In this interview, you’ll learn why taking a career break can be the best thing for your career. Katrina McGhee is a career break coach who helps people slow down and plan a life-changing break. One of my favorite parts of the interview was when she talked about using her whole body to make decisions aligned with her heart.

Highlights from the interview:

• Why she always valued her inner truth.
• What happened when she got a job offer that didn’t align with her career vision.
• How she stays true to the vision of her career.
• How she feels when she has to make an important decision.
• Finding peace in your difficult decisions.
• How she tunes into her subconscious to help guide her.
• Finding truth in tough decisions.
• Understanding the direction you need to take and actually doing it are two separate things.
• Understanding the calm truth.
• Assessing what you’ll miss if you don’t take the risk.
• How to go after what you truly want.
• Understanding your life’s mission.
• Asking yourself, “How do I want to show up today?”
• Replenish your energy when you feel drained.
• The importance of doing small routines to help replenish your energy levels.
• Improving her processes so she can focus on her essential work.
• Create space to do the digging.
• The practice of understanding yourself takes time and regular routines.
• Turning off auto-pilot so we make conscious choices.
• Breaking out of your old way of being.
• Dealing with career burnout.
• What is a joy immersion?
• The four pillars that guide her life.
• Understanding the numbers that you need to take a career break.
• Most shared book and favorite podcast.

You can learn more about Katrina McGhee over at coaching website. You can also check out her 45 epic things you can do to take an epic break. You can also connect with her on LinkedIn.

In this interview, you’ll learn why proactive planning is so important. Julee Yokoyama is a Succession Planner for business owners. One of my favorite parts of the interview she explains why people are afraid to plan for what happens if they die or get sick and what people need to do in their absence.

Highlights from the interview:

• How she dealt with the passing of her grandfather and how it encouraged to go into succession planning.
• Why she become such a keen observer of the world around her.
• Her family’s lack of planning shaped how she viewed her career.
• How she avoided the negative patterns that she grew up witnessing.
• Breaking things down so you take action.
• Identifying what is in the shadows that is holding us back from taking action.
• Probability and impact matrix.
• Letting go of the tasks and projects that aren’t going to help us build our businesses.
• Making things actionable so you do them instead of procrastinating.
• The practice of ranking projects and tasks so we have a clear priority list.
• Avoidance is not a strategy. It is a crisis in waiting.
• Proactive planning in your business.
• Why aren’t we more proactive about your succession plan in our business?
• Why we are afraid to dream big.
• She discusses the fears we have around succession planning.
• She has had a lot of losses in her life and how it’s influenced her work in succession planning.
• Why she had the thought, “What if I died on this plane?” and how it changed her life.
• How Yoga helped her process her feelings.
• What it’s like to sit down with someone and talk about death.
• How a client dealt with a major fall from a horse and the mental health issues she had.
• The importance of being rooted in your why.
• Most shared book and favorite podcast. 

You can learn more about Julee Yokoyama over at Project C.Y.A. You can also connect with her on LinkedIn and Instagram. 

As always, if you have any questions or want to submit a guest for the podcast that you think would be amazing, just reach out to me on the Dig to Fly website, and I’ll do my best to get them on. If you enjoy the interview, please take 30 seconds to rate the Dig to Fly podcast on your favorite platform. Thanks!

In this interview, you’ll learn why proactive planning is so important. Julee Yokoyama is a Succession Planner for business owners. One of my favorite parts of the interview is that she explains why people are afraid to plan for what happens if they die or get sick and what people need to support their loved ones.

Highlights from the interview:

• How she dealt with the passing of her grandfather and how it encouraged to go into succession planning.
• Why she become such a keen observer of the world around her.
• Her family’s lack of planning shaped how she viewed her career.
• How she avoided the negative patterns that she grew up witnessing.
• Breaking things down so you take action.
• Identifying what is in the shadows that is holding us back from taking action.
• Probability and impact matrix.
• Letting go of the tasks and projects that aren’t going to help us build our businesses.
• Making things actionable so you do them instead of procrastinating.
• The practice of ranking projects and tasks so we have a clear priority list.
• Avoidance is not a strategy. It is a crisis in waiting.
• Proactive planning in your business.
• Why aren’t we more proactive about your succession plan in our business?
• Why we are afraid to dream big.
• She discusses the fears we have around succession planning.
• She has had a lot of losses in her life and how it’s influenced her work in succession planning.
• Why she had the thought, “What if I died on this plane?” and how it changed her life.
• How Yoga helped her process her feelings.
• What it’s like to sit down with someone and talk about death.
• How a client dealt with a major fall from a horse and the mental health issues she had.
• The importance of being rooted in your why.
• Most shared book and favorite podcast. 

