On today's show, we're interviewing the John Maxwell Disciple and the best-selling leadership author, expert, and speaker by the name of Brad Lomonick on how to become the most effective leader that you could possibly be throughout Brad's career.

He's had the pleasure of being personally mentored by John Maxwell and he's actually interviewed Malcolm Gladwell, Seth Golden, Francis Chan, Tony Dungee, Andy Stanley,

Rick Warren, Marcus Buckingham, Dave Ramsey, and countless other proven leaders.

And on today's show, he's going to break down what H3 leadership looks like.

The importance of staying humble, staying hungry, and always being willing to hustle.

Some shows don't need a celebrity narrator to introduce the show.

But this show dies. Two men. Eight kids co-created by two different women.

13 multi-million dollar businesses. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Thrive Time Show.

Yes, yes, yes, and yes, Thrive Nation. Welcome back to another exciting edition of the Thrive Time Show on your radio and podcast download.

And if you have ever desired to become a more effective leader, if you've ever felt like you are the lid on your organization's growth,

if you've ever felt like you need to improve your leadership skills to take your career to the next level, you are in luck.

Because on today's show, we are interviewing the leadership expert speaker and consultant who's known as sort of the guru of leadership.

Mr. Brad Lomonick, Mr. Brad, how are you, sir? Welcome onto the show.

Hey, thanks, Clay. I don't know if I'm the guru. You know, there's other people who are way older and wiser than I am, but I'll take it.

I heard that you were extremely old, but you drink a lot of fish oil. So it's like you have the body of someone in the early 30s, but the mind of someone who's like 807.

There you go. Yes. That would be the goal anyway, even if I'm not there yet.

Okay. Well, now for people out there that aren't as familiar with your background, I'd love to start at the bottom before you made your way to the top, so to speak.

Can you explain to the listeners out there your career before you became known as a leadership expert and author?

Well, I am an Oklahoma boy. So I grew up out just outside of Tulsa in a little town called Bristol.

Yeah. And when it's called University of Oklahoma, so boomer sooner. There we go.

Anybody who's a center fan, you know, we're moving into the college playoffs. So the sooner nation is rising up.

And I graduate from OU with the history degree that I wanted to go to law school, felt like felt like politics and the, you know, getting into the legal world, but ultimately getting into politics was going to be the best way for me to make a difference.

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