When do you decide it’s time to do what’s next in life? In this special edition of the podcast, we talk about what’s next with us. This week’s Inspire Me quote is from Vincent Van Gogh: “The fishermen know that the sea is dangerous and the storm terrible, but they have never found these dangers sufficient reason for remaining ashore.“ Whenever we e…

How you engage what’s next in life has a lot to do with how you answer this question: How do you define success? Different people give different answers, but the most important answer, for your life, is yours! This week’s Inspire Me quote is from Ken Gire: “You are a success if, at the end of your life, the people who knew you the best are the ones…

You’ve got dreams. You’ve got ideas. Lots of things you want to do. We’re doing a little spring cleaning by asking, “What are you saving for later?” This week’s Inspire Me quote is from Henry Ford: “You can’t build a reputation on what you’re going to do.“ Our minds get cluttered with ideas that we decide to save for later. We save them because we …

Every decision you make has assumptions behind it. Knowing how to identify and change your critical life assumptions positively affects your behavior and your decisions. This week’s Inspire Me quote is from Isaac Asimov: “Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in awhile, or the light won’t come in.“ As we take not…

Are you an introvert or an extrovert? If you’re an introvert, this is your survival guide to living and working with and understanding extroverts. Yes, we are talking, but we are also listening! This week’s Inspire Me quote is from Paula Poundstone: “We need a 12-step group for compulsive talkers. They could call it On Anon Anon.“ Don’t write off a…

Are you an introvert or an extrovert? If you’re an extrovert, this is your survival guide to living and working with and understanding introverts. This week, we discuss ways to have better interactions with introverts. This week’s Inspire Me quote is from Soren Kierkegaard: “People understand me so poorly that they don’t even understand my complain…

It’s undeniably good, but oh-so-hard to do—or even want to do. It’s self-discipline. In this week’s episode, we will discuss what discipline is and is not as well as give some basic thoughts about how to develop discipline as a skill. This week’s Inspire Me quote is from Vincent Van Gogh: “Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of sm…

Your ideas deserve a great audience. And your audience is asking five things of you. You won’t get your message across unless you provide answers to these five basic questions. This week’s Inspire Me quote is from Mark Twain: “It usually takes me more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech.“ The five things audiences ask of presenters …

It’s true. We are all vulnerable. But there is an art to being vulnerable with others. In this podcast episode, we talk about the art of vulnerability. This week’s Inspire Me quote is from Elihu (as quoted in Job 33:6): “I am just like you before God; I too have been taken from clay.“ Authentic vulnerability connects us with one another as we share…

Do you know your StrengthFinder’s strengths? In this episode, we speak with John Warder about a new way to look at your strengths. This week’s Inspire Me quote is from Steve Jobs: “Your work is going to fill a large part of your life and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is…

Whether in life or business, how you go deeper in conversation can be the difference between a satisfying relationship or one that is just tolerated. In this episode, we talk about how to move beyond small talk. This week’s Inspire Me quote is from Ralph Waldo Emerson: “It is not the length of life, but the depth.” Depth of conversation is importan…

When you’re confused and confounded, and unsure what to do, just do the next right thing. Start by joining us for this episode. We talk with Roger Thompson, author of the new book, Do the Next Right Thing. This week’s Inspire Me quote is from 2 Peter 1:3: “His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness.” For 23 years, Roger…

The race to the top of the heap will never do. We talk about why being the best isn’t good enough on this edition of Reinventure Me. This week’s Inspire Me quote is from a Garmin ad: “Beat Yesterday.“ In this episode, Leary and Armin propose that trying to be the best isn’t good enough—that it’s actually detrimental. That’s because the idea of “bes…

In our last episode, we talked about having great expectations of others. Now we turn the tables on ourselves. We talk about self-expectations in this episode of Reinventure Me. This week’s Inspire Me quote is from Psalm 5:3: “In the morning, O LORD, you hear my voice; in the morning I lay my requests before you and wait in expectation.“ In this ep…

Anything worth pursuing will involve others. And, when we do involve them, we form expectations—some of them not so great. This episode discusses how to have great expectations of others. This week’s Inspire Me quote is from Leo Tolstoy: “Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.“ In this episode, Leary and Armin…

Well, Father’s Day is coming up and we’ve got the busy guy’s guide to being a better dad. In this episode, we talk with best-selling author and fatherhood advocate Jay Payleitner. This week’s Inspire Me quote is from Psalm 127:3–4: “Children born to a young man are like arrows in a warrior’s hands. How joyful is the man whose quiver is full of them…

Is the best part of your life behind you? In this episode, we talk with someone who works with a lot of people who ask themselves that question: Wes Yoder. This week’s Inspire Me quote is from George MacDonald: “Where a man would make a machine, or a picture, or a book, God makes the man that makes the book, or the picture, or the machine. Would Go…

Burning out? About to? No worries. This episode is your burnout recovery plan. This week’s Inspire Me quote is from Dallas Willard: “Understanding is the basis of care. What you would take care of you must first understand, whether it be a petunia or a nation.“ In this energy-packed episode, Leary and Armin talk about burnout, what it is, its sympt…

Gaining someone’s trust can be hard. Losing it is easy. Regaining it is seemingly impossible. In this episode, we talk about how to regain trust. This week’s Inspire Me quote is from David Horsager: “The single uniqueness of the greatest leaders and organizations of all time is trust.” In this episode, Leary and Armin talk about why trust is import…

Are you threatened by challenges or invigorated by them? Your answer may determine whether you have an abundance or a poverty mindset. In this episode, we talk about how to cultivate a mindset of abundance. This week’s Inspire Me quote is from Winston Churchill: “The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in e…

You’ve got drive. Things to do and people to see. Yet, is it possible to possess drive and contentment at the same time? We explore that in this episode. This week’s Inspire Me quote is from the Apostle Paul (Philippians 4:12-13): “I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in a…

You have the power to choose your future. Yet, there are eight ways you surrender that power without even knowing it. This week’s Inspire Me quote is from Robert Fritz: “The way people choose reveals where they see the power in a situation residing and how that power is activated and used.” In this episode, Leary and Armin explore the eight ways Ro…

Clear goals prompt action. But how do we create that goal clarity? This toolbox episode highlights three simple ways. In this seven-minute toolbox episode, Leary shares how to interrogate our goals to make sure they are the best they can be. He suggests asking three key questions: So that…? So what…? So how…? Take a few minutes to listen to this ep…

Having partners in your business or to help advance your ideas is great… until it isn’t. Here’s what you need to know before you form a partnership. This week’s Inspire Me quote is from Janine Ogg and Jo Foster, two moms who help other moms become entrepreneurs: “Just one great partnership with the right person can have an incredible impact on your…

Do not fear fear. Put it to work instead. In this episode, we talk about how to make fear work in your favor. This week’s Inspire Me quote is from Ambrose Redmoon: “Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear.” In this episode, Leary and Armin discuss fear and how it impacts us and our…