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

Who is Will Wise? Will Wise is the author of Asking Powerful Questions and co-founder of WeAnd. Me helping people create conversations that matter. With over two decades of experience, Will Wise creates custom building leadership programs for corporate and nonprofit groups. He has earned a reputation as one who can transform groups and people into their best selves. Tens of thousands of people hav...

Matt SandriniMatt Sandrini runs TimeZillionaire.com, a blog that shows you how to use time as the ultimate measure of wealth. Matt shares time strategies to get better results in your professional and personal life. Through his maker's coaching, he helps freelancers and business owners gain clarity on their number one goal and take constant, planned action to achieve it. It's About TimeWe all have...

Defining Your Own Reality to Find Happiness“If Tony Robbins, Seth Godin, and Gary Vaynerchuk had a man-child and unleashed him on Medium, he would be Benjamin Hardy.” – Quote from a haterBenjamin Hardy is a prolific writer and blogger, who at the time of this episode going live has over 31,000 Followers on Medium, talks with Brandon Cunningham and Jerry Dugan about how he came to blogging, handlin...

Scott Alan Turner is a family guy and early retiree. Scott learned how to manage his money by accident, and calls himself a former money moron. Today, Scott Alan Turner hosts his own podcast called the Scott Alan Turner Podcast. That podcast is also a syndicated radio show, and he helps listeners get away from living from paycheck-to-paycheck, pay off debt faster, to ultimately save and invest fas...

Cynthia Tripathi, author of Escaping Average and one of our earliest guests, returns! In this episode, she'll share with us the latest upgrade of her book into an audiobook. We also get to hear how she was able to leave her 9-to-5 and build a real estate investing business. How did she learn to invest in her first property? What did she have in place before leaving her job? Who said she could do t...

Indie authors struggle with getting their works out into the public without the backing of the big five publishing houses. It's a tough barrier of entry for most. Recent tools have allowed writers to publish their works at a scale of 2-to-1 according to Patomi Media Group founder, Naomi Blackburn. More is needed to gain traction is a saturated market. Readers are limited in their thinking if they...

Author of the blog Simply Southern Cottage, Sara McDaniel, is back for the third time. We figured that was the best way to celebrate our first triple digit episode. Her story is not just about a remodel of a home. It is about reclaiming and restoring one's own life. Sara will share with you a recent experience at Chris Guillebeau's World Domination Summit. She'll also share with us what is happeni...

Midlife is a time when we lose our hair, groan when we stand up and don't quite have the spring in our step like we used to. Youth cannot be found again through the purchase of a sportscar or dating a younger woman. According to author and speaker Brene Brown, midlife is when the universe grabs you by the shoulders and tells you it is time to use the gifts we were given. It is time to get off the...

We each have a barrier that holds us back. That barrier is probably the one thing that you need to push through to see the kind of life you dream of living. Brandon and Jerry continue the discussion on what those barriers can be and how to identify your "push-through".ResourcesEric Giuliani's story of pruning what was "good" in his life to have what was "great". BtR 067Jeff Brown's Lead to Read Po...

Brandon and Jerry share their trip report from a backpacking trip to Pedernales Falls State Park. A special guest joined them for the trip, Jerry's dad. Being joined by Jerry's dad was a mixed bag. Bruce overcame some ruts to spend time with his son doing what his son enjoys. On the flip side, there were "I can't" statements Bruce placed on himself that made the trip harder than it had to be for h...

Jason Gomez was just 28-years old when his doctor told him he needed a pacemaker to live. Many would consider this to be a life sentence or prison in itself. What can you really do in life if you can get zapped at any moment, right? Rather than be dictated by his condition, Jason decided to set the conditions for his life for a change. Rather than be ruled by his pacemaker, he became the pacemaker...

Nitin Chhoda - An IntroductionNitin Chhoda is an immigrant who arrived in the US penniless in 2002, in a post 9-11 world. His early years were spent delivering pizza, sleeping in his car, and having little money for winter clothes. Nitin was always a hustler. He became a licensed physical therapist, entrepreneur, author and public speaker by 2007 and now owns several multi-million dollar companies...

