The HERO Show Podcast
Changing The Narritive
We Tell The Stories of CEOs & Founders As If They Were Comic Book Super Heros
Hi, I'm Richard Matthews, Host of the HERO Show. Join us as we work to shift the silly cultural narrative that entrepreneurs are villains, and are instead HEROpreneurs working to better our world.
“My superpower for both businesses would be surrounding myself with people that are smarter than I am. Because if I’m the smartest person in the room, then we have a big problem.”
— Howie Zales
“I was successful, but I was unfulfilled. Tony Robbins calls it the science of achievement versus the art of fulfillment. Taking action is science and since fulfillment is an art, you’ve got to find out what juices you. Maybe it’s children, the elderly, animals, or the environment, whatever it is, bring that into your life right now and give back in some way. Don’t say I’ll do it when I have money. No, you can always give your time. And you’ll see, whatever you give, you’ll be given back tenfold.”
— Rod Khleif
“Martial arts is like a superpower, if you put it in the hands of the right person, they can do good with it. But if it’s put in the hands of someone who has a bad heart or bad intentions, they can harm people with it. We want our school to be a hero factory, where once our students graduate, they go out into the world ready to inspire and empower people.”
— Josh Arcemont
“Business owners have the ability to create jobs, create impact, create freedom, and create opportunity. But when they don’t understand the language of money, the costs that they are losing due to not capitalizing on great opportunities are far too significant to leave unresolved. This is the reason why it’s my mission is to change the way business owners globally understand how to use their business as a vehicle to create freedom for themselves and all of the people around them.”
— Jackson Millan
“I believe that everybody has a message that could positively impact the world. I also believe that I have a mandate and a responsibility to the world. When I see someone who is a diamond in the rough and they’re awesome, and amazing at what they do. They’ve otherwise had some success. I need to get them in a position where they can stop working from a space of scarcity and start working from a place of generosity.”
—Josh Elledge
“I was in business five years before I even had a funnel. I just got people on my email list and then I just emailed them. And then I finally built a funnel and I was like, “I should’ve done this years ago”.
— Gael Wood
“When you can’t show up, It’s because you don’t like yourself, and you’re not happy with who you are. If you want to stop not showing up, you have to change who you are and become more of who you want to be so that you’ll be proud to show up.”
— Clint Arthur
“The number one cool buzzword in NFT is utility. In a simple form, this NFT that you own can do a lot of things for you. If it’s only in one game, that utility is still good, but it’s much more limited than saying, “Hey, not only can you play it in the game, you can take it into decentraland, you can take it into other metaverses, and you can do other collaborations that then allow the value to increase.”
— Tanner Larsson
“Humans are not meant to sit down and watch TV. We are meant to move. To be able to eat, you have to move. But these days, people put their food in the microwave, sit, watch TV, and eat — a bad choice. That is not how cavemen survived. They survived through movement. If you move every day, your life will be worth living.”
— Rafael Gomez
“I always say create your business like a piece of art, learn the bits you need to learn but embrace the process. It’s about painting, not just the picture at the end. It’s about the process of making music, not just the bloody song at the end. And there’s so much more to gain for yourself for your growth and for what you can create. Just embrace the process and not constantly chase shortcuts because it will just drive you crazy.”
— Anke Herrmann
“I want to unify the pool industry through consolidation and by bringing professionalism. In the past, I have mentioned the “chuck in a truck” of our industry. We call them one-polers — a guy who will show up to do a great job, masters of their craft, but not really masters of the business side. I want to help these guys and elevate them up to become more professional.”
— Derrick Todd
“The last two questions are where the relationship magic starts to happen, and those questions are, do I care about you? And do I trust you? Do I care about you? Isn’t a group huggy kind of thing. It is, do I care enough to know your story to learn a little bit about you? All of that backstory context, do I care enough to even ask those questions? Because if I do, that’s when the relationship starts to transform.”
— Eric Spencer