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In this interview, Patrick Antrim shares time with Ricoh Danielson who is a US Army decorated combat veteran of Iraq with multiple rotations overseas in countries of Haiti, Iraq and Afghanistan. He has taken what he was taught from the Army and translated that to becoming an effective leader, great business owner, veteran advocate and single parent. Danielson is also a small business owner of the power house digital forensic firm Fortitude Tech LLC based in Scottsdale, Az. Ricoh also is the innovator and private silent business actor /investor of many small gyms and bars in Arizona. In this episode: Business is about money and people. If it doesn’t make money it dosent make sense. Ricoh’s journey to his first case and the launch of Fortitude Tech and how to forecast out 10 years. How the US Army has influenced his approach in business. There is no room or thin skin. You have to accept criticism. In business, you will get knocked down. You have to get back up. If you make a decision in business and it dosent’ go well. People will suffer. Training people- Put out 100% of your “A” game. Get down there with your people. Help people see the purpose. The customer has needs and the training and you are there to help them. Leadership- Walk in the shoes your people are about to go. Leaders persevere with fortitude. Rise to the occasion when the job calls for it. Step up. Sometimes you don’t have a choice. People are counting on you. Anyone who has ever worn a battle vest knows there is nothing shiny about that. Military leadership- When you are executing plan A, make sure you have a plan B that you are working on. Sometimes you need to be 100% in. A high level of commitment. Entrepreneurs- Sometimes people don’t make the commitment when starting a business. Entrepreneurs need to sell themselves first. Going to zero has shaped the foundation of success. Single Fathers- Leadership begins at home. How we start and finish our day is up to us. Going to zero is not fun. Looking back it gives us perspective and confidence to do more. Get comfortable being uncomfortable. Are you willing to exhaust all avenues to win? Massive amounts of violent action as designed by military. Gorilla marketing that is massive amounts of action. Special warfare community, it’s massive amounts of action. What are you going to bring to your competitors. How to visualize what’s next- know what you are willing to do and what that looks like. Be specific, what is your day to day and what does it look like? The best thing a man can do is work hard. Give words of encouragement to children. Short videos to communicate with others. Great leaders take the steps to inconvenient themselves so they can be convenient to other people. Set’s the tone of doing the right thing at all times. Leaders need to allow the staff to rest, rest their mind. Don’t drag people with you on your journey to burn out. Get consistent, rest and recover then get back to work. It’s all about work. In the rest and recover, it’s all about you. Veteran Leadership – Be patient with veterans. Not all are on the correct transition period. Stack the deck in terms of their success. Joking might not be the best approach. Veterans are in “on mode”. Think about other resources that can be allocated. For veterans, check ego at the door. It’s a corporate world. Own the situation, self check. Be open and coachable, it’s not combat warfare. Your dedication to duty will out shine people. People are not engaged at work. Veterans might be challenged with lazy or disengaged employees. What does a leader do to communicate? A morning ritual for success: No social media, tv or news. Invite the day. Write down thank you and the opportunities in America and the workforce, business and people in your life. A prayer for family and self. Review the CORE value and beliefs you speak to yourself today. Wait are the 5 actionable items you will accomplish today. The workout routine breeds fortitude and accountability to self. Small affirmation to self. Maybe a smile in the mirror. It’s what I want to hear, love for self and what I want to hear. Paragraph: I know what I want, how am I going to do it and by when? What does this look like? (The vision) What are you going to do with that? How are you going to get that? What time are you going to get it in? And by what means? Any means possible? No matter what you want to do. Do it and if you fail you have a reference point on how to do it again, and again, and next time harder and faster and more effective. You will get there by passion of will. Connect: Fortitude Tech        The post Fortitude in Leadership appeared first on Patrick Antrim.

