Off The Dome Radio

Episode 50: Bob Vitoux, Senior Investing Leader at Ambassador Capital Group, Former CEO at Seymour Midwest/CFO at Steinway & Sons

Episode  |  May 9th, 2019  |  1 hr 26 mins

biomet, family, leadership, medical, medical device, mental health, mentors, music, parenting, people development, relationships, seymour midwest, steinway & sons, zimmer

Bob Vitoux leads the investing activities for the Ambassador Capital Group in the Ambassador Enterprises private equity business. Prior to joining Ambassador, Bob served as the President & CEO of Seymour Midwest, a privately held landscape and specialty tool manufacturer, and was the CFO for Steinway Musical Instruments. The majority of his career has been in the medical device industry, including commercial and finance leadership roles with Zimmer, Johnson & Johnson, and Biomet, following the start of his career in public accounting with Price Waterhouse.

In this interview Bob walks us through his professional journey in the medical device industry, his company leadership roles later in his career, and important life lessons he has learned in the areas of leadership, people development, and self-investment.

Episode 47: Meditation in Schools, Scandinavian Airline Strike, Coca-Cola's Unique Marketing Campaign, Avengers, Conquering Fear, Forgiving Yourself, and Inspiring Confidence in Others

Episode  |  April 30th, 2019  |  1 hr 15 mins

advertising, airlines, avengers, baltimore, branding, coca-cola, collective bargaining agreement, community, compassion, confidence, europe, fear, float sixty, forgiveness, fort wayne, love, mad men, marketing, meditation, mental health, mentorship, sas, schererville, self-love, sonic branding, strike

In today's current events section, we dive into meditation replacing detention in an elementary school in Baltimore, the Scandinavian Airlines strike, Coca-Cola's unique "sonic branding" marketing campaign, and the Avengers opening weekend box office success.

We transition into the real life experience section, where Tim discusses how a few geese taught him an important lesson about facing your daily fears, and Slager is learning key life lessons involving loving and forgiving yourself when it comes to relationships.

In book talk, we highlight "Don't Sweat the Small Stuff" by Robert Carlson and "Gameplan for Life" by John Wooden. We talk about compassion toward other people's motivations and inspiring confidence in others around you in all types of relationships.

Episode 34: Tanner Balazs

Episode  |  March 14th, 2019  |  50 mins 6 secs

emotional intelligence, empathy, fitness, focus, heart, leadership, love, mental health, multitasking, nutrition, personal development, positivity, time management, training, wellness

Tanner Balazs (@tannerbalazs) is a life student of fitness who owns his own personal training business, which aims to improve people in the areas of fitness, performance, health and life.

Growing up in Warsaw, Indiana, Tanner shares his story about what led him to dedicating his life to maximize his own health and wellness, as well as his motivations to develop and educate the youth on a world outside of the regular sports path in high school and college. He discusses the things he has learned on his journey, ranging from mental toughness and work ethic, controlling your mind, and following your purpose and passions to create the happiest version of your life that you want to live.

Episode 30: Armando Sanchez aka Monii

Episode  |  February 28th, 2019  |  1 hr 7 mins

determination, entrepreneur, grind, hip-hop, hustle, influence, journey, mental health, music, musical artist, podcast, podcast life, self-improvement, side hustle, value

Armando Sanchez aka Monii (@nineonemonii) is a musical artist from Warsaw, Indiana. In this conversation, Mando expresses his passionate journey through the tough and competitive music landscape. He highlights what it means to dream bigger than yourself and double down on your aspirations, and how he has used that to create musical art for his listeners and fans. We get into the importance of growing up in a creative environment, and how we should enable ourselves and the next generation to invest in our own creative juices.

You can find Monii on Spotify, Apple, Soundcloud, Facebook (Monii), and Instagram (nineonemonii)

Episode 21: The Benefits and Downfalls of Multitasking, Improving Your Focus, and the Dangers of SARMs

Episode  |  January 29th, 2019  |  57 mins 50 secs

emotional intelligence, empathy, focus, heart, leadership, love, mental health, multitasking, nutrition, personal development, positivity, time management, training, wellness

After diving deep into two interesting plastic surgery stories, we get into the topic of multi-tasking, and striking the difference between quality of work and efficiency. Slager talks about an important business decision and his motivations for diversifying his personal portfolio. We end the episode talking about SARMs (Selective Androgen Receptor Modulators), and why we're not buying the fact that they are "a healthy alternative to steroids."

