Men to Mastery Podcast

Nick Hays, Harvard-educated Navy SEAL veteran, consultant, speaker, author, comedian, and rollerblade enthusiast joins the show to discuss his book Elite – High Performance Lessons and Habits from a Former Navy SEAL. This isn’t a war memoir or a book on “how to become a Navy SEAL.” It’s a very readable, relatable set of habits that are broadly applicable to life and life at a level of high perform...

5 Lessons Businesses Can Learn from a Team of Missionaries - Brent Kassing began volunteer work to contribute skills and disciplines from the corporate world to an international charity. However he’s come to realize much more in return personally and even professionally.

On this week's podcast, I'm honored to welcome veteran, entrepreneur, speaker, consultant, best-selling author, husband, and father of 3, Brent Gleeson. Brent, his wife and co-founder Nicole, and the rest of the Taking Point Leadership team specialize in bringing real-world success to help organizations build high-performance teams, design winning cultures, and lead organizational transformation.

Meredith Kirk opened up about the violent tragedy that befell her family at a young age and how that pain drove her to overachieve in school and career – at a price paid in health, solitude, and anger. In this second half of the story, we hear about the void left by her father, the moment when suppressed emotions finally crashed down, and how she’s turned the corner to now living a life of service...

Meredith Kirk bravely shares the shocking tragedy that shattered her family and faith at a young age and drove her into a life of isolation and anger. This is also a story of incredible resilience, from feeling broken and helpless to finding empowerment, community, and literally family.

Kelly Roach – author, coach, speaker, and host of Unstoppable Success Radio – applies a Fortune 500 background to work with digital entrepreneurs in designing roles and organizations to hire, lead, and develop teams to drive profit and scale. In this quick-hitting episode, we talk about the importance of foundational strategy to support adaptable tactics and the mindset it takes to achieve lifesty...

Debriefing a recent overnight, 12 hour event called SEALFit 20X , this week’s episode examines lessons and tools from hands-on training designed and run by some of the physically and mentally toughest men on the planet. We look at why it’s so important to undertake manufactured crucibles, where to find them, and “the process” of getting uncomfortable.

Andrew Henderson founded Nomad Capitalist to help people increase their personal freedom and to help them improve their financial situations and intelligently diversify their lives. His mission is to show you that geography is no longer a limiting factor.

Meraki is a Greek word that means the soul, creativity, love, and essence of yourself put into something like work. Josh Schneider shares his expertise in workplace employee motivation and engagement by connecting to passion and strengths. Josh’s latest book, 5 Days to Your Best Work Yet, lays out not only the benefits of personal and workplace performance but a simple, quick, and efficient set of...

Billionaires are normal people you just you and me, right? Not from the sounds of it! Our guest spent a long career behind the scenes in billionaire oil families and visits to share the good, bad, and ugly of it all.

Want to look better, feel better, move better, and live better and longer? Listen up! Research indicates that Keto slows aging, accelerates weight loss, reduces inflammation, turbo-charges the immune system, and increases mental clarity and energy levels. Chef Alvin Schultz personally lost 125 pounds and joins the show to talk about his incredible physical and mental transformation and his busines...

Today’s episode is a checkpoint and a call to action. We take a few minutes to reflect on each of the interviews from the last 2 months and a sampling of the interesting take-aways from those guests. If you are curious and motivated and ready and want to make some changes of your own, then this one is for you.

Global leader in the Krav Maga community, author, entrepreneur, and coach Chief CJ Kirk talks about real world self-defense and the doorway to training and self-improvement in all areas of life. We touch on biological initiative, moral obligation to one's unique purpose , the power of service  to others, and how tragedy and adversity in life can and will lead to equally opposite positive experienc...

This week we chat with Collin Naylor, founder of The Dad Cast podcast. Collin is on a mission to optimize his day and learn and share ways to be the best possible version of himself as a man, husband, and father. The purpose of his podcast is to lead from the front in those very important pursuits.

Right on time for the 75th anniversary of Operation Neptune – the World War II Allied forces D-Day invasion of Normandy – the Man of Mastery podcast has the distinct pleasure of speaking with Steve Snyder, author of Shot Down about the valor, dedication, and determination of the Greatest Generation.

Navy SEAL veteran Brian Dougherty talks about his newest venture the Declan James Watch company. His start-up provides great context for a discussion around differentiators in an extremely competitive business, the critical importance of relationships.

This week we continue the talk with  Mike Herzog , corporate and individual Coach and Founder of Life Design Center , and dig deeper into tips, techniques, and the value of coaching for difficult endeavors – whether it’s holding an extended meditation pose or undertaking an intense physical crucible. Building on last week’s part 1 episode, we learn about the extended fast that was part of Mike’s V...

Mike Herzog , corporate and individual Coach and Founder of Life Design Center ,  joins us to talk about the rich learning opportunities to be found when life throws us into the wilderness, be it literally or figuratively. We discuss the importance of designing to undertake crucible events and why the study of martial arts provides the right combination of immersion, physicality, structure, and de...

Escaping the rat race, going all in on a start-up venture, the support and confidence of a rockstar wife, failure as feedback, and dedication to quality Andrew Clark, Co-Founder of Boochcraft , visits to talk about life, self-mastery, and fatherhood in the context of founding a, now three-year-old, brewery of California’s first alcoholic kombucha beverage. Today, we discuss infusing a brand with f...

Today we kick off with the first episode of the Man of Mastery podcast where we will help unlock the secrets of elite-level life performance – align happiness, fulfillment, health, wellness, productivity, and peace. Succeed harmoniously in family, relationships, career, finance, fitness, emotional control, and mental toughness. Discover and live your unique, authentic purpose. We are building a mo...