Working For A Dream

When you decide the life you have will not be better than it is, you're right.  It won't unless you decide to take the action to be more, have more, and do more to help get you closer to that goal.   Getting what you want requires a goal, a plan to do the work, and consistency to do the same thing no matter how boring, tedious, or tiresome it is. Today's guest is a prime example of what can happen...

There are things in life we are not built for, but we do them anyway.  It could come from a place of restlessness, circumstances, or even a higher calling.  At the end of the day, there is a quick way to get to the place you're intended to be.  It comes through the process of running......physically, mentally, and emotionally.   Brent Knott is a serial entrepreneur and is the owner of 3 brick and...

Life doesn't always start the way you think it should.  There are moments when you recognize something isn't right, someone is not right, and instinctually you know there is a better way to live life. You begin to form opinions, and then you meet people who share their lives and experiences only to be able to confirm that what you thought is true.......you can have a magnificent life, but certain...

What if you woke up tomorrow and didn't have to do what you're doing to support your family? What would that look like?  Better, yet, what if you met someone who made a conscious decision to leave their high-paying corporate job and go all in on a dream? If you're still reading this, you're in luck!    Jeremy Limerick is the founder and chief smoker at Brody's BBQ serving up some of the best BBQ a...

There are no coincidences and no mistakes in life.  Sometimes we go through life and do not understand why we've met some of the people we've met, or held the jobs we've had, and experienced the ups and downs we have until many years later.  Today's guest is no stranger to adversity, but there is one thing that keeps her going…….she loves what she does, and that spirit has been the one thing that...

EP 122 - Bob Trewyn, Why You SHOULDN'T Buy A Used Food Truck If you're building out a food truck, you're going to spend the same amount on your kitchen whether you upfit it into an old heap or a brand new chassis. So why invest all that money into something that could prove to be unreliable? Does that sound like a good business decision?  Bob Trewyn is the Commercial Sales Manager at Russell Barne...

One thing you can count on in life is the pendulum will swing.  You'll find love, and lose it.  You'll have money, and go broke.  You'll try something and fail.  You'll show up year one as spouse of the year only to get penalized in year 5 for allowing things to fall by the wayside.  There's a solution to keep from getting knocked down by the swinging of the proverbial axe in life………..Masterminds....

EP 121- Brad Baldridge, Learning to Use The Process to Your Advantage Somet hing like 70% of kids end up going to college straight out of high school. It really makes you wonder how many of those kids were ready and prepared financially and how many just applied and flew by the seat of their pants. If they knew there was a better way would they have taken it? Brad Baldridge is a College Funding Co...

EP 120 - Chef Mad Dog Maggert, Losing A Leg and Finding A Path Losing a leg would be devastating in anyone's life, but what if that's what led you to your path and the things that truly make you feel happy and fulfilled? In 2011, Chef Mad Dog Maggert got flesh-eating bacteria. In 2015 he had his left leg amputated due to complications. At that point, he asked me one question, "how can I make sure...

EP 119 - Jim Sheils, Building Family While Building A Business Life gets super busy, especially when you are busy building a business, or even multiple businesses. Up until now, there hasn't been a lot of reading material teaching us how to balance our work and home lives as entrepreneurs. Through keynote presentations, workshops, team events, and private consulting, Jim Sheils has helped hundreds...

EP 118 - Alan Underwood, How Loss Led To A New Life  Loss is never a good thing, but sometimes it ushers great things into our lives. Losing loved ones is indeed a part of life, but something we all struggle to deal with. Sometimes these tragic events can act as catalysts and bring things into our lives we never anticipated. Alan Underwood is the Wing Leader and a Pilot for Angel Flight West, a Hu...

EP 116 - Jose Angel  Cepeda, You Earned It Now Protect It We work so hard for our money and to build a life for us and for our family. The truth is that reality can strike at any time and tragic events can strip those things away in a moment. Luckily there are ways to invest for your future, especially to insure yourself and/or your family in case something terrible happens.  Jose Angel Cepeda is...

