Inheritance is Temporary, Legacy is Forever with John Ramstead

The Dad Edge Podcast

Larry Hagner

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🗓️ 29 April 2021

⏱️ 79 minutes

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John Ramstead

John Ramstead is a husband, father, entrepreneur, and author of On Purpose, With Purpose. Ramstead knew from a young age that he wanted to be a pilot. However, when he got to college and was enrolled in the ROTC program, he never believed that he had what it took to be a pilot. After an inspiring talk with his father, John decided that he was going to take aviation classes and become a pilot. Throughout his studies, John had a mentor that held him accountable and challenged him to be the best that he could be. Ramstead finished first in his graduating class and got to pick the plane of his choice.

After John retired from the Navy, he became an entrepreneur and founded the company Beyond Influence. In 2011, John encountered an accident that would alter the course of his life forever. During a work retreat, John was riding on a horse that bucked him off and sent him straight into a steel pipe, shattering his skull. The doctors told his wife and kids to fill out a living will because he was not going to make it. During his time in the hospital, the Lord spoke to John and told him that he would heal him. From that moment on, John decided to save the relationship with his wife and children and become the husband and father he was meant to be.

Marriage is all about skill. You can't just walk in and expect to wing it on the first try; it takes patience, practice, and most importantly - SKILL. Having a healthy relationship with your kids works the same way too. It's not about getting them to be on their best behavior, it's about bringing out the best in them, no matter if it's different than how you imagined. When John was near the end of his life, he discovered that it's not about what you leave for your family, it's about what you leave in them. That is the difference between inheritance and legacy - legacy is forever, inheritance is temporary.

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0:00.0	We are men, we are warriors, we are dads, dads with a purpose, dads with an edge.
0:10.6	We sharpen our skills so we can show up best for others.
0:14.8	We have one shot in life to be a dad.
0:20.6	Why not make it epic?
0:25.3	Hey, what's up guys, welcome to the dad edge podcast.
0:30.1	I'm Larry Hagner, your host and founder of this show.
0:33.9	Welcome to the last Thursday throwdown of April.
0:36.7	Can you believe we're already almost halfway through the year?
0:41.4	So pretty cool stuff, man, and I'm excited to bring today's guest on.
0:45.6	As you guys know, we have been blessed here at dad edge to have a variety of different
0:51.6	guests on the show.
0:53.7	Really amazing, we just featured Chris Gardner from the pursuit of happiness.
0:59.4	Actually Bucco, your seatbelt, because next week we have Matthew McConaughey coming
1:03.7	on.
1:04.7	How about that?
1:05.7	Just an absolutely amazing show where he talks about fatherhood, how he was raised, how
1:09.2	he was brought up, also his brand new book on green lights, not on green lights, but
1:14.2	his new book, Green Lights, which is fantastic.
1:16.9	It's literally in my top three now of all time favorite books.
1:20.9	I've got another incredible guest for you guys today.
1:24.0	And before I do his intro, I just want to give you guys a quick blurb and a few announcements
1:28.2	of just things that we have out there for you.
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