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How do you define a hero? Is it a Marvel or DC character with special powers? What about a first responder or heart surgeon? The Merriam-Webster dictionary lists many definitions. Here are just a few:

• A mythological or legendary figure often of divine descent endowed with great strength or ability. • An illustrious warrior. • A person admired for achievements and noble qualities. • One who shows great courage. • The central figure in an event, period, or movement. • An object of extreme admiration and devotion. Over the last few years, I began to rethink my personal definition of a hero and what it means to the person who is labeled as one. I see heroes in everyday people who do the jobs most of us don’t want to do. During a pandemic, delivery drivers (food and packages), servers, cashiers, truck drivers, city employees, and anyone who kept doing their jobs, while the rest of us stayed safe in our homes, have become everyday heroes. I think about the healthcare workers, who risked their lives and the lives of their families by showing up to do their jobs and the teachers, who went back to classrooms. I also see heroes in the people who hit rock bottom, but climbed their way back out and found the strength to help others. It is societal instinct to immediately judge a mom, who has her children taken away, but what is her story? What led her to that moment, and how did she find the strength to pick herself back up again? The question becomes, could you do it, if you were in her shoes? We should be careful, though, with trapping a person into the role of hero, because if we only see and expect a hero, we can forget about human fragility.

For this reason, I sat down with firefighter/ paramedic and Behind the Shield podcast host, James Geering, to discuss the mental health crisis within the first responder community. Find this story in Breaking Social Norms, page 6. And Chris Cahill and Trevor Bonnell tell us how your story should be the hero of your business. Hear what brought Chris and Trevor to the Q4 Quest on page 26. As always, I hope you enjoy learning more about the people (and heroes) in our community. Most Sincerely,

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“I wish my head could forget what my eyes have seen.” –James Geering

e was born in Bath, the largest city in Somerset, England. He was raised on a farm, and he had hopes of becoming a firefighter or a doctor when he grew up — that is until the annual school medical exams eliminated those dreams. James Geering was diagnosed as colorblind. “It was really quite deflating,” he says about hearing the news. “Pilots, firefighters, all these really cool childhood aspirations were taken away.” James started his medical training but admits he didn’t have the higher math skills to continue. This led to working as a lifeguard for quite a while until he found the world of stunt work. He had studied martial arts most of his life and was a national champion in England for Taekwondo. As a stuntman, he accepted a job in Japan, where he met his future wife—a Floridian.

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DRAWS BACK THE CURTAIN ON PHYSICAL & MENTAL HEALTH EFFECTS OF THE JOB

LIFE CHANGING MOMENT

Shortly before flying over to the United States, James, then 26, had an epiphany: he wasn’t colorblind. He went to a doctor to confirm his hunch. “They showed me the book, and I could see some of the numbers. I told them to point to something and ask me what color [it was].” It had been about 13 years after his original diagnosis, but James had been correct. He wasn’t colorblind, which meant he could train to be a firefighter/paramedic when he got to the States. It was a childhood dream come true. “It was literally everything I wanted,” he says with a smile. “The best way to describe [the fire service] in America is, if it doesn’t involve what the police do, everything else is us. The element of being a jack of all trades and the master of none, and also not knowing what was going to happen every time the tones go off was extremely exciting for me. The downside was, as I progressed through my career, I started seeing the mental and physical health effects of the job on my people.”

WHAT MY EYES HAVE SEEN

James lost six of his friends to both physical and mental health related deaths and suicides over a twoyear period. During this time, he wasn’t getting the Hollywood endings of patients jumping up to hug him after saving their life. Instead, he was getting a rash of patients who were beyond saving. Then, on a sleepless night, he wrote his first blog titled, “I Wish My Head Could Forget What My Eyes Have Seen: PTSD in First Responders.” A week later, the blog went viral. It made

him realize there was a desire for physical and mental health solutions. So, he started Behind the Shield, a podcast that discusses nutrition, exercise, PTSD, sleep deprivation, and more. To date, there are over 470 episodes. “What I’ve seen the last few years is definitely a shift where we’re acknowledging it’s a thing, but the next barrier is, ‘What are we going to do with that?’ There are some very important solutions, but it’s a hard sell because people don’t want to address the uncomfortable topics. Not just responders—people in general—military responders,” he reflects. “They’re all hurting.” Even though he hosts the podcast, and has written a book, One More Light: Life, Death, and Humanity Through the Eyes of a Firefighter, James doesn’t consider himself an expert. “Because there are good people out there making a difference, I just want to be a conduit,” he says. “There are some things people see, and there are some elements they don’t realize, which is why I bring some of the guests that I do [to the podcast].” Sleep deprivation is a huge topic James talks about on the podcast. “Marion County, for example, does 24 hours on, 48 hours off, and you’ll hear people say it’s one on, two off. Well, a 24-hour shift is not one day. It’s three days—three eight-hour days. So, it’s technically three on, one off. So, every third day these people aren’t sleeping,” James explains.

