The Iron Deep Podcast

Every day, we are faced with the fact that life never slows down for anyone. We have daily responsibilities at work and with the people around us. In the midst of the busyness, how do you make time with the Father? Sep Shoemaker enlightens you in this episode. Running his own businesses on top of being a family man, Sep is constantly faced with the struggle of finding time to spend developing a deeper intimacy with the Lord. He shares with us the compromises he’s made and the tools that continue to help him today. Through the highs and the lows, Sep never forgets to give glory to God. Let his story inspire you to hold on to this very important relationship in our lives. Let Him do His will.

When you’re called upon to bring joy to people, it’s sometimes easy to forget that finding joy for yourself is also a deep responsibility to yourself and to God. Schaivon Nevings brings people joy for a living. But one time he found himself in doubt. He found himself questioning if he’s showing up too much. That’s when he called on God, and God told him to walk in his authentic self no matter what room he is in. Schaivon tells that story and the powerful lessons he learned from it as he sits with Brett Snodgrass in this episode of Iron Deep Podcast. Join them and learn what blessings await you when you show up authentically as God created you!

Today, host Brett Snodgrass and guest Michael Stansbury discuss the multifaceted nature of humility and its transformative power in various aspects of life. Together, they discuss the antidote to pride as they paint vivid portraits of individuals who embody humility in their everyday lives. They reflect on the delicate balance between striving for success and maintaining a humble spirit, particularly for business owners and leaders. Drawing from the timeless wisdom of C.S. Lewis, Andrew Murray, St. Augustine, and Mother Teresa, Brett and Michael offer practical guidance for cultivating humility, ensuring continuous reflection and growth. They also emphasize passages from the scriptures, illuminating the divine call for humility. As the ultimate example of humility, they discuss how the life of Jesus in Philippians 2 serves as a source of inspiration. Imitating Christ's humility becomes a transformative journey, leading to spiritual growth and the joy of aligning with God's will. Explore humility with us, and learn how it can guide us towards a life grounded in love, compassion, and understanding. Tune in now!

Within the depths of our dreams lies the transformative power of faith. Embark on a journey of 'Dreaming with The Father,' surrendering our aspirations to God, trusting His plan, and committing our actions to the Lord. In this episode, host Brett Snodgrass sits with Brad Lenardson, COO of Never Settle, to talk about his journey with “Dreaming with The Father”. Brad shares his personal experience of deepening his relationship with God and the pivotal role it played in his pursuit of dreams. In Brad's season of breaking down and rebuilding, he shares how he found hope by dreaming with The Father. This transformed his struggles into chances for growth and transformation. Brett and Brad explore the importance of cultivating a faith-centered partnership and share inspiring stories of individuals who dedicated their lives to Christ. They also emphasize the importance of surrendering our dreams to God and trusting His plan for our lives, reminding listeners of the wisdom found in the scriptures. Tune in and equip yourself to chase your dreams alongside God!

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Entrepreneur & Business Coach Steve Cavanaugh has taken great joy in helping many people start and scale large businesses. But Steve has taken even greater joy in helping to change people's personal lives. Steve states that many times, business challenges are really rooted in life challenges. Steve has created a unique group coaching called Master Mission. These Master Mission trips have allowed many people to slow down and reflect, as Steve helps each person navigate through the messiness and come to places of healing. He helps people learn how to break down facades, so they can get down to dealing with life challenges. Steve loves coaching and attending to both human and business needs. Through these Master Mission trips, many people's lives have been changed for the better. And Steve has helped equip entrepreneurs to affect future generations internally and externally. Steve shares that in order to go further, you actually need to slow down.

Entrepreneurs go hard to make their business work but often have a hard time figuring out how to balance the other areas of their life. Many entrepreneurs desire to spend more time with their families. Business owner Alex Pardo shares how being an entrepreneur has affected his family life, and what some good ways are to keep things healthy at work and home.

Alex shares some great tips with healthy perspectives of how his family life is affected by his business, but also how he makes it work well and how you can too. 

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0:00 Intro

1:30 How I got into real estate

3:06 How life got simpler

5:53 Balancing freedom with responsibilities

7:31 Spiritual Journey - Learning to surrender and release

11:44 Investing time in your children

18:06 Realizing relationships are more valuable than things

20:37 How to vacation with family well

26:27 How someone passing reminds us of the brevity of our time

27:31 Flip Empire show & Ascend Mastermind Community

As the digital future continues to evolve and flourish, the future is sure to be rich with new technologies. Right now, cryptocurrency, artificial intelligence, and Web3 are making the biggest waves. Scott Perry is here to discuss how and why we should embrace these emerging technologies that are transforming the virtual landscape and real life. He breaks down the four types of cryptocurrency, the immense power of Web3 in connecting people, and the right way to utilize the still-evolving AI tools. Scott also explains the huge opportunity to use Web3 not just in gaming and entertainment but in preaching God's Word as well.

There's a popular African proverb that says, "If you want to go fast - Go Alone. If you want to go far - Go Together." Many times, visionaries want to go fast themselves, but they get frustrated when they don't know how to develop and empower a team to go with them.

David Cowling of Sharper Process helps visionaries and businesses empower their work teams by building the right processes. David talks in-depth about the importance of purpose and process to grow your work team into becoming leaders which will help you achieve your vision. There's great danger if you don't have a clear purpose or process in your business. Without process, your team will fail in the long run. David helps visionaries identify gaps in business processes, and he helps business leaders learn how to implement processes in a business.

