Dana Carroll is an educator, wife, mother, and all around awesome lady with one heckuva pageant wave.

She is easily one of my favorite people, and a quiet hero from my childhood. 

The perfect example of The Extraordinary Joe. 

Tune in to hear about the joys and challenges of teaching, how small acts can make a difference, and about my past dreams of being the King of Pie.

Jimmy Gunderman has walked an extraordinary path thus far. His life has included work as a firefighter, mission work in India, small business ownership, non-profit work, and student ministry. 

He also does not believe in man purses. 

Listen in as we kick off Season 3 of Extraordinary Joes and hear how Jimmy has navigated life's twists and turns, and the encouragement he has for us all as we seek to be secretly awesome on our own personal journeys. 

Be careful letting your dreams get too far away from you. The further away they get, the less likely we are to do anything with them. 

Keep them close in thought, word, and deed. 

Today's Encouragement: Expect The Expected

Don't be surprised by things that are part of the deal that you signed up for. 

Your baby wakes up in the middle of the night crying, of course. 

Your players don't always play as hard as you want them too, of course. 

Your business or industry has certain innate challenges or problems, of course. 

Don't be surprised by things that we can expect. And then respond accordingly. 

Today's Encouragement: If you don't want to be that guy, don't be. 

Make your decisions that line up with the guy you want to be. 

I'm pulling for you. 

Today's Encouragement: You Might Have To Stink

It takes time to become good. The key is sticking through the stink until that happens. 

I'm pulling for you.

Today's Encouragement: We have a choice. Argue for things that matter. I'm pulling for you. 

Today's Encouragement inspired by the book, "It's Not About The Shark" by David Niven. 

We can choose to focus on the solutions. 

What do you believe in 100%?

Place the blame, point the finger, make the complaint, find the fault. 

In yourself. 

Radical Accountability