In this interview, Patrick Antrim, CEO of Multifamily Leadership shares time with Linda H. Yates who is a highly sought international Keynote Speaker, Executive Coach, Author and Corporate Trainer. Linda has produced over 250 educational seminars on helping individuals and businesses uncover, realize and accomplish their goals. She has motivated over 10,000 individuals representing Fortune 500 companies throughout North America including Tyco, Wells Fargo, Microsoft, Fannie Mae, and Century 21 on their internal processes and corporate initiatives. She is also an adjunct instructor at Florida Atlantic University. In this show we discuss: Men and women compare themselves all the time. Confidence and reaching your potential. Moving away from pain or desire for more. Self image, take time to check in with ourselves. How letting boundaries we place on ourself limit our potential. How men and women process and compare themselves to each other. How our self perceptions impact our potential and hold us bask. We take less risks as a result. Stepping out and trying new things. Everyday is an opportunity for daily improvisation and making impressions. Public speaking is part of our life everyday. Push through the internal barriers. Inside communication -Jessica’s Affirmations. Getting rid of self doubts and touching back to that younger you. People that are happy are successful. We think we have to be successful before we can be happy. It’s the other way around. Once we are happy and we choose to embrace whatever it is in our life, mind, heart and circumstance, we find the happy there. We then will attract the success. I am statements are important. Begin with at least 3 everyday, write them down, look at them a couple times a day. Look in the mirror and say them. No one else can say for you “I am” but you. Sometimes we take life as it comes and let life happen to us instead of making life happing for us. Thinking quickly and on our feet is important because we may not get another opportunity. If you hesitate instead of taking that risk. We miss out. There is confidence in that risk. Life is always on the outside of the barriers. This is how we all began life. Professionalism and how we operate today.  Professionalism is our word, integrity. Being in the moment and present. As to clothes, not too tight, not too loose. The fit needs to be right and in good shape. The higher the hem line, the higher the neck line, the fuller the bottom line. The more skin that is covered, the more successful. The messenger is the most important person. Our clothes are always broadcasting. People look at the clothes instead of the person. Understand your brand and what you are known for. A jacket is key. When people put on a jacket, there is a psychological boost internally that raises your game. I’m here to work. Once you take off your jacket you lose 50% of your perceived authority. Stepping up your wardrobe delivers a positive first impression. If you are meeting someone new for the first time, wear a jacket and go for the first impression. You may not need to wear the jacket all the time depending on how the relationship develops and what your why is. The online impression. It’s the clothing you put on. What clothes makes you feel the most creative or productive? Need to understand the ability to fit in too. When big clients appeared, people improved their dress and productivity increased that day. Casual environments are okay in certain circumstances. You can still step up your professional broadcast. It will show that you are serious about your career and you’re here to do business and can be trusted. Bring your best self to every experience. Drink a lot of water. Keep your energy up. Working out, natural light. Cutting people out of your life that suck your energy. It’s about setting boundaries and understanding the people that are drawing the positive energy out of you. We broadcast out. Whatever we put out comes back to us and generates what we put back out. It’s a never ending cycle. We are what we focus on. If you want to change something in your world, change your focus. Get rid of the negative self talk, embrace who you are and step to your strengths. CONNECT with Linda H. Yates Learn about the 15 different areas we broadcast to others. Get her Book: Beyond the Clothes: Image & Presence     The post Beyond the Clothes, Image & Presence with Linda H. Yates appeared first on Patrick Antrim.

Nick Raithel is on a mission to help leaders finally get the recognition they deserve. He’s combined advanced time management strategies with his own experiences in publishing and marketing. The result was the 7-Hour Book, a service that’s been delighting clients and empowering their story. The post The Power of Story with Nick Raithel appeared first on Patrick Antrim.

