Hey podcasters, really excited for the program today because it features another great conversation on how they got their series.

Today that conversation is with Barrett Ward. Barrett is the founder and CEO of the brand Able, a lifestyle brand focused on ending generational poverty by working with women who have overcome extraordinary circumstances.

Many times you'll hear me ask callers to dig deep and think about what problem they want to solve or who they want to help. Able is truly a mission company doing just that.

Enjoy this conversation with Barrett Ward and stay tuned after the episode for a special offer for just you folks.

So Barrett we've been friends for a while and I'm not even sure I know the answer to this question and this is where I want to start before the Able even becomes a what if.

Okay, I want to know where you are in life, professionally.

And even personally what's going on with you before the journey happens.

You know, I actually, I mean if we go all the way back to college and career, I actually did this thing in Nashville.

It was called Southwestern Company where I sold books, door to door and college.

And that was easily the hardest thing I'd ever done to that point in my life.

I mean I was just a marshmallow kid from Carmel, Indiana getting thrown out into the wild.

The first summer of Texas going door to door to door and hearing no that many times in a day was I mean I was I was on a daily basis weeping, you know.

Sure.

But as I got through the first few weeks and started getting better at it, it developed confidence, you know.

I mean I think whatever my kids do I would love them to do something where they have to get out there and sell something and talk to people, you know, because the working through the issues of self esteem was huge for me in that.

So I did that all the way up until about 30 years old.

And then I had that kind of moment in life that I think a lot of people have.

And it was that similar moment for me.

It was I just started going to church and I got invited to go on this thing called a mission trip to Peru.

And I didn't know what a mission trip was, but I love traveling.

So I said yes and before I know it, I'm in Peru and exposed to extraordinary poverty for the first time in my life.

And that may sound really ignorant, but to be 30 years old I'm seeing it for the first time.

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