Episode 17: Workplace Flow and Seasonal Depression

Episode  |  January 15th, 2019  |  41 mins 4 secs

deck, dream kitchen, help people, high-traffic work environment, home living, interaction with others, lessons from sports, mental health, mental stimulation, patio, porch, professional work, sports, verbalizing goals

The cold and cloudy months can have a heavy impact on our mood and mindset. In this episode, we dive into the topic of seasonal depression and the strategies we can implement to overcome extremely negative times.

Show Highlights

1:30-9:00: We love sports, so we discuss the lessons we take from sports and how we incorporate that into our mental health and interactions with others, especially our professional work
9:00-19:00: We explore what it means to help people to the extent of your ability, and Slager explains how he plans out his days and keeps organized in a high-traffic work environment

19:00-30:00: In the heart of our episode, we talk about 3 valuable strategies you can implement to prevent yourself from falling into the dreaded seasonal depression funk in the winter, when the sun is never out and temperatures are cold.

30:00-35:00: We talk about the importance of mentally stimulating yourself when you’re physically tired, verbalizing your daily goals in the morning, and Tim's 5 goals he says to himself every morning

35:00-40:00: We end talking about what Slager's dream kitchen would be, as well as what a simple thing like a deck or porch can do for an the home living experience

Episode 16: New Years Resolutions, Positivity, Correcting Your Mindset

Episode  |  January 8th, 2019  |  41 mins 6 secs

confidence, dreams, goal setting, goals, influence, joe rogan, kanye west, mental health, mindset, networking, new years resolutions, nick yarris, planning, positivity, sales, strategy, vision

Happy New Year! In this episode, we dive into the topic of goal setting and the right mindset to take when outlining your key objectives for this coming year. We get personal as we talk about what we each want to achieve

Episode 14: Dave Dunham: Interview 2

Episode  |  December 28th, 2018  |  57 mins 50 secs

emotional intelligence, empathy, heart, leadership, love, mental health, nutrition, positivity, training, wellness

Show Description:

Dave Dunham is a fitness and mental health advocate, and the founder and owner of 7Wholeness, a business dedicated to developing people from a fitness and lifestyle perspective, as well as Wired Ripple, which promotes the positive actions and leadership of amazing humans. We dive into the daily process of managing our own mental health, as well as empathizing with people in regards issues and pressures we feel on a daily basis. We also discuss how we can relate to people who might be going through a unique situations we ourselves have never faced.

Where you can find Dave:

Website: http://wiredripple.com/
Instagram: @dunham_7w, @wired_ripple

Episode 2: Becoming More Emotionally Intelligent

Episode  |  November 4th, 2018  |  37 mins 28 secs

emotional intelligence, grateful, gratitude, health and wellness, mental health, mentality, mindset, understanding

We dive into the hot topic of emotional intelligence and the benefits of understanding yourself and others. We explore the emotional side of a decision and the progression of how humans are wired to make everyday decisions in life. Toward the end of the show, we will highlight the mental benefits of gratitude journaling and writing out your daily thoughts.

Episode 1: Finding Your On with David Dunham

Episode  |  October 29th, 2018  |  1 hr 30 mins

entrepreneur, fulfillment, health and wellness, hydration, inspiration, mental health, mindfulness, mobility, movement, nutrition, purpose, recovery, relationship building, strength

Dave Dunham is the founder and owner of 7Wholeness, a business dedicated to developing people from a fitness and lifestyle perspective. After leaving his job of 8 years with the federal government, he invested his time into developing a healthy lifestyle in mind, body, and character. Through this experience, he took this gained knowledge and transformed it into his purpose to change others. This became the foundation for his business, which is based on 7 principles: Mindfulness, Nutrition, Hydration, Movement, Strength, Mobility, and Recovery.