Daddy Saturday Podcast

Scott Paul is a CEO @ Wooly, former Disney, has 3 Exits, made 43 Angel Deals, is a self proclaimed Male Model :), has the site “TeslaDad.com” and is a Beekeeper & Aspiring Alpaca Farmer. Here’s a recent quote from Scott regarding his kids, “My kids impress me with how much more they know about the world as teenagers than I did at their age. Covid sucks and their schooling has been nuts, but they will adjust fine, because thats what these kids are best at.” Join me for an interesting conversation with an incredible entrepreneur, husband and father. The post Ep 36. Innovation at Home with Scott Paul appeared first on Daddy Saturday.

My guest Michael Turner is a Navy veteran who has served our country around the world, giving him a unique perspective on life and culture. His backstory is one that includes fatherlessness as he was born and raised in a not so nice area of Los Angeles and never knew his biological father. However, Michael overcame the adversity in his early life by earning a college scholarship, worked full-time to put himself through law school, becoming a Harvard Business School alum. When Michael’s two daughters were toddlers, he looked for a book about dads, daughters, and our national pastime.  There weren’t any.  So, he wrote one, called “Baseball is Back”.  The book is a love letter to his girls and baseball, purchased by the Washington Nationals and Philadelphia Phillies. It’s received great reviews, including from Major League Baseball’s book blog, and can be purchased on Amazon at Baseball is Back.

Rob was one of 8 kids and although his dad started well, he unfortunately decided to leave his family to raise themselves. Rob was raised fatherless and never really had a father there to teach him how to do the things a dad should show their kids growing up. Instead of being a victim, Rob decided to change things by raising two incredible children and being an engaged father and by helping other dads through his popular YouTube show: “Dad, how do I?”.  I thoroughly enjoyed my interview with Rob and have already learned many skills through his YouTube channel. Rob is an incredible husband, dad and his channel is a huge hit so go check it out at: Dad, how do I?

In this episode, I have the pleasure of speaking to one of my mentors and friends Jack Daly. Jack is an incredible individual and has built a life by design. He shares what it takes to be successful in marriage, family, business, and fitness.  Jack is a leading sales speaker and trainer with over 30 years of sales and executive experience. Jack’s track record is a testament to his real-world knowledge and extensive expertise in sales and sales management. Professionally he’s been CEO of several corporations, built six companies into national firms along the way, two of which he subsequently sold to the Wall Street firms of Solomon Brothers and First Boston. Additionally, Jack was a captain in the U.S. Army, is the best selling author of multiple books including:  Hyper Sales Growth and The Sales Playbook for Hyper Sales Growth. He is a 15-time Ironman competitor and has completed marathons in all 50 states and 7 continents!

In this episode I discuss creating a positive culture, growing communication and focusing on your people at work and at home with Chris Allen. Chris is someone I respect with the way he leads his family as a husband and father of four. Chris also has an incredibly diverse career and his experience has led him to uncover a secret truth… It’s Always about People! Whether at work or at home if we focus on the people around us we will find success. Chris has played professional soccer, been the pastor of a church, worked in investments and the mortgage industry and now serves as a consultant for the Ronald Blue Trust. His personal mission is: To develop people by helping them discover their authentic name (understanding their strengths, gifts, passions and calling)

In this episode I speak with Gage Thompson a young millennial father who’s paving the way for the future of fatherhood. He’s wise beyond his years and while he doesn’t have the whole fatherhood game figured out just yet… he’s off to an incredible start. Gage has been married for 5 years and is the father to two beautiful young girls. He’s determined to make a difference in the world and is doing so in his current role as a pastor/student director at Forest Hill Church. Gage is a retired pro athlete and one of the best young communicators I know.  

