The Herd of Turtles

Melissa Neacato of www.travelingwallet.com is the guest on today's show to talk about her journey to paying off over $100,000 in debt while also partaking in mini-retirments. She is a member of the Financailly Independent, Retire Early community more widely known as the F.I.R.E Community. She also enjoys the practice of minimalism to find out what really matters to her.

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 mountaineeri...

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 dee...

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 usin...

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 ...

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 p...

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 col...

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...

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 ...