This doesn’t allow your body to heal properly. Sleep is the time when we process everything in our brain and when our bodies focus on restoring our muscles. Enough sleep also means quicker processing time for better responses. “These men and women are up for 24 hours. Our police officers are driving around in cars the whole time. It’s like water torture; every shift you just get a little weaker, little weaker.” His hands make the motion like dripping water onto someone’s forehead. “That split-second thinking that we need to have is dulled as we progress in our career.” James also believes we need to think about what people bring into the job. “Everyone assumes we’re a blank canvas the day we put on the uniform. I know now there are a huge amount of men and women in those professions that had some pretty awful childhoods. I think we have to stop looking at our responders as superheroes and [start] looking at them as human beings, again.” While he is no longer married and works in Orange County, James has lived in Ocala since moving to Florida. He continues to use martial arts, boxing, and kickboxing for balancing his work and personal life. Find the Behind the Shield podcast at JamesGeering.com. For more resources and help visit redlinerescue.org.

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Finding the Light LOCAL NURSE LEADS BY EXAMPLE & CARES WITH COMPASSION

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E V E R Y D AY H E R O E S “Nursing is more than giving you medications or a pat on the back. It is truly giving your heart.”

amara Dillon began her nursing career at the beginning of the pandemic. It was May 11, 2020. Remembering what she had learned in school and keeping up with the COVID-19 protocols was a daunting task, but one she was able to handle. “School teaches a foundation [and] book knowledge. You learn the skills with hands on.” Like everyone who goes through a nursing program, Tamara had clinicals, but in her opinion, a few hours on a shift aren’t the same as starting and ending shifts back-to-back. During the pandemic, the stress was raised by needing to wear protective gear for an entire 12-to-14-hour shift. Masks and protective face shields or glasses made for a very uncomfortable work environment. “You can’t see. [The shield] fogs up. It’s difficult to do your job in those circumstances. You could wear your mask and your face shield, then use a certain tape to tape around [the mask] so that [the shield] wouldn’t fog. That was great until you went to take the tape off, and it felt like your face was on fire,” she explains.

THE ROAD TO NURSING

Her mom was a nurse, and Tamara, as a child, was perplexed by her mom’s capacity for kindness. “I never really understood her compassion for these people that were old and cranky. As a kid, you don’t get it. She always told me it was the ones who were the grumpiest that needed the extra care. She said they were the ones missing something fundamental. I didn’t understand it at the time, but as I [grew up] and was a CNA in college, I gravitated towards care for people.”

You’re going to have difficulties, but those things make you stronger if you have the help. — Tamara Dillon

Her mom pushed her to become a nurse, but as children so often do, Tamara ran in the opposite direction. She became a teacher, and then a stay-at-home mom while teaching in a homeschool program. When she separated from her husband, she felt the need for a change. That was when she made the decision to become a nurse. “I found my wings, and it was really amazing. I went from depending on somebody else for my happiness, for my financial status, for my self-worth. I was taking that step to do it myself. It was ‘becoming’ for me.” Her eyes light up with pure joy. The transition wasn’t easy for her two boys. They had moved and now needed to be in public school. Tamara had a tribe helping her, though. Her parents lived across the street, and when her now fiancé came into the picture, he stepped up to the plate. “He has my back,” she says with a smile. “He takes care of the kids, cooks, he cleans, does the laundry. Anything and everything. The kids love and adore him.” Tamara tells her boys what her mom used to tell her: “You’re going to have bumps in the road. You’re going to have difficulties, but those things make you stronger, if you have the help.” She doesn’t believe in the mantra “what doesn’t kill you will make you stronger.” Tamara knows from experience that when you have a tribe, people who will step up and help you, then you are stronger because of them.

FINDING THE LIGHT WITH COMPASSION CARE

Tamara found a home at AdventHealth in Ocala. She is on the renal unit, but they regularly get patients with different care requirements, if they have an open bed.

