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JM Ryerson is an entrepreneur and author who has been building companies and leading sales teams for over 16 years. JM is also the co-founder and CEO of Let’s Go Win, a company dedicated to helping people around the world live their best lives. He has spent his career focused on enriching the lives of others while continuing to educate himself on best practices in leadership, vulnerability, and teamwork. JM’s great passions are helping his team members lead a life of fulfillment and become vulnerable and open to what life has in store for them. His ultimate goal is to give others the tools that will allow them to transcend their self-limiting beliefs. Now, hear his take on the Essential 11 questions. More places you can find JM: Instagram - @letsgowin365 Facebook - Let's Go Win Linkedin - JM Ryerson Book - Let's Go Win: The Keys to Living Your Best Life

Curt Steinhorst is the bestselling author of Can I Have Your Attention? Inspiring Better Work Habits, Focusing Your Team, and Getting Stuff Done in the Constantly Connected Workplace, and is a regular Forbes contributor on Leadership Strategy. He is on a mission to rescue us from our distracted selves. After years of studying the impact of tech on human behavior, Curt founded Focuswise, a consultancy that equips organizations to overcome the distinct challenges of the constantly-connected workplace. Diagnosed with ADD as a child, Curt knows intimately the challenges companies face to keep the attention of today’s distracted workforce and customer. He has coached executives, TV personalities, and well-known professional athletes on how to effectively communicate and create focus when they speak to audiences, lead their employees, and engage their customers. Curt’s unique insight and entertaining speaking style has captured the attention of audiences worldwide. He speaks more than seventy-five times a year to organizations that include everyone from global leadership associations and nonprofits to Fortune 100 companies. Now, hear his take on the Essential 11 Questions. More places you can find Curt: Linkedin - Curt Steinhorst Twitter - @curtsteinhorst Website - https://www.curtsteinhorst.com/ Book - Can I Have Your Attention

Adults are shaped up from their childhood. Hence it is critical that we need to be trained, taught, and guided as a child. That’s why parents need to show examples and let their children in their journey grow as a man and learn from their mistakes. Ryan King shares his life experiences, lessons, and advice to future leaders. Being a child, making mistakes is unavoidable. That is why we need to learn from them, grow to be mature adults, and help those who cannot just because they are labeled negatively. Tune in as young leaders ask questions about life, personal growth, entrepreneurship, and more! Quotes: “ People react to how you treat them with respect and stress them, and then they're going to reciprocate.” – Ryan King “We are taught not to trust children because many of us were taught when we were children, we were not to be trusted.” – John Holt(Cited by Ryan king) “What an opportunity we have to use knowing how labels impact the other people we are associated with. What an opportunity we have to help them or an opportunity we have to pour into them. – Matt Bradd “Childhood is training. It's not just about having fun. It's getting ready to be an adult. – Ryan King  “I would tell my parents, if you don't let me go on my quest, I will go on it anyway. Because you won't let me be a man, you want to treat me like a baby. And I'm going to be a man, whether you like it or not – Ryan King Takeaways Just chill and treat reading like you're watching a movie; it will be much more enjoyable. Many people think reading has so much pressure. They believe they need to remember everything, but the reality is no human being on the planet will remember everything.  He earns trust by giving trust. And that's the first step when it comes to leadership; trust goes down first.  Appreciation is the power of positive labels. If you treat a trustworthy man like a man, he will believe that about himself his whole life. If you label a person negatively, such as lazy, he will believe it his whole life. It works in both directions. Parents need to lead by example, and then they allow for that journey to take place. What ends up happening is they don't lose that young person. They just get a different, more mature person that comes back.  These days, a young man needs to be self-aware of his gifts, limitations, strengths, strategic thinking, and ability to analyze causes and effects.  Conclusion: As a child develops, they may encounter several challenges. People may identify them negatively or interfere with their journey. If they learn from books or other experiences and put those lessons into practice, no one can stop them from attaining their goals and becoming a mature man.

Darren Virassammy is the Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer of 34 Strong, a new breed of consultancy that gives a voice to disengaged employees by helping organizations like yours become great places to work. A leading expert in the global Employee Engagement community, Darren leverages the Gallup StrengthsFinder assessment to create massive shifts within organizations, both culturally and on the bottom line. Virassammy entered the realm of employee engagement and Strengths Based-Development after 10 years in senior construction management roles where, as he puts it, he had the privilege to serve on highly engaged teams with phenomenal leadership and the privilege to serve on highly disengaged teams under dysfunctional leadership. Virassammy experienced the organizational and personal carnage of disengagement and also relished the power of highly engaged teams. After discovering Strengths as a clear vehicle to drive employee engagement, he decided to partner with CEO Brandon Miller to form 34 Strong to create the change they both wanted to see in organizations for generations to come. More places you can find him: Instagram - @darrenvirassammy Twitter - @DVirassammy

Kirk Uhler is a man who does not stand idly by and allow injustice to take place. First elected to the Placer County Board of Supervisors in 1992, Kirk started his service as a county supervisor to combat the overspending and fiscal mismanagement of previous boards. In 2006 Kirk was appointed back to the board, continuing the same objective he had when first elected. He has been vocal about the handling of Covid-19 since the beginning and when he began to see patterns of mishandling of the situation at the state level, he wasn't afraid to speak his mind. He shared a video to Facebook on May 11 where he reads an email from the Director of the Governor’s Office of Emergency Services threatening him and the residents of Placer County, and his eloquent response. Through this video, Matt became connected with Kirk when he reached out to thank him for all that he is doing for the small businesses and individuals of the community, and the rest is history. Now, hear his take on the Essential 11 Questions. Kirk's Call to Action: Californians, get in contact with your local board of supervisors and city council members and let them know that you support moving forward with reopening and the governer's overreach must be corrected. Kirks Website - https://kirkuhler.com/full Facebook - Kirk Uhler on Facebook

