Elevating Beyond with Mark Minard

Great leadership isn't about being harsh or overly soft. It's about practicing empathetic leadership: caring about people while holding them accountable to the standards required by the mission.

In this conversation, I share how keeping the wrong person on the team for too long damaged morale, created toxicity, and cost the company great employees.

You'll learn:

-Why being unclear is unkind -How to coach employees with empathy -When accountability must become non-negotiable -Why toxic behavior can't be ignored -How to know when someone is "firing themselves" -When immediate termination is necessary -How to communicate a firing without creating gossip -Why culture must be actively protected -How strong leaders develop people beyond their job title -Empathy doesn't mean avoiding hard conversations. It means having them respectfully, clearly, and early.

Care about the person. But separate them from the behavior. Give them a genuine opportunity to improve. But if they refuse to grow, protect the team and move forward.

00:00 Empathetic Leadership and the Cost of Keeping the Wrong People 01:01 The Hard Decision to Fire a Long-Term Employee 03:50 How Avoiding the Problem Damaged the Team 04:38 The Breaking Point and Final Decision 05:34 The Relief That Came After the Firing 06:42 Why Leaders Must Protect the Team and Mission 08:16 The Right Way to Coach Employees 10:00 "It's Unkind to Be Unclear" 12:40 When an Employee Isn't Willing to Grow 14:56 Why Leaders Must Follow Through 17:27 When Immediate Termination Is Necessary 18:57 Strategic Empathy in Leadership 22:10 Why Culture and People Drive Business Growth 27:17 Balancing Kindness, Boundaries, and Accountability 32:17 How to Communicate After Someone Is Fired 38:00 Advice for Leaders Avoiding a Difficult Conversation 41:00 Be Kind, Set Standards, and Follow Through

Thank you all for making our podcast Elevating Beyond with Mark Minard, in the top #100 on iTunes, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, in over 52 difference countries :

🎙️🎙️ https://www.markminard.net/podcast

Also, thank you all so much for purchasing my new book, and making it a best seller--the world needs you, LEADERS, now, more than ever!

🎥Watch all our podcasts in the new Elevating Beyond Studio , here on our new YouTube Channel / @markminard

Check out Mark's best selling book on Leadership Strategy: 📗16 Reasons Why Your Business Sucks: How To Be Freakin' Awesome At Every Level of Your Business, Leadership, Finances, & Build Your Own Dream Team!

🎧On Audible : https://adbl.co/3Gjoujp

📕Paperback on amazon : https://bit.ly/AmazonPaperback16Reasons

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P.S. I LOVE YOU ❤️❤️ — now get your butt back out there, and do your thing, my fellow LEADERS (my brothers and sisters in arms - United we CHANGE THE WORLD🌎, One Beautiful Mindset at a Time! 🔥🔥

📕Learn about Mark's full life story: Check Out Mark's Best Selling Book, The Story Of YOU, Transforming Adversity Into Adventure, Taking Your Dreams To The Next Level & Beyond http://amzn.to/2xv88ks

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In this raw, unpolished conversation, Mark brings back best‑selling author, ultra‑runner, and "billion‑dollar strategist" Dan Waldschmidt for a deep dive into what he calls the "not yet zone" – the liminal hallway between who you were and who you're becoming. They go way past highlight reels and talk honestly about divorce, losing a parent, sleepless nights, and the heavy responsibility of leading people when you feel completely lost yourself.

Dan shares what it's really like to step off the stage, go dark on social, buy a near‑bankrupt company, run it for years as CEO, and then hand the keys to someone else so he can face the question, "What's after Edgy?" He unpacks Misogi – choosing a seemingly impossible challenge on purpose and walks through his brutal 100‑mile race in the Florida Keys, where heat, dehydration, and a 7‑mile bridge turned finishing into a full-on spiritual battle.

Together, Mark and Dan build a practical playbook for surviving the "in‑between": why you can't trust your 2 a.m. emotions, how movement changes your brain chemistry, where post‑traumatic growth comes from, the power of reaching out instead of isolating, and why small acts of generosity and sharing your story might be the very things that pull you through the forge. If you feel like you're stuck in a long hallway with no doors, this episode will remind you you're not crazy, you're not alone, and you're not done.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielwaldschmidt/

Chapters: 00:00 – Intro: Mark, Dan & 10+ Years of Friendship Who Dan is, "Edgy Conversations" selling ~700k copies, billion‑dollar strategy work, and why he disappeared from the spotlight to build his own company.

