Gentle Art Of Leadership Podcast – Kris Hocum

The Importance of Grit, Persistence and Mindset in Life, Leadership and Family with Kris Hocum

This week’s episode features Kris Hocum who is a Jesus follower, husband and father, ex professional MMA fighter, and mortgage officer with 1st City Mortgage in Northern Colorado. Kris shared his journey through business, life, family and professional fighting including the lessons within them. He shared the importance of git, mindset, persistence and pushing through failure, all while managing the voices of fear that can be present. Kris bravely shared his story of abusing alcohol, including the critical moment when he decided to change his ways and how he came to faith in Jesus.

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Highlights From The Episode

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Meeting at Chase Bank

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The Story Behind the Cauliflower Ears

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Becoming Neighbors and Working in Real Estate

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Trying Spanish Cookies

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Starting the Journey to Success

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Meeting Jessica and Their Love Story

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Knowing Jessica was "The One"

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Persistence in Breaking Through

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Proposing in Jamaica

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Trying the cookies and coffee

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Enjoying the cookies

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Adding South African food to the podcast

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Importance of persistence in life and goals

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Culture of quitting and settling

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Parental influence on quitting in sports

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Winning and losing in youth sports

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Lessons learned from wrestling and jiu jitsu

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Taking daily actions towards goals

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Controlling attitude and actions for success

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Roller coaster ride in real estate

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Living close to each other

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Dealing with self-doubt and criticism

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Coping with stress through food

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Managing thoughts and focusing on the next step

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Setting smaller goals to keep moving forward

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Reflecting on progress and making necessary changes

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Looking back on personal growth and accomplishments

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The journey of a fighter and overcoming challenges

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Professional Fight Journey

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Unexpected Fight in Lebanon

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Reflections on Retirement

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Balancing Family and Fighting

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Charity Jiu-Jitsu Match

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Overcoming Failure in the Octagon

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Fear and Failure in Business

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Overcoming Procrastination and Fear

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Choosing Sobriety and the Road Incident

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Near Misses and Life Lessons

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Starting from rock bottom

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Transition to a new vice

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Seeking a relationship with Jesus

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Giving life to Christ

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Unusual wake-up call

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Journeying together for 15 years

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Control your actions and attitude

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Wrapping up with a powerful statement

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Thank you and invitation to Spain

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