The Base Line With Thom Shea

Interview with Thom Shea, Adam La Reau and Mike Rice.  Discussing leading during chaos, surviving isolation and building organizations based on health and fitness.

Many companies and leaders get this equation completely wrong!   I have to acknowledge upfront many of you will get twisted while listening to this podcast about diversity and inclusion.  Clearly, not only the nation, but also the world misrepresents the true power of diversity and inclusion by no using the wording as an equation.  Diversity as a stand-alone notion is cool and politically charged....

Sam Rusani is the Chief Revenue Officer at ShipChain, a blockchain based solution provider for the transport and logistics industry. After a successful $30 million raise in a week, they are now building a platform that will disrupt the multi trillion-dollar industry. As a serial entrepreneur, blockchain advocate/investor, and talent manager, Sam has worked with some of the biggest brands in the wo...

The only differentiating factor of success is failure.  Wait what?  No one wants to fail.  It makes no sense at all to put failure and success in the same sentence.  No winning coach in any sports is willing to lose.  No business owner wants to lose money or go bankrupt or lose people.  No couple wants to get divorced, because that means failure.  Yet all these fears and points of failure happen a...

Gregg Ward has worked with numerous Fortune 100 and 500 organizations, using his talents as a business speaker and skilled communicator, utilizing his leadership skills, emotional intelligence, communication skills, diversity, and inclusion to give business owners the knowledge and tools they need to advance their business in today's challenging corporate world. He is a best-selling author and spe...

The past few weeks, no matter who you are in America have been unsettling. Businesses and leaders have watched the circus in the media and in Washington waiting for a sign or as I call "waiting for a light in the forest". The youth have watched adults make idiots of themselves and mom and dads every where have had to deal with the unsettling nature of what happens when adult supervision is absent...

Three Simple Things is written in the manner of old story telling.  Real stories told around a campfire, where people gathered to learn from the warriors and leaders of the tribe or village.  The words are intended to be read as if you and I are next to each other talking frankly without political correctness.  The stories are also meant to feel urgent and necessary.  I ask you to integrate each c...

#1 Bestselling Author • International Speaker • Founder of The Hiring Academy & Interview Blueprint David Lee Jensen, Founder of The Hiring Academy and Interview Blueprint, is the Author of the #1 Bestselling book The Naked Interview: Hiring Without Regret and travels the world as a motivational keynote speaker focused on Team Building, Hiring, Leadership and Entrepreneurship. David shares his ins...

At some point in all the chaos of life you have to go for it.  I am constantly searching for the people who go for it and set up a non-negotiable life.  Jodi Barrett goes for it and doesn't negotiate with failure or excuses. Contact Jodi: jodi@kettlebellkicboxingcanado.com or on linkedIn at Jodi Barrett Pre Order Three Simple Things: Leading During Chaos Now!

The older I become the more I ask myself and others this question.  What are you waiting for?  It is the beginning of the year and for god's sake the year is 2020 and 2020 implies clear vision so let's not waste it.  I know, I know you are waiting for something but that something will never come.  School is in the way, injury is in the way, your spouse doesn't support, you are too old or too young...

Let's all take a moment and look back at 2019.  Specifically let's all look at the things we learned.  The older I get, and the more distance unfolds from my life in the SEAL teams the more humor I find in my day-to-day life.  As I look back at 2019, I cannot help but laugh.   I look at my life in five areas.  Obviously, health is a big area and as I get older big is the operative word.  The next...

Dane Maxwell almost didn't think there was a place for him to belong anywhere, but business saved his life and gave him a sense of purpose and significance. That kind of belonging gave him endless fuel because he had never felt it before. He started 16 business and failed a lot - 11 times. Each time he learned, figured out what worked and what didn't and has started 5 successful profitable busines...

Brotherhood of war exists between soldiers, sailors, airman, and marines throughout history.  Navy SEALs go through a forming experience that immediately connects them to each other no matter the length of time between meetings.  War and training for war would seem to be the defining connection, but the human experience is the real reason why SEALs always support each other. Monty Heath achieved g...

  Going it alone or forming a team. It often seems as if this decision is hard to make. The old adage regarding teams is real, "if you want to go fast go alone. If you want to go far form a team". On a daily basis those two choices are being made, often they are being made by default because few know the reasons or methods to make the choice. When that is the case everyone picks do it alone.   Whe...

We have entered a surreal world when people mix up the two prime leadership traits. Responsibility is an individual action trait. Accountability is what leaders have regarding the actions of others.   No one is responsible to any other persons actions. We can only be held accountable if we made an agreement, or knew better, or once informed did nothing. But let me tell you as a leader never mix th...

Disruption and Innovation   Unbreakable Podcast is for people who want to rediscover their edge. I believe in the human ability to get off the X and regain the edge. It doesn't matter how old, how many times you have won or lost, or how low you have become. I am committed to you getting your edge.   Whether you are a leader, or on a team, or starting a business, or stuck after a success point ther...

Solving the big problems. Moving into the week where we celebrate Thanks Giving, or Harvest or changing of the seasons or maybe just a time to say thank you to loved ones or for life in general, I want to address many questions and insights from a life spent training for war and training others in business for war. Maybe the insight will give you some peace during this week of saying thank you. I...

Ultra marathon running isn't hard if you are committed.  Just committing when you cannot run is what is hard.  Rob Steger committed to running ultra marathons before he could even run one mile without stopping.  In four years he has accomplished elite status as one of the few to run the triple crown of ultra:  three 200 mile races is 3 months. Learn the simple processes listen here

John Mitchell's 12 minute a day Think It Be It technique is recognized today as the "Top Practical Application in the World" of the book Think and Grow Rich. When he applied his technique to his own life, he saw his income go to over $5 million a year. Previously, for 20 years as an entrepreneur, he earned low six figures a year. The 20 times difference happen because his daily technique significa...

Unbreakable Podcast is for people who want to rediscover their edge. I believe in the human ability to get off the X and regain their edge. It doesn't matter how old, how many times you have won or lost, or how low you have become. I am committed to you getting your edge.   Let's talk about strengths and weaknesses.   There are tons of well meaning people distracting young people from success. Wit...

Thank you for listening and subscribing and thank you for sharing each episode with the people who matter to you. Many of you have reached out this past week and asked the same question. How do we limit ourselves? Probably, the most relevant question to be asked by anyone in any profession or any circumstance.   Bottom Line Up Front, the BLUF. We limit ourselves in 4 basic ways on a daily basis.  ...

4 ways to Breaking Someone's Will Power   I would like to share a fundamental truth about winning or achievement or even doing anything to the best of your ability. There seems to be a distinct difference between what some groups profess will accomplish excellence. The difference is so dramatic, so clearly off the mark I thought it an opportunity to shed some light here.   I know that every child...

In each word and section in this book I have been tasked with telling my story so that in case I die in combat my children get a sense of their father. Actually, Stacy pleaded with me for two years to put to words "Who I am and How I am". Therefore, this project is not simply a day to day recount of what I did, but rather a recalling of what I faced and what I learned in order to teach my children...

Sustainability is hard at best. Longevity is rare. Yet many people set out even from a young age to win all the time, succeed at every endeavor, make more money in each year. I have sat in numerous business meetings where the marketing departments project a never ending growth curve. I have sat in more than enough college and pro football team meetings where every play scores and every game is a w...

  The world around us can be chaotic. The older I become, the more I realize the beauty of simplicity. Trillions of bits of information is piped to us from media outlets around the world as if all of it mattered and urgent. Equal numbers of choices in food, clothes, socks, people to date, jobs to look into, races to sign up for … total chaos. Each choice seems to lead to another set of equally cha...