EP 115 - Khyrie Neveaux, Model Your Life After Who You Want To Be If you're looking to get somewhere you've never been, the easiest way to connect those dots is to ask someone who's done it and been there before. Why do we so often forget that we can learn from the successes and failures of others, thereby accelerating the process through which we are able to grow? Sometimes it really is that simp...

EP 114 - Jerry Curiel of EZBACHI, From a Food Truck to an Empire Nobody starts at the top. A National Franchise starts with one store or food truck. What does it take to go from one to many, to see what others cannot, to scale at a level that leaves others behind? What type of person does it take to accomplish something like that? Listen on to find out.  Jerry Curiel is the founder of the restaura...

EP 113- Moving On From Traumatic Events What is it like to lose a loved one forever? The pain and sadness will never go away completely, and they may paralyze you emotionally and physically, bringing your life to a standstill. However, life is not going to stop for anything. So, instead of wallowing in misery, you must learn to cope with and overcome the situation. Patrick lost both of his parents...

EP 112 - Jose Bolanos- Investing In Yourself What's the best investment that you can ever make? "Nothing is more important than investing in your personal growth," Jose says, and by doing so, he discovered his true calling in life. Jose Bolanos is a coach, speaker, and podcaster. He is Patrick's brother and is here to share his wisdom on the show today. After seeing significant changes in his own...

EP 111 - Daniel Blue, How to Dramatically Change Your Financial Life The more movers and shakers you surround yourself with, the more likely you are to realize that most have one thing in common — at some point, they've lived a f***ed up life. That's according to Daniel Blue.  "Most winners had some kind of tragedy or adversity hit them, usually on more than one occasion," he says. "For me, I'm a...

Jeff Smith, From Service to Civilian and Maintaining Authenticity One thing that life in the Special Forces and life as an entrepreneur have in common? Neither one is particularly comfortable — and that's a good thing, according to Jeff Smith, a man who's experienced both.   "If you're not challenging yourself, if you're not doing hard things, if you're not recognizing a level of discipline that m...

In 2018, Erick Sanchez had less than $500 to his name — and decided to sink $200 of that into a ticket to a Mastermind entrepreneurial event. "My financials were not really at their best," he says. "But I made the decision that I was going to change my life. And I wanted to surround myself with people that are up there and to elevate my life, my mind, and energy."   Three years later, and Erick, a...

Sometimes, powerful reminders come to us in seemingly innocuous ways.    In this special solo episode of the Working For a Dream Podcast, Patrick reflects on two lessons while taking his wife's van to the car wash. Within these reflections, he thought back to his lowest point nearly a decade ago, and he shares an email he found that exemplifies this period.   "The main f***ing reason I had to writ...

There are many ways to obtaining happiness.  Some find it in the work they do.  Some find it in hobbies or continuing education. Others find it in things, while others find happiness in working with other people or being outdoors. At the core of your pursuit of happiness, it's important to remember that doing what you love first will always bring you everything else you could ever want or need.  D...

Growing up in Guatemala with wealthy parents, Pedro Meneses "had it all."  "That's the reality," he says. "I went to private school. My dad sponsored me for college and everything I've always wanted in my life… my friends were, like, politicians' kids and people that had to have chauffeurs and security."  As he moved through his early 20s, Pedro realized that although his life was full of privileg...

Nicaragua, where Patrick Bolanos was born and raised, is one of the poorest countries in the Western Hemisphere, right behind Haiti. He's lived in the U.S. for some time now, but whenever Patrick returns — as he did recently, with his 15-year-old daughter in tow — he's reminded of the way his native country's extreme poverty "hits you every single time." Patrick was back in Nicaragua to meet the p...

Right before hitting rock bottom, Samuel Smith was on top. Or at least, it felt like he was.  When the oil field crashed in 2009, Samuel needed a new way of making money. So, he googled "how to make money online" — and discovered what he calls the "wonderful rabbit hole of affiliate marketing and pay-per-click marketing." Before long, it felt like his earnings had no cap.  "I remember my first $10...

Our educational system is only designed to prepare you for one thing in life; programming.  From the moment we enter school, we are programmed to make good grades, go to college, get a good job, get married, work 40 years, retire, and live happily ever after. There are some people who don't quite make it that far and break the glass on the conventions of life. Today's guest is one of those people....