The Work Ethic

I am so glad that I had the opportunity to meet with Katy Rey, host of the Not a Great Whisperer Podcast. Her story is incredible and her openness with it is admirable. From felony charges, to infertility, and other major life changes that followed revelations made by those close to her, Katy seems well acquainted with the experience of disorientation. There are many things that happen to us in ou...

Go to hell is the title of a talk that I gave at watermark Church back in 2016. I was just reminded of it and wanted to share it with you here.

Shannon is Associate Managing Director and the Wellness Coordinator at The Moore Agency, Founder of BadAss Fitness, Regional VP with Arbonne, an 8 on the enneagram, and she has also adopted two sons and 4 rescue dogs. This was my first conversation with Shannon as we were put in contact by Melanie Hicks (of Ep. 44) who went on and on about Shannon's passion and work ethic. I was not let down and I...

Leo Rodgers is many things; He's an amputee, a mechanic, a father, a paralympics athlete, a gravel race competitor, and a really really good dude. The man radiates happiness and is an absolute joy and inspiration to be around. He recently left his gig at City Bike, in Tampa to make the move out west, to San Diego where he is continuing his incredible journey... or should I say "Leo's Big Adventure...

This is a segment from a conversation that Ryan, Joo, & I recorded at the beginning of 2018. Ryan, who had moved away from Tampa a few years earlier, came to town and recorded a series of conversations with locals and had a handful of topics that he wanted to discuss with everyone. This segment of our conversation touches on two of those topics that he had in mind; Hurricane Irma and The Semin...

Sarah is an old friend that I was excited to sit down with. She is an artist, an adventurer, a designer, visual strategist, muralist, etc. In sum, she's really gifted! We cover everything from how she has used from hula hoops to paint brushes to inspire and create beauty in our world. She is committed to using her gifts to help us all take responsibility for the condition of our planet as well as...

2020 was an insane year and I had the privilege of sitting down for 22 interviews that captured so many amazing experiences and stories from the year. This episode has a brief clip from each and every interview from 2020. It is both a time capsule for future review as well as an introduction to each and every guest from the year. I hope it helps to know which episodes/guests you want to go back an...

Dhalia is a founding member and CEO of The WellFed Community, a new initiative that is partnering with the Well to help build healthy communities using sustainable food systems. She is a brilliant young leader with an incredible story. In this episode we discuss how her family, all the way back to great Grandma have invested in her and how that legacy plays into the work and mission she is investi...

This is a recording from another round with the Social Entrepreneurship class at the University of Tampa. I had the privilege of doing this one with Dr. Sheron Brown of the Tampa Bay Healthcare Collaborative (TBHC). This was an awesome discussion and I hope you enjoy

It was so good to catch up with my friend Melanie who is both writing a book about our relationship with work, which was a pleasant surprise for me as that's kinda the whole idea of this show! She shared so many great lessons and insights and I hope you enjoy our conversation.  Here are some follow up links from items discussed: www.melaniehicks.org - my website  - if you click on the bo...

This is a talk I gave at the Underground a little over 5 years ago. The community was going through the 16 driving values that make up their Manifesto and I was invited to share on the week we covered 'The Poor.' This talk open with about 15 minutes of hearing from Mr. Bill, a brother and friend who I invited to help intro the days topic. Mr. Bill had been on the streets for some time before livin...

I recently had an opportunity to share about this podcast and WellBuilt Bikes on IWork4Him Radio, a christian podcast having conversations at the intersection of faith and work. I was on a few years ago and apparently they have never stopped talking about me saying "I met Jesus on LSD." So naturally they invited my back to catch up on the shop and share about The Work Ethic which launched since th...

I was recently able to track down the audio of an interview I did about 5 years ago. It was for a podcast that never came out. Since it was meant to be edited in post production the full audio is quite long and full of start and stops making it hard to listen to as one thing. It lends itself quite well to being chopped up into lots of little stories and vignettes. This is a clip of me telling the...

Lindy Grief Davidson is a full-time instructor in the Judy Genshaft Honors College, where she focuses on medical humanities. She holds a B.A. in Communication Arts from Belmont University, an M.Div. from Reformed Theological Seminary, and a Ph. D. in Communication from USF. Her specialty is Health Communication, and she has significant personal experience navigating the healthcare system as the pa...

Our first conversation went so well we decided to have another, enjoy. 

Christopher Williams recently suspended a political campaign as well as closed his marketing agency, Expressedly Creative. While this conversation is not all about that experience, it was cool to have it in this season after such decisions. His shift from extremely engaged entrepreneur and budding civic leader to this season of time with family and freedom to work on other projects makes for a rea...

This episode is a recording of a session I did with some youth in a local re-entry program. I shared my story and did a bit of Q&A with them in the staff and was very happy with what their questions prompted me to articulate. Whether you're interested in entrepreneurship, WellBuilt Bikes, or the Well it's all here. there is a point in the session where someone asked me to give a tour of the shop a...

Jerome Miller is the author of one of the most important books that I have ever read. The Way of Suffering, a geography of crises is a book that has shaped much of the way I understand and live in this world. I reached out to him and he agreed to record this conversation for the show. I was so very excited to have the opportunity to actually converse with him and I am so excited to share him with...

Okay first of all this episode has a 5-minute intro that I made while taking a morning walk so forgive the breathing and tempo of my speech and enjoy the birds singing in the background. The rest of this episode is a recording from a class that I taught for the Underground Network's Elders in Training course. in this class I lay out some of the core convictions and philosophies of my life in regar...

I'm going on prayer walk tomorrow. As I was driving to a friend's house this morning, I decided to record my thoughts while processing what prayer is. What are we doing when we gather to pray? What good is it? Is there a point? This is basically just a voice memo that I decided to share here. Let us pray

Juhi is such a joy to speak with. Juhi Kore is the Author of You Got This!, a guide for college students, she is a masters student at Oxford, she is the host of #JuhiApproved, a video series on Facebook, and she is also deeply invested in both the development and the end of social entrepreneurship. This is an incredible conversation for many reasons not least of which is how her family's story and...

Recently got to catch up with my buddy Ryan Polonio who is always fun to chat with. This conversation explores his passion for teaching, the beauty of learning, our discomfort with confusion, the value of curiosity, and valuing the process over 'the answer.' We discuss how his thoughts on our internal obstacles to learning and growing apply to faith, child rearing, as well as his profession as a t...

Sarah Combs is the CEO of the University Area Community Development Corporation (UACDC), a wife, a mother, and she is studying to get her PhD in Business Administration at USF. I so admire this woman and her leadership. It was a privilege to have a chance to catch up and dig a little deeper into her history, her relationship with work, her sense of calling, her intentionality with family, and also...

Tommy is the senior Pastor at Watermark Church and a recording artist known as Preson Phillips. This dude is both a great student and teacher with a deep love and commitment to placing the Bible in its 1st-century Palestinian Jewish context, and then bringing its meaning to the surface for modern application in a way that is engaging and enlightening. This strange time we are in makes for some int...

Jason is the Founder of Current Initiatives, a Tampa based non-profit that annually runs Affordable Christmas, occasionally runs Hope for Homes projects, and regularly runs Laundry Project. The Laundry Project is the most regular program and has also drastically increased in frequency in response to Covid-19 needs. This episode digs mostly into that project and how they have been adapting to the c...