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Today the 17Twenty crew sits down with Megan Reilly, an owner and chief operating officer of Tippi Toes, Inc., podcast host, speaker, DJ, and entrepreneur.  They talk through a ton of great stories, starting with a small world moment at a TEXO/YCC event back in September of 2019 involving Jesse Itzler.  This night leads Megan to a launch point for her podcast, "Who Is Your Momma?", where she's listening to and learning from the mothers of highly successful individuals, and she shares many of the lessons she's complied from the interviews, including many great parenting nuggets.

The conversation also includes a behind-the-scenes look at the experience of Megan and her sister on Season 2, Episode 1 of Shark Tank, where they pitched Tippi Toes and ended up with an on-air deal from Mark Cuban.

You'll also hear the moment where Kevin and Stewart decide to roll out this month's #17TwentyChallenge, piggy-backing off of the challenge that Megan was doing with Itzler's BACC, as they talk through the value of bringing your whole-self to things you're doing, and the identification of your whole-self through ever-changing seasons of life.

Great episode.  Great stories.  Great inspiration.  

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Michael Knapp is a Sr. Project Manager at Skiles Group, located in Richardson, Texas.  But to those of us who know him personally, we know him as a super-star "up and comer" in the construction industry.  And so in today's episode Kevin and Stewart sit down with Michael to talk about his story, how how he got in to the construction industry, a set of awesome fireworks stories, some ideas about putting vision in to action (spoiler alert: back it up with action), adding value to others, leadership through mistakes, growth opportunities, the value proposition of generating a can't-miss workplace culture, and the divine nature of the threads that connect us all together.

Enjoy!

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Grab your copy of the Mountain Mover Manual: How to Live Intentionally, Lead with Purpose, and Achieve Your Greatest Potential, by Kevin Carey

Originally in print:
https://amzn.to/441OPeH

And now available on Audible:
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This week Kevin and Stewart sit down with Bennet Brown, Partner, Brown & Tucker Agency and talk about construction adventure of down under, the loss of his brother, showing up and genuinely caring for others, the value of TEXO for those in the industry in the DFW area, exercising your leadership muscles, the value of executing a good plan, lessons learned in the leadership of the YCC through COVID, and a few dad jokes to boot!  

Again a brief apology ... we've only had 2 technical glitches in 40 episodes.  But it just so happens that two of them have been in the last 3 episodes.  So the audio isn't really up to our usual quality this week due to a glitch.  We're working to understand and fix the problem for future episodes.  

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Grab your copy of the Mountain Mover Manual: How to Live Intentionally, Lead with Purpose, and Achieve Your Greatest Potential, by Kevin Carey

Originally in print:
https://amzn.to/441OPeH

And now available on Audible:
https://adbl.co/45YIKB2

Today we have the great privilege of sitting down with a gentleman who wrote a book we've been talking about for months, Bob Burg!  In our interview with Bob we very naturally talked about the book, of course, and he conversationally outlined the principles from the Go Giver, spend some time unpacking his thoughts on mentorship, and preview opportunities to be involved with his Go Giver Alliance.

Today, perhaps more than usual, you're going to get some great wisdom from the mind of the great Bob Burg!

And if you're looking for more wisdom nuggets from Bob, visit his website at burg.com.

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Grab your copy of the Mountain Mover Manual: How to Live Intentionally, Lead with Purpose, and Achieve Your Greatest Potential, by Kevin Carey

Originally in print:
https://amzn.to/441OPeH

And now available on Audible:
https://adbl.co/45YIKB2

In this episode, Kevin and Stewart tackle a few quick-hit ideas including sharing your faith in the workplace, the power of a positive work culture, and some of their common daily challenges (and how they are working on them).