07:10 – The Liminal "Not Yet" Zone & The Long Hallway Defining liminality, the "not yet zone," foggy seasons, and why most of life is spent between what was and what will be.

14:55 – Misogi & Ultra‑Running: Choosing Hard Things on Purpose Dan's 38,000 miles, 200‑mile races, 3,100‑mile goals, Misogi explained, and how his son's first half‑marathon changed his identity.

24:20 – Grief, Fog, and Not Trusting 2 A.M. Emotions Mark on losing his mom, supporting his dad, running a growing business, and learning to stop believing every catastrophic thought in the dark.

33:50 – Impostor Feelings, Healthy Paranoia & Leadership Anxiety Balancing high standards with self‑doubt, over‑forecasting worst‑case scenarios, and catching yourself when fear turns irrational.

47:30 – Movement as Medicine: Fit45, Running & "Something Is Better Than Nothing" Why exercise is a chemical reset, doing 20 minutes instead of zero, and using small wins to pull yourself out of emotional spirals.

52:50 – Inside the Keys 100: Heat, Vomiting & Finishing Third Dan's full 100‑mile race story: goals, 7‑mile bridge, kidneys and nausea, his crew, missing his time target but finishing as first American & what that did to his mindset.

1:06:50 – Post‑Traumatic Growth vs. PTSD & Helping Others While You're Hurting Mark's jail story, owning your part, veterans, mentoring others, and how serving people in their pain rewires your own.

1:15:40 – Generosity, Presence & Reframing Scarcity TD Jakes' "spontaneous generosity," giving time in the middle of a busy day, and how giving convinces your brain you actually have enough.

1:24:20 – The Forge, The Roof, and Doing Everything You Can The blacksmith/forge metaphor, "quit tomorrow," and the Gospel story of friends tearing off a roof to get their friend to Jesus – faith plus insane action.

1:32:30 – Dan's 6‑Step Playbook for the Not‑Yet Zone & Where to Find Him Recap (don't trust wild emotions, don't quit, move your body, reach out, be generous, learn from others' stories), plus Dan's newsletter at fyra.co and how to help push "Edgy Conversations" past 1 million copies.

Thank you all for making our podcast Elevating Beyond with Mark Minard, in the top #100 on iTunes, Apple Podcasts, Spotify , and In over 52 difference countries :

🎙️🎙️ https://www.markminard.net/podcast

Also, thank you all so much for purchasing my new book, and making it a best seller--the world needs you, LEADERS, now, more than ever!

🎥Watch all our podcasts in the new Elevating Beyond Studio , here on our new YouTube Channel / @markminard

Check out Mark's best selling book on Leadership Strategy: 📗16 Reasons Why Your Business Sucks: How To Be Freakin' Awesome At Every Level of Your Business, Leadership, Finances, & Build Your Own Dream Team!

🎧On Audible : https://adbl.co/3Gjoujp

📕Paperback on amazon : https://bit.ly/AmazonPaperback16Reasons

Connect With Mark Minard Here:

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Pls reach out to me anytime , about our select leadership , in person services here :✅ https://www.markminard.net (these are on a case by case basis, due to such high demand - which I still can't even comprehend how much this still shocks me - that so many of you , hire me, when you have built up an already , incredibly intimidating amount of succes, and I'm truly HUMBLED!

P.S. I LOVE YOU ❤️❤️ — now get your butt back out there, and do your thing, my fellow LEADERS (my brothers and sisters in arms - United we CHANGE THE WORLD🌎, One Beautiful Mindset at a Time! 🔥🔥

📕Learn about Mark's full life story: Check Out Mark's Best Selling Book, The Story Of YOU, Transforming Adversity Into Adventure, Taking Your Dreams To The Next Level & Beyond http://amzn.to/2xv88ks

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Today we're going behind one of the most viral success stories on the planet.

You know Dr. Eric Thomas (ET the Hip Hop Preacher) as the motivational voice in your ear at 4 a.m. telling you to "rise and grind." But before the stages, books, and PhD… there was a 16‑year‑old kid who walked out of his house and a mom left heartbroken.

In this never‑before‑seen full video from the vault, I sit down in their home with Eric Thomas and his mom, Vanessa "ET Moms" Thomas, to talk about:

• What really happened when Eric left home at 16 • How his mom processed the pain, fear, and "tough love" behind that moment • Pursuing your God‑given purpose when your parents want you to "play it safe" • How family secrets and unspoken expectations quietly destroy relationships • What forgiveness actually looks like when both sides have a story • Rebuilding trust, respect, and love after years of distance

If you've ever: • Felt called to something bigger but your family didn't understand • Struggled with a broken relationship with a parent or child • Wondered when to persevere and when to pivot • Asked if reconciliation is even possible

…this conversation is for you.

