-perdue-students-against-sonny-protecting-the-future-of-georgia-higher-ed "Sonny Perdue under consideration to lead Georgia's higher ed system": https://www.ajc.com/politics/politics-blog/sonny-perdue-under-consideration-to-lead-georgias-higher-ed-system/2I6E6D4EKBGUNFA5BTBYJBBJJE/ "The Jolt: "How badly do Sonny Perdue's allies want him overseeing Georgia's universities?": https://www.ajc.com/politics/politics-blog/the-jolt-how-badly-do-sonny-perdues-allies-want-him-overseeing-georgias-universities/ATWSHP254BG27C6UAX5G6DOTIM/ "Georgia Board of Regents Pause Search for New Chancellor": https://www.ajc.com/education/georgia-board-of-regents-to-pause-search-for-next-chancellor/XCZWFRVWJRBPXOMOULXCEKHJXE/ Transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1u65niVVZwXMMhWT_vIvTs9bhr6kqbGjoD3BGdCPECRM/edit?usp=sharing --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/residential-spread/message

Joe Biden won the U.S. presidential election, and we have students like Morehouse College's Rick Hart to thank. *** All eyes were on Georgia after they flipped blue for Biden/Harris in November and again as they voted in two Democratic senators, Jon Ossoff and the Rev. Raphael Warnock, in a historic runoff election earlier this month. But none of this was a sure thing. It took countless hours of local get-out-the-vote efforts by tireless volunteers like Rick Hart, a junior at Morehouse College in Atlanta, who this time last year was getting up at 5 a.m. with his friends to canvass around the state. We sat down with Rick back in November to learn about his experience with student voter engagement at Morehouse. Then, we caught up with him again in January to congratulate him on Georgia's Senate victories. Co-hosts Nan and Lisa take this opportunity to reflect on the role of HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities) in U.S. history and think about college students as a voting bloc. They wrap up the show with their first edition of Office Hours, where they answer listener questions about all things college. Have a question for Office Hours? Email us at collegelandpod@gmail.com or send us a voice memo on Anchor.fm. About our guest Rick Hart is a junior majoring in political science at Morehouse College. He serves as attorney general in the Student Government Association, co-chair of Georgia Young Leaders for Biden, HBCU outreach director of College Democrats of America, and president of the Morehouse College Collegiate Chapter of National Action Network (NAN). Produced and edited by Richelle Wilson Theme music by Josh Wilson Show cover art by Margaux Parker Episode cover art by Jennifer Griffin on Unsplash A special thanks to Wisconsin Humanities for their support.

Happy Monday! Today, Brendi sits down to speak with Rick Hart, a Morehouse College junior and political campaign veteran to talk all about getting involved with politics and campaigns, how GenZers are an asset in the digital age, the power of networking, and what you can do to get involved. From knocking on doors for the Stacey Abrams gubernatorial campaign to most recently serving as the Youth Vote Director on the historic campaign and election of Senator Raphael Warnock of Georgia, this conversation will leave you feeling motivated and inspired on where our future is headed. Appetizer: Lumosity & Audible Keep Up with Rick: Instagram, Twitter Episode ideas, comments, or thoughts? Catch up with us on Instagram! Don't forget to rate, review, and subscribe! Business inquiries: notyouravgbs@gmail.com

Original air date: July 7, 2020 As athletics departments across the country navigate a return to campus and competition, the health and safety of the student-athletes is paramount in the planning process. This session explores the practices and procedures of a few departments as it relates to their commitment to the student-athletes and upholding established health standards for the safety of everyone involved. The panelists include: Rick Hart, Director of Athletics, Southern Methodist University; Diana Sabau, Deputy Director of Athletics, The Ohio State University; and Bren Stevens, Director of Athletics, University of Charleston. Utilize the following links to view each panelist's institution health & safety acknowledgement document/pledge: Charleston; Ohio State; SMU

1. Nathan Seeckts - Beast Beneath The Bed 2. Kora Naughton - Cease Fire 3. Blake Dantier - Mary Jane 4. Michelle Gardiner - Sing Me A Memory 5. Brooke Schubert - Here I Am 6. Benn Gunn - I Got The Boat 7. Jade Holland - Lives On The Lawn 8. Sami ft. Troy Kemp - Brand New Strings 9. Danielle Bourjeaurd and Gord Bamford - Bigger Glass 10. Bobby McClendon – Camaro 11. Bridget O'Shannessy - Long Dirt Road 12. Triston Marez - That Was All Me 13. Tyler Jordan - I Wanna Be 14. Kyle Elliott & Stephanie Nash - Never Break 15. Morgan Wallen - The Way I Talk 16. Thomas Rhett - Marry Me 17. Florida Georgia Line - Can't Say I Aint Country 18. Ryan Daykin - Ain't Gonna Miss Me 19. Ryan Daykin - Waited Long Enough 20. Ryan Daykin - Arms Length (ft Aleyce Simmonds) 21. Ryan Daykin - Like Wildfire (ft Hayley Marsten) 22. Jenny Queen - Lady Lazarus 23. Allan Caswell – Mexico 24. Shelly Jones Band - Merle(Requested by Alan) 25. The Wolfe Brothers - Country Heart 26. Hattie Oates - She's All Yours 27. Destiny Band Oz - My Family and Me (Requested by Jill) 28. Natalie Pearson & Brook Chivell - I Wonder What You Kiss Like (Requested by Steve) 29. Rick Hart ft Elysia Gomez - Love Gets The Better Of Me 30. Shakira Lea - I Miss You (Requested by Karen & Shakira) 31. Lucille - The Killing Season 32. Brooks & Magee - Somewhere Down The Road (Requested by Bob) 33. Ali S - I Need A Beer

