("Ahead of My Time" by Oliver Gray)

♪ I'm always ready when it's game time ♪

♪ Hustle in my blood, I'ma make mine ♪

♪ Where I'm trying togo is gonna take time ♪

♪ You can earn yourrespect, I'ma take mine ♪

♪ In a lane of my own, I'm in the zone ♪

- Hello and welcome to"Going the Distance,"

where we share stories of faith,

sports, and everything in between.

I wanted to start today'sepisode by remembering

one of the NFL's legends, Bart Starr,

who passed away on Sunday, May 26th.

Starr was a five-time NFL champion

and a two-time SuperBowl champion and MVP,

for Super Bowls I and II.

He was also a devout man of faith.

A statement from hisfamily partially reads,

"While he may always beknown for his success

"as the Packers' quarterback for 16 years,

"his true legacy will alwaysbe the respectable manner

"in which he treated every person he met,

"his humble demeanor, and hisgenerous spirit," end quote.

He was 85.

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Well, right now, with summerright around the corner,

many of us are trying towhip our bodies into shape.

We're in the gym, we'retrying to figure out

which diet will work.

One of the ways we measure body fat

has been checking ourbody mass index, or BMI.

And I had a chance to visit

with health nutritionexpert Robert Ferguson,

who spent years showingpeople how to lose weight,

and he shared with me somenew technology that suggests

that BMI is an inaccuratemeasurement of healthiness,

and there's a better way to do it.

Health nutrition expert Robert Ferguson

has spent over 20 years teaching people

practical solutions to help them lose fat

without giving up the foods they love.

But his passion for health and nutrition

began when he was just a boy.

- My mom, so single family, single mom,

and growing up, this is what I saw,

is my mom losing a hundredpounds, and we all cheered,

I watched Mom gain it back, we all cried,

and she continued to do thatthroughout my entire childhood.

And so I saw the joy of losingweight and feeling better.

I also saw the pain ofgaining the weight back.

And so my inspiration was

to one day be able to help my mom.

- [Shawn] After serving in the Marines,

he went to college andgot a degree in dietetics.

And of course, his firstclient was his mother.

- She got on my methodologyand went on to lose 125 pounds.

- 125 pounds?- That's right.

And she never had to giveup the food she loves.

So my whole thing was,meet people where they are,

and show them how to makethe most of their situation.

- [Shawn] In 1995, Robert conceptualized

a new approach to dietingcalled a Diet Free Life.

Since then, he's been a leading voice

in nutrition and weight loss.

But there was oneproblem he couldn't solve

regarding the body massindex, also known as BMI.

- Well, the BMI was created in the 1830s

by a guy named Adolphe Quetelet.

He was like a mathematician.

But it was never really designed

to tell you if you're healthy or not.

So in the late 1990s I discovered this,

and I felt that thatis absolutely horrible,

that we have this thing called the BMI,

that is not accurate when it comes

to whether or not we're healthy,

or where we could improve,

because it's not telling youhow much fat is in your body.

It's just taking some basic calculations

and putting you in a category.

So with that injustice,the whole goal was,

one day I would love to expose the BMI,

and come up with something

that would make it easier for people

to kinda get an idea of where they are

as it pertains to fat in their body,

and their current health status.

- [Shawn] His opportunitycame when he was asked

to serve as the official Health Ambassador

for wellness tech companyStayhealthy, Inc.,

where they are creatingadvanced technology

to empower, inspire, andgive hope to individuals,

families, and communities,to become healthier.

John Collins, the company's CEO,

was a longtime music industry executive

when he decided to leave the industry

to join the health and wellness movement.

- I wanted to provide services

and make available healthcare

to everyone at no cost,at a very high quality.

It had to be medical, ithad to be clinical grade,

and it had to address the biggest problems

that we were looking at at that time.

Governor Tommy Thompson,

who was the Health andHuman Services Secretary,

put out a Call to Action, saying,

"The biggest terroristthreat we have in the country

"is not terrorists, it's excess fat,

"and we need to resolve it."

So we went there, we talked to him,

we had just developed the kiosk,

which did excess body fat measurement

or body fat measurement, andwe were making it available,

so as it stands today,there's 11,000 of those

across the country.

- [Shawn] I'm sure you've seen the kiosks

in stores like Ralphs,Kroger, and Rite Aid.

