Aaron Walker: Founder of Iron Sharpens Iron Mastermind & Author of View From the Top

<div>Excellence, Leadership, and Mentorship. Those words exemplify the life of this week's Team Never Quit guest, Aaron Walker. Aaron and Marcus kick around the adventures of entrepreneurship, a spectacular marriage, and how he applies that which he learns from his experiences – good and bad - to propel him to new heights. After learning tough lessons from a horrific life event, and then being guided by the finest financial and spiritual leaders, Aaron now plays it forward by mentoring others.</div> <br> <div><strong>In this episode you will hear:</strong></div> <ul> <li>I didn’t have anything at 18, and I was able to retire at 27.</li> <li>I played golf every day, I fished every day, and you can’t do that but so much, because you gotta have a purpose.</li> <li>While driving, I watched an older man walk across two lanes, he got to the median, and stopped. As soon as I got to him, he took off running to catch a bus, and I ran over him. It was literally like my life came to a standstill.</li> <li>One day I made the decision: I’ve been chasing money since I was 8 years old. I’m 40 now and I’m retiring – I’m through.</li> <li>Through a series of events, I spent 21 years sponsoring Dave Ramsey’s show, and we became best of friends.</li> <li>The Mastermind radically changed my life.</li> <li>We can’t quit. People need you. You can’t sit on the sidelines. We have to get up because nobody can live your life but you.</li> <li>I had great success financially, but I had no significance.</li> <li>I want my legacy to be that those I come in contact with are different as a result of having interacted with me.</li> <li>I want to leave a legacy of helping, giving, supporting, encouraging, lifting people up and helping them accomplish their dreams and goals.</li> <li>God is always working in the background.</li> <li>The thing that I thought was taking me out was the catalyst for transforming the lives of other people.</li> <li>We all need trusted advisors. Don’t do what I did and have a pocketful of money only to come home to a h