Brad Lomenick spent more than a decade leading Catalyst, one of the biggest leadership movements in the Christian world, selling out arenas, hitting every number, building something huge. And somewhere in the middle of all that winning, he quietly fell apart. Sixty pounds overweight. Running on stress. Leading his team so poorly they secretly nicknamed him "the devil." None of it showed up on the scoreboard.
In this conversation on The Own It Show, Justin Roethlingshoefer and Brad dig into how that happens to good, driven, high-capacity people, not in a dramatic crash, but through a slow drift of small compromises. They get into the wake-up call that turned it around, the single habit that reset every other area of Brad's life, and the identity shift underneath it all: your habits, they argue, are just your identity made visible. Decide who you are first, and the workouts, the discipline, and the leadership start to follow.
In this episode you’ll learn:
The single keystone habit that recalibrated Brad's spiritual, mental, and physical life ("I am a runner")
The "scorecard of life": why an A in one area and F's in the rest still adds up to losing
Why your title isn't your calling and the "riverbanks" idea that frees you to change lanes without losing yourself
Justin's 7-D pattern: the slow drift the enemy uses to wear leaders down, one distraction at a time
"You can't steer a parked car": why you find your calling by taking action, not by waiting on it
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About Brad Lomenick
Brad Lomenick is an Oklahoma-based leadership strategist, author, and self-described "convener of leaders." He spent more than a decade leading Catalyst, one of the most influential young-leader movements in the Christian world, and now advises organizations and leaders through consulting, speaking, and writing.
He's the author of H3 Leadership and The Catalyst Leader, and host of the H3 Leadership podcast.
➡︎ Website & consulting: https://www.bradlomenick.com
➡︎ H3 Leadership Podcast: https://h3leadership.com
➡︎ Books (H3 Leadership + The Catalyst Leader): https://www.amazon.com/s?k=brad+lomenick
➡︎ Instagram: @bradlomenick
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