1. Nathan Seeckts - Beast Beneath The Bed 2. Kora Naughton - Cease Fire 3. Blake Dantier - Mary Jane 4. Michelle Gardiner - Sing Me A Memory 5. Brooke Schubert - Here I Am 6. Benn Gunn - I Got The Boat 7. Jade Holland - Lives On The Lawn 8. Sami ft. Troy Kemp - Brand New Strings 9. Danielle Bourjeaurd and Gord Bamford - Bigger Glass 10. Bobby McClendon – Camaro 11. Bridget O'Shannessy - Long Dirt Road 12. Triston Marez - That Was All Me 13. Tyler Jordan - I Wanna Be 14. Kyle Elliott & Stephanie Nash - Never Break 15. Morgan Wallen - The Way I Talk 16. Thomas Rhett - Marry Me 17. Florida Georgia Line - Can't Say I Aint Country 18. Ryan Daykin - Ain't Gonna Miss Me 19. Ryan Daykin - Waited Long Enough 20. Ryan Daykin - Arms Length (ft Aleyce Simmonds) 21. Ryan Daykin - Like Wildfire (ft Hayley Marsten) 22. Jenny Queen - Lady Lazarus 23. Allan Caswell – Mexico 24. Shelly Jones Band - Merle(Requested by Alan) 25. The Wolfe Brothers - Country Heart 26. Hattie Oates - She's All Yours 27. Destiny Band Oz - My Family and Me (Requested by Jill) 28. Natalie Pearson & Brook Chivell - I Wonder What You Kiss Like (Requested by Steve) 29. Rick Hart ft Elysia Gomez - Love Gets The Better Of Me 30. Shakira Lea - I Miss You (Requested by Karen & Shakira) 31. Lucille - The Killing Season 32. Brooks & Magee - Somewhere Down The Road (Requested by Bob) 33. Ali S - I Need A Beer

1. Nathan Seeckts - Beast Beneath The Bed 2. Kora Naughton - Cease Fire 3. Blake Dantier - Mary Jane 4. Michelle Gardiner - Sing Me A Memory 5. Brooke Schubert - Here I Am 6. Benn Gunn - I Got The Boat 7. Jade Holland - Lives On The Lawn 8. Sami ft. Troy Kemp - Brand New Strings 9. Danielle Bourjeaurd and Gord Bamford - Bigger Glass 10. Bobby McClendon – Camaro 11. Bridget O'Shannessy - Long Dirt Road 12. Triston Marez - That Was All Me 13. Tyler Jordan - I Wanna Be 14. Kyle Elliott & Stephanie Nash - Never Break 15. Morgan Wallen - The Way I Talk 16. Thomas Rhett - Marry Me 17. Florida Georgia Line - Can't Say I Aint Country 18. Ryan Daykin - Ain't Gonna Miss Me 19. Ryan Daykin - Waited Long Enough 20. Ryan Daykin - Arms Length (ft Aleyce Simmonds) 21. Ryan Daykin - Like Wildfire (ft Hayley Marsten) 22. Jenny Queen - Lady Lazarus 23. Allan Caswell – Mexico 24. Shelly Jones Band - Merle(Requested by Alan) 25. The Wolfe Brothers - Country Heart 26. Hattie Oates - She's All Yours 27. Destiny Band Oz - My Family and Me (Requested by Jill) 28. Natalie Pearson & Brook Chivell - I Wonder What You Kiss Like (Requested by Steve) 29. Rick Hart ft Elysia Gomez - Love Gets The Better Of Me 30. Shakira Lea - I Miss You (Requested by Karen & Shakira) 31. Lucille - The Killing Season 32. Brooks & Magee - Somewhere Down The Road (Requested by Bob) 33. Ali S - I Need A Beer

1. Rick Hart ft Elysia Gomez - Love Gets The Better Of Me 2. Andersonlane - It's A Cowboy Thing 3. Kerry Kennedy - Goodnight Little Man 4. Megan Sidwell - I Got You 5. The Long & Short Of It - A Little Crazy Kinda' Nice 6. Kirsty Lee Akers – Skeletons 7. Casey Barnes - Better Days 8. Adam Brand – Wasted Day 9. Colin Kenny - I'm A Country Singer 10. Ward Thomas - No Filter 11. Rex Allen, Jr. - The Great Mail Robbery 12. Brook & Dunn ft. Luke Combs - Brand New Man 13. Danielle Bradbery - God Is A Woman 14. George Strait - Every Little Honky Tonk Bar 15. Maddie & Tae - Die From a Broken Heart 16. Gord Bamford - Breakfast Beer 17. Carrie Underwood & Randy Travis - I Told You So 18. Ian Burns - George and Jack 19. Ian Burns - How 'bout You 20. Ian Burns - Beer Drinking Song 21. Ian Burns ft. Kelly Hope - If I Said I Didn't Love You 22. Ian Burns - Best Friend Is Whiskey 23. Kaylee Bell – Keith 24. Alex Tobin - Sucker For Punishment 25. Ryan Daykin - Ain't Gonna Miss Me 26. Darby Burger - Goin' Bush 27. Runaway Dixie - Meant To Be 28. The Warrains - Who Is 29. Luke Dickens - Let It Burn 30. Jaylee Daniels - Papa's Song 31. Liberty Tuohy – Time Stays The Same 32. Shakira Lea - I Miss You 33. Suspenseful - Sad Life

1. Rick Hart ft Elysia Gomez - Love Gets The Better Of Me 2. Andersonlane - It's A Cowboy Thing 3. Kerry Kennedy - Goodnight Little Man 4. Megan Sidwell - I Got You 5. The Long & Short Of It - A Little Crazy Kinda' Nice 6. Kirsty Lee Akers – Skeletons 7. Casey Barnes - Better Days 8. Adam Brand – Wasted Day 9. Colin Kenny - I'm A Country Singer 10. Ward Thomas - No Filter 11. Rex Allen, Jr. - The Great Mail Robbery 12. Brook & Dunn ft. Luke Combs - Brand New Man 13. Danielle Bradbery - God Is A Woman 14. George Strait - Every Little Honky Tonk Bar 15. Maddie & Tae - Die From a Broken Heart 16. Gord Bamford - Breakfast Beer 17. Carrie Underwood & Randy Travis - I Told You So 18. Ian Burns - George and Jack 19. Ian Burns - How 'bout You 20. Ian Burns - Beer Drinking Song 21. Ian Burns ft. Kelly Hope - If I Said I Didn't Love You 22. Ian Burns - Best Friend Is Whiskey 23. Kaylee Bell – Keith 24. Alex Tobin - Sucker For Punishment 25. Ryan Daykin - Ain't Gonna Miss Me 26. Darby Burger - Goin' Bush 27. Runaway Dixie - Meant To Be 28. The Warrains - Who Is 29. Luke Dickens - Let It Burn 30. Jaylee Daniels - Papa's Song 31. Liberty Tuohy – Time Stays The Same 32. Shakira Lea - I Miss You 33. Suspenseful - Sad Life

