Beyond the Rut: Create a Life Worth Living in Your Faith, Family, Career

Are you striving to become a work life balance entrepreneur? Maybe you find yourself working so hard on your business that you fear you are losing touch with your own family wondering if it is worth it at all. Jim Sheils is the “crazy glue” for families sharing how to succeed as an entrepreneur at home in this week’s episode. The crazy thing is that there are entrepreneurial skills and characteris...

Brandon Cunningham shares tips on how to recognize and overcome a culture of entitlement to create the success you desire. Go to BeyondTheRut.com/capsho for your free 14-day trial and see for yourself. Click on BeyondTheRut.com/capsho to claim your free 14-day trial and see for yourself. Support the show Music Hopeful Camping Folk | Camping by Alex-Productions | https://youtu.be/aUHdSwhiNVU Music...

If you truly want to find success beyond your own ruts inlife, you need to find a mentor or two. A mentor is simply someone who has gonewhere you want to be. Benefits of Having a Mentor The best way to ever “make your own path” as we like to sayat Beyond the Rut is to learn from the journeys of those who have gone beforeyou. Benefits of having a mentor include, but are not limited to the following...

Kainee Bram shares her story about stepping out in faith to open her business, a chain of mother’s day out programs and a preschool in Corpus Christi, Texas. Go to BeyondTheRut.com/capsho for your free 14-day trial and see for yourself. Click on BeyondTheRut.com/capsho to claim your free 14-day trial and see for yourself. Click on BeyondTheRut.com/capsho to claim your free 14-day trial and see for...

Marian Bacol-Uba, the host of Thriver Lifestyle Podcast, shares her story of how a survivor of abuse built a thriving life. Survivor of AbuseThe #MeToo Movement is one that has brought attention to along, deeply rooted problem throughout societies across the globe, sexual assault and sexual abuse. We often think that we can combat this by teaching our younggirls to dress modestly, or have a keen s...

Fitness trainer and motivational speaker, Rob Decker, shares his experiences in surviving suicide and overcoming drug addiction. We want to first make the disclaimer that this is not an episode about how to overcome drug addiction on your own. Bad Relationships and AddictionsRob Decker’s struggle with drug and alcohol abuse did not start during college binges. His life began with darkness. He shar...

Brandon shares his experiences before, during and afterbypass surgery and how it has helped him put things in perspective. You may have noticed that shortly afterBrandon returned from his Summer hiatus that he disappeared from a few episodeswithout much mention. That is because in a matter of a couple of weeks he wentfrom experiencing some annoying shoulder pain, to visiting a doctor for a routine...

Pastor Oscar Banks shares his story about becoming aminister and insights on howto be authentic as a man in today's society. Growing up in a home thatlacked a father, Oscar learned about authentic manhood from other father figures who stepped up to thechallenge. Men who were teachers, coaches, and elders from his church investedtime in his life to on what it meant to be a man of character. Insight...

Womanentrepreneur, author, and accidental mentor, Mary Shores joins us on Beyond the Rut to sharehow to be successful inbusiness by harnessing the power of words. It may seem oversimplified that if you know how to change your mindset and attitudeyou can succeed in your business venture, career goals, or some otherchallenge. The words we speak over ourselves, within ourselves, orabout ourselves hav...

DanCockerell took some time on a Saturday morning to share with us his 27years’ worth of leadershiplessons learned while workingfor Disney. Today, this veteran of The Disney Company is making thetransition to keynotespeaking and coachingas a profession. From Assistant Manager to Vice President, Dan Cockerell is sharing his 27-year career's leadership lessons. Leadership LessonsDan’s leadershipprin...

There are two things most important to Brandon and Jerry in their daily morning routines, their quiet time alone with God and their fitness routines. Go to BeyondTheRut.com/capsho for your free 14-day trial and see for yourself. Click on BeyondTheRut.com/capsho to claim your free 14-day trial and see for yourself. Support the show Music Hopeful Camping Folk | Camping by Alex-Productions | https://...

Same Time Different Daily Morning RoutineIt turns out that Jerry is not the only one on the Beyond the Rut team with a 5 a.m. daily morning routine! Similar to Jerry, Brandon finds time for prayer, journaling, and personal growth every morning starting at 5 a.m. Unlike Jerry, Brandon conducts a lot of his quiet time while running or working out in the morning. You'll have to listen to this episode...

