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How do you leave the country without leaving Arizona?

Dale and Brian recount their challenging experience installing an expansive 8,000-square-foot playground in the Navajo Nation on New Year's Day. Despite the project's complexity and cold weather, the brothers were determined to complete the project with integrity. Their determination to see it through led them to persist despite their difficulties.

At the time, they did not realize that this project would serve as a catalyst, opening doors to half a million square feet of future projects. It's a testament to the idea that perseverance and commitment to doing what's right, even in the face of adversity, can bring significant outcomes.

The brothers reflect on the importance of pushing forward through challenges, staying true to your principles, and dedicating yourself to completing tasks despite their difficulty. This experience serves as a reminder that enduring hardships with determination can often lead to unexpected and substantial rewards, providing valuable lessons in resilience and the power of unwavering commitment.

Episode Highlights: 

• Recap of the timeline.
• The playground in Navajo Nation.
• Cold weather and little help.
• Operating with integrity, even when it’s hard. 
• A catalyst for future opportunities.

Links Mentioned in Episode/Find More on ForeverLawn:

• www.foreverlawn.com
• Impact Without Limits Instagram: @impact_withoutlimits
• ForeverLawn’s Instagram: @foreverlawninc
• Dale’s Instagram: @dalekarmie
• Brian’s Instagram: @bkarmie
• Get Grass Without Limits Here
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For this month’s special feature, Dale and Brian are sharing another segment from Moments with Fred. In this segment, Fred Karmie shares his thoughts on the educational system as it stood back in the 80s. 

Fred sought higher education and the American dream when he came to America. After graduating college, he began to teach. But the educational system he found was different from what he was expecting. While he loved the students entrusted to him, he was frustrated with the system and found that many students didn’t care. This troubled Fred, who fought against all odds to obtain an education. 

While this segment was recorded 40 years ago, it is just as timely today as it was back then. We face many of the same educational challenges, some arguably worse than when Fred recorded his thoughts.

Listen along with the brothers as they glean insight and reflect on the words their father shared decades ago.

Episode Highlights: 

• Fred Karmie’s childhood & journey to America.
• Pursuing education in America.
• Becoming a teacher.
• The education system wasn’t what he expected it to be.
• Fred shares his thoughts on education.
• Dale & Brian reflect on Fred’s thoughts.

Links Mentioned in Episode/Find More on ForeverLawn:

• www.foreverlawn.com
• Impact Without Limits Instagram: @impact_withoutlimits
• ForeverLawn’s Instagram: @foreverlawninc
• Dale’s Instagram: @dalekarmie
• Brian’s Instagram: @bkarmie
• Get Grass Without Limits Here
• Visit our show notes page HERE
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What are you thankful for this Thanksgiving?

The actual Thanksgiving story is one of incredible sacrifice and Biblical devotion that helped lay a foundation for generations to come in our nation. 

In this episode, Brian and Dale share the true story of the Pilgrims who settled in America, which often gets squandered in today’s world. As we seek to preserve the truths of Thanksgiving throughout this season and through generations, this is a great episode to share with the whole family.

This Thanksgiving, let’s not forget to celebrate the true meaning of the holiday. Take time to count your blessings and give God glory for everything He’s done in your life.

There’s always something to be thankful for in the good times and the bad.

Episode Highlights: 

• There’s always something to be thankful for.
• The ForeverLawn F’s & One G.
• The True Thanksgiving Story.
• Seeking the Lord in prayer.
• When roadblocks come up.
• Pressing into your calling.
• The Mayflower Compact.
• The first contact is made between the Pilgrims and the Native Americans.
• Experiencing hard times and loss.
• The birth of the free market.
• The first Thanksgiving.
• Reflecting on our blessings.

Links Mentioned in Episode/Find More on ForeverLawn:

• www.foreverlawn.com
• Impact Without Limits Instagram: @impact_withoutlimits
• ForeverLawn’s Instagram: @foreverlawninc
• Dale’s Instagram: @dalekarmie
• Brian’s Instagram: @bkarmie
• Get Grass Without Limits Here
• Visit our show notes page HERE
• Subscribe to Our Newsletter HERE
• The Thanksgiving Story on The Stephen Mansfield Podcast
• Get your ForeverLawn F's Thanksgiving turkey HERE

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Have you ever looked for something and not been able to find it?

Today, Brian and Dale continue their SportsGrass journey through the first ‘official’ SportsGrass project in Lubbock, TX, and another exciting trip along the way. As they arrive at the project location, they realize the base is unacceptable. Could they just go with it and install the turf anyway? Yes. Would they be acting with integrity if they did? No.

Despite the extra time, frustration, money, and work to correct the base, the brothers did the right thing and informed the customer. In the meantime, they had another project to tend to.

With twists and turns along the way, they completed the project, got back to Lubbock, and installed the field. Sit back and relax and enjoy this entertaining story with some lessons built in as the story unfolds.

