🎼 Early in the mornin and it’s time! 

For my 35th year of visits and my wife’s full life, we sit at sunrise in wonder of the natural beauty and the thousands of human lifetimes of time that the ocean has continued to batter this land. 

We are looking over the Atlantic Ocean only miles from the Puerto Rico trench, at the corner of the Bermuda’s Triangle!

Puerto Rico was born 190 million years ago when two huge plates of Earth crashed together and volcanoes rose from the sea. The land pushed up, cracked, folded, then got covered in thick white limestone. You can still see that wild, fiery birth everywhere you look in this beautiful land.

Just north, to the left of the sun, lies the Puerto Rico Trench, the Atlantic’s deepest point at roughly 8,400 meters, 27,559 ft, 5.22 miles, only 1,500 less feet than Everest!

Time warp…

Humans first settled Puerto Rico in the Archaic period around 2700–2400 BC (roughly 4,726–4,426 years ago) as hunter-gatherers. Saladoid farmers from South America arrived about 500–200 BC, and their descendants evolved into the Classic Taíno chiefdoms by 1200 AD. Columbus encountered these long-established Taíno societies on November 19, 1493. 533 years ago.

The Spanish built Fort Escambrón, our perch above the waves, between 1771 and 1801 atop an earlier 1595 battery to guard San Juan.

In 1898 Puerto Rico became a part of the USA. 128 years ago. The year my grandfather was born, and 62 years after Texas seperated from Mexico—exactly my age on Earth so far. 🤠

Today, I enjoy the fruit of all these millions of years of epic cataclysm and natural processes and think about what is mankind that God/Creator/Consciousness is mindful of us? 

Are we living up to the amazing potential inside every one of us — as people, as families, as keepers of this beautiful planet?

Worthy questions, eh? 

I try to be my potential, not in thought, but in living action. I don’t know about you, but I fail, and I get up, and I try again, I think, just like you. 

Fight the good fight, Be who you Are, unique, complicated, gifted, blessed to live in this age and doing your best! 

Our children, and theirs, and theirs, and theirs are counting on us to be and do our best! 

When they come to this place a thousand years from now, long after the memory of us, you and me is gone, will our generations be in this timeline? 

We can still choose to grow up together — loving more, listening more, standing together, and steering humanity toward a brighter, kinder future.

We need it now, more than ever, don’t you think? 

I pray, and act, and am so energetically convinced that we can do it. One person, one act of kindness, piled upon another, until we all are there! I can see it in my minds eye, just around the bend of time, behind the rising sun! Can you see it too?

Yes, it’s time to have a beautiful day friends! 

Take good care and Godspeed till we all get there, together.

Season 4 - Your Path to a Good Life

Join me as I get to know Chris Feola better after a decade without human contact. We talk about his life in and out of the Army, how journalism is dead, and some other problems that Chris has been working on. Stay to the end to hear about why Chris and I remain optimistic about the state of the world and what we can do to make it better.

Christopher J. Feola’s unfinished autobiography is entitled Things I Did While Planning to Do Completely Different Things. He has accidentally or serendipitously been Banned from the Pacific Rim, taught at the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism before receiving his B.S., and been granted five patents in data architecture, none of which made good use – any use, really – of his major in Theatre or his minor in Modern Dance. He is the founding partner of The PrivacyChain, a distributed data command-and-control system that gives creators and owners permanent control over their content.

Greetings Friends,

⁠I’m happy to present Andy Ivey, CIO, Carollo.
Engineers, on a Growing Team Case Study version of Growing the Next Version of You w/ Mike Rochelle!

Career IT Leader Andy Ivey has been the CIO at Carollo Engineers for three years. For most of that time and before, IT has not performed well compared to the company in
engagement. That all changed in 2023 when he utilized team development in the form of leadership development for leaders at all levels of his 47-person organization, including individual and group training in three cohorts of LeadershipN Accelerator. All levels of his organization received personalized Strengths Coaching and group sessions to grow their Trust, Teaming, Harmony, and Results. As Andy reports that he is off the list of underperformance in the company and very happy not to have that HR conversation!

