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The Courageous Podcast with Ryan Berman

Ryan Berman talks to thought leaders from around the globe in business, sports and entertainment to uncover what it means to be courageous in today's world.
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Episodes

The Courageous Podcast Episode #14: Jaelin Kauf (US Ski and Snowboarding)

00:01:57 - The biggest stage - The Olympics 00:03:00 - Growing up with a goal of competing at the highest level 00:03:57 - A family of skiers 00:04:45 - Watched my parents compete in the X Games 00:05:59 - Always competing in some sort of ski event 00:06:51 - Speed, turns and air...and you have to perfect all three 00:07:20 - Being in the moment 00:08:00 - Train all year for thirty seconds 00:10:31 - At home workouts 00:12:00 - Training during summer time 00:13:32 - Focused on what I can do vers...

Oct 01, 202039 minEp. 14

The Courageous Podcast Episode #13: Steve Wilhite (Former Apple Executive)

2:07 - Background on Steve 4:39 - Steve on his journey 5:25 - Brands with deep values that had the power to connect with people emotionally 7:26 - Absolute directionaless, needy, potential employee...up to my eyeballs in student debt 8:03 - Started at Lincoln Mercury division of Ford Motor Company 10:06 - The first time that I voluntarily left a job for unemployment 11:01 - The opportunities I was getting were not consistent with my expectations 14:57 - Didn't have a high level of enthusiasm or ...

Sep 24, 202052 minEp. 13

The Courageous Podcast Episode #12: Brandon Lloyd (Former Pro Bowl NFL Player)

06:36 - What Brandon is up to these days 08:00 - Transitioning teams 08:27 - Similarities between sports teams and corporate teams 09:39 - What Brandon misses about the NFL - the physicality, being the best, and preparation 09:45 - Vigorous exercise has been an outlet to prepare for my day and knock the edge off 10:46 - The last of 7 kids in the Lloyd family 12:16 - Grew up around a lot of loving people that were supportive 12:47 - Parents held me accountable 13:40 - A smart man learns from his ...

Sep 17, 202056 minEp. 12

The Courageous Podcast Episode #11: Jeff Boss (Navy SEAL)

3:22 - A battle that everyone fights within 5:08 - Wanted to jump out of planes and blow stuff up 5:22 - If I'm going to do it I wanted to be the best at it, and the SEALS are the best 6:17 - Had a laser focus 5-6 days a week for three years 7:30 - On BUDS...incredibly difficult physically, mentally, emotional.. but also the best time... 10:03 - Soul crushing and devastated to get rolled back...didn't know what I was going to do 11:04 - How much I learned about myself in that state of anguish, s...

Sep 10, 202040 minEp. 11

The Courageous Podcast Episode #10: Scott Harrison (CEO of charity: water)

3:01 - A Pandemic Pivot: Moving to PA 6:24 - Radical Life Change On the Horizon 9:40 - Scott shares the upside down (life-changing) world of Liberia 12:20 - Walking Away From a Life Full of Vice 14:04 - Scott shares what he saw in Liberia 15:32 - A Challenge Was Posed to Scott 16:59 - "In the beginning, I had no idea what I was doing..." 18:20 - Scott shares how he threw a party to jumpstart his first Uganda wells 18:40 - Showing people where their money had gone 20:12 - "There was no business p...

Sep 02, 202052 minEp. 10

The Courageous Podcast Episode #9: Katie Babineau (Global Head of Marketing at Snap Inc)

2:35 - Getting The Band Back Together For One Podcast 5:00 - Describing her versatile roles to today 5:22 - Driven by curiosity and challenge 7:20 - Katie's Objective: Work on Global brands from San Diego 8:17 - Relationships matter 9:32 - Katie explains her time at GoPro 11:06 -Katie's "up and down" relationship with San Diego 13:57- Making the jump to Snap 15:20 - Snap: a leader in vertical content 17:06 - Gen Z on Snap -- especially during Covid 18:29- Katie shares that Snap is driven by thei...

Aug 27, 202043 minEp. 9

The Courageous Podcast Episode #8: Brain Sherpa Dr. Nicholas Alp

2:31 - Initial conversations about courage and evolution 4:30 - What's going on upstairs 5:06 - Nick's background 7:15 - Interest in mental health, human interaction, along with verbal and non-verbal communication 7:53 - Common human needs and desires that drive us 8:59 - To understand yourself you have to understand your mind 8:46 - apply a skill set to the goal set, but what about the mind set? 9:50 - Brains only do two things - receive and process information and then they make judgement's 10...

