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It’s typical in January to kick off with budget planning, investor meetings and strategy sessions, but have you considered starting with a clear mind? Getting outdoors not only helps you work toward clarity, but ensures we don't have the distractions that often clouds our vision and decision making. It may seem like you don't have time, but if you get outside, you'll find that the answers you were looking for, were with you all along, you just needed the clarity to see them. Joseph also shares an update on a rebrand and new endeavor called Wyld Whisper.  This next chapter is aimed to help the explorer and adventurer in all of us thrive and ground us when we spend too much time behind the computer screen. Adventure awaits all of us and the Wyld Whisper Team is ready to serve as your guide on this journey. Need Some Adventure, check out Joseph and the Team at  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.wyldwhisper.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow @WyldWhisper (Instagram) Follow www.youtube.com/@JosephCabreraExplore LinkedIn: WyldWhisper

Lamarque Polvado, Founder, CEO of CareStarter and Feedback says that flying and being an entrepreneur have a lot in common. From afar it looks exciting and fun, but when it's your turn to jump in the cockpit solo, things become serious. Lamarque started CareStater out of a need to help his daughter find the special care she needed... but no info or compassion were to be found. He could not believe that parents were left to themselves to figure out how to navigate the intricate healthcare programs to help a child and that there was nowhere to go to find that info. CareStarter was no easy endeavor and Lamarque shares that the sign of any great entrepreneur is finding meaningful problems and doing it for the right reasons. Through the ups and downs of building CareStarter, Lamarque found a great Team (Feedback) doing work that every Leader should care about which is understanding People dynamics and truly understanding what's going on in our organizations. Surveys and 360 evals are ineffective- It's the unprovoked conversations, identifying signals and caring for People that helps you arrive at the real data. Feedback made such an impression, that he decided to acquire them and bring them into the larger family. Lamarque and the Team continue to help families find the care they need in the time they need it, while also shining a light on the importance of understanding human behavior and getting ahead of potentially catastrophic situations (i.e. nurse strikes). Healthcare and understanding humans are still a long way from being perfect, but it's not going to just take care of itself- It requires Good People to step up, endure the pain and find solutions for a better world. Learn more about CareStarter and Feedback: carestarter.co and discoverfeedback.com Need Some Adventure, check out Joseph and the Team at  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.wyldwhisper.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow @WyldWhisper (Instagram) Follow www.youtube.com/@JosephCabreraExplore LinkedIn: WyldWhisper

Team, That's A Wrap. 2023 is on its way out and we are ready to bring in the next year. In this episode, Joseph covers some nuggets of wisdom from guest this past year. These are simple reminders to keep pushing, stay humble and recognize you're not alone. Happy New Year, Here's To Momentum in 2024. Need Some Adventure, check out Joseph and the Team at  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.wyldwhisper.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow @WyldWhisper (Instagram) Follow www.youtube.com/@JosephCabreraExplore LinkedIn: WyldWhisper

It's easy to want to live in comfort, heck, it's even human nature. However, it is the times that we endure something really hard that sets the cadence for our future. We often believe it's our planning, setting objectives and reflecting on failure that gives us the tools to be successful the next year, but we underestimate the power of a "Sucky" Reference Point. What allows us to find creative solutions, drive through the pain and show up calm in a storm is our ability to ground ourselves in moments that have callused us. The toughening of our mind, body and spirit is the special sauce to peace and success, not metrics we organize. Need Some Adventure, check out Joseph and the Team at  ⁠⁠⁠⁠www.wyldwhisper.com⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow @WyldWhisper (Instagram) Follow www.youtube.com/@JosephCabreraExplore LinkedIn: WyldWhisper

Before you can build a great Team, you have to start with yourself. Building an environment where your Team has permission to hold you accountable, may seem uncomfortable, but this is the only way to forge a culture that can stand the test of business. Nathan Baumeister, co-founder and CEO of ZSuite Tech, shares that once you find the right folks, they'll create an atmosphere that self-polices- That way when you bring on new Teammates, there will be no guessing on what's right or wrong. Culture is #1 and without it, you've got nothing. Check out the full convo on Episode 21 w/ Nathan Baumeister, CEO & Co-Founder of ZSuite Tech. Need to find a sense of Adventure, check out Joseph and the Team at  ⁠⁠⁠www.wyldwhisper.com⁠⁠⁠ Follow @WyldWhisper (Instagram) Follow www.youtube.com/@JosephCabreraExplore LinkedIn: WyldWhisper

Jason McCann, CEO of Vari, had a rally call during COVID that galvanized the Team and help them pivot- "Keep Rowing". Despite their initial plans to take the market by storm and transform the workplace, COVID required them to think very differently about their offering. Jason shares something a friend of his said to him once as they were going through the H1N1 situation, "We just have to keep rowing until the wind catches our sails". This simple statement rang true and served as a way to rally around the situation and push through it. Jason also shares that figuring out how to survive a pandemic is only good, if you share it. Where most would keep competitive learnings to themselves, Jason believes that true Service is also helping your competitors be able to play another game. Check out other ways Joseph and Team are serving other Leaders at ⁠⁠www.cabreratoro.com⁠⁠ Follow @cabreratoro_explore (Instagram) Follow www.youtube.com/@JosephCabreraExplore LinkedIn: CabreraToro

