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I am pleased to present this wonderful conversation with a true gentleman, Jim Akers!

Jim is the founder of ImpACTful Notes. Jim earned his M.B.A. from Pepperdine University, was named V.P. of Sales for a $500MM distribution

company at the age of 29, and was a Group Vice President at International Paper.

Jim is the author of How to Win the Achievement Game and 14 Strategies for Breakthrough Performances.

Jim met his wife Kristi at Washington State University. They live in Southern California where they raised their sons Matthew and Andrew.

Jim earned his B.B.A. from Washington State University, an M.B.A. from Pepperdine

University and a graduate certificate from Stanford University. He has earned sales

leadership and performance awards with Northwestern Mutual Life, Owens-Corning

Fiberglas, Kirk Paper Company, International Paper and xpedx.

Jim was named Vice President of Sales for Kirk Paper Company at the age of 29. Jim

lead sales growth from $350MM to $500MM leading to this privately held company to

be acquired by International Paper/xpedx in 1994.

Jim finished his corporate career off in 2013. As Group Vice President at xpedx Jim

lead a $1BB distribution business with 21 locations in the Western U.S. and serving

customers around the globe with packaging, custom packaging design, facility

supplies, and printing papers. If you have touched an iPad or iPhone you touched

work Jim’s team pioneered.

Jim founded ImpACTful Notes in 2013. ImpACTful Notes is a web based service that

delivers a unique text message to your smart phone five days a week. Each note is

crafted to encourage, inspire, and motivate recipients to live with passion in everything

they do.

Website: jimdakers.com

Website: impactfulnotes.com

Twitter: jimakers1

Facebook: impactfulnotes

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A little bit about upcoming guest Jim Akers, some gratitude with the boys and the story behind slowing down some of the podcasts!

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I am proud and privileged to be able to share this conversation I recently had with Devon Bandison.  We had a great time!

Thanks for being on the show Devon!

Please reach out to Devon and let him know that you heard him here and what an amazing impact he is having on fatherhood!

***From http://www.devonbandison.com/about/***

Devon “The Connector” Bandison was born and raised in NYC and shares the same energetic heartbeat, big personality and commitment to excellence as his hometown. Devon is a high performance coach and speaker who’s committed to individuals and organizations that want to maximize their potential in areas of leadership, productivity, fatherhood, and work-life satisfaction. His highly sought after seminars and workshops help organizations, individuals, and teams increase employee performance, motivation, engagement, and retention.

Devon’s signature talk “The Most Important Question A Father Can Ask Himself” has gained national recognition and was a featured TED Talk at TEDx Boca Raton in March 2015.

Devon earned his Master of Public Administration and holds a B.A. in Psychology. He has over 15 years of experience creating and delivering nationally recognized community programs providing professionals, fathers, youth and families with the tools to become more effective leaders. He has served on various city and statewide councils, committees and organizations that produce grants for non-for profit organizations and improve service delivery.

Adversity has served as his greatest teacher, molding him into the modern leader and loving father he is today. His mother and grandparents raised Devon when his parents divorced in early childhood. His world became shaped and influenced by internalizing the pain of divorce and an absent father who was addicted to drugs; staying on course for success while growing up proved to be challenging.

However, as a young father a shift in perspective and a decision to choose growth over victimization transformed Devon’s life. He began the road to recovering his true self.  His keynotes and seminars connect these real life experiences to the power of transformation. Often called “The Connector” because of his unique ability to connect the dots for others, Devon shows participants how they can transform their own challenges into a legacy of leadership, meaning and purpose.

Devon believes that “Fatherhood is Leadership and Leadership is Influence.” He often says, “Like leadership, fatherhood is not about a position or a title, but rather the opportunity to model for others effective leadership and create a living legacy.” Devon currently lives in NYC and is a loving father to his three children. His children inspire him daily to create and live his own legacy of leadership.