Also a budding radio personality, he can be heard weekends on Weekend Buzz, his Hamilton, Texas local radio show.

PS. Please vote for my book, and join the build journey with me here: ⁠‘Growing the Next Version of You – The LeadershipN™ Accelerator – A Journey for Growing Successfully in Life, Love and Business’ by Michael
Rochelle | Something or Other Publishing, LLC (soopllc.com)⁠, Go to SOOPLLC.com and enter Michael into the search, click and add email details to join the growing team! I appreciate any help you can provide.

Part 2 Growing Solutions!

I’m happy to present Bryan K. Rogers Esq. at The Lighthouse Law Firm / Court Guardian on Growing the Next Version of You and Growing Solutions with Mike Rochelle!

I'm honored to interview one of my childhood and best friends, Bryan K. Rogers, Esq. whom I’ve known for over 40 years! Bryan practices general law in Cheyenne, Wyoming, where he looks to synergize his life and business experience to meet and exceed the legal needs of people in crisis situations. He aids folks with Family Law, Divorce, Child Custody. Guardianships, Contract Law, Adoptions, Wills, Durable Powers of Attorney, Advanced Health Care Directives, Construction Law, Small Estate Distributions, Modifications, Child Support, and Paternity Actions. He is also a renowned Mediator and has aided local courts as a Guardian for young people in need as well.
This interview kicks off season three of Growing the Next Version of You and Growing Solutions. I’ve kept them together as they flow together well.

Go to the full interview to hear Part 1 – The first hour with LeadershipN™ Logo - Growing the Next Version of You – I interview Brian to get to know him better, seeking the basis for his honorable character and to share the heart, mind, soul, and spirit of my friend and partner who is as close as my own brother!

Part 2 – First Hour with Mike Rochelle and Associates Logo - Growing Solutions – In the second hour, we ponder how people often enter relationships knowing little about who they are and where they are going and even less about the person with whom they are connecting. We discuss a powerful method that he and his granddaughter recently explored to help her begin planning for a lifemate while on a family vacation! It is really a great process, and I know you will love it. We then vamp on how the MRAA “Good Life” model might be a basis for better relationships in life and in business. Please join us as we humbly think out loud. Let us know what you think!
PS. Please vote for my book, and join the build journey with me, here:
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Joyfully Yours, in Love and Peace, Mike
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Greetings Friends,
⁠I’m happy to present Bryan K. Rogers Esq. at The Lighthouse Law Firm / Court Guardian on Growing the Next Version of You and Growing Solutions w / Mike Rochelle!
I'm honored to be interviewing one of my childhood and best friends, Bryan K. Rogers, Esq. whom I’ve known for over 40 years! Bryan practices general law in Cheyenne, Wyoming, where he looks to synergize his life and business experience to meet and exceed the legal needs of people in crisis situations. He aids folks with Family Law, Divorce, Child Custody. Guardianships, Contract Law, Adoptions, Wills, Durable Powers of Attorney, Advanced Health Care Directives, Construction Law, Small Estate Distributions, Modifications, Child Support, and Paternity Actions. He is also a renowned Mediator and has aided local courts as a Guardian for young people in need as well.
This interview kicks off season three of Growing the Next Version of You and Growing Solutions. I’ve kept them together as they flow together well.
Part 1 – First Hour with LeadershipN™ Logo - Growing the Next Version of You – I interview Brian to get to know him better, seeking the basis for his honorable character and to share the heart, mind, soul, and spirit of my friend and partner who is as close as my own brother!
Part 2 – Second Hour with Mike Rochelle and Associates Logo - Growing Solutions – In the second hour, we ponder how people often enter relationships knowing little about who they are and where they are going and even less about the person with whom they are connecting. We discuss a powerful method that he and his granddaughter recently explored to help her begin planning for a lifemate while on a family vacation! It is really a great process, and I know you will love it. We then vamp on how the MRAA “Good Life” model might be a basis for better relationships in life and in business. Please join us as we humbly think out loud. Let us know what you think!
PS. Please vote for my book, and join the build journey with me here:
⁠‘Growing the Next Version of You – The LeadershipN™ Accelerator – A Journey for Growing Successfully in Life, Love and Business’ by Michael Rochelle | Something or Other Publishing, LLC (soopllc.com)⁠, Go to SOOPLLC.com and enter Michael into the search, click and add email details to join the growing team! I really appreciate any help you can provide.
BTW, the LeadershipN™ Accelerator Signature Course Workbook for the book and my corporate introductory classes is in use in many corporate cohorts in several companies in different industries and should be available soon on Amazon. It simplifies the participant experience and gives them a place to take notes and encourage daily application, which is key to growth!

