Fire Forged Leader

Send us Fan Mail Check out more content at: www. FireForgedLeader.com Or on the socials @fireforgedleader    Nick Lavery is a man who's name is synonymous with resilience.  Shot in the face, shrapnel to the back, having his leg shot off in Afghanistan and this man still pushes himself to the limit. Some say that he is wired this way, and there is no doubt that he is, but one of the most inter...

Send us Fan Mail www. FireForgedLeader.com Convert contracts kill relationships. Don't allow yourself to make these deadly contracts in your life. Check out this podcast for more! Support the show 🔗 Ready to Unlock Your Purpose and Restore the Order? 📩 DM "glass" to @realstevebaumgartner on Instagram or @SteveBaumgartner1975 on Facebook --------- 🔗 Stay Connected: Instagram: @rea...

Send us Fan Mail For more content: www. FireForgedLeader.com I've been asked a lot in the last week "You've been talking a lot about child trafficking and abuse lately, what does that have to do with leadership?  Well - a ton is the answer and I dive into that here, to help in the fight against child trafficking, donate at either of these great organizations. www.foundationsentinel....

Send us Fan Mail Check out www. FireForgedLeader.com for more leadership information.  This podcast discusses how using the phrase "not my job" can be cancerous and why would should be very careful not to use it. It also supplies the listener with more information on how to correct these thoughts at work, at home, and in the community. Support the show 🔗 Ready to Unlock Your Purpose and...

Send us Fan Mail Drago Dzieran is a wonderful man. One who grew up in socialist Poland, with a father who was a communist leader and a mother who was Catholic. He had a different childhood than we do in the US. He fought, he smuggled, and became a political prisoner. Ultimately, he was able to gain his freedom and make his way to the United States where he got a true taste of freedom and the exper...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode our guest Nancy Regan shares with us her journey growing up with a father who went from being a blacksmith to cleaning airplanes, spending time with him, then getting into Engineering for aircraft. While being an intern, she was given one of those "projects" that are typically given to interns. Little did they know at the time, this was going to be the pa...

Send us Fan Mail My wife and I recently made it to see "Sound of Freedom" - breathtaking movie that exposes one of the worst kinds of evil in the world. It's a must see and you will never be the same again. In this episode, I tackle what you and I can do to combat this on our turf. Link to find the movie "Sound of Freedom": Sound of Freedom Tickets & Showtimes | Angel...

Send us Fan Mail Leaders, Masculinity has gotten a bad wrap over the last couple of generations. It's mainly because on a large scale men have not been able to figure out the path to harness their true masculinity.  When mature in masculinity, it no longer can be viewed as toxic, because as my guest today points out "it is to be used in service to others" Join me in this fantastic e...

Send us Fan Mail We have things that happen to us or we have done that we carry tremendous emotion with us for the rest of our lives. However, we need to make a decision on these things if we are going to allow them to be an anchor that drags us deep into the depths of the sea and drown our future selves or if we are going to turn this thing into an asset that we keep in our toolbox, ready to pull...

Send us Fan Mail This episode is going to be a bit of a rant....not gonna lie :P  In today's world we are playing so much "follow the leader" it absolutely crazy to me! We must wage war on the things that fill our eyeholes and earholes, we need to choose the red pill over the blue pill, we must wake up for the matrix. Let me follow that up by telling you, this isn't political,...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, the Fire Forged Leader receives the honor of being able to introduce Tony Ojeda, the author of Made2Thrive, Made2Thrive personal success planner, and the author of My First Hero. We discuss the idea of the 4 pillars of success, the 6 domains of a vision, becoming exeptional, what success looks like and much more. You can find his books here: Made2Thrive: https://a...

Send us Fan Mail Note: I had a hard time holding onto this one, so I'm releasing it a few hours early. Enjoy!! I am thrilled to share with you the latest episode of the Fire Forged Leader podcast. In this episode, I had the distinct honor of interviewing Ray Cash Care, a passionate and purpose-driven man who believes in helping others help themselves (aka - skin in the game!). Ray is a phenom...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode the Fire Forged Leader explores the idea of creating a good message from a dream that you believe in, selling that dream to others, then watching it flourish.  It's not good enough for the leader to be the only person understanding the dream, instead learn to craft this dream into a message and sell it to others so they can see that glimpse of the future and d...