Episode Highlights: 

• Shortly after launching SportsGrass, we landed another field.
• You reap what you sow.
• The warrant for Dale’s arrest.
• If you don’t have a good base, you can’t install a field.
• Keeping your integrity even when it would be easier not to.
• The trip to Gallup with Bobby.
• Bobby & the bubbles of glue.
• You will perform to your belief level.

Links Mentioned in Episode/Find More on ForeverLawn:

• www.foreverlawn.com
• Impact Without Limits Instagram: @impact_withoutlimits
• ForeverLawn’s Instagram: @foreverlawninc
• Dale’s Instagram: @dalekarmie
• Brian’s Instagram: @bkarmie
• Get Grass Without Limits Here
• Visit our show notes page HERE
• Subscribe to Our Newsletter HERE

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How do you handle it when somebody lets you down?

In September of 2006, the ForeverLawn Albuquerque office was getting into a good groove. The office staff threw a party on a Friday to celebrate the 4th birthday of the business… but to Dale and Brian’s surprise, one of their integral office members didn’t show up the following Monday. 

Where was she? Was she ok? The brothers attempted to contact her with no success. A few days passed, and the employee’s friend brought her keys to the office and informed them that she had moved back to her out-of-state home. 

Dale and Brian had a lot of questions… Why didn’t she tell them? Was she unhappy? They had two options: Be bitter and upset, or learn from it and move on. 

Beyond the changes in the office, the California market was also experiencing unexpected changes. Tune into this episode to hear how the brothers responded and the lessons they learned from them.

Episode Highlights: 

• ForeverLawn was going through a period of change.
• Brittany joins the team.
• The 4 year ‘birthday party’.
• Where is Priscilla?
• Sometimes, people come just for a season.
• Changes in California.
• Rolling with the punches.
• Nothing is wasted.
• Being good stewards of what we’ve been blessed with.

Links Mentioned in Episode/Find More on ForeverLawn:

• www.foreverlawn.com
• Impact Without Limits Instagram: @impact_withoutlimits
• ForeverLawn’s Instagram: @foreverlawninc
• Dale’s Instagram: @dalekarmie
• Brian’s Instagram: @bkarmie
• Get Grass Without Limits Here
• Visit our show notes page HERE
• Subscribe to Our Newsletter HERE
• Tyler Perry Rocket Booster Speech

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This year, at the annual conference, ForeverLawn had the privilege to glean leadership insight from one of the NFL’s all-time greats, Steve Largent. From his humble beginnings to his induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, Steve's story is inspiring.

Throughout Steve’s life, he has experienced leadership in various forms, from the football field to the halls of Congress and beyond. In his speech, he shared his six ingredients of a good leader, stories from his time in the NFL and in Congress, and also participated in a Q&A session with Dale.

Whether you're a seasoned executive, a budding entrepreneur, a coach, a teacher, or anyone else in a position of influence, these principles are universal. They can help you become a more effective and compassionate leader.

Now, sit back and enjoy this month’s Special Feature episode.

Episode Highlights: 

• Steve shares some fun football stories and insights.
• The importance of leadership.
• The qualities of a leader.
• Actions speak louder than words.
• Q&A with Steve Largent.

Links Mentioned in Episode/Find More on ForeverLawn:

• www.foreverlawn.com
• Impact Without Limits Instagram: @impact_withoutlimits
• ForeverLawn’s Instagram: @foreverlawninc
• Dale’s Instagram: @dalekarmie
• Brian’s Instagram: @bkarmie
• Get Grass Without Limits Here
• Visit our show notes page HERE
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Are you open to following God’s calling on your life?

As Dale and Brian share about their journey of moving to New Mexico, building a business, and eventually moving back to Ohio, it’s easy to see the thin threads between these changes. 

It all started with an article Brian saw that Dale’s alma mater was putting in a turf field; then, the brothers were on a business trip in New Mexico and noticed people had rocks painted green in their yards to simulate grass.. Thin threads like these connect the dots and lead them to start a turf business and eventually return to Ohio to stay and establish ForeverLawn.

In late summer of 2006, Dale was visiting Ohio to take his son Derek to a football training camp when he took some time to teach his niece how to drive. While driving around, he saw a ‘for sale by owner’ sign that led him to a house. Dale later realized this was the house he and his wife Lorie had looked at online. 

As the two share, all of these decisions were made by following God’s leading on their lives. Tune in today as the brothers share how God paved the way for them to return to Ohio and plant their roots.

Episode Highlights: 

• Dale takes Derek to Ohio for a football training camp.
• Dale accidentally finds a house while teaching his niece to drive.
• Thin threads that lead to different paths in life.
• Brian buys a house in Ohio.
• Dale shares about his time coaching football.
• Being open to God’s leading.