I’m so excited to share this interview with one of my digital mentors and someone I respect greatly, Dave Hollis. When Dave Hollis’s wife, Rachel, began writing her #1 New York Times bestselling book, Girl, Wash Your Face, he bristled at her transparency and her willingness to talk about such intimate details of their life. But when a looming career funk, a growing drinking problem, and a challenging trek through therapy battered the Disney executive and father of four, Dave began to realize he was letting untruths about himself dictate his life. As he sank to the bottom of his valley, he had to make a choice. Would he push himself out of his comfort zone to become the best man he was capable of being, or would he play it safe and settle for mediocrity? In this interview we unpack some of the many peals found in Get Out of Your Own Way, and Dave tackles topics he once found it difficult to be honest about, things like his struggles with alcohol, problems in his marriage, and his insecurities about being a dad. Dave helps us see our own journeys more clearly as he unpacks the lies he once believed—such as “I Have to Have It All Together,” “Failure Means You’re Weak,” and “If They Doesn’t Need Me, Will They Still Want Me?”—and reveals the tools that helped him change his life. In this episode, Dave offers encouragement, will challenge you, and even provides a few moments where we laugh at ourselves as fathers. Dave points the way for those of us who are, like he was, skeptical of self-help but wanting something more than status quo, and helps us drop bogus ideas about who we are supposed to be and finally start living as who we really are.

As a father of two was only shocked into transforming his life after his heartbroken wife Jen told him she’d had enough of his drink-fueled bad behavior and bought a one-way ticket back to her native Sweden. Ruari not only stopped ­drinking but joined forces with a friend to start a support movement called One Year No Beer, which helps others give up alcohol and focus on more positive things in their lives. The movement now has over 70,000 members and a 95% success rate. Ruari and the One Year No Beer movement is changing lives around the world and check out OneYearNoBeer.com to learn more.  

When I heard Tom Spiggle‘s story of taking a career risk by starting his own law firm in order to gain control of his time and to be able to be there for his kids I knew he had to be on the show. Tom has a healthy and fresh perspective on fatherhood and parenting. Through his law firm, Tom is an advocate for parents who have suffered discrimination in the workplace. Tom has four children and for that reason spends a great deal of time at the firm he founded in 2009. When he had fewer children and more time, Tom managed to graduate with honors from the Georgetown University Law School, clerk for a judge, work at several private law firms and serve as an Assistant United States Attorney.

Michael Levin is one of the top ghostwriters and writing coaches in the world. In this episode he shares incredible wisdom from his own fatherhood story and several core principles for raising good kids who become great adults. In 25 years, Michael Levin and his team wrote, edited, or ghostwrote more than 700 books, of which… Eighteen are national best sellers, two are New York Times best sellers, and one is an Amazon Kindle number one best selling business book Michael is a regular columnist for Forbes.com, the New York Daily News, Huffington Post, and FoxNews.com, where many of his pieces have attracted more than one million readers. He appeared on the first episode of Season Three of ABC’s Shark Tank, is a regular contributor to Huffington Post, and is most proud of having edited Zig Ziglar’s final book, Born To Win.

Woody Dantzler has a history of making plays when it matters most. As a former star quarterback for the Clemson Tigers and successful NFL player, he learned valuable lessons about leadership, teamwork and playing through pressure.  Woody is the guy you want with the ball in his hands when the game on the line. He’s taken the lessons he learned on the field and has applied them to life, parenting and business. He’s also now sharing his message on how to live your best life with audiences as an in demand speaker.  Woody resides in SC with his wife, Portia and two daughters, Trinity and Zoe.

Patrick Sweeney is better known as the “Fear Guru”. In this episode taped live at the Spartan Media Fest in Lake Tahoe, we explore how to help your kids embrace fear and move past it using the “logic brain” rather than the “lizard brain”. Often it starts with a shift in mindset, then actions follow. Those times of change become milestone moments that alter everything and you’re never the same again. That moment came for Patrick Sweeney minutes after almost losing his life against a rare case of Leukemia. For years, Patrick had worked hard building technology companies and earning millions. He’d reached the pinnacle of success, but he wasn’t happy. As a typical over-achiever, Patrick took on the world in his 20’s training for the USA Olympic team in rowing, and then took on the business world in his 30’s and 40’s. Patrick launched, funded and sold multiple companies in the technology space but 75 hour weeks and pushing his body to the limits left him feeling exhausted and unfulfilled. In one moment, Patrick walked away. He’d just fought for his life on an operating table against a rare case of leukemia. In that moment of perspective as he stood outside the hospital, he decided to fight the fear of the unknown and embrace a different future. One that would bring fulfillment, joy and happiness. In that moment, Patrick unlocked a new passion for adventure. As he systematically approached the things he feared and avoided, he unlocked greater levels of success and happiness in his own life. Out of that came the start of a fear framework. Today, he climbs mountains, breaks world records and travels the world speaking on taming fear and unlocking peak performance. His mission: help thousands of people make amazing transformations. From Olympic level athlete turned tech entrepreneur to full time adventurer and fear guru, Patrick Sweeney is a testimony to the power of fear and focus.