1. Rick Hart ft Elysia Gomez - Love Gets The Better Of Me 2. Andersonlane - It's A Cowboy Thing 3. Kerry Kennedy - Goodnight Little Man 4. Megan Sidwell - I Got You 5. The Long & Short Of It - A Little Crazy Kinda' Nice 6. Kirsty Lee Akers – Skeletons 7. Casey Barnes - Better Days 8. Adam Brand – Wasted Day 9. Colin Kenny - I'm A Country Singer 10. Ward Thomas - No Filter 11. Rex Allen, Jr. - The Great Mail Robbery 12. Brook & Dunn ft. Luke Combs - Brand New Man 13. Danielle Bradbery - God Is A Woman 14. George Strait - Every Little Honky Tonk Bar 15. Maddie & Tae - Die From a Broken Heart 16. Gord Bamford - Breakfast Beer 17. Carrie Underwood & Randy Travis - I Told You So 18. Ian Burns - George and Jack 19. Ian Burns - How 'bout You 20. Ian Burns - Beer Drinking Song 21. Ian Burns ft. Kelly Hope - If I Said I Didn't Love You 22. Ian Burns - Best Friend Is Whiskey 23. Kaylee Bell – Keith 24. Alex Tobin - Sucker For Punishment 25. Ryan Daykin - Ain't Gonna Miss Me 26. Darby Burger - Goin' Bush 27. Runaway Dixie - Meant To Be 28. The Warrains - Who Is 29. Luke Dickens - Let It Burn 30. Jaylee Daniels - Papa's Song 31. Liberty Tuohy – Time Stays The Same 32. Shakira Lea - I Miss You 33. Suspenseful - Sad Life

Self-made Perth businessman and former Fremantle Dockers Chairman Rick Hart joins Tim McMillan to reflect on how he turned a storm damaged load of fridges into a white goods empire. 

Self-made Perth businessman and former Fremantle Dockers Chairman Rick Hart joins Tim McMillan to reflect on how he turned a storm damaged load of fridges into a white goods empire. 

Over 90 years ago, a serial sexual killer was on the loose. His hunting ground-all across the United States and into Canada. When his spree came to an end, at least 22 people, and possibly more, lay in his wake. Join Erica and Billy this week for the conclusion of Earle Leonard Nelson and hear all the grisly details of his murder spree! And please raise a glass for the late Rick Hart...January 27th, 1954-July 9th, 2018. A HUGE  thank you to Steve Pacheco from Trace Evidence!!! Your thoughtfulness during this time was truly appreciated! The show artwork was created by Chris Axmann. Thank you, Chris! Thanks, as always, go to MinimusNoah for the music at the end of each episode. Be sure to listen until the end for the new song-You're Brave-off of his new album Views, which is now available for purchase on iTunes at https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/views/1368735476. It’s also available on Spotify, Bandcamp, Google Play, and many more! Help support a truly creative independent artist! You can also find him on our website, www.MartinisandtheMacabre.com, on the music page, along with a fully playable track listing of all his songs that have been used in previous episodes. To show your support, please leave a 5-star rating and review on iTunes, Stitcher, or any other podcatcher or social media platform that has the option to do so, to help boost the show. It really helps us as podcasters and we would truly appreciate it! And, if you send us a screenshot of your review with your address, we will send you a free Martinis and the Macabre sticker! Another way to help support the show is to become a Patron! Visit our Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/MartinisandtheMacabre, and with even a $1 pledge you will get a shout out on the show and access to Patron exclusive audio content each month!  Please mention or tag us on Facebook or Twitter to share as well! You can like and follow us on Facebook and Instagram @Martinis and the Macabre and on Twitter @Martini_Macabre. Be sure to join our fan-made page on Facebook as well: Friends Who Like Martinis and the Macabre. Post, share, and interact! E-mail questions, comments, or topic suggestions to MartinisandtheMacabre@gmail.com. You can also reach us through the contact page on our website, www.MartinisandtheMacabre.com. Be sure to visit our network at Murder.ly to check out all of the other great true crime podcasts in our family! Other music and sound effects provided by: http://www.purple-planet.com http://www.jewelbeat.com/ https://www.pond5.com/   murder, mystery, true crime, comedy, macabre, morbid, dark humor, humour, paranormal, disappearances, Way to go, Canada! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rick Hart, Director of Athletics at SMU, and Ed McLaughlin, Director of Athletics at VCU sit down with Katie Young of Witt/Keiffer to discuss the process of hiring and onboarding a first time head coach. Both executives recommend that a first time head coach hire a former head coach as a top assistant on the staff to help guide and give direction on issues that may arise. Of course, they acknowledge this isn't always possible so the AD may have to serve as the voice of reason in certain situations. The discussions also goes into the thought process of sitting down with someone for the actual interview.

Talented Melburnian Rick Hart joins us for the House Concert.