You can learn more about Julee Yokoyama over at Project C.Y.A. You can also connect with her on LinkedIn and Instagram. 

As always, if you have any questions or want to submit a guest for the podcast that you think would be amazing, just reach out to me on the Dig to Fly website, and I’ll do my best to get them on. If you enjoy the interview, please take 30 seconds to rate the Dig to Fly podcast on your favorite platform. Thanks!

In this interview, you’ll learn about how you can build a business that helps people grow and become leaders in their own way. Matthew Gartland is the CEO of Smart Passive Income. One of my favorite stories is how he brought structure to the growing company to make sure everyone was onboard with the direction of the company.

Highlights from the interview:

• What has helped him make hard decisions.
• Having a core set of principles to filter all your decisions through.
• Tightening feedback loops.
• Making more educated bets so you have a better chance of success.
• Working in a fast paced environment.
• Developing a front-line mindset to understand your customer.
• Fundamentally changing a successful business.
• Creating a test in a business to see if it would work.
• Learning from customer feedback to iterate on an idea in your business.
• Using SOPs in your business.
• Developing a vision for your business so you can make better decisions.
• Helping employees understanding the shift that Matthew and Pat were making in the company.
• Reinvesting back in the business.
• How to measure success in business.
• OKR framework.
• How to figure out what to focus on in business.
• Building a strong partnership in business.
• Why most entrepreneurs should pursue a partner.
• Making expectations clear between partners.

You can learn more about Matthew Gartland over at Smart Passive Income. You can also connect with him over at LinkedIn. 

As always, if you have any questions or want to submit a guest for the podcast that you think would be amazing, just reach out to me on the Dig to Fly website, and I’ll do my best to get them on. If you enjoy the interview, please take 30 seconds to rate the Dig to Fly podcast on your favorite platform. Thanks!

In this interview, you’ll learn how to seek challenges instead of comfort. Darrell Vesterfelt is a serial entrepreneur and dispenses wisdom throughout this entire interview. One of my favorite parts of the interview was when he talked about his journaling practice and the difficult questions he asked himself to uncover new insights.

Highlights from the interview:

• What made Darrell who he is today.
• He realized his superpower came from his past.
• How entrepreneurship first popped into his head.
• Stumbling on to ideas.
• Nike was built because of all the hardships.
• Strength comes from all the hardships that we’ve went through.
• An important mindset shift that helped jump-start his career.
• Why our past helps us form our strengths.
• Avoiding the default life.
• The power of reframing how we think about things.
• How he dealt with the pain of laying people off in his company.
• Creating buffers in business to help avoid future pitfalls.
• Clarifying the vision and mission of the company.
• How he dealt with a dream job that he was fired from.
• Framework: Taking a longer view of the whole process.
• Why his view of his business has changed from his 20’s into his 30’s.
• Journaling practice: Asking himself questions like, “Why is this so hard?”
• Just asking yourself the question is important. 
• The subconscious mind is very powerful, and how you can better utilize it.
• The courage of asking a question and allowing yourself not to know the answer.
• Seeking truth instead of comfort.
• The best leaders focus on doing this to become great leaders.
• Developing your empathy skill set.
• Creating practices that help you become a more mindful leader.
• How to measure your growth so you are heading in the right direction.
• We often forget the most important ways to grow.
• Using the leadership loop.
• Most shared book and most listened to podcast.

You can learn more about Darrell over at his website, Darrell Vesterfelt. You can also connect with him on LinkedIn. 

As always, if you have any questions or want to submit a guest for the podcast that you think would be amazing, just reach out to me on the Dig to Fly website, and I’ll do my best to get them on. If you enjoy the interview, please take 30 seconds to rate the Dig to Fly podcast on your favorite platform. Thanks!

