Raising My Young Leader w/ John LeBrun & Andrew

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Today I have a special guest my buddy, my good, amazing son Andrew LeBrun, say, Hi buddy. Hi. So today, for our fun off script episode, I thought it would be really fun to bring in my little man who works on leadership all the time personal development and let him talk with you and me and kind of bring

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Talk about leadership within the youth as leaders. If we are not building the next generation, what are we doing as fathers? It is our duty to build our family, not just literally build them and grow them, but to build them as people so they can better serve their families, businesses and communities.

And so today I have with you, my son. He is John Andrew LeBrun, the fourth and we call him Andrew or Drewski, and we have all kinds of other fun names that he probably doesn't want to get into today.

No, but I'll have him introduce himself. But he tell them, how old are you? And tell him something about you? Um. I'm ten, and I really like sports and video games. He loves sports and video games. What is your favorite sports?

I'm lacrosse and flag football, lacrosse and flag football. And you do a little bit of wrestling. Yes. Very cool. All right. So, buddy, let's jump right into it. OK? What do you think leadership means to you? I'll. Probably like being a leader.

And like. Such as maybe leading your business group, meeting your business prior to making it into a like a multi-billion dollar company. All right. It's billion with a B. What else? Hmm. So why do you think leadership is so important?

Because without it, what are you going to do? Well, maybe you won't be a bad leader, or if you want a bad, if you were a bad leader, then your business would probably fail. Amen. You think a bad leader company with a bad leader make it through the pandemic?

Probably not. Probably not. So what are some characteristics of a good leader? Probably like friendly talking to the Mike, probably friendly and willing to take risks, but not get it and not get too far away from their main goal.

OK. How does a leader treat their team? I think they should treat them nicely, but let them know what they're supposed to do and that they should do it. OK, so provide direction. Yeah, OK, very cool. So as the leader serving his team or expecting everything to come his way, probably mostly serving them?

Yes. But if they but you should be able to rely on them for small things. OK, very cool. So what do you think? How do you think young young men like yourself can become better leaders? Hmm. Probably listening to directions.

OK. So you recently I read a recently reading one of Tim Tebow's books called I think it's called Through My Eyes. Right? So Andrew is an amazing reader. He's incredible, and he reads books every single day, and he's a Tim Tebow fan because he likes football and Jesus.

And so does Tim. And so you've been reading that book. How have you liked it so far? I've liked a lot. OK? What did you learn from Tim Tebow's book? Well, mostly to never give up for what you want to do.

So never give up on what you want to do. Is life always easy? Heck no. Heck no. Is it hard? Yes, all the time. Is it fair? No. Now what do I say about fairness?

I'm. I don't remember why if it's not fair. So what about Tim Tebow's book stood out to you the most? Well, the fact that he grew up living in a barn and always wanted to work until he couldn't anymore?

OK. You mean through the day? Yeah, OK. And how is this journey to football? It was hard. Mm hmm. He used to think that or do something, but then football grew on him. Mm hmm. And then they got harder and harder to as he got more popular.

Because he did better in football. Mm hmm. And then. Places starting looking for him and asking him to join, and then it got really hard to bring it down. Getting down to two colleges, OK, to choose a college.

Yeah, OK. Very cool. So what did Tim Tebow the most talented player? Or is he the hardest working player? He was the hardest working player. OK, what do we say about hard work, hard work beats talent when talent fails to do good, when talent fails to work hard, right?

Remember that hard work beats talent when talent fails to work hard? What does that mean? You don't have to be the most talented individual as long as you're willing to put the work in, right? Yeah. Yes. Andrew loves lacrosse.

How often do you go practice before practice starts? Every time, every time you get there early, every time. Are you the first one there? Pretty much every time. Pretty much every time you're the first one there. And do you start working out before the team ever gets there?

Oh yeah. Like sometimes 30 minutes, sometimes an hour before the team ever gets there? Yeah, right. Why do you do that? Because it's hard work, and when you work hard, you get better, you get better. Are you the smallest one on the team?

I definitely use most of the team. Like, you're playing with the fifth and sixth grade. Yes, I'm in fifth grade. Yeah. The smallest one. And you're one of the smaller ones, even on the fourth grade team. True, right?

But does it matter now? No. Why? Because I can do better because I'm small and I can work hard. OK. Very cool. So, Andrew, tell me, what are some values that are and what is the value mean to you?

first of all, what are values something worth something, OK? What is a value is something that's important to a person. What do they value like? You value things around your house. You value traits about some people, right? It's about how you how you conduct yourself, like whether it's sincerity or honesty or being authentic or stuff like that

. What are values that you think are important to you? Probably my Nintendo. OK, and my parents and your parents. OK, well, do you have to answer that? As mom, we all know yes. But what are some characteristic traits then that are brought in to you?

Um. I you guys being nice. OK, but what about for you to be? Nice being nice. How does honesty rank on your price system? Really, really high, right? Yeah. And just one of the most honest kids I've ever met.

I promise you, he's not a good liar. That's so true. Yeah. Or do you feel about gratitude? You remember gratitude, is it gratitude is like if someone gave you something, you'd be happy about it, grateful for it. Yeah, I'd be pretty high amused.

OK, so how often do we talk about gratitude and. I mean, every now and then, like pretty much every time we get in the car. Yeah, what do we ask every time you get in the car? What are you?

What are you grateful for? And it always has to be something we haven't said yet. Yes, two things are grateful for it, right? It's like a little mini gratitude challenge. Quick. two things you're grateful for. Go. It has to be something new or something you have said in a long time.

All right. Very cool. My sister's trick, she does with it once every time she says God, God. Well, we go, Oh yeah, I mean, come on. I mean, I've already said God messages different things every time. Yeah. one time I asked the sister give me two things, she said fork and spoon in there.

All right, buddy. Hey, I just want you to know I am so proud of you. OK, so you are turning into an amazing young man and the decisions you make every day are just incredible to me. OK? And your attitude and your mental toughness and your physical toughness, all those things.

But the mental toughness to me is the most important. And I just want you to know that I and your mom are so proud of you and where you're going and your future and all those things before we get off here.

What do you want to be as you get older, you want to become? Probably a better sports player. And a better businessman, a better businessman. What about when you get out of after high school there career, you want to look at paleontologist?

Paleontologists and why are you excited about turning twelve? Because then I get to go my family. Nobody. There you go. first paleontology day. So guys, I hope you learn something today. Just a small conversation from me to my son, Andrew, but understand how important it is to pour into your children, to put seeds into your children of

and explain to them how they can be great, how they are great, how they were created with the seeds of greatness inside of them. And remember, give them the experiences they can to under to take that next step.

So he wants to be a paleontologist. So what do we want to do at twelve years old? They have a paleontology camp. Why are we doing that? So he can understand, is this really something that he wants to do?

I understand that everybody can can do that right away. I get it. But do the things that let them explore their interests, give them experiences. I promise. These are way more important than the next Nintendo game. So that's it for today.

Adobe enjoyed this off script episode of the unscripted leadership podcast. As always, we pray that you be the leader that God is calling you to be until next time.