The Wow Factor

Darin McAllister joins The WOW Factor today. Darin is the author of S.O.S. – Survivors Of Storms: S.O.S, a book that takes you through a series of his unique life experiences. Darin is a Graduate of Oral Roberts University with a B.A. in Theology, Pastoral care. He joined the Los Angeles Police Department in 1990 and served the city through some of its most tumultuous times, including the Rodney King beating, the L.A. riots, and the O.J. Simpson trial. He later went on to serve for 14 years as a Special Agent with Federal Bureau of Investigation, where he received the Directors Award and the Attorney General's Award for excellence in investigations. After moving to Tennessee and suffering through the recession of 2008-2009 Darin found himself in a lawsuit and indicted with 19 counts against him. He went on to serve 3 years in prison. There he led a ministry group, taught bible study, started tutoring and leading men toward Christ.

In this episode you'll learn about Darin's experience working for the LAPD and starting a security guard company for Hollywood's elite, as well as why he had to file bankruptcy and how he was convicted of a crime and served 3 years in jail. The reoccurring theme throughout this episode is that Darin stayed strong in his faith, even through the adversities he faced during his time in Jail. He never considered himself a victim and has used his time on this planet to serve those in need and lead others toward God.

What To Listen For:

• How Darin got his first job at age 8
• Getting close with the Lord during college
• Darin's first experience with leadership, leading his college band
• Why not being able to pass Chemistry Class in College changed the trajectory of his life
• Moving to Los Angeles to do ministry work in the inner city and ending up as a policeman with the LAPD
• Darin's experience working in the gang unit and policing during a tumultuous time in Los Angeles
• Starting a ministry group for his fellow police officers who had experienced trauma
• How Darin started a Security Guard company working with Hollywood's elite
• Transferring to the FBI and winning several awards
• Being convicted of a crime and serving 3 years in prison
• Why Darin decided to conduct bible study while in jail

Key Take Away: Use your gifts to guide others toward a life of service and you will be rewarded.

The WOW Factor

Website: https://www.bradformsma.com

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

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/brad.formsma

Twitter: https://twitter.com/bradformsma

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brad-formsma-a9a06424/

Darin McAllister

Darin's Book – SOS: https://www.amazon.com/S-S-Survivors-Storms/dp/0979671736

Darin McAllister joins The WOW Factor today. Darin is the author of S.O.S. – Survivors Of Storms: S.O.S, a book that takes you through a series of his unique life experiences. Darin is a Graduate of Oral Roberts University with a B.A. in Theology, Pastoral care. He joined the Los Angeles Police Department in 1990 and served the city through some of its most tumultuous times, including the Rodney King beating, the L.A. riots, and the O.J. Simpson trial. He later went on to serve for 14 years as a Special Agent with Federal Bureau of Investigation, where he received the Directors Award and the Attorney General’s Award for excellence in investigations. After moving to Tennessee and suffering through the recession of 2008-2009 Darin found himself in a lawsuit and indicted with 19 counts against him. He went on to serve 3 years in prison. There he led a ministry group, taught bible study, started tutoring and leading men toward Christ. 

In this episode you'll learn about Darin's experience working for the LAPD and starting a security guard company for Hollywood’s elite, as well as why he had to file bankruptcy and how he was  convicted of a crime and served 3 years in jail. The reoccurring theme throughout this episode is that Darin stayed strong in his faith, even through the adversities he faced during his time in Jail. He never considered himself a victim and has used his time on this planet to serve those in need and lead others toward God.

What To Listen For:

• How Darin got his first job at age 8
• Getting close with the Lord during college
• Darin’s first experience with leadership, leading his college band
• Why not being able to pass Chemistry Class in College changed the trajectory of his life
• Moving to Los Angeles to do ministry work in the inner city and ending up as a policeman with the LAPD
• Darin’s experience working in the gang unit and policing during a tumultuous time in Los Angeles
• Starting a ministry group for his fellow police officers who had experienced trauma
• How Darin started a Security Guard company working with Hollywood's elite
• Transferring to the FBI and winning several awards
• Being convicted of a crime and serving 3 years in prison
• Why Darin decided to conduct bible study while in jail

Key Take Away: Use your gifts to guide others toward a life of service and you will be rewarded.