Check out his site :http://www.devonbandison.com/ where you can find out a number of ways to contact Devon.

Link to his book:

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It is with great honor that I share this conversation that I recently had with Larry Hagner.

If you do not know who Larry is, he is the founder of The Good Dad Project –

Larry and I cover a wide range of topics such as the importance of date nights, PTSD, drinking, the importance of a solid group of men and much more.

You will not want to miss this one!

I have taken this information from his site:

MEET THE GOOD DAD PROJECT FOUNDER,

LARRY HAGNER

Our children are not born with manuals and the Journey of Fatherhood doesn’t necessarily come with a “map.” There are challenges, twists, and turns along the way.

As much as we truly enjoy our children and being a father, we tend to internalize our struggles. When we do that, we get distracted and stressed out. As a result, we do not enjoy the Journey of being a Dad as much as we would really like to.

I am not a psychologist. I am not a counselor in family dynamics. I don’t have any accolades behind my name.

I am like you.

I have an awesome wife and 3 amazing boys (Ethan-8, Mason-6, and Lawson-7 months).

I am an everyday dad trying to do the best job I can. I just want to be the best version of myself so I can guide my kids to be the best version of themselves.

My story and passion for being a father is a bit unique.

I grew up virtually in “fatherless environment” for most of my life. In fact, I didn’t meet my real father until I was 30 years old. As fate would have it, our paths crossed when he walked into a coffee shop eight years ago. I am happy to say we have a great relationship now and spend a great deal of time together.

It was really through my own childhood struggles that I realized my true passion for being a dad.

Connect with Larry, let him know you heard him here on this show!

https://www.facebook.com/TheGoodDadProject/

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Awesome interview with Kenyon Zitzka – founder of Xero Xcuses podcast & FB group –

Kenyon Zitzka is the founder of Zero Xcuses whose mission is to help individuals from diverse backgrounds breakthrough barriers and reach new heights of achievement. Through his Podcast, blog and other channels he shares the most effective tools, strategies and tactics of those he interviews to help others break out of their limiting beliefs to accomplish their ambitious goals and dreams.

Kenyon is currently a member of the US Navy Reserve serving as a Master Chief Petty Officer. He served on Active Duty from 1997 to 2007 & 2010-2011; duty stations included USS PAUL HAMILTON (DDG-60), Assault Craft Unit Two & Camp Lemonnier (Djibouti, Africa). In his civilian career, he is currently is serving as the Port Engineer for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Ship NANCY FOSTER (R-352).

In his spare time, Kenyon enjoys fitness challenges (GORUCK Challenges, OCRs, etc), auto racing and any outdoor activity. Kenyon currently resides in Charleston, SC with his wife Jaimee and 2.5 year old daughter Piper. He holds a Master of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering from Rochester Institute of Technology.

Reach out to Kenyon and let him know the impact that this conversation had on your life!

www.kenyonzitzka.com

https://www.facebook.com/groups/ZeroXcuses

https://www.instagram.com/zeroxcusespodcast/

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Hello and welcome to another episdoe of Fatherhood for the Rest of Us where I am honored to be able to have this conversation with Joel Kessel as well as so glad that I am also able to share it with you! Please enjoy and let Joel know he has made an impact on you today!

Joel Kessel is an advisor, content creator and speaker of strategic communications and working with media. He helps authors, entrepreneurs, solopreneurs, side hustlers, and small businesses understand how to leverage publicity so they can step onto a bigger stage, amplify their message and further fuel their marketing communication and lead generation efforts.

He serves these professionals through speaking, personal advising and coaching, trainings and workshops, and online programs. He provides thoughts and insights on communication strategy and working with media through his blog site at www.JoelKessel.com. He also hosts a podcast called Conversations on Communications where listeners gain insight and thoughts on how they can strategically and authentically communicate and deliver their message and story with clarity and confidence.