When Lonnie was just a kid, he remembers hearing the cheers for his pro-wrestling dad rise from the stands. But every time he stepped out of the ring, he’d shake off his Moondog Mayne persona to connect with his fans on a human level. After his father passed away, Lonnie spent his summers traveling with his uncle who was a CEO “turnaround guy” and his personal business mentor. He sat in meetings with him and watched him get the best out of others by treating them like people first and employees or customers second. Over the last few decades, Lonnie has been a technology executive and before that an executive navigating mergers and acquisitions. During the most challenging times, he often asked himself: “How can I turn this noise down and develop the full potential of our people and our organization?” He knew there had to be a more respectful way to have tough conversations, handle company changes, and build team trust and resilience. A more inspired way to get others showing up every day, feeling excited to get to work. A more personalized way to serve customers and stand out from competitors… And he also knew where these changes would have to start: Not with the company, but with the leaders building and inspiring the company culture. To answer all these tough questions, he created a simple, life-changing, and value-driven performance model. It’s called Red Shoes Living and its applications go far beyond the work environment. Listen in on our conversation during Spartan Media Fest as we discuss his role as a father and how Red Shoes Living applies to life, business and parenting.

Mark Pattison has a goal to become the first NFL player to climb the Seven Summits. He on has Everest to go! Along the way he’s become an expert at traversing summits and as a change agent for accomplishment. Mark has played in the NFL, scaled businesses, serves as a member of Chris Longs Waterboys.org team and is an incredible father. Mark’s mission is to inspire others to accomplish more and in this episode he lays the groundwork for how to do so in life, parenting, business and health.

Anthony knows all about making “shifts” in life. The ebb and flow of the shifts in his life have been dramatic as he started out in foster care and ended up attaining a college football scholarship, became an NFL athlete, American Ninja Warrior, 7 Figure gym owner, 6 figure consultant, International keynote speaker and Best selling author. He’s now HAPPILY remarried to his high school sweetheart and Father to 3 amazing kids (started as a teen father). Anthony has become a Global “shift” coach helping others make the shifts in their life.

The Millennial generation is creating a paradigm shift in parenting, the workplace, media and marketing. Understanding the Millennial mindset and what drives this generation is an elusive task that has parents, employers and marketers all trying to “figure” it out. In this conversation, I decided to go straight to the source and ask one of the most socially connected Millennials I know about the mindset of his generation and what drives them. Swish (Manu) Goswami, 22, has built a multi-hyphenate career. He is a serial tech entrepreneur (CEO & Founder of Trufan), LinkedIn Youth Editor, three-time TEDx speaker (signed with the Speakers Spotlight & The AAT Project), and UN Youth Ambassador. Swish has been recognized for curating the world’s first youth social capital fund and an application to fight malnutrition on college campuses. He has been awarded the United Nation’s Outstanding Youth Leadership Award, Startup Canada’s Young Entrepreneur Award, and Plan Canada’s Top 20 under 20. Swish has also been recognized as a top LinkedIn creator with over 100M content views and as the “Face and Future of Canadian Entrepreneurship” by UPS Canada. Swish has previously worked as a Fortune 500 consultant (for Google, Western Union and American Express), and venture capitalist (at JB Fitzgerald Venture Capital founded by NBA player Trevor Booker). Beyond working to grow his companies, Swish sits on the advisory board for numerous companies including the League of Innovators (charity started by Hootsuite CEO Ryan Holmes) and Dunk Media (11M follower network focused on basketball). He is an investor in the world’s most popular eSports organization FaZe Clan, the creator of a limited edition shoe with K-Swiss and the author of an upcoming book that will be released through U.K. publisher Kogan Page. As a former debater who represented Canada twice at the World Schools Debating Championships, Swish also has a passion for public speaking. He has given three TEDx talks and has spoken at American Express, the United Nations, Staples Center, Haste and Hustle (alongside Gary Vaynerchuk and Richard Branson), Harvard University, IIT Bombay, Wall Street Journal, and the World Business Dialogue. He’s always looking to speak about mental health, entrepreneurship, social media marketing at schools, events, and festivals.

