Prove Yourself Right: The Art of Intentional Growth from Ron "Boss" Everline

0:00Ron 'Boss' Everline:Ladies and gentlemen, welcome back to another exciting episode of Mick Unplugged. And today we're diving deep with the true Titan of transformation. He's a visionary whose impact spans elite performance and entrepreneur excellence. He's forged an empire out of discipline and dedication, inspiring countless individuals like myself to unlock their true ultimate potential. Please join me in welcoming the relentless, the inspiring, the one and only, the boss man, Ron Boss Everline.

0:35Ron 'Boss' Everline:this is mick unplugged let us uncover the because that thing that drives you that thing that fuels you i'm ready if you are let's go

0:48Mick Unplugged:brother how you doing man man thank you for having me on man i'm great man i appreciate you having me on this is uh like i just said it's a true blessing to be able to share space with individuals that are pushing great conversations and thoughtful mindset to be able to share what I've been able to do and overcome and to hope inspire someone else who doesn't know me or give someone a deeper dive into who I am beyond what you may see the crazy antics between myself and, you know, like you just said, Kev, this morning, but some of the things that we do, some of the things that I, the way I look at this, this life, I'm excited to be here, man.

1:25Mick Unplugged:So thank you for having me on. Congratulations to all your success and I'm excited for this 30 minutes.

1:32Ron 'Boss' Everline:Man, I'm the honored one, bro. I've been a huge fan of you forever. When I first learned about your story a few years ago, I was like, man, this is like, this is the guy. And it touched me so much. I don't even like calling it an underdog story. And I hate when people refer to some of their stories as underdogs, man, because I think All of us have something, no matter what success looks like today, all of us had a path to get there. And so, again, I don't look at it as an underdog because all of us have things stacked against us. But I love, Ron, man, for you to talk through what I call your because, that thing that's deeper than your why, right?

2:10Ron 'Boss' Everline:Like there's a purpose, there's a mission that you have. And a lot of times it changes as we mature and start doing other things and you do a thousand things great. but what's your because why do you keep doing the things that you do boss man i just want to continue to prove myself right you know um you know i uh you know betting on

2:34Mick Unplugged:yourself it sounds crazy but like there's that self-doubt and when you have self-doubt every day you got to get up and beat the block to your feet hurt the pavement even if you don't know what direction you're going. So I'm trying to prove myself right. And the belief that I could do more than what people, what the surroundings offered me. And, you know, my mom, as we'll, you know, kind of touch on this, my mom passed away when I was 10, 11 years old. And that's my because, right? Like, you know, rather than using that as this victim thing, I use it as a power thing. and, you know, having people say, you know, it's going to be hard for them Everline boys, you know, because my mom had nine kids.

3:24Mick Unplugged:You got to figure out which one's going to come out. And we've been blessed that, you know, my mom has produced some amazing individuals, not just myself, but across the board, my brothers and sisters. And so I think she was the pillar of that she said, I gave you each other. And that goes to my because. And then to what you said, it shifts now that I, you know, have three young boys and married. It's deep in the cause, the because. It's the legacy of, because it's not about me. It's really about who I can show up to be the best self that I can be, all my faults, all the things that can allow them to be their best self because they're going to have their thing too.

4:13Mick Unplugged:But can I give them the right path the best way I can with everything that I've learned? And so that's the because for me, man. I think it shifts, but the anchor is where I come from, proving myself right in my mind.

4:30Ron 'Boss' Everline:I love it, man. I love it. And I heard you say something. I was probably six months ago. And I get asked this question a lot, too. And your response was brilliant. Like people ask me a lot. Mick, did you see this version of you like when you were growing up or when did that version click? And I tell people all the time, like, I don't see tomorrow's version of myself yet because I'm still everything that I do to be present today. And I heard you say something along those same lines, man. So, like, I'd love for you to just break that down, like who you are today, who you're going to be tomorrow, who you're going to be for your children, the legacy that you're building.

5:11Ron 'Boss' Everline:Like, why is that so important for you to always be present in the moments that are today?

5:19Mick Unplugged:Yeah, it's really the always learning aspect. I think that's really what it becomes. And you couldn't, I couldn't write in the book what I've accomplished. I couldn't write on a piece of paper or go. And so who did I, you know, you ask, people ask that question that, you know, this is where you would be. And I'll say no, because I just knew that I was trying to make a believer at every step of the way of my journey. And whatever came, I knew that the reps that I was putting in, I was going to be ready for it. That was either emotional, that was either financial, that was either leadership, whatever that was.

