EP 199 - How to Be Your Best, Even During Challenging Times with Johnny Sirpilla

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EP 199 – How to Be Your Best, Even During Challenging Times with Johnny Sirpilla

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We have an awesome interview with Johnny Sirpilla today!

Johnny is a legend in the RV industry. He is the owner of many businesses, the Founder of Encourage LLC, and the author of Life is Hard But I’ll Be Okay: The Power of Hope, Emerging Through Pain and Learning to Live with Gratitude. He is a member of numerous boards and a professional speaker to businesses, communities, and universities about managing thoughts, leading yourself to make productive choices, and framing each challenge in your life as an opportunity for more self-reflection and growth.

Johnny has been a Dad for 27 years! In the early years of parenthood, he could see himself as a dad but somehow struggled with the biological aspect. So fatherhood came to him with a lot of anxiety. Since then, he has learned to use anxiety in his favor to have a good outcome. He talks to Jason about his parents, reinventing his life at fifty, and what motivated him to write his book. He also speaks about finding hope again after a tragic loss and offers advice for men going through a tough time in their lives.

Stay tuned to hear Johnny’s perspective on life, and learn how to become the best man you can be, even if you are going through a challenging time right now!

Show highlights:

Johnny’s book focuses on mental health and getting the mind right.
Johnny was raised by loving and committed parents who expected their children to honor the family name with integrity, honesty, character, and hard work.
His parents planted a seed in him that gave him the wisdom to seek help when his life fell apart. His book is about those struggles.
How Johnny became a legend in the RV industry.
Why he decided to change his life, and reinvent himself after fifty.
Johnny tells the story behind his book and shares his take on mental health.
Learning to reframe your thoughts is a powerful practice.
The importance of incorporating gratitude into your life.
How Johnny and his wife found hope again after their tragic loss.
How he managed to ignore the outside voices that were messing with him when he became a dad.
Some advice for dads struggling with their inner demons.
Johnny talks about the beautiful thing he did to remind all his children that they are a gift and how blessed he is to know them.
Why do you have to be the top priority in your life if you want to be there for others?