Men Are Forged

In this insightful discussion, Matt Shoup shares his journey of self-discovery and leadership transformation. He emphasizes the importance of vulnerability and personal growth in business, highlighting how Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu taught him valuable life lessons about facing challenges and protecting others. This conversation is a must-listen for men in their 20s and 30s looking to lead with humility and courage.

In March of 2005, Matt was laid off from a corporate banking job that he absolutely hated. Matt quickly founded M & E Painting with the last $100 he had to his name, all while being close to $200,000 in personal debt. M & E Painting grew quickly, and has produced over $30 million dollars in revenue since 2005. 

Matt and M & E Painting have received dozens of local, state, national and international business awards. M & E Painting was named one of the Unites States Top Small Workplaces by Inc Magazine and Winning Workplaces in 2011, one of Colorado's Top 250 Private Companies by Colorado Biz Magazine in 2010, made the INC 5000 List (#1724) of Fastest Growing Companies in the United States in 2010, and received the Northern Colorado Better Business Bureau Torch Award for Business Ethics in 2017. 

Matt was named one Colorado Biz Magazine's Top Five Most Influential Young Professionals (2010), one of 40 Under 40 Top Business Leaders by the Northern Colorado Business Report (2013), and received the Colorado State University (CSU) Gold Award being named Alumni of the Last Decade (2012). Matt has been featured in publications such as INC Magazine, Entrepreneur Magazine, BBC, Fox Small Business, Huffington Post, US News and World Report, and EO Overdrive Matt has founded 6 successful companies and grown them all from the ground up.

All of these companies are being run by extraordinary people! These companies are M & E Painting, M & E Roofing Solutions, RiRy, Makers of The Pirate Patch Drywall Repair Tool, Northern Colorado Jiu Jitsu, M & E Real Estate Ventures and MattShoup.com Along the way, Matt received his Brazilian jiu jitsu black belt, traveled the world, raised an amazing family, learned to perfect cooking Spanish paella, and has enjoyed pouring into the lives of innumerable entrepreneurs and small business leaders, all while always enjoying countless cups of Spanish coffee at Café Sevilla.

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Jake Thomas has a passion for personal service that stems from being a United States Marine. He has proudly leveraged that among a plethora of other experiences and hardships into a career of helping people satisfy some of the most basic human needs – health, happiness and wealth.Jake has an affinity for physical and spiritual nutrition. By truly prioritizing his own health, he learned to manifest thoughts into reality. Put simply, the process of resculpting his mind and body saved his life. It has enabled him to lead family, friends and total strangers on similar paths. Nothing on this earth has given Jake more satisfaction than positively impacting the lives of other people. Founded in 2017, LIFE LIKE JAKE is an elite mindset training mission that puts candidates through a rigorous unplugging process to rewire their thought matrices and understandings of the world as they see it, and of life itself. Doing so produces autonomous beings who are principle based and purpose driven, able to harness the power of the Universe to enact the change in their lives they so deeply desire.The LIFE LIKE JAKE ethos is pillared on leadership, personal growth and development, radical candor and extreme accountability. It hails from military ideology, careers in professional athletics and multi-faceted entrepreneurship, historical and contemporary philosophy, and decades spent insatiably consuming drugs, alcohol, pleasurable company and material things.Jake Thomas has a Bachelor of Science in International Trade & Marketing for the Fashion Industries (Summa Cum Laude, Salutatorian) from the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York and a Master of Business for Veterans (MBV) (SALUTE National Honors Society) from the University of Southern California Marshall School of Business.

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MEN ARE FORGED forges men toward overall leadership health. We are about building emerging thought leaders in family, business, and community. We do this through advisory coaching/mentoring, leadership groups, and shorts/reel training. Go to https://bio.site/cartwrightmorris and join the Leaders Collective

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MEN ARE FORGED develops young professional men to pursue God's calling — so they can grow, lead, and maximize influence in the world around them.

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Chris Anderson is the Founder and CEO of Elevate Media Group, a full-service podcast production agency for 6-7 figure business owners. Chris and his team help these businesses elevate through video podcasting. They help these businesses launch, produce, and grow their podcasts into the Top 10% (and higher) globally without all the extra work. He has worked on projects in tandem with Fortune 500 companies Apple, Amazon, Bose, Rolls-Royce, and many more. He is also the host of Elevate Your Brand, a Top 2% Globally listened-to show charted in the top 20 for entrepreneurship. He spends time with his wife and son outdoors on their mini farm when he isn't leading his team at Elevate or podcasting. He is a lifelong learner who always tries to be better than the day before. He is a man of faith who gives all credit to God for all the good in his life.

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MEN ARE FORGED develops young professional men to pursue God's calling — so they can grow, lead, and maximize influence in the world around them.