History is filled with men and women who kept a journal for a variety of reasons. Brandon and Jerry discuss how to begin a journal as part of your journey to success. What is Journaling? Journaling is essentially a process of capturing your thoughts down into written form. Some people who keep a journal do so to keep a record of their daily activities. Others use it as a means of writing out their...

Finding BalanceFindingbalance is something many ofus strive to achieve in our busy, stress-filled lives. Brandon and I cannot saydefinitely that we have created or found balanced lives. We can share that finding your balancemeans recognizing there are times when you need to take a step back, then thereare times to be all-in pursuing your goals and dreams. Importance of a Balanced LifeBrandon took...

Sara McDaniel (not Sarah McDaniel) returns to Beyond the Rut for a third time to share with us insights on life at 40, how the World Domination Summit is changing the world, and her discovery while renovating a Southern cottage. Life at 40As a woman turning 40, Sara shares the impact of written goals for one’s life, and her 40-at-40 list. Her plan was to accomplish 40 things at the age of 40 years...

Solo Hikingby Jerry Every quest has a season where it feels like you are going it alone. That is synonymous with my first solo hiking trip taken last summer. Texas heat scorches during the Summer. We joke about it being a dry heat, but I really don't know why that matters. It's still friggin' hot! With those hot temperatures also came a flurry of you-shouldn't-go comments from friends and family....

A fear of missing out may be one of the underlying issues that make you feel like your life is in a rut. It can also be refined into fuel that drives you to live out your God-given dreams. This article will discuss that feeling and what can be done to overcome it. FOMO Fear of Missing OutFear of being averageIt was the day after Christmas in 2005 when it hit me. I had just spent the entire year pa...

Happiness to Pursue SuccessWe often chase success to become happy. If that were true, then we would be happy in our new car, large homes, and corporate jobs with the great salaries and perks. The truth is that it is not these status symbols that make us happy. If anything, we find ourselves trapped and unhappy trying to look successful. Consider the possibility that being truly happy and seeing th...

The Happiness AdvantageAt best, it can be said that only 45% of the workforce enjoys their job. That means the majority of us wake up in the morning and dread the commute that puts us in a prison. That is no way to truly live, is it? If we say in the U.S. Constitution that every person has the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, it makes no sense that we go about the pursuit of ha...

Miracle Morning? What is that?by JerryI have wanted to conduct a series of activities every morning that I knew would be good for my mind, my body and my soul. The problem is that I never really committed to a time or structure. As a result, my life followed the same pattern that many other people follow. I wake up with enough time to get ready for work and then go to work. While I am happy to be...

Pocket Full of SunshineCan you imagine Brandon jamming out to Adele or singing Natasha Bedingfield’s “Pocketful of Sunshine”? That has been just the start of his father-daughter vacation with Maddy as they drive from Texas to New Mexico and on a loop back to Texas. After seeing sites like the International UFO Museum and Research Center in Roswell, New Mexico, and the Bottomless Lake, Brandon and...

Rebroadcast from the original Episode 38.Vacation With Your Kids Before It’s Too LateBrandon goes out of his way to connect with his kids with quality one-on-one time. He has to when he has a blended family with five children. It’s easy for any one child to feel left out when we are doing everything we can to provide the best life for them. Whether you have one children or more than five, Brandon...

Restby JerryEpisode 133 was a discussion around how U.S. culture has come to pride itself on being busy. I remember growing up in a home where my dad showed rest to mean sleeping on the couch while classic Westerns played on the television. He never came out of his naps feeling recharged. Instead, it would seem that he was groggier and foggier after these naps. Have you had an example like that? R...

Busy (by Jerry)You know you're probably too busy when you have a conversation that goes like this. Me: How are you? You: Busy! (or "Crazy busy!" if being just regular busy is not enough.)Over recent years, we seem to have changed the response to "How are you?" from "Fine" to "Busy".Being busy is a strange badge of courage. I just read a Facebook post of a friend who complained about coming down wi...

Suzy RosensteinSuzy Rosenstein had what many would call a successful 25-year career in public health. Like many people, she felt stuck in a rut when she turned 50 years old. That mindset led to a downward spiral that ended in her career ending with a layoff. We sometimes need a sudden jolt to get us moving in a direction that blends our passion and need for income into a business and life that thr...