Think GREAT Experience

Erik speaks with entrepreneur, speaker, business owner, author of the children’s book, What Does Your Daddy Do? and founder of Iron Warrior Awaken, Joshua Page. Joshua is the owner of three electrical companies and is focused on helping people become the best versions of themselves. Tune in as they discuss unique tactics and strategies to achieve new levels of greatness. Learn more about Joshua, follow him here: www.IronWarriorAwaken.com https://www.facebook.com/joshua.page.921 https://www.facebook.com/ironwarriorawaken https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshua-page-53b005b2/ https://www.tiktok.com/@ironwarriorawaken https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4Y9z2LdIOx_ZaAjB-bdEcQ

Erik speaks with Marine Corps veteran, dynamic speaker, award-winning entrepreneur, international bestselling author, and founder of Warrior Enterprises, Zachary Green, about the importance of fostering a warrior mindset as he shares his lessons learned in the military to help veterans to grow and start a successful business while striving for greatness! www.warriorleader.us

Erik speaks with Academy Award Nominee, film editor, producer, director, and writer, Frederick Marx about his focus on providing a voice for disadvantaged and misunderstood communities, through his production company Warrior Films, which highlights unique stories of greatness! IT'S YOUR WONDERFUL LIFE! Two-minute project teaser: https://warriorfilms.org/its-your-wonderful-life/ More about Frederick: Frederick Marx has lived his life mission as a socially dedicated film artist for 45 years. He is an internationally acclaimed, Oscar and Emmy nominated producer/director. He was named a Chicago Tribune Artist of the Year, a Guggenheim Fellow, and a recipient of a Robert F. Kennedy Special Achievement Award. His film HOOP DREAMS played in hundreds of theatres nationwide after winning the Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival and was the first documentary ever chosen to close the New York Film Festival. It was on over 100 “Ten Best” lists nationwide and was named Best Film of the Year by critics Roger Ebert, Gene Siskel, Gene Shalit, and Ken Turran and by the Chicago Film Critics Association. Ebert also named it Best Film of the Decade. Prestigious awards include: Academy Nomination (Best Editing), Producer’s Guild, Editor’s Guild (ACE), Peabody Awards, the Prix Italia (Europe’s top documentary prize) and The National Society of Film Critics Award. Utne Reader named it one of 150 of humanity’s “essential works,” the Library of Congress recently added it to its prestigious National Film Registry, and the International Documentary Association named it the Best Documentary Ever. HOOP DREAMS ignited Marx’s lifelong passion for the well-being of youth. That led to BOYS TO MEN? (2002) – a snapshot of the dire state of teen boys in the U.S. today. BOYS TO MEN? chronicles one year in the lives of three fifteen year old boys as they struggle to define themselves meaningfully as men. Soon Marx will make his final film on youth – RITES OF PASSAGE: MENTORING THE FUTURE. This documentary is about solutions. It will demonstrate why it’s necessary to initiate and mentor all the world’s youth. It will show audiences how it can be done, provide them with the tools to do it, and inspire them to take up the challenge. VETERANS JOURNEY HOME, a five part series of films, tells the story of the 2.7 million returning US veterans and what it takes for them to successfully transition back into civilian life. Whether officially diagnosed with PTSD or not, most vets carry the psychic scars of “moral injury” and will carry the battle within long after the bullets stop flying. Marx’s films show them healing and transforming. In 1993, Marx received an Emmy nomination for HIGHER GOALS (1992) for Best Daytime Children’s Special. Producer, Director, and Writer for this national PBS Special, Marx directed Tim Meadows of “Saturday Night Live” fame. Accompanied by a curriculum guide, the program was later distributed for free to over 4,200 inner city schools nationwide. His most recent film JOURNEY FROM ZANSKAR (2010) - featuring the Dalai Lama, with narration by Richard Gere - is now in worldwide release. THE UNSPOKEN (1999), Marx’s first feature film, features stellar performances from star Sergei Shnirev of the famed Moscow Art Theatre (Russian voice of Disney’s ALADDIN), and Harry J. Lennix, most known for MATRIX, Spike Lee’s GET ON THE BUS, Tim Robbins’ BOB ROBERTS, and Julie Taymor’s TITUS. A hobbyist songwriter, Marx recorded a number of his songs collectively known as ROLLING STEEL (1991). Marx’s vision for cross-cultural understanding is reflected in PBS’ international human rights program OUT OF THE SILENCE (1991), the widely acclaimed personal essay DREAMS FROM CHINA (1989), and Learning Channel’s SAVING THE SPHINX (1997). He consulted on Iranian-Kurdish director Bahman Ghobadi’s feature TURTLES CAN FLY (2004) and was a teacher of renowned Thai feature filmmaker Apichatpong Weerasethakul.

