The episode you're about to listen to was released back when the mere Christians podcast was called the call to mastery

Now if you love mere Christians, you're still going to love these older episodes because the majority of each

conversation focuses on how the gospel influences the work of our guests. With that disclaimer out of the way, please enjoy the episode. Hey everybody welcome to the call to mastery. I'm Jordan Rayner. This is a

podcast for Christians who want to do their most exceptional work for the glory of

God and the good of others.

Every single week I'm bringing you a conversation

with a Christian who's pursuing world-class

mastery of their craft.

We talk about their path to mastery, their daily habits and routines, and how their faith influences their work.

Today, I'm thrilled to share this conversation with my friend Mike Ariata. He's a young guy with one of the craziest

resumes I've ever heard of in my life. His first job in high school at the age of 17 was selling Cuckco knives when he became the number

one salesperson in the world out of more than 50,000 Cuckco sales reps.

Then he was the chief of staff at Dell. and

Cuckco sales reps. Then he was the chief of staff at Dell and Docusone. He co-founded news story, the nonprofit from

Brett Hagler, who you've heard here on the call to mastery and today Mike is

spending time is an investor investing in companies like Impossible Foods and

Blue Bottle coffee so Mike and I sat down recently we talked about how he became the number one

cutco sales rep at the age of 17. We talked about the three things he looks for

when investing in businesses and we talked about how excellence and distinction can serve as calling

cards for us as Christians.

I loved this conversation with my friend Mike Pariat.

Mike Pardiat.

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