Send us Fan Mail We have become a society of people that need/desire others to be accountable and responsible. This episode dives into that mentality and gives us a bit of framework to move forward and change this culture. I also thank Jocko Willink for his content and the change I saw in my life from working with Echelon Front.  Support the show 🔗 Ready to Unlock Your Purpose and Restore the Ord...

Send us Fan Mail Short message on the ads you have been hearing on the show, that will be no more. I will be inviting sponsorship opportunities onto the show for people and items I believe in.  To inquire hit me up on my website: www.fireforgedleader.com La Familia business that I mentioned: www.2ndChapterCreatives.com Support the show 🔗 Ready to Unlock Your Purpose and Restore the Order? 📩 DM &...

Send us Fan Mail Sometimes we react to situations, but is our reaction right or is it simply what we do?  What if we applied the right tactic to stimulus rather than a reaction? In this episode, the Fire Forged Leader discusses utilizing the right tactic to our interactions with our spouse, kids, employees, and with our own personal improvements.  Support the show 🔗 Ready to Unlock Your Purpose a...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode the Fire Forged Leader explores this need to find blame over root cause and how to reframe our behaviors beyond simply blaming so you can obtain real and lasting results.  Support the show 🔗 Ready to Unlock Your Purpose and Restore the Order? 📩 DM "glass" to @realstevebaumgartner on Instagram or @SteveBaumgartner1975 on Facebook --------- 🔗 Stay Connec...

Send us Fan Mail Sometimes our reaction determines the future behavior of the ones we lead. We should be very cognizant of how we react to situations so we can help direct the sequence of events that are yet to come.  Support the show 🔗 Ready to Unlock Your Purpose and Restore the Order? 📩 DM "glass" to @realstevebaumgartner on Instagram or @SteveBaumgartner1975 on Facebook ---------...

Send us Fan Mail Sometimes relationships are like sliding on black ice and we have to steer into the skid! It's totally against what makes sense, but it's what is needed at the time and that is what really matters. This episode is more on every day relational leadership and everyone can benefit. Support the show 🔗 Ready to Unlock Your Purpose and Restore the Order? 📩 DM "glass&quo...

Send us Fan Mail Ever look at a fire extinguisher - Of course you have! Looking at the gauge, you will notice red on both sides of the green area. One side is undercharged, the other is overcharged. In this podcast the host takes us on a walk through how this is similar to leadership in many ways.  We need to access where we are at and make sure that we stay in the green!  Support the show 🔗 Read...

Send us Fan Mail It's a statistic that only 3% of the population actually sets goals and you are 42% more likely to achieve them if you write them down. Holy crap, sure doesn't take much to get into the top 1.5% of the Best of the Best does it? So what's the rest? Well it's not sexy, but the rest is straight up Discipline and Consistency. I warned you it wasn't sexy! So be...

Send us Fan Mail “I don't think that you have any insight whatsoever into your capacity for good until you have some well-developed insight into your capacity for evil.” ― Jordan B. Peterson He has a hell of a point with this. Join the Fire Forged Leader as he breaks down what Jordan Peterson means when he calls people to be a monster!  Support the show 🔗 Ready to Unlock Your Purpose and Res...

Send us Fan Mail Yup, you heard it here first folks....No One Cares! With our children we give them latitude to learn, to fail, to grow. Well, we should anyhow, if you don't...step back and re-evaluate! So if we are giving our children latitude like this, why don't we give ourselves the same grace? Why do we beat ourselves up, why do we worry about what others are thinking, why do we tal...

Send us Fan Mail We as leaders often have a hard time getting out of our own way. This comes in the form of Ego many times. But how does our ego lend itself to the people we lead? How does it affect our marriages, our children, or the people we lead in the community or in the work environment? Generally, the answer is horribly and in the best case scenario it's poor at best. Listen in to this...

Send us Fan Mail There is an untold reason why fitness/nutrition people tell you to drink a gallon of water per day. Believe me it's not as clear cut as it seems. But the theory goes beyond the consumption of water...it's practical advice for many areas of life. Listen to the damn podcast already!  Support the show 🔗 Ready to Unlock Your Purpose and Restore the Order? 📩 DM "glass&...