Erik speaks with Vice President of Norcom Mortgage and board member of The Veteran Ranch, Chris Mitchell, about his focus on going after the things that are most important in your life, overcoming the challenges in front of you, and how important it is to give back to others while striving for greatness. www.theveteransranch.org norcommortgage.com

Erik speaks with the founder of Kind Lips and the Be Kind School Program, Joshua Neumann, about his passion for nourishing lip balm, his focus on becoming the world’s largest lip balm company, and his desire to teach children how to be kind to themselves and others, while striving for greatness!   www.kindlips.com

Erik speaks with Dale Alford, United States Marine Corps Major General, retired, about his 37-year career in the Marines, the need to expand your circle of trust to build teamwork, the power of touching the souls of your people, and the need to build up the leaders around you while striving for greatness!

Erik shares the power of having a plan, a visually empowering leadership tool that provides your business with a destination and your team with a direction that will get them all “Onboard” as you ELEVATE!

Erik speaks with personal trainer, corrective exercise specialist, and co-founder of ZeSa, Cindy Vavra about her passion for health and wellness, her desire to impact people around the world, and her focus on teaching people to achieve physical balance with her patented instability balance training devices while striving for greatness! More about Cindy: Cindy Vavra was born and raised on a Southern Minnesota dairy farm, where she acquired a hard work ethic and learned the importance of daily functional movement. Working for over 30 years in the legal industry, she was also a partner in a large corporate farming business. Leaving both behind to pursue her passion in health and wellness, she moved to Minneapolis and immersed herself in the fitness industry, obtaining certifications as a Personal Trainer, Corrective Exercise Specialist, Performance Enhancement Specialist, group fitness and yoga Instructor, while simultaneously co-founding and helping to create and build ZeSa. ZeSa is a Minneapolis based start-up that’s developed a progressive line of patented instability training devices used for athletic training, fitness, injury prevention and recovery. Cindy recently proudly became a member of the North Carolina Center for Optimization of Military Performance, a new consortium formed for the purpose of unifying, accelerating, and delivering innovations in military health and performance. https://www.zesafitness.com cindy@zesafitness.com https://www.facebook.com/zesafitness  https://www.instagram.com/zesafitness/  https://www.linkedin.com/in/cindy-vavra-zesa/

Erik shares the three levels of communication occurring in your business right now and gives strategies to enhance the effectiveness of communicating and unifying your people with empowering communication.

Erik speaks with NFL Player (Seattle Seahawks), actor, dynamic speaker, coach, and entrepreneur, Dave DesRochers about his desire to help athletes and veterans make transitions into new careers, the power of being purpose-driven decision, and the importance of integrity while striving for greatness!   More about Dave:   Dave DesRochers is a former NFL Football player with the Seattle Seahawks 88-'89 and the Montreal Machine '91 & '92.  He is currently the CEO & Founder of Amployers, Inc and The 1st & Goal Project, Inc. (non-profit) .  He also serves as V.P.  for the NFLPA Orange County Chapter and a keynote speaker.  After football, he spent a couple of years acting in TV shows, commercials, and a couple of movies.  Then he spent 20 successful years in the financial services industry, consistently a top 5% performer for various broker-dealers, #1 & #3 in the country in life insurance sales for American General before opening his own small boutique firm.  During this period, he spent a couple of years as a V.P. for a small regional bank where he converted the #36 ranked branch (of 37) into the #2 overall performing branch in one year.

Erik shares the ability to create an empowering and unifying culture by tapping into the strength of our Business Identity and activating the power of WHO the people we care about! 

Erik shares the concept of The Three Pillars of Business Greatness. Every business wants to be greater but most fail to strengthen the pillars that support their desired levels of greatness.

Erik speaks with Candidate for State Representative, immigrant from a communist-ruled country, and proud American, Gabriela Kroetch about her decision to run for political office, her desire to unify people, and her commitment to make an impact while striving for greatness! More about Gabriela:   Gabriela Kroetch is a mother of two, wife of 19 years to her husband, Josh, and believes in America. As a first-generation immigrant, she strongly feels that it is a privilege to be an American and that it should be cherished each day.   Born and raised in Slovakia, at the end of a four-decade-long communist rule, she, and her family, experienced firsthand, the immense injustices and hardships of this regime. Through it all, her family remained optimistic and hopeful for a better future. Gabriela was raised to be an independent freethinker who exemplifies character, internal fortitude, and integrity. www.GabrielaForMNHouse.com https://www.facebook.com/GabrielaMNHouse https://www.instagram.com/gabrielamnhouse/ https://twitter.com/GabrielaMNHouse