Brian Weisfeld has been building businesses his entire life. In elementary school, he bought 95 pounds of gummy bears and hired my friends to sell them. As a teen, he made and sold mixtapes (ask your parents what those are), sorted baseball cards (he got paid in cards), babysat four-days-a-week after school, and sold nuts and dried fruit (and more gummy bears) in a neighborhood store. As an adult, he has helped build a number of well-known billion-dollar companies including IMAX Corporation and Coupons.com. Then he watched his oldest daughter struggle to sell Girl Scout cookies and he also became frustrated with some of the less-than-empowering influences he saw for his two girls. So he bought a copy of Writing Children’s Books for Dummies and decided to write a novel series to inspire girls to open their first lemonade stands or other businesses and to empower them with an entrepreneurial mindset. He is the Founder and Chief Squad Officer of The Startup Squad, an initiative dedicated to empowering girls to realize their potential and follow their dreams, whatever their passion. The Startup Squad is his first book and is co-authored with Nicole C. Kear. Brian lives in Silicon Valley and can often be found eating gummy bears with his wife while watching his two daughters sell lemonade from the end of our driveway.  Now, hear his take on the Essential 11 questions.  More places you can find Brian:  Website - https://www.brianweisfeld.com/  Instagram - @thestartupsquad  Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/thestartupsquad/ & Brian Weisfeld

Since 1996, Joshua Wayne has worked with youth and families in just about every setting imaginable: drug and alcohol treatment, with at-risk foster youth, community mental health, private practice, and as a Director of Special Education at District of Columbia Public Schools. He is currently a member of Top Youth Speakers, where he speaks about adolescent mental health to students, the parents, teachers, and other caring adults in their lives. Joshua is also the author of “The Simple Parenting Guide to Technology” which is the first book in The Simple Parenting Guides book series and he's Co-Creator with Josh Shipp of the One Caring Adult™ online parenting community where they provide resources to empower parents, teachers and other caring adults in the lives of kids. He's passionate about helping teen and young adult men face the challenges before them, and build the skills & confidence needed to find the path in life that is right for them. Now, hear his take on the Essential 11 Questions. More places you can find Joshua: Website - https://www.joshuawayne.com/ Twitter - @Joshua_Wayne Linkedin - Joshua Wayne His New Book - The Simple Parenting Guide to Technology

Ben Greenfield is a biohacker, human body and brain performance coach, ex-bodybuilder, Ironman triathlete, professional Spartan athlete, anti-aging consultant, speaker, and author of the New York Times Bestseller “Beyond Training: Mastering Endurance, Health and Life”. Ben is a Spartan SGX certified coach, was voted as NSCA’s Personal Trainer of the year in 2008 and was named by Greatist as one of the top 100 Most Influential People In Health And Fitness in 2013 and 2014. Ben's articles, podcast, and videos reach over a million unique views each month. With nearly two decades of experience working as a strength and conditioning coach, exercise physiologist and biomechanist, Ben is also the man responsible for maximizing performance, recovery, fat loss, digestion, brain, sleep and hormone optimization for CEO’s, ultra-endurance competitors, and a wide variety of professional athletes, including poker champions, tennis players, motocross competitors, the NFL, the NHL, the UFC and beyond. Now, hear his take on the Essential 11 questions. More places you can find Ben: Website - https://bengreenfieldfitness.com/ Book - Beyond Training: Mastering Endurance, Health and Life Twitter - @bengreenfield Instagram - @bengreenfieldfitness Facebook - Ben Greenfield

Bruce Buffer is an American professional mixed martial arts ring announcer and the official Octagon announcer for UFC events, introduced on broadcasts as the "Veteran Voice of the Octagon". Bruce's catchphrase is "It's time!", which he announces before the main event of the UFC. He is the half brother of the boxing and professional wrestling ring announcer Michael Buffer and is the President and CEO of their company, The Buffer Partnership. Buffer holds a black belt in Tang Soo Do and has fought as a kickboxer. He is well-versed in the art of self-discipline and hard work and as a result, he has achieved so much in his life. Now, hear his take on the Essential 11 questions. More places you can find Bruce: Twitter - @brucebuffer Instagram - @brucebufferufc Book - It's Time!: My 360-Degree View of the UFC

Jack Bonneau's mission is to provide kids the opportunity to learn and experience entrepreneurship, business, financial literacy; develop social and life skills while making money and having fun. He strives to inspire other kids to find their passions, follow their dreams and have fun! Jack is a TEDx speaker, a speaker at public schools, and is growing his business while helping others. He's been on Shark Tank, he is the CEO and co-founder of Jack's Stands, and as his latest endeavor, he is also the founder and chief evangelist of TeenHustl; a hyper-local delivery service provided by teenagers on electric scooters and bikes. Like DoorDash, UberEats, Grubhub, and Postmates, only better. Jack is a strong believer in the abilities of our young people and can be quoted as saying, "I also believe that kids can be their own best role models. Kids look up to athletes, entertainment and social media stars and politicians who are mostly adults. Why should they not just look to other kids?" He is our youngest guest to date. Now, here his take on the Essential 11 Questions. More places you can find Jack: Website - https://www.teenhustl.com/ Instagram - @teenhustl Twitter - @TeenHustl & @JackBonneau Linkedin - Jack Bonneau