Summary: <p>We were built. </p> <p>None of us have done it alone. No matter how fortunate or tragic your upbringing was, somewhere, someone along your path helped you. </p> <p>We are not self-made people, I believe that is a fictionalized concept that doesn’t really exist. Sure, some of us displayed more grit than others, but at some point, someone was there to make us better, to help build us. </p> <p>Welcome to Every Day, Getting Better, and Builders Project, a podcast journey where I explore the builders from everyday walks of life who coached us, taught us, guided us, mentored us...those who built us. </p> <p>I am your host, Ryan Wakefield and I want to tell the builders stories of the teachers in small-town Montana, the coaches in Tennessee, the salesmen in Oregon, the real influencers in our lives who saw us as the best versions of ourselves, perhaps that version that we could not yet see...and then, helped us to see that same version. </p> <p>This podcast will be an adventure, starting with one guest, digging in and breaking down what made them a real influencer. But more importantly, finding out how they have invested their time and talents to help others achieve their potential. </p> <p>Every episode will be connected as at the end of each I will ask our guests the same question, “Who built you?”</p> <p>Because have you ever stopped, even just for a few minutes to think about how your builder was connected to their builder, and so on? Someone had to build them too.</p> <p>Their answer, whoever it is, will then be the next guest on our show. Or at least I hope they will be. I cannot predict the desire of the next builder in the tree, but I sure am going to try to continue the chain of builders as far as it will take me.</p> <p>When the trail runs dry, a guest does not desire to be recorded or maybe has had their time on Earth expired - well then, I start again. </p> <p>This time with another builder, with another tree - and the chase to discover the common links between our builders will continue. </p> <p>It is my hope that you will join me, and follow the journey. Even better, I ask that you participate. Share with me the story of someone who built you, and just maybe, we’ll explore your story and the builders project will become about you and your tree of builders.</p> <p> </p>