Mike Lindstrom is an Author, Keynote Speaker and Communication Expert who was trained early in life by Tony Robbins on Psychology of Influence. Under the Robbins organization, Mike worked as an Executive Coach for Fortune 500 Companies across North America becoming on of the youngest Executive Coaches in the Robbins Results Coaching Company. He’s a straight shooting, passionate leader who went out on his own after seeing the client base swell to more than 5,000 professionals. His impressive client base reads like a “Who’s Who in Corporate America” with a list of corporate executives, professional athletes, celebrities and even teenagers seeking that next level.  Michael focuses on results and accountability. He appears on national and local media outlets like Fox News, CNN, Headline News to comment on topical issues. In this show we discuss…… How to be happy at work CNN survey poll if you had the opportunity to leave your current job…would you yes or no? The mindset in the top percentage of income earners. Be part of something bigger than you to do interesting things to support your growth and happiness. If you have the ability to grow outside of your daily work, big benefits are available to you. How a school teacher who is passionate about Yoga has faced a big life decision on being happy, healthy and on point. How to win where you are in your current job even without knowing your “passion” and how the quality of your life is directly tied to the questions you ask yourself. What am I Excited about? What do I love to do? When am I most happy? What brings me happiness? When do I smile the most? Explore something that makes you happy. Get involved with non profits, write that book. What is the thing that gives you the most gratitude or makes you happy? Be accountable to yourself and ask the question…what makes you smile? Make 20 bullet points of things you have done that make you happy. Who in your life do you have good positive experiences with? Spend more time with them. The happy study- The Happy Movie which was a study that studied cultures on varying levels of happiness around the world.   50% of levels of happiness is genetic 40% Conscience choice or what you choose 10% General life circumstance, environment We all come back to our genetic set point. Our ability to recover from setbacks is strong when we have a high set point. But we have a 40% choice to still improve the experience. How our personal happiness impacts others and then returns an experience to us. How to move through challenging situations and careers. Mike’s story about his Wife’s shift to a happy life and how her happy level has shifted upward. If you are in sales and your environment you choose is not happy then you need to bring a different energy to the group so you show up completely different. This impact you and others and ultimately the business. Work life balance discussion and some simple tips to create space in your life to increase levels of happiness. Be honest with yourself. Don’t be someone you are not. Talk positively to yourself. Develop common interests with people. We like the connection as one of the human needs. Keep your mind occupied and active. Be honest with the activities that historically have put you in a positive mood. The corporate executive who is committed and highly engaged on getting better professionally and how a sudden change can impact people and their needs. How loss can impact people and their human needs. Life events that are dramatic to people at work and how this impacts their need to be identified and connected. The 6 human needs around work and the sudden change of job changes. How sports organizations transition people out of professional sports.   When change happens quickly, the mind is not prepared for it. The mind and body are one. Mind equals body. You can have a great attitude with low physical response. When the mind and body disconnect. Find out what can I do for my mind? What can I do for my body? How do I engage. Your happiness levels will shift, you’ll be more fun to be around and sets the tone with those you interact.   Remind yourself as a conscience choice. Self talk is very important with 1,000 words per minute coming to you automatically. Get around good people, put your smartphone down. It’s not delivering positive news. Team supervision as a Manager- People on the team that have life events or perhaps not engaged or low levels of happiness. People need to motivate themselves Ask people the right questions Intrinsic questions should be asked getting them to see themselves past the current issues. Encourage people to reach out to someone in their life. Don’t let the problem persist. Mentors can help navigate issues or phases throughout life. Encourage employees when they are going through something. Encourage them to reach out to someone in their life. People believe they should keep work and life separate. Employees are Mom’s, Dad’s and contribute to your business. It’s neglecting to leave that alone. The New York Yankees approach to mentor athletes and connect to other leaders. Mentors spend the time with younger leaders Invest with their teams Get teams aligned The Clete Boyer story of personal instruction to Patrick to keep things simple The Nick Johnson story and the great hitting coaches with the New York Yankees As a leader, you don’t need big pearls of wisdom or complex instruction When was the last time you contributed to your staff to show appreciation? It makes people happy when you contribute to others The Mark Cuban and Dallas Mavericks story on meeting team needs. People that are happy perform better financially and create a better resident and customer experience. We talk about performance and preparing leaders for ultimate success. Patrick shares story of his son’s upcoming speech. How he prepared him to be recognized by his peers. The next level. How Mike helps people identify the gap to achieve the next level for high top leaders. High level leaders are good at what they do. Sometimes they don’t see the gap so we can help them visualize for best results. #happinessatwork #leadership #leadershipsuccess #success #engagedemployees #workplacehappiness #improve #work #productivity #podcast #motivate #employees #HR #best #practices #develop #leaders #train #leaders #communication #work #balance #life #skills #results with #teams #happy #employees #happy #research The post Happiness at Work with Mike Lindstrom appeared first on Patrick Antrim.

