2nd Place Sleeps In

Pat spent 5 years in the Marines as a Helicopter Gunner. Since then, he has spent much of his life as a fishing and hunting guide. Pat as guided countless flyfishing trips, but after several years transitioned to guiding big game in an effort to give his clients a great experience in the outdoors.

At Ease Hunting as grown quickly due to Pat's relentless pursuit of detail and the effort he puts in outside of the hunting season.

Pat and I dig into his experiences in competitive shooting, guiding, hunting, the outdoors, and his time in the Marines. In addition, Pat gives some great perspective on hunting gear and "look-fors" while in back country chasing wild animals.

Butch Stienle, a former SWAT team member and Firefighter Bridger Miller chopped it up with me for a couple of hours on the 100th Episode. These two sent chills down my spine multiple times as they spoke heavily on their faith in God and how that has helped guide them through seeing the dark parts of our world.  

Butch has spent the majority of his career kicking down doors and chasing bad guys. In the meantime, he found himself training for his pro MMA debut only to be stopped short by injury. Butch moved on to coaching and training people in self defense, weaponry, body building, and nutrition. He shares his expertise in these fields and gives the glory to God for where he is and what he has accomplished. There is always a turning point in a person's life and Butch tells the story of a gunfight he was involved in that changed his focus to God, family, and serving others. 

Bridger spent the first part of his career as a teacher and swim coach. He swapped careers to firefighting where he has exceeded expectations. In Bridger's short career in the department, he has been exposed to scenes only imagined in movies. He relies on faith and family to help get him through these experiences. Bridger pushes himself to excel and makes those around him better.

In this episode, we explore nutrition, fitness, hunting, death, life, religion, raising kids, family and GOD.       

Mindfulness is a state of present-moment awareness that involves paying attention to one's thoughts, feelings, and bodily sensations without judgment.

CORRECTION: Brett w/ WYO SPORTS THERAPY NOT Oil City Therapy.

DNF (DID NOT FINISH). 

Bobby supports schools with in-school, relationship-driven mental health programming that helps teens build emotional resiliency and self-confidence.

He teaches students that they’re the only ones responsible for their own lives, and they can thrive even when life is hard. 

A highly recruited Division 1 football player, Bobby Jones battled the pressures and temptations of being a high level college athlete with professional potential. 

After football, as a young man in his 20's, Bobby was trying to navigate his way through life, but God showed up and had other plans....

Personal Finance is often a topic that is avoided or misunderstood. Handling finances and investments is a topic that is not covered in depth in most American high schools leaving high school and college graduates with little knowledge on how to handle their money and or investments.  

Jessica and I explore the world of personal finance, the issues that often arise, and how to manage those issues. Jessica works closely with individuals form all walks of life to help them to improve and grow their financial situation. 

Which are you? How valuable are you to the people around you? Are you an asset or a liability?

It is very simple:
Producers Win
Non-producers Lose

Producers do not whine about the work. They go above and beyond their roles and responsibilities and still worry if they are doing enough to be valuable

Non-producers whine and do just enough to get by then complain.

Most are not willing to sacrifice nights out, alcohol, shitty food, weekends with the boys/girls, friendships to fulfill their goals and dreams.  That is why most goals and dreams die before they even start.

Emotions can be difficult to manage. Especially when you are in a position of leadership and everything that happens in your organization or team is essentially your fault. 

Leaders who lead on emotions alone will often struggle. Happy, sad, mad, anxious all have the potential to result in poor decision making.

Leaders who can control their emotions and lead on metrics and fact will usually see better results. 

There are a lot of "measuring sticks"  walking around. When you do something "abnormal" or shocking to them, they start to ask questions.

How many have you sold?
What was your time?
What place did you take?
How many downloads?
How many people showed up?

They just want to see how you "size up" , but rarely does a "measuring stick" do anything but assess and compare having never done anything of significance themselves.