Redeeming Your Family Legacy with Jerry Dugan

What if you're the one that has been called to redeem God’s legacy in your family and your courage is key to that happening? As we look over our family history, we will often identify where things went well and where things went wrong. Having this knowledge should impact our life and direct our leap. Our guest today chose to dig up the history of his family's past and find the royalty that he could build a legacy upon. Jerry Dugan joins us in this episode to share the leaps he had to make throughout his life, how a difficult upbringing led him to a purposeful life and how his faith helped him redeem his family legacy from the past and live in it. He also shares ways to prepare and embrace change to get to the end in obedience to God.

Jerry Dugan is a TEDx Speaker, consultant, author, and host of Beyond The Rut podcast, a show that focuses on living unstuck in your faith, family, fitness, finances, and future possibilities to live a life of purpose. He was born in Oklahoma, grew up as an self proclaimed Army B.R.A.T., and has lived in various parts of the United States, Korea, Thailand, Germany, and Japan.

If you feel like you’re in a season that is causing you to stall, and you’re wondering what you need to do to become the person you want to be for God, your life, and your family, this episode is for you!

Now let’s jump in!

Key Highlights from the Episode

[00:01] Episode intro and a quick bio of the guest; Jerry Dugan

[01:42] A little bit about Jerry’s backstory and what he does in his space

[04:00] How Jerry discovered his purpose of training and developing others

[07:39] How Jerry’s clarity of his direction in life was so good at 14

[14:52] A quick announcement

[15:58] Becoming the redeemer for a family’s legacy

[19:10] How Jerry’s military experiences have been helpful in his leaps

[20:38] Becoming proactive for the change you want

[26:53] Jerry’s next leap and the best ways to reach out and connect with him

[29:02] Ending the show and call to action

Notable Quotes

Everyone has, in them, everything they need to leap to the next level.
Every family has a redeemer. The one person that God will use to bring the family back to its core.
True revolutionaries are not victims of change. They do not wait for change to happen but get proactive in creating the change they need.
The ultimate goal for every believer is to obey God. However, there are many avenues to achieve this through one’s unique purpose.
A legacy should be the plumbline of every decision in life.