The Venture Life with Riley McGhee

In this episode I sit down with Nick LaToof, who is frankly an incredible human being. This guy just lives for adventure. He’s into snowboarding, hiking, traveling, fitness, nutrition, he’s published 2 books and has a third on the way. You’ll get to hear about everything else that he’s currently working on, but really what I think you’ll get the most out of is listening to Nick’s view on life. His mindset, his philosophy, and perspective is what really sets him apart from the rest of the crowd and hopefully you’ll take a piece of that with you to help you stand out too.

If someone’s life could actually be turned into an amusement park ride, it would have to be this episode’s guest, Dani Dougherty. From college student-athlete eyeing up graduate school to teaching snowboarding and white water rafting in Colorado, Dani is the epitome of living life like a story worth sharing.

I’m not kidding when I tell you that I wish we could have spent an entire afternoon recording this episode because as you’ll soon find out, Lee is bursting with so many insights and incredible startup stories. But you probably don’t have time for that, and neither does Lee, as he’s busy working on building his company currently headquartered in Amsterdam.

When we talk about chasing your dreams, it turns out that it’s pretty much always going to be a struggle. There are almost always some obstacles or unforeseen challenges that either steer us in a different direction, or that make us want to quit all together.

It’s easy to just trudge along with blinders on while we avoid either taking the leap and jumping out of the security of a conventional career, or sometimes we avoid painful yet telling truths about who we really are and where we’re really going. Mark effortlessly navigates these difficult kinds of topics and pierces through all of the noise and chatter to really speak straight to your heart.

Middle school math teacher by day and musician by night, Kevin Cox joins The Venture Life podcast as our very first guest. Laughs, goosebumps, and some hard truths are all part of this candid conversation as we uncover what exactly the zone of proximal development is and how math and music are actually related.