The patients on her unit often need total care and will frequently require extra maintenance for things, such as colostomy bags or tracheostomies. “It’s daunting, because I do want to do everything I can. [It’s] sad that I can’t do more, and I carry it home with me, which is terrible. But at the same time, I find that it’s what keeps me going. When I’m tired from working 50 to 70 hours a week, and I want to call in, but I don’t because I know there’s people waiting for me. It’s not just the patients. You have a team waiting on you. They’re counting on you to be there, and I’ve seen what it’s like, when you don’t have people to work.” Her voice cracks, as she fights back tears. Her passion is palpable. Tamara knows there are higher paying positions because AdventHealth is a notfor-profit, but that’s what she likes about it. She likes working for a facility that gives back to the community. “The way I see it is if I can make an impact in just one patient, it reverberates throughout the entire community, and that’s what I wanted.” She is hoping to fill a leadership role in the future, but Tamara wants to keep her boots on the ground. She’s not a fan of being removed from those she is leading. It’s important to her that your leadership team shows they are fighting for you, and she believes in the strength of leading with positivity. People will ask her how she stays so happy, when it’s

E V E R Y D AY H E R O E S so easy to feel overwhelmed and let negativity take over. “I don’t know that it’s happy, but it’s a choice to make. You can be miserable where you are, or you can be happy and do your best to make the best impact possible. It’s about finding that tiny little bit of light and holding on tight, because, if not, it’s going to go away.” Tamara understands it can be difficult to find a balance between providing quality care and compassion care. Many people burn out when they care too much for their patients, but it’s actually what fuels her. “Nursing is more than giving medications or a pat on the back. It is truly giving your heart. You can’t teach heart. You can’t teach kindness and caring. You can read it from a book, but if you can’t do it and feel it yourself, why are you doing it?”

WORK-LIFE BALANCE

service as a nurse, working a night shift, and coming in for this interview— bright-eyed and bushytailed—Tamara and her family were moving into their new house, which she bought all on her own. Her pride in this accomplishment is obvious. She has all the support she could ever dream of, but she has also found the strength to do things she never thought possible, before finding her wings. She is, indeed, an angel to herself, her patients, team members, family, and friends. She found her light, and it shines through her, head to toes.

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At the height of the pandemic, going home was scary. “I have kids. I don’t want to take anything home to them. Like many nurses, I have a ritual.”

Before leaving the hospital, Tamara sanitizes her station, her shoes, cell phone—anything she has touched. At home, there are no hugs or kisses until she has put her clothes in the washing machine and taken a shower. To reduce the stress for everyone, especially her kids, she tries to make it into a game. When she isn’t working, Tamara spends as much time with her children as she can. She always aims to have fun no matter what they do. Her boys are thriving. The day after being honored for one year of

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“Once you’re so low and doing bad things, you come to realize you’re living in a bubble. The world is going on around you and you don’t know how to get back to [it] and become a better person and grow.”

iffany Ritter had a good and safe family environment for her childhood. She was also active, played sports, and was in a healthy relationship for nine years. After attending University of Florida for a business degree, she returned to Fort Myers and worked for her father’s company. Her previous relationship had ended, but Tiffany again found love, got married, and had two beautiful girls. However, it wasn’t as picturesque as she had hoped it would be. “It became a very emotional and physical abusive type of relationship,” she states. Her hair, clothes, and makeup are perfect—everything you would expect from a hairstylist—but she is stoic as recalls the details of her past.

LOSING IT ALL

Her husband was into drugs, and though she was never forced to take them, they were always present. “Once you are beat down to a point where you feel lower than dirt, stuff like that kind of numbs the pain.” Tiffany’s parents became aware of the abusive situation and reached out to the Department of Children and Families (DCF). When her children were taken away, her

As long as you’re willing to put the work in, you will find freedom. — Tiffany Ritter

world stopped. “It’s heartbreaking to the point where you feel like you have nothing. There comes a point in your life that, as a person, you’re so broken that you can’t care for anybody else. Like we say in the program, you have to care for yourself, you have to be okay with yourself before you can be a mother. That was a hard thing for me to grasp. My parents were allowing me time to find myself before I [could] be a mother again.” No one has communication with Tiffany’s ex-husband, including the girls, who are now 14 and eight and live with their grandparents. She feels not having a father in their life is hard, but as she says, “My dad has now become their father-figure.”

PURSUING HER PASSION

Even though Tiffany’s degree is in business, she has always had a passion for doing hair. “Even in high school I was always doing people’s hair for prom.” After her divorce, Tiffany headed to the AVEDA Institute in Ft. Lauderdale. She was able to find work immediately after school within the area, but she longed to be near her girls. So, she moved to Williston and began working at a salon in Ocala. “When I’m going to work, it doesn’t feel like work. When you find something like that in your life, you don’t let go of it.”

