Thanksgiving Leadership Collaboration (Host: Bob Beaulaurier)

Key Hook for Why to Listen:

• The first Thanksgiving was a masterclass in leadership collaboration. By exploring the Pilgrims' and Wampanoag people's survival strategy, Bob Beaulaurier reveals leadership principles that can be applied today to improve teamwork and collaboration in both business and family settings. He offers a powerful analogy: what if the Thanksgiving meal wasn't just about food, but about collaboration?

Key Leadership Takeaways:

1. Shared Purpose Over Ego
   • The Pilgrims and Wampanoag had one common goal: survival. In a business or family setting, when the mission is bigger than individual drama or ego, collaboration becomes crucial. Ask, "What's the one thing we're fighting for?"
   • Takeaway: Collaboration isn’t optional—it's essential.
2. Humility
   • The Pilgrims didn't come with arrogance; they sought help and were open to learning. Leaders must adopt a mindset of humility.
   • Takeaway: Leaders are learners. Listen more, learn from your team, and take notes. Don't assume you have all the answers.
3. Relationships Before Rules
   • The Pilgrims and Wampanoag built trust over months of shared meals, forming strong relationships before formalizing any agreements.
   • Takeaway: Treaties (or agreements) work better when trust is established first. In leadership, it's about aligning values before contracts.
4. Win-Win Deals
   • The Pilgrims and Wampanoag made mutually beneficial agreements, focusing on win-win solutions that respected both cultures.
   • Takeaway: Collaborate in a way that benefits everyone. Ask, "Is this deal good if roles were reversed?"
5. Humor and Connection
   • Humor, like the jokes shared at Thanksgiving dinners, is a "glue" for collaboration. It helps build rapport and ease tension.
   • Takeaway: Find humor as a way to connect and bond, even in serious moments.
6. Embrace Trauma-Informed Leadership
   • Leaders should acknowledge historical and personal pain, using empathy and understanding rather than imposing solutions.
   • Takeaway: Don’t bulldoze through pain—listen first, heal second, collaborate third.

Questions to Ask Around the Dinner Table:

1. What’s one thing that someone taught you this year that made life better?
2. Who collaborated with you in 2025? What did you accomplish or build together?
3. What’s one thing you appreciate about someone here?
4. If we tackled one family project next year, what would it be?

Workplace Questions for Monday Meetings:

1. Where did we nail collaboration this year?
2. Where did we drop the ball, and how do we catch it in 2026?
3. What does a "win-win" culture look like for us in terms of personal growth?
4. Where do I need Pilgrim-level humility?
5. Who can I learn from (like Massas

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“If Those Who Build the World Aren’t Trained to Lead… Who Will?”

Leadership is a BIG opportunity because it is often NOT taught in college or in the trades! Leaders tend to be paid more but no one wants a leader who just wants money!

College vs. Trades: The New Reality

• 42% of Gen Z now prefers skilled trades over college.
• Trades offer earlier income, less debt, and strong earning power—electricians can hit $56–57K without loans.
• But the risk? Future generations missing leadership development that shapes the world beyond money.

🔥What if the people who actually build America — the welders, carpenters, mechanics, roofers, soldiers, Doctors, Politicians, Lawyers and operators — are never taught to lead? What if the Engineers and English Majors who go to College are never taught to lead?

If leadership determines what rises and what falls, then the very foundation of our future depends on whether everyday craftsmen, creators, college graduates and workers learn to lead their families, teams, and communities with wisdom, and purpose.

This episode is a wake-up call for anyone choosing between college and the trades… and for anyone who wants more meaning, more growth, and more leadership in their life.

Why This Conversation Matters

• The world’s hardest workers sometimes aren’t in corner offices—they’re on roofs, in shops, on job sites, in hangars, and in the Marine Corps.
• But without leadership training, skill alone isn’t enough to build great families, businesses, or lives.
• Leadership is influence—positive or negative—and everyone has influence.

