In this episode, Erick Rheam reviews the book "How to Grow Your Small Business" by Donald Miller.
Leaders are readers. It’s important to have a consistent reading habit so you can evolve in your thinking and expand your paradigm of the world.
Erick unpacks some of the highlights that stuck out to him from Don Miller’s book, How to Grow your Small Business. Erick provides a broad stroke on what the book teaches and highlights one area he liked in the book. He also provides some insight on how to clarify an idea you might want bring into the world.
In this episode, Erick Rheam interviews Army SSG Aaron Hale, on how his passion and family pulled him out of a dark place after experiencing a life altering episode while serving as US Army bomb technician in Afghanistan.
“Pain is inevitable, but suffering is a choice.” Wisdom from Aaron Hale as he describes his life and the challenges he faced after losing his eyesight and hearing because of bomb blast while serving in the US Army.
Aaron opens up about his struggles with depression and loneliness as he struggled to find purpose after his accident. He shares how his family and ultimately his wife, Makala, supported him as he discovered his passion for cooking that turned into a phenomenal business and a life filled with purpose.
Join Erick as he unpacks Aaron’s story and celebrates a real life American hero.
After serving 14 years in both the Navy as a chef to the Commander of the US 6th Fleet and then transitioning on to becoming an Army team leader in one of the military’s most dangerous jobs, Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD), Staff Sergeant Aaron Hale was blinded by an IED.
Not letting his injuries hold him back, Aaron became an EOD instructor, motivational speaker, mountain climber, white water kayaker, and marathon runner. Four years later tragedy struck again when Aaron contracted bacterial meningitis which robbed him of his hearing leaving him not just 100% blind but completely deaf as well.
Again, Aaron picked himself up, dusted off, and continued to chase the best of what life has to offer.
Today, he’s back speaking and sharing his story, running marathons, he’s a proud husband and father of three boys, a 12 year old and three year old identical twins, runs a thriving chocolate company with his wife, partnered with a fellow wounded veteran and friend to form a real estate investment company, a social media influencer, recently completed his third 100 mile ultra marathon, and just launched a podcast.
This 4th of July, Aaron will run what’s called the world’s toughest foot race, Badwater 135, a 135-mile race across Death Valley to Mt. Whitney.
In this episode, Erick Rheam, reviews the book, The 12 Traits of the Greats by Dave Martin.
Leaders are readers. It’s important to have a consistent reading habit so you can evolve in your thinking and expand your paradigm of the world.
Erick unpacks some of the highlights that stuck out to him from the The 12 Traits of the Greats book. Erick focuses on three of the 12 traits that he found interesting to include: responsibility, mindset, and courage.
In this episode, Erick Rheam interviews Pastor David Norris, on the power of a team and why it matters on a journey of significance.
The reality of life is that we must fast the Beast, that force that’s a constant disruptor. If unchecked the Beast can distract us, frustrate us, and keep us from living our significant life. In his book, Rise Above Chaos, Erick lays out the seven elements of a perfect day. These elements are designed to protect you from the Beast. One of those elements is to build a team or surround yourself with the right people that edify you, support you, and evolve with you.
Pastor David shares his own personal story and how critical it was for him to be intentional with the people he chose to do life with as he pursued a life of ministry.
David & Sumer Norris are the senior pastors at City Church For All Nations in Bloomington, Indiana. They have been married for seventeen years and have four children: Davin, Adrian, Zaden, and Kendallyn.
Hanging out with family, watching movies, and playing sports are some of their hobbies.
Through their personal ministry, David Norris Ministries, they regularly speak at FamilyLife marriage conferences,
churches, and other venues across Bloomington, the United States, and worldwide. They are honored to lead a church that brings together 40 nationalities, different ethnicities, and multiple church backgrounds.
In this episode, Erick Rheam shares why he carves out time for a weekly retreat.
Pausing weekly for just an hour can have a compounding effect and influence on a healthy mindset. That’s why it’s critical to be intentional with planning a weekly retreat.
Erick discusses the reasons why everyone should consider a personal weekly retreat. He shares the eight questions he asks to help guide him on this journey.
In this episode, Erick Rheam interviews professional speaker and trainer, Traci Cheatham, on the power of the StrengthsFinders test and why it matters in the role it plays in leveraging your strengths.
Traci unpacks the process you go through to understand results obtained from the Gallup StrengthsFinder test and discusses how to use it to live within your authentic space and why it matters.
She explains how the StrengthsFinder customized report is so unique that the odds of anyone else having similar results is 1 in 33,000,000. She encourages people to focus on their top 10 - 12 strengths, out of the 34 overall strengths, and turn that into their “super lane highway” and not focus on their bottom strengths.
Traci discusses Erick’s StrengthsFinder results on this episode and demonstrates how he can leverage his results within his life. She shows how to layer the themes of StrengthsFinder to unpack Erick’s story and personality in a way that he can manage it for good and turn it into a positive experience.
Traci is an authentic, inspiring, influential, people-oriented leader. She is a Certified Gallup StrengthsFinder Coach and GiANT leadership consultant.
Traci is passionate about maximizing the potential in others and has 20 years experience developing strong leaders and teams. She is devoted to inspiring and equipping others to become better versions of themselves and learn to lead with love.
In this episode, Erick Rheam shares his experience going on his quarterly retreat to a small bed and breakfast and what he learned from the process.
It’s critically important to take strategic pauses in your life so that you may rest, reflect and evolve to stay on track towards significance. Life is messy and exhausting at times, and without a mechanism to protect against the chaos of your life, then burnout and regret will be your constant companion.
Erick discusses the four reasons why everyone should consider a personal quarterly retreat. He shares four best practices and the outline he follows to ensure a successful retreat.