COMPASSION FUELS GOALS

Two years ago, she applied for a position at Austin James Hair Studio, owned by Kimberli Fanucci. Tiffany was in a 12-step program, and she wanted to let Kimberli

know of her situation. “She was very open and very accepting. She was awesome,” she recalls. She recognizes the compassion from someone like Kimberli because Tiffany knows her past would not be accepted in all professions. She is still heavily involved in a women’s group within the program. “It’s become a good place and a safe place for women. [There are] a lot of people with different backgrounds with how they got to where they were.” Participants are required to do a lot of work on themselves as part of the program, and realizing they are the problem is a big step. Tiffany also feels that listening to other women’s stories and being able to relate to what they say creates a positive change. “As long as you’re willing to put the work in, you will find freedom.” She has put in the work and continues to do so. Her eyes are now bright with passion, and you can see she has escaped the bubble to rejoin the world. Tiffany looks forward to continued growth in her profession, but most of all, she looks forward to being with her girls again and having a family.

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Behind the Counter RETIRED NURSE NOW ENJOYS SERVING YOU BREAKFAST

NANCY PAYNE Story & Photo by LISA ANDERSON

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“I hated high school, but I loved going to college,” she laughs.

f you are a weekday customer at Chelsea Coffee Company, you may have noticed Nancy Payne making your breakfast orders. She looks like someone’s favorite grandma, and she has the personality to match. You’ll probably get the urge to give her a big hug, if you have the chance to chat with her. Nancy hasn’t always worked in coffeehouses. She’s originally from Massachusetts, and this well-traveled food-prepper has a few educational degrees that may surprise you. She began her career as a dental assistant, before eventually turning her hand to office machine repair. A few years later, she returned to school for electronics and wound up working for a company where she helped to build test equipment for cables (e.g. cords). In 1985, she visited Florida and fell in love. It took her two years, but she finally moved to the Ocala area. Her first job here was soldering, but the position was temporary. When the government contract ended, Nancy went back to school to become a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN). She worked as a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) while attending school.

THE BUCKET LIST

She graduated in the winter of 1991, and that following spring, she headed to the Appalachian Trail. “That was one of my bucket list things,” recalls Nancy. “It rained every day, and every day I loved it a little more, and every day, my friend hated it a little more. I loved it.” Her friend’s feet blistered and became infected. After two

I used to stop at the coffee shop every morning. I kept telling Brenda when I retire I want to come to work here. — Nancy Payne

weeks, Nancy and her two companions were on their way home. “That was one of the highlights of my life. “We did 105 miles on the trail. We were supposed to do the whole thing. I cried all the way home. I was really discouraged. I had given up my apartment. I had sold my furniture, because I wasn’t going to come back there. I expected to be gone for months, not just two weeks.” Nancy later returned to the trail as a volunteer, but she was never able to complete it as originally planned. When she got back to Ocala after her truncated hike, she moved in with her youngest son and his wife for a few months. She eventually traveled back to Massachusetts for her older son’s wedding and decided to remain there. “Within two weeks, I was so depressed.”

ENCOURAGE WITH LOVE

She remembered why she had moved away, and she returned to Ocala. It was meant to be, because Nancy found work at the methadone clinic as a dosing nurse. She met her husband, a counselor, at the clinic. They have been married for 25 years. “He saved me from so much. He just spoiled me rotten. Now I need to pick up where he can’t do it anymore.” Nancy’s husband was recently diagnosed with dementia. Her husband encouraged Nancy to become a registered nurse (RN), but she unexpectedly received some other encouragement from another local nurse, as well. On Independence Day of 1990, Nancy was thrown from a horse. She broke two ribs in five places and found herself in the hospital. “I was a bad patient,” she laughs. Her nurse at the time told her, “You oughta become a nurse. You’re bitchy enough for it.” Nancy chuckles as she recalls this story. After earning her nursing degree, she initially worked for Charter Springs Behavioral Hospital and, later, joined the staff at Munroe Regional Medical Center

(now AdventHealth Ocala), where she worked for 15 years until her retirement in 2015.

A CUP OF JOY

Nancy was a frequent visitor at Chelsea Coffee Company during her time at the hospital. “I used to stop at the coffee shop every morning. I kept telling Brenda, [the owner], when I retire I want to come to work here. I told her that for five years.” When she did retire, Brenda didn’t waste any time recruiting Nancy. “I was only retired from January 24th to April 6th,” Nancy smiles. “I love it there. I love Brenda. She’s the best boss I’ve ever had. She has a sense of humor. She works right alongside of you. She helps you when you get stuck on anything. She’s approachable.” The coffeeshop has a family-type atmosphere that Nancy adores. She missed it when she was temporarily laid off due to the pandemic. Her husband kept her spirits up by giving her a puppy a few weeks into the lay-off. “We have eight dogs. We love our dogs.” For Nancy, the customers are her favorite part of working at the coffeeshop. “The only thing I missed when I retired [from nursing] were the patients. It wasn’t the job.” She feels appreciated by both the customers and Brenda. For this reason, Nancy plans to keep making sandwiches and pouring coffee for as long as she can.