The WOW Factor

Website: https://www.bradformsma.com

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

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/brad.formsma

Twitter: https://twitter.com/bradformsma

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brad-formsma-a9a06424/

Darin McAllister

Darin’s Book – SOS: https://www.amazon.com/S-S-Survivors-Storms/dp/0979671736

On today's episode of the Wow Factor, we are joined by Mike Sharpe. He's the owner of a financial planning company that seeks to give your family peace of mind when it comes to your finances, planning for your children's college and retirement. Mike joins us today to graciously share with us his life's journey and the valuable lessons he has learned along the way. His mission is to empower his clients.

In this episode, you'll hear Mike speak about finding passion in work, inspiring others to rise above misfortune and take control of their lives, Mike's journey to finding God, and how financial literacy changes peoples lives.

Highlights:

• "We are not victims. We are responsible for our own lives."
• What it takes to run your own business
• Learning how to sell and "playing the game"
• How having a commitment to something attracts others to share in your passion
• Giving people the resources to find their place in life
• "You are not your failures"
• How Mike believes in marketplace ministry

Key Takeaway: Inspire, don't require.

The WOW Factor

Website: https://www.bradformsma.com

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

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/brad.formsma

Twitter: https://twitter.com/bradformsma

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brad-formsma-a9a06424/

Mike Sharpe

Website: http://www.primerica.com/public/

On today’s episode of the Wow Factor, we are joined by Mike Sharpe. He's the owner of a financial planning company that seeks to give your family peace of mind when it comes to your finances, planning for your children's college and retirement. Mike joins us today to graciously share with us his life’s journey and the valuable lessons he has learned along the way. His mission is to empower his clients.

In this episode, you’ll hear Mike speak about finding passion in work, inspiring others to rise above misfortune and take control of their lives, Mike's journey to finding God, and how financial literacy changes peoples lives.

Highlights:

• “We are not victims. We are responsible for our own lives.”
• What it takes to run your own business
• Learning how to sell and “playing the game”
• How having a commitment to something attracts others to share in your passion
• Giving people the resources to find their place in life
• "You are not your failures"
• How Mike believes in marketplace ministry 

Key Takeaway: Inspire, don’t require.

The WOW Factor

Website: https://www.bradformsma.com

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

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/brad.formsma

Twitter: https://twitter.com/bradformsma

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brad-formsma-a9a06424/

Mike Sharpe

Website: http://www.primerica.com/public/

On today's episode of The Wow Factor we are joined by Hendre Coetzee. As a Transformation Specialist, Hendre's work as a speaker and executive coach focuses on teaching executives, governing boards and entire organizations actionable steps they can take to unlock potential, inspire strategic design, and reimagine company culture. He has over 20 years of experience within the corporate domain and non-profit sector, and has clients such as IBM, Microchip Technologies, API, Disney, ESPN, Estee Lauder, Revlon, New York Life and FedEx.

In this episode, you'll hear the Hendre talk about growing up in South Africa during and after apartheid, the power of forgiveness, how he coaches his clients, and how you can unlock a new life through your mindset and future planning.

Highlights:

• Growing up in apartheid South Africa
• Meeting Nelson Mandela in college: "What will be your contribution to the New South Africa"
• "I was receiving all this resistance and overcoming that resistance, then creating an environment of unity"
• Ask yourself 'what will the future look like?
• "My relationship to the future determines how I am operating in the present."
• The supreme power of Forgiveness
• How to create a future that has never existed before
• Why the small incremental changes/adjustments yield exponential change
• "Change the way you think, so you can change the way you act."

Key Takeaway: What do you need to believe in order to become the person you want to be? Remember who you are. Make a commitment to honor the person who you are becoming.

The WOW Factor

Website: https://www.bradformsma.com

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

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/brad.formsma

Twitter: https://twitter.com/bradformsma

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brad-formsma-a9a06424/

Hendre Coetzee

Website: https://www.hendrecoetzee.com/

Book: https://www.amazon.com/Shiftability-Creating-Sustainable-Competitive-Advantage/dp/1541001648

Twitter: https://twitter.com/hendrecoetzee?lang=en

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

On today’s episode of The Wow Factor we are joined by Hendre Coetzee. As a Transformation Specialist, Hendre’s work as a speaker and executive coach focuses on teaching executives, governing boards and entire organizations actionable steps they can take to unlock potential, inspire strategic design, and reimagine company culture. He has over 20 years of experience within the corporate domain and non-profit sector, and has clients such as IBM, Microchip Technologies, API, Disney, ESPN, Estee Lauder, Revlon, New York Life and FedEx.