In this show, Patrick Antrim shares the championship approach to achieving more success in life and business. When people and organizations take personal responsibility for their development and success – great things happen. All companies are nothing more than a collection of people and when leaders are showing up to work everyday as a true professional – great performances happen. The post A Championship Approach to Life and Business appeared first on Patrick Antrim.

Cyndy Trivella began her career in Human Resource Marketing and Communications on Madison Avenue in New York City. Prior to that, she worked in corporate human resources as a training and development coordinator. Cyndy has multiple years of media planning, along with corporate and employer branding strategy experience. She is the co-creator of the #OMCchat which stands for Open Mic Career Chat a job seeker advocate on Twitter, She is the Events Manager at TalentCulture and the #WorkTrends events and is the Chief Revenue Officer for WorkScene, a social platform for hiring companies to attract, convert and hire desired talent. When it comes to organizations, give your employees a reason to want to be an advocate for you. – Cyndy Trivella And today, she’s here with us today talking about how the employer ambassador is the best person to tell your company story and what motivates companies to develop employer brands. She shares the difference between employer reputation and employer brand. How companies can improve talent attraction with employee referrals. And who’s responsible for employee engagement, why employees should take ownership and play their role in the process. Cyndy dives into company’s obligation for diversity and the innovation that comes from having it. How companies can amplify the voice of employees. How employer an ambassador program can lead to new rentals. We talk about the “we’ve always done it this way” leadership mindset and the Return on Investment of an employer ambassador program and how it impacts Net Operating Income. CONNECT Cyndy Trivella’s Twitter: @CyndyTrivella Cyndy’s Book Recommendation: The Power of Nice: How to Conquer the Business World With Kindness by Linda Kaplan Thaler and Robin Koval The post Making Brand Ambassadors of Employees with Cyndy Trivella appeared first on Patrick Antrim.

The employee customer (team) is the single most important customer to understand. This is why attracting the top people is so important to your business. When companies get this right, they get it all. In other words, if you have the right employees and they are reaching their potential; the consumers are getting the experience they desire. This leads consumers to enjoy your company and tell their friends about your wonderful company. When companies get aligned from the inside out, the owners get the best possible returns. How well do you think leaders understand their people? I bet you would agree that leaders can get caught up in chasing results, shareholder returns. If people are the company’s most important asset, this should be a focus. Results are outcomes. Just like sports teams. It’s all about the teams, that’s how they win games. The employees should be your most important customer and if you invest in them, you will improve your consumer experience and drive financial results to your shareholders. Everyone wins. The employee, shareholders and consumers.   HIGHLIGHTS Patrick Antrim discusses the 3 Customer Rule, which all businesses have and need to understand in order to provide the highest level of service possible for all 3 customers. SUMMARY SECTION 1 (1:12) The 3 Customer Rule Solves ALL business challenges in any situation Who are the customers? Customer experience is evolving and changing Most CEOs only recognize and understand one type of customer SECTION 2 (4:54) Customer 1 People that buy your products and services (clients, consumers) Customer 2 The owner/shareholder – leader, boss, manager Customer 3 The employee customer (could also be a consumer and/or shareholder) Most important and most misunderstood customer SECTION 3 (7:14) How this relates to professional sports/baseball, specifically the Yankee organization