In this episode, Erick Rheam discusses the importance of finding your “Why” and the importance it places as your foundation for your significant life.
Erick discusses the two major components of your why and how to turn that into a why statement and then how to turn your why into a purpose for your life
In this episode, Erick Rheam discusses the critical importance of a team and how it contributes to your significance journey.
Erick discusses the five principles of effective team building. He also describes four types of team members and how each type plays an important role in your life.
In this episode, Erick Rheam, reviews the book, The Anatomy of Peace by the Arbinger Institute.
Erick highlights the primary tenets of the book around our behaviors and how the acts of betrayal on everyday things leads our hearts down the wrong path and its impact on others.
He describes how the book impacted him and how he approaches the key relationships in his life and the four steps to resolving a heart of conflict.
In this episode, Erick Rheam discusses his most recent annual retreat and what he learned from it and shares his daily schedule during the retreat.
Erick recounts what he did each day of the retreat, the theme for each day and how focused on each day to gain clarity on what he might do going into the new year.
He shows how he leveraged various tools and mechanisms to build a plan going into the new year and how you can do the same in your own annual retreat.
In this episode, Erick Rheam discusses the importance of starting your new year with the simple act of clarifying what a meaningful life looks like for you.
Erick recounts the profound impact of writing down what a meaningful life looked like for him and how it impacted his decision making and life choices moving forward.
He discusses the three primary areas of life that must be clarified in order to pursue a meaningful life and what that looks like for him.
Finally, he challenges you to go through the meaningful life exercise so that you can start off the new year with tremendous clarity and hope for a fantastic year!
In this episode, Erick Rheam, reviews the book, Leadership and Self Deception by the Arbinger Institute.
Erick unpacks some of the highlights that stuck out to him from the book, Leadership and Self-Deception. Erick provides a broad stroke on what the book teaches and highlights one area he liked in the book, which focused on the idea self betrayal and its influence in how we see others and how the book describes the impact it has on relationships. He unpacks the seven things he learned from the book and how it matters in our relationships.
In this episode, Erick Rheam introduces his new keynote talk, The 21st Mile - Run Your Race and Win at Life.
Life can feel like a grind. Like running a marathon it can feel almost impossible at times, especially when done alone. Studies show that up to 89% of working Americans experienced burnout within the last year. Burnout is costly for employers since it costs up to four times the employee’s annual salary to be replaced.
The American culture, or the rat race, has taken its toll on the average working family and forcing most to sacrifice their ability to not only thrive, but forced most into survival mode that’s not sustainable.
This highly motivational and educational talk pulls from my lifelong passion and success through running as I share the lessons learned about sacrifice, loss, humility, teamwork, and how to develop a willingness to grind for the experience to cross the finish line, but more importantly to learn to embrace the journey.
I share a compelling story of the lessons learned about some of the deepest issues in life, family, and legacy while running over 30,000 miles, and the transformation that can occur in anyone’s life at the 21st mile.
In this episode, Erick Rheam interviews Anne Marie Anderson, a three-time Emmy Award winning broadcaster, keynote speaker and author about adopting an audacious mindset.
In the episode Anne Marie discusses her journey to becoming a 3 time Emmy Award winning broadcaster for ESPN and how she had to learn to embrace audacity as a tool for pursuing her dreams.
We unpack what she believes are the four primary barriers people must overcome in order to embrace audacity and achieve success.
Anne Marie Anderson is a three-time Emmy Award winning broadcaster, keynote speaker and author.
Having spent more than three decades in sports television both behind and in front of the camera, she has covered six Olympic Games, heavyweight title fights, golf’s majors, NBA/MLB playoffs and the Super Bowl among countless other marquee events.
Over the course of her career, she has become one of the most experienced female play-by-play announcers in the country, calling over 75 live sporting events a year on a variety of networks including ESPN, ABC, NBC, FOX and TBS.
In addition, she has been recognized nationally for her journalism and leadership in the advancement of sport.
Anne Marie is a highly sought-after keynote speaker and emcee. Delivering keynotes that are alternately funny and touching she seeks to connect with the audience through the power of storytelling.
Her signature keynote, Building an Audacious Mindset, challenges audiences to forget everything they learned about what should happen and create a life built on what could happen if we didn’t accept NO. Anne Marie is a master at helping both corporate and educational audiences discover how to build highly successful teams.
Utilizing the methods observed through behind closed doors coverage of many of sport’s most successful coaches and executives, Anderson delivers concrete tools and entertaining examples of what has worked – and has NOT worked – on some of the biggest stages in sport.
Her first book, Cultivating Audacity – Dismantle Doubt and Let Yourself Win, will be released January of 2025 and is now available for pre-order at Amazon. Anderson walks the reader through a step-by-step process to discover what has been holding them back from doing “the thing” that they have wanted to do.
Whether it is a professional move or a life upgrade, Anne Marie guides the reader through identifying and breaking down their personal barriers to live an audacious life with confidence.
An avid sports fan and participant, and mother of three, Anne Marie enjoys playing beach volleyball, golf, hiking, swimming… and any game in which you keep score!
In this episode, Erick Rheam interviews Kayla Logue, an expert communicator, entrepreneur, and author.
In the episode Kayla unpacks your rock bottom moment when she realized she needed to walk away from her marriage that wasn’t working and from a life that she never intended.
She decided to reset her life and started the process of healing and rediscovering herself and her new path in life through the power of journaling.
Kayla walks us through what happened when she walked away from a failing relationship, how she felt, how she worked through it and what life is like for her on the other side.
Kayla Logue, is an acclaimed Author, Personal Development Expert, and Motivational Speaker.
She is the Founder of Move Into Words, a non-profit advocating for mental and physical health through journaling.
Kayla empowers individuals to define their own success, drawing from her diverse expertise in real estate, web design, and SEO strategy.
Her inspiring book, Always Squeezing Lemons, guides readers through personal and professional growth.
In this episode, Erick Rheam interviews Army West Point XC/Track & Field Hall of Famer Mike Bernstein about his journey at West Point and at the top of the collegiate distance running world.
In this second part of the interview, Mike discusses how losing his father, finding his life partner, and surviving false allegations at West Point shaped his future and how he viewed his world. He talks about how he navigated Army life while still pursuing his dream to compete in the Olympics and how he used a chance meeting to help him reach a lofty running goal.
Mike is a West Point graduate and former US Army Captain with decades of expertise in corporate finance, supply chain and contract manufacturing.
At West Point, he was the team captain of the cross country and track teams and a 3-time All American.
Known for his strong work ethic and track record of outperforming expectations, he won six individual Patriot League titles and was the 1994 Patriot League Individual Cross Country Champion and the 1995 Patriot League's Outstanding Indoor Male Performer.
After graduation, Mike continued to compete at the highest levels for the US Army World Class Athlete Program while earning his MBA from Colorado State. In 1996, he became the first soldier to win the Army 10-miler, running the distance in 47:59 and breaking the course record.
He also placed 5th at the US Nationals 5k in 1997 and 6th in the US Nationals Indoor 3k in 1998. He qualified for and competed in the US Olympic Trials where he placed 21st. In 2019, Mike was inducted into the Army Sports Hall of Fame.
Mike served in roles in corporate finance and supply chain at storied food companies such as Mars, Campbell Soup, and Kellogg’s.
He left the workforce a decade ago to focus on raising his two boys while his wife traveled extensively for her job. During that time, he became a prolific investor in several emerging technology companies, and an active real estate investor.
He lives in Lake Forest, IL with his wife Roxanne of 28 years – also a West Point graduate -- and their 2 sons.