1594 My Strength Is My Story with Ron Kitchens

There is no shortage of gurus, processes, and quick-fix
formulas. However, through life's trials and triumphs, Ron
Kitchens shares leadership lessons to learn by being uniquely
you!


Ron Kitchens is a husband of 27 years, a father to their
beautiful daughter, with the newest addition Finley River of
Hoover's Mill, an adorable puppy.


Ron is the senior partner and CEO of Southwest Michigan First, an
economic consulting firm that has grown compounded revenue at 20
percent annually during his fourteen years as CEO.


The organization was recognized by Best and Brightest Companies
to Work For and Outside Magazine, the Wall Street Journal as the
BEST place to work in America in 2018.


In addition, Ron leads Consultant Connect, is the publisher of
269 Magazine, a board member of IMPACT Athletic, the past chair
of the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, and a Trustee of Western
Michigan University.


Ron founded the leadership conference Catalyst University and
co-founded NEXT, an invitation-only leadership symposium of
global economic development leaders.


He is a speaker, podcaster, and has authored three books with his
newest release Uniquely You: Transform Your Organization by
Becoming the Leader Only You Can Be.
"Be your authentic self. The world pays millions for
authenticity, and pays pennies for bad copies.” ~ Ron
Kitchens

 


Connect with Ron Kitchens


BOOK: Uniquely You


Enjoy the multitude of topics discussed including leadership,
mandarin oranges, Rachel Hollis, Nehemiah, and the Green Witch
plus so much more.


Team leadership

Rolex watch

John Maxwell

Jon Acuff

Instagram

Media

Growing Up

Poverty

The Banana Box

Can of Mandarin Oranges

Developing Leaders

The color orange

What's important?

Destiny

Identity

Dyslexia

Superpower

Seed of Success

Rachel Hollis

Football

The Nehemiah Journey

That's not our plan!

Nehemiah 6:3

Communications

Millennials

The Cul-de-sac

Olivia Pope of Scandal

Raw manifestation of Your Calling

Validation

Wicked on Broadway

The Green Witch

I am enough!

Impact & Influence



 


Connect with Ron Kitchens


BOOK: Uniquely You
"You can change your plan, but you need to not let
other people change it for you!" ~ Ron Kitchens

#MyStrengthIsMyStory #CreateYourNow #RonKitchens


 


Quotes and statements within the interview:


"The vast majority of them are under thirty."


"Be you! The world has enough copies."
"People don't value knock-offs. They don't value
fakes."

"And in the Ozark Mountains, in the 1970s, tropical fruit,
whether it was can or fresh, was something rare and to be saved."


"This can of mandarin oranges became a symbol for me that
somebody loved me; that somebody cared enough in the world."
"What it really has become is a symbol of my
responsibility to take the role of those three men and give back to
people, who I don't necessarily know, who I don't even necessarily
know why they're in their situation, but I'm not called to know
why. I'm just called to love them and called to support them on a
journey."

"And I want you in your career to find something that will remind
you in a tangible way of what's important to you."


"It's easy for the noise to drag us away from our destiny."
"Being dyslexic, I wasn't diagnosed until I couldn't
graduate from college."

"But what I was embarrassed to tell people about, I now know is
my superpower!"


"Everyone has a unique seed of success in them."
"And that's what I want for everybody is just to be
happy and don't spend your life trying to be a bad fake of somebody
else. Embrace who you are!"

"It took me eight years of working part-time and going to
college."


"Cause I grew up knowing, the people who had what I wanted all
had one thing in common. Their family had jobs."
"This ladder is to remind me no matter how flattering,
you have to stay up on the ladder."

"I believe that the millennial generation has the ability to be
the greatest generation that's ever been on the face of the
earth."


"So the one thing, if you want to be a great leader today, is the
the ability to unambiguously communicate to this incredible
generation to mentor and lift them up."


"So as leaders, we've got to first determine: Am I stuck in a
cul-de-sac or am I just slowed down on the side resting a little
bit?"
"What do you want?"

"I don't really know why, except I've discovered that I'm the
green witch."


"And I think for a lot of us out there, it doesn't matter if you
came from poverty or prosperity, we all have that voice in our
heads that says 'You're not enough!'"


 


What has your story gifted you?


Empathy



"It's really easy for a lot of people to forget their own journey
and lose their sense of empathy."


"And if there's a sense I would never want to lose, it's that.
Because it helps me understand."


"My past has created this sense that 'I love everybody,' and I
want them to have as many unbelievable opportunities that I've
had."


 


Resources mentioned in the episode:



Connect with Ron Kitchens


BOOK: Uniquely You


Always Forward Leadership Podcast


Twitter: https://twitter.com/ronkitchens


Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RKalwaysforward/


LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ronkitchens/


Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ron.kitchens/



 
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