Chapters: 0:00 – Intro: Why this story from the vault matters now 2:47 – ET: "My journey really started at 16" (leaving home) 6:05 – Mom's perspective: watching her son walk out & choosing sanity 8:59 – Detroit, drugs & the path ET didn't take 12:40 – Calling vs security: baby‑boomer mindset, insurance & entrepreneurship 19:06 – How to know when to quit vs persevere (the "heart test") 22:04 – "You don't get to give up": God, emails & the ripple effect 23:55 – Raising vs enabling: animal kingdom analogy & 32‑year‑old at home 26:00 – Leaving the village to become a man (Lion King analogy & homelessness) 29:50 – ET's forgiveness framework: ownership, expectations & letting go 35:36 – Mom: therapy, family choosing sides & the danger of secrets 41:19 – Why they put the messy truth in their books (and why it's not about them) 50:45 – Empowering women & single moms: shame, late college & refusing victimhood 1:01:00 – Expectations in relationships: parents, spouses, kids & shared reality 1:17:00 – Rebuilding: olive branches, boundaries & a stronger relationship

Check out ET Moms here: https://www.etabooking.com/mamat

Thank you all for making our podcast Elevating Beyond with Mark Minard, in the top #100 on iTunes, Apple Podcasts, Spotify , and In over 52 difference countries :

🎙️🎙️ https://www.markminard.net/podcast

Also, thank you all so much for purchasing my new book, and making it a best seller--the world needs you, LEADERS, now, more than ever!

🎥Watch all our podcasts in the new Elevating Beyond Studio , here on our new YouTube Channel / @markminard

Check out Mark's best selling book on Leadership Strategy: 📗16 Reasons Why Your Business Sucks: How To Be Freakin' Awesome At Every Level of Your Business, Leadership, Finances, & Build Your Own Dream Team!

🎧On Audible : https://adbl.co/3Gjoujp

📕Paperback on amazon : https://bit.ly/AmazonPaperback16Reasons

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P.S. I LOVE YOU ❤️❤️ — now get your butt back out there, and do your thing, my fellow LEADERS (my brothers and sisters in arms - United we CHANGE THE WORLD🌎, One Beautiful Mindset at a Time! 🔥🔥

📕Learn about Mark's full life story: Check Out Mark's Best Selling Book, The Story Of YOU, Transforming Adversity Into Adventure, Taking Your Dreams To The Next Level & Beyond http://amzn.to/2xv88ks

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My Mom has terminal cancer... and it's all been so unexpected and abrupt... but I am continuing to put my faith in God and pulling inspiration from unlikely sources.

I hope this podcast helps you in whatever challenges you may be facing. Please keep my family and me in your prayers as we navigate this challenging time.

How You Get Through the Hardest Season of Your Life (While You're Still In It) Elevating Beyond Podcast #250

Thank you all for making our podcast Elevating Beyond with Mark Minard, in the top #100 on iTunes, Apple Podcasts, Spotify , and In over 52 difference countries :

🎙️🎙️ https://www.markminard.net/podcast

Also, thank you all so much for purchasing my new book, and making it a best seller--the world needs you, LEADERS, now, more than ever!

🎥Watch all our podcasts in the new Elevating Beyond Studio , here on our new YouTube Channel / @markminard

Check out Mark's best selling book on Leadership Strategy: 📗16 Reasons Why Your Business Sucks: How To Be Freakin' Awesome At Every Level of Your Business, Leadership, Finances, & Build Your Own Dream Team!

🎧On Audible : https://adbl.co/3Gjoujp

📕Paperback on amazon : https://bit.ly/AmazonPaperback16Reasons

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P.S. I LOVE YOU ❤️❤️ — now get your butt back out there, and do your thing, my fellow LEADERS (my brothers and sisters in arms - United we CHANGE THE WORLD🌎, One Beautiful Mindset at a Time! 🔥🔥

📕Learn about Mark's full life story: Check Out Mark's Best Selling Book, The Story Of YOU, Transforming Adversity Into Adventure, Taking Your Dreams To The Next Level & Beyond http://amzn.to/2xv88ks

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There are profound life lessons found in the book and movie "The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse," emphasizing kindness, self-acceptance, the strength in asking for help, and appreciating one's journey... During this time with my Mom, it has provided healing in a very unexpected way. I hope you enjoy this little motivational snippet, and I encourage you to read it yourself!

