Xponential w/ Christian Ray Flores

Don't Settle for a Fragmented Life - Steven Garber Steve Garber and Christian Ray Flores discuss, among other things: The difference between Vocation and Occupation HEB as an example of conscious capitalism and the faith behind it High achievement goes better with deep relationships William Wilberforce and the Clapham neighborhood Steven Garber is a Senior Fellow for Vocation and the Common Good f...

How To Turn Dreams Into Reality A surprising way to get you closer to your dreams every day. This episode is brought to you by Third Drive Media - powerful marketing for your business or non-profit. www.thirddrivemedia.com Useful Links: Say hi to me on social: https://www.instagram.com/christianrayflores/ https://twitter.com/ChristianRay https://www.linkedin.com/in/christianrayflores/ https://www....

1 Principle: An aversion to marketing. Find a cure or never reach your potential. The Conversation Framework: Good Marketing = Good Conversation Imagine you're at a reception where you don't know many people. The progression of engagement at a party or reception is the exact progression it takes to market well. I use my love for all things Godfather to illustrate. Useful Links: For more about our...

I believe a genius is not a person. A genius is when The Spirit serves up an opportunity way beyond our natural capabilities that simply goes away if we don’t recognize it and seize it. In this video episode of Headspace, I share the principles I use to recognize it and how I make sure I’m not acting on impulse. I also share four short real stories to illustrate the fantastic benefits of making th...

My life story: from refugee to pop star, evangelist, investor, and entrepreneur This is a longer episode of Headspace shedding more light on my life story and hopefully on the reasons behind why I do what I do. Most weeks, the Headspace newsletter drops on Friday mid-morning. This one is a few days late because I planned to devote one video episode to telling my life journey in under 30 minutes. I...

Beat Anxiety With These 5 Moves Feeling anxiety is perfectly normal. This is how you crush it quickly. I have never met a successful creator, builder, leader, or entrepreneur who doesn’t feel like a failure and impostor often. What makes them successful long-term in knowing how to navigate that primal, lizard-brain impulse. Over the decades of creative and entrepreneurial work, I have developed 5...

Christian Ray Flores unpacks how to become recession-proof in one month. Recessions are cyclical, inevitable, and good for a healthy economy in the long run. They are made worse by foolish government policies. Putin’s war in Ukraine and the massive disruption in energy flows and food supplies in an increasingly interdependent world are making things much worse. Another frustrating reason this comi...

Find Calling and Get Paid While You're Doing It Following your passion is terrible advice because it ignores not only how the world really works but who humans are created to be. The truth is far more inspiring. This episode of Headspace is based on several posts in my newsletter on Calling. It’s more of a compressed overview of the four dimensions of calling and the one element that makes you or...

How to Compete by Not Fitting In You don’t fit in? Workspace, Community, Culturally, Strategically? Good news: it may be a competitive advantage. Christian unpacks two ways to deal with not fitting in: to conform or to compete by adding unique value. Becoming a specific and not a statistic, those who don't fit can compete with an outsized advantage. : Subscribe to the Headspace newsletter: www.chr...

A production of Third Drive. www.thirddrive.co Jason Whitlock is an American sports journalist and culture critic. Jason is a columnist, podcaster, and digital TV host for Blaze Media, where he hosts the show Fearless with Jason Whitlock. Whitlock is a former columnist at the Kansas City Star, AOL Sports, Foxsports.com, and ESPN. Highlights - Growing up in Indianapolis in the 70s - The role of par...