Aug 20, 202054 minEp. 8

The Courageous Podcast Episode #7: Michael Stahl (Servpro, CMO)

Show Notes: 4:39 - ServPro's Time to shine (during Quarantine) 5:32 On the front line cleaning up the crisis 7:19Getting Calls To Clean Up Covid 8:07 The Courage to Suggest a Pivot (6 weeks into his new job) 8:35 We Serve Up A Different Title For ServPro's CMO 9:27 Launching "Certified ServPro Clean" 10:29 With Covid, it isn't about what you can see; it's what you can't see 11:34 Attacking Covid with The 3Cs 12:30 The difference betwen 1) the emergency clean, 2) the proactive "reduce the spread ...

Aug 13, 202045 minEp. 7

The Courageous Podcast Episode #6: Tony Hsieh

Courageous Podcast w/ Tony Hsieh The intentional Tony Hsieh is the CEO of Zappos, a serial entrepreneur and the author of NY Times Best-Selling book Delivering Happiness. He also continues to push the envelope on creating intentional environments that inspire his teams while maximizing the potential of the Zappos workforce. In this episode of the Courageous Podcast, we time machine back to a time before Covid for an “in person” podcast recorded live at one of Tony’s latest new projects: Ferguson...

Aug 06, 202055 minEp. 6

The Courageous Podcast Episode #5: Emily Wolfe (Rockstar) - Finding courage on the path to sobriety, a live performance, getting emotion out of your instrument, inspiration, and finding creativity.

Show Notes: 2:34 - Emily Wolfe: "a frickin" rock star signed by Gibson 3:46 - When Did Emily Start Playing? 4:07 - Emily Define's Her Sound As A Threesome Between... 5:39 - Her 1st time playing Live: "Drummer's For Jesus" 8:50 - The Pain of Not Playing Live During A Pandemic 11:07 - Teenage Angst" Inspired Her To Write Her Own Music 13:17 - Emily Talks About The Twists of Her "Journeys" 15:07 - "Every Day is a Stepping Stone" 16:00 - There's No Easy Path 17:00 - "It's pretty mind blowing that I'...

Jul 30, 202044 minEp. 5

The Courageous Podcast Episode #4: Dhani Jones - Entertainer, NFL Player, philanthropist, businessman.

Show Notes: 3:10 How many Dhani’s do you know? 6:48 Dhani & Berman meeting in the mean streets of Potomac, MD 8:26 Did Dhani’s dad really do that in high-school? 11:12 Dhani talks about the 3 influence football had on him 13:49 Dhani’s gifted genes - his mom + his dad 14:47 Dhani convinces Michigan to give him a scholarship 18:43 Dhani loves THE University of Michigan 19:52 Showing up + doing the work 21:27 Having people in your corner 23:34 Drafted in the sixth round with Tom Brady 23:57 Ah...

Jul 21, 202047 minEp. 4

The Courageous Podcast Episode #3:  Landon Donovan: US Men’s National Team Soccer Legend, Manager of USL’s San Diego Loyal, Husband, Father of 3.

Show Notes: 1:27 - Landon’s tale of the tape 2:53 Landon’s life on Quarantine Standard Time 3:45 Landon’s “Selfless Phase” 6:26 Landon growing up 8:41 How Landon ranks in other sports 9:56 Landon’s rise from nowhere 12:24 U.S. scouting: bleak back in the day 12:59 Getting deep 13:59 Identity tied up in soccer 15:15 The hardships of Germany 16:15 Landon copes with the 2006 World Cup 18:25 How Landon stayed motivated 19:37 Landon’s key to coaching 21:12 What leaders can do better 22:46 Landon shar...

Jul 14, 202042 minEp. 3

The Courageous Podcast Episode #2: Bracken Darrell (Logitech, CEO) - Staying hungry, Constant Experimentation, Business Haikus, Leading Courageously and The Inner rebel.

Show Notes: 3:26 - Background of Bracken and growing up in Kentucky 5:00 - Where Bracken’s drive came from 6:30 - Transition from sports to leadership 7:14 - How consuming content can help with analogies in business 8:30 - Setting goals early to achieve success 10:00 - Why reporting doesn’t matter if you use influence 11:40 - Communicating is the key to developing trust 14:08 - How and why Bracken decided to fire himself 17:13 - Staying hungry 19:15 - Negative blessing 19:55 - Business Haiku’s 2...

Jul 07, 202042 minEp. 2

The Courageous Podcast #1: Loretta Hidalgo Whitesides - Space travel, facing fear, and how to manage your thoughts.

7:00 - How Loretta became interested in space and becoming an astronaut 9:47 - Loretta's definition of courage 15:48 - Managing your thoughts 17:16 - Setting a vision and mission for yourself 21:41 - Earth as a living system and how we can all work together as a superorganism 23:26 - Emotional sobriety - journaling, meditation and getting outside 25:44 - Using prompts for stream of consciousness journaling 30:57 - Lessons to be learned from the pandemic 33:55 - How the space community thinks abo...

Jun 23, 202049 minEp. 1
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