Keith demonstrates the importance of culture, the advantages of empowering people around you, and what's in a wardrobe!   Intro/Bio: Hey everyone and welcome to the All-Star Leader Podcast, where together we learn about leadership from the best and brightest, and keep it fun by connecting it to our passion for sports! I'm your host Daniel Hare, and today our guest is University of Richmond Director of Athletics Keith Gill. Keith is in his fifth year with the Spiders, and prior to that spent five years in the same role at American University. Keith has also made stops at the University of Oklahoma, Vanderbilt University and the NCAA national office. He also served as the Vice-Chair of the NCAA Division I Council. He is a graduate of Duke University where he lettered four years as a member of the Blue Devil football team. This is Keith Gill. Hey Keith thanks for coming on the show! Interview Questions: Keith share with us a bit about your early years; where did you grow up and who was the first impactful leader you spent time around. Grew up in Orlando; dad was in the Navy so lots of moving around Played four sports in high school Then on to Duke NCAA Internship (Are kids still playing lots of sports or are they specializing early?) – more specialization now, though he got a lot out of the multiple sports. Football coach Larry Gurley and baseball coach Bob King were influential leaders in his life. They were very different and highly successful. They shared common threads of successful leaders, but great leaders do what works for them and are true to themselves. You can't emulate someone; you have to be who you are and apply those principles appropriately. Setting expectations is very important, along with accountability. Must be able to connect; must be able to listen. Let ideas percolate from the bottom up and facilitate conversations where everyone has a voice and feels invested. (practical way to be intentional about facilitating these conversations?) – culture is key; do people feel like they can speak up? Structure is key too; one on ones with direct reports. Also getting out of your office, bouncing around and popping your head in is a great way to connect and pick up pieces of information. What did you learn about leadership from your time playing football at Duke? Such a gift Tries to create the same experience for today's student-athletes that he had Learned how to write; was challenged; learned he could handle more than he thought he could. Learned life lessons (i.e. how to hail a cab!) which are simple once you learn them, but if nobody teaches them to you, you won't know! Learned these at Duke. (And how do you handle playing a sport that is not the priority): there's an adjustment; as a 19-year-old, it's hard to see other athletes on TV and with the best gear. But there's always someone who has it better, and others who have it worse (the cross-country team v. football). Focus on trying to get the most you can out of the opportunities you do have. If you get the degree you've won, and it doesn't matter how many sweatshirts you have. You spent a number of years at the NCAA. How would you describe the strengths of that organization that the leaders in our audience could implement within their own organizations? Incredible experience; learned how to be a professional; had a mentor and a director of the program who were great influences Of course, once he got hired full-time by the NCAA, his mentor told him he had to upgrade his wardrobe! Able to see presidents and ADs work You no doubt worked with a number of committees while at the NCAA; what did you notice about presidents, ADs, etc. who were able to influence and lead other presidents and ADs in those committees? Had the opportunity to see that a lot! Some people get their work done during breaks Others speak rarely, but when they do the respect is so great people listen We've heard from former University of Oklahoma administrators-now-ADs Kirby Hocutt and Rick Hart, so it's your turn to tell us what you learned from your time working with Joe Casiglione about how to lead a department and staff. Joe empowers his staff and gives them a lot of responsibility, opportunity and access to himself He listens to his staff; he gives lots of his own thoughts as well. When you first became an AD at American University, what surprised you the most and how did you respond to that surprise? How relevant are we to the institution? If athletics went away, would we be missed? It didn't seem like it in the beginning. We didn't have much of an impact on the life of the institution. So that was much of the focus early on: to integrate athletics into the life of the institution Engaged faculty: for example created a faculty/staff basketball game, with a banner in honor of the winner hanging in the gym rafters (That issue is even more difficult than just succeeding on the field): relevance is hard because so many things are competing for people's time/money/effort Let's talk about culture. How do you go about creating a culture and how do you maintain it? You have to model the behavior you seek You have to define your values (ground rules and principles that are agreed to) With such decentralized operations among the teams, the culture is critical How would you advise young leaders to make an impact on their organizations when they don't yet have the title/authority? Think of themselves as a leader; it's a mindset; every day they are an agent for their department/school/team/company They need to be willing to take on challenges; step up when asked; volunteer He used to volunteer to pick up the SEC commish when he would come into town; that allowed him to get to know him; the contact has paid off over the years Finding opportunity everywhere it's presented is big; you don't know where your next opportunity is coming from; while at the NCAA he went on campus at Stanford for some work, and met Todd Turner which led to Keith getting hired at Vanderbilt. What is the biggest mistake you have made as a leader, and what did you learn from it? Made a bunch Not understanding the power of words: left someone off a list when making a presentation, and made an off-hand joke about it in public; the person was embarrassed and it created an issue. Though the culture was such that the person felt comfortable coming to Keith and explaining how that made them feel. So that was a silver lining. Very cognizant now as to the words he uses about others in public. Be introspective enough to learn from them; goal should be not to repeat them. Five rapid fire questions Name one trait or characteristic you look for when you hire someone. People skills What habit has been key to your success? Walking Most important app or productivity tool? Washington Post Most influential leader you've personally been around? Brother One sentence of advice for the leaders in our audience? Find the balance between what you want out of your career and life, and focus on where you are right now Thank Yous/Acknowledgements: Antioch Live/Clear Day Media Group – music More here. Jonathan Davis – production Clint Musslewhite – voice over   

