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Doing Business with a Servant's Heart
Welcome to "Doing Business with a Servant's Heart," where compassion meets business and life. Join us as we explore the soul of business, guided by the unwavering principle that serving others is not just ethical – it’s transformative.
Hosted by Steve Ramona, a seasoned entrepreneur with a passion for uplifting people and businesses, each episode of our podcast is a deep dive into the stories, insights, and practical strategies of industry leaders, entrepreneurs, and visionaries who have mastered the art of leading with love and empathy. Through heartfelt conversations and inspiring anecdotes, we reveal the practical impact of servant leadership on personal and professional growth.
Discover how to foster a culture of kindness, engage with customers authentically, and build successful businesses that prioritize serving before selling. Whether you're a seasoned business owner, an aspiring entrepreneur, or simply someone seeking to make a positive impact, "Doing Business with a Servant's Heart" offers actionable advice, moral encouragement, and a refreshing perspective on what truly matters in the world of business.
Tune in and join our community of compassionate leaders striving to change the world, one act of service at a time. Because in the end, the heart of business is the business of the heart.
Doing Business with a Servant's Heart
When Hope Refuses to Quit: From Catastrophe to Climbing Mountains
What if the moment that almost broke you became the moment that built your legacy?
In this episode Steve Ramona sits down with Larry and Ethan, a father‑son duo whose lives were suddenly upended by a catastrophic brain bleed when Ethan was seventeen. In the middle of a pandemic, isolated in their home, Larry discovers Ethan cannot feel his left side. That call to 9‑1‑1 becomes the threshold into a battle for survival. Between hospital waiting rooms, surgeries, and two grueling months of intensive therapy in Baltimore, Ethan fights back—not merely for recovery, but to walk out stronger.
Ethan is a character marked by fierce competitiveness, love of gaming, a heart for service, and the kind of grit that turns loss into victory. Larry is a father who transformed fear into faith, who chose presence, family, and patience when everything else threatened to collapse. There is a moment in time you’ll hear about when Ethan, paralyzed, says to his therapists with conviction: “I’m going to walk out of here.” Sensory detail: the sterile hospital air, the tubing and ICU alarms, the ache of absence; the exhilaration of first steps, the weight of a 60‑pound pack in the New Mexico trail under sky so wide and free.
If you are facing a medical crisis, a reversal you didn’t expect, or watching someone you love fight their way back—this story is for you. You’ll see that healing is built day by day, community by community, that mindset is a muscle that can be trained, and that with loyal love everything is possible.
P.S. If there’s one thing to take with you today it’s this: even in the darkest minutes you are never alone. Lean into your people, raise your hope, and refuse to let fear write your ending.
Guest Bio
Ethan is a young man of exceptional courage, a competitive gamer and former travel soccer player. At 17 he suffered a ruptured AVM brain hemorrhage that left him with paralysis on his left side. Through painful rehab, ferocious determination, and unwavering family support he reclaimed mobility, purpose, and hope. Larry, his father, is a retired intelligence‐community professional whose greatest mission became not what he built in decades of service, but how he showed up in every minute beside his son. Together they show us that real victory often comes not in a single moment but in every step made in love.
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