5:56Mick Unplugged:And you don't know how that's going to show up. And it's really the principles and the practice, right? It boiled down to principles and practice to me. and I had to have strong foundational principles and I had to make sure I was at practice, right? That practice was what you were thinking about, what you were doing and how you were leaning in. And those things allowed me to step in the things that I had never saw for myself. So that's what is uniquely so different because I'm a venture capitalist. Like we have a fund, you know, who would have thought that, you know, I'm on boards of companies.

6:34Mick Unplugged:I couldn't have thought that. I thought I was going to be a football player and, you know, I was going to inspire kids to go do that. And so every day is uniquely different. And so I don't have a definite like I don't I didn't know this would be that thing. So I'm always learning. And I think I like to talk to people from what I've learned perspective, a position versus what I know. A lot of people want to say, here's what I know. There's a few things we know. But most of the things that I like to speak from is what I've learned, because when you're learning, you're experiencing. And it's a journey because being open to what's next.

7:11Mick Unplugged:And so that's what's been so fun. And I hope that answered what you the question you were asking. Right. Because I want to be slower in my thoughts, but also very still moving fast to get things done, but slowing down to have intention so that the presence of who I'm becoming, I'm also experiencing as well. Because before that wasn't there. And so there's an evolution of growth in those moments too. And I'm on that journey every day. I'm on the journey of how to be a better husband. I'm on the journey of how to be a better dad. I'm on a journey on how to be a better friend, a better partner. It's ever evolving.

7:50Mick Unplugged:And it's who you surround yourself around that you say, oh, I did that wrong or I'm doing that right. And I think that's the beautiful part. That's so amazing question, because I think so many people want to have the answer, but the answer is ever evolving.

8:07Ron 'Boss' Everline:Yep. Yep. You're so on point, man. And something that I learned from you, I call it like the four Ps and you don't call it this, but this is what I learned from you and you can have it because this is you.

8:22Mick Unplugged:Write this down.

8:23Ron 'Boss' Everline:You say in your own way, and you were just talking about it just now, that practice and preparation, right? And I don't even just mean the physical aspect. For me, it was the mental. practice and preparation is going to tell you your performance which then equals your potential right and and i got that from you and how you've always operated and maneuvered and and i will say the greatest and the greatest at whatever it is whether it's performance whether it's leaders in my world they are always over prepared because situations you're always going to fall back to your preparation, right? There's no such thing as rising to the occasion.

9:05Ron 'Boss' Everline:You're always going to fall back to your preparation. And if you, if you practice, right, like doctors and lawyers call it their practice because they're continuing to put the things they're learning into play, then that's going to yield your performance. And if you've prepared and if you practice, you should have a good performance and that performance then becomes your potential. And again, I learned that from you and watching how you move and all the things that you do. I mean, not just the training and we'll get there, but when we talk about you being on boards of companies, you being a mentor to people, you being an advisor to people, to me, it all falls back to that journey for you with practice, the being prepared, that's gonna be your performance and then that yields your potential.

9:52Mick Unplugged:Absolutely, man. I'm taking that, I receive that. Thank you for sharing.

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12:44Presence and intentionality.

12:47Mick Unplugged:There's a delay. I'm not sure I'm seeing your lips move while I'm talking, so I'm not trying to. But presence and intention. I'm learning that when I'm leaning in, I need to be present and it has to be driven from pure intention. And that's really where, whether it's leaning in on a company, it's insight, it's experience, it's the things that I've had access to. and I'm learning to be, the intention's always there. Like the presence is where I've gotten in this journey where things have kind of gotten, I'm thinking about one thing, trying to do another one. I'm trying to lay up another one. While I love bringing my worlds together, right?

13:35Mick Unplugged:Like, cause I believe the rise in times raise all ships. We believe that. And I think that I know for me, right? The learning of me is, how do I say, I live in a place where I love to compete to uplift. I don't compete to destroy. So when I'm speaking or if I'm on a board or if I'm mentoring someone, I want to be very competitively, I want that mindset to resonate whether it's within the company, on the board. Because I understand competition creates culture. Right. And when you have a strong culture, you have something good. Right. Because it's hard to break up culture and community. And so for me, that's where I want to lean in, whether it be young trainers or young founders.

14:25Mick Unplugged:I'm always talking about what's the culture of the company. What's the culture of who you want to become? What do people what do you want people to know you as? And if we have a product, how are we going to position our product? and how is that going to stay? And we can put any face on a product, whether it's my relationships that I know I can call most people. But if the product isn't good, product also being yourself, then it won't work. It won't work. So whether it's you or a physical product, it's not going to work. And so from how I like to lean in, making sure that the intention's there while building all the other things around it.

