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Perfect Aim with Rodney MuellerAuthor: Rodney Mueller
The world is changing how we think about the future. Traditional goal-setting is dead. It's an antiquated model that has been used for thousands of years and it is time we shift how we create our futures and drive performance. Listen as Rodney teaches how Perfect Aim is the next evolution of goal-setting as we know it. Language: en Genres: Business, Entrepreneurship, Philosophy, Society & Culture Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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Entrepreneurs of St. Louis | Cal Riley | Entrepreneurial Compassion
Thursday, 8 October, 2026
My guest this week is Cal Riley — a dear friend, a fellow Army veteran, and one of the most thoughtful leaders I know. Cal is the author of Entrepreneurial Compassion, a book born out of losing his brother to suicide, with a mission to create a million compassionate leaders and prevent 100,000 suicides (all profits go to suicide prevention). He spent a decade in the Army — first as an infantry officer and Airborne Ranger leading troops through multiple combat deployments, then in Special Operations — and he carried every one of those lessons into the business world. Today he's the visionary and CEO of a second-generation medical construction company he's grown into a $25M+ business that essentially runs without him, and he spends most of his time as an EOS implementer in the Raleigh area, helping other entrepreneurs build businesses that run on vision instead of adrenaline. What I loved about this conversation is how naturally Cal moves between the battlefield and the boardroom. We talked about his idea of entrepreneurial compassion — which isn't softness at all, but the harder work of having real conversations and building a culture people actually thrive in. One thing that stuck with me was his tree analogy: protect the roots and the trunk with clear intent, and let your people learn out on the leaves. We recorded this the day after Memorial Day, which we didn't plan but felt exactly right — and it left me thinking that presence, curiosity, and leading with intent might be the two-degree shifts that change everything.