Thank you all for making our podcast Elevating Beyond with Mark Minard, in the top #100 on iTunes, Apple Podcasts, Spotify , and In over 52 difference countries :

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Also, thank you all so much for purchasing my new book, and making it a best seller--the world needs you, LEADERS, now, more than ever!

🎥Watch all our podcasts in the new Elevating Beyond Studio , here on our new YouTube Channel https://youtube.com/@MarkMinard

Check out Mark's best selling book on Leadership Strategy:

📗16 Reasons Why Your Business Sucks: How To Be Freakin' Awesome At Every Level of Your Business, Leadership, Finances, & Build Your Own Dream Team!

🎧On Audible : https://adbl.co/3Gjoujp

📕Paperback on amazon : https://bit.ly/AmazonPaperback16Reasons

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P.S. I LOVE YOU ❤️❤️ — now get your butt back out there, and do your thing, my fellow LEADERS (my brothers and sisters in arms - United we CHANGE THE WORLD🌎, One Beautiful Mindset at a Time! 🔥🔥

📕Learn about Mark's full life story: Check Out Mark's Best Selling Book, The Story Of YOU, Transforming Adversity Into Adventure, Taking Your Dreams To The Next Level & Beyond http://amzn.to/2xv88ks

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t's been 1 year since the Wes Huff and Billy Carson debate. A lot has changed since... It's incredible that God chose my podcast to usher in millions back to Himself. In this show I take the first 15 minutes to reflect over this past year and then I have the original debate play out. Enjoy!

What is something you noticed this time that you didn't notice the first time?

Share with me in the comments below!

Thank you all for making our podcast Elevating Beyond with Mark Minard, in the top #100 on iTunes, Apple Podcasts, Spotify , and In over 52 difference countries :

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Also, thank you all so much for purchasing my new book, and making it a best seller--the world needs you, LEADERS, now, more than ever!

🎥Watch all our podcasts in the new Elevating Beyond Studio , here on our new YouTube Channel / @markminard

Check out Mark's best selling book on Leadership Strategy: 📗16 Reasons Why Your Business Sucks: How To Be Freakin' Awesome At Every Level of Your Business, Leadership, Finances, & Build Your Own Dream Team!

🎧On Audible : https://adbl.co/3Gjoujp

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P.S. I LOVE YOU ❤️❤️ — now get your butt back out there, and do your thing, my fellow LEADERS (my brothers and sisters in arms - United we CHANGE THE WORLD🌎, One Beautiful Mindset at a Time! 🔥🔥

📕Learn about Mark's full life story: Check Out Mark's Best Selling Book, The Story Of YOU, Transforming Adversity Into Adventure, Taking Your Dreams To The Next Level & Beyond http://amzn.to/2xv88ks

Connect with Mark Minard , and his Podcast, Elevating Beyond with Mark Minard 🎙️✅https://www.markminard.net/podcast

Are you struggling with silent battles, doubts, and facing a season of hidden struggle?

You're not alone.

Every person goes through them on the path to their higher purpose. What might feel like a disadvantage is often a unique wiring that, when refined, becomes your greatest strength.

These behind-the-scenes struggles aren't signs that you're off track. They're training, and signs you are On track to the next level of your greater purpose! They're where wisdom is formed...the kind that allows you to rebuild and elevate, even if you lose everything. God has a plan for you...

God is orchestrating!

Check out Mark's best selling book on Leadership Strategy: 📗16 Reasons Why Your Business Sucks: How To Be Freakin' Awesome At Every Level of Your Business, Leadership, Finances, & Build Your Own Dream Team!

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P.S. I LOVE YOU ❤️❤️ — now get your butt back out there, and do your thing, my fellow LEADERS (my brothers and sisters in arms - United we CHANGE THE WORLD🌎, One Beautiful Mindset at a Time! 🔥🔥

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In this powerful episode, I sit down with global saxophonist and influencer Chris Mitchell, whose life is a living testimony of faith, resilience, and the pursuit of purpose. Chris's story begins with unimaginable childhood trauma—witnessing extreme family violence, homelessness, and nights spent under bridges or on church floors.

Yet, through it all, he never abandoned his faith. Instead, he leaned into his God-given gift of music, discovered at just five years old. From performing saxophone for tips at a small restaurant, to building an email list of over half a million contacts by hand, to selling out shows and eventually touring internationally with Groupon partnerships, Chris's relentless action and belief in divine guidance transformed his life.

