Dunn on Purpose Podcast Dunn on Purpose

Wow. 🤯
That’s about all I can say about this episode!
I connected with Dan Kimball through the Heroic community.
He’s a Tuscon, AZ-based counselor and coach that helps his clients commit to actions that improve your life while realizing and accepting what is out of your personal control. Learn more about him at his website, Path4Change.com
He has 20 years of experience helping others through several disciplines and evidenced-based techniques, such as Cognitive Behavioral Theory, Motivational Interviewing and Positive Psychology.
It was an honor to have a conversation with him.
As I do with most guests on the podcast, I framed the conversation with the three C’s of Communication (with ourself, others, and life itself) Community (the virtues and values that bring and hold us together) and how the stronger those are, the stronger our Company (the business we’re building or the company we keep).
COMMUNICATION
We kicked it off with a Power Acronym 4-stage coaching model that Dan created called ARIA, which he walks us through.
Awareness and Acceptance,Resilience and Resistance Inspiration and IntentionAction and Accountability
He’s infused it with deep wisdom and practical application I think you’ll find incredibly helpful on your quest.
He also exemplified one of his signature Via Character strengths (creativity) through his work as an artist and showed the impressive box he created that beautifully showcases the ARIA model, the 24 Character strengths, his experience using Power Animals through his understanding of shamanism, and more.
Watch the video of our conversation on YouTube here.
He also gave me (and you) access to the Optitron, which is essentially the digital, online, interactive version of the art he created.
+ It's got a cyberpunk style! 😎
Learn more about the Optitron here,
and access the Optitron here!
Like I said… 🤯
COMMUNITY
Then we discussed the Village Question, the question I ask every guest on the show, which lead us to a discussion about pursuing Purpose and how you can discover your own.
THAT brought us to another question:
How do you know when you’re taking the virtuous path, rather than the vicious one, when on the pursuit of your purpose?
His answer (as they all were ) was enlightening.
COMPANY
We wrapped our conversation by talking about how he got involved with Heroic, how it’s impacted each of our lives, and why we stay engaged with the community and use the app each day.
Dan is just one of the many incredible people in the Heroic community.
If you’re interested in checking out Heroic, try it for free here.
You can learn more about the Heroic Coach program here.
Here's the link to Dan's website, YouTube and LinkedIn. His email is dan@path4change.com.
And as always, if you’d like any support on your quest to live on purpose, it would be an honor to speak with you as well!
Feel free to email me at aaron@strongmy.com.
Have a wonderful week!
Aaron



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This is the second coaching conversation I’ve had with my friend Kevin Leath around how he’s putting the work in to make his 35th year around the sun the best one yet!
In this episode you’ll hear about what he’s focused on in May.
We cover quite a bit of ground but the main focus is on Self Mastery and Energy.
We discuss three aspects of Self Mastery: Structural, Reactive, and Expansive. We also talk about how Energy influences how we show up to other aspects in life.
When we have our energy dialed in (how we eat, move, sleep, and breathe) it gives us the proper foundation and practices to bring our best to other areas of our life, like our Work and our Love.
You'll also hear how we are using the Heroic app to install and delete habits, learn new things, and more!
If you're interested in learning more about Heroic or working with me as a Heroic Performance Coach, let me know!
Aaron@strongmy.com



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Earlier this month I drove down to Katy TX to spend some time with my brother and his family before we woke up the next morning for the Spartan Sprint!
5k trail run + 20 obstacles later, R.J. completed his first ever Spartan (and 5k race!) and I completing my first ever Sprint!
It was super fun to complete the race with him and it seems we may have stated a new brotherly tradition. We're already thinking about when the next one might be!
We also recorded a podcast which I finally got around to editing.
In this episode you'll hear us start with a wrap up of the Spartan race before I lead the conversation through the Strong Com 3 C's.
Strong Communication
* What is R.J.'s go to Power Acronym?
* Leading a sales team
* Building a S.M.A.R.T. culture
+ Community Building
* The Village Question
= Strong Company
Enjoy!

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Very special episode today!
This episode is a coaching conversation with myself and Kevin Leath.
Kevin recently approached me about his desire to make 2023 the year he starts doing the work to become his strongest self. Which, as someone focused on learning and doing what it takes to do the same, fires me up! 🔥
It is an honor to be a part of his journey and to have an open, honest, and intentional conversation about what it means to close the gap between who he’s capable of being and who he’s actually being.
As Abraham Maslow has said:
“What one can be, one must be”
If you’ve heard previous episodes / read some of my posts, you may remember that I’m about to complete a 300-day coaching program from Heroic Coach.
When Kevin expressed his interest in having a conversation with me about leveling up, I immediately shared Heroic with him because of the way it’s helped me learn new things as well as start and stop certain behaviors.
I decided to utilize a Power Acronym called C.A.L.L. T.O. ACTION that I recently learned from the program to provide structure to this episode.
This episode is a new format which was an exciting challenge for me, and I really appreciate and applaud Kevin for his courage to bring himself to this endeavor and idea to share his journey in this way. I believe it won’t be the last.
As I share with Kevin on the show, it reminds me of this Heroic +1, inspired by George Leonard.
“It’s instructive to watch the immediate surge of clarity and energy during training that comes from the simplest act of writing one’s name on a notice.”
-George Leonard
Kevin has put his name on a notice! And I’m grateful to be in his corner.
Voice, Volition, Victory. 📢💪🏁
Strong Com!
-Aaron
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I’ve been filled with thoughts about Leadership the past week.
It began with our PDQ America lunch & learn where we hosted Scott Brown, an executive director with John Maxwell.
In this episode, I share some of the notes that I got from that one-hour talk. Powerful stuff! I invite you to reflect on the question that was asked of us:
“How well do I DO that?” - listen to the show to understand where to apply this!
Then I share some takeaways from the PDQ America Leadership team meeting we had this weekend. It was extremely productive and inspired many thoughts!
I close this episode with a Power Acronym: L.E.A.D.E.R.S.H.I.P.
This one was originally published by the Methodist church I grew up in and it’s full of wisdom!
Then, after some short ideas about sports and crafting a championship mindset about whatever it is that you do, I cap it off with Letters of Leadership: L, which I’ll share more in-depth later this week.
They are: Love. Logic. Lyricism.

Leader yourself first!

Let me know what you think of these topics in a comment!

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Started this episode with a thank you to those who answered the random question about a dream job, that goes like this:
“What’s your dream job if money didn’t matter?”
Which led to two comments about “I don’t dream of labor”.
I don’t get into this very far on the episode, but apparently, this idea has gained popularity on TikTok.
After a quick Google it seems to be a quote from James Baldwin, who debated William F Buckley about the question: “Is the American Dream at the expense of the American Negro”?
This is not at all what I intended to write or record a podcast about, but I do appreciate answers that further deeper discussion.
I share my perspective about the idea of “not dreaming of labor” without much consideration for its contextual history, then get into part two of my personal philosophy.
If you listened to my last episode, you’ll know I shared the first 5 ideas of a personal philosophy I’ve been drafting. So this episode is about the remaining 5, which are:
Strong Com x3
Day 1
D.R.I.V.E. (n) PRO
Context + Control
Hometown Heroism
I share more about what each mean to me right now, and will continue to develop them over time in more detail as I continue to practice this personal philosophy and discover new ways it manifests throughout life.
Your support is felt and appreciated! Thank you.
Stay strong,
Aaron
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