In this interview, you’ll learn about how you can understand your definition of success and shift it to be more aligned with your truth. Tim Schurrer is an author, CEO, and podcast host who can help you redefine your view of success. One of my favorite parts of this is when he tells stories about leaders such as Tim Cook, who look to serve instead of being served

Highlights from the interview:

• Why his life started in college.
• He explains why he gave up on his dream to be a rockstar.
• Why he looks at his failure of not becoming a rockstar as a gift to his life.
• Asking yourself, “Are you demanding or attracting attention?”. Tim explains the difference.
• Finding new talents while going after his dream.
• Shifting to helping someone else with their dreams.
• What great leaders do that separates them from good leaders.
• Why he fell in love with the culture at Apple.
• Letting go of a dream and forming a new dream.
• The small choices that we make now add up to form our careers.
• Cultivating our ability to understand our inner voice.
• Apollo 11 story with Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins.
• What Michael Collins says about flying around the moon waiting to pick up Neil and Buzz from the moon and come back to earth.
• Understanding how we define success.
• How we subconsciously live other people’s definitions of success if we aren’t careful.
• Redefining our definition of success.
• The work that you need to do to see if you are living in integrity with internal consistency.
• Moving from a leading role to more of a supporting role.
• The best CEOs find ways to serve more people and not be served.
• Making the switch back into a lead role after being a servant leader for many years.
• Letting go of the pressure of being a leader.
• What is the secret society of success?
• The story of Lebron James and how he set others up for success.
• Why leaders think they give the appropriate amount of appreciation, but their employees don’t agree.
• Understanding why you want what you want.

You can learn more about Tim over at Build a Winning Team. You can also connect with him over at LinkedIn.

As always, if you have any questions or want to submit a guest for the podcast that you think would be amazing, just reach out to me on the Dig to Fly website, and I’ll do my best to get them on. If you enjoy the interview, please take 30 seconds to rate the Dig to Fly podcast on your favorite platform. Thanks!

In this interview, you’ll learn about the frameworks that Bryan uses in his business. Bryan Clayton of GreenPal is the founder of the app. It helps connect people with lawncare service professionals. One of my favorite parts of this interview is when he talks about being able learn almost anything with the right motivation.

Highlights from the interview:

• What story defines who he is and why he has always had a chip on his shoulder.
• How he built a company with over 150 employees.
• Expanding outside your comfort zone when building a business.
• Why he hires people who can push outside their comfort zone.
• How he views the success of 300,000 people using his app.
• Why we should be evolving ourselves.
• Why our evolution of ourselves should change every year or two.
• His emotional connection to doing right by his employees.
• Why he couldn’t retire after he sold his business.
• Why, down deep, he considers himself a lazy person. 
• How focusing on fulfillment changed how he looks at his life and career.
• Limiting beliefs hold you back if you aren’t aware of them.
• Learning new skills.
• How he stopped believing his own B.S.
• Why he learned from people wealthier than him.
• Why he looks at everything as an experiment. 
• What mental framework you can use to get started on something that is hard.
• The importance of continuous improvement in his business.
• How to set success goals.
• How he celebrates small wins.
• Why the next milestone won’t create lasting happiness.
• Personal psychology is half the battle when building a business.
• When he’s stuck, he sets up tripwires to help him get back on track.
• Why he needs somebody (accountability partner) to keep himself motivated.
• How he keeps track of his goals.
• Creating monthly goals in your business.
• Why optimizing habits and routines is so important to his success
• Focus on inputs to get the outputs right.
• If you have sloppy personal habits, you will probably have sloppy business habits.
• Creating multiple ways to measure something.
• Looking at your current life from you from five years ago.
• How he reframes the low points in his business.
• Combining the spiritual and the tactical in your business.
• What book and podcast he recommends to others.

You can learn more about Bryan over at GreenPal. You can also connect with him on LinkedIn.

As always, if you have any questions or want to submit a guest for the podcast that you think would be amazing, just reach out to me on the Dig to Fly website, and I’ll do my best to get them on. If you enjoy the interview, please take 30 seconds to rate the Dig to Fly podcast on your favorite platform. Thanks!

