Zechariah Newman

In today’s Starve the Doubts episode, Jared Easley is joined by Kimanzi Constable of kimanziconstable.com, as they interview Zechariah Newman, a husband, father, an entrepreneur, writer, coach, and speaker. His website zechariahnewman.com is focused on teaching a faith-based approach to chasing your dreams.

Based in southern Oregon, Zech is living out his dreams of writing, coaching, and speaking without compromising his relationship with his adorable wife and three kids.

His book Dreams That Last: Building a Rock Solid Foundation to Pursuing Dreams with a Family talks about real life failures, defeats, victory, and chasing your dream the right way.



In this episode, you’ll learn about:

Dream chasing with your family
The tension between where we are and where we want to be
When he realized what his dream was
Zech’s defining moments that helped him realize his dreams
Getting an email from his reader who contemplated suicide
The struggles he encountered while pursuing his dreams
Investing in a coach
Critiquing and sacrificing in chasing your dreams
The importance of cutting out some things
What new Zech would say to his old self
Starving the doubts on a daily basis
Being intentional with your family while chasing your dreams
The power of dreaming together with your family



Items mentioned:

Zech’s entrepreneurial journey:
Started his entrepreneurial journey when he bought his first pizza restaurant in 2004
Started in the pizza restaurant business (that his parents owned) at 6 years old washing dishes

What’s simple is not easy

Cultivating the middle ground where success comes from

His wife has a site called Mom Tip of the Week
Dating your husband
Dating your children
Spending along time with God every morning

His journey of realizing his dream of writing, coaching, and speaking
Being afraid of rejection
Writing his thoughts out in the beginning
Doing blogging full time for a year now
Figuring how to make everything organized

The defining moments for Zech to continue the process:
His dream wasn’t going to complete him - checking his priorities
Getting an email from someone who was contemplating suicide
Hiring a coach

Being able to play a part in restoring another person’s life

Gratitude for the blessings you currently have

The struggles while pursuing his dreams:
Wasted time
What to do next
Encouragement
The need to shine light on his own inadequacies

Investing in a coach

Dream chasing with your family
Open communication with your spouse
Critiquing is not hating your dream
The things you need to sacrifice

What the new Zech would tell the old Zech:
Stop wasting time and energy on things outside of your control

Being family-oriented while chasing your dreams:
Lay down your dreams and just spend time with your family
Stop whatever you’re doing and be with your family
Dream together
Connect with Zech on www.zechariahnewman.com and send him an email thru zechariahnewman@gmail.com and he’ll be glad to answer your questions.


Zech’s final thoughts for the listeners:

“Connect with your wife, what’s your dream… it will reconnect you with why your family is so crucial in the process, the why of everything.”