So many of us are doing all we can to break the cycles we were raised in and provide a better life and future for the next generation. Through our pain and struggles, we can grow into the person we are meant to be. On the other hand, it is easy to blame our circumstances and choose the “easy” path of making excuses as to why we are not reaching our goals. The key is to choose the hard path first and pave the way for an easier future for ourselves and our children. Today’s guest is an incredibly inspiring example of doing just that, and he encourages us to dig deep to find our core values and filter everything in our lives through them in order to find success.

Matt Schneider is the Executive Vice-President & equity owner of a global software (SaaS) company with a target valuation of over $150M. He is also the co-founder of The MDK Project, a leadership development program, and The Squire Program, a development program for young men and their fathers to experience together. Prior to becoming a successful entrepreneur, Matt spent 7 years in Special Operations on SWAT and was a TFO on the United States Marshal’s Office Fugitive Team. Matt has helped 7 and 8-figure companies elevate their profits by focusing on leadership, team cohesion, and problem-solving complex issues that are costing a great deal of time and money.

In this episode of Lead Sell Grow - The Human Experience podcast, Matt gets real with us about the fact that too many people in our society bail at the first sign of a struggle or adversity. What we need to do is embrace hard times and use them as an opportunity for growth and development for who we want to become. Regardless of our background or personal circumstances, we all have the ability and obligation to take charge of our life and pivot toward a life of abundance. Matt is open about the mistakes he made in his early business days, and how those mistakes cost him his health, happiness, and a lot of money. By establishing his non-negotiable core values and filtering everything in his life through them, Matt was able to turn his life around and create abundance and success.

Key highlights:

• Matt’s background and childhood and why he wanted to break the cycle he was raised in
• What it was like to be in Special Operations on SWAT
• Embracing growth in adversity
• Having values and non-negotiables for his habits, relationships, and business
• Matt’s 4 core values and how they have changed every aspect of his life
• The problem with cancel culture and why everyone is easily triggered
• What was going wrong that made Matt create core values?
• How he helps people realize their potential
• How having ore values has changed his life
• How Matt measures if he is improving
• Too many people lack the discipline to get where they want to go
• How to turn your employees into Intrapreneurs and have them fired up about making your company better
• Who Matt’s program is for and what people get out of it
• People will do more to avoid pain than to seek pleasure
• On the other side of adversity and pain, is where passion is found
• His advice to someone that doesn’t know where to start to reach their goals

Connect with Matt Schneider:

• Website: ignitionyearcoaching.com
• Instagram: @mattschneider_official

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