Ep #13 | Herb Larsen | On Grit & Sacrifice

Herb Larsen on Grit & Sacrifice. Brought to you by The Girl Dad Show with Young Han.

Herb A. Larsen is a totally blessed husband of 43 years to Carolyn Endow Larsen and the father of 3 sons, 2 grandsons, and one precious granddaughter. His incredible boys (Sean 41, Seiji 33, and Seth 30) are all college graduates and musicians, following the music and influences of their mom and dad. Herb is from a family of 11, all raised in Southeastern Idaho and graduated in Engineering in 1977 from Idaho State  University. After spending 44 years in sales engineering & upper management roles in the Building Construction Products Industry, Herb retired in late 2021 to pursue his many hobbies and interests. An avid guitar player and collector, he has been involved in contemporary Christian Worship music for nearly 50 years. His many other interests include golf, global travel, gardening, woodworking, winemaking, and restoring old 1930's and 40's phonographs and radios. Herb's wife, kids, and grandkids are the joy of his life and they look forward to more travel freedom to spend quality time with them.

Young & Herb dive deep into topics like exciting adventures as a new retiree, a willingness to take risks, why Herb moved around so much, how growing up in a family of 11 shaped his life, how to balance teaching kids work ethic vs giving them what they want, on the value of a college degree today, career sacrifices needed to ensure kids' success, and the affordability of having kids now and back then.

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