Finding Your Summit

NFL quarterback Steve Beuerlein played for six different teams, over 14 seasons. Steve played for the Dallas Cowboys in 1992/93 season, the year the team won Super Bown XXVII. Before stepping the NFL field, Beuerlein started at QB for Notre Dame. Steve established himself as a QB ready for the next level by breaking most of the passing records while starting 39 or 46 games at the school. 
Raiders
It'd be easy to look at Steve's career and see the high moments while missing the challenges. Drafted by the Raiders, Beuerlein battled with Jay Schroeder ultimately winning the starting job. As the lowest paid starting QB going into his 3rd season, Steve held out to improve his contract. Al Davis and Beuerlein agreed on a contract before the start of the season, but Davis was done with Beuerlein. 
Cowboys
Coveting Beuerlein's capabilities and looking to create options if Troy Aikman failed to develop, Dallas acquired Steve at the dawn of their championship run. Troy strained his knee giving Steve his chance to start for the Cowboys. Making the most of it, Steve lead the team to a series of victories and ultimately started over Aikman as Head Coach Jimmy Johnson stayed with his hot hand. 
Despite Beuerlein's success, the Cowboys were always going to be Troy's team. Beuerlein, Aikman and the Cowboys won the Super Bowl in Steve's second and last season with the team. 
Career
Steve's showing with the Cowboys established him as a legitimate NFL starting QB. The next 10 years saw Steve battle with Head Coach Buddy Ryan in Phoenix. Then Beuerlein played for the expansion Jaguars and Panthers. Beuerlein's career concluded with a season in Denver. At each stop in his long career, Steve endured change and intra-team conflict. 
To survive in the NFL until 38 years old, Steve had to be resilient. He had to perform on the field, despite the uncertainty of an NFL season. He got to play for six NFL franchises because he did what pros do, he showed up ready no matter what.

Growing up in Saudi Arabia, females didn't pick internationally famous mountain climber as an occupation. However, Raha Moharrak was an odd one (her words) who didn't handle authority well. Always struggling to fit into the cookie cutter mold, hyper and opinionated Raha sought out spots as an outlet for her energy. Now Raha is an international brand ambassador, public speaker and has climbed the 7 Summits. Beyond expectations indeed.

Vern Tejas has spent his life in the mountains. In this episode we discuss his achievements, evolution as a climber and his ability to make correct choices in complex settings. 
First, his list of accomplishments is beyond extraordinary. Tejas is the first person to ever climb the 7 summits 10 times each; the 70 Summits. Vern summited Denali 55 times. Teejas' 39 summits of Vinson, in Antartica, remains the record for most ever.
Second, Vern is a leader in solo winter ascents. This particular discipline might be the most stunning. When the conditions are the harshest, and help is not present, Vern climbs.
Finally, Vern Tejasis the first person to solo summit Denali in the winter. To help save him in the event of falling into a crevasse, Vern, hauled an aluminum ladder behind in to act as a means of self-rescue.

Tafa Jefferson has never taken an easy path. He started football late, not playing until his senior high school season. After choosing UOP, the school dropped its football program. Undaunted Tafa stayed at UOP and worked his way through the schools emerging entrepreneurial program.
After graduation, Tafa was drafted in the 1st round of the NFL Europe draft by the Chicago Bears. Before he could get started, injuries to both his and his shoulder ended his football career before it truly began.

Cokie Berenyi is working for a #perfectday. Cokie and Mark climbed Denali together, sharing a tent and working on the same rope team. Their mutual appreciation for one another's spirit, determination and focus was realized on Denali as they pushed through to the summit. 
Whether summiting a mountain or moving her life to Colorado, Cokie is focuses on flexing her fear muscle; using it to get past comfortable and move up where growth begins. 
Like in climbing, Cokie advises using life's big muscles to conquer challenges. What does that mean? She believes that accepting imbalance between life and work is more attainable. Further, making her sure her business serves her life rather than sacrificing life for business. Finally, designing her day to accomplish 4 things by 11, or 411s and allowing the basis of a perfect day. 
By living life outside of her comfort zone, Cokie is climbing to where joy resides. 
#PerfectDay

Life has a habit of throwing us into difficult places. Yet, it also has the power to reveal our best qualities amidst those times. Mark Brunell is a perfect example of positivity. After going through a lot during his days on the NFL, he has remained undefeated, both on the field and in life after football. He shares with us almost everything about football, from playing in a small high school to choosing Washington and getting injured, and the values he got along the way. Bringing up the many people that has helped him all throughout, Mark conveys the power of teamwork and the importance of having the right people surround you. Be it in the field or in life, Mark shares how you, too, can overcome adversities.

We all get stuck, most especially when life throws us in situations we never expected. The key to all of that is to keep on moving forward. Thriving day-by-day, Elizabeth Miner shares her journey. As a single mother of two at such a young age, she has endured through the struggles and persevered to becoming the successful businesswoman and coach that she is now. She shares some great values in life that we could apply to ours and gives a range of advice, from handling limiting beliefs to taking that leap towards your goals. As someone who has been through a lot, Elizabeth’s life-skill and coaching is one that will not only help us go through life’s roller coasters but find meaning in those to become better.

Cynthia Besteman of the successful skincare line, Violets Are Blue, returns to talk about a very exciting partnership. As audience would probably recall, Cynthia previously shared how she had overcome breast cancer and developed her natural skincare line through the whole process. Cynthia updates that the company's doing great and growing by leaps and bounds. Her biggest news is that they are partnering with Donna Karan's Urban Zen as well as with SaltyGirl Beauty to bring a first of its kind Wellness Cancer Summit to New York City. It'll be a full day of all things cancer-related for all types of cancers where they’ll be discussing treatment options, health and fitness, beauty, meditation, and the latest technologies.

Standing up through life’s adversities says a lot about a person; more so when amidst all of these, you still continue to offer a helping hand to others. Michael Ketterer is a man who not only possesses a great voice that deserves a golden buzzer on America’s Got Talent; he also has a great heart and a strong moral compass that inspires many. He shares to us the value and gift of family as he recounts how, together with his wife, they have come to expand their family by adopting 5 children. As a father of six, he opens up and talks to us about the struggles with going through the process and the emotional weight that comes with it. Living a Christian-centered life, Michael talks about how his faith has formed his love for music and helped him overcome difficulties.

Moving forward to your dream path is not always about taking on the uphill climb. Sometimes, you meet some downward turns that test you. The same goes with former NFL head coach of the New Orleans Saints and Indianapolis Colts Jim Mora Sr. His NFL career took its own ups and downs, but with hard work, timing, and luck in between, he has taken the challenge and moved up to the Big League. He shares his path to success and reminisces about the events that took him to where he is now—from taking interviews and the infamous robbery incident, to picking Peyton Manning over Ryan Leaf. Finally, he talks about leaving after four years while remaining loyal to the people around him.