Known world-wide Strategic business moves in order to attract top talent Fan Experience Team owner creates outcomes for “fans” by focusing on the teams Best players on the field Long-term view of players and how they fit with the culture of the team Committed to creating a winning tradition In business, customers want you to win also When you are winning for your business and your employees, your customers will feel the benefit of that and pay a higher value Shift away from sales and marketing to a long-term view of investing in the culture you’re creating Joe Torre and George Steinbrenner as customers SECTION 4 (13:57) Customer service being disrupted Social Media Platforms Empowers people to have a voice Empowers employees to have a voice No More Crappy People Get clear about the type of company you want to be Win where you are Get “called up to the big leagues” Differentiate your brand SECTION 5 (16:28) Making customers happy Giving away free products to consumer customer does not make owner customer happy Only pleasing owner customer by charging higher prices for example, may not be making consumer customer happy By focusing on EMPLOYEE customer, both consumer and owner customers will be happy Commitment Owner customer must be committed to employee customer who will then be committed to both consumer customer and owner customer Organization Understand your consumer customer in order to place the right people within your organization Do not underestimate the talent acquisition process Observe people in action (like a scout for professional sports) Invest on the front-end It is more costly upon exit It is OK to prune out the people who do not fit with your company culture Hire the right people – protect your culture Continually stay engaged with your employee customer Example – Derek Jeter embracing every new player on the team, mentoring, welcoming, etc. Keeps the team growing for the benefit of the customers CALL TO ACTION (25:44) Take the free 7-day Email Course “No More Crappy People” patrickantrim.com/crappy Attend a live event: legendarysummit.com Send your questions, concerns, experiences to contact@patrickantrim.com *Take the free 7-day Email Course! patrickantrim.com/crappy #BeLegendary The post The Three Customer Rule : Entrepreneurs, Leaders and Business Owners Rule for More Sales and Business Success appeared first on Patrick Antrim.

Patrick Antrim discusses the key strategies used by him personally and also by the top business investors in the world. Antrim highlights the monumental shifts that can be made in order to yield the highest results for you and your business. SEGMENT 1 (1:13) The most critical aspect of leadership Leadership begins at home Yield high results for the people you’re influencing in your life SEGMENT 2 (2:08) Abundance lifestyle / throwing money at problems Stifled leadership Up your game and become MORE as a leader to get the results you desire SEGMENT 3 (3:00) Apprentice to one of the world’s richest people, the Hon. George Argyrous World Series, Super Bowl Sunday type of focus and dedication How does one have this kind of focus without sacrificing life? SEGMENT 4 (5:11) First Strategy: i590 I = Individual 5 = 5:00am 90 = 90 minutes of concentrated focus Focus on 3 banner goals that could change your life Discipline No phone, no emails Stretch, do some sort of physical fitness Invest in Yourself You will leak the good energy to those around you End your day with inspiration SEGMENT 5 (11:19) Second Strategy: i240 I = Individual 240 = 240 seconds, or 4 minutes, of being curious about somebody other than yourself Empower those around you, just by expressing curiosity and care Opportunity to set people in motion; get them to rise to a new level because they want to for themselves Creates more for you and your business CALL TO ACTION (14:00) Try i590 for 5 days Reach out to @patrickantrim on any/all social media channels #i590 Send your questions to contact@patrickantrim.com NEXT SHOW TEASER (14:45) 3 Customer Rule *Take the free 7-day Email Course!  No More Crappy People #BeLegendary The post Leadership Begins at Home : Leadership Success at Home and Work appeared first on Patrick Antrim.

