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My guest today is Marty Strong. Marty  has been a leader and business consultant for decades, first in uniform as a combat-decorated Navy SEAL, and then in commercial business. Marty is the author of 2 fictional series, The time warrior sagas, and the SEAL strike series, before releasing his newest book, Be Nimble – How the Creative Navy SEAL Mindset Wins on the Battlefield and in Business.

I’ll be honest, I nerd out anytime I can talk to a former SEAL or any special operator. I find their experience, mindset, work ethic to be so inspiring. And Marty didn’t disappoint. We talked about the differences in people that do and don’t make it through seal training, what it takes to finish any mission, the specific mindset it takes to lead others and so much more. 

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Today’s guest is Brennan Redmond. Brennan (CFA, CFP) is a First Vice President at Sage Rutty in Rochester, NY.  After graduating with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration – Finance with Honors at the Rochester Institute of Technology in 2003, Brennan has been in the industry ever since, having gained experience at both large and medium sized firms.  Through trust, accountability, transparency and communication, Brennan and his team ensure that his client's maintain a balance between meeting today's needs and tomorrow's priorities. 

In this episode we discuss:

• The proper mindset when determining how to spend or save your money
• Are we in a depression?
• How far is inflation going to go?
• What strategy allowed Brennan to profit in 2022
• How inflation will affect the economy
• How to fire your broker and profit
• Top 3 questions to ask a financial advisor
• How inflation hurts the lower class most
• How to invest to beat inflation
• How the energy sector impacts the economy
• The economic 10-year outlook
• How to teach our children about finance

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Today's guest is Martin Rutte. Martin is a speaker, consultant, and president of “Livelihood”, a management consulting firm, in Santa Fe, New Mexico. His newest book is Project Heaven on Earth: The 3 simple questions that will help you change the world … easily. Martin asks me these 3 simple questions and dive deep into how this mindset can impact your personal and professional life and give you purpose and direction in everything you do.

It’s easy to look at life’s tragedies and assume the worst. In just the last 2 years we've experienced 6,341,131 total Covid 19 deaths, 14,400 total deaths in the Russian Ukraine war and US Inflation is over 8.6%

But Martin is here to shift the paradigm from a dystopian point of view, to the realization that you can create your own personal heaven on earth, and contribute to a collective heaven on earth for all of humanity. 

Highlights of this episode:

• Ryan answers the 3 "Heaven on Earth" questions
• Martin analyzes Ryan's answers
• Is heaven on earth acheivable? 
• Is your "heaven" simply your purpose?
• Does the past determine the future?
• It's not important whether you believe something is possible
• Heaven at work
• Overcoming your constrained beliefs
• Understand Heaven through seeing Hell on Earth
• The gateways and obstacles to heaven on earth
• "A project" or "to project"
• Examples of the manifestation of heaven on earth

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My guest today is David Wood. David left his cushy Park Avenue job 20 years ago to build the world’s largest coaching business. He became #1 on Google for “life coaching,” serving an audience of 150,000 coaches, including business owners, executives, teams, and more to produce extraordinary results through authentic, transparent communication.

In this episode, we discuss his new book, The mouse in the room, a leadership book, with forward written by none other than Jack Canfield, author of chicken soup for the soul, codifying the lessons he has learned throughout his career. 

There is so much in this episode, and if you are exhausted pretending to be someone you are not to garnish the respect from others, I guarantee this podcast episode will give you the tools to be more authentic and communicate in a way that builds deeper more meaningful relationships in your life and career. 

Highlights

• How hiding your feelings hinders your relationships
• Addressing the 'elephant in the room'
• Why Jack Canfield wrote the forward to David's  book
• How honesty can earn trust 
• How to increase personal awareness
• How to create a culture in which employees feel safe and supported sharing their feelings
• How to exemplify authenticity

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My guest today is Brenden Kumarasamy, founder of MasterTalk, teaching every level of individual from student to CEO, the framework and skills of masterful communication. As an experienced speaker and facilitator, Brenden understands that audience members need to walk away captivated, and above all, inspired to master the art of communication. It should be seen as something to look forward to rather than a burden that must be overcome.

In this episode, we discuss:

• Why people are afraid of public speaking
• How public education sets students up for failure in communication
• How to begin creating a speech
• How to practice a presentation
• Starting with the beginning and end of a presentation
• How to hone in on your main idea
• How to encourage peer feedback and how peers can self-learn
• How to build confidence in your communication
• What do 9 year olds do better than CEOs
• The value of being open-minded
• Is it better to present on something you are passionate about or know a lot about
• How to be creative and authentic in your presentation
• applying communication to personal relationships
• applying communication to sales and business
• and much more...

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My guest today is founder of the Center for Ageless Entrepreneurs, Rick Terrien. Rick is a lifelong entrepreneur, with a focus on business sustainability.  He is an accomplished public speaker who is passionate about sharing his love of ageless entrepreneurship.