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Collin Cottrell is a Man of Faith, Husband, Father of 3, and long-time Entrepreneur. Over the last few years, Collin has made an inspiring transformation in his life, going from overweight, depressed, tired, and not being a good leader for his family, to losing almost 100 pounds while leveling up physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. Because of this transformation, Collin has found a passion and calling for coaching men to level up and become something greater in their own life. Recently, he founded an online coaching community and movement, High Caliber Nation. Some of Collin’s hobbies include spending time with his wife and kids, bowhunting, training Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, and recently he started training for a 100 Mile Ultra Trail Running Race that will take place in February 2023. You can connect with Collin at www.collincottrell.com
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MEN ARE FORGED forges men into leaders. We are about building high performing leaders in family, business, and community. We do this through advisory coaching/mentoring, leadership groups, and shorts/reel training. Go to https://bio.site/cartwrightmorris and join the emerging Leaders Collective
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Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/menareforged/ 
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/cartwright-morris/
Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/@menareforged

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MEN ARE FORGED develops young professional men to pursue God's calling — so they can grow, lead, and maximize influence in the world around them.

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Bob is an author, podcaster, and former professional athlete. He serves as a co-host of That Singles’ Show, a singles ministry sponsored by KCBI Christian Radio in Dallas. Through his work with That Singles’ Show, Bob has worked with bestselling authors, keynote speakers, and world-classmusicians, including people like Rory Vaden, Rachel Cruze, Jason Gray, and Christian Huff. His work has also been featured on nationally syndicated radio stations like WAY-FM and THE FISH. As an author and content creator, Bob has a passion for helping young Christians grow closer to God and experience the love and connection they are missing. After graduating from the University of Southern California, Bob played four years of professional baseball in the Toronto Blue Jays’ and St. Louis Cardinals’ minor league systems. In his spare time, Bob likes to read, write, hike, and watch sports. He lives in Nashville, Tennessee.

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MEN ARE FORGED develops young professional men to pursue God's calling — so they can grow, lead, and maximize influence in the world around them.

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After 4 years of college basketball, Wyatt began his career in corporate America working for a large foundation company grossing over $100M annually and quickly became #1 salesman. While finding success in corporate he became dissatisfied with the corporate lifestyle and which sparked investing in real estate to build passive income. Wyatt co-founded Full Circle Real Estate, a direct to seller real estate acquisitions company. In 4 years of focused investing Wyatt became financially free at the age of 27. Currently Wyatt has a portfolio of over 200 units totaling over $17M assets under management including single family homes, self- storage units, and multifamily apartments. Wyatt is also founded Full Circle Property Management, his in house management team. Featured in the Jake and Gino movers and Shakers podcast, The Healthy Investor Podcast, and Success Science, Wyatt has helped investors internationally create passive income with real estate.

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MEN ARE FORGED develops young professional men to pursue God's calling — so they can grow, lead, and maximize influence in the world around them.

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Mike Merrill grew up in a very large family as one of 13 children. When Mike's father passed away from a heart attack at the age of 45 when he was only 13 years old it forced him and his other 8 siblings that were still at home to really step up and do extra things to help their mother keep things afloat at the Merrill household. This helped the family hold onto their faith and values and also develop strength and character that can only come through hardship and struggle. These and other challenging experiences would shape what would become most important to Mike and how he would work to overcome any obstacle that came his way. Mike used these life lessons to inspire him to take control of his own life and become a young entrepreneur and business leader in his early twenties and he has continued in that path through different business ventures into today. Mike has always had a great passion for living an active lifestyle and enjoying hunting, fishing, hiking, and anything else that is outdoors. Mike has a special love for bow hunting and archery and enjoys pursuing big game animals wherever he can throughout the Mountain West. He has been married to his high-school sweetheart, Jennifer for 28 years and has four children and one grandson with another grand-baby on the way! Mike loves spending time with his family and traveling to new places together to experience and learn new things about other people and places!

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MEN ARE FORGED develops young professional men to pursue God's calling — so they can grow, lead, and maximize influence in the world around them.

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Daniel is a regular contributor to Forbes.com and the owner of Quest Education, a company that helps entrepreneurs obtain capital for their companies, pay off high-interest debt, and use self-directed retirement accounts to invest in alternative assets. With over 10 years of educating small business owners, Daniel has a knack for helping individuals get creative with their finances that lead to life changing results. Under Daniel's leadership, Quest Education has reached the 7-figure mark two years in a row with a thousand customers throughout the United States.His book "B.L.U.E. PRINT to Your Best Retirement" is an Amazon Best Seller.

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MEN ARE FORGED develops young professional men to pursue God's calling — so they can grow, lead, and maximize influence in the world around them.

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For more on what we do, go to menareforged.com.

Brian is a Corporate American turned Global Citizen. After a career in finance, several years as a fitness studio owner, and giving away 99% of my belongings, I left the traditional path to see the world and live life on my own terms. I’ve created Simple Man Guide, a personal brand dedicated to helping others leave the corporate world behind, simplify their lives, and regain power over their most precious asset - time. Currently in Amsterdam.

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MEN ARE FORGED develops young professional men to pursue God's calling — so they can grow, lead, and maximize influence in the world around them.

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Dylan Roos is a master NLP practitioner, accredited health coach and masculinity coach. Dylan mentors young men through his flagship program "Prince to King." Dylan has worked extensively in the men's space for 4 years now and is passionate about reshaping masculinity for the modern man.

This is the first episode of season 4!

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MEN ARE FORGED develops young professional men to pursue God's calling — so they can grow, lead, and maximize influence in the world around them.

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For more on what we do, go to menareforged.com.