The Herd of Turtles

Patrick Scanlan is the Program Director of the Backcountry Program at Carrabassett Valley Academy (CVA) in the western mountains of Maine. The Backcountry program is a unique program that exposes kids to incredible places while teaching them how to not just be active in the backcountry, but to do it safely.  They take incredible trips all over the world to rugged wildernesses to test themselves in environments that most people would shy away from.  Kids learn a blend of mountaineering, mountain safety skills as well as challenging themselves by skiing breathtaking lines.

To find out more and to check out CVA.: https://www.gocva.com/athletics/backcountry

Brent and Patrick also cover:

• State of mountain guiding in the United States. Increase of clientele during pandemic. Increase in general of people wanting to get out and explore. AMGA/IFMGA Certification versus un-certified guides. Un-regulated guide services. The US ethics versus other mountainous countries. https://amga.com/ ; https://ifmga.info/
• The climate crisis effect on the outdoor industry, glaciers, and mountain hazards and the organizations that are helping to find solutions:  https://protectourwinters.org/ ; https://communitysnowobs.org/ ; https://app.mountainhub.com/explore
• Diversity in the outdoor space.  A critical part of solving social and political division as well as addressing the climate crisis on a national and international scale.  https://www.kismetrockfoundation.org/ ; https://outdoorafro.com/ ; https://www.mountainproject.com/ ; https://americanalpineclub.org/other-grants

Patrick also supports and promotes the following organizations: 

• CVA
• EMS Climbing School https://www.emsoutdoors.com/
• SOLO Wilderness Medicine https://soloschools.com/
• White Mountain Avalanche Center https://mountwashingtonavalanchecenter.org/
• Support from https://www.blizzard-tecnica.com/us/en ; https://folkrm.com/ ; https://coros.com/

Finley Robinson is coach who helps entrepreneurial couples navigate the challenges of working together as well as serve as the Brand Manager for BTribalFit , his wife Brooke's online community centered around fitness.

Finley recently left his job serving as a pastor in his church to commit fully to both his and Brooke's dream of having a successful online business that allows for them to have the freedom to live life on their terms.  He shares his journey of leaving something he cared deeply to follow his dream of being a successful entrepreneur. 

Finley shares some tips on how to work with a spouse and to support each other so that each person can provide the most value as possible.   We also talk about living in northwest Arkansas and the great things that the area offers.

You can find Finley here.

You can find Brooke's BTribalFit Community here.

 

Boris Kievsky runs dotorgstrategy.com which has a mission of making the world a better place by helping nonprofits harness the power of storytelling and technology to find and activate more heroes for their cause.

Boris immigrated to the US as a young boy from the Ukraine.  Through his journey of assimilating to the US he learned how important the concept of identity was.  This helped him fall in love with 2 areas that still play a role in his life today: story telling  and using technology to help connect to people.

Boris shares his journey from growing up in New York, going to school in Pittsburg, Miami and London, and finding his place in the world.  As a professional actor Boris is a gifted story teller and that is on full display during the interview.

Boris' life is a great example of following your passions and developing a sense of purpose that feeds those passions as well as helps make the world a better place.

You can find out about his company dotorgstrategy.com here:
http://https://dotorgstrategy.com/

You can find episodes and show notes to his podcast The Nonprofit Hero Factory here:
https://dotorgstrategy.com/nonprofit-hero-factory/

Quick note saying the show is going to return Oct 19th!  Lots of great interviews scheduled so be sure to stay subscribed!

Join Brent and Dan Mendat on a replay from one of the first episodes.  Dan was literally cruising through life in Northeast Ohio as a truck driver and sailing with his wife on the weekends. When health challenges from driving truck and a family tragedy struck he knew something had to change.

During a vacation to Southwest Florida he and his wife took a 4 hour sailing cruise. A chance comment by the skipper of the boat planted the seed of a different life. Dan and his wife Dianne decided to take the jump and left Ohio to pursue a life where they follow their passion for sailing and be the captain of their own life.

Join Brent and Dan as we talk with about the journey so far, what life is like running your own small business and the joys of getting to do what you love every day.
 
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Ryan Goloversic, aka Rygo, and Brent discuss his jobs in social media video production and kite boarding. From a young age Ryan new that he had to have a sense of purpose otherwise he would be miserable.  Ryan started off his career as a punk rocker in the Michigan area.  He left music after a few years and taking a few missteps found an interest in creating social media videos about kiteboarding. He currently works for MacKite in Michigan as Creative Director and a team rider.

