For the last quarter century, Rich Cardona has either been working, advancing his education, or serving our country. Throughout that time, Rich has always had a voice in his head saying, “You aren’t even reaching your full potential.” Rich found my that after successfully retiring from the Marine Corps in 2015 the reality is that often times he was disinterested, distracted, and ambivalent. He was meandering through life. Upon retirement, Rich had the thought that “nobody would give a sh*t that I flew a $24m aircraft”, which led him to a short career with Amazon. In June 2018, he uprooted his life (and family) and ventured out into an unfamiliar landscape; entrepreneurship. And now, he shares how he has absolute and total responsibility for everything wonderful, terrible, and unexpected that results of this life altering decision.
Throughout the next steps in his life, Rich has had a lot of experience in leadership. Despite this, he felt as if he was “just a number” working at Amazon and reflects how this “was a very unsettling feeling”. Rich got tired of this after he saw his life moving in a negative direction. He then created a sense of urgency in his life and left. He now specializes in creating personal branding content for personnel and leaders. He strives to engage in authentic and candid chats that can allow audiences to see the makeup of companies’ most influential personnel. In this new space, Rich feels fulfilled, satisfied and successful. And he is here to show us how to accomplish the same.
Together, Rich and Matt discuss:
– Lessons learned from the Marine Corps
– Taking the next step in your career
– Bringing leadership to any role, boosting your teams productivity
– “Run the race that you’re in”
– How and why to create more urgency your life
– How to identify “fakers” and why hard work outlasts all
– Looking at what lies ahead in your life
– Develop the belief that you can create something
– Rich’s definition of success
– MUCH More!