Joyfully Yours, in Love and Peace, Mike
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Greetings Friends,

⁠Today on Youtube and Spotify, and on July 6th,
4 pm on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter - ⁠

I’m happy to present, Dr. Judy Click-Smith – Author and Honorary Fire Chief on Growing the Next Version of You w/ Mike Rochelle!

I'm stoked to be interviewing my good friend Dr. Glick-Smith, author of, "Flow-Based Leadership: What the Best Firefighters Can Teach You about Leadership and Making Hard Decisions," which Fire Chiefs Magazine named the Number One Public Safety Leadership Book of 2016. A cancer survivor and serial entrepreneur you’ll find her philosophy of life both powerful and moving!

PS. Please vote for my book idea, and join the build journey with me, here:

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join the growing team! Thanks in advance!

Joyfully Yours, in Love and Peace, Mike

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(Featured in my Virtues Shorts Videos)

- Please download Vivek Kashhap’s free “My Present Heart” mindfulness app.

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Greetings Friends,

⁠Today on Youtube and Spotify and on June 22nd, at 4pm, on LinkedIn, Facebook, ⁠

I’m happy to present, Andy Ivey – CIO and School Board Reformer, on Growing the Next Version
of You w/ Mike Rochelle!

I'm interviewing my good friend and longtime customer, Andy Ivey! Andy has risen through the ranks in the IT industry through hard work, determination, and focus which is rare. A servant leader in all walks of life, he has been a rowing coach, BBQ blogger and recently entered reluctantly into politics. After recently moving to Hamilton, Texas to create a hobby ranch and optimize the growth environment for his family, he applied all his strengths to create a goat and cattle ranch, along with chickens, using Social Media to break all the rules and gain a seat in his first run! Finding out that the local school board had allowed an ill-conceived 800-acre solar farm with massive tax breaks, he began speaking out. Neighbors demanded that he run for school board. The odds were not in his favor, but he won the election, and you’ll hear the rest of the story along with his backstory today. Enjoy getting to pear into the mind of a great human being, and natural leader!

PS. Please vote for my book, and join the build journey with me, here:

⁠‘Growing the Next Version of You – The LeadershipN Accelerator – A Journey for Growing Successfully in Life, Love and Business’ By Michael
Rochelle | Something or Other Publishing, LLC (soopllc.com)⁠, Go to SOOPLLC.com and enter Michael into the search, click and add email details to
join the growing team! Thanks in advance!

Joyfully Yours, in Love and Peace, Mike

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“Growing the Next
Version of You" is my gift to the world under my LeadershipN brand, bringing dialogue, mind, body, and spirit conversations with servant leaders
who walk their talk! My sister show "Growing Solutions" highlights associates who are partnered with Mike Rochelle and Associates and highlights
our unique solutions for your needs!

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used and recommended.):

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International Virtues App: ⁠Tools, Learning Apps, Training to Bring
Happiness, Meaning, and Purpose (virtuesmatter.org)⁠
(Featured in my Virtues Shorts Videos)

- Please download Vivek
Kashhap’s free “My Present Heart” mindfulness app.