In this episode, Brian talks with Mixed Martial Arts fighter Charlie "The Spaniard" Brenneman and his remarkable story going from working his dream job as a Spanish teacher, to winning UFC fights in the Octagon. Follow Charlie on Twitter @SpaniardMMA Follow Charlie on Instagram @MMASpaniard Check out his website Charlie-Brenneman.com You will learn about... Charlie's journey going from Spanish teacher to UFC fighter Charlie's 5 Elements of Excellence that have lead him to great success Charlie's AM and PM routines Charlie's daily video posted on Facebook and YouTube where he shares knowledge from the book he is reading that day How you can have Charlie come speak to your team or school   PODCAST TRANSCRIPTION Brenneman: That result is there. We want it, we want it, we want it. But just above that - slightly more important than that - is the process, is the pursuit of that goal not the attainment of that goal. Cain: This is Brian Cain with the Peak Performance Podcast. Today our guest, Charlie “The Spaniard” Brenneman, has not only fought the who's-who in the Mixed Martial Arts world as a UFC veteran but he is also a former high school teacher. Charlie has a fascinating story that has come out with his book Driven: My Unlikely Journey from Classroom To Cage. Charlie, I'm just fired up to have you on. Thanks for making the time to be a part of the Peak Performance Podcast. Brenneman: It's my pleasure to be here. I love talking to likeminded people and you're one of them so I'm happy to be here. Cain: Well Charlie if you would for our listeners they probably have seen you in the cage. They've seen you with the who's-who in the UFC from Johny Hendricks and Anthony “Rumble” Johnson. What they probably don't know is your story up until that point in the UFC. Could you give kind of a quick snapshot of your career as a high school/college athlete, into teaching, and then what kind of got you into MMA? Brenneman: I'm from central Pennsylvania. I grew up in a small town. I'm a wrestler. Even today when I speak one of my lines is “I'm a wrestler who learned to fight.” That is basically what I did. The sport of wrestling taught me mental toughness, it taught me mindset, it taught me discipline, sacrifice. Those are the things that I carried up with me through high school. I would always come close to achieving my goals but I would fall short. I started to keep track and understand that the reason I was falling short was because I ultimately lacked the self confidence at the highest level. I ended up losing a state title two years in a row in high school. I took my athletic career into wrestling and for my first four years of my collegiate wrestling I red shirted a year. I completely underperformed. The last year it was like I had a mental breakthrough that really changed my last year, it changed the trajectory of my future. I ended up capping off my college career in a great way. I still felt short of my goal but I finished in a round of twelve at Division One Nationals. Then I thought it was all done. I thought all that discipline and sacrifice was over. I was ready to go home. I was ready to get fat and sit on the couch. After about a year of doing that I realized that I needed something. I needed to compete again. Around that time the sport of Mixed Martial Arts was starting to come to the forefront and started to kind of make a little bit of progress in the mainstream. Then literally one day I decided I'm going to leave my Spanish teaching position and I'm going to be a UFC fighter. Up until two years ago it'll be my last fight but I spent the last decade training with, competing against, fighting, beating, losing to, the biggest baddest toughest fighters in the world. I came from a small town, became a teacher, then fighting, and now I'm on the other side of it where I'm kind of taking everything I learned, condensing it, and delivering it through speaking and mentoring. Cain: I know we just kind of got off of a good discussion before we got onto the podcast. What are some of the key principles that when you're going in to speak to a school or you're going in to work with a team what are some of the key principles - basically your framework, Charlie, that you share with them that made you successful that you know if they would adopt and they'll heed to you teachings you know that they'll be more successful. What are some of those key principles or key concepts within your framework? Brenneman: So what I did when I had my last fight and I thought “what am I going to do,” the first thing I did was I sat down and I literally wrote a book. I had had so many questions about I left my job, I got called crazy, I got called stupid, I got called all kinds of things because it was against the norm. So I sat down and I wrote a book about it. I'm a note taker and I'm a writer so I condensed all of the notes, the principles, the things that I've recorded over the years and I boiled them down into five what I call “elements of excellence.” Those things together create a fighter's mindset. When you're talking about a fighter's mindset you think of the best fighters in the world. There is this resilience and perseverance and mental toughness and discipline - all these things. But the five things that I really focus on is the idea of a vision, knowing where you want to go, always having that North Star. The next thing is your core values whether it's in your personal life, whether it's in your athletic life, your professional life. I read a lot of books and so many of them focus on this idea of core values, knowing who you truly are and being that person in competition. The next one is defining success. To me that took me a lifetime of winning and losing. That took me a lifetime of competing to really truly appreciate the process versus the outcome. The fourth one is living with accountability. To me accountability - when I decided to leave my teaching position and I decided to literally drive into the unknown, this unknown world, it was all on me. It was on my shoulders. I had no paycheck. I had no leads. I had to create it. So that idea of accountability, (as Jocko Willink in Extreme Ownership says) assuming extreme ownership in everything you do and say. Then the last part - I don't want to say the most powerful, but - is the idea of surrounding yourself with the best every day. Even today in my life connecting with you, connecting with other speakers and mentors and podcasters, I'm obsessed with surrounding myself with the best. Looking at the best in the world then literally trying to talk to them. The first two guys I communicated with in Mixed Martial Arts were Eddie Alvarez and Frankie Edgar. Eddie is the current UFC Champion. Frankie is one of the best in history. So I believe in the power of influence. Those five elements are kind of my keys to living with a fighter's mindset. Cain: I love that. I think you hit the nail right on the head and as it ties back with what a lot of our listeners have gone through and are familiar with some of the work that I've done with the 12 Pillars of Peak Performance and in talking about vision and values (that's Pillar #2) and kind of defining your success is that process. The process over the outcome. Then surrounding yourself with the best. As we say you become the average of the five people that you hang out with most. In one of the books that you mentioned from Jocko Willink about extreme ownership, one of the top reads (I think) from people in our Inner Circle and people that are going to be listening to this podcast. I'm assuming you've seen his video where he talks about good and making adversity your advantage. What are some of the other best books that you've read that have had the biggest impact on your mindset? Brenneman: I literally read every morning. It's one of the things I started doing 42 days ago. I read every morning. I've been reading for years and years and one of the things I've been doing is making a daily video summarizing and applying what I have read that day to everyday life. There are 100 books I could say.   Some of the coolest recent ones that I've read, The Obstacle Is The Way by Ryan Holiday. It talks about using adversity to your advantage. Certainly The Obstacle Is The Way. Start With Why by Simon Sinek which just really gets back to kind of along the lines of your values. Figure out what's your purpose. Why do I get up every morning at 4:30? Why do I still do treadmill sprint workouts when I have no fight? Really getting to the core of that.   I'll give you a third one. The Slight Edge by Jeff Olson talks about small consistent actions repeated over a long period of time resulting in giant results. Those are three of the top ones. Reading is a habit that I would encourage everyone to get into. Cain: Those are definitely four books that are in my library and four books that I think many of our listeners have gone through. It's funny, The Slight Edge is a book that was given to SMU's athletic director, Rick Hart, gave that book to all of their coaches. Then The Obstacle Is The Way by Ryan Holiday, he's got another book The Ego Is The Enemy that the TCU athletic director gave to all of their coaches. So you're reading books, Charlie, that are right up there with our audience. The videos that you make, is that something that you put out on social media and  something that our listeners could follow along as well so they could kind of learn through what they're learning? Brenneman: Absolutely. I'm glad that you mentioned that. I do Facebook Live. I tested it out a little with Periscope, a little with Facebook Live, and I seem to get the most views on Facebook Live. From there I upload them to YouTube so you can subscribe to me on YouTube to get them on a daily basis or you can follow me on my personal page, Charlie Brenneman, or my business page, Charlie “The Spaniard” Brenneman. Every morning 5:30 I'm there with a smile on my face kind of reciting. I feel kind of weird because I've been an athlete, I've been a fighter, that's what I do, but I get so amped up about reading and learning and just pushing it out. So yeah I put them out every day on my social media. Cain: I love it. So your social media. The best place for people to follow