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Send us Fan Mail How does where you are, change your perspective? Sometimes we can look at the same situation as someone else but from different angles. We can be focused on the same thing but see it entirely differently. Perspective can vary greatly, but that doesn’t necessarily mean one is right and the other is wrong. In today’s episode, Dale and Brian share about the early growth of ForeverLaw...

Send us Fan Mail For this month’s special feature, Dale and Brian are joined by guest Dan Owolabi. Dan is a leadership expert, author, and founder of Branches Worldwide, a nonprofit organization working to build a global community of high-impact Christian entrepreneurs.  Dan shares his story and some of his most impactful leadership advice in this episode. Together, they explore the topics of lead...

Send us Fan Mail Have you ever chugged a gallon of fermented iced tea? In December 2005, ForeverLawn’s growth was still on the rise. The first annual conference was held in January 2005. Still, with Brian’s wife Angie expecting a baby in the first of the coming year, they decided to have the second conference in December. The conference was held in Dalton, GA, where the turf was manufactured. Desp...

Send us Fan Mail Have you ever had your identity stolen? As ForeverLawn, Inc. was beginning to grow, Brian received a call from one of their dealers. A potential customer had gone to ForeverLawn.com and was being directed to a competitor’s website. This shocked Dale & Brian as they had previously tried to obtain the domain, but a seed company had already purchased it but wasn’t using it. Not o...

Send us Fan Mail How do you make your business more attractive? When starting in business, it can be tempting to focus on profit... But Dale and Brian have a different view on gaining momentum in your industry. Have you ever heard the saying ‘a body in motion stays in motion’? The same can be said for business.  Action is the best way to get potential customers and even employees interested in you...

Send us Fan Mail In today’s episode, Dale & Brian share some of the most influential people and resources they’ve discovered on their continual growth and improvement journeys. The saying is true that the best version of you is still out there. There is always room for growth and improvement in our lives. In the quest for personal growth and improvement, surrounding ourselves with influential...

Send us Fan Mail Have you ever bought lemonade from the county fair? What if, instead of dwelling on our misfortunes, we transform them into something sweet? The age-old saying "When life gives you lemons, make lemonade" embodies a powerful philosophy that encourages us to turn adversity into opportunity.  Often, positive aspects are hidden in challenging situations - we just have to fin...

Send us Fan Mail If you fall off of a horse, what do you do? Business, like life, can be full of unexpected circumstances. You might think you’re doing everything right and then realize you’re doing it all wrong. Sometimes you are in the right ‘race,’ but something happens, and you realize you’ve got the wrong ‘horse.’  It’s how we respond to these circumstances that shape who we are. In the early...

Send us Fan Mail How do you eat an elephant? In this week’s episode, Dale and Brian discuss the installation of the Parkchester Field they shared about in the last episode. When they arrived on site, they admitted that they wondered if they had ‘bitten off more than they could chew.’ This was a new type of project for the business, and there was a lot that they had to figure out. Each step brought...

Send us Fan Mail Did you ever catch a tiger by the tail? In late spring of 2005, the business had been operating as ForeverLawn Inc for just over a year. Dale and Brian were still in Albuquerque, had close to a dozen dealers set up, and were starting to see inquiries roll in. One evening, they received an email for a project they had never done before. You know the Karmie brothers - if the questio...

Send us Fan Mail Do you have a motto that you live by? In today’s special episode, we share another “Moments With Fred” segment titled ‘Mottos to Live By’. Our dad was a lifelong learner, and he spent countless hours reading and studying. In this segment, he shares several influential mottos he gathered from well-known leaders and writers. While some of these mottos are short, they pack a powerful...

Send us Fan Mail How important is trust in a partnership? While Dale and Brian Karmie admit they’re very blessed and thankful for their partnership, they often advise others against it.  The decisions that your partner makes directly affect your business and ultimately your family. In a partnership, if each partners’ motives and goals don’t properly align, the results can be disastrous. When consi...

Send us Fan Mail Which comes first — your behavior or belief? If you’ve tuned in to our show before, you’ve probably heard us speak on how you sometimes have to “talk the talk” while still learning to “walk the walk.” Today we’re reflecting on an early part of our journey when our “talk” started to propel our “walk.” At the time, we began speaking to potential dealers but we weren’t well known in...