For today's show notes, we had a few links we wanted to share:

• A Revolutionary Perspective on Work,  Jonathan Pokluda, Watermark Community Church, January 31, 2017 (https://www.watermark.org/message/4445-a-revolutionary-perspective-on-work)
• Proof That Positive Work Cultures Are More Productive, Emma Seppälä and Kim Cameron, Harvard Business Review, December 01, 2015 (https://hbr.org/2015/12/proof-that-positive-work-cultures-are-more-productive)

Also, a quick acknowledgement for today's episode that we had some technical difficulties and the recording is unusually "poppy."  As we've been working on our ability to record remotely to expand our ability to meet with some of our upcoming guests, we've been tinkering with different methods and technologies.  And today we ended up with an annoying "pop" in the recording that we were unable to post-process out.  We'll do better next week.  :)

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Grab your copy of the Mountain Mover Manual: How to Live Intentionally, Lead with Purpose, and Achieve Your Greatest Potential, by Kevin Carey

Originally in print:
https://amzn.to/441OPeH

And now available on Audible:
https://adbl.co/45YIKB2

Today Kevin and Stewart sit down with Eric Aasen, the managing editor at KERA, and talk about the power of radio, interviews with an astronaut, his journeys through journalism, the value of story telling, leadership in the newsroom,  assisting people to do their best work, and the value of listening to others.

As usual, you're going to hear some great stories, and pull some fantastic "wisdom nuggets" out of this one!  Hope you all enjoy.  

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Grab your copy of the Mountain Mover Manual: How to Live Intentionally, Lead with Purpose, and Achieve Your Greatest Potential, by Kevin Carey

Originally in print:
https://amzn.to/441OPeH

And now available on Audible:
https://adbl.co/45YIKB2

This week 17Twenty hosts Amy Stewart, of the Stewart Law Group.

The team discusses (i) lessons learned from playing and coaching high level athletics, (ii) her journey from student athlete to trial attorney, (iii) the process of envisioning what running a law firm should look like and implementing that vision, (iv) mentorship and encouragement of young professionals in an environment that demands perfectionism, (v) diversity, equality and inclusion initiatives, (vi) ways to advance the ongoing DEI dialogue in America, (vii) becoming a mentor or mentee and strategies for growing those relationships.

Also commended to everyone's listening by Amy is anything by Brené Brown, and Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man by Emmanuel Acho.

Learn.  Advance.  Enjoy.  

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Grab your copy of the Mountain Mover Manual: How to Live Intentionally, Lead with Purpose, and Achieve Your Greatest Potential, by Kevin Carey

Originally in print:
https://amzn.to/441OPeH

And now available on Audible:
https://adbl.co/45YIKB2

In this week's episode, Kevin and Stewart ruminate about things that they wished younger versions of themselves knew.  It's an interesting, winding set of stories, anecdotes, and nuggets told from the heart to help others see the world differently, cast vision, and hopefully spark change that impacts others.

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Grab your copy of the Mountain Mover Manual: How to Live Intentionally, Lead with Purpose, and Achieve Your Greatest Potential, by Kevin Carey

Originally in print:
https://amzn.to/441OPeH

And now available on Audible:
https://adbl.co/45YIKB2

This week Kevin & Stewart are joined by their great friend Josh Carson with Moss Construction.  We get to hear what has shaped Josh into who he is today.  We discuss his early days as an entrepreneur, going through the OU Construction Program, finding his way to the DFW construction market, his journey from intern to Project Executive, the powerful legacy and impact his brother Matt leaves with all of us, Josh's wonderful family, his leadership with the TEXO Foundation and so much more.  

Josh breaks down his favorite book Go-Giver and we are able to give Josh a personalized copy live on air thanks to the generosity of his favorite author, Bob Burg.  

We will leave you with an  impactful quote from his brother Matt - "Life is short.  Enjoy what you have and laugh often." 

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Grab your copy of the Mountain Mover Manual: How to Live Intentionally, Lead with Purpose, and Achieve Your Greatest Potential, by Kevin Carey

Originally in print:
https://amzn.to/441OPeH

And now available on Audible:
https://adbl.co/45YIKB2

This week we sit down with Nicole Little, Deputy Operations Manager & Project Executive at Turner Construction Company.  The conversation addresses a number of big issues in construction revolving around women in construction including (i) an ascension to leadership, (ii) the historical lack of women role models in construction, (iii) finding your allies and advocate, (iv) idea for progress in diversity, equality, and inclusion, and (v) the struggles of being a working parent.  

Of course, tossed in among all these ideas around women is construction are great leadership, and transformative theories to help move you forward inch-by-inch on the path to becoming the better version of yourself. 

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Grab your copy of the Mountain Mover Manual: How to Live Intentionally, Lead with Purpose, and Achieve Your Greatest Potential, by Kevin Carey

Originally in print:
https://amzn.to/441OPeH

And now available on Audible:
https://adbl.co/45YIKB2