Contentment may seem counter to episode 93 about living in dissatisfaction to live a life beyond the rut. Many religions and self-help books talk about living a life in contentment to find happiness. Brandon and Jerry discuss the finer points on how you can use dissatisfaction to fuel your passion for your dream and balance it out with a healthy dose of contentment. Resources and LinksBtR 093 - Li...

Seth Godin is a marketing expert with a blog that is easy to read. In many ways, he is like the Mozart of words, simple to read, hard to master in life."Living in Dissatisfaction" is the inspiration of this week's episode. Brandon and Jerry will discuss how Seth's idea around living in dissatisfaction can lead you to living a life Beyond the Rut. It may seem counterintuitive, but there's truth to...

Brandon and Jerry have a fireside chat about their Goliad State Park trip. The trip was intended as a shakedown camping and hiking experience to try out their gear and acclimate to warm Texas weather...without air conditioning. 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. Suppor...

Jeff Goins is the author of five books including his bestseller The Art of Work. We brought Jeff onto the show to talk about his newest book titled Real Artists Don't Starve. His newest book talks about how you can be a thriving artist rather than a starving artist. If you have been to Jeff's blog, goinswriter.com, you know that Jeff helps people find answers to burning questions such as the follo...

Brandon, Jerry, and friend Steve are doing a day hike to prepare for an upcoming camping trip to Goliad State Park. The camping trip is a shakedown cruise before a bigger backpacking trip. Every dream can be achieved, and it helps to start with smaller milestones and steps. Go for it. Hammock Camping YouTube ChannelsFor Texas Locations SpecificallyKenneth Kramm does a lot of camping in the East Te...

Jerry recently took a solo trip to Choke Canyon State Park in Texas. A similarly planned trip had fallen through and he was determined to test his mettle on the trail, a trail, any trail. Choke Canyon State Park is not a large park. Most people come for fishing or boating. The park does not have a single trail that is more than 3/4 of a mile. Jerry stitched them all together and created his own fi...

ThunderdashThunderdash is a 5K mud run. It's the race Brandon and I ran in September 2016.Sloshing through mud pits and over 20 obstacles including a 40-foot tire wall in an active quarry is as exciting as it sounds. We are inviting you to join us as we interview the founders of the race, Kevin and Laura Tift. The Tifts' StoryKevin and Laura are going to share with us the following: How they made...

Doug Wilks is a strengths coach. While that may sound like someone you'd find at a fitness center near you, it's not. You may have heard of Clifton's StrengthsFinder, and that is more along the lines of what we are discussing in this episode. Learn more about what Doug does at his website, StrengthsLauncher.com. Most people work on their weaknesses to improve their situation at work. Doug coaches...

The inner drive is key in success. We cannot depend on others to pour into us and build up our confidence. We either have an inner drive, or we don't. We can lose it, or gain it back. We are all faced with a naysayer to our dreams at some point in our lives. Brandon and Jerry discuss the importance of taking a deeper look into ourselves when faced with someone who tells us we've maxed out on our p...

Kainee Bram was in her mid-forties when she and her husband learned they were going to have a baby! Starting a new business is hard work, especially when your husband is starting a new career. Starting a new business with a new baby as well is downright motivating it seems. Kainee found herself afraid of the unknown. She went for it anyway. Today, she owns a multi-site mother's day out program and...

This episode's discussion is based on a blog post from Beyond the Rut alum, Shawn Albright. The post is titled Drift and Row (click the link to read this post.)We have our lives we dreamed of living. We also have the risk of drifting far from our destination when we are not paying attention to the currents of life. Brandon and Jerry discuss the implications of drifting, and what it takes to proact...

Stephen Dela Cruz faced an important choice when he was a teenager. He could continue life on its downhill slide or change direction. He chose to change direction. What a great decision! Dela Cruz became a millionaire by age 25.A stroke at age 28 forced another shift. If he had died, his life would have been only about money. That was not how he wanted to be remembered. Listen as Stephen explains...

Dondi Scumaci is an international speaker and consultant who has worked with Fortune 50 companies. Her focus helps people energize their careers by combining their talents and passions with their work. Let's Break You Out of That Job Jail RutIn this episode, we'll chat with Dondi about how she got into a career in coaching and consulting. We'll also discuss tips on how you can bring new life into...