Isolation: The Enemy of Excellence—TDE Exclusive with Aaron Walker

The Dad Edge Podcast

Larry Hagner

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4.8 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 7 May 2020

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

Today fan favorite and a legend our community, Aaron “Big A” Walker is on to have a live discussion with our members.

Aaron Walker is the president and founder of View from the Top, an Iron Sharpens Iron Mastermind group that goes beyond success to a life of significance.

Aaron talks about why isolation is the enemy of excellence and how the power of mastermind groups to accelerate our growth, success, and happiness is unrivaled. He explains why we need a community of strong men to do life with and gives us examples of how a group of trusted advisors can help us through the toughest spots in our lives.

Aaron talks about what our spouses and kids really need from us and how to show up big for them with a servant leader mindset. He also tells us how to be courageous during crisis, as well as when to lean into our tribe to survive the pitfalls and mistakes that we’re usually afraid to talk about.

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0:00.0	We are men. We are warriors. We are dads with a purpose. Dad's with an edge. We sharpen our skills so we can show up best for others.
0:14.0	We have one shot in life to be a dad.
0:20.0	Why not make it epic?
0:30.0	Let's just start today's show with two quotes. The first one is,
0:32.0	Isolation is the enemy of excellence and don't come
0:37.2	home with a wallet full of money and a house full of strangers. These are just a couple
0:41.9	quotes you will hear from today's guest.
0:44.4	Hope you guys are doing well. My name is Larry Hagner. I am the host and
0:48.3	founder of the Dad Edge podcast in this community. Hope you guys are doing well and here we are in the first week of May.
0:56.0	Gentlemen, today I have a legend on who's been on the show before and he is Aaron Walker or as you guys probably know big a
1:06.3	Aaron Walker is without question a veteran entrepreneur he started his first
1:11.3	business at 18 years old and sold to a Fortune 500 company nine short years later.
1:19.0	Unwilling to rest on past success alone, Aaron start, bought, and sold eight more companies over the past
1:27.9	40 years.
1:30.0	Having a strong desire for personal development has kept Aaron in a weekly mastermind group
1:35.1	for more than a decade with yes, Dave Ramsey, Dan Miller, Ken Abraham, and seven other notable Nashvilians.
1:44.3	Aaron has enjoyed a 40 year long marriage with his beautiful wife Robin
1:50.3	and today he spends the majority of his time helping men grow in success and significant as the president and founder of view from the top.
2:00.0	He is also the best-selling author of the book, View from the Top.
2:04.0	And gentlemen, what you're going to get out of today's show
2:06.1	is why we need a community of strong men to do life with.
2:10.4	As you guys have heard, Aaron has done life with Dave Ramsey. Dave Ramsey. with
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