The Patrick Metzger Show

Dropout to CEO…But Just An Average Guy: Zac Paulson

TrueIT CEO Zac Paulson was once a pharmacist in training, but quickly realized he felt out of place and couldn’t see himself doing it professionally for the long-term. It was his love for people, business and creating solutions for others that eventually led him into the technology industry.

Join us as we discuss tough lessons he’s learned over the years in business, finding your way with a tenacious, never give up attitude and the importance of teaching others how to think for themselves, even though they will fail along the way to succeeding.

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Overcoming the Doubt of a Career Change: Beau Flom

If you’ve ever thought about a drastic career change, you definitely don’t want to miss this episode. Real estate agent and broker Beau Flom initially started his career in the military, eventually transitioning into medicine and spending a dozen years as a PA in cardiothoracic surgery. Throughout his career transition he was told he was crazy, and everyone around him questioned his decision.

Join us as we discuss how Beau’s atypical journey into real estate helped mold him into the top 1% of all real estate producers and agents in the nation, the importance of following a successful map that already exists and why it’s absolutely essential to surround yourself with high performers.

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The Power Of Laughter: Greg Kettner

Greg Kettner is a WorkHappy™ expert specializing in empowering and inspiring sports professionals, as well as teams and individuals in other industries, to be the very best version of themselves. As we know, the importance of happiness and a dedicated focus toward mental health in the workplace has only gotten more and more important over the past couple years.

Join us as we discuss how Greg helps organizations create happy employees and higher productivity, the time he saved the night at the last second in front of an audience of 4,000+ in Las Vegas and the importance of saying YES to opportunities presented to us, even if we don’t know what the hell we’re initially doing!

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Design Your Life Before Someone Else Does It For You: Scott Rusnak

Business coach, author and keynote speaker Scott Rusnak has started and sold multi-million-dollar businesses, competed at the highest international level as an elite cyclist and competed against one of the biggest companies the world has ever seen when it comes to business products. As you would expect, however, nothing has come easy for Scott over his decades of experience. It’s taken embracing valuable outside perspectives and a tremendous amount of work and self-awareness, as well as prioritizing time off to create and maintain clarity on a personal and professional level, in order to be successful.

Join us as we jam on Scott’s biggest challenge that started in his childhood, the importance of mentors and coaches to point out blind spots and the importance of growth and taking in all life has to offer.

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Forging Habits and Business Brands: Jay Evans

As CEO and owner of video production company Off Color Media, Jay Evans is a creative, high-level visionary that unknowingly launched his company with a friend by first filming workout videos in the gym. Now, as one of the top video production companies in the Midwest, Off Color Media has partnered with everyone from solopreneurs to multiple Fortune 500 companies in helping forge their branding and tell their stories in order to build their businesses.

Join us as we discuss the journey of building a business from scratch, digging deep into your why as a business owner and the importance of structure and processes for creating organizational scalability.

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Community, Culture and Construction: Marc and Chelsie Kuhn

As owners of MAK Construction, Marc Kuhn and Chelsie Kuhn aren’t your typical blue collar business owners. Between getting multiple young kids to school and balancing time among multiple businesses, they still find the time to prioritize health and family, give back to the community and create a hell of an awesome culture within their organizations.

Join us as we discuss the entertaining story how they first met and started MAK, the importance of and how to’s behind creating a family atmosphere for employees and the importance of self-development and growth to stay ahead of the game.

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Living Life With Purpose Starts With You: Dr. Ian D. Brooks

Dr. Ian D. Brooks has worked with some of the top organizational leaders and companies in the world, including those from Nike, Sony, Netflix and Bank of America. His business, Rhodes Smith Consulting, takes a very unique approach in helping individuals build their skills and confidence in order to master their intentions and transform their stories and futures.

Join us as we discuss through the state of mind of being intentional, the importance of risk and failure in life and the power of the subconscious. Now a psychologist, Dr. Brooks also expands on the vital life lessons he learned as a bartender (yes, bartender!) years ago and how he now applies it in his everyday work.

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The Genomic Medicine Revolution: Michael Chambers

As former CEO and now Executive Chairman of Fargo, ND, based biotech company Aldevron, Michael Chambers is not just a high-level visionary, but also consistently focuses on and stresses throughout his organization the importance of genuine client relationships, giving back and making an impact in the community and world. One would also never guess that the inspiration behind the billion-dollar company came from beehives, and that a few high school teachers from his hometown of Carrington, ND, provided much of the motivation.

Join us as we discuss through Aldevron’s humble beginnings, their enormous role within providing raw materials for the Covid vaccinations and importance of continuous improvement and sticking to the basics. Michael also shares the excitement and future of the company regarding the organization’s recent $9.6B acquisition by Fortune 500 science and technology company Danaher.

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Overcome Your Villains: Heather Monahan

Heather Monahan is a best-selling author, TEDx and keynote speaker, entrepreneur and founder of Boss In Heels. Having successfully climbed the corporate ladder for nearly 20 years, she is one of the few women to break the glass ceiling and claim her spot in the C-suite as a Chief Revenue Officer. Heather is a Glass Ceiling Award winner and was named one of the most Influential Women in Radio in 2017, as well as one of the Top 40 Female Keynote Speakers of 2020 by Real Leaders. Thrive Global also named her a Limit Breaking Female Founder in 2018. Her new book Overcome Your Villains is available for pre-order now.

Join us as we unpack her journey of growing up in a poor family, working a paper route and as a bartender growing up, as well as her defining moment of getting terminated from her corporate position that ultimately unleashed her full potential and set her in her current direction. This is an episode you don't want to miss as Heather also dives into the importance of investing in oneself, personal branding and believing in your own personal vision.

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STILL Struggling In Finding Happiness?: JB the Wizard

One probably wouldn't imagine that those who seem to have it all could still struggle with happiness...But they do! JB the Wizard is the man behind the scenes that directly helps CEO’s, celebrities, and the top salespeople in the world who still struggle (yes, that IS possible and ALL too common!) with happiness, feeling fulfilled, anxiety or depression. He helps them make decisions with clarity and confidence and enjoy their lives and family without having to wait for retirement.

Join us as we discuss his journey in starting off in pre-med and acting and directing and Hollywood films to working with Nike Athletes, Grammy and Emmy award winners and Fortune 500 companies. In this episode, we dive deep into his technique of Futuring™, which effectively helps high performers design their optimal lives.

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