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-       Apple Store: ⁠https://lnkd.in/gtdeK2ZN⁠

Please support the free online channels with value-added merchandise, learning and character
assessment, Braintap, or AI content creator purchases:

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Greetings Friends,

1.      Please vote for my book, and join the build journey with me, here:

‘Growing the Next Version of You – The LeadershipN Accelerator – A Journey for Growing Successfully in Life, Love and Business’ By Michael Rochelle | Something or Other Publishing, LLC (soopllc.com)

2.    Today on Spotify, Apple, and Google and on
May 25th, on LinkedIn, Facebook, Youtube, and Twitter -

I’m happy to present, Vivek Kashyap – Chief Mindfulness Officer, on Growing the Next Version of You w/ Mike Rochelle!

I'm interviewing my soulful friend Vivek Kashyap, Chief Mindfulness Officer of www.incompasseffect.com. For 25+ years Vivek has successfully
established mindful and emotionally intelligent communities from the ground up, in corporate environments like DirecTV where my associate Dr. Alise Cortez and I met and worked with him over a decade ago! Being a certified Heart Intelligence coach (Heart IQ), he uses heart-centered communication and emotional awareness skills to build trusting, purposeful, and service-based cultures. In this session, we get to know Vivek and his depth of philosophical underpinnings and will welcome him back soon to talk about his corporate work and that of InCompassEffect! Enjoy getting to know his gentle, thoughtful, and loving soul!

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Enjoy the fruit of Vivek’s heart with his free mindfulness app “My Present Heart” mindfulness app.

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Play: https://lnkd.in/g57zR7cd

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❤️ Please consider supporting our free online channels with merchandise, learning, or
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Joyfully Yours, In Love and Peace, Mike

#business #digitaltransformation #human #growth

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Happiness, Meaning, and Purpose (virtuesmatter.org) (Featured in my Virtues Shorts Videos)

- Please download Vivek Kashhap’s free “My Present Heart” mindfulness app.

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-      Austin Adam’s AI video script
generator: https://www.syllaby.io/?via=leadetshipn

Today on Spotify, Apple, and Google and on May 4th, on LinkedIn, Facebook, Youtube, and Twitter,

I'll be joined by Dr. Alise Cortez for Part 2 of her interview series on Growing Solutions! Growing Solutions focuses on ideas you can use to accelerate your personal and team Human and Digital Transformation growth!

Alise will be sharing her meaning and purpose solutions and two exciting case studies.

Alise has a wonderful ease at describing her gifts and you will enjoy getting to hear about two clients that she helped too! If you want to get to know her better, also see her Growing the Next Version of You Episode to get to know her better!

See you online now or on May 4th at 4 pm!

Contact me to get on her or my calendar to talk about your organization's development needs and
remember, I’m always ready to help you and your team grow. 😊

JoyfullyYours, Mike

Today I'm interviewed by a new “old friend,” and co-founder of Excellent Cultures, Steve Gandara, Growing the Next
Version of You! You know when you meet someone for the first time and get them,
well Steve is one of those rare persons who genuinely cares for the heart of
each individual AND the culture in which they thrive. He has a track record of
building both and is here to have a wide-ranging conversation about Steve’s
origins, lessons on that journey, and his recommendations for a peaceful and
impactful life!

"Growing the Next Version of You" is my gift to the world under my LeadershipN brand bringing dialogue
and mind, body, and spirit conversations with servant leaders who walk their
talk! My sister show "Growing Solutions" highlights associates who
are partnered with Mike Rochelle and Associates and highlights our unique
solutions for your needs! Steve will be featured there soon too!

These channels fundamentally describe our Human & Digital Transformation offerings as we believe that
transformation is first a human, people, endeavor.

Technology and Process Digital
Transformations fail as much as 70% of the time, and we believe that we can
improve your odds of successful transformation by bringing you
center-of-excellence solutions in both Human and Digital Transformation!

Joyfully Yours, Mike

Mike Rochelle and Associates, LLC.

"Growing Solutions Show" / LeadershipN – "Growing the Next Version of You
Show"

Founder / Chief Learning Officer

Gallup Strengths: Connectedness | Maximizer | Input | Ideation | Belief

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