Outdoor Adventures That Build Character, Leadership, and Connection with Drew Davis
The Dad Edge Podcast
Larry Hagner
4.8 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 12 August 2024
⏱️ 70 minutes
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Summary
Drew Davis is the founder of Equipped Outdoors, a full-service guide company offering experiences in Arkansas, Colorado, and beyond. His company is dedicated to helping men engage with their families, experience God's creation, and grow personally through outdoor adventures. As the Director and Strategic Value Executive at Oracle Health, Davis applies his leadership skills to both his corporate career and his passion project. With a Bachelor's in Spanish, International Business, and Marketing, and a Master's in Global Studies, his background includes extensive travel in Latin America for church work and teaching. A dedicated husband to Carissa and father of four, Davis integrates lessons of leadership, community, and discipleship into outdoor experiences, combining his unique blend of corporate expertise, faith, and outdoor enthusiasm to create transformative adventures.
Today, Drew Davis shares his passion for the outdoors and his mission to help men engage with their families through nature-based experiences. He discusses how Equipped Outdoors, his nonprofit, aims to eliminate barriers preventing men from enjoying nature and inspire personal growth through outdoor adventures. Drew's background in extensive travel and his professional career at Oracle have shaped his approach to leadership and community building. He offers a range of retreats and adventures, from entry-level trips to more advanced excursions.
The conversation explores the profound impact of outdoor adventures on family relationships. Drew and Larry discuss how disconnecting from the digital world and immersing in nature can lead to meaningful conversations and stronger bonds. They highlight the benefits of learning outdoor skills, such as building confidence and problem-solving abilities. The episode offers insights on the transformative power of nature, intentional parenting, and creating unforgettable family experiences through outdoor adventures.
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| 0:00.0 | Taking our kids outdoors isn't just about adventure. |
| 0:03.2 | It's about building bonds, teaching resilience and creating lifelong memories. |
| 0:09.1 | And as men, husbands and fathers, we have the privilege and the responsibility to show our children |
| 0:13.6 | the beauty of nature the value of perseverance and how being out in nature can |
| 0:19.7 | connect us it's in these shared moments that we shape our character, we shape our kids |
| 0:24.8 | character, and we deepen our family ties. |
| 0:27.6 | Welcome to the Dad Edge podcast. The Dad Edge movement creates leaders of men, |
| 0:35.3 | leaders of families, and leaders of communities. |
| 0:38.7 | We will not only impact this generation of fathers, |
| 0:41.2 | but the next generation as well. The kids we are raising will |
| 0:44.9 | have better chances and odds stacked in their favor because of the amazing |
| 0:48.5 | example that their fathers emulated for them. We are here to change the world. We are here to change |
| 0:55.2 | relationships. We are here to positively disrupt this generation of fathers so |
| 1:00.1 | no man goes to their grave with regret. |
| 1:03.3 | We disrupt the drift of busyness |
| 1:05.2 | and replace it with razor-focused intention, passion, |
| 1:09.0 | purpose, and direction. |
| 1:11.4 | We are the Dad Edge, and we're here to change the game. |
| 1:15.0 | We are the dad edge and we're here to change the game. Hey for all my adventure dads out there man this podcast is for you and even if you're not an outdoorsy or adventuring kind of guy, but you want to be, hey, this one might even be more for you. |
| 1:41.6 | So what's up gentlemen? My name is Larry |
| 1:43.7 | Hagner. I am the host and founder of the Dad Edge podcast. We're almost for a |
| 1:47.6 | decade now. We have been interviewing experts just like we have today on what it means to connect with our kids, what it means to connect with our wives, |
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