A senior project manager collapsed in a conference room on a Tuesday afternoon. Not from a heart attack. From exhaustion. She'd been telling herself the same lie most of us tell ourselves: I'll take care of myself after this quarter. She hit the number. Three times in a row. Then she hit the floor. In this episode, we tear apart the three lies we've been told about work and health — that health is purely a personal responsibility, that pushing through is strength, and that wellbeing is too expensive to prioritize. Then we introduce the Four Pillars of the Health Revolution: Environmental Design, Psychological Safety, Purpose Alignment, and Recovery Architecture. Here's the uncomfortable truth: the modern economy was never designed around human health. It was designed around human output. And the bill is coming due. Organizations leading the Health Revolution aren't just offering wellness perks. They're redesigning work itself around the radical idea that the people who do the work are more important than the work itself. This is Episode 7 of Season 2: The Dream Economy — Stories from the Revolution. --- 🔗 CONNECT & TAKE THE NEXT STEP: 🏢 Trinity One Consulting — Bring the Dream Manager methodology into your organization ➡️ TrinityOneConsulting.com 📊 Dream Compass — The platform for Dream Managers to capture, track, and follow through on employee dreams at scale --- ⏱️ TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 — She hit the number. Then she hit the floor. 1:30 — Why wellbeing is the most personal revolution of all 12:00 — The Three Lies We Tell Ourselves About Work and Health 28:00 — The Wellbeing Equation: closing the loop 38:00 — Why this one hits different 44:00 — The health question nobody at work has ever asked you 50:00 — Three ways to take the next step --- #TheDreamDividend #DreamManager #EmployeeWellbeing #WorkplaceHealth #Leadership #TheDreamEconomy #BurnoutRecovery #OrganizationalHealth #HealthRevolution

In this raw and personal episode, I share the unfinished parts of my journey—my health, my fear, my marriage, my recovery, and my doubt—and what it truly means to live in the messy middle while still showing up and building something meaningful. Subscribe The Dream Dividend, so you don’t miss the Next episode. →▶️ https://www.youtube.com/@TheDreamDividend/ Two and a half years ago, I had a triple bypass surgery. I've barely mentioned it on this show. This episode is different. No frameworks. No case studies. No five-step processes. Just the truth about where I actually am — the stuff I've been leaving out. In this video, i talk about the surgery and why I've drifted back to old patterns. The fear that keeps me from exercising — and where that fear comes from. What's it costing my marriage? The parts of my story I've oversimplified. And what it's really like to show up and record a podcast on the days I don't believe my own message. I've been talking to you like I'm standing on the other side of transformation. Like I figured it out and came back to show you the way. That's not quite true. I'm not your guru. I'm your fellow traveler. Same road, same fears, same questions. And I think you need to know this about the person who talks to you every week. If you're in the messy middle right now — this one's for you. What You'll Learn: _________________ - Transformation doesn’t have a finish line—most real change happens in the middle. - Health scares can create clarity, but without intention, urgency fades over time. - Fear lives in the body, not the rational mind, and often blocks the very thing that could help us heal. - Building meaningful work can quietly drain the people closest to us if we’re not careful. - Recovery and sobriety are daily practices, not achievements or closed chapters. - Teaching or leading while still struggling doesn’t make you a fraud—it makes you human. - Showing up without certainty, but with commitment, is how identity and change are built. Dream bigger - Lead better - Achieve more with Dream Manager methodology. →🖥️ https://www.thedreamdividend.com/ 02:15 – Leaving Out the Unfinished Parts of the Story 04:30 – The Reckoning: Admitting I’m Still in the Messy Middle 06:45 – Triple Bypass Surgery and the Story I Rarely Tell 09:20 – How I Drifted Back Into Old Patterns After the Wake-Up Call 12:10 – Fear of Exercise, Family History, and What My Body Remembers 15:05 – The Trap: Why the Thing That Heals Feels Like the Thing That Could Kill Me 17:40 – Teaching Transformation While Still Struggling Myself 20:30 – The Hidden Cost to My Marriage and Family 23:50 – Sobriety as a Daily, Ongoing Practice — Not a Finished Chapter 26:10 – Showing Up and Recording Even Without Belief or Certainty Watch more about " Dream Economy " ____________________________________ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GiLy25sx-M https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjOvvxnetUs&t=2485s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2Zfi1QlR3w https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=li6D0Q8EYWo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxro8mk1t0c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1f0KQHA1CGA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhkstXA7olU&list=PLS-_7dZ7cQK1h_dm7fox9GuU5t9PePI6R #Transformation #DreamEconomy #RealLifeStory #Vulnerability #Life #HumanFirst #RecoveryJourney #MarriageAndWork #HiddenCosts #DailyPractice #ShowingUp #Fear #EvenWhenItsHard #PersonalGrowth #FearAndCourage #SameRoad #LeadershipTruth #BurnoutAwareness #WellbeingMatters #RealStories #RedefiningSuccess #LifeDesign #InnerWork #AuthenticLiving #Goals #RawAndReal #HardConversations #KeepGoing #YouAreNotAlone #NoShortcuts #Fear #TruthTelling #FaithOverCertainty #Commitment #GrowthInProgress #HumanOverHustle #HealingIsOngoing #PracticeNotPrize #PodcastVideo #BuildAndHeal #Host #DreamManagerPodcast #TheDreamDividend #KevinPatrick #NewPodcast #TheDreamDividend The Dream Dividend brings insights on the intersection of business systems, human engagement, and the transformative power of helping people achieve their dreams. Hosted by KP, Director of Professional Services & Customer Success and Certified Dream Manager, each episode educates listeners on why technical excellence alone isn’t enough—and what actually drives lasting organizational change. Join Host Kevin Patrick and catch every story of trust, leadership, and transformation. 🎙️→https://www.thedreamdividend.com/episodes Subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@TheDreamDividend/ — Where Dreams Meet Business Success.