The core of this show will drive home to entrepreneurs, business owners, aspiring leaders, CEO’s, and corporate leaders about what it takes to drive bottom line results with people. Let’s face it…Strong financial results and a great customer experience are outcomes of what your teams create. Now, most leaders will focus on trying to grow their business with more sales or create a great customer experience, but what I’m here to tell you is that these are outcomes. Simply outcomes to what your company becomes. So if you are the CEO and can implement leadership and success strategies with your internal teams, great! If you are a middle manager and your boss or division leaders haven’t fully subscribed to developing the soft skills in business….then this show will help you too. As for me, I believe that all businesses are nothing more than a collection of people. From time to time, you will hear me make some baseball analogies. Not only do I think baseball is the greatest simulation of life, but many times I’ve been successful shifting the mindset of business leaders when we compare investment in our business to those of championship sports teams. As we define a business as a collection of people, I also like to define the three customers all businesses have. Now when I am asked to work with a client, the first thing I ask the CEO is about their customers. I am always so impressed with their understanding of the perspective and data surrounding the people that buy products and services. What always surprises me is when I follow up that question with….tell me about your teams. There are a good amount of leaders that truly understand their people. But mostly the leaders of an organization don’t look at their employees as customers. Further they don’t look at their owners or investors as customers. The fact is, all businesses have 3 customers. Shareholders, employees, and retail customers who actually buy stuff. Now throughout this show we will dive into the details of how to drive great customer service and strong shareholder returns by understanding the employee customer. In today’s competitive environment, this is the only way to distinguish your brand from the rest. And, it’s what most people will miss as they chase their tails with out-of-balance strategies only designed to drive more income or a customer experience. It’s not this or that. I believe you can have it all. What they will miss every time is the focus on the people that can actually make that happen. You see, if we try and please only the customer that buys from us, we neglect our owners and shareholders by giving away free trials, concessions, and allow people to become delinquent when paying us. If we only try and please our owners and shareholders, well then our customers will be dissatisfied with tight contract terms, price increases and other corporate policies that only focus on maximizing profit. Now the companies that will win with the future of work are those that drive high performance with their employee customers as a result, allowing the paying customer to experience great service which ultimately drives more revenue for the owners and shareholders. This is the Inner Game of Business and I look forward to diving in deep preparing leaders for the future of work. So who is Patrick Antrim and why am I doing this show? Well, I’m a speaker, author, entrepreneur, and retired professional athlete with the New York Yankees. Most of the results I have created in business comes from my ability to leverage the same business building strategies championship sports teams use in building winning cultures and traditions. I will be talking more about these stories and how they apply to winning in business. In fact, we might even get out some of the journals I wrote while traveling across the country in the team bus. I’ve always enjoyed making an impact with people ever since I retired with the Yankees. I think I was able to see the power of influence and my ability to connect with people in both small and large audiences. It wasn’t always this way. When I was 7 years old, I was electrocuted and experienced severe facial scars on and around my mouth. Since then, I have had two surgeries that have corrected the scars. Before the surgery, I was bullied as a young student and school was not fun. I had little confidence. I would skip school anytime I could. This is when I first learned to sell. When my parents signed me up for little league baseball it was then that I learned that people like to win. I became pretty good and our 12 year old team made it to the finals on our path to the Little League World Series. We lost to Mexicali who lost in the final game to Seoul, South Korea. In spite of coming so close, I discovered confidence through performance. Baseball had then become my identity. My parents moved me to South Orange County, California for the purpose of competitive baseball. I made the freshman team and absolutely loved my coach. However, as sometimes happens with teenagers, I got a car and a girlfriend and this became my new interest. I slipped in baseball, my grades slid and I didn’t make Varsity until my senior year. I felt left behind. My high school coach was tough. He was a great coach but lacked the communication style to get me motivated. This was the first time baseball became un-fun. He called me the “worst shortstop ever” after making a physical error in a tournament in Florida. I called my dad and he encouraged me to not quit. I gave up on baseball at this point and finished the year without college scholarships and a dream to play at the next level. Again, I felt left behind as my other teammates were placed at Division 1 programs. I took a year off from baseball and hit the gym. I didn’t want to be called skinny anymore. I enrolled in Junior College