Mike Orscheln has spent more than four decades leading billion-dollar businesses, navigating corporate turnarounds, private equity transitions, and helping companies grow from good to extraordinary. Mike has served as CEO, president, and executive coach, building a career around one simple belief: people and purpose always come before profit.

But this conversation isn't really about business.

It's about what happens when you lose your mother at just three years old, spend decades never speaking about that loss, and then discover that grief has been quietly shaping every decision you've ever made. Mike shares the deeply personal journey behind his philosophy, "Be Aware 61," the synchronicities that changed his life, and how becoming emotionally conscious transformed not only the husband, father, and friend he became, but also the leader.

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