Erik speaks with the president of RLL Marketing Group, Global Business Development Director, entrepreneur, and Speech/Language Pathologist, Robin Lipnack about the power of connecting people, with passion, while striving for greatness!    LinkedIn - linkedin.com/in/robinlipnack   Website - rllmarketinggroup.net   Email - robin@rllmarketinggroup.com

Erik speaks with former professional football player, entrepreneur, speaker, and business owner, Dwayne Wilson about overcoming challenges and the power of having strong character while striving for greatness!   More about Dwayne: Former Professional Athlete-Football, USFL & CFL Teams -Philadelphia Stars, Pittsburgh Maulers, Chicago Blitz & Hamilton Ti-Cats (CFL). Business to Business Development/Public Relations/ Community Relations/Customer Service Delivery/Employee Engagement and Diversity Relations/Forward thinking, experienced professional with an emphasis on networking and relationship building.  Dynamic, talented and driven business professional with a multi-faceted background and experiences in numerous industries that include: professional athletics, collective bargaining and labor relations within professional sports, event planning/ management, personnel management and relations, financial accounts receivable collections management and academic athletic coaching.  Strong record of developing and implementing innovative strategies in personnel management that resulted in increased sales. Proven ability is to manage the development of various departmental programs, while building a winning team. This same ability is matched in other areas of business that involve close attention to budgets, time frames and quality specifications.  Well-honed presentation and negotiation skills as well as extensive successful networking experience in various industries and disciplines.   https://www.linkedin.com/in/dwayne-wilson-163973b/

Erik speaks with author, speaker, consultant, and executive leader in the cruise and travel industry, David Giersdorf about navigating your business and life through “Hard Ships,” while striving for greatness! More about David: David A. Giersdorf is an innovative entrepreneur with extensive C-suite experience as a former senior executive in the global cruise, travel, and marketing services industry, including directing a $1B+ Brand Portfolio and serving as CEO of several iconic cruise lines, travel, and marketing services companies. David is the Founder of Global Voyages Group which helps Owners, Boards, CEOs, and Leadership Teams of diverse companies and organizations on topics ranging from Navigating Disruption and Recovery, Growth, Innovation, Performance, and Mergers & Acquisitions. He greatly enjoys helping companies and their teams envision the opportunities and challenges of the near and further future, innovate continuously, and create sustainable value for all stakeholders. David is a former Chairman of Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) and numerous other industry and civic organizations. Giersdorf attended the University of Washington and completed a Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management Program in Entrepreneurship. David is also the author of Hard Ships: Navigating Your Company, Career, and Life through the Fog of Disruption, which details his four decades of experience navigating brutal disruptions to achieve innovation and growth. David greatly enjoys helping companies and their teams envision the opportunities and challenges of the near and further future, innovate continuously, and create sustainable value for all stakeholders. Companies, clients, and close friends know David for disrupting disruption. When disruption is upon you, there is what happens around you, how it affects you, and what you are going to do about it. Do the opposite of nothing, David advises. https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidgiersdorf/ globalvoyagesgroup.com and davidgiersdorf.com

Erik speaks with former NFL player, Marques Ogden about the importance of being part of a team, how to navigate through challenging transitions, and the need to stay in control of your mindset while striving for greatness! More about Marques: In 2003, Marques Ogden was drafted into the NFL as an offensive lineman. After five years of playing in the league, he decided to retire and pursue a career in construction and contracting. At the age of 27, Marques founded a construction company called Kayden Premier Enterprises. The company had fast growth in 2010, but eventually, his business went bankrupt, losing almost 2 million dollars on one project in a matter of 90 days. During his darkest hours, he pulled himself together and got a part-time job as a custodian. With hard work and determination, he is now an inspirational keynote speaker, executive coach, best-selling author, podcast co-host and marketing leader, helping to build the success of others. https://marquesogden.com/

Erik speaks with super-star real estate leaders, Viet Le and Jennifer Giovinazzo about never giving up, the importance of true teamwork, and the need to build friendships while striving for greatness! https://www.pinnacleteamus.com/

Erik speaks with the owner of Red Cow/Red Rabbit restaurants, Luke Shimp, about the importance of having the drive to win, overcoming immense challenges, and the need to stay true to your vision while driving for greatness! https://redcowmn.com/ https://www.redrabbitmn.com/

Erik speaks with cancer survivors Jon and Judy Shewell about the importance of faith when dealing with significant health challenges, the role of a caregiver, and the need to find purpose in all circumstances while striving for greatness! More about Jon & Judy: Jon and Judy live in Chandler, Arizona. They have 4 children and 9 grandchildren. graceandfire7@gmail.com FaceBook.com/Gracefireglory