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“My production career has been very interesting,” Sean chuckles.

ean Hampton cut his teeth on short films and produced several community feature films. He and a friend co-owned a production company for a few years. During this time, they produced a lot of live wrestling events. “That was really interesting, because it took me way out of my comfort zone. I got into that, because my business partner and I did a movie together, and we started the company because of that movie. It introduced me to the stunt performer world.” Before the movie, Sean hadn’t been around stunt performers. “It was weird. Imagine a five-year-old that can jump off of walls. That’s what a stunt guy is. They really don’t think they can hurt themselves until they actually get hurt.” He covers his face with hands. “As a producer you think, ‘Oh my god, my insurance.’” The production company was beginning to get some traction, but Sean was tired of being a freelancer. In 2019, he took a position as a producer for The Matt Walsh show at The Daily Wire, a conservative news website and media company founded in 2015 by political commentator

Ben Shapiro and director Jeremy Boreing. In November of 2020, The Daily Wire moved its headquarters from L.A. to Nashville, Tennessee. Most of their employees were happy to pack their bags and move with the company, including Sean and his family. He enjoys working with Matt and his other co-workers. “The company is very open to the employees. If I have an idea, I can develop it and put it through to the right channels. Number one, they will listen, and number two, I’ll get full consideration, and if they like it, we can move forward. They understand the talent

they have under their roof and they nurture it.” Sean, his wife Jennifer, and their two children are now happily ensconced in Nashville. They enjoy the lower cost of living, the landscape views, the family values shared by their city neighbors, and definitely a shorter commute. Sean is also excited by his ability to expand his handgun collection. He’s an enthusiast, and his time at the gun range is much appreciated. Life is looking bright for the Ocala native, and it is fair to say he is passing on the mindset legacy of his grandparents and parents to his children.

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JANET SHELLEY Story by LISA ANDERSON

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anet Shelley has a personality that extends far beyond her small stature. She’s as animated as one would expect in a person who has spent her life in the theater. Her voice is intoxicating, and her stories demand that you stay and listen to more. Ask her what her favorite moments were during her 23-year teaching career, and she’ll tell you, “It’s hard to pinpoint just one. With teaching, everything comes in waves. You get a new batch of kids every year. You have them for four years, and then, they graduate. You always feel like you’re starting over, you know? Because they come in fresh, and they don’t know a whole lot, and you have to build them up. Then, you lose them!”

FROM BOSTON TO OCALA

Janet grew up in the Boston, Massachusetts area and attended Emerson College for two years. At the start of her junior year, she auditioned for and was accepted into the Bachelors of Fine Arts program at New York University (NYU). The school had been looking specifically for transfer students, and Janet ticked all the boxes. While at NYU, she met her husband of nearly 45 years, through a mutual friend. She graduated in

the spring of 1977 and married Jim Shelley in the fall. The Shelleys were both in love with theater and remained in New York, but shortly after her marriage, Janet’s parents moved to Ocala. “My dad retired right after I got married. He sold his business, and they had bought a house in Ocala the year before.” Janet and Jim would frequently fly down to spend time with her parents. They would always have a great time, but leaving wasn’t easy. “I’d cry on the plane all the way home,” Janet recalls. “I was really close to my parents, and I hated being that far away.” In New York, she was involved in a lot of off-off Broadway shows. She worked in Greenwich

Village and took all sorts of jobs, including performing, stage managing, and assistant stage managing. She acted quite a bit in student films, as well. The first show that she directed outside of college was at the Royal Court Repertory Theatre, which was fully produced by her boss from the full-time job she worked at the time. The Shelleys eventually tired of New York living and moved to Ocala in 1984.

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“All my life, people told me I should be a teacher, and I completely turned that idea away. No. Way. Could I ever be a teacher,” Janet says emphatically.

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CHOOSE A STYLE TO FIT YOUR TONE

Locala is a conversational publication that profiles regular people with interesting stories. We editors ensure that the writing is clear, but we keep a tone that hews closely to informal speech. The other magazine we publish, The Chews Letter, is informational, and therefore, more formal. We follow AP-style writing, which has specific rules for contractions (nope), abbreviations, and text styles. Decide on how you want to approach your audience and edit to keep that purpose consistent throughout the work.

