The Jimmy Rex Show

Guest Bio: From his book "Book of Uncomfortable Truths - I’m a 36 year old husband and father. I help men start their journey on becoming the best version of themselves. This journey started for me last year with the Men of Character Conference which included 40 speakers including Elliott Hulse, James Clear, Ed Latimore, Hunter Drew, Tanner Guzy, Alexander Cortez and many more. The conference drew over 2,000 attendees and millions of impressions on social media.When I was a kid who was foolish enough at a young age to believe that I was destined for big things. I was foolish enough at 29 to quit my day job and ended up failing miserably at being an entrepreneur. At 32, I sat in my car wondering whether I was worth anything at all. That experience humbled me and it changed my life because I realized that If I committed to changing my life then nothing could stop me. I kept my dream alive. I remained foolish but I started to put in the damn work. I grew in self respect and confidence. Every year my income has increased, I’ve gotten healthier, happier, and grown in the relationships that matter most. Life just continues to get more interesting and exciting. I want to help you do the same.

Guest Bio:Dan Fleyshman is the youngest founder of a publicly traded company in history. At the age of 23, after selling 15 million dollars worth of clothing in six department store chains and surpassing expectations with his 9.5 million dollar licensing deal with STARTER apparel, Mr. Fleyshman launched the “Who’s Your Daddy” energy drink into 55,000 retail stores and military bases. 10 years after starting his licensing company in high school, Dan went on to launch Victory Poker in 2010, building the third largest team of professional players out of the 550 poker sites on the market.Mr. Fleyshman is a very active Angel Investor and advisor to 24+ companies that range from mobile apps and tech companies, to successful monthly box subscription sites like “Dollar Beard Club” and consumer products like Uwheels, both of which exceeded $5,000,000 in sales in less than 8 months.During all of this, he’s supported 2 dozen charities before finally launching his own: ModelCitizenFund.org creates backpacks filled with over 150 emergency supply items for the homeless. It has been the official charity of the World Series of Poker Europe the past few years and has been featured on Fox Sports, NBC, MTV, and ESPN for supplying homeless shelters, teen abuse shelters, and orphanages around the world.Besides his passion for philanthropy, he’s also an avid poker player with multiple 1st place wins. These range from the 5k C.E.O. Poker Championship at the Palms, the Canadian Poker Tour Main Event, and the 25k high roller event at the Commerce Casino — as well as winning the 10k Chipleader Challenge at the Hard Rock.On top of all of this, “Elevator Nights” is the quarterly event that Dan holds (free of charge) for 12 companies to present for five minutes each to 150 of his angel investor friends.Currently his media site, 1stSlice.com, has generated 300,000,000 page views in the first nine months since launching!

Guest Bio:Ryan is an author, investor, and entrepreneur. In 2005, Ryan left the banking industry and followed his passion to be an entrepreneur.He was one of the early pioneers in leveraging technology, social media, and search engine marketing to build a multi-million turn-key real estate investment company known as Investor Nation. Today, Investor Nation has grown into a secured opportunity fund that provides structured liquidity to local real estate entrepreneurs. He has been quoted by the Wall Street Journal and many other publications as a thought leader in the space. Ryan co-authored the book Forget Wall Street: Invest in Blue-chip Real Estate.Ryan is also a co-founder of RealYields, an online property analysis and marketing application built for the investment community. In his spare time, he actively contributes and speaks in local technology meet-ups, BARCamps, and blog-fests.

Guest Bio:Bingham baseball coach Joey Sato, who has spent most of his life either as a player for the Miners or coaching, will be inducted into the National High School Baseball Coaches Association's Hall of Fame when the group meets next December in St. Louis at its annual convention.Sato, who played baseball, basketball and football at Bingham, began his career as an assistant baseball coach at the South Jordan school was still attending the University of Utah. When he earned his education degree in 1978, he was hired at Bingham as a teacher and an assistant baseball, basketball and football coach.The popular coach served as an assistant baseball coach for 18 years and has been the head coach for the past 22 years. His teams won four state titles when he was head coach and another four when he assisted.In order to be considered for the national hall of fame, a coach must be a member of the National High School Baseball Coaches Association for at least 10 years, been a head coach for at least 20 years, have a winning percentage of at least .500, must have contributed to high school baseball by speaking at clinics or writing articles on the game of baseball, hold an office or be an active member of the organization, and involved in trying to make high school baseball safe and better across the country.In announcing Sato's selection, the group praised him for creating a long-standing tradition of baseball excellence at Bingham."He teaches the fundamentals to assist his players in playing the game the correct way," read a press release on the announcement. "He teaches his athletes values far beyond the game of baseball, allows his assistants the freedom to coach their expertise, and is a true gentleman who is well respected by opposing players, coaches and umpires."Sato has been Utah's coach of ye year several times and was recently named the Utah High School Activities Association Outstanding Coach. He has served multiple terms as the Utah Baseball Coaches Association Present and represented on the National High School Basketball Coaches Association's executive representing the Rocky Mountain Region, has given clinic talks at the national convention, and has coaches the 18 and under and 15 and under Mountain West Teams.