Send us Fan Mail What do you believe about yourself? Sometimes how we view ourselves is at odds with who we really are. Growth and change can be uncomfortable and scary, but we have to ‘walk the walk’ before it becomes a reality.  Today, Dale and Brian share about an agreement they struck, providing a dealer with a territory spanning the entirety of Southern California.  As this territory was far...

Send us Fan Mail We’re back with our brothers Jim and Ken for part two of our special feature. In last week’s episode, we listened to our father’s radio segment that touched on the topic of troubles. This week, we are revisiting the second portion of his broadcast where he gave advice and solutions for overcoming these troubles. For every problem, there is a solution — but we have to be willing to...

Send us Fan Mail Troubles: we all have them. What sets us apart is how we deal with them. We’re back with our brothers Jim and Ken for another special feature of our father’s radio segment, “Moments with Fred.” In this segment, which he dubbed ‘Troubles — Part One’, he speaks on embracing and growing through our troubles.  It’s easy to look at the challenges we face and feel sorry for ourselves, t...

Send us Fan Mail What is your superpower? In this episode, Brian and Dale put Brian’s self-described “superpower” — his ability to laugh at himself — to the test as they look back to their time in Albuquerque, where Brian’s track record with trucks wasn’t so great. There were popped tires, accidents, and maintenance issues.. but there were also valuable lessons learned.  When things feel out of co...

Send us Fan Mail Who Are You When No One is Looking? Who you are at your core always comes out eventually. In life, we have moments that tempt us to act out in frustration, but nothing positive comes from these. In today’s episode, Brian and Dale share a lesson in doing the right thing, even when you are pulled in other directions.  The brothers had on-boarded their first ForeverLawn dealer whom t...

Send us Fan Mail Do you work well under pressure? Something the Karmie brothers have learned over the years is how to work under pressure.  In today’s episode, Dale and Brian share about the first playground they sold. It was a large project for them at the time at about 5,000 square feet, and they knew this would stretch their abilities and test their innovation. When the shipment of material arr...

Send us Fan Mail What is your purpose? In today’s episode, Dale and Brian share a recording from Fred Karmie, their father,  who hosted a radio segment in the 1980s. Fred Karmie emigrated from Syria to the United States in the 1950s with a strong desire to learn, grow his faith, and seize the opportunities in this country for personal, familial, and professional success.  Through the ups and downs...

Send us Fan Mail Have you ever worked a night shift? In this week’s episode, the brothers’ compounding problems almost push their families past their limits. Money had finally begun rolling in, and Dale and Brian stayed steadfast in their decision to invest the money back into their business as they grew a national brand. While the brothers and their families had been no strangers to living on lim...

Send us Fan Mail Have you bought any new tools lately? In this week’s episode, Dale and Brian share about a monumental project at a hotel in Santa Fe. This project marked their entrance into the new market of commercial high-traffic areas. Up until this point, most of the brothers’ work had been residential. With this debut into commercial projects, Dale and Brian knew that this process would brin...

Send us Fan Mail Have you done your taxes yet? Do you have a plan to get things done ahead of time, or do you find yourself procrastinating as deadlines approach?  Whether you’re first to file your taxes or turning them in on April 14th, we’re sure you’re ahead of where we find Dale and Brian in today’s episode. Back in 2004, the brothers had been putting off their taxes for a couple of years. Let...

Send us Fan Mail What would your past self from ten years ago think if they could fast forward to the moment you’re living in now? Would you be proud of how far you’ve come? Would the limited perspective skew what you see?  Last week on Impact Without Limits, Dale and Brian shared the story of Placitas Man and the impact his words of wisdom had on them.  At the time of their conversation with him,...

Send us Fan Mail Do you ever feel like you just can’t get ahead? Today on Impact Without Limits, Dale and Brian recount a close call with a truck and a trailer, as well as a very valuable lesson learned from a memorable client. These stories come from the early years of Foreverlawn when there wasn’t a lot of money in the bank. It was a time when Dale and Brian had to pick and choose which needs re...