BE CONCISE

Passive voice occurs when the subject is acted upon, rather than acting itself. I could have titled this section “Passive voice is not needed.” That sounds less commanding than “Avoid passive voice,” doesn’t it? Active voice imbues your writing with authority. It also propels your story or argument, pushing the reader towards your main point.

PUNCTUATION SAVES LIVES

“I like cooking my family and my pets.” Don’t be a psycho: use commas. Familiarize yourself with the myriad uses of commas, which separate words, phrases, quotations, and sentences. (Embrace the Oxford comma.) Read your writing aloud and notice where you naturally pause. You likely will

need a comma. Make sure your sentences end with the appropriate period, question mark, or exclamation point. Speaking of which, use exclamation points judiciously. You don’t need to yell at your reader.

BEWARE THE DANGLING MODIFIER

A dangling or hanging modifier is a phrase that modifies a subject that is not explicitly stated. For example: “Having arrived late, the teacher asked for a written excuse.” This sentence is structured as if the teacher had arrived late, though logically, we can conclude it was her student. “Having arrived late, the student gave the teacher a written excuse.” Do not ask your reader to work hard to understand what you are saying. Strive for clarity in all things.

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A HERO'S QUEST

EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US IS A HERO, IF YOU KNOW YOUR TRIBE. – Chris Cahill

hris Cahill electrifies any room he enters. He pulled up a chair at my desk, along with his business partner Trevor Bonnell—the heart and the science of Q4 Quest, respectively— and launched into his story. “I’m a storyteller, and I’m good at reading people. I’m good at working a room. I could [give] impromptu TED Talks if I wanted to, and people would...” He mimes a cheering crowd. “That’s a natural gift.” From an early age, Chris wanted to be “the best of the best,” so he joined the Marines right out of high school. He jumped into college classes upon completing his service. During the day, he sold cars and worked at a mortgage company. His talent and drive were undeniable: within a month, he had outperformed every other salesperson at the dealership. Management recognized what they had and told him, “You’re so good at this, why don’t you go and build

your own team?” Chris was 21. He did just that, and then his managers at the mortgage company caught wind of what he was doing. They, too, asked him to build a team. He brought his dealership team to the mortgage office and built the number one sales branch in the US, where he was again the top salesperson, “which made me the number one mortgage guy in the country.” He worked long hours, but was making more

in a month than most people make in a year. Chris states matter-offactly, “What I learned was hard work. I learned salesmanship. I learned how to build a team. What I struggled with was how to scale it, because you’re never content with where you are.” He says that’s when he became a “student of the game.” He switched his major and eventually earned a couple of master’s degrees, one in finance.

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My purpose in life is transformation. It’s to make the community a better place. I’m still driven by the desire to serve. — Chris Cahill

A DESIRE TO SERVE

Just as the mortgage industry began to slow down, Chris received an offer to join Edward Jones as a financial planner. “Financial planning gives you the ability to impact people’s lives. So then, I got really excited. Now I’m back to helping the community, which I really like.” Chris began to thrive as he pursued opportunities that aligned with his purpose. “My purpose in life is transformation. It’s to make the community a better place. I’m still driven by the desire to serve.” Chris began to integrate his faith and work in a way he had never done. He started taking classes in theology—in fact, he had never really stopped taking classes—and began working with the homeless, people with low incomes, and food shelters. Chris had initially pursued an education degree, but found he did not connect well with kids. He loved teaching adults, though, and held weekly financial seminars, where he began to hone his unique approach to financial success. “I started to use all my salesmanship to craft stories to help them learn how to use it in a way that would transform their life. And I learned that if I could help them see the world through a lens that was slightly different than what they’d been taught through the status quo, they could all of a sudden learn to break their own status quo.” In 2003, Chris teamed up with the Chamber of Commerce and established the Entrepreneurial Academy. His mission was to help “business owners craft their story in a way that would drive business and how to invest the money that they get from that to reinvest in themselves so that they could compound their ability to impact the community and create jobs.” This led directly to Q4, which he envisioned as a training ground for businesses that cannot figure out how to grow.

CHASING THE DOLLAR

Despite his success in Florida, Chris accepted an offer from Merrill Lynch and moved to Baltimore to be the producing manager. Their training model, at the time, was one of attrition: hire 100 people, have them dial their butts off, fire or lose most of them, and keep the one or two that made it through sheer grit. Hire another 100 people the next month. Rinse and repeat. “It was a bad business model,” Chris observes wryly.

