The Modern Man Podcast

"Lead by example. Something so simple could be applied time and time again, throughout the different levels that are reached. Be the standard and inspire others to do the same." -Barry Ball

What makes one a servant leader? Leadership is not a one-time, single defining moment. As we will learn from this week's guest, leadership is a lifetime of training. Before becoming a Speakerpreneur and Leadership Enthusiast, Barry Ball played many leadership roles. Barry relates leadership lessons he learned as the oldest of nine siblings, as a cadet, as a platoon leader in the army, and most importantly, as a leader to himself. Ted and Barry discuss how to stand up as a leader amidst adversities, how to develop resiliency, how to NOT let anything define you, and how to love the entire process of growth. Life is full of surprises, some of them we describe as crazy, bad, and ugly. So the question left to answer after all these is Who are you NOW? Tune in and discover how to connect with that one thing that is greater than yourself.

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Highlights:

01:12 A Lifetime of Leadership Training

05:57 What Servant Leadership Means

11:46 Who Am I Now?

18:27 Love the Process

23:08 You Can Get Through

28:07 Identify Your Goals

"Our story is the one unique thing that we each have… Whether it's big or small, don't hide that kind of thing. That's something that makes you, YOU as an individual." -Benjamin Sklivas

What if you were born to live as another human being? Sounds as if you are in a fiction movie, doesn't it? Yet in reality, our society forces us to live according to its norms and standards. We have to follow our "prescribed titles" or we become outcasts. This week, Ted and Benjamin Sklivas share how to fit in without sacrificing who we truly are. Before becoming a digital nomad and Director of Business Development, Benjamin felt overwhelming emotions and heard every negative opinion there is about having ADHD. He also experienced loss after loss, discouragements, and failures which pushed him lower than he already felt. Listen in as he shares how he turned these adversities into his superpower and how staying unprofessionally professional helped him to advance in life and in his career. If you are dealing with ADHD or other medical conditions, Benjamin also gives crucial warnings and practical suggestions about taking medications. Own your story. Breathe your identity. Live fully!

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Highlights:

01:57 Unexpected Superpower

06:46 The Society Playbook

12:46 Overcoming Loss

17:50 Learn and Reciprocate

21:37 Caution!

29:11 Do It For YOU

 “You are worthy and deserving of God’s best. Your past failures do not determine your work. They are just experiences to make you better. So go out there and win! -Daniel Gomez

 

What if one day you received a phone call that will change your life forever? We all have that ‘How did I get here?’ moment that refines how we navigate through our journey. What can help us turn our vulnerable moments into our power? How can our pain help us to grow? What can help us overcome feelings of unworthiness? How can we find the balance so that we are not bargaining our relationships as we move forward to success? What can help us to adapt and pivot if necessary when seasons change? Hear these questions answered and more Aha! moments in today’s episode with Daniel Gomez, Top 20 Executive Coach, Best-selling author, and Award-winning Keynote Speaker. Operating in our gift is a privilege and a responsibility- to enjoy it, we have to work on it. And by working harder on it, we raise our fulfillment. Your worth is not a question you have to answer. So don’t think, just go for it! 

 

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Highlights: 

01:45 A Phone Call That Changes Everything

08:33 What’s on Top of Your List? 

11:45 Plan But Don’t Over Plan

18:43  Before Making Decisions 

20:26 Your Significance 

25:52 Keep it Simple

30:07 You Are Worthy and Deserving

"Life is too short to try to fit your amazingness into a job description." -Bunny Young

Are you running low on fulfillment? Is your day-to-day schedule stressing you out? Work-life balance seems like a dream never coming true for many. It's easy for anyone to get stuck or worse drift farther apart from your purpose. Nobody should be living that way! In this episode, stunt woman turned Business Therapist Bunny Young shares a very important lesson on fulfillment from our furry friends. Bunny talks about the amazing transformations that can happen by having a service animal by your side and believe it or not, can even help you eliminate the burnout and live your purpose. Hear funny, relatable experiences packed with golden wisdom and discover more about yourself. Getting in the flow is not as complicated as we think it is. What if life was that simple? Tune in!

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Highlights:

01:25 The Way of a Therapist

05:33 Bunny has 6 Legs!

11:16 Service Animals and Humans

20:01 Work-Life Balance

25:45 How to Fulfill Your Purpose

31:38 Feel the Flow

35:35 Are You Chasing the Horse?

