In this episode, Erick Rheam interviews Reeve Andrews, a high achieving and successful entrepreneur about his business and how he survived his rock bottom moment and what he did to keep his business and life together during his lowest moment.
Reeve discusses what it felt like when he found himself at his rock bottom after he was arrested while driving under the influence of drugs and alcohol. He shares how he managed to stay sober for over six years, while running a very successful barbershop with his childhood friend and how he found peace in what he calls his “3rd place”.
In this episode, Erick Rheam challenges you to get focused on your priorities.
In his book, Erick discusses the five principles to cut through the whirlwind, rise above the chaos and discover significance. One of the negative forces in your way to your path of significance is the Beast. This is that force that always seems to get in your way and knock you off track.
Erick discusses the tactic of identifying your big three for the day and placing boundaries around your daily tasks that allows you to focus on the three most important things in your life, every single day. More importantly, he shares a tool he created to help you do just that!
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.