Answers from the Stairs

In this episode, Chris ponders the thought of living in your purpose and listening to God’s voice in your life. He considers stories that he’s heard from people hitting rock bottom and finally deciding to listen to the little voice in their heart and then moving forward towards the purpose. Is hardship something needed to be able to reflect on your true purpose? Key points:Seeing someone’s purpose...

This week, Chris talks about the power of thoughts and changing mindsets. When you invest in mental growth, it eventually has to turn into something physical, or the thought has ultimately turned to nothing. It is important to have the right mindset. If you go into something with the thought it’ll go badly, it will probably go badly. But with a positive mindset, you could achieve the goal you set....

In this episode, Chris talks about comparing being busy and being productive. He believes that our society has transitioned from valuing productivity to valuing busyness, which is a whole different thing. You can be busy for an entire day and accomplish nothing. Chris has some advice for converting your work time from busy to productive. Key points:Work on five big tasks a day instead of 20 small...

This week on the podcast, Chris talks about the importance of working on growth. Being in a growth mindset can positively affect all aspects of your life, from your business to your personal life. Key points:Working on growing inspires your team to follow the leader. Growing together with your family will keep you closer in the long run. If you’re not growing and in the mindset of achieving, can y...

In this episode, Chris talks about building trust within a team with a simple formula. It is very difficult to trust someone inherently, even when working together, so he says that being transparent is a great way to build that trust. Employees need to be able to put their trust in their leadership, and being straightforward is the way to do that. Key points:You have to give up a certain amount of...

This week Chris talks about “the wafer rule”, in which you apply a wafer-sized addition of something to your task. For example, in weight lifting, a wafer is two and half more pounds. At work, it could be one extra call a day. The point is too add that little bit more to your flow to maintain the status of always improving. Key points:Starting small at getting 1% percent better every day, with a g...

This week Chris talks about receiving advice. He advises the audience to think about the best advice they’ve ever received and to write it down. Then, get in contact with that person, and tell them how you are using the advice they shared and how it impacted your life. It could be a powerful moment for the both of you. Key points:Document all good advice to share with others down the road. Busines...

In this episode, Chris discusses advice he received on a delicate topic, parenting. He admits that when parenting his children, he thinks of it in terms of what he thinks he should do in the situation. Instead, the advice says to look at things through the eyes of the child and approach a situation through that point of view. Key points:Thinking as the parent only is not teaching your child how to...

In this episode, Chris discusses impact and how important it is to make a daily impact on those who work in your organization. It gets harder and harder to impact everyone directly when you run a large business so, Chris shares, it is very important that your management understand you and the culture you are trying to create at work. Key points:A daily impact is important to foster good team growt...

This week, Chris reflects on having a plan and making a plan in the time of crisis. He says that the bottom line is you never know what is going to happen, and no one ever plans for the worst-case scenario, because you can never see that coming. Key points:Do you quit at the point of pain or adapt and grow? How can you use that feeling to push forward? There is a significant value in feeling pain....

This week, Chris talks about the importance of taking action. He shares people often get stuck in their planning and analyzing things to death. Sometimes, you just have to move forward, or you’ll be stuck forever. Key points:What makes momentum and what breaks momentum. You’ll never reach your goal by analyzing it. Create some action. Please let me know your thoughts!  Connect with Chris Vester:In...

This week, Chris talks about your daily pace. How fast do you move through the day? Are you keeping pace with your coworkers or your team leader? Or are you, as a leader, outpacing them? The answer today is no matter what, think about picking up the pace and not being afraid of where you find yourself. Key points:The number of patents filed in a city is directly correlated with how fast people mov...

This week Chris touches on some tough points, including gratitude for what you have and the importance of sacrifice on the way to that gratitude. He talks about his view of gratitude in life as an acronym A.C.T.S.; adoration, confession, thankfulness, and supplication. He believes it’s the best way to start your day and to be grateful for what you have while on your way to realizing the meaning of...

Today Chris talks about complacency. He shares that he believes that complacency is the number one thing that will kill your dreams. Chris describes it as “the status quo is okay with me” and then you no longer feel the need to work hard or move forward. If you sit in complacency long enough, your dreams and those of the people around you will be dashed for good. Key points:Complacency is the ulti...

In this episode, Chris touches on the importance of physical health in business owners. Usually, he chats about mental strength and strength of leadership, but the health of your body is also important to keep in mind. If you take care of yourself, you will undoubtedly have more energy to take care of your team and your business as well. Think of it spiritually: you got one life, one body, so make...

 This week, Chris discusses the willingness to endure pain to chase the dream. As an example, the store of famed wrestler and inspirational speaker, Nick Santonastasso, embodies this idea of enduring the pain to achieve his dream. In Nick’s case, physical pain, as Nick was born with no legs and one arm, and very thin skin on his one arm. In his pursuit of wrestling, Nick chose to amputate part of...

This week, Chris discusses the fundamentals of motivation: autonomy, purpose, and mastery. It is important for individuals to understand that they have control of their own situation and their own work. Through that freedom, they can then seek their purpose through mastery of their work. It is, however, easy to get caught in the weeds and embrace things that might feel like a chore, but ultimately...

Episode 2: Faith: hide it or let it shine? In this episode, Chris talks about the idea of being open with your faith in today’s world. He believes if one of the ways to remain faithful is to share your faith with those around you, then why shouldn’t you? People who share their faith are often drawn to others who do the same. It is a positive, purposeful choice to share your faith in business and l...

In this episode, Chris talks about the importance of a strong mind in addition to a strong body. In an interview between Brad Lea and boxer Shawn Porter, Shawn shares his thoughts on how his body is his work, but that will one day deteriorate with age, but he’ll still have his mind. Chris elaborates on this by sharing his tips on exercising your brain just as much as you exercise your body. Becaus...

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