"We need to steer people towards having real conversations and creating real solutions, as opposed to focusing on the short term, and ultimately making everybody worse off in the long term." -Justin Pogue

Are you a landlord looking for the perfect renter- someone who is responsible, honest, creditworthy, clean, and pays on time? Or are you a renter looking for a nice place that is close to your work and has the amenities you need? Discover the secret behind a successful landlord-renter relationship in today's episode with Rental Secret author, Justin Pogue. Justin opens up a different perspective about what it's like to be a landlord and how they can manage, operate, and eliminate any unnecessary burdens to get the best out of their property. He also shares useful tips on how renters can negotiate with their landlords, so they can get what they need and possibly reduce their landlord's stress. Justin also answers what it really means when they say, "the price is competitive" and what you can do to get the best deals in the market. But what if what you're hoping for is not at the end of the rainbow? Tune in and find out how Justin was able to navigate his way through victoriously. Today's takeaway: The success of any relationship depends on how both parties value the relationship and having real conversations.

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Highlights:

01:21 Where The Conversation Is

05:54 What Being a Landlord Looks Like (The Truth!)

08:15 Speak the Language of Your Landlord

11:14 The Value of Relationships

15:57 How to Walk In with Intention

19:57 When They Say The Price is Competitive

23:14 How to Manage, Operate, and Make Your Property Work

26:06 The Landlord-Renter Conversation

30:24 Recap

THE GREATEST WEAPON AGAINST STRESS IS OUR ABILITY TO CHOOSE ONE THOUGHT OVER ANOTHER.

William James

We've all had those moments where the walls feel as though they're closing in on us. We get short of breath, the beads of sweat start to collect on our forehead, and suddenly the room is on a spin cycle.

If this has happened to you before, you know how quickly the feeling comes. Even further, you probably know how hard it can be to shake that feeling as well.

Unfortunately, so many people find themselves in a highly stressed state for an extended period of time. The results can be catastrophic!

Our brains, though amazing, are truly archaic. The fear of missing a work deadline or constantly trying to balance the budget and make bill payments gets registered the same as us being attacked by a saber-tooth tiger.

Our bodies were not made to remain under this type of stress for an extended period of time or repeated on a daily basis. Because of this, the stress in our daily lives has the potential to really take a toll on our bodies and on our immune system.

My guest today Chantel Soumis is a brand sorceress, sales and marketing magician, and an international keynote speaker. Her positive spirit and bubbly personality are sure to light up a room. (Let alone a zoom call!)

What makes this amazing woman even more remarkable is her story of perseverance and drive. Drowning in stress looking for work, trying to feed a newborn, and struggling to keep the heat on would lead to a flare-up of Multiple Sclerosis.

Losing your sight and the ability to walk is a scary and demoralizing experience at any age. For Chantel, looking at a long life ahead of her, 25 was too soon to call it quits.

Hop into today's episode and find out how Chantel was able to let go of that stress, focus on gratitude, and lean into the network of support around her. Regaining her sight in one eye and being humbled by the mobility challenges are just a few of the countless blessings she acknowledges every day.

In this episode we discuss:

• Turning a negative into a positive
• Never giving up
• Focusing on gratitude
• Setting boundaries
• Leaning into your support group
• Identifying your greatest weakness

and more!

You'll Certainly Want To Connect With Chantel Below:

Website: http://www.chantelsoumis.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chantelsoumis/

Stardust Creative: https://www.stardustcreative.com/

As always, a big shoutout goes to my executive producer Andrej Suttles with Suttlesolution Media for making this podcast possible

If you enjoyed this episode, I encourage you to join our Patreon Page and help us continue to bring you more great content. If you are unable, no worries! You can show your support by sharing this with a friend or leaving us a review on iTunes. Every little bit helps!

I hope you enjoy this episode of No Rain… No Rainbows.

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"IT IS NOT THE MAN WHO HAS TOO LITTLE, BUT THE MAN WHO CRAVES MORE, THAT IS POOR."

Seneca

If money had the ability to make people happy, then the richest people in the world would be filled with joy. It doesn't take long for you to look around and quickly realize that that's simply not the case.

The truth is happiness and joy are two things money can't buy. Though money can provide you with options, choices, and reduced stress, happiness is sold separately. Sorry…

With that being said though, it doesn't mean that money is a bad thing. It also doesn't mean that finding happiness needs to be done after gathering all the tokens you can and defeating the boss at the end.