The Spiritual Foundation of Work

• Jesus Himself worked with His hands (Mark 6:3) — proving greatness has nothing to do with title and everything to do with heart.
• Every cut, nail, weld, project, or survey becomes worship when tied to purpose.

Why Reading & Reflecting Still Matter

• Only 16% of Americans read for pleasure today vs. 20% two decades ago — a serious decline in reflection and growth.
• TikTok, reels, and rapid-fire content steal the time needed for self-reflection, purpose, and leadership development.
• Proverbs calls us to keep learning: “Let the wise hear and increase in learning.”

Leadership Lessons Missing in Both College & Trades

• College can teach knowledge…but not always leadership.
• Trades develop hard work, responsibility and resilience…but often miss intentional personal growth.
• Without leadership and humility, both paths hit a wall.

The Role of Faith, Integrity & Gratitude

• Galatians 6:4 reminds us not to compare — but to take pride in our own work.
• Gratitude is the antidote to stress and comparison culture.
• You can still make profits. And Lead too.

Skills Build Careers — Leadership Builds Legacies

• Hard skills pay the bills.
• Leadership skills multiply influence, income, and inner peace.
• Mentoring, reading, reflection, and personal growth compound your impact

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29 Upgrade Your Life and Happiness

Hosted by Bob Beaulaurier

🔥 Why this episode matters to YOU

• ✈️ This episode is your first-class ticket to upgrading your life, not with more effort—but with better systems.
• ⭐ What if leadership—YOUR leadership—could make your life noticeably happier, calmer, more profitable, and more joyful?
• 👉 This episode shows you exactly how to do that, even if you can’t control the world around you.
• 🎧 Buckle in: Bob is your captain, and your flight today is headed straight toward confidence, clarity, calling… and happiness.

🚀 Main Points — The Big Idea

• You can't control the world, but you can control your systems and your thinking, and those create predictable happiness.
• Happiness is not magic—it’s engineered. Systems beat mood swings. Structure beats stress.
• You fall to the level of your systems, not the level of your goals.

💡 What You’ll Learn in This Episode

• How to build personal “happiness systems” that keep your joy steady even when life gets turbulent.
• What feedback loops are (act → learn → adjust) and why they’re the secret sauce of pilots, businesses, and great leaders.
• Why courage fuels growth, taught through Brené Brown’s vulnerability principles.
• Why fun matters using Jesse Cole’s Savannah Bananas “If it’s not fun, it’s broken” model.
• How reflection turns experience into insight, based on John Maxwell and Harvard research.
• How biblical wisdom reinforces great leadership:
  
  • “Iron sharpens iron” — Proverbs 27:17
• “Faithful in little, faithful in much” — Luke 16:10
• “The discerning heart acquires knowledge” — Proverbs 18:15
• Why joy is fuel, not frosting — and how God designed growth to be energized, not exhausting.

🧠 Why This Will Make YOU Happier

• Because happiness is predictable when you use systems instead of reacting to life.
• Because feedback loops help you avoid repeated frustration—and the “diamond-status” level of regret.
• Because reflection creates wisdom, and wisdom reduces stress, conflict, and chaos.
• Because fun + discipline creates positive momentum you can feel every day.
• Because data + humility make your life easier, calmer, and more under your control.
• Because better systems = better relationships, better decisions, better days.

✈️ Bob’s Pilot Stories That Reinforce the Message

• Flying IFR lessons where small corrections keep you from drifting miles off course.
• Pilots who ignore feedback often face consequences—leaders do too.
• The earlier you accept feedback, the softer the landing in life, work, and relationships.

📊 “Leadership Feedback Flywheel” — Your Upgrade Formula

• Collect data (what worked, what didn’t)
• Review weekly (no drama—just honesty)
• Adjust small (micro-co

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Confidence doesn’t happen without practice.
When you improve your confidence as a leader, you improve confidence in every aspect of your life.

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