110-11: Charlie Watkins — Throw No Rocks: A Man's Guide to Success through Partnership with God
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I could not be more excited to welcome Charlie Watkins — my mentor and one of the wisest people I know — on the show for a two-part conversation about his new book, Throw No Rocks: A Man's Guide to Success through Partnership with God.
Charlie is so wise and this conversation was so rich that I decided to break it up into two parts and not edit out some of the content. I want you all to get to fully hear the powerful insights he shares in this book.
Part 1: How Forgiveness Breeds Success | Throw No Rocks: A Man's Guide to Success through Partnership with God
During Part 1 of our conversation, Charlie shares how he was able to forgive his father, seek his father’s forgiveness, and how that process unlocked unexpected success at home, at work, and in his walk with God.
Below you can find links to watch Part 1 of this conversation on YouTube or listen on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.
Part 2: Worth the Wait: Selling Business for 11X More | Throw No Rocks: A Man's Guide to Success through Partnership with God
During Part 2 of our conversation, Charlie shares the difference between waiting and waiting on God. He shares powerful lessons from seasons of waiting for his business to sell and waiting to win a battle with cancer. He also shares practical advice for what leaders can do during those seasons of waiting and his top advice for leaders.
Below you can find links to watch Part 2 of this conversation on YouTube or listen on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.
Charlie Watkins is a Christian husband, father, grandfather and leader. He came to Jesus in 1980 while serving as a nuclear trained officer aboard a US Navy Cruiser, where he was led to the Lord by the ship's doctor.
After leaving the Navy in 1982 he has held senior leadership positions in several businesses. God has rescued, healed and mentored him through many trials, including cancer, open heart surgery, business failures and successes, transitions and many household moves.
His heart’s desire is to impart the most important truths to men so that they can find true success as God's husbands, fathers and leaders, and change the trajectories of their lives, marriages, families and the nations. Charlie has led men's groups, home groups and spoken in churches. He currently leads a men’s group at his local church, The Point, in Charlottesville, Virginia.
He's been married to Blythe, the love of his life, since June of 1977. Blythe and Charlie have two grown Christian children. They love the people their children married and count their children as their closest friends. They have five terrific grandsons, all mighty men of God in the making. For most of the past 25 years, Charlie has mentored and worked with leaders.
Since October of 2018 he has been serving as President and CEO of Landmark Media Enterprises and Dominion Enterprises, a private conglomerate of data and software businesses. Charlie is a graduate of the US Naval Academy and holds a master's in business from William & Mary. He also serves on the board of ICM, “The Global Church Developer,” a ministry that partners with indigenous people in the poorest regions of the world to build churches and disciple people.
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