How to Stretch Yourself to Become Your Best

This week I'm delighted to have Jon Stolpe on the show.

We discuss:

• How we connected. 
• Why STRETCH is such an important term in Jon's life.
• He's helping men around the country help improve their commitment to fatherhood, family, faith, and work challenges.  See the Stretched Men Group for more info.
• How Jon first got to Guatemala.
• The big confirmation that allowed him to go there.
• Jon and his blog audience brought the finances available to build houses.
• His book, Rooftop Reflections.
• How the book, Wrecked, for something good, as Jeff Goins described.
• The socio-economic status of families in the Guatemalan culture.  How widows struggle amidst the situation.
• They have built multiple homes in Guatemala to help families of widows in Guatemala. 
• Jon's vision to build 100 houses in Guatemala before he passes away. 
• The next step in his journey to impact families and involve the community in the process.
• What Jon and his family would like from you.
• How much it costs just to build one house for a family in Guatemala.
• The life change his family experienced through this.
• Jon & his wife chose to sell their home to have more margin in their lives to live, give, and save.
• How they have chosen to live differently to make a greater contribution.
• "Do for one what you wish you could do for everyone,"  Andy Stanley.
• "You can be extraordinary right where you live with the people you rub shoulders with every day."
• Do a little better.  Stretch yourself.  Make an impact.
• How difficult it is to translate what that experience was like.
• The Hobbit's parallel and how hard it is to come back to regular life.
• You are not ordinary.  You have an amazing opportunity right in front of your eyes.  You can change the world for someone else and yourself.
• Do something today. Cause yourself to stretch.  Become your best.