The Long Run: Lessons in Perseverance, Leadership & Success
Success isn’t about how you start. It’s about who you become along the way.
Former professional athlete, entrepreneur and author Ben Andrews shares powerful lessons in perseverance, leadership and lasting success. Through compelling stories and practical insights, audiences discover how discipline, relationships and a commitment to personal growth can transform challenges into opportunities.
Calm Under Pressure
How to Think Clearly, Respond Calmly and Lead Steadily Through Pressure, Uncertainty and Change
Pressure rarely stays contained.It can show up as overthinking before an important decision, reacting too quickly in a difficult conversation, losing perspective when priorities keep changing, carrying uncertainty home, or for leaders unintentionally passing stress and urgency down to the team."Calm Under Pressure"...
Learning How to Stay
Meeting Discomfort Without Immediately Escaping, Fixing, or Reacting
When discomfort shows up, our instinct is often to make it go away. We distract ourselves, stay busy, try to fix the situation, reach for control, or react before we've had time to understand what is happening.Drawing from his experience with recovery, mindfulness, and the...
Recovery Is More Than Abstinence
Moving Beyond Stopping to Learning How to Live
Stopping the substance can save a life, but it does not automatically answer the questions that remain. Who am I now? How do I handle discomfort without escaping it? What does recovery look like when the immediate crisis has passed?Drawing from his own experience with...
From Performance to Presence
What Happens When We Stop Trying to Be Who We Think We're Supposed to Be
For much of his life, Don Phelps became very good at being who he thought he was supposed to be. Successful professional. Pastor. Leader. The person who appeared to have everything under control. Behind those roles was a quieter struggle with insecurity, identity, addiction, and...