0:00 Intro

2:37 To Achieve Your Vision, You Need a Good Team Which Requires a Process

3:45 What happens when you don't have a process

4:45 How to cast vision in a business - Authenticity & Purpose

6:51 How to keep people engaged and focused to accomplish the vision - Measuring Success

9:45 How to empower a work team - The Right Systems in Place

11:33 How to build a process - The Definition of Process Is What You Do

12:45 Process Maps help you figure out how to fix problems much easier

13:48 Mapping - How to empower your team and nurture them to become leaders

15:30 Process is What you do, Procedure is How to do it, Policy is When to do it

16:30 Systems and Process allow you to have good metrics which help you accomplish goals

17:36 Metrics allow you to see in good numbers whether someone does a good job or not without micro-managing

18:57 How to Build Good Work Culture While Keeping Accountability - Resources with Training & Accountability with Wins

22:34 How to Keep Motivated with Hope as a Visionary - Has to Go Back to Purpose

25:47 How Visionaries Can Get Help to Clarify Their Process and Purpose

28:58 If you don't build your process now, you'll lose money and create more problems in the future

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IRON DEEP: irondeep.com

Iron Deep is a men's mastermind community for those middle-aged successful business leaders seeking intimacy with God, deeper relationships, and who desire to leave a true legacy. We are a brotherhood that has a foundation rooted in Christ, while helping businessmen discover and live out their most fulfilled lives.

Iron Deep is here to serve those entrepreneurs who feel lonely, stuck, dormant, discouraged, and depressed. Many successful business leaders feel misunderstood, anxious and stressed out, loaded down with the weight of the world. We desire to help awaken businessmen back to a vibrant and thriving life.

SHARPENING AND INTERCONNECTING

At Iron Deep, we shepherd a community of male business leaders that desire a deeper intimacy with the Father, genuine connection with other men, and to discover their true calling that will leave an eternal legacy. We sharpen each other to grow in the areas of IDENTITY IN CHRIST, BUSINESS & FINANCES, MARRIAGE & FAMILY, and HEALTH. We all bring our unique God-Given talents & gifts to help each other live our fullest lives.

We are on a mission to live out God’s calling on our lives, and to forcefully advance his kingdom in our homes, our organizations, our communities, and to the ends of the earth. We give light to the darkness, spread hope to the hopeless, and stand firm on the rock of God’s promises. We equip like-minded businessmen with resources and a community that they can truly lean on, so they know they have someone in their corner. Our raw & messy community is made up of real men, who aren’t perfect, but strive to grow in the most important areas of life.

John McLaughlin is a successful Entrepreneur who found a way to use business to help bring reform and change to many convicts lives.

As a Christian understanding God's forgiveness and gifting of a second chance for his own life, John wanted to extend the same grace to ex-convicts looking for a second chance. John began to teach business classes to felons and other convicts in prison. In doing so, John realized ex-convicts make some of the best employees and entrepreneurs.

The stigma around ex-convicts is that they're bad and will always be bad. John realized there are many ex-convicts who are very sincere, and have had a lot of time to think and reflect on their lives in prison. Many become very spiritual reading the Bible and seeking true heart change and new ways to think.

The sad part is, prison systems aren't usually built to reform convicts. And for those who truly want to change, even when released from prison, they have a very difficult time finding gainful employment. Which is one reason why many ex-cons become entrepreneurs. It's the only way they can make an honest living.

John realized many ex-convicts just need an opportunity. Many ex-cons just need someone to give them a chance. John took those chances himself and employed ex-convicts, and he saw fantastic results. For business owners who are looking for quality employees, John encourages us to keep an open mind and look at an unusual pool of talent to recruit from.

JOHN'S BOOK - Lifeline To A Soul: The Life-Changing Perspective I Gained While Teaching Entrepreneurship to Prisoners

JOHN'S WEBSITE https://www.lifelinetoasoul.com/

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Steve Richards is a successful Real Estate Investor and has a great coaching program for entrepreneurs called CEO Nation. While Steve has crushed it in growing businesses and accomplishing many goals, he found himself at a loss in his life.

Steve realized he was spinning his wheels and not knowing what for. Steve understood the importance of margin in business, but not in his personal life.

As Steve began to add more margin in his life, and made space to be still, Steve began to learn the importance and power of stillness. Steve's marriage improved, his health improved, and even his business improved. Steve shares about how everything is interconnected, and when you can add more margin in your life and refocus, you will find more purpose and accomplishment in all areas of your life.

0:00 Intro

1:20 Gaining your identity back as a man

6:50 Religion vs Spirituality

8:20 We forget who we are – Inner War

10:45 Importance of Stillness

13:45 My Real Estate business worked well, but I had no margin

17:00 Awakened to stop drinking alcohol

18:19 Creating Margin in our lives

22:21 Learning how to Focus and converge everything I'm involved in – everything is interconnected

24:10 Checking energy levels and health

25:57 Growing deeper with my wife, healthier marriage

27:56 What's the best version of yourself? Finding Identity

STEVE'S COACHING: https://theceonation.com/

INDY INVESTOR PODCAST: https://www.youtube.com/@IndyInvestor