Lucy Rose grew up with an incredible father who defined what being an intentional and engaged parent looks like. She also has a husband who has carried on the legacy of being an engaged father with their two daughters. It’s through this lens that Lucy shares the importance of the role of the father in the life of a child. Lucy is an amazing mother herself and has built an incredible career in the life sciences field as a board certified Physician Assistant, Director of an FDA Office and several other leadership positions in the Pharma industry. She widely recognized for providing training and consulting to the pharmaceutical industry and its service support providers. Lucy’s combination of education and experience in for-profit, non-profit, government, and patient care settings, coupled with her extensive experience as a trainer and educator, provides the depth of knowledge and expertise necessary to equip pharmaceutical companies to face a rapidly changing future.

On this episode, Cliff Oxford shares his personal experience as a “dadpreneur” and his many years of working with countless entrepreneurs to grow their businesses.  The recent launch of his two books, LAMBS (Liberal Arts Majors in Business Society) to Leaders and Know, Grow, Exit – How Entrepreneurs Start and Finish Fast – are a continuation of his unique leadership roles in academia, journalism and real-world entrepreneurship where he started, built and sold two national brands: Oxford Center for Entrepreneurs, sold to Advantage Media|Forbes Books in April 2018 and Sti Knowledge, an INC 13 company sold to Mellon Ventures.  Writing for the NY Times, Forbes and now as a book author, Oxford brings the sunny side, dark side and funny side of what you need to know and how to grow and exit a business, ultimately leveling the playing field for Entrepreneurs in a culture of outside advisors who have their own agenda, putting the Entrepreneur at risk of no reward. Consequently, starting Oxford Center while at Emory he completely reformed the exit process for companies under $100 million dollars, allowing business exits to properly maximize the value for Entrepreneurs and employees of the company. His method was a chief reason how he built the Oxford Center into a portfolio of over 500 companies and was named Atlanta’s entrepreneur of the year. Oxford is now founder of CliffCo., an international think tank symposium for a defined 3rd level leadership in living, learning and legacy.

In this episode, Dr. Steven Hotze explains how men can find the path to health and wellness to achieve their best life. Dr. Hotze is the founder and CEO of the Hotze Health & Wellness Center, Hotze Vitamins and Physicians Preference Pharmacy International, LLC. His goal is to change the way women and men are treated through the use of bioidentical hormone therapy. His 8-Point Treatment Regimen has helped thousands of individuals to get on a path of health and wellness and enjoy a better quality of life in an environment of extraordinary hospitality and guest service. Dr. Hotze is the best-selling author of Hormones, Health, and Happiness, Hypothyroidism, Health & Happiness and Do A 180.

Nicole Fisher is widely known in many industries for her strategic alliance building and focus on serving the underprivileged as a healthcare advocate. On today’s podcast, Nicole shares her deep insights on the current public policy issues impacting American families and also shares her a bit of her neuroscience expertise on child development. Nicole is President and CEO of HHR Strategies, a Senior Policy Advisor and expert on health economic analysis and health reform. She’s a contributing staff writer for Forbes.com and has appeared in prestigious publications such as The Wall Street Journal and Washington Post to name a few. Nicole is a prolific speaker, in demand panelist and highly sought after emcee