15:11Mick Unplugged:It's how I like to lead. And it's also like why I've been able to be in this position because I get to show up with so much authenticity to what I've experienced and what I've learned. And being able to share what I've learned help up and coming founders. I get to be a part of this company called C4 NutriBoat. I've been with 10 years. I've been a part of a, you know, just jumping into it, just kind of a little segue to like I was offered more money, stay with the company, company, I have equity in the company, company goes, Cure Dr. Pepper comes in. Well, and there's a$3 billion valuation. I've helped sign a bunch of athletes along that journey.

15:51Well, when I'm

15:53Mick Unplugged:talking to my up and coming founders or I'm leaning in, it's the number one thing is stay consistent. Keep the main thing the main thing. Are you driving? Are you helping beyond your title? Are you doing things beyond what they've asked you to do? And so that's the way I like to lean in with those levels of intention.

16:12Ron 'Boss' Everline:I love that so much because that shows me your character because it'd be real easy to fall back to success. It'd be real easy to say, you know what, I do this one thing and I'm going to do it. But you take calculated risk in all the things that you do. Talk to us a little bit about that, like just the different ventures that you're in and the risk that are associated with that, like in a good way, a good risk.

16:42Mick Unplugged:Yeah, no, even the bad ones. We can talk about them all. Like I'll tell you what happened to me early on when I first started traveling. You know, you probably heard this. I was a young man with an old soul, and I would always seek knowledge. And so I found myself hanging around a lot of older men and individuals in general that were just sharing knowledge with me, people that had built successful businesses. And I didn't even know what I wanted from them. There was no transactions had. I was just listening. And today, one of the guys I can give credit to, I had a lot of great mentors, my brothers being a part of that.

17:21Mick Unplugged:But I'll never forget, I was trying to learn about the stock market in investing. And the key thing that he said to me, he said, understand that everything that you're going to invest in is an art, not a science. And if you can drive that, then you can, if you can lean in on that and understand that you like it, if you have influence behind it and you can lean in with your expertise, you can turn it into something good. But remember, when people come to you with this, with the science of it all, go back to the art of it all. And the art of it all creates the fun of it all. Right. And that's the thing that I get to do and lean in on companies and taking one thing from the other, the good, the bad and ugly.

18:04Mick Unplugged:So the things that I've experienced really bad at, you know, running gyms or, you know, investing in a company or a founder that I thought was going to you. Those are the things that's the art. Like it's not going to all go good. and the part of the things that go bad aren't really bad. Those are the things that you need to experience. So now the art is watching out for it the next time, right? And saying, okay, I saw these signs of what happened at this, you know, so all of it works together, right? So the good and the bad actually are favorable and add value to everything that creates the success that we see most individuals yourself.

18:42Mick Unplugged:You can say, okay, we've been on multiple different platforms. I've used this app. I've used this. And I had this type of interview. I'm asked this type of question. And you go, OK, I'm going to lean in differently this time. It becomes the art of how. You start to show up right and lean in on companies or make more content and the results tend to follow without. And, you know, I had a phone call last night. One of my closest friends call me. He's like, man, my just flew in town. she's a big fan and she was an older lady and I was like man she's a big fan she's like I just dream and like my whole trip would be made if I could work out with you and and like to me that's the part of it the anchor of it the reason why the no matter all these different things and so um always stand true to the thing that did that while understanding and learning throughout all the processes create amazing opportunities.

19:42Mick Unplugged:You know, you know what I mean? Like that's, yeah. Like I, cause sometime I don't know sometime. Um, yeah, it's, it's, it's an interesting art and an interesting, interesting journey for me because I'm also walking in it as it comes. And I'm also constantly reminded of what I don't even, what I'm not paying attention to. You know what I mean? So the reminder is even when you don't want to, someone else is counting on it. Even if, you know what I mean? Like, so, so anyway, we can go. I don't want to.

20:20Ron 'Boss' Everline:No, man, that's, that's a freaking masterclass right there, bro. Like that, that that's it. Because again, your spirit of who boss Everline is, is the fact that you're not just a servant leader, but you're a servant giver as well too, right? Like all the things that you do, you never know because it's who you are, that it's about you, right? Like all the things that you do are about uplifting others. And that's where I want to go to next when we talk about just train, right? Like you could have given up on your dream. You talked about, you thought you were going to be a professional athlete, football player, right?

20:59Ron 'Boss' Everline:You could have, you could have given up. You could have done the woe is me. And then your mindset was, well, if I'm not going to make it, I'm going to help those do it. Right. I'm going to I'm going to make the elite the most elite and I'm going to have the best training program ever. And you did that. Talk to us about the evolution of just train and the things that you were doing early on before it became the brand that it is now.