Beyond the Rut: Create a Life Worth Living in Your Faith, Family, Career
Latest Episodes
BtR 014 – Tips on Guilt-Free Parenting While Pursuing Your Dreams
  What is Guilt-Free Parenting? Pursuing a dream while also raising a family will sometimes seem to be in conflict. Guilt builds up as our work chips away at the attention we give to our families. Brandon and Shawn discuss four tips on how to have y
BtR 013 – Getting People on Board with Your Dream
In this episode Brandon and Shawn discuss when and how to share your dream with others. Sometimes, we come out of the gate too soon and are met with resistance from those we expected support us. Other times we hurt our long-term credibility, or build a r
BtR 012 – The Power of Tribes and Getting Started
  In today’s information economy, your success is propelled by your ability to add value and build relationships with a niche of people. Inspired by Seth Godin’s book, Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us, Brandon and Shawn tackle the topic of
BtR 011 – Significance Versus Status: Finding Real Satisfaction in the Work You Do
Where do you want to be in five years? Will you be making the change you wish to see in the world at that time? How do you find significance in the work you do now? These are just some of the questions Brandon and Shawn tackle in this episode of Beyond t
BtR 010 – Teach Your Children a Healthy View of Money
Your children are never too young to start learning about money. In this episode, Brandon and Shawn discuss the following: Allowances vs Wages If you don’t teach them, who will? AMEX? Savings, Spending, and Generosity Appropriate advice for your ch
BtR 009 How to Get Ready to Pursue Your Dream
One day you’re going to be ready to take the first step toward your dream, but are you ready? Rather than dealing with these issues after you’ve began your journey, wouldn’t it be wise to get things in order ahead of time? We aren̵
Eight Characteristics of Effective Teams
by Jerry Dugan “Individuals play the game, but teams beat the odds.” SEAL Team saying A team is a small number of people with complementary skills who are committed to a common purpose, goals, and... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my websit
BtR 008 – Difficult Conversations: Networking and Severing Toxic Relationships
  Striking up conversations with strangers and initiating conversations that end relationships are two of the most difficult and and awkward interactions that many people avoid. However, both of these are necessary and beneficial to anyone trying to
Perseverance and Starting Over Again…Again
By Shawn Albright Start over, do-over, take a mulligan, a new beginning, it’s a new day, reset, reboot, a second chance…persevere! I’ve tried and failed the whole healthy thing so many times that I... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my web
BtR 007 – Tired of Being Tired (Physical Health)
Tired of being tired? So are we. Your family and career will both benefit from you getting healthy. Most of us have tried and failed a million times. We fail, get depressed, eat terrible to comfort ourselves, get inspired, re-commit, try for a few da