This game of life is too short to wait until the end to be happy.

Instead, what if you focused on cultivating your happiness now? What if you leaned into the hard things you've experienced in life and took the lessons from it to grow? Imagine you let yourself free from a restricting past, shed those limiting beliefs to walk into your true greatness as a human being, and started living a life full of joy, happiness, and love.

Is that something you think you would enjoy? Yeah… Me too!

Jesse Todisco exudes happiness and positivity. From the first voice message on Instagram he sent me when we first linked up, I knew this man had an energy of love, motivation, and service. I had to know, where does it come from!?

Jesse is the founder of 46 & 2 Wealth Partners, a fee-only registered investment advisory firm. He's also the host of the Jesse Tee Show, a mindset-focused podcast that teaches anyone hunting for greatness in business, health and wellness, and relationships the keys to success.

Jesse's story is so much more than just his resume. Coming out of Boston, MA Jesse learned about entrepreneurship at a young age. His foundation in buying and selling comic books and sports cards as well as shoveling snow for money in the winters would contribute to his success in entrepreneurship later in life.

Life wasn't without its struggles, though as Jesse would fight through the adversity of holding death in his hands multiple times including the loss of his daughter, Alana.

Through it all, Jesse continues to share his gifts and love with the world.

You won't want to miss today's podcast as Jesse and I discuss:

• Being grateful for the hard parts
• Applying ourselves more
• Failing Faster
• Stepping into our power
• Altering ourselves to alter our environment

And more!

You're definitely going to want to connect with Jesse Below:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jesse_tee/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessetee/

The Jesse Tee Show: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHVlX9V5wzTQCZl1QXEw16w?

As always, a big shoutout goes to my executive producer Andrej Suttles with Suttlesolution Media for making this podcast possible

If you enjoyed this episode, I encourage you to join our Patreon Page and help us continue to bring you more great content. If you are unable, no worries! You can show your support by sharing this with a friend or leaving us a review on iTunes. Every little bit helps!

I hope you enjoy this episode of No Rain… No Rainbows.

#LetsGrow

"SOMETIMES THE PEOPLE AROUND YOU WON'T UNDERSTAND YOUR JOURNEY. THEY DON'T NEED TO, IT'S NOT FOR THEM."

Joubert Botha

Something that stops so many of us from reaching out to others in times of crisis is the potential backlash we might get from needing to reach out in the first place. How sad is it that the thing we need the most is within reach yet so far away because of the social environments we find ourselves in?

Without a safe space to feel comfortable, valued, and heard, we're bound to stay trapped in our minds, digging deeper into the depths of our subconscious and letting negative self talk take root.

Don't let your mind become tainted. It's time to clear out the garden and pull some weeds.

My guest today, Dr. Dawn Crosson is a Licensed Psychologist and Certified Trauma Therapist. She brings over 24 years of experience in the world of psychology to us on today's episode. Her work has spanned topics such as Parenting, Conduct Disorders, Mood Disorders, Reactive Attachment Disorder, and Sexual Abuse.

Her insights and tips are tools we can all use to reaffirm our positions in life, gather motivation in ourselves, and build the confidence we need to move forward. Hop into today's episode as we discuss:

• Going from discouraged to determined
• Realizing you have everything you need within you
• Developing adequate coping skills
• Learning to prioritize self-care
• Committing to your faith
• Not taking on anyone else's stuff

And more!

Also, you won't want to miss a special shoutout to all the amazing women and women of color out there who continue to crush it each and every day! Please know that this month and EVERY month of the year, you are seen, valued, and appreciated.

Ladies, YOU GOT THIS!

Be sure to connect with Dr. Dawn Crosson, Psy.D Below:

Website: https://www.halainc.org/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drdawnonthereal/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/halaevents

Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sanity-sessions-for-sisters-keeping-it-together-when/id1490784843

As always, a big shoutout goes to my executive producer Andrej Suttles with Suttlesolution Media for making this podcast possible

If you enjoyed this episode, I encourage you to join our Patreon Page and help us continue to bring you more great content. If you are unable, no worries! You can show your support by sharing this with a friend or leaving us a review on iTunes. Every little bit helps!

I hope you enjoy this episode of No Rain… No Rainbows.