In this episode, you’ll hear the Hendre talk about growing up in South Africa during and after apartheid, the power of forgiveness, how he coaches his clients, and how you can unlock a new life through your mindset and future planning.

Highlights:

• Growing up in apartheid South Africa
• Meeting Nelson Mandela in college: “What will be your contribution to the New South Africa”
• “I was receiving all this resistance and overcoming that resistance, then creating an environment of unity”
• Ask yourself 'what will the future look like?
• “My relationship to the future determines how I am operating in the present.”
• The supreme power of Forgiveness
• How to create a future that has never existed before
• Why the small incremental changes/adjustments yield exponential change
• “Change the way you think, so you can change the way you act.”

Key Takeaway: What do you need to believe in order to become the person you want to be? Remember who you are. Make a commitment to honor the person who you are becoming.

The WOW Factor

Website: https://www.bradformsma.com

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

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/brad.formsma

Twitter: https://twitter.com/bradformsma

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brad-formsma-a9a06424/

Hendre Coetzee

Website: https://www.hendrecoetzee.com/

Book: https://www.amazon.com/Shiftability-Creating-Sustainable-Competitive-Advantage/dp/1541001648

Twitter: https://twitter.com/hendrecoetzee?lang=en

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

On today's episode of The Wow Factor, we are joined by Dr. Tammy Born Huizenga, owner and operator of The Born Clinic in Grand Rapids, Michigan. She was raised in the small town of Princeton, Minnesota and knew, growing up, that she wanted a profession in the medical field. Dr. Born Huizenga received her undergraduate degree from Calvin College and graduated from Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine in 1986. During her 2nd year of medical school, she interned for Dr. Grant R. Born who introduced her to holistic and alternative medicine. Dr. Born Huizenga focused her commitment to the Lord when her husband passed away at the time of the expansion of The Born Clinic. She has been a member on a number of medical advisory & educational committees, some of which were appointed by Presidents George W. Bush and Donald Trump.

In this episode you'll hear about how Dr. Tammy Born Huizenga continues her late husband's legacy by providing the best of both traditional and complementary medicine to patients. She discusses the role of preventative medicine along with the importance of maintaining healthy and balanced eating habits.

Highlights:

• Using medicine to treat patients but going beyond to get down to the bottom of the issue at hand
• The importance of taking control to make the decision to eat healthy
• Focusing on eating nutritious and wholesome foods to take a preventative approach in maintaining health
• "Eat the rainbow everyday"
• The role of microbiome in relation to the many aspects of physical and mental wellness
• Nutrient and Vitamin recommendations to boost immune system amid Covid-19 spread
• "Why is it so hard for people to connect with God before they actually need Him?

Key Takeaway: Small changes can make a big impact on health and well-being; God meets us in a point of need to help us get through.

The WOW Factor

Website: https://www.bradformsma.com

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

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/brad.formsma

Twitter: https://twitter.com/bradformsma

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brad-formsma-a9a06424/

Tammy Born

Website: https://www.bornclinic.com

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

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

Blog: https://www.bornclinic.com/health-blog

On today’s episode of The Wow Factor, we are joined by Dr. Tammy Born Huizenga, owner and operator of The Born Clinic in Grand Rapids, Michigan. She was raised in the small town of Princeton, Minnesota and knew, growing up, that she wanted a profession in the medical field. Dr. Born Huizenga received her undergraduate degree from Calvin College and graduated from Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine in 1986. During her 2nd year of medical school, she interned for Dr. Grant R. Born who introduced her to holistic and alternative medicine. Dr. Born Huizenga focused her commitment to the Lord when her husband passed away at the time of the expansion of The Born Clinic. She has been a member on a number of medical advisory & educational committees, some of which were appointed by Presidents George W. Bush and Donald Trump.

In this episode you’ll hear about how Dr. Tammy Born Huizenga continues her late husband’s legacy by providing the best of both traditional and complementary medicine to patients. She discusses the role of preventative medicine along with the importance of maintaining healthy and balanced eating habits.

Highlights:

• Using medicine to treat patients but going beyond to get down to the bottom of the issue at hand
• The importance of taking control to make the decision to eat healthy
• Focusing on eating nutritious and wholesome foods to take a preventative approach in maintaining health
• “Eat the rainbow everyday”
• The role of microbiome in relation to the many aspects of physical and mental wellness
• Nutrient and Vitamin recommendations to boost immune system amid Covid-19 spread
• “Why is it so hard for people to connect with God before they actually need Him?

