161: 5 Valuable Life Lessons I've Learned In The Last 5 Years
The Nick Bare Podcast
Nick Bare
4.9 • 6.1K Ratings
🗓️ 16 February 2026
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
Over the last five years, I’ve learned five lessons that changed how I lead, train, and live.
In this episode, inspired by Pastor Craig Groeschel, I break down purpose, leadership “altitude,” selflessness, pride, and the cost of a rushed life through the lens of building BPN. We’ll hit the difference between complex vs. complicated problems, the dopamine drive, and how to build a culture that empowers people.
I also share personal reflections, what I’m working on next, and how these lessons translate into real decisions at work and at home.
CHAPTERS
00:00 Intro
01:40 Purpose
18:52 Rise/Dive
30:38 Selflessness
37:53 Pride
45:13 Hurried life
58:14 Final thoughts
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| 0:00.0 | Hello everyone and welcome back to another episode of the podcast. |
| 0:10.7 | Today's podcast title is five valuable life lessons I've learned in the last five years. |
| 0:20.8 | And this episode, this discussion, was inspired and motivated by a recent podcast I was listening to. |
| 0:31.0 | This was a Craig Groshell podcast. |
| 0:34.0 | And it was all about the most challenging lessons he learned in leadership in his multiple |
| 0:42.8 | decades of leadership and in being a pastor. |
| 0:47.9 | And I'm also going to reference one of his that he spoke about. |
| 0:53.1 | But as I was listening to him speak, I was on a run. It was a five-. But as I was listening to him speak, |
| 0:55.8 | I was on a run, it was a five-mile run, |
| 0:57.8 | and I was listening this podcast, |
| 0:59.1 | and it really spoke to me and really connected with me. |
| 1:04.1 | And I started reflecting just back on |
| 1:06.5 | how much I have grown as a leader over the years and the experiences and lessons that I've |
| 1:15.6 | learned. So I got back from the five mile run. It's about two weeks ago. And I just started jotting |
| 1:21.0 | down some of the things that I've learned and I believe have been extremely valuable to |
| 1:27.0 | not just my professional life as the founder |
| 1:30.0 | and CEO BPN, but also applied to my personal life and being a husband, being a father, |
| 1:37.3 | and ultimately leading myself as well. |
| 1:40.3 | So we'll start with number one. |
| 1:42.8 | We need purpose and meaning to truly be fulfilled. |
| 1:49.2 | I think we all know this, but oftentimes glance over it because we get lost in the day to day. |
| 1:58.7 | And I once heard a fellow founder and entrepreneur describe the day |
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