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#2. Be the Fulcrum - Balance Your Life

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The key to a successful, fulfilled life is finding balance in all things. This requires you to know yourself, and constantly adjust to the situation. Mike takes us through his proven model on how to do that.

A fulcrum is a balance point. A successful, fulfilled life requires finding balance in almost every aspect. To do that, you must know yourself, others, and the situation and become the fulcrum, moving to provide balance in any situation.

Mike Lerario, host of the Objective Arete Podcast, is also a practitioner and teacher of leadership, management, and life balance. He covers the principles in his bestselling books "Leadership in Balance" and "Management in Balance." Learn how to achieve balance in your life. You must lead yourself first to truly be successful.

  • Mike Lerario is a United States Army West Point Graduate and holds a Master Degree in Leadership. He was an Army officer who served with distinction for over 20 years. He helped create the Army's Asymmetric Warfare Group, the Wexford Group, is a researcher for RAND and is the CEO of Crispian Consulting. He has written two bestselling books "Leadership in Balance" and "Management in Balance."
  • Check out his books on Amazon!

Full Guest Bio

Mike Lerario is President and Principal Consultant for Crispian Consulting Inc., a firm that provides specialized training and coaching in Leadership Development and organizational effectiveness. Additionally, Mike serves as a subject matter expert on numerous research projects for the Army and the Department of Defense.

A 1983 graduate of the United States Military Academy (West Point), Mike served 23 years as an Infantry Officer in Airborne Ranger assignments and retired as a Lieutenant Colonel in 2006 after serving with the Joint Special Operations Command.

Mike’s Army career includes command assignments through battalion level. He has
multiple combat tours in both Afghanistan and Iraq.

Following his retirement from active duty, Mike worked as an Operational Advisor with the
U.S. Army Asymmetric Warfare Group (AWG) and with NATO training “Attack the
Network” and Counterinsurgency (COIN) Operations. He returned to Afghanistan in 2013
to assist in the training and development of the Afghan National Army Special Operations
Command (ANASOC) and in 2014 to serve as Senior Command Advisor to the three-star
commanding general of all NATO operational forces in Afghanistan.

He holds a Bachelor of Science in Engineering (with a concentration in Military History)
and a Master of Art in Leadership Development, both degrees from the United States
Military Academy at West Point, NY.

Mike is the author of the 2016 Amazon.com International Best Seller Leadership in
Balance: The Fulcrum-Centric Plan for Emerging and High Potential Leaders. His second
book, Management in Balance: The Fulcrum-Centric Plan for New and Reluctant
Managers, was published in November 2022. He is currently working on a third book,
Solving the Leader’s Dilemma: Finding the Balance Between Leadership and
Management.

Mike hosts the Objective Arete Podcast and serves on the company’s Board of Advisors.Find Mike Lerario at:

https://bethefulcrum.com/

email: [email protected]

X: @mike_lerario

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mike-lerario-mld-343b994/

Live With Purpose, Embrace Adversity, and Relentlessly Pursue Excellence!

Visit our site and follow us:

www.objectivearete.com

X: @Objectivearete

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61573917185676

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/objective_arete/

YouTube: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61560002445446

Become Legendary!

Join us on our journey of being more valuable, fulfilled human beings by learning and applying life lessons learned through a community of like minded people.

#objectivearete #embraceadversity #livewithpurpose #pursueexcellence #podcast #mindset #wellness #selfdevelopment #leadership #bethefulcrum

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The key to a successful, fulfilled life is finding balance in all things. This requires you to know yourself, and constantly adjust to the situation. Mike takes us through his proven model on how to do that.

A fulcrum is a balance point. A successful, fulfilled life requires finding balance in almost every aspect. To do that, you must know yourself, others, and the situation and become the fulcrum, moving to provide balance in any situation.

Mike Lerario, host of the Objective Arete Podcast, is also a practitioner and teacher of leadership, management, and life balance. He covers the principles in his bestselling books "Leadership in Balance" and "Management in Balance." Learn how to achieve balance in your life. You must lead yourself first to truly be successful.

  • Mike Lerario is a United States Army West Point Graduate and holds a Master Degree in Leadership. He was an Army officer who served with distinction for over 20 years. He helped create the Army's Asymmetric Warfare Group, the Wexford Group, is a researcher for RAND and is the CEO of Crispian Consulting. He has written two bestselling books "Leadership in Balance" and "Management in Balance."
  • Check out his books on Amazon!

Full Guest Bio

Mike Lerario is President and Principal Consultant for Crispian Consulting Inc., a firm that provides specialized training and coaching in Leadership Development and organizational effectiveness. Additionally, Mike serves as a subject matter expert on numerous research projects for the Army and the Department of Defense.

A 1983 graduate of the United States Military Academy (West Point), Mike served 23 years as an Infantry Officer in Airborne Ranger assignments and retired as a Lieutenant Colonel in 2006 after serving with the Joint Special Operations Command.

Mike’s Army career includes command assignments through battalion level. He has
multiple combat tours in both Afghanistan and Iraq.

Following his retirement from active duty, Mike worked as an Operational Advisor with the
U.S. Army Asymmetric Warfare Group (AWG) and with NATO training “Attack the
Network” and Counterinsurgency (COIN) Operations. He returned to Afghanistan in 2013
to assist in the training and development of the Afghan National Army Special Operations
Command (ANASOC) and in 2014 to serve as Senior Command Advisor to the three-star
commanding general of all NATO operational forces in Afghanistan.

He holds a Bachelor of Science in Engineering (with a concentration in Military History)
and a Master of Art in Leadership Development, both degrees from the United States
Military Academy at West Point, NY.

Mike is the author of the 2016 Amazon.com International Best Seller Leadership in
Balance: The Fulcrum-Centric Plan for Emerging and High Potential Leaders. His second
book, Management in Balance: The Fulcrum-Centric Plan for New and Reluctant
Managers, was published in November 2022. He is currently working on a third book,
Solving the Leader’s Dilemma: Finding the Balance Between Leadership and
Management.

Mike hosts the Objective Arete Podcast and serves on the company’s Board of Advisors.Find Mike Lerario at:

https://bethefulcrum.com/

email: [email protected]

X: @mike_lerario

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mike-lerario-mld-343b994/

Live With Purpose, Embrace Adversity, and Relentlessly Pursue Excellence!

Visit our site and follow us:

www.objectivearete.com

X: @Objectivearete

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61573917185676

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/objective_arete/

YouTube: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61560002445446

Become Legendary!

Join us on our journey of being more valuable, fulfilled human beings by learning and applying life lessons learned through a community of like minded people.

#objectivearete #embraceadversity #livewithpurpose #pursueexcellence #podcast #mindset #wellness #selfdevelopment #leadership #bethefulcrum

  continue reading

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