Key Takeaway: Small changes can make a big impact on health and well-being; God meets us in a point of need to help us get through.

The WOW Factor

Website: https://www.bradformsma.com

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

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/brad.formsma

Twitter: https://twitter.com/bradformsma

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brad-formsma-a9a06424/

Tammy Born

Website: https://www.bornclinic.com

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

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

Blog: https://www.bornclinic.com/health-blog

On today's episode of the Wow Factor we are joined by Wally and June Blume of Denali Flavors. As owners of one of the most popular ice cream flavors in the USA, Original Moose Tracks, Wally and June are a one-of-a-kind business couple whose love for ice-cream and God have led them to achieve amazing success together. Wally's company, Denali Flavors, has grown to become one of the nation's leading developers and marketers of innovative flavors for the ice cream industry and regularly teams up with ice cream-producing dairies across the country to manufacture an array of regional and store-branded products. Some of which include varieties of Moose Tracks, Caramel Caribou and other classic ice cream flavors. Moose Tracks innovation continues with new flavor experiences in ice cream, cheesecake and other tasty treats. Denali Flavors is also a sister company to Denali Ingredients.

In this episode, you'll hear the Blume's talk about their best business advice, how the power of faith can lead you out of some of the darkest of times, and why life is all about calculated risk.

Highlights:

• How Wally and June met and became partners in business and romantically
• "Get good counselors. Handle your business properly."
• Wally's biggest piece of advice: Do Not Go Into Partnerships
• Wally's experience working at Kroger
• How Wally got sober through the gift of salvation
• "Lord, I'm going to do what I know to be right. And I am going to trust you with the results."
• Getting competitive in the Diary market
• The trials and testing that go into developing a product
• "Whatever you create, you have to trademark it."
• Calculated Risk: Wally Blume, at age 62, mortgages his home and other assets to buy out his two partners.
• How to hire the best talent for your company

Key Takeaway: God opens up opportunity. He knows where to put you to help yourself and others.

The WOW Factor

Website: https://www.bradformsma.com

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

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/brad.formsma

Twitter: https://twitter.com/bradformsma

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brad-formsma-a9a06424/

Wally Blume

Website: https://www.denaliingredients.com/

www.moosetracks.com

https://josephproject.com

Instagram: @moosetracks_icecream

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

Twitter: https://twitter.com/moose_tracks

Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/moosetracksnation/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/denali-flavors/

On today’s episode of the Wow Factor we are joined by Wally and June Blume of Denali Flavors. As owners of one of the most popular ice cream flavors in the USA, Original Moose Tracks, Wally and June are a one-of-a-kind business couple whose love for ice-cream and God have led them to achieve amazing success together. Wally’s company, Denali Flavors, has grown to become one of the nation’s leading developers and marketers of innovative flavors for the ice cream industry and regularly teams up with ice cream-producing dairies across the country to manufacture an array of regional and store-branded products. Some of which include varieties of Moose Tracks, Caramel Caribou and other classic ice cream flavors. Moose Tracks innovation continues with new flavor experiences in ice cream, cheesecake and other tasty treats. Denali Flavors is also a sister company to Denali Ingredients.

In this episode, you’ll hear the Blume’s talk about their best business advice, how the power of faith can lead you out of some of the darkest of times, and why life is all about calculated risk.

Highlights:

• How Wally and June met and became partners in business and romantically
• “Get good counselors. Handle your business properly.”
• Wally’s biggest piece of advice: Do Not Go Into Partnerships
• Wally’s experience working at Kroger
• How Wally got sober through the gift of salvation
• “Lord, I’m going to do what I know to be right. And I am going to trust you with the results.”
• Getting competitive in the Diary market
• The trials and testing that go into developing a product
• “Whatever you create, you have to trademark it.”
• Calculated Risk: Wally Blume, at age 62, mortgages his home and other assets to buy out his two partners.
• How to hire the best talent for your company

Key Takeaway: God opens up opportunity. He knows where to put you to help yourself and others.

The WOW Factor

Website: https://www.bradformsma.com

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

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/brad.formsma

Twitter: https://twitter.com/bradformsma

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brad-formsma-a9a06424/

Wally Blume

Website: https://www.denaliingredients.com/

www.moosetracks.com

https://josephproject.com

Instagram: @moosetracks_icecream

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

Twitter: https://twitter.com/moose_tracks

Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/moosetracksnation/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/denali-flavors/