He offered a different approach. Why don’t we hire people directly out of college, and help them find their story and people who connect with that story, so that they can organically grow relationships with their clients? Thus, his training program, Young Guns, was born. Lincoln Financial was impressed by Chris’ success with Young Guns and invited him to help them develop a training program. Through

these experiences, he shifted the focus of Q4 to training trainers. It became more of “a discipleship program.” Due to his enormous success (including financially), Chris started receiving speaking invitations. He was the keynote speaker at a convention in Tennessee when he had an epiphany. “My goal was always to help someone else.” This began to weigh on him as he returned to his penthouse suite, one

REALIGNING HIS PURPOSE

Getting away from his purpose and putting himself first nearly came at a terrible price. Chris was determined to forge a different path. He and his family moved back to Florida, where he began to attend a seminary. He was a pastor in charge of ministries at his church, while doing consulting on the side.

He began to rebuild Q4, and eventually, stepped away from the church. He shifted the mission of Q4 to focus on empowering businesses to tell their stories and transform their communities. “I’m serving God by serving the business community that [has] never otherwise heard the message that they are beautiful inside and were called for a purpose.”

Chris also went back to his roots in outreach ministry by starting I60. The name is based on Chapter 60 from the Book of Isaiah in the Bible, which begins, “Arise, shine, for your light has come... Nations will come to your light and kings to the brightness of your dawn.” The ministry partners with churches to focus on literacy, prison ministry, and recidivism reduction.

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night, and looked himself in the mirror. “I’m not doing that. I’m chasing the dollar. What am I doing? This is not my purpose.” He was drawn to the Bible lying on the hotel bed and starting reading. He felt God telling him to “go love somebody.” He immediately hopped on a plane to return home.

I’ve never really been first in anything. My gift is different. Someone told me that I have a masters in perseverance. — Trevor Bonnell

THE SCIENCE

INTENT IN ACTION

Trevor will be quick to say that he is not a behavior analyst. “I study intent in action.” He is a psychologist, who studies behavior and science from the human perspective. Just before the COVID-19 pandemic hit, Trevor was ready to leave his firefighting job and return to Ocala, where he had support from his family. He began working for his dad, doing safety supervision and fleet management. “When people change jobs, they are either running to or running from something.” Trevor had felt underappreciated and undervalued as a first

responder, but he didn’t want to just run away. “I want to have purpose, mission, drive, impact.” He asked himself, “What am I raising my voice to do?” Chris and Trevor attended the same high school but at different times. They did not know each other, but had someone in common: Trevor’s sister. When they did meet, it seemed like the perfect fit. “I needed to find someone who shared [a similar] background, that had that servant’s heart, wanted to lead, understood the hero thing, and had all of that together.” Chris also needed the behavior psychology side.

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Trevor prefaced his story by comparing himself to Chris, who “took you 50,000 feet up in a balloon,” while he kept his feet firmly on the ground. But that is the key to their success: one person has to be the tether. Unassuming, but no less driven, Trevor, after graduating from the University of North Florida, gave the financial world a try—“boring.” He gave himself two options: cop or firefighter. “People shoot less at firefighters.” He attended fire college in Ocala and took a job in Orange County, starting his career at the ripe old age of 27. Eventually, Trevor realized that firefighting was not his purpose. He did not like that he was a “glorified Uber driver” or that getting a job depended so much on whom you knew. He appreciated the experience but did not want to possibly leave his wife and two kids, due to an accident, or die soon after retirement from the myriad health complications suffered by career firefighters. When his wife decided to go back to school, he decided to get his masters in Industrial Organizational Psychology.

I want to have purpose, mission, drive, impact. — Trevor Bonnell

FINDING THE INNER HERO

Q4 Quest tells its business clients that it is “in the business of helping you become the hero to your audience that you were called to be.” Eighty-percent of businesses fail within the first three years, Chris points out. After a lot of study, he concluded that it was because “your ‘why’ is not aligned with your tribe. Every single one of us is a hero, if you know your tribe.”

“Q4 becomes the hero’s quest,” says Chris. On life’s journey, you can go with the flow that is your purpose, or you can struggle to forge a path that is contrary to your purpose. You have to align your message with your tribe’s needs. “If you get your story right, people who want

it will ask ‘how do I get more?’” Their business works with a lot of businesses that offer financial services, an industry that is highly resultsdriven. But Chris does not think it has to be. “If I stop holding people accountable to results, and I align them with their true actions and what they are organically put on this earth to do”— in other words, “with

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Q4 stands for four questions: 1. Who matters most (a specific audience)? 2. Why do they matter most, and how are they different from you? 3. What do you have to work with? The three “R’s”: resources, relationships, razzle-dazzle (or superpower).

