Stage Four 2 On Stage: The Podcast with Dylan Slattery

Not everyone's life is in "stage four," in fact the majority of the people that today's guest works with are some of the top performers in their respective industry, but we all have areas where we strive to be more.

Jordan Montgomery, owner of Montgomery Companies, is a highly regarded performance coach and keynote speaker whose clients include business executives, sales organizations, and entrepreneurs.

In episode seven, Jordan absolutely blew me away with his keys to crafting a long term vision and how to leverage that vision against our own tendency to take the path of least resistance.

We uncover the power of asking good questions.  Not only to others, but of ourselves as well as the importance of owning your story and the other characters in it.  In fact, the key to success as Jordan will shed light on is to make your story about helping and impacting as many others as possible.

With humility, focus, and doing what brings you energy, you will remove the limits that have been placed on you over time and unleash YOUR GIFT to the the world!

Check out his event that will feature Ben Newman In Iowa City, Iowa on December 6th! HERE!!!

Follow Jordan!

https://www.montgomerycompanies.com/

On Facebook:  @montgomerycompanies

Instagram: @jordanmmontgomery

jordan@montgomerycompanies.com

Check out what Jordan is reading!

The Go-Giver By Bob Burg and John David Mann

The Dream Manager By Matthew Kelly

The New American Bible

The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck By Mark Manson

Love is the Killer App By Tim Sanders

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Big thanks as always goes out to Michael McClean for the music featured in the podcast as well as Josh Goerdt for the logo Design!

Meet the man who has recently been voted one of the top 8 most inspirational people of all time.

With only one functioning lung, a prognosis of fourteen days to live, and being in a medically-induced coma for a year, Sean Swarner is the first cancer survivor to stand on top of the world… Mt. Everest.

Sean was diagnosed with two deadly, different, and unrelated forms of cancer, once at the age of thirteen and again at the age of sixteen. After an incredibly poor prognosis, and being read his last rites, Sean astounded the medical community when he survived both these brutal diseases. He realized that after defeating cancer twice, no challenge would ever be too great, no peak too high.

Sean proved his theory when he crested the peak of Mt. Everest. As the first cancer survivor to do so, Sean decided to continue climbing and has since topped the highest peaks in Africa, Europe, South America, Australia, Antarctica, and North America, thus completing the “7-Summits”. Upon skiing to both the South and the North Poles, Sean completed the Explorer’s Grand Slam.

With the completion of the Ironman World Championship in Hawaii, Sean is the only person in history to accomplish these feats. 

Discover how Sean is continuing to inspire through

http://seanswarner.com/

@seanswarner

Check out his FREE PROGRAM: The Next Seven Days.

Designed to help cancer survivors take the next step in rising above any challenge, overcoming fear, developing a flow, creating focus, and learning new skills

www.thenext7days.com/

In this episode, Sean share's his keys to a successful mindset.

As well as:

• How he used visualization and the mind-body connection to help defeat cancer.  TWICE!
• How to stop asking the question "Why Me?"
• The importance of developing core values
• Recognizing triggers and internal dialogue
• The importance of having a team, to push you and pull you up, as well as reaching back to help others once you've reached the top

Sean teaches me a thing or two about Superman, including the meaning of the S on his chest.  It’s not as obvious as you would think!

It probably explains why his favorite book right now is The Anatomy of a Superhero

Mindfulness, meditation, and yoga are becoming increasingly popular, but it may not be obvious why.  Matthew Repplinger is the founder of Pro Positive Yoga, an author, and a General Manager of the Denver Browns baseball team.  In this episode, we uncover his journey from alcoholism to discovering his love of yoga and how he was able to combine that love with his passion for the game of baseball.  Through a conversation with his father, he was able to be completely honest with himself about where he was at. From the moment he committed to sobriety, his world became a world of opportunity, rather than a series of unfortunate events.  

A typical ride on his apartment elevator crossed his paths with Yoga Danny and would forever alter Matthew’s path.  After one of his favorite baseball players, Ryan Freel, committed suicide, he committed to combining his two loves of yoga and baseball to help make the world a better place.  Matthew now consults over a third of Major League Baseball in practicing yoga, and has played an integral role in bringing the popular Yoga Day to Major League Baseball fields across the country.

Pro Positive Yoga believes that a regular yoga practice is beneficial in ways which simultaneously impact core muscle strength and mental focus. Many athletes struggle with a loss of identity at the end of their athletic career. It is common and not just at the professional level... even more so at the amateur and collegiate levels. It’s understandable former athletes will often feel unfulfilled when they don't advance to the next level. Yoga enacts a connection between the mind and the body, it's proven that it creates a greater sense of wellbeing.

You will discover some tips to starting out practicing yoga and meditation along with some powerful methods to help you detach traumatic or defining events from your identity.  We also unwrap the power of visualization and the importance of intention and mindful breathing.

Tune in to see why Matthew finds these books interesting and where he gets his inspiration from today.

Follow Matthew Repplinger:

www.matthewrepplinger.com/

Twitter @mlbyogaguru

Facebook @propostiveyoga

                @denverbrowns

The Way of the Superior Man:  A Spiritual Guide to Mastering the Challenges of Women, Work, and Sexual Desire  By: David Deida

Way of the Peaceful Warrior:  A Book that Changes Lives By:  Dan Millman

Imagine being 11 years old when your entire world is turned upside down.  One million people dead in three months. People all around you are being killed and you have to protect yourself,  your friends, and your family while living in a war zone during the Rwandan War and Genocide. One third of your family is wiped out by rebels who invaded the country.

