Please welcome our long-time friend and scholar of life, Brandon Jobsz, to this month's Squadcast! Brandon, an almost-native of Sri Lanka, has an extensive [and impressive] background in real estate finance and interpersonal communications and after reading 1 new development book per week for the better portion of his life, is known within his circles as an invaluable wealth of knowledge and perspective. He's also a ton of fun to hang out with.

In this episode that discusses leadership lifestyles, the importance of true intention and the shifts of entrepreneurial and sales roles with the rise of Millennials and digitalization, Brandon's objective and fact-based approach supports a beautiful platform for discussion. There are numerous times throughout the episode that end with him saying something like, "Yeah, actually I just read a book on that called _____ and it's great because ________." – could you really ask for a better resource!?

We also look back on the hustle episodes from this month and pinpoint different learning that we captured and are either beginning to apply or have plans for doing so. From the Coach of preparation and selflessness Yancy to the Master of content and mindset Jared Smith to the student success stories at Quants Bakery. As Alan Jacobs says is his hit novel The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction, "You can reread not from love or hatred but from a sense that there's more to this book than you have been yet able to receive." Even if you've listened to each episode already, who knows what content you were open to during the last go-round and what you'll discover this time!

Finally, we introduce some new things that we're doing to make 5OH a better tool for you, our audience:               -New Segments: Leader Lifestyle; 5 O'clock Basics               -New Resource: Corkboard – pitch us on your ideas, events, companies or other projects and if we feel you're aligned with 5OH, we'll promote it.

"By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail." - Ben Franklin

Preparation. Often referred to as one of the single most important requirements for achieving your life's ambitions. We're big fans of prepping here at 5 O'Clock Hustle and in fact, we spend hours before each episode making sure that we know our guest thoroughly and understand how he/she might positively affect you, our wonderful listeners. As you hopefully know by now, we're also big on using the tools and resources available to help you get what you want. What do you get when you combine tools and preparation? Well friends, what you get is a coach. A mentor. A thought leader and inspiration. An unleasher of raw, unending potential.

We hope you'll listen in and learn about a true leader. There is not a single person on this Earth that won't benefit from what Yancy Culp has to say. Why he wakes up every day, how he's been so successful in each of his endeavors, his reason for leaving an amazing and lucrative job to join the OCR circuit and start Yancy Camp - heck, he even gives us a concise version of some of the topics he speaks on at workshops and conferences in front of thousands. Such powerful, inspiring words. While listening to an interview last week where Coach Ben Curry was sharing his wisdom about six crucial traits of successful mentors, I couldn't help but see massive overlap with our guest for Episode 16, Yancy Culp. Yancy is a US Navy Veteran who has created a huge name for himself and his training program Yancy Camp in obstacle course racing  (OCR), not only as a beast on the courses but also as the mastermind coach behind the global leading OCR athletes.

As Yancy puts it...  When I'm gone, I want people to say, "Yancy did everything he could to push others to live to their potential, while keeping a smile on everyone's face and helped people live a healthier, passionate lifestyle." This episode of 5OH is heartfelt and inspiring. Yancy is a true mentor and his passion lies in helping others. He feels that he's given the daily opportunity to affect positive change and it shows through his consistently selfless actions and humility. In addition to Yancy Camp, he's also incredibly active in each community he touches, especially throughout countless youth programs. Please find an hour and throw this bad boy on Volume 10. You're about to have your first mental workout at Yancy Camp - it's hard work, you're going to break a sweat and obstacles will come up that you're going to have to find a way to overcome - but you'll be better for it.