4. How do YOU define success? Create your own definition.

I help people find their inner hero so they can attract their tribe, and he comes behind me and helps you find money to make it a reality. — Chris Cahill

what you’re gonna do anyway”—they will reap the rewards. “No matter how much an apple tree tries to make an orange, it’s always going to make an apple.” So, why not strive to be the best apple tree?

THE HERO’S QUEST

In 2020, Chris and Trevor co-wrote a book, The Q4 Quest for Financial Advisors: The Secret of How Top Performers Are Developing Tomorrow’s Best Practices Today. They plan on doing a speaking tour, along with working privately with clients. “We work well together,” says Chris. They are 180 degrees different, but their approaches are complementary. “I help people find their inner hero so they can attract their tribe, and he comes behind me and helps you find money to make it a reality.” They plan to take the Q4 framework

beyond the business world. They are already seeing success using it in the I60 ministry with addiction counseling and with ex-felons. If they can find their superpower, says Trevor, they can freely be themselves no matter where they are, behind bars or out in the world. “Q4 Kids is a dream we have,” says Chris. They want to create a homeschool program to reach kids where the system is failing them, provide resources for teachers and tutors, and make the material feel relevant to the kids, especially at-risk teens. Chris and Trevor want to use their business model to teach everyone to find their inner superhero and their tribe, so they can impact their communities. In this way, “we are all infinitely better.” Q4 is, at its heart, the hero’s quest.

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Justin Alsedek EPISODE II: COLA REVIVAL What type an artist are you/What is your medium? I am a 2-D visual artist, primarily working in oil paint on canvas. In the past year and a half, I have also gotten into creating large scale public mural art. What is your background, and how has it informed your art? I was a Fine Art Photography major at Pennsylvania College of Art & Design. Going to a school totally dedicated to the Arts was a real inspirational time. To be surrounded by artists of all walks truly helped form a strong foundation and continues to carry into my work currently. What types of art and culture do you like to consume? I love to listen to music while I paint and scroll through the endless sea of visual artists on Instagram for inspiration and motivation. Is there a connection between your message and the way you make your art? Often, my work carries themes of embracing uncertainty. While I have many different approaches to getting a finished painting, there is always some level of unknown factors that is utilized during the act of painting. One example would be color palette. I pick a color I know I want to use in a specific area and then let the other areas speak to me as I am working.

wife Sarah. I feel my role is to spread joy, radiate positive energy, and put smiles on the faces of people I encounter. How do you define success as an artist or person? What do you hope to accomplish? I feel that as long as I am able to support my family through the creation of my art, then I’m successful. I have been a self-employed artist since 2008, making most of my income from commission-based portrait work, that is, until moving to Ocala. It is here I am happy to say that my art career has really blossomed over the past few years. Currently, I am making a living from painting for myself, which has truly been a blessing.

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Charity Cox EPISODE II: COLA REVIVAL What type an artist are you/What is your medium? I am a singer-songwriter. I use lyrics and melodies to write stories. What is your background, and how has it informed your art? I grew up in a musical household. My mother was a gospel/southern rock singer-songwriter. My dad loved blues, doo-wop, and big band music. My earliest memory was when I was about five years old. I remember sitting on my front porch with my radio, listening to Mariah Carey and Michael Jackson. I knew, then, I wanted to be a singer. Later on, I was influenced by Christian, alternative, and country music. They all have had an impact on my style and lyrics. What types of art and culture do you like to consume? Music is my preferred art form. I love lyrics! The message is what I look for most in music. Gripping lyrics mixed with a powerful melody gets me every time, no matter what the genre is! I also love plays and movies. My daughter acts, watching her take a script and convert it into emotion is amazing to me. Is there a connection between your message and the way you make your art? Absolutely! I take my life experience and mix it with imagination to create the outcome I desire. Life can sometimes make us feel helpless. It's a way I can take some power back and feel a sense of control.

What are you besides an artist? How do you define your role in life? I am a mom, a wife, and a friend. I want to be the best I can in all areas of my life. I want to show my loved ones that dreams should be lived, no matter how hard they seem to be to achieve. How do you define success as an artist or person? What do you hope to accomplish? I think that success for me boils down to this: At the end of my life, when I am in my rocking chair on my front porch, I don't want to have any regrets. So, I am doing everything I can now to be the personand the artist—that is proud of my life and my decisions. While I'm happy with what I've achieved so far, I look forward to setting new goals and taking the journey of meeting each one.

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