In this episode we discuss:

• Is it ever too late to become an entrepreneur?
• The skills and experience needed to start a company
• The benefit of entrepreneurship at 20 versus 60
• How entrepreneurship provides freedom and autonomy
• How to encourage employees to think like an entrepreneur
• The steps necessary to start a company
• How to create a company around an idea
• The importance of intellectual property
• Building a company around a niche
• The 3 most common mistakes entrepreneurs make
• How to build a network conducive to entrepreneurship
• Creating sustainability in a company
• and much more...

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My guest today is Steve Fredlund. For 30 years, Steve Fredlund has been a sought-after problem solver, strategist and catalyst whose insights have powered breakthroughs around the world through Fortune 500 companies, small businesses and nonprofits. Steve loves helping individuals, organizations and communities with their unique situations as well as addressing struggles faced more broadly, such as  improving employee engagement through happiness and increase capacity for better decision-making, problem solving and strategy development.

Highlights from this Episode

• The Math of Problem Solving
• Finiding happiness in your work
• Applying logic to decisions
• How to clarify a problem
• The iterative process of problem solving
• Avoiding Paralysis by Analysis
• How leaders should empower employees to problem solve
• How autonomy in problem solving improves retention
• Problem solve by understanding purpose
• and much more

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My guest today is John Laurito. John is a leadership consultant and thought leader as well as author of the book Tomorrow's Leader.  He is also host of the podcast, Tomorrow's Leader. He specializes in turning around companies with poor performance and disengaged employees. 

Highlights:

• What Baseball taught John and Ryan about Leadership
• The importance of Confidence to performance
• The role of a leader
• How leaders create momentum
• How to grasp opportunity in business
• Turning Company performance around
• The process for making big changes in business
• How to establish expectations for employees
• What authenticity means in leadership
• How managers can show employees they care about them
• How to earn respect as a leader
• How to build trust as a leader
• and much more...

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About John Laurito

John served as President & CEO of Concord Wealth Management, the Boston Agency of Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company for seven years. During that time, John led the agency to more than triple the size and led the agency from last place national ranking to #2 in the country. Prior to Penn Mutual, John spent 18 years with Ameriprise Financial in various roles from financial advisor, Field Vice President, and Regional Vice President. He earned the Outstanding Leader Award and Diamond Ring Club honors, through numerous accomplishments including bringing the Hartford, CT office from #100 to #1 in the country under his leadership. John has also run several organizations with a specialty around "turnarounds" leading four organizations through major change and transformation.

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My Guest today is Todd Ehrlich, former Navy Seal, Founder of Kill Cliff Recovery Drinks, Venture Capitalist and Philanthropist. Todd shares how fortitude and resilience helped him get through SEAL training while other elite athletes failed, and how these same traits helped Todd thrive as an entrepreneur. Todd continues to invest in early stage companies and provides needed resources and perspective to founders that he learned throughout his journey. 

“[SEAL Training] is really meant to weed out  people that don't have the ability to embrace the fortitude needed to make it.” – Todd Ehrlich

Highlights: 

02:54 – Intro, The Navy SEALs

05:10 – Fortitude vs Physical Speciman

08:39 – Does Military success translate to Business Success?

11:50 – Uncertainty in SEALs and business

14:57 Transition from Navy to Business

17:05 Starting Kill Cliff

22:41 The purpose behind Kill Cliff

25:01 Culture is the most import thing

28:09 Trust

30:00 Psychological Testing for new partners and employees

34:20 Failure vs Sub-Optimal results

40:40 – The Start Up Culture

43:24 - What does it mean to be a man?

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 Quotes from Episode

“Going through SEAL training made me a much better person all the way around.”

“Just because someone is a really great military person, does not mean they are going to be a great entrepreneur.”

“If you are surprised that you are still wet and sandy, it means you shouldn’t be here.”

“I think that some people will realize that there is a path forward in business - you just have to find it.”

“Starting [Kill Cliff] was just an exercise in straight up TENACITY”

“Anytime you can weave a real, authentic purpose into building a business the better it is.”

“When everything sucks, having a purpose is very motivating.”

“If [employees] aren't clicking with the culture of the organization, they're probably not happy, and if they're not happy, it's time for them to go somewhere else.”

“It's very pragmatic, at the end of the day, whereas before I was trying to not be all things to all people,  I was really trying to make everybody happy.”

“Trust is so critical. It’s kind of everything. You’re lost in business without it.”

“If you can identify suboptimal results early and what's causing them, or if you're on the wrong path, it prevents TOTAL failure”

“One thing that people often screw up is they don't realize the length of time it's going to take to sell somebody something.”

“I think there's this big tendency of start-up CEO's to do urgent things instead of important things.”

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My guest today is Dane Smith. Dane is a two-time best-selling author, public speaker, and teacher. He is CEO of TellMeYourDreams.com - a coaching and training company that helps employees love their job.

In this episode, we discuss:

• How to market ethically like Seth Godin
• How to market yourself with humility
• Service vs Selfish Sales and marketing
• Creating a Challenger sales culture
• The value of time
• Breakdown of Will Smith and Chris Rock at the Oscar's
• How to react in a stressful situation
• How forced discomfort can prepare you for difficult situations
• How to control your actions and reactions
• Happiness vs. Fullfilment
• Creating greatness in your life
• What is delayed gratification and why is it important
• Investing in your future self

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