A flashback from EP. 61, with Graham Weston, CEO/Chairman of Rackspace (NYST: RXT), Texas Billionaire and multi-time entrepreneur. Graham shares the importance of developing tactics and not strategies. The "Big Thinker" gets a lot of credit for the ideas, but it is the executions that makes something come to life. Finding something simple that works is what allows you to deeply seed into the market- After that, you can start refining the big picture. Graham also shares that we often get in our own way of success, by trying to do everything at once. You have to sacrifice and focus on what the business needs first, then you can develop the full vision. Many businesses never leave the ground, because they're too heavy for lift off. Check out other ways Joseph and Team are serving other Leaders at ⁠www.cabreratoro.com⁠ Follow @cabreratoro_explore (Instagram) Follow www.youtube.com/@JosephCabreraExplore LinkedIn: CabreraToro

We're headed into the holiday season and it's a time we get to spend with the folks who are in our corner. The folks, that regardless of the outcome, will always be there to pick you up or celebrate. As professionals we spend a lot of time thinking about the folks that impact our career, but do we remember that it's the folks that support our life, with no expectation, that should get our best self? As you head out on the road, hope this brings you some grounding. Check out other ways Joseph and Team are serving other Leaders at www.cabreratoro.com Follow @cabreratoro_explore (Instagram) Follow www.youtube.com/@JosephCabreraExplore LinkedIn: CabreraToro

Ian Villa, Co-Founder, COO and CPO of Whisper Aero is changing the way we fly.  As we think about the sky above us, as a more viable option to travel, we have to think about the impacts. Noise and efficiency are one of the things that can stop the democratization of the everyday human utilizing flight.  Ian and the Whisper Aero Team are on a mission to make propulsion quieter, faster and more efficient.  Ian has always been fascinated with flight and this double degreed Stanford aero guy is living the dream, getting to build the future of propulsion.  He pulls from his experience at companies like Northrop Grumman and Uber Elevate to help inform how to build a foundation for Whisper Aero that can go the distance.  Some of the boring things are the important things for a scrappy startup. Documentation, writing product requirements and creating systems early are traits that larger companies have and he is able to infuse that mentality early at Whisper Aero.  On the other end, Ian shares that what makes Whisper Aero able to compete with the larger companies is SPEED.  His Team’s ability to react and adapt to the tech and customer needs gives them a key advantage that a larger ship (aka established company) will not be able to harness.  There are over 5,000 local/regional airports in America that are under-utilized and with the tech Ian and his Team are working on, we’ll be able to cut travel time down significantly and enjoy the open skies while we do it... not to mention, this tech even makes everyday items better, like leaf blowers.  Tech is important, but the how and why you build something is even more.  Ian shares that he learned from his time at Uber Elevate that starting with Values, Mission and Vision are paramount.  If your People don’t know where they’re going and how important integrity is to mission success, you may not reach the destination.    Check out the Whisper Aero Team at www.whisper.aero Check out other ways Joseph and Team are serving other Leaders at www.cabreratoro.com Follow @cabreratoro_explore (Instagram) Follow www.youtube.com/@JosephCabreraExplore LinkedIn: CabreraToro    

Hope MacGregor, Country Music Artist has been on a long road back to where it all started... behind a guitar and microphone sharing what’s on her heart. This former Army Aviator and classically trained attorney has already lived several chapters of life and thanks to a conversation with her Dad, is back to her calling. Serving in the military and enduring personal hardship helped inspire her music.  Pain is not an easy thing to make sense of, but when we recognize that we are all enduring something, the right tune over the radio can make you feel a little less lonely.  Hope’s life has embodied all the ingredients of a great country song…. serving during wartime, personal let downs and loss. Her journey to the deepest lows have showed her that there's always good up ahead and singing about her journey is one way to help connect people the most honest way she knows how. Hope also shares the logistics and dynamics of running a band and putting an album together. Much of what she learned in the Army has proved valuable on stage and her instincts is that running a well oiled machine will give them opportunities as they continue to find their way to bigger and bigger stages. Her music is important, but so is taking the folks she loves with her. Hope is doing more than singing country music, but she's using what's on her heart to help others make sense of their hardships, celebrate their wins all while leaving a catchy tune in your head. Tune Into Hope's New Album "The Matriarch" Available Now On Apple, Spotify and Everywhere You Listen To Music. This Album Is UNREAL. www.HopeMacGregorMusic.com Also Check Out A Special Acoustic Unplugged Session, on YouTube. www.youtube.com/@JosephCabreraExplore Check out other ways Joseph and Team are serving other Leaders at www.cabreratoro.com Follow @cabreratoro_explore (Instagram) Follow www.youtube.com/@JosephCabreraExplore LinkedIn: CabreraToro