In this episode, Erick Rheam discusses the importance of resetting your mindset and how he recently just went through a 75 day process to reset his mindset and what he learned from the experience.
We are a collection of our habits. Good or bad, our habits dictate our future. In other words, we reap what we sow in the form of daily habits.
In this episode, Erick unpacks the program he followed to challenge his habitual self and how he was able to reset his mindset as he approached his 50th birthday and what he learned along the way.
For 75 days Erick focused on the following daily habits to see what transformational benefits he gained as s result:
Erick discusses the specific diet and workout plan he followed, what he experienced, and what he learned over the 75 day process.
In this episode, Erick Rheam interviews Mark Leruste, professional speaker, author, and podcaster about his brand-new book, Glow in the Dark – How Sharing Your Personal Story Can Transform Your Business and Change Your Life.
Mark explains how he came up with the title of his book, Glow in the Dark, from a happenstance conversation and the long journey he took to get the book written and ultimately published.
Mark unpacks a dark period he experienced in 2009 after a bad breakup with his girlfriend, quitting his job, and dealing with his grandfather’s illness and the transformation he experienced as he battled depression.
He discusses the core message of his book that we are not alone and why our story matters and how to leverage our stories free of shame.
Mark discusses the importance of authenticity but also clarifying boundaries on when and how we share our stories. He explains his point leveraging Oprah Winfrey as a great example. He specifically mentions how Oprah was able to use her deepest wounds to conjure up the greatest healing.
He talks about the formula he discovered that we could mimic that allows us to explore our own stories to find our authentic self and be seen in the world.
He learned that when people are willing to talk about their low points and to own who they are, it is critical to get on a positive path. He walks us through the four types of stories: Open wound stories, broken record stories, entertaining stories, impact driven stories. He believes impact driven stories are the ones we should all strive for, because they allow us to influence and impact others by leveraging our stories.
Mark unpacks the steps to own your story and make an impact with three simple steps:
Step 1 – Context – Take me somewhere.
Step 2 – Content – Tell me something.
Step 3 – Conclusion – Teach me something.
At the end of the podcast Mark humors me by answering some silly British questions about his thoughts on the Royal family.
Mark Leruste (@markleruste) is the CEO and Founder of Ministry of Purpose©, best-selling author of “Glow in the Dark” (Hachette UK), keynote speaker, proud dyslexic thinker and the award-winning host of The Unconventionalists© podcast.
A sought-after speaker at industry conferences and Fortune 500 companies, including the Premier League, NHS, L’Oreal, Google, Method & Ecover, Adobe, HEC Paris and Oxford Business School, Mark’s TEDx talk has been watched over a million times (making it the most viewed TEDxCardiff talk of all time) and his work has appeared in The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, The Guardian and Metro.
Mark previously served as Country Manager at the Movember Foundation, where he helped raise €2.8 million for men’s health, inspiring 110,000 fundraisers to sign up, winning multiple awards along the way.
His first book “It’s Not You, It’s Me” (Sifi Publishing) is a modus operandi for unfulfilled professionals looking to find more meaningful, entrepreneurial and fulfilling work.
His new book “Glow in the Dark: How Sharing Your Personal Story Can Transform Your Business and Change Your Life” (Hachette UK) – recently shortlisted for a Business Book Award - is a must read for every entrepreneur and business leader who wants to raise their profile and turn their personal story into a powerful asset that gets noticed.
Mark believes in creating a future worth striving for. That’s why he’s an advisor and early-stage angel investor in purpose-driven startups including Oddbox, Circa5000, Brewdog, Coconut, ScoreApp, Frahm, Farewill and This.
To get in touch with Mark visit MarkLeruste.com or to buy his bestselling book “Glow in the Dark” go to www.glowinthedarkbook.com
In this episode, Erick Rheam interviews fashion designer and podcaster Roberto Revilla on how he embraced a rough childhood and embraced his experiences to find his calling and create a massively successful bespoke tailoring business.
Roberto discusses his experience growing up in the heart of downtown London in the 80’s and what it was like growing up in an entrepreneur household and how it impacted his views on life. He discusses how his father taught him the value of work ethic early in life and although he hated it, it influenced his own journey to ultimately launching and owning a business.
Roberto shares his experience of breaking away from the family business and his struggle with finding work and the vocation that best fit his talents and passion. He shares an interesting story about how McDonald’s refused to hire him because the manager wanted him to pursue something greater.
Roberto discusses how he began to uncover his passion for helping people after he was laid off from his first full time job. He was offered a job to help the elderly or tailoring suits. He chose the tailoring gig and that launched him into the tailoring and fashion world. After seven years in the tailoring business, he decided to partner with a few others to start a boutique shop. He parted ways with that group after two years and launched his own business.
Roberto shares that his journey was always based on helping others. He discovered that clothing breeds confidence and so he wanted to help others gain confidence by clothing them.
Once he aligned his passion to serve others with his superpower to intuitively understanding people, he was finally able to land on his ultimate vocation of fashion and tailoring for men.
Roberto talks about the more successful he is in business and life, the more resistance he experiences from the Beast and that’s simply a sign that he’s on the right track.
Finally, Roberto humors me by answering my silly British questions and shares some fashion tips for men.
Roberto Revilla is a London-based bespoke tailor, menswear designer and owner of Roberto Revilla London Suit & Shirtmakers.
He is also the host of the Tailoring Talk Podcast.
He works with clients to help them be their very best through the clothing he creates for them.
Dubbed “the Rock N Roll Tailor" by the UK’s ShortList Magazine, he loves taking care of people and helping them find their confidence in the clothing they wear.