Guest Bio:Phil Steele is nationally known as one of the best football analyst in the entire country. His superior knowledge of the game has landed him on the voting committee for every major post season awards including the prestigious Heisman Trophy.You may recognize Phil from his appearances on national television and radio shows. However, Phil is best known for his preseason magazine, which has been dubbed “the college football bible” by many experts in the industry. The magazine gives a complete breakdown of every team in the country and predicts how they will do in the upcoming season.

Guest Bio:Nate Checketts is the Co-Founder & CEO of Rhone, a premium men’s active wear company founded in 2014. Prior to Rhone, Nate worked for and consulted with some of the biggest technology and entertainment properties in the world including Cisco, The National Football League, Legends and FanVision. Nate is also an avid entrepreneur who founded and launched 4 companies before the age of 30 including Rhone and Mangia Technologies, whose patents were later acquired by the San Francisco 49ers. Nate serves on the boards of Veritone. Nate graduated from Brigham Young University with a BA in Finance. He and his wife Dayna reside in Connecticut with their three young boys, Gabriel, William and Nicholas.

Guest Bio: Dan Farr attended his first comic con event as a vendor, hoping to market 3-D illustration and animation software to the comic book and video game artists in attendance.He marvelled as he watched the enthusiastic attendees file in, dressed in costume or waiting to meet a favorite celebrity.Farr was star-struck, through not just by the caliber of celebrities he was encountering. He was hit by how much it meant to fans of all ages to talk with the stars of their favorite shows."I got pulled into the energy of that fandom and also the creativity of the cosplayers that were there," Farr said.As he attended conventions in major cities — New Orleans, Chicago, New York — he began to realize something. For the caliber of stars in attendance, the enthusiasm of the fans, and the population of the cities they were in, Farr was stunned that attendance wasn't higher.Then he decided he could increase it.In 2012, Farr began a transition away from DAZ 3D, a company he had helped establish, with the idea of starting a comic con in Salt Lake City. He started attending geeky conventions across the country in order to establish relationships, searching out celebrities and vendors he would eventually try to woo to Utah.Farr sought out a potential ally in Bryan Brandenburg, an entrepreneur and game developer he had first met in 1996 and had worked with at DAZ 3D and other companies. Brandenburg said he needed to at least see a comic con first, so Farr took him to the Wizard World convention in February 2013.In a flash, Brandenburg was hooked."After spending a couple days there, I said, 'Yeah, we could totally do this and be successful,'" Brandenburg said. He helped establish Salt Lake Comic Con a few weeks later.Together the two decided to hold a convention that fall, setting a goal for about 15,000 attendees.By September, the Salt Palace Convention Center was bursting at the seams with 70,000 delighted attendees and heavy hitters such as Marvel creator Stan Lee and "Star Trek" icon William Shatner on stage, far more than the pair had dreamed possible.In two subsequent events the next year, organizers drew 100,000 guests to the first FanX in April and 120,000 more to the second Salt Lake Comic Con in September.

Guest Bio:Alisha was a 21-year-old single mother, with a quest to support her young family without sacrificing time with her baby. With little business experience and even less money to start one, she realized that she had a great opportunity to create a business with a mission she believed in.Starting with a tiny storefront in Lehi Utah, Alisha began by working with other consignment sellers, so that she could offer her customers a wider range of initial products. Learning from what sold well and what didn't over those first few months, she began buying her own styles and pieces for the store.While the first year of business with no employees to help her was extremely hard, Alisha was committed to her dream of empowering women through the clothes they wear. Through talking to her customers, and seeing what wasn't available from other boutiques, she continued to search and sell eye-catching styles that weren't available anywhere else.The first store blossomed into a second, and soon she was hiring other employees and managers who were aligned and passionate with the vision of Bella Ella Boutique. Two stores grew into six and then continued to grow into a nationally recognized women's boutique online.Today Bella Ella Boutique's team has grown to over 50 people while offering hundreds of individually selected boutique styles online and in stores.