Where you can find Joel:

• www.JoelKessel.com

• on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/joelkessel)

• Twitter (@joelkessel)

• Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/KesselCommunications)

• [email protected]

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Hopped on and caught up with my good buddy Jeremy Todd from the Positive side.

Tons of awesome in this one you are going to love it!

Some key take aways from me –

Food dye impact on children

Cooking with your children

Have a deep knowledge of what you are eating..

A lot of it is around food, and a lot more of it is taking action on your life!

https://www.jeremytodd.com/jt-thank-you

Positive Side Podcast

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Fair warning – this is an epic conversation with adult content! I have changed the settings for the RSS feed – I don’t want anyone to be caught off guard though!

Taken from his website https://www.become-limitless.com/ :

I am a solution focused, results obsessed, Transformational Coach. I have been exactly where you are, and could not stomach the idea that the life I was living was all there was. I work with men who all start from different places, but they all want the same end result, a rich full life that they are happy living. If you are looking for a soft-spoken, self-help guy, I am not your dude. I don’t pull punches or play soft, I have never gotten results from timid little baby steps, and neither will you. I teach men how to access and harness their dormant, primal instincts and natures, to find their most powerful, most authentic selves.

Dave is a no holds barred man who is fiercely intent on making the world a better place – not just by himself but along with you! His message is powerful, his delivery is gritty – think of it along the lines of raw honey, it will cure you but you have been told that it needs to be pasteurized..

I will let the podcast do the talking – it is a LONG one – again like honey I felt that it was best to leave it unrefined.

Those of you who it reaches needed to be reached.

Let Dave know you heard him here on this podcast!

https://www.facebook.com/DaveGLimitless

https://www.instagram.com/daveg_limitless/

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I had the extreme pleasure of interviewing Ben Nelson, author of Young Dads Guides, Guide to Pregnancy.

Trust me when I say that every young dad about to enter into fatherhood should check this book out, it is completely spot on!

We had a great conversation riddled with technical humourous difficulties, first off I forgot to press record, then we lost audio on his side.

Like, true fathers, we worked our way through it!

Ben is a devoted father of four. He became a father upon marrying his wife Emily in 2008. He continued to grow his family while working minimum wage jobs and attending college. He understands first hand, the struggle that each young dad goes through. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Political Science and an associate’s degree in Intelligence Studies. He is a veteran of the USAF, having served in multiple operations including Operation Enduring Freedom.

Be sure to reach out to Ben here:

Www.facebook.com/youngdadsguide

Instagram = @youngdadsguide

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I had the extreme pleasure to interview Cardiff on this episode.

While we cover a wide range of topics that are inside of

his book Tide Turners, we also discuss fatherhood,

encouragement of our children, as well as some of the challenges

faced by entrepreneurs turning the corner from their day to day

job to new ventures.

You are certain to enjoy this episode!

Be sure to let Cardiff know that you heard his story here

on Fatherhood for the Rest of Us, and be sure to thank him

for imparting this wonderful gift!

That’s right he has also included a link to his book

free of charge – that is a $10 value! Link to his free book can be

found here:

http://cardiffdhall.com/fatherhood/

If you would like a paperback copy please head on

over to amazon an grab it here:

Outside of being an awesome father,

Cardiff D. Hall is an inspirational author, speaker and mentor

who has a burning passion for life. He helps individuals

transform their self being, so they can direct the course of their

life to reach and sustain achievement, and bring more joy and

fulfillment in their journey of life.

From his published book entitled “Tide Turners – The Practical

Guide to Help you Feel in Control, Experience More Joy, and

Sustain Achievement in Life,” to his online content, Cardiff offers

a sound foundation. His message is aimed at helping the goal

seekers and the individuals who feel they are drifting through

life, turn the tide.

Cardiff can be contacted through phone, email or online at:

 (612) 594-2550

 [email protected]

 cardiffdhall.com

 https://www.facebook.com/cardiffdhall

 Twitter (@cardiffdhall)

 LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/cardiff-d-hall

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