How to Rally People Around a Shared Vision (Secrets From America’s Founders)

The EntreLeadership Podcast

Ramsey Network

Entrepreneurship, Business, Management

4.7 • 4.1K Ratings

🗓️ 24 November 2025

⏱️ 39 minutes

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In this episode, we take a deep look at the Pilgrims’ perilous journey to the New World, the brutal first year marked by starvation and loss, and the surprising events that shaped the very first Thanksgiving. John Felkins and Stephen Mansfield unpack the leadership, faith and resilience behind the story. Next Steps: 📞 Have a question for the show? Call 844-944-1070 or send us a message: https://ter.li/ask-us 📚 Learn about the EntreLeadership System™: https://ter.li/system-p 💻 Get EntreLeadership Elite™ for your business: https://ter.li/elite-p ✉️ Sign up to receive tactical tools, advice and resources in your inbox every week: https://ter.li/enl 🏢 Attend EntreLeadership Summit: https://ter.li/summit 🎤 Attend EntreLeadership Master Series: https://ter.li/masterseries 📖 Order Dave’s new book, Build a Business You Love: https://ter.li/b4kru2 Connect With Our Sponsors: 💼 Go to Belay Solutions or text ENTRE to 55123 for their free resource! 💻 Visit NetSuite today to learn more. 🧾 Visit Payority for a free consultation! 📈 Grab Sales Gravy's free resource to help you hire and lead better. Listen to More From Ramsey Network: 🪑 Front Row Seat with Ken Coleman 🎙️ The Ramsey Show 💸 The Ramsey Show Highlights 🧠 The Dr. John Delony Show 🍸 Smart Money Happy Hour 💡 The Rachel Cruze Show 💰 George Kamel Ramsey Solutions Privacy Policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Happy Thanksgiving from the headquarters of Ramsey Solutions.
0:13.2	This is Entree Leadership, the show where leaders like you learn what it takes to win
0:19.0	at any stage of business and leadership. I'm Dave Ramsey,
0:22.0	your host with over 30 years of experience leading in the trenches right alongside you. Today,
0:27.1	we're digging into the incredible story behind the very first Thanksgiving. And you might be
0:32.7	thinking, what do the pilgrims have to do with my business? Well, more than you think, because this is a story
0:40.2	about choosing a God-honoring vision, counting the cost, and uniting ordinary people around turning
0:47.7	hardship into hope. And of course, the importance of gratitude. For this one, I'm handing over things to John Falcons
0:56.2	from the Entree Leadership Team,
0:58.0	who will be sitting down with my friend,
1:00.1	best-selling author, leadership expert,
1:02.6	and historian, Stephen Mansfield.
1:05.5	Let's dive in.
1:07.8	Well, Steven, thank you for coming today.
1:09.6	Appreciate the opportunity to get to have a conversation about a fascinating part of our history.
1:14.6	Hey, it's a privilege.
1:15.6	Good to be with you.
1:16.6	You know, we're coming up on Thanksgiving, and there's so much history around Thanksgiving.
1:21.6	One of the things that is such a big part of our identity is the Pilgrims and their whole story. So what do we have to
1:30.3	learn from the pilgrims? What lessons are there and what should we remember about them?
1:36.2	Well, I'm kind of geeky about the pilgrims. I go crazy every Thanksgiving. To speak professor
1:42.3	for a moment. Yes, Professor Mansford.
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