This is the story of Juste Mukiza.

In this episode you will discover:

The Power of Prayer and the role it played in helping him keep the faith and stay strong, eventually leading him and his family the Hotel Rwanda that was featured in the Hollywood Film.

What life was like in the hotel and how he was able to escape the city and flee to Congo and then eventually Kenya.

How his family was finally able to make it to the United States.

You will see how people cope with adverse situations.  The negative impact of alcohol when you are more susceptible to depressive thoughts.

Together, we unlock:

• The power of working on yourself.
• The healing aspect of writing and self-reflection.
• The benefit of fitness and nutrition on mental health
• Living in alignment is key to avoiding depression.
• Creating a vision to manifest your future.

"You don’t get over a pain, you learn how to walk with it and it gets lighter and lighter.  You get stronger to be able to carry it."

Thoughts for the week:

1. Which of the three areas Juste talked about do you need the most work?  Prayer, fitness or nutrition? I can attest that much like Juste, when I falter in any of these three areas, my life seems like a struggle.

2. What ACTION or habit, can you start creating in your life TODAY to make sure you don’t get off track?

3. The power of working on oneself is crucial.  Do you meditate and self reflect? Create a vision and manifest your future.

~~~ "Be healthy, dance to life, eat good food" ~~~

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@joostcamp

@dylan_stagefour2onstage

Big thanks go out to Michael McClean for the Music used in the podcast and Joshua Goerdt for designing my logo!

Dave Boekholder is currently the President as well as co-founder of the Someday Foundation and has been since its inception in 2007. Dave has been in the sales profession since 1991 and currently serves as Vice President of Sales for Spireon, the largest provider of telematic solutions in the M2M space. 

Dave is driven by the fact that so many in our communities are impacted with hardships, but so many more are willing to step up and help others in their time of need. A simple donation to participating in our events is what makes the Someday Foundation great.

Dave and his wife Amy have 3 sons and resides in Dyersville, IA, where they all play an active role in supporting the Someday Foundation’s efforts. In his spare time Dave can be found supporting his children’s sporting events or in Iowa City cheering on the Hawkeyes.

In this episode, you will discover what The Someday Foundation is and where Dave's inspiration for the Someday Foundation came from as well as the grassroots effort it took to grow this non-profit over the last sixteen years into what it is today.

We will uncover what goes into creating a tight knit community and how that may be the key to helping solve the depression and suicide epidemic in the United States.

Find out how you can help make Someone's Someday, Today at:

The Someday Foundation website

Want to read what Dave is reading?

Extreme Ownership:  How U.S. Navy Seals Lead and Win by Jocko Willink

The Slight Edge by Jeff Olson

The Difference:  When Good Isn't Good Enough by Subir Chowdhury

A teacher, coach, middle school principal, and powerful speaker, Kent Stock is also the man who coached the Norway baseball team during their now-famous final season. As depicted in the 2007 film, The Final Season, the nationally recognized Norway baseball team came together under then first-year head baseball coach Kent Stock to defy the odds and win Norway’s 20th state title in what would become the team’s final season before merging with a bigger, neighboring school district.   Kent authored a book titled, “Heading for Home: My Journey from Little League to Hollywood” outlining his life’s journey and the behind the scenes stories of filming a movie in which he was played by Sean Astin!

Today, Kent shares with us a simple, yet profound question that we can use to ensure we are living out our best life. 

How do you want to be remembered? 

Tune in to hear Kent's story of near college drop-out to middle school volleyball coach all the way to leading the famous Final Season at Norway High School. 

You will change the way you approach each and every interaction you have with other people.

Follow Kent at:

www.kentstock.com

@kentstock

Purchase his book:

Heading for home: My Journey from Little League to Hollywood

https://read.amazon.com/kp/embed?asin=B003TXT5QK&preview=newtab&linkCode=kpe&ref_=cm_sw_r_kb_dp_TWiIBbW1VA14C

Check out the Movie:

The Final Season

https://www.amazon.com/Final-Season-Sean-Astin/dp/B00139MVQS/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1535675562&sr=8-1&keywords=the+final+season

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Thanks to Michael Mcclean for the music in these podcasts!

The Power To Stand.  Something we all take for granted.  Today's guest, had the power to stand taken from him on October 16th, 2010 while playing football for Luther College in Decorah, Iowa.

The odds were against him.  Less than three percent chance of ever moving anything below his neck.

Chris will give you the keys to control your attitude and effort and create your life's purpose.

Tune in to find out how Chris overcame the odds and regained... THE POWER TO STAND

Order The Power of Faith When Tragedy Strikes:  A Father-Son Memoir on Amazon today!

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Share your feedback on the Stage Four 2 On Stage Facebook page, or use the #stagefour2onstage to tag your post with your big takeaway from this episode!

The Documentary on Chris will be coming out early next year!  7 Yards:  The Chris Norton Story

https://7yardsfilm.com/

Follow Chris at:

https://chrisnorton.org/

https://www.facebook.com/chrisanorton16?fref=nf

https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisanorton16/

https://www.instagram.com/chrisanorton16/

Thank you to Michael McClean for the music used in the podcast!

This is a brief episode outlining my story and what future episodes will be like.