and it felt like a fresh start with a new focus on business and communications. After some time, though, I began to miss baseball I tried out for the Junior College baseball team and made the cut. Stronger and faster and with new coaching, my confidence grew exponentially. My coach offered me the opportunity to switch hit, which means that I would hit left handed and right handed. This new challenge renewed my love of the game and I had to break down my swing to learn from the start. It was like starting from scratch, only at the college level. My first plate appearance as a left hander, I hit a homerun and from that point on I felt confident as a switch hitter. I set and still hold individual records at my alma mater. At this point, I was receiving offers from schools I had only dreamed of attending. More than 15 Division 1 schools were calling to recruit me along with a dozen other Major League Baseball teams. My confidence was growing and I was steadily building momentum. Two weeks before the Major League Draft, a Yankees scout visited our home and talked to me about the Yankees future. They mentioned a skinny guy named Derek Jeter as their only prospect for shortstop. My scout interviewed me to get an idea about my goals. In June of that year, the New York Yankees selected me in the Major League Draft as a shortstop. I played 3 seasons with the Yankees and retired in 1997. My agent received a call and the Yankees wanted me back. I returned to Spring Training in 1998 and after that, confirmed to myself baseball was not a lifestyle I could, or wanted to, sustain. I wanted to be a family man and to be known as more than an athlete. I became the Apprentice to one of the world’s richest Americans, the Honorable George Argyros. Argyros was the former Owner of the Seattle Mariners Baseball Team and later the United States Ambassador to Spain. I fast tracked my success leveraging the same business building strategies the Yankees used to build legendary teams and culture. I am now applying these strategies to business. Now, my friends and family thought I was crazy retiring from the Yankees to work as an apprentice. I worked directly with Argyros for 18 months and then began to learn the real estate business from the ground up. Already having a grand vision of what it’s like to run multiple organizations from 30,000 feet, I begin at the bottom scraping curbs at apartment communities and collecting coins in laundry rooms. I fast tracked to executive roles and then was asked to lead other successful organizations. I experienced the peak of success ultimately managing for America’s most influential investors including John Saunders – International Coin Dealer, former Assistant Treasurer of American Express Bank, and one of Bank of America’s single largest borrowers. Also, the Honorable George Argyros – Forbes Billionaire and #731 on the world’s richest men (according to Forbes). Then, I became a single father overnight. Everything shifted and life became a struggle. I had no plans for this. I burned through resources and began to feel unbalanced at work. I reflected on my values and grew closer in my walk with the Lord. As a full-time father, I decided to become an entrepreneur to create a lifestyle that supported my family goals. I succeeded out the gate, however fell hard and fast three months later when the financial crisis hit in 2008. 2008 turned out not to be a good time to start a business. I was growing but struggling all at the same time. I became more as a leader, understood what success really meant as my life became more simple. Not afraid to go to zero, I risked all of my financial success to pursue my purpose. I had lost everything but myself. I was now involved with my boys in ways never possible before. I found myself doubting the sacrifice as the market was not responding to me. I started to feel unsuccessful without the high income. I had always solved my problems with money and now I needed to become more. Looking back, this was the best gift I could ever have received. I built my speaking and leadership platform over the next 3 years. I invested in myself, connected with mentors, began speaking, developed curriculum, and began to write books. I connected with another amazing high profile entrepreneur and began to improve his business. I was motivated and inspired daily to become more and implement more leadership strategies. I moved to Scottsdale, Arizona and fell in love with the energy. This is where I am currently working and thriving because I am fortunate enough to have the opportunity to surround myself with other leaders on a daily basis that are achieving high levels of success. So here’s the deal. I’m just like you. I like to feel good and win. I also have fears that need constant overcoming. I write, speak, and add value in the areas I often need the most support myself. It helps me become more when I teach. Because I am an expert, that’s only possible because I have to be a student first. Even though I struggled in school early, this insecurity has actually driven me to be a constant student for life. This allows me to share what I know with my community. I love people. I consider myself a developer. I enjoy building apartment communities and looking at the dirt lot and creating a community where families would later celebrate birthdays and holidays together. I love to see things grow. If that’s a business unit or a person. I work really hard and bring my best to everything I do. I believe that behind every success and failure is a person. So the better we understand ourselves, the better we are able to drive high performance outcomes. I approach my life like baseball and believe the game is a great simulation of life. The post The Inner Game of Business : Show Introduction appeared first on Patrick Antrim.