Guest Bio:Jeff Kearl serves as the Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Stance. He founded Stance socks in 2009. Stance has turned socks into one of the world's most exciting accessories in less than five years. Jeff saw a category that had been ignored, taken for granted, looked over, and dismissed. By creating life into something that had been overlooked, he ignited a movement of art and self-expression that has drawn athletes, performers, and iconic cultural influencers to the brand--a group we call the Punks & Poets. By underpinning their creative roots with a relentless focus on technical innovation, they ensured that Stance socks are now found in over 40 countries on the feet of those who dare to be different.Jeff started his career at the Covey Leadership Center where he worked in various sales, marketing and product management roles until it was acquired by Franklin Quest in 1997. He serves as the Chairman of Stance. Jeff Kearl serves as a Director of Needle, Inc., Julep, Stance and Connect SDSI. He serves as a Member of Advisory Boards of several Utah companies. He served as the Director of Skullcandy, Inc. from 2005 to October 03, 2016 and Chairman until June 13, 2013. He also teaches entrepreneurial finance in the Marriott School of Management at Brigham Young University, his alma mater.

Guest Bio:Life has a funny way of working things out sometimes. I think it’s pretty crazy how we can look back at the seemingly worst parts of our lives and develop a feeling of gratitude for it all, especially when things eventually work out for the best.I’ve learned that life builds your character through struggle and hardships, and this may be the reason why we feel this way about those times. They mold us into who we are. When we choose to overcome those moments, we become better people.I thank God every day for the enormous wakeup call I was given, as I desperately needed it. But I’m also thankful for the lessons I was given, which I’ll share with you here.I don’t remember the exact day, but it was in January 2014. I woke up in the afternoon, like I did every day, and walked into the bathroom. I had this enormous mirror and I’ll never forget the feeling of disgust, shame, and disappointment, all mixed into one as I looked at myself.I was broke and couldn’t afford any weed or to go out drinking, so maybe the sobriety freed me from my complacency and allowed me to perform an accurate assessment of myself for once. I remember thinking, “How the hell did I let myself get like this? Why?”Just two years before I was starting spring classes for my junior year in college, playing every weekend with my band, and enjoying the hell out of my life. My band was even traveling out of state to play gigs. We were doing well and things were really looking up.But on this day, I was a college dropout. I had no direction, ambition, or goals. I was lazy and everything around me was a total mess. I was in the worst shape of my life (clearly), which was really tough for me to deal with because I had never been overweight like this. I loved playing my guitar and singing for people, but I became more and more self-conscious of how I looked on stage, which made me anxious and uncomfortable when playing. I was the front man, so literally everybody was looking at me.My solution at the time was to just drink enough to where I didn’t worry about it… numb myself. But on some nights when I wasn’t playing music, I was bartending and drinking behind the bar. On top of that, I never missed a “Sunday Funday”. Life just turned into one huge, continuous party and it was fun for a while.Eventually, I started neglecting things. I got lazy with booking gigs and I wasn’t working enough at the bar to make ends meet. This was around Christmas break and the town slows down every year because all of the students leave. I even left town to go visit family, so when I got back, money was tight. I sat by myself at the house a lot and really didn’t feel like doing anything. I didn’t even feel like playing my guitar. I showed all of the signs of depression and felt helpless about it. I considered myself a victim of my circumstances, which lead to hopelessness as well.To make matters even worse, I felt like I was letting my family down and they were disappointed in me. It hurt like hell to think of myself as a failure in their eyes.Looking into the mirror that day really sparked something in me. I was tired of feeling like this and it was so out of character for me. I took a picture because I knew I wouldn’t be looking like that anymore. Things were going to change and I wanted a personal reminder. I never showed that picture to anybody until maybe a year or more after.The first thing I did was start looking for a gym I could go to and a friend of mine recommended one across town. I joined as soon as I got the funds and forced myself to go, as uncomfortable as it was. I also started researching like crazy on dieting until I finally found one I knew was reputable and I could stick to. I completely stopped drinking for months because of the diet and started booking more gigs so I could have more money. I developed a plan for my future, which included getting back into school. I even started reading books again, which was a habit I dropped when I moved a few years prior to this.Since that day, I’ve graduated from college and got a job as an engineer in the automotive industry. I’ve placed in multiple bodybuilding competitions and won Mr. Tuscaloosa 2017 in classic physique. I’ve set the Alabama state record in powerlifting for the 220 lb. weight class in all lifts in 2015. I’ve started a business and helped multiple people lose weight, with some of them losing over 40 pounds. Every year I try to outdo what I did the previous year and I have a pretty good streak going.