In this interview, you’ll learn about how to cultivate fearlessness so you can do the things you want without worrying about what other people think. Brian Rhea is a consultant that helps businesses use the Jobs to Be Done framework to understand and improve company products. One of my favorite parts of this interview is when he

Highlights from the interview:

• How Brian’s dad got him into building websites.
• Tapping into a creative outlet.
• Why you don’t have to ask for permission to create something.
• Taking steps in the right direction.
• Stepping outside your comfort zone.
• Cultivating his fearlessness.
• Training yourself not to care what other people think.
• Using AI in your business.
• Reframing your mindset when using AI.
• Basics of Jobs to Be Done Framework.
• Allowing the fear to kick in often hurts our ability to make good decisions.
• Learning about growth mindset vs. fixed mindset and how it influences his decisions.
• We talk about how pessimism often hurts us more than helps us.
• Using critical thinking in our lives.
• Why the Jobs to Be Done framework is so powerful.
• Understanding the core reason why we want something helps us make better decisions.
• Learning the context of the customer.
• Most recommended fiction book, business book and podcast.

You can learn more about Brian over at his website Brian Rhea. You can also connect with Brian over at LinkedIn.

As always, if you have any questions or want to submit a guest for the podcast that you think would be amazing, reach out to me on the Dig to Fly website, and I’ll do my best to get them on. If you enjoy the interview, please take 30 seconds to rate the Dig to Fly podcast on your favorite platform. Thanks!

In this interview, you’ll learn about how you can improve your listening skills so you get to the core of an issue. Barry Coziahr is an entrepreneur who wants to share how listening and training are so important to building a company. One of my favorite stories is when he shares how his employee struggled with new software and what he did to overcome the problem.

Highlights from the interview:

• What Barry’s first businesses were as a kid and young adult.
• He talks about how he survived school while being such a bad student.
• Creating a foundation of support when you are struggling.
• Why he focused on sales.
• Using his communication skills to keep moving things forward.
• Why anxiousness isn’t a bad feeling.
• What the voice inside his head was thinking when he felt anxious.
• Why he didn’t fit in with other kids.
• Learning how to study and how it helped him.
• Getting to the bottom of what people need by asking great questions.
• How to get comfortable when feeling uncomfortable.
• The importance of being persistent.
• Reviewing work and training others to improve.
• Finding gaps in our processes.
• What traits he looks in others when he hires an employee.
• How to encourage people to speak up.
• How he created SOPs that helped the whole company.
• Helping someone when they take on a new role.
• When an employee struggles, it’s often due to communication issues.
• Why explaining the purpose of a process is so important.
• Using the 80/20 rule to make better decisions.
• What can we do to outsource the tasks that someone else can do better than us.

You can learn more about Barry Coziahr over at Freetime Solutions. You can also connect with him on LinkedIn.

And as always, if you have any questions or want to submit a guest for the podcast that you think would be amazing, just reach out to me on the Dig to Fly website, and I’ll do my best to get them on. If you enjoy the interview, please take 30 seconds to rate the Dig to Fly podcast on your favorite platform. Thanks!

In this interview, you’ll learn about how you can lead people from a place of empathy and make sure they understand your expectations on what they need to accomplish. Barrett Brooks is an executive coach and speaker. One of my favorite parts of this interview is when he explains how to lead an employee that is struggling, so they understand the expectations of the company and still feel cared for by the leader.

Highlights from the interview:

• Barrett explains how investing in his mental well being was so important to improving his career.
• How drinking played a major role in adjusting his path in life.
• Being surrounded by mentor figures who were willing to invest in him.
• Why we don’t feel worthy of leading others.
• Why stepping into leadership opportunities was so important to improving how he handled his life.
• Understanding the voice in our own heads so we can become more aware.
• Being curious about the people around us.
• Growing the positive perspective that helps you make better decisions.
• Making time to process the pain so you can move on.
• Getting to a place that helped him fully feel his past pain.
• How much tolerance do we need to grow our relationships?
• False expectations can turn into false assumptions.
• Working in between therapy sessions.
• Developing your empathy muscle.
• Helping people show up in life even when they are having a difficult time.
• Acknowledging and process things that went previously unacknowledged.
• How journaling helps you deal with your pain.
• The life-blood of company culture.
• Understanding what you should share with employees and what you should share with them.
• The myth of too much praise.
• Why leaders woefully under express gratitude.
• The three most powerful questions to build better relationships.

You can learn more about Barrett over at his website - Barrett Brooks. You can also connect with him on LinkedIn.

And as always, if you have any questions or want to submit a guest for the podcast that you think would be amazing, just reach out to me on the Dig to Fly website, and I’ll do my best to get them on. If you enjoy the interview, please take 30 seconds to rate the Dig to Fly podcast on your favorite platform. Thanks!