Links Mentioned in Episode/Find More on ForeverLawn:

• www.foreverlawn.com
• Impact Without Limits Instagram: @impact_withoutlimits
• ForeverLawn’s Instagram: @foreverlawninc
• Dale’s Instagram: @dalekarmie
• Brian’s Instagram: @bkarmie
• Get Grass Without Limits Here
• Visit our show notes page HERE
• Subscribe to Our Newsletter HERE

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How do you sell a premium product in a commoditized market?

In today’s episode, Dale and Brian discuss ForverLawn’s emergence into the sports field market. When they first came onto the scene, they quickly realized that the sports field market was highly commoditized. 

ForeverLawn had a high-value, quality product, making it higher priced... So, the challenge was to find a way to compete with lower-priced, lower-quality products in a market almost solely focused on price.

As they discuss this challenge, the brothers share about the long road that eventually led to installing a SportsGrass field at the Pro Football Hall of Fame and a partnership with the Cleveland Browns. 

This is a story of how ForeverLawn came into an already established market and redefined it. Join us today to hear this remarkable story of perseverance and determination. 

Episode Highlights: 

• Who’s birthday is it?
• ForeverLawn started focused on the landscape market.
• Starting to install sports fields.
• The unique aspect of creating brands for each new product market.
• SportsGrass needed a photoshoot.
• The sports market was commoditized.
• The challenge of selling a higher priced, higher value product.
• Redefining the market.
• Partnering with the Pro Football Hall of Fame Village & The Cleveland Browns.
• The thin threads that lead to opportunity.

Links Mentioned in Episode/Find More on ForeverLawn:

• www.foreverlawn.com
• Impact Without Limits Instagram: @impact_withoutlimits
• ForeverLawn’s Instagram: @foreverlawninc
• Dale’s Instagram: @dalekarmie
• Brian’s Instagram: @bkarmie
• Get Grass Without Limits Here
• Visit our show notes page HERE
• Subscribe to Our Newsletter HERE

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What kind of questions do you attract?

This may sound like a riddle, but it’s reality - How you carry yourself will attract different questions. For this reason, if you are intentional about your actions, you can, in turn, lead people to ask the questions you are eager to answer.

On this stop in the ForeverLawn story, the Karmie brothers share about the sale of the New Mexico market and the process of training up the new team. This transition period, like any other transition, brought its own set of challenges and a couple of surprises.

Eventually, things all started to work together, and Dale & Brian went out with a bang on their final install in Albuquerque. As they often do, the brothers leave us all with a challenge to look for the ‘uncomfortable zone.’ Tune in and enjoy the journey as told by Brian and Dale Karmie.

Episode Highlights: 

• Selling the Albuquerque market.
• When unbelief becomes belief.
• The architect beatdown of the Karmie brothers.
• The story of John, the sample turf, & the big break.
• It all started to work together.
• Dale & Brian’s last install in Albuquerque.
• Looking for the uncomfortable zone.
• What questions do you attract?

Links Mentioned in Episode/Find More on ForeverLawn:

• www.foreverlawn.com
• Impact Without Limits Instagram: @impact_withoutlimits
• ForeverLawn’s Instagram: @foreverlawninc
• Dale’s Instagram: @dalekarmie
• Brian’s Instagram: @bkarmie
• Get Grass Without Limits Here
• Visit our show notes page HERE
• Subscribe to Our Newsletter HERE

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Have you ever bought a Rhino?

In case you’re wondering - we’re referring to a Yamaha Rhino, not a live one. One that, in the fall of 2006, the Karmie brothers hadn’t yet purchased... But they soon would after a large project.

In this week’s episode, Dale and Brian are sharing about a time when ForeverLawn was tasked with their largest project in Albuquerque at that point. This project included 27,000 square feet of turf for a school. 

The brothers and their crew ran into some twists and turns along the way, so this episode is packed with some fun stories. Ultimately, the project was a success and is still considered one of the most impactful projects in ForeverLawn history.

Dale and Brian share some laughs as they recount some of the memories from this project, but that doesn’t take away from the impactful lessons they learned along the way and share with us today. 

The further you go, the further you see. And the further you see, the further you can go.

Episode Highlights: 

• The purchase of a Rhino UTV.
• The restoration of Big Blue.
• A school wanted 27,000 sq ft of turf.
• This was the largest job, at this point, in Albuquerque.
• The ‘Friends of Montaño’ Program.
• Uncovering some challenges during the installation.
• Are you willing to step out of your comfort zone?

Links Mentioned in Episode/Find More on ForeverLawn:

• www.foreverlawn.com
• Impact Without Limits Instagram: @impact_withoutlimits
• ForeverLawn’s Instagram: @foreverlawninc
• Dale’s Instagram: @dalekarmie
• Brian’s Instagram: @bkarmie
• Get Grass Without Limits Here
• Visit our show notes page HERE
• Subscribe to Our Newsletter HERE

This show has been produced by Adkins Media Co.