SBD Podcast

Ep 259 Excellence WINS in a time of Mediocrity ft. Horst Schulze

“We are ladies and gentlemen serving ladies and gentlemen.”  Becoming the best in the world at something, being truly excellent at it takes discipline and an uncompromising way of doing things.   For Horst Schulze, the former president and co-founder of the Ritz Carlton Hotel Company, his message for over 5 decades to all businesses and…

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Ep 258 Isolation is the ENEMY of Excellence ft. Aaron Walker

As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another. –Proverbs 27:17 Our guest today on Strong By Design is Aaron Walker, the founder and visionary for the Iron Sharpens Iron Mastermind group. A group dedicated to helping people live a life of success and significance. If we are honest with ourselves and truly on a…

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Ep 257 Are you Living a Virtual or Virtuous Life? ft. Jared Haley & Chris Wilson [Part 2]

  In the conclusion to living virtually or virtuously…  Jared and Chris talk about setting healthy boundaries with social platforms and why limiting or restricting our children’s time on social media is critical to their future.  And how can we merge our face-to-face connections with our screen time connections for the best possible outcome? Where…

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Ep 256 Are you Living a Virtual or Virtuous Life? ft. Jared Haley & Chris Wilson [Part 1]

  Reality or fantasy? Non-fiction or fiction? Truth or deception? What head space are you living in these days?  Today’s conversation on SBD is two regular guys, co-hosts Jared and Chris, talking candidly about what it means to live and behave with a high regard for other people, to live morally, ethically, and biblically. To…

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Ep 255 The Link between Chronic Inflammation and the Diseases we Fear Most ft. Dr. Steve Hruby

What good is living longer if you are not living well?  So many people are trudging through life on prescription medications, processed foods and sedentary lifestyles resulting in chronic pain, inflammation, poor energy, and brain fog to name a few of the nasty side effects.  Our special guest today on the Strong By Design podcast…

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Ep 254 I’m Offended that You’re Offended ft. Jared Haley & Mike Westerdal

Brant Hansen’s book Unoffendable, is the inspiration for this powerful conversation today on Strong By Design featuring hosts Jared Haley and Mike Westerdal. Utilizing his ability to write engaging and humorous stories, Hansen introduces and develops the ideology of becoming a person who is not easily offended. We believe this book is highly beneficial to…

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Ep 253 The Freedom of Bare Naked Feet ft. Xero Shoes CEO Steven Sashen

  Most of us take for granted how many steps we take in a day. How about in a month, a year or even a lifetime…  For a moderately active adult, that’s 3,650,000 steps in a year or 36.5 million steps in a decade!  Our amazing feet are what connect us to the earth and…

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Ep 252 Stand Your Ground (even when it’s not popular) ft. Joel Penton

  The message we are so used to hearing is, “Don’t make this mistake like I did…” or “Listen to me because I messed up big time…” and so on.  But what about the person who stood their ground (even from an early age in school) and can speak from experience about making good decisions…

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Ep 251 The World Needs more Muscular Gentlemen ft. Ruston Webb

When you think of a pride of lions, what comes to mind?  The lionesses do everything, right!? They do most of the hunting and caring for the cubs. So, what about the lions?  Even though it appears that the male lion is lazy, eats much of the food and does not earn his keep, something…

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Ep 250 When One Door Closes Another One Opens ft. Troy Ericson of Lead Paramedic [Part 2] 

  Continuing the conversation with our guest today on SBD, Troy Ericson, hosted by Mike Westerdal.  Find out in Part 2 how much value Troy puts on focus and its impact on business success. Troy and Mike also discuss why thinking big and surrounding yourself with BIG thinkers is the key to growth in any…

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