#LetsGrow

DON'T WAIT FOR EXTRAORDINARY OPPORTUNITIES. SEIZE COMMON OCCASIONS AND MAKE THEM GREAT. WEAK MEN WAIT FOR OPPORTUNITIES; STRONG MEN MAKE THEM.

Orison Swett Marden

What is it about a television screen or a ton of followers that instantly separates us from the "selected few?"

You see them on billboards, in championship games, and still can't believe they threw the Lombardi trophy from one boat to the other! Man, that must be an extraordinary life…

What if I told you the life is extraordinary but the person is not?

Now before anyone goes firing off in the comments, I'm not trying to downplay the greatness of anyones accomplishments. I'm simply stating that the life someone is able to build is directly correlated to how well they can maximize their gifts.

With that being said, maybe we all have a bit of greatness within ourselves.

We just need to find that one focus, commit ourselves to the cause, and chip away at the vision one step at a time.

My guest today, Robert White is a Transformational Architect at Extraordinary People LLC and the founder of Lifespring and ARC International. Robert Knows from direct experience and studies what people confront within themselves when they go after big goals. Through his work, Robert helps people break through self-and-other-imposed barriers to success.

Hop into today's episode as we discuss:

• Making A Commitment
• Starting By Working On Yourself
• Not Discrediting What You've Learned
• Standing In An Area Of Disapproval

And More.

You'll Certainly Want To Connect With Robert Below:

Free Report: https://www.extraordinarypeople.com/Sign-up-for-free-report/

Website: https://www.extraordinarypeople.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robert-white-188b401ba/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/robert.white1

As always, a big shoutout goes to my executive producer Andrej Suttles with Suttlesolution Media for making this podcast possible

If you enjoyed this episode, I encourage you to join our Patreon Page and help us continue to bring you more great content. If you are unable, no worries! You can show your support by sharing this with a friend or leaving us a review on iTunes. Every little bit helps!

This Podcast was filmed in the studio at ComRADery: A collaborative Work Space in Greenville, SC. If you live in the Greenville area, connect with ComRADery, and find out how you can try the space for FREE! Be sure to mention you found them through the No Rain… No Rainbows Podcast!

I hope you enjoy this episode of No Rain… No Rainbows.

#LetsGrow

"WE ARE ALL CAPABLE OF INFINITELY MORE THAN WE BELIEVE. WE ARE STRONGER AND MORE RESOURCEFUL THAN WE KNOW, AND WE CAN ENDURE MUCH MORE THAN WE THINK WE CAN."

David Blaine

If you take the time and really think about it, you'd be surprised at how many things you do every day that once intimidated us. However, once you got over that hump, it became second nature.

Babies don't sit down thinking: "Maybe this walking thing isn't for me."

No! They get back up and try again.

Unfortunately, so many of us lose this mindset as we grow up. We look at these amazing people on TV or on Social Media and think to ourselves that we could never do that.

If only you knew how wrong you were…

Today's episode is all about empowering you. This is your sign that not only can you do that thing that intimidates you so much, but you were also born to do it!

Don't wait for permission. Your time to start is now. Take the action required and I promise, you'll be shocked at what you can do.

My guest today Tracy Lamourie is the Founder and Managing Director of Lamourie Media. She's the winner of the 2020 Women of Inspiration Award for Media, and the author of the upcoming book GET REPPED – Build Your Brand With Effective Public and Media Relations.

When it comes to stepping into the room as if you belong there, Tracy is your girl. Those rooms have led to amazing opportunities and Tracy continues to show up and deliver!

Don't miss this episode of Tracy and I discussing:

• How YOU can change the world!
• Learning how to feel empowered
• Finding out what you're an expert in
• The importance of giving back to the world

And more!

Be Sure To Catch Up With Tracy Here!

Website: http://www.lamouriemedia.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tracylamourieprmedia/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lamourie/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tracylamourie/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/tracygoddess?

If you enjoyed this episode, I encourage you to join our Patreon Page and help us continue to bring you more great content. If you are unable, no worries! You can show your support by sharing this with a friend or leaving us a review on iTunes. Every little bit helps!

This Podcast was filmed in the studio at ComRADery: A collaborative Work Space in Greenville, SC. If you live in the Greenville area, connect with ComRADery, and find out how you can try the space for FREE! Be sure to mention you found them through the No Rain… No Rainbows Podcast!

I hope you enjoy this episode of No Rain… No Rainbows.

#LetsGrow