How many times have you potentially sabotaged your ability to level up based upon your reliance on what most would call your hard skills?  In this episode I challenge the idea that your merit is based on your ability to conduct a certain task well.  I posit that you can excel in almost any facet of life if you hone in on your soft skills - your ability to effectively communicate, understand concepts and move through problems.  

Grit and the ability to grind is no stranger to my friend Sam Sareini.  In this episode he shares his journey from humble beginnings in life and the military to commanding a Guided Missile Destroyer in the US Navy.  We also discuss, fatherhood, health / wellness, education / resources, struggles, and tools to help you grow as a human and as a leader.  I am excited to facilitate sharing his wisdom with you all in a candid conversation and even more proud to call him my friend.  Enjoy!

In this episode I discuss my philosophy on why success is a mindset and accomplishments are singular events with the notion that stacking accomplishments will not make you successful or elated.  Rather, we should adopt a mindset driven towards what fills us up and breathes life into us and our community to optimize our actual success in life.

“It's the action, not the fruit of the action, that's important. You have to do the right thing. It may not be in your power, may not be in your time, that there'll be any fruit. But that doesn't mean you stop doing the right thing. You may never know what results come from your action. But if you do nothing, there will be no result.”

― Mahatma Gandhi

In this episode I discuss my philosophy on why pain is albeit difficult to endure it can also be our greatest teacher in life.

When you think of dreams what comes to mind for you?  How does the word make you feel - in your body?  In this episode I break down dreams as goals: short term, midrange and long term.  I also shared some of my actual dreams when I sleep and how those are more important than we sometimes may think.  These things took my a long time to understand but I'm happy to share with you guys.  Hope it helps!  

My good friend and Retired Master Chief Navy SEAL Bob Newman and I sat down for another chat to discuss some more current topics from our previous discussion in Ep. 4 - https://anchor.fm/jeff-bayless/episodes/BOB-NEWMAN-e4pn0d - from August 2019.  In this episode we discuss mindfulness, gratitude, personality traits, transitioning into finding your purpose in life and in work.  Bob is a service minded, humble man and it is an honor to share his wisdom with you today.  You can reach out to him on IG: @bneweveryday and on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bobnewman72 - additionally you can check out his work at Victory Strategies: www.victory-strategies.com/

Many of us put a negative connotation on the idiom "Out on a limb".  In my experience flipping that notion on its head has been the singular thing that opens the aperture and facilitates growth in our lives.