Dan Mendat - From Truck Driver to Captain of His Own Ship

07/28/21 • 59 min

Join Brent and Dan Mendat on a replay from one of the first episodes. Dan was literally cruising through life in Northeast Ohio as a truck driver and sailing with his wife on the weekends. When health challenges from driving truck and a family tragedy struck he knew something had to change.
During a vacation to Southwest Florida he and his wife took a 4 hour sailing cruise. A chance comment by the skipper of the boat planted the seed of a different life. Dan and his wife Dianne decided to take the jump and left Ohio to pursue a life where they follow their passion for sailing and be the captain of their own life.
Join Brent and Dan as we talk with about the journey so far, what life is like running your own small business and the joys of getting to do what you love every day.
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Ryan Goloversic, aka Rygo on Kiteboarding, Being a Content Creator and the Drive to Follow Your Passions

Ryan Goloversic, aka Rygo, and Brent discuss his jobs in social media video production and kite boarding. From a young age Ryan new that he had to have a sense of purpose otherwise he would be miserable. Ryan started off his career as a punk rocker in the Michigan area. He left music after a few years and taking a few missteps found an interest in creating social media videos about kiteboarding. He currently works for MacKite in Michigan as Creative Director and a team rider.

His progression/learning curve in kiting and some of the interesting maneuvers, details and finesse of kite boarding.
The importance of Mackite in his life and how Mackites is very forward thinking in its connection to its customers and how his job has progressed throughout his association with them.
What keeps him going and what is the grind behind what he does. What kind of travel the job requires and how does he accomplish it. And importantly, does the filming and tech work take the magic out of kite boarding for him?
How much of his success would he contribute to hardwork versus being at the right place at the right time.
What Rygo views as success for himself and what are his plans for the future.

How to contact Ryan Goloversic on Instagram .

You can see many of Rygo videos on YouTube.

Or, you can visit the website MacKite.