Always Better than Yesterday with Ryan Hartley | A Podcast for Heart Centred Leaders

EVERY NOW AND AGAIN WE HAVE TO SLOW TO, GIVE OURSELVES WHAT WE NEED AND THEN GO AGAIN. 

This week on Ep 125 I am joined by Damon West. At 20 years old, Damon was a starting quarterback at the University of North Texas, when he suffered a career ending injury. He turned to hardcore drugs to cope with disappointments of life. After graduation, he worked in the United States Congress, was a national fundraiser on a U.S. Presidential campaign and eventually trained to be a stockbroker for United Bank of Switzerland (UBS). One day at UBS, he was introduced to methamphetamines; he became instantly hooked and the lives of so many innocent people would forever be changed by the choices he made to feed his insatiable meth habit. Damon, “The Uptown Burglar” was sentenced to 65 years in prison. After a fateful discussion during his incarceration with a seasoned convict, Damon had a spiritual awakening. He learned that, like a coffee bean changing with the application of heat and pressure, he was capable of changing the environment around him. Armed with a program of recovery, a renewed faith, and a miraculous second chance at life, Damon emerged from over seven years of prison a changed man. His story of redemption, grit and determination continues to inspire audiences today. Today, Damon lives a life of recovery and service, going to meetings and sharing his story all over the country with schools, church's, athletic teams, corporations, conferences and inside correctional facilities. Over the past few years, he has been sharing the Coffee Bean lesson with dozens of college football teams such as Clemson, Alabama, Georgia, and Texas, and countless schools and businesses. His #BeACoffeeBean message has inspired thousands from Walmart to the US Army to the NBA. Damon’s story has been featured both nationally and globally. His second book, The Coffee Bean, co-authored with best-selling author Jon Gordon, became an instant best-seller and a part of Forbes’ “Top Twenty Books You Need to Read to Crush 2020.”  In this incredible episode you will hear: 05:30 Damon’s story is one of the most transformational stories Jon Gordon has ever heard 06:15 Damon’s incredible story 09:25 “we got the Uptown burglar” 09:50 Ten minutes to find Damon guilty and sentenced to 65 years in prison on May 18th 2009 11:15 Mother’s tough love before going in to jail 12:20 Mr. Jackson’s life changing advice 13:25 Fear and Faith both believe in a future 14:10 you don’t have to win all your fights but you do have to fight all your fights 14:40 a carrot, an egg and a coffee bean 16:45 changing prison from the inside out 20:15 a powerful prayer and the serenity prayer 26:00 the fork in the road days 28:30 becoming a coffee bean maximum security prison - the 5 rules to being a coffee bean 34:20 the hardest place to do time is in your mind 36:50 the longer you’re in the hot water the stronger the coffee 38:00 you get to choose I really hope that hearing Damon’s story and simple life lessons inspires you to create your own transformation and that you become your own Coffee Bean. Please do share this episode with someone you know will love to hear the message too. Always love Ryan Connect with Damon: Website: https://damonwest.org/index.html Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/damonjosephwest Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/damonwest7 Connect with Always Better than Yesterday Website: www.ryanhartley.co.uk Email: ryanbhartley@gmail.com Thank you to our friends at WebCreation, proud supporters of the Always Better than Yesterday Interview Sessions. Head to www.WebCreationGroup.com for stunning websites at sensible prices.

What would your six year old self say to you?

WE RISE BY LIFTING OTHERS. NOT BY ELEVATING OURSELVES.

HEART CENTRED LEADERS DON'T GIVE FEEDBACK. THEY GIVE FEEDFORWARD. 

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On episode 124 I am joined by Ryan Hawk, host of the Learning Leader Podcast, Keynote Speaker and author of Welcome to Management which Forbes called the best leadership book of 2020. Ryan’s podcast is the first podcast I ever listened to as part of my leadership development journey some six years ago. It remains my favourite leadership podcast and continues to be listened to by millions of learning leaders as Ryan continually shares space with the best thought leaders on the planet. In this episode you will hear: 04:40 Thank You Ryan 05:30 impacting high calibre people who are trying to make a difference 06:50 committed followers not compliant ones 08:15 continuously working on yourself, following curiosity and helping others 11:00 a responsibility to utilise luck to make a difference 14:30 committed to excellence and personalised PhD 15:00 Episode One to 400, love the process of not being good initially and improving all the time 20:30 What it means to be a Hawk and leading by example 23:00 Welcome to Management 28:00 Compounding self-leadership habits 31:00 UK Lockdown 3.0 35:00 Top tip for leading remotely 38:00 do everything in your power to be excellent 39:00 never arrived, always becoming 42:00 the way we choose to see adversity Please let us know what you are going to takeaway and implement to help you be better every single day and do share it with someone you wish to inspire. Come join our community for like-hearted leaders at www.facebook.com/groups/weareABTY Always love Ryan Connect with Ryan Hawk Website: https://learningleader.com/about/ Podcast: https://learningleader.com/podcast/ Book: https://learningleader.com/welcome-to-management/ IG: https://www.instagram.com/ryanhawk12/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryanhawk12/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/RyanHawk12 Connect with Always Better than Yesterday Website: www.ryanhartley.co.uk Email: ryanbhartley@gmail.com WhatsApp: (+44) 07970339936 Master Heart and Mind Group Coaching / Merch / Free Life Languages mini profile: www.ryanhartley.co.uk Instagram: @ryanbhartley Clubhouse: @ryanbhartley Thank you to our friends at WebCreation, proud supporters of the Always Better than Yesterday Interview Sessions. Head to www.WebCreationGroup.com for stunning websites at sensible prices. Don't forget to subscribe and also come join our community on Facebook www.facebook.com/groups/weareABTY

Motivation comes and goes.  Be devoted.  Be disciplined.  Keep showing up. 

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Hope this mini-series of affirmations has been useful.  Always love  Ryan