#173 - Thomas McPherson: Finding Purpose in Solitude & Prioritizing Family
Enter the Lionheart
Lawrence Dunning
5 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 4 February 2025
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
Thomas McPherson is real estate entrepreneur and U.S. Navy veteran. After serving in Iraq and returning home he found his niche in real estate and buying distressed debt, purchasing and repositioning value-add multifamily across Arizona. He became a millionaire before he was 30.
Thomas has numerous passions outside of work, primarily spending time with his wife and two children. When not working or with his family, Thomas is also a pilot, BASE jumper and Skydiver, and that is with a fear of heights (“Don’t let your fears stop you”).
“My family calendar is in pen, and my work calendar is in pencil”
0.00: Lessons of a week by himself in the jungle by himself to reassess his life
4.00: Benefits of a digital detox and multi day fast
8.00: Thomas’ background in the military as a combat medic and transitioning to real estate
11.00: Importance of a Rites of Passage
17.00: The importance of time being present with children
23.00: Why busy professionals need to outsource more
35.00: The seasons of life and prioritizing time
42.00: Base jumping and the idea of risk/reward
48.00: Human error in fatal crashes
53.00: On raising lions (children)
Until next time, love and good vibes.
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| 0:00.0 | A single theme is too narrow for great minds and daring hearts. |
| 0:18.0 | Get ready to enter the Lionheart with your host, Lawrence Dunning. |
| 0:21.9 | Brother, joining me from beautiful Costa Rica when you're with your family. |
| 0:25.6 | Thomas, thank you for taking the time. I really do appreciate it. |
| 0:28.8 | My pleasure. Hopefully the internet cooperates. And you actually just caught me. |
| 0:34.6 | I recently spent about a week in the jungle by myself with a machete, |
| 0:39.2 | a hammock, and a bug net to just get right with myself, get right with God, and get clear on what's |
| 0:46.8 | important. Well, Thomas, that's the first thing I wanted to ask you, because you said, I've been here |
| 0:50.8 | three weeks, and then you're going to go and see your family in Maine. And one of my favorite things about successful people is when they use their success to make their |
| 0:58.3 | life better, as opposed to just very financially successful people that are just always working, |
| 1:03.1 | working, working. So when the video popped up and you're in a vest and your beard's long and |
| 1:07.2 | you look happy and tan, like that made me happy that you're using your success, not just for financial, but to make |
| 1:13.3 | your life better, which is what success is supposed to be about. |
| 1:16.7 | Couldn't agree more? |
| 1:17.6 | If not, what's it all for anyway? |
| 1:20.0 | Yeah. |
| 1:20.5 | So, brother, can we talk a little bit about that week? |
| 1:22.8 | That sounds incredible. |
| 1:24.1 | It was. |
| 1:24.9 | It was absolutely incredible. It was. It was absolutely incredible. You know, the first day was a little giddy, |
| 1:29.0 | you know, excitement, the build up. And I fasted as well. So, you know, there was a lot of clarity. |
| 1:36.1 | There was a lot of downtime. You know, we spent a lot of time eating, a lot of time preparing and |
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