In this episode, we invite Ryan Leak. Ryan is an author, speaker, executive coach, and podcaster. He’s known for two documentaries: The Surprise Wedding & Chasing Failure. Ryan is the son of a preacher man that grew up in the church with a marketplace passion.

Today, Ryan’s career is split 50% speaking in churches and 50% doing executive coaching and speaking in Corporate America through his company The Ryan Leak Group, LLC. Ryan has a unique church position in that he is on the teaching team of 5 mega-churches. He rotates speaking at each of them 7 to 8 times a year. He regularly teaches 48,000 people between those 5 churches.

Ryan does about 120 events each year reaching over 50,000 people each month and trains approximately 15,000 leaders annually. Ryan, along with his wife (Amanda) and children (Jaxson & Roman), reside in Dallas, TX.

What you will learn:

- What would Ryan choose: time machine or teleport

- Ryan’s background and his childhood

- His doubts while growing up

- Ryan’s driving force for what he is doing now

- How to help a stranger

- Ryan’s book: Chasing Failure

- Ryan’s story with the NBA

- Ryan’s advice to job seekers facing rejection

Mic Drop Moments

🎤Ryan at (06:15) - He said something that I will never forget. He goes, “Yeah, but your dad did.”

🎤Ryan at (09:58) - I never connected my faith in God to faith in humans.

🎤Ryan at (12:56) - If we could add so much value to a company, they would bring us to them.

🎤Ryan at (29:42) - I can’t tell you how many people have applied to crazy jobs that they were not qualified for, and got them.

🎤Ryan at (31:57) - My identity is not on the line today.

🎤Ryan at (32:44) - If you find yourself in a place of contentment, I think you’re the wealthiest person on the planet.

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