you. What is your Twitter handle? Brenneman: @SpaniardMMA. My website www.Charlie-Brenneman.com has all of my links in the upper right-hand corner. I'm SpaniardMMA across the board. Instagram I'm MMASpaniard because I can't get SpaniardMMA so that is the only hiccup. Cain: Then your YouTube channel is SpaniardMMA? Brenneman: Yep. If you just search Charlie Brenneman or SpaniardMMA on YouTube it will come up. Cain: Awesome. I think that would be something that our listeners definitely will want to follow. I didn't realize you did that so that is going to be something I go and get on for sure and check those out in the morning. You talk about getting up every morning and doing a video at 5:30. You sound like you're a machine of routine. Tell us about your morning routine and kind of what you do on a daily basis. Brenneman: This is something for the listeners out there. I'm a fan of Gary Vaynerchuk who - you can call him an internet marketer, entrepreneur, he's a lot of things. One of the things that I learned from him - actually I didn't learn it from him. I felt comfortable because I heard him reaffirm it, this idea of trying a bunch of different things. The very first person who turned me on to this idea of a morning routine is Hal Elrod in The Miracle Morning. Since then I've tried maybe 10-20 different routines in the morning. For me basically it's simple. My alarm is set for 4:30 every morning. I get up early every morning. On Sundays I sleep in till a whopping 6:00 or 6:30. There is really only two things: I drink 32 ounces of water basically right out of the gate and I read for at least 30 minutes a day. Those two things when it's completely quiet, when the bids aren't even chirping, it's dark, I'm sitting here with water, a coffee, and my book. If I can get that in my day then that puts me up in the right direction. Cain: Hal Elrod, one of my favorite books The Miracle Morning where he talks about the acronym SAVERS. The first S is silence, the A if affirmation (so positive), the V is visualization, the E is exercise, the R is that you read, and the last S is that you scribe and you write and you actually do that without knowing and putting it to the SAVERS acronym that Hal talks about in The Miracle Morning. You're actually doing that on a daily basis. Maybe instead of writing you're speaking into your video and putting it out there for others which is probably a more easier digestible way for people to learn these days. But I love that morning routine. What about your PM routine? Do you have a shutdown routine at the end of the day to help you kind of log off and get more dialed in with your family? Brenneman: We just had a son three weeks ago and I have a daughter that is three years old. Where I'm at in this phase of my life I'm probably done fighting for several different reasons. I realize it's like the work is there, the tasks are there, and I could literally work every hour of every day. This is a transition period for me and my wife. We've seen in the last decade when it went from teaching to fighting and fighting now into speaking and mentoring that these different transition phases - and they're tough. For any goal driven person in a relationship who has a family it's tough. It's not easy. What we've done is develop - that's partially the reason I get up at 4:30 in the morning, so I have the time to do the things I need to do. But I really - we're recording now in the PM and this is an anomaly. I normally shut off by - I'm done with my workout by 5:30 and then it's all family. Just because if I didn't draw that hard line it would go on forever. Mixing that business and family time is just not a winner in our home. Cain: That one hit me pretty hard as I'm sitting here on a cruise and I'm looking at my wife who is sitting out on the balcony waiting for me to get done doing work so that I can take her to dinner. I think you hit the nail on the head. For the coaches that are listening to this you've got to have that hard shutdown routine. You've got to have that time in your day where you said “hey what's done is done and what's not done can be put off until tomorrow” because if you don't draw that hard line you're right, you could literally work 24 hours in a day when you're uber motivated and a guy who is excited to go out there and make a difference which our listeners are. So I think I they can start to learn about that shutdown routine as well. That's going to be important. Now when you shut down at 5:30 after that workout are you done with technology and you're turning off the computer and the email and the cell phone and all that so you can engage? Or do you still have that digital distraction sometimes? Brenneman: Yeah I'm not going to sit here and say I'm perfect by any means. But no, my objective is to - I actually am up in my office right now (it's on the third floor of my house) and I leave my computer up here because what I've found is that when I would bring my computer downstairs I would be tempted. If my wife went in to get something to eat or to fix something to eat I'd be tempted to hop on my computer and check my email real quick. So by leaving it up here in the attic it's kind of the idea of if you don't want to eat junk food don't keep it in your cupboards. It's that same idea. If I don't want to be on my computer I should leave it upstairs. So I do that. My cell phone, I've flirted with some different strategies here and there but it's in my pocket but I've done a good enough job - and I know this from my wife saying “you know what you've done a really great job in the last couple months of staying off your cell phone after hours.” The computer is the hard up in the attic. The cell phone is just in awareness that I'm aware of how much I'm on it. Cain: Love it. That's awesome. That's great advice for everybody. Charlie, if we can let's go back to your I think you call them your five “elements of excellence?” Is that right? Brenneman: Yep. Cain: And with the five elements of excellence - vision, core values, defining success, living with accountability, and surrounding yourself with the best - how do you define success for yourself? Brenneman: Whenever you're explaining it you kind of mention the process. What happened to me is from a young age, honestly from the earliest I can remember I was dead set on getting straight As and I was dead set on winning a state championship in wrestling. Those were my goals. I would achieve those goals often but I would fall short of those goals almost as often. One of the things I tell coaches and parents as often as I can is expose your kids - both your real kids and your athletes - expose them to winning and losing as often as possible. That builds resilience and that builds mental fortitude. What I learned - honestly the heartbreak of losing two state titles, especially the second one, in high school. I was an 18 year old kid and you would think as a 35 year old man who experienced all this other stuff in the last 15 years those two nights I can't think of a more painful athletic night than those two nights. I still kept going. I still kept moving forward, keeping my values, having that vision clear of who and what I wanted to be. But it wasn't until I was fighting. You see in UFC you fight but every 3-5 months. So what would happen is I would win a fight, I would come home and I would feel like a million bucks. That was great, I had money, this and that. But then if I lost I would come home and just feel like absolute garbage. Like absolute terrible garbage. Everything was terrible. Then after that happening 3, 4, 5 times I started to - honestly it was like I just got fed up with it and I thought “there has to be another way to do this because this is not worth it, this up and down is not worth being a professional fighter.” Then it was like one day it clicked and it was like “wait a minute that's silly” to judge my self worth, to judge my feeling, to judge my mental state on the winning and the losing is wrong. I truly believe it's wrong. That's where it goes back to the process that you mentioned and Nick Saban mentions it. The idea of defining success to me - and whether you want to quote John Wooden also - is the process. Putting in the work on a daily, on an hourly, on a minute basis to produce that result in the end. That result is there. We want it, we want it, we want it. But just above that - slightly more important than that - is the process, is the pursuit of that goal not the attainment of that goal. Cain: I love that. You just mentioned two of the greatest coaches of all time (I think) in Saban and Wooden. Wooden, since we mentioned books and I'm keeping a list of your books that you mentioned here which we'll put out in the notes with this episode, is one of John Wooden's books A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections On And Off the Court. It's a little blue book. it's fantastic. Brenneman: Yep. Blue and yellow. Cain: Yeah you got it. Then Nick Saban's book How Good Do You Want to Be I think is one of the best that I've ever read as well. The one I have has this cover of him at LSU on it. I know the new one has him in Alabama. So he talked about the process and I think you're so spot on with that. What about your core values? Brenneman: I was going to say another just little caveat I wanted to throw in there is this idea of excellence. Honestly when I started this pursuit (speaking and mentoring etc.) the term “excellence,” (“elements of excellence” hence the Elements of Excellence) that word really stuck to me. That stuck with me. As a kid my parents taught me, one, do the best you can in everything you do, and two, inspire other people to do the same. It was like those were kind f the two things that I thought were normal. I thought “oh yes every person does their best and every person inspires other people.” I just thought that was normal. This standard of excellence I've carried with me in my life. None of us are perfect. I've done less than perfect things and haven't maintained that standard. But I believe in operating with a mindset of excellence on a daily basis. It's like you know the cliché you shoot for the stars, you miss, you still land hot. If your objective, if your mission is excellence you're going to be good across the board no matter what. I really want to stress and emphasize the importance of setting your bar at excellence. Cain: I love that. Skip Bertman, who was the baseball coach at LSU for a number of years, I had a dream come true and got a chance to do a book with him within the last year. One of the things that Skip talked about is he says there are three doors you can go through. You can go through the door of win, you can go through the door of loss, or you can go through the door of excellence. Excellence is bigger than winning. Sometimes you can give an excellent performance and not win. I'm sure in the octagon you've had those fights where you've gone out there and fought great and fought the way you wanted to and because of the judges or because the other guy was just a little bit better that night it didn't go the way you wanted it to. But I think that happens in athletics all the time is that the process doesn't always lead to the result but the process does give you the best chance to get the result. I think if you're committed to excellence and being the best that you possibly can be and have that growth mindset you're going to be able to achieve a lot more over the marathon than the person who is focused on win-loss. Would you agree? Brenneman: Absolutely. 