The tech company is hoping to replace BMI

with BFI, body fact index.

- Body fact index is what it says it is,

it's your body, with facts, in an index.

So you can do a measurement,and you can track it over time.

- Well, usually you couldwalk into your local drugstore

to a kiosk just like this oneand get your blood pressure,

your vitals, your pulse.

But pretty soon, Stayhealthywill create a way

that you can get all of thisright here on your phone.

The app is called the Body Fact App.

- With Stayhealthy, whatthey've done is they've taken

that technology and combinedit with augmented reality.

So let's say we look atyour body fact index,

and it says that your body fatpercentage is, let's say 30%.

Well, we can now hit a button in this app,

and we can see what your heart looks like

based on having thatpercentage of body fat.

And that's a game-changer,

because now we can see- Wow.

- what your heart, what yourpancreas, what your liver,

what your kidneys are looking like

based on your percentage of body fat.

- Wow!- And that, when you see that,

it makes you wanna eata little differently

and move a little more.

- [Shawn] The Body FactApp will be available

in app stores soon.

Stayhealthy, Inc. also recently developed

and released Color Quest, an adventure app

where kids learn abouthealth and the human body,

by coloring fun charactersthat come to life

in magical, augmented reality.

- Our purpose is to educate people

and engage them in their health,

so we want to empower you, not the doctor.

We use him to achieveour goal, not his goal.

- [Shawn] Robert and Stayhealthy, Inc.

continue to revolutionize thehealth and wellness industry

by merging health and nutrition facts

with groundbreaking technology.

- They have apps that reach the adults,

they have apps thathelps people cope better,

they have ways of educating the youth.

We live in a world right now,

as you and I sit here at Diet Free Life,

where this generationis more likely to die,

be the first generation to diebefore the older generation,

their parents and their grandparents.

We gotta change that,and education is king.

- Wow, I have to tellyou, that was eye-opening!

I mean, the fact thatour organs can gain fat

blows me away!

I always thought losing weight

pertained to how much you weighed,

and losing fat that youcould actually see, wow!

So BFI, body fact index, iswhat we should be looking at.

Well, the Body Fact Appshould be released soon,

but the Color Quest app isalready out and it is awesome.

My nephew Braden is going to love it!

Check out this passage from 1 Corinthians

chapter six verses 19 and 20.

"Do you not know that your bodies

"are temples of the Holy Spirit,

"who is in you, whomyou received from God?

"You are not your own.

"You were bought with a price.

"Therefore, honor God with your bodies."

Well, look, we'll beright back after this.

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Well, welcome back.

Have you ever been a part of a team

or seen a team with a lot of talent,

but never really seem toreach their full potential?

I know I have.

I often heard it saidthat the acronym for team

is Together Everyone Achieves More,

which I strongly believe,

but trying to put together the right team

(chuckles) can be a challenge.

In his new book, "The Soul of a Team,"

Hall of Fame Coach Tony Dungycreatively gives some insight

on what really matters whencreating and motivating a team.

Coach Dungy joins us now via Skype.

Coach, it is so good to be with you.

- Hey, Shawn, great to bewith you again, thank you.

- It is good to see you.

Thank you for taking time out to do this.

You've written several books,you've got "Quiet Strength,"

"Uncommon," "Uncommon Marriage,"

which of course I lovetalking to you guys about,

you've written children's books.

What made you wannawrite this latest book,

"The Soul of a Team"?

- Well, I get asked alot about team-building,

about chemistry, about putting together

a winning climate, howcan you create that,

not necessarily even for an athletic team,

but in a business, inan office, in a home.

So I thought we would take a shot

at just looking at biblical principles

that apply to any groupthat's trying to come together

and achieve something together,

and that's where the idea came from.

- Wow, and of course you knowa little something about that.

But one of the things--- A little bit. (laughs)

- A little bit, one of thethings I found interesting

in the book is that you point out

that talent isn't always enough

when selecting membersfor a team, or even a job.

- Everyone kinda looksat that and thinks, well,

if I get the best ingredients,if I put 10 people together

that are just excellent at what they do,

then automatically we'regonna have a great,

smooth-running unit, and that'snot necessarily the case.