What if everything you believed about wealth was wrong?

A financial advisor with $2.8 million in the bank did the math on a different question: How many hours do I have left? The answer changed everything about how he measured success.

You are spending a non-renewable resource at a fixed rate you cannot change. Every meeting that should have been an email. Every Sunday night is spent dreading Monday. Every vacation you couldn't take because you were "too busy." Gone. Forever. And unlike the money you made during those hours, you will never get them back.

A twenty-year-old with nothing in the bank is wealthier than most billionaires—in the only currency that matters. A ten-year-old is richer still. And a 75-year-old with eight figures in the bank cannot purchase a single additional hour no matter what they liquidate.

This isn't meant to be depressing. It's meant to be clarifying.

In this episode, we follow a Midwest distribution company that asked a dangerous question during a strategic planning session: What are we actually asking people to trade their hours for? Not their labor—their hours. The hours of their lives they will never get back.

The answer changed everything. They stopped competing on compensation and started competing on meaning per hour. They began tracking something called "Dream Velocity"—the rate at which employees made progress on their personal goals while employed there. And over eighteen months, they watched turnover drop by nearly half, productivity climb, and discretionary effort go through the roof.

Not because they paid more. Because they helped people feel like their hours counted.

The Dream Manager methodology recognizes something most employment relationships ignore: People aren't just trading labor for wages. They're trading portions of their finite existence. And they deserve to feel like that trade is worth making.

Your hours are counting down whether you engage with this or not.

Make them count.

🎧 The Dream Dividend Podcast — Season 2, Episode 4 🔔 Subscribe for new episodes every week 💬 Share this with someone trading their hours for the wrong things

CHAPTERS: 00:00 — The $2.8 Million Question 00:45 — Welcome to The Dream Dividend 01:15 — The Currency You Can't Buy More Of 12:00 — What Is a Time Billionaire? 20:00 — The Company That Changed the Equation 35:00 — How to Build a Time-Wealthy Organization 50:00 — Why This Matters 55:00 — Your Hours Are Counting Down

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This episode discusses the transformative impact of employee ownership on workplace culture and performance. A warehouse supervisor in Ohio declines a higher-paying job because of his 3% ownership stake in his current company, illustrating the value of real equity over typical benefits. The host, Kevin Patrick, examines why employees often lack an ownership mindset, suggesting that traditional employment structures fail to motivate true engagement. Through a case study of a mid-size manufacturing company, the script highlights how profit-sharing and employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs) can significantly reduce defect rates and improve performance. The key message is that true ownership enforces a psychological shift and a cultural transformation, leading to improved retention, engagement, and performance. The episode concludes by urging leaders to reconsider their approach to employee engagement and ownership to succeed in the evolving business landscape.

The Currency of Trust Trust isn’t just a nice-to-have—it’s the foundation that determines whether your ERP implementation succeeds or fails, whether your team stays engaged or checks out, and whether transformation actually sticks. In this episode, KP explores why trust functions as the true currency in business relationships, from the consulting room to the locker room. Drawing from over 20 years of ERP implementations and his experience as a Certified Dream Manager, he breaks down what builds trust, what destroys it, and why so many organizations unknowingly bankrupt their trust accounts before major initiatives even begin. Whether you’re leading a technology transformation, managing a team, or trying to create meaningful change in any organization, understanding the economics of trust will change how you approach every conversation. ----- **Key Topics:** • Building trust during ERP implementations • Change management and employee engagement • Why technology projects fail (and it’s not the technology) • Leadership lessons from coaching and consulting • The Dream Manager approach to organizational transformation ----- **About The Dream Dividend** The Dream Dividend explores the intersection of business systems, human engagement, and the transformative power of helping people achieve their dreams. Hosted by KP, Director of Professional Services & Customer Success and Certified Dream Manager, each episode examines why technical excellence alone isn’t enough—and what actually drives lasting organizational change. 🔔 Subscribe for new episodes on leadership, ERP consulting, and human-centered business transformation. ----- #ERPImplementation #ChangeManagement #Leadership #DreamManager #BusinessTransformation #EmployeeEngagement #Acumatica #ConsultingLife #TrustInBusiness #OrganizationalChange #CustomerSuccess #ProfessionalServices #TheDreamDividend #LeadershipDevelopment #DigitalTransformation #BusinessConsulting #TeamBuilding #WorkplaceCulture #TransformationalLeadership

The Last First Day: How the Dream Economy Redefines Success In this episode of The Dream Dividend, host Kevin Patrick explores the concept of 'The Last First Day,' sharing stories of individuals who transitioned from traditional employment to pursuing their own dreams. Featuring Sarah, an architect who turned her expertise into a profitable business, Marcus, a history teacher who transformed education through an online platform, and the community of Remote Village that revived a dead mall into a collective economy, the episode emphasizes the shift from asking 'Who will pay me?' to 'What value can I create?' It encourages listeners to start creating value today, illustrating that the revolution begins with a single decision. 00:00 Introduction: The Dream Dividend 00:58 Sarah's Story: From Employee to Entrepreneur 05:34 Marcus's Journey: Revolutionizing Education 09:57 Remote Village: A New Economic Ecosystem 14:39 Connecting the Dots: The Dream Economy 17:00 Conclusion: Your Last First Day