Today, he's not only one of the first 200 paid influencers on TikTok, but also a world-touring musician who's performed at major events, including for boxing champion Claressa Shields. His authenticity and commitment to connecting deeply with his audience set him apart in an age of surface-level influence. This conversation is about more than music.

It's about overcoming adversity, trusting your gift, and building something extraordinary from nothing.

0:00 Intro

6:33 – The night his father stabbed his mother and sister

9:31 – How his mother miraculously survived

19:55 – Discovering his musical gift at age 4-5

24:18 – Evictions, homelessness & living in a church

31:53 – Staying on the "narrow path" through faith

49:31 – Graduating during the recession & struggling to find work

50:43 – Playing saxophone for tips at Turquoise

55:37 – The hustle: earning from small gigs

1:00:10 – Collecting half a million emails by hand

1:06:41 – Renting a jazz club & selling out in 20 minutes

1:12:29 – Touring America, sleeping in his SUV

1:24:00 – Partnering with Groupon to do an international world tour

1:27:03 – Surviving hardship while chasing the dream

1:28:28 – How faith guided every step

1:36:04 – Authenticity & building real connection with fans

1:40:14 – Final wisdom: resilience, faith & the power of your gift

1:55:56 A mini concert

Check out Mark's best selling book on Leadership Strategy: 📗16 Reasons Why Your Business Sucks: How To Be Freakin' Awesome At Every Level of Your Business, Leadership, Finances, & Build Your Own Dream Team!

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P.S. I LOVE YOU ❤️❤️ — now get your butt back out there, and do your thing, my fellow LEADERS (my brothers and sisters in arms - United we CHANGE THE WORLD🌎, One Beautiful Mindset at a Time! 🔥🔥

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The Greatest Woman Boxer of All Time — Claressa Shields on Faith, Fight, and Legacy In this raw, powerful conversation, Claressa Shields opens up like never before. We talk about God, overcoming hate, her late grandmother's wisdom, and the mindset that made her a world champion. She shares what most people get wrong about success, what keeps her going when life hits hard, and the advice she'd give her 10-year-old self growing up in Flint.

If you're chasing a dream, battling resistance, or wondering if faith still matters—this episode is for you.

Check here out here: https://claressathegwoat.com/ ​⁠

CHAPTERS: 0:00 Intro 1:54 Claressa offered Leila Ali $15 million to fight 3:29 How Claressa feels heading into her fight with Lani Daniels 5:09 The powerful impact Claressa's grandma had on her life 7:14 The final words Claressa's grandmother told her before she passed 10:09 Where Claressa's attitude really comes from 12:09 How Claressa keeps moving forward when life throws challenges 13:40 Why Claressa doesn't like her opponents (and how it fuels her) 14:14 What people don't understand about success and what it takes 18:23 Why God doesn't show you how your dreams will happen—just the vision 19:29 What to do when the devil attacks 23:14 Why people who "make it overnight" usually fall apart 24:34 How learning to save money changed Claressa's life 25:26 What Claressa would tell her 10-year-old self in Flint

Thank you all for making our podcast Elevating Beyond with Mark Minard, in the top #100 on iTunes, Apple Podcasts, Spotify , and In over 52 difference countries : https://www.markminard.net/podcast (https://www.markminard.net/podcast)

Also, thank you all so much for purchasing my new book, and making it a best seller--the world needs you, LEADERS, now, more than ever!

🎥Watch all our podcasts in the new Elevating Beyond Studio , here on our new YouTube Channel https://youtube.com/@MarkMinard

Check out Mark's best selling book on Leadership Strategy:

📗16 Reasons Why Your Business Sucks: How To Be Freakin' Awesome At Every Level of Your Business, Leadership, Finances, & Build Your Own Dream Team!

🎧On Audible : https://adbl.co/3Gjoujp (https://adbl.co/3Gjoujp)

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Today host, Mark Minard​⁠, sits down with Jordan Strum — the 28-year-old founder of @JetEdCo, who's done over $25,000,000 million in private jet charter sales. We dive into his journey from hustle to high altitude — and why private jet travel is becoming more accessible than ever for entrepreneurs.

In this episode, we cover:

Why 67% of private jet users are first-timers

Why every entrepreneur should aim to charter a jet at least once

How Elon Musk revolutionized jet Wi-Fi with Starlink

How AI is transforming aviation and poised to save thousands of lives

If you're a founder who values time, leverage, and next-level thinking — this one's for you. Check out JetEdCo at https://jetedco.com

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