Bill McDonald, husband, father, martial arts instructor, gym owner, entrepreneur, and the owner and host of The Bearded Beast Show discusses the characteristics that are necessary to take on leadership, and activities that may be holding you back. 

Episode Highlights: 

• It takes a strong foundation to be a leader.   
• What is the biggest reason Bill McDonald started The Bearded Beast Show?
• Invest in yourself with skills that will take you to the next level.   
• Your actions come from your character traits. 
• What are the problems with the "feel-good movement?" 
• Why does Bill take health and diet education so seriously? 
• Social media has taken away one-on-one connections.  
• You get back what you put out. 
• It is not mean to tell someone the truth.  

3 Key Points:

1. Ask yourself, what are the standards you hold yourself to every day. 
2. You will never be happy if you don't change the things that bother you.  
3. Write down your core values that you are going to live up to. Then push yourself to live up to each one.  

Tweetable Quotes:

• "'You wouldn't start to build the home of your dreams without a strong foundation. So, what would make you think building yourself into a great leader would start anywhere else other than with a strong foundation?" – Bill McDonald
• "What you do flows out of who you are." – Bill McDonald
• "Guys, you must be in tune with your inner voice. Most people say one thing and act a different way." – Bill McDonald

Resources Mentioned:

• The Bearded Beast Show 
• Facebook: The Bearded Beast Show