• His progression/learning curve in kiting and some of the interesting maneuvers, details and finesse of kite boarding.
• The importance of Mackite in his life and how Mackites is very forward thinking in its connection to its customers and how his job has progressed throughout his association with them.
• What keeps him going and what is the grind behind what he does. What kind of travel the job requires and how does he accomplish it. And importantly, does the filming and tech work take the magic out of kite boarding for him?
• How much of his success would he contribute to hardwork versus being at the right place at the right time.
• What Rygo views as success for himself and what are his plans for the future.

How to contact Ryan Goloversic on Instagram .

You can see many of Rygo videos on YouTube.

Or, you can visit the website MacKite.

Patrick Gallagher talks with Brent about building community and leadership and why it is important.

• Patrick talks about how he got started in this business of developing community and leadership. He has a business The Engineering Leadership Community which specializes in building leaders in the software engineering community. They also talk about the importance of developing meaningful personal relationships.
• This business was very different from studying physical therapy and kinesiology in college so they discuss how he made the leap to the field of leader ship building
• Brent asks him about the importance of travel in his life and what is one of the unexpected areas that he found himself liking. 
• They discuss why it is important to have leadership and develop a sense of community in a professional environment. Creating community creates a sense of ownership for every job in a business, no matter how small or insignificant that position may seem.
• Brent asks Patrick whether or not leaders are born or developed and they discuss why certain types of leaders are red flags.
• Patrick supports a Cure Bike Ride that is run from Santa Barbara to San Diego in support of an illness called Leber’s Hereditary Optic Neuropathy. They discuss his personal involvement and why this particular charity is important to him.
• They both agree that there is real truth in “The importance of giving of yourself so that others will give.”

Patrick Gallagher can be reached on Linkedin

Listen to his podcast at SFELC.com

Resources that Patrick mentioned on his journey to becoming an expert in community building and leadership:

How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie 

Never Eat Alone: And Other Secrets to Success, One Relationship at a Time by Keith Ferrazzi and Tahl Raz

From Good to Great by Jim Collins

The Art of Gathering by Priya Parker

The Power of Moments by Chip and Dan Heath

Outliers by Malcom Gladwell

Jennilee Morris speaks with Brent about her journey to becoming a coffee expert and successful business person.  Jenni Morris, an entrepreneur and chef.  She owns a coffee roasting company, 2 coffee shops and a catering business on Long Island.

Brent and Jenni talk about:

• Her first experience on an extended road trip in a camper.  They discuss the type RV she and her partner, Emma Ballou, used and why and how they were able to find the time to travel.  They had challenges of not finding camping spots under covid restrictions. Their most used app to find camping spots was AllStays.
• Why Tucson AZ was her WOW experience.
• How she is a workaholic but gaining a better work life balance. Why working for inner peace doesn’t mean more is better.
• The universal issue of the effects of the labor shortage because of limited housing for service workers. They discuss how it is affecting the atmosphere on Long Island and especially the North Fork area of Long Island.
• Jenni’s businesses that include the North Fork Roasting Company which roasts coffee for her two coffee shops with locations in Southhold and Westhampton Beach, NY.and online customers. An important part of Jenni’s focus is the art of coffee and what makes coffee so special.   She is also part owner in a catering company called Grace and Grit.
• She values education even though she initially dropped out of high school. After she got her GED, she tried lots of different businesses including real estate, financial services and the hospitality industry where she found her place.
• They discussed the challenges of learning to turnover parts of a business to others so you can concentrate and grow a business.

You can also find Jenni’s business’s on Facebook at North Fork Roasting Co and Grace and Grit.

Also found on Instagram at North Fork Roasting Company and Grace and Grit Catering.

Reid Garcia of McKinney Texas speaks with Brent.  Reid is an electrical engineer, entrepreneur and RVer.

Brent and Reid talk about:

• Growing up in Texas and attending Texas A&M University, his involvement with Engineers Without Borders and the discovery of how important it is to volunteer.
• Working at Boeing as an electrical engineer. How he found his center amid very different cultural influences from all over the country and the world. Discovering what made him feel valued and the work that he did actually mattered. 
• Developing his entrepreneurial interest and Helpful For Life website which is based on the best education you never get. A deep dive into life skills that starts with Kick Starter Kitchen course.  Encouraging people to suggest topics which will help steer the helpful for life course offerings.
• Find out how he and his wife, Danielle, decided to become full-time RVers. What was the hardest part about the RV life that they experienced and what were the terrific aspects of RV life:
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• Acadia National Park in Maine
• Slot canyons in SE Utah
• And finally how does Reid define success.

Check out our affiliate link of Reid's program Kickstart your Kitchen and help support the show.