100%. The process versus the achievement or the process versus the outcome, yeah, it's - and I'm not saying this to make myself feel better because I lost three fights in a row to end my career. I'm not saying this to make the listeners feel good about themselves because they lost and they need a pat on the back. I'm saying this because it's tried and true from experience. This is what I learned. This is what the most successful people in the world have learned. If you're not going to take it from me take it from Saban, take it from Wooden, take it from all of these other people who say the same thing. Cain: No question. We use a term a lot that says “success leaves clues.” You've reaffirmed and (I think) brought to the table a lot of the same concludes that we try to teach and that coaches try to teach. But coaches that are listening to this and myself, I've never stepped in the octagon. I've been on either side of the octagon - fence, corner, and some guys - but you've been in there with the who's-who of MMA. For the coaches or the teachers or the athletic directors listening to this if they wanted to bring you in to deliver your message on the five elements of excellence and talk about the importance of vision, talk about core values and knowing who you are, redefining success as it relates to the process and the pursuit of excellence, being more accountable (which I know every coach has issues with trying to grow accountability in their program), and then talking about that surrounding yourself with the best and you becoming one of those people that those coaches associate with, what is the best way for people to get a hold of you and do you go in and speak to schools and do you go in and work with athletes and programs? Talk a little bit more about that process and how they can get you and what you do when you go in there. Brenneman: I appreciate that. absolutely that is what I do. If you go to my website www.Charlie-Brenneman.com it's very simple to navigate. There is a contact tab up top. Contact me. Speaking events, workshops, mentoring, it's right there for you to clearly define why you're making contact. Honestly one of the more enjoyable things I do is these workshops, these fighter's mindset workshops. There are six one hour sessions. I take them through the elements of excellence. I cap it off with a leadership session. It works great with coaches and it works great with athletes. One of the things I've learned from experience and I've heard said across the board is these success principles, these fighter mindset principles, they're going to work for you in high school athletics, they're going to work for you in college athletics, they're going to work for you in a coaching position, in a professional position, they're success principles that don't falter. They work across the board. It's awesome. For much of my life I was the guy in the fire. I was the guy in the octagon. I was the guy on TV. And I loved it, trust me. It was awesome. I loved every second of it. But now that I'm able to kind of 10x, 20x, 1,000x, 1,000,000x that into affecting people around me - I don't want to say it's more enjoyable but it's just slowly becoming more enjoyable. Cain: I think they say that the true measure of a man's life is the positive impact that he's had on others. You have a positive impact through inspiration. When you're in the cage and you're fighting it's entertaining but I think you being able to take your experience, Charlie, of what you've done and what you've learned through that journey of being an elite MMA warrior and a guy who has fought the best of the best. You are in there with a UFC World Champion and Johny Hendricks. You are in there with Anthony Johnson who I think was a World Champion as well? Brenneman: He was almost. He still might be. Well first of all I fought him at 170 lbs. Now he's at 205 lbs. So he's the number one contender at 205. Cain: I remember the days of him and his weight class changing. He's probably at his natural weight now of 205. I can only imagine how much of a beast he was at 170. But being able to have gone through and done that and now being able to take what you've learned from all the punches and the trials and tribulations and now being able to decipher that into the five elements of excellence and share that with young people who are in the pursuit of excellence (and for coaches who are trying to support their young people in pursuit of excellence) I think is fantastic. The beauty of just getting to know you a little bit here on the podcast today and in our time before is you were also a high school teacher and you are able to communicate that and you can communicate it in Spanish. It's something that I think is very unique. I will say having spent a lot of time in MMA there is not a lot of UFC fighters that I'd be comfortable with having been a former athletic director rolling them out in front of my coaches or rolling them out in front of my students because some of them - the full student body that would be non athletes - and having you go out there to talk about the five elements of excellence, that fits across the board. And the fact that you have been in a classroom and are comfortable in that setting and know what is appropriate to do with high school student athletes and high school students I think makes you at least at the top of my list of people that I would bring in to speak to my student athletes and coaches if I were still a high school athletic director. So Charlie, I'm fired up to have had the opportunity to get to know you. I appreciate you making time. I apologize for keeping you past 5:30 so please apologize to your wife for me. Brenneman: No worries. Cain: For all of our listeners again you want to follow him at @SpaniardMMA on YouTube, SpaniardMMA, and go to www.Charlie-Brenneman.com. Looking forward to getting you back on here as a repeat guest. This is one of my favorite podcasts we've done and it's exciting for me personally having watched you fight and compete in the cage as much as I have to be able to get you on a podcast here. It's very impressive to get to meet the guy who was inside of the cage. Pretty cool. Brenneman: I appreciate it. One more thing I don't think I mentioned at all is my podcast The Fighter's Mindset: The Spaniard Podcast. What I do is I dive deep into - it's called A Fighter's Mindset and to be honest I was debating whether to call it that because it's not about fighting. It's about applying the mindset, a fighter's mindset, to everyday life whether it's competition in sports, competition in life, being a better father, you name it. It's those ideas - self confidence, perseverance, resilience - all those things that make us successful inside the octagon, translating that into sports and other areas of life. You can also find that on the podcast page on my website or check us out on iTunes at A Fighter's Mindset: The Spaniard Podcast. Cain: Fantastic. I'm fired up. I'm going to get on the bike tomorrow morning and pound it out as I'm training for an Iron Man coming up here and I'm going to listen to episodes on there. Brenneman: Nice. Cain: Yeah I don't know how nice it is. It's a pain in the ass really. Brenneman: I hear you. Cain: But it's just something you set a goal and you want to go do it and it's something I'm not sure I can finish so we're going to find out here. But I'm going to work the process and give myself the best chance for success and that's all I can ask. I believe that if I do that I'll cross the finish line. I think if you keep sticking to the process and doing what you're doing you're going to have a tremendous impact and influence on a lot of people's lives out there. Charlie, thanks for your humility, thanks for your commitment to excellence, and thanks for being a guest on the Peak Performance Podcast. Brenneman: My pleasure. I want to throw this last thing out there. I am not okay with having fought the best guys in the world. I wanted to beat them. I wanted to win a world championship but I didn't. That fire and that passion is coming out of me and I'm instilling it in other people. That is what's driving me every morning to get up at 4:30 and to keep doing these sprint workouts is to share that with the up and coming group of kids and coaches that still have that opportunity. Cain: Wow I hate to say this but I guess I'm thankful for the fact that you never got the chance to put the UFC Gold around your waist because if you weren't on the mission that you're on right now I don't think you would have impacted as many people's lives as you're going to. So maybe the best thing that never happened to you was winning a UFC title because you are going to influence and impact a hell of a lot more people by what you're doing now (I think) than you would if you were still in the cage my friend. Brenneman: The obstacle is the way. Let's end it with that.

