Brave & Big
What if you could live a Brave and Big life? One where you have great friends, a thriving marriage, a plan to accomplish your goals; a life where you’re fit, spiritually healthy, and constantly becoming everything God created you to be.
Welcome to Brave & Big.
We are Chris Hart, founder and CEO of Brave Coaches, and Joey Odom, public speaker, author, and former tech co-founder, and we have been friends for over 25 years. Throughout our friendship, we have had thousands of conversations, have gotten better from each one, and want you to be part of those conversations. We’ll talk about what it means to be Brave and live Big - things like grit, living with no excuses, following Jesus, being a great parent, spouse, and friend. Sometimes it will just be the two of us and sometimes it will be high performing athletes, business leaders, and performers.
At the end of each episode, you will walk away with a small step that you can immediately implement to take ground in your life.
We’re glad you’re here. Let’s be Brave & live Big.
Brave & Big
Covenant Friendship: The Friends Who Make You Invincible
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Most people have friends but not true covenant relationship. Joey Odom and Chris Hart spend this week unpacking the difference — and why it matters more than almost anything else in your life.
It starts with two stories. A five-hour drive to a men's conference where one guy looked around the truck and said, "I've never felt invincible until this car ride." And a phone call from a friend's wife — the one she'd been carrying alone for a year and a half because her husband wasn't right and she didn't know who to call.
Joey and Chris use those two moments as bookends for what real friendship actually looks like. Not the surface-level version. The kind where your wife knows exactly which three men to call if you're not your best self. The kind where, when life caves in, somebody's already in the truck.
In this episode:
— The two questions that reveal whether your friendships are real — Why your wife should know exactly who to call when you're not right — The Up, Out, Down framework for the friendships every man needs — The One, Three, Twelve model (and why naming it changes everything) — The PID Loop: how proximity becomes interaction becomes dependence — Story, Silly, Secret: the ten-minute weekly call that built this show — Why a brother is born for adversity — and why asking for help isn't a burden — How to give and receive rebuke without being a baby about it
This week's small step:
Take fifteen minutes. Write down your Up, your Out, and your Down. If a name's missing in any category, that's your assignment for the week. Pursue an up. Initiate with an out. Pour into a down.
Be Brave. Live Big.
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