Purpose with Mark Bertrang

Being an entrepreneur is a lonely, demanding road. We face decisions daily that a lot of people will be impacted by: team, clients and family. This heavy responsibility, along with memories of past failures causes our way forward to be murky with uncertainty. The result can become a business that we don't love anymore. We're working with people who don't feel like are "our people," and we drag ourselves in and out of bed each day, dreading what shoe will drop next. The Blueprint Process is designed to navigate the uncertainty and risk of business ownership and to help you see what is unclear to you: what your inherent value is and how to use that value to enhance your business for your team, your clients and your family...but first and foremost...for you.

When discussing the Life Insurance Asset, you need to consider how this asset could assist you in fighting the "Eroding Factors" of your financial life, which include inflation, taxes, planned obsolescent, technology changes, consumption, consumption of savings and lifestyle changes. Do you have a tool to combat these eroding factors in your life?

Do you view your life insurance as a snapshot in time? That's what we're told to do by the financial gurus, as seen on television, radio and the internet. Are they taking the short view, when we should be taking the long view on our life insurance planning? Instead of a snapshot, perhaps we need to be taking a panoramic lifetime view.

Melissa Schultz is a business coach, strategist, trainer and speaker equipping women to leverage their God-given gifts to maximize their business potential to boldly achieve their dreams. Melissa recently spoke during a "Women with Purpose" luncheon titled "Finding the Light in The Darkness". Recent times have brought significant changes to our ability to socialize and be in community with one another, which has increased the incidence of depression. In addition to sharing her own story and her entrepreneurial spirit, Melissa shares ten tools to fight Seasonal Affective Disorder from creeping into our lives.

Erin Waldhart is the Executive Director of WAFER, the largest Food Pantry serving the La Crosse, Wisconsin region. What is WAFER and what are the services it provides; and what is Erin's story and her role there; and what is your role in serving the hungry in need?

How do you center yourself through the cold, dark winter of the Covid-19 pandemic? How do you help yourself or a loved one who doesn't want help and where are the resources to help?

This enduring story was read by Mark Bertrang on a recent December morning, in an open calf barn on the Todd & Gwen Manke farm north of Banger, Wisconsin; as we all wait in preparation for the coming of Christmas. A bale of hay was used, where Mark placed his bible which he read from on a cold winter morning. Join us for these four short minutes, as we remember the story of the real reason that we celebrate this most holy season.

This enduring story was read by Mark Bertrang on a recent December morning, in an open calf barn north of Bangor, Wisconsin on the Todd & Gwen Manke farm, in preparation for the coming Christmas. A bale of hay was used, where Mark placed his bible which he read from. Join us for these four short minutes in remembering the birth of Christ, the real reason that we celebrating this season.

This enduring story was read by Mark Bertrang on a recent December morning, in an open calf barn on the Todd & Gwen Manke farm north of Banger, Wisconsin; as we all wait in preparation for the coming of Christmas.  A bale of hay was used, where Mark placed his bible which he read from on a cold winter morning.  Join us for these four short minutes, as we remember the story of the real reason that we celebrate this most holy season.

Brother Matthew Kotek is in temporary vows with the Midwest Province of the De La Salle Christian Brothers. After teaching for five years in Catholic schools in the Diocese of Memphis, Tennessee, he currently serves at the Fratelli Project, an educational center co-sponsored by the De La Salle Brothers and the Marist Brothers that serves Syrian refugee children in Lebanon. Many of our podcasts center upon business or career success. This Episode centers on vocation and calling.