Rick shares about his college sports roots, strategic planning, finding the best talent and what athletics marketing looks like in 2017 and beyond. Introduction and Bio: Hey everyone and welcome to the All-Star Leader Podcast, where together we learn about leadership from the best and brightest, and keep it fun by connecting it to our passion for sports! Continuing with our recent lineup of university athletic directors, we are privileged today to be joined by the director of athletics at Southern Methodist University, Rick Hart. Rick has been around college athletics his entire life, and prior to coming to SMU spent time as the AD at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and on the staff at the University of Oklahoma. This is Rick Hart. Hey Rick thanks for coming on the show! Interview Questions: I mentioned that you grew up around college athletics; tell us about that and what you learned during those years which still informs how you lead today? Didn't realize it at the time, but very special experience Dad was high school coach/teacher early on and mom was teacher; grew up around educators and sports Went to Dad's practices, camps, games, etc. and was around the coaches grandfather was the AD at Louisville and Missouri Dad went into college athletics at East Carolina, and it continued and shaped him While in college he figured out that combining sports and education was what he wanted to do; learning through sports You can do that without compromising your values/ethics You spent a number of years at the University of Oklahoma working in marketing, promotions and external affairs. How have you seen those areas change since those early days, and how do you see them changing in the future. Started at UNC in the ticket office before Joe Castiglione called and asked him to join the marketing department at OU Joe hired Matt Trantham around the same time for development, but soon moved over to join Rick in marketing. The two of them were able to build that department from scratch. Of course now there are 12 people doing those jobs that the two of them were doing at the time. There is more specialization now and there is more on your plate. Technology has changed and you have to manage that. And you have to be adding new revenue streams and enhancing the fan experience and engaging the community. Joe knows how to do these things and he is the best at it. External roles will continue to grow and become more important. (Daniel following up on TV attacking attendance) – always been competition but now you are competing against yourself. So how can you differentiate the in-venue experience and offer exclusive access/atmosphere. Different seat types is one way you're seeing now (verandas; beaches). Know your audiences/fans and address their desires for a social experience. (Daniel following up on process to identify how to differentiate) – You have to engage those constituents. Sometimes he might think something is important, but when you ask you find out it wasn't that important. You have to gather feedback (surveys, focus groups, etc.). Millennials want something different than the traditional fans, and you have to address both even though right now most of the revenue comes from the traditional fans. You have to prepare and build for the future. Think about factors and tradeoffs. TV is big for rights fees, but gametimes aren't convenient for fans and therefore discourages attendance. His kids are in high school and he watches how they consume their entertainment. (Daniel follow up on Joe C's leadership style of throwing Rick/Matt into the fire) – One of Joe's greatest strengths is his ability to identify talent and get the right people in the right places doing the right things at the right time. He trusted Rick to get the job done. And when Joe hired him, he knew he didn't have marketing experience, but knew Rick could learn the job. He was hired based on his character and values. So many resumes look similar; it's about finding out who the person is. You hire the person based on who they are and not just what they've done. What was the biggest challenge facing you when you arrived at SMU, and how did you go about addressing it? Challenges range from personal to professional. Personal when it comes to work/life balance since there really is none in college athletics. Challenges professionally were often made easier with a good set of mentors. Accept challenges are a big part of the job; he doesn't catalog them though. He learns from mistakes/shortcomings/failures, but don't dwell on them. Make sure you know who you are, so that with each challenge if you operate within that framework you can live with the results no matter what they are. To pursue excellence you're going to make mistakes. How do you handle conflict between two (or more) of your staff? There's some soft skill and emotional intelligence involved One of their values is respect Tweaked the golden rule: treat others the way they want to be treated – everyone is different and to respect someone is to be aware that everyone doesn't want to be treated the same way you do. Try to operate in an environment where you can challenge ideas, but know there are limits in how you interact with one another. Also the better the relationship is leading into a conflict, the smoother the process to resolve the conflict How do you approach trying to achieve some work/life balance? Communicate expectations Schedule family events/time along with your work appointments; make a commitment Use technology to your advantage, but understand you are always on the job with a cell phone in your pocket. You have to integrate the work/life, because they really become one (Daniel following up with the Coach Stoops/family night) – you have to create a culture where the kids can be part of what's going on. It's good for the student-athletes to see healthy family interaction and relationships, levity, casual atmosphere. You have to integrate the kids where you can, and it's a healthy way for kids to grow up. They see young men/women mastering their sport and their studies. It's also a great retention tool to hang on to your staff. You initiated a strategic plan titled “The SMU Advantage.” Can you tell us how you put that plan together, and offer advice on how to put together a strategic plan that will be effective? First exposure to strategic planning was at OU, and then at Chattanooga installed a plan and learned more about how to do it At SMU, you can't start from zero and get everyone involved or it won't get done. So there needs to be a framework to begin with. Then you can bring people in to get ownership. Met individually with staff to ask key questions and develop some themes; based upon who everyone thinks the department is and who they want to me, here is the plan – to achieve the mission, goals and values. Then you have to determine the role everyone has in contributing to the plan. Thank Yous/Acknowledgements: Antioch Live/Clear Day Media Group – music More here. Jonathan Davis – production Clint Musslewhite – voice over  

In today's episode, SMU AD Rick Hart shares the process he uses to retain key pieces of information, and his "must read" book list. 

SMU AD Rick Hart dishes on his daily routine. Learn more about his 'no meetings on Friday' rule, the value he places on quality reading and sleep, and more in today's interview. 

In this eighth episode of Flippin' Talkos we discuss local events around town for Beer Week. We also have a special guest, Rick Hart, of Sierra Hart Auto Center! Together we imbibed in beer tasting, discussed fond childhood memories, as well as have a highly intellectual conversation about the current state of the city's homeless population. We did our best to avoid politics.

In this eighth episode of Flippin' Talkos we discuss local events around town for Beer Week. We also have a special guest, Rick Hart, of Sierra Hart Auto Center! Together we imbibed in beer tasting, discussed fond childhood memories, as well as have a highly intellectual conversation about the current state of the city's homeless population. We did our best to avoid politics.