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 you for Christians who want to do their most exceptional work for the

glory of God and for the good of others. Each week I'm hosting a conversation

with a follower of Jesus Christ who is also pursuing world-class mastery of their

work, of their vocation. We talk about their path to mastery, we talk about their daily habits

and routines, and how their faith influences their work. Today I am really thrilled to share a conversation

I recently had with my good friend

Will Barrett. Will is the director of field operations at Threshold 360 and for those of

you who are familiar with my work,

you know that in addition to creating content like this podcast,

I also serve as executive chairman of that company,

of Fresh World 360, and I ran the company for two and a half years as CEO and actually I believe

will was my first full-time hire. I almost fired him on day one as we talk about in this episode not because he was

underperforming but because I was going to eliminate the role that he was

filling at the time and he turned out to be one of the most exceptional

leaders I've ever worked with in my life.

I have so much respect for Will and his leadership skills.

So Will and I recently sat down to talk about our experience working together at threshold 360.

What Will has learned after making more than 100 hiring decisions in less than three years? Talk about tremendously valuable wisdom and experience there.

That was probably my favorite part of the conversation.

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