I was a head coach inIndianapolis for seven years,

and our seven teams there,

the team that won the SuperBowl was probably number five,

maybe number four in terms of talent,

but it certainly wasn'tthe most talented one,

it was the one that had the chemistry,

the unity, the togetherness,

all the things that youneed to be successful.

- What's cool, I also began thinking

when I was reading the book,

is that you say the word soul,and soul is on the title,

but what I was hearing also was culture,

because it seems like souland culture are very similar.

How important do you think it is,

or think soul and cultureis, within an organization,

whether it's a sports team or not?

- Yeah, that soul has alot of different meanings,

it conjures up a lot ofthoughts in people's mind,

but it's what's inside ofyou, what's really down deep,

and I think that's the key to any team,

any organization, any structure,

it's what is really the thing

that's holding you togetherand pushing you forward?

And that's what we wantedto get at in the book,

that that has to be something special

in order for you to be successful.

- Who should create that culture?

Should it happen atthe top, in the middle,

where should that cultureor that soul start,

who gets the ball rolling on that?

- Well, the acronym is actuallyfour ingredients of soul,

S is selflessness,

and the opposite of being selfish.

O is owning your role,

or everyone buying intothe direction you're going,

and what your part of that unit is,

and doing the very, verybest you can at that.

U is unity, not necessarilydoing everything the same,

but having a unified vision,and a feeling of togetherness,

and then L is having a larger purpose.

And so that's what you need,

and you need that fromeverybody in the organization.

Of course, it starts at the top.

It's tough for the people at the bottom

to have that kind of soul,

but not have it exhibited at the top,

so the leadership, the ownership,

or whoever's in charge,that's where it has to start.

But for all of us, you mentioned faith,

these are biblicalprinciples, and we're just,

our human nature is not to beselfless, it's to be selfish.

Our human nature is not accepting

roles that other people give us.

Our human nature is, wewanna define our own role.

Our human nature's not to unity,

but it's towards what serves me the best,

so if you're trying toget these things going,

and it's not our human nature,

then you have to have a larger purpose

to draw everyone to that,

and that's what I thinkleadership at the top

has to create thatbigger purpose on a team,

in a family, in a business,

if you're gonna function welland have that winning culture.

- I like what you saidin terms of fighting

for something bigger than yourself,

because one of the thingsyou also pointed out,

and I love the way that the book starts,

with talking about this fictional team

called the Orlando Vipers,

and kinda intertwiningsome of your personal

experiences in the coachingworld, into the book,

very, very interesting, Iloved that creative part of it.

You talked about justdifferent aspects of the team,

this is who we have, he'sgreat, if we bring this guy in,

is it gonna, is this person gonna fit in

with what we already have,are they gonna disrupt it?

Even though they have a lot of talent,

are they gonna mesh well?

It's just a very well-writtentake on building a team.

So what's the most important takeaway

you want readers to get from this book?

- I think it's the fact that,just what you said there,

talent and the addition of talent

doesn't make for a good team.

Adding another talented person

doesn't necessarily meanyou're gonna be better.

Winning teams, winning culture,

championship environmentmeans functioning together,

it means putting your individual goals

beneath the team goals,

it means buying into thedirection that the team is going,

and that's hard to get,

but that's what youwanna create as a leader,

and that's what you want tobe part of as a follower.

And it takes both, you'vegotta have leaders,

you've gotta have followers,

you have to have people that are satisfied

with the role that they have.

One of the big takeaways came to me

when we were at theSummer Olympics in 2016,

and we were watching the United States men

play the gold medal game.

And I just looked up and down the bench,

12 players, each one an NBA All-Star,

and you thought, now, gosh,

these guys are the stars of their team,

and somebody has to be the12th guy coming off the bench,

and not playing as much as the other guys.

They certainly weren't used to that.

They were used to being thefocal point of their team.

And you had thesemagnificent players who said,

you know what, if Ihave to be the 12th guy

and only play eight or 10 minutes,

I only get a couple shots,

it's worth it because Iwanna represent our country,

and I wanna win a goldmedal for the United States.

And that to me said itall, that spoke of, okay,

there's a larger purposethat draws us together.

I might not like my role,

I might not think my role is big enough,

we might not all be unified,we didn't play on the same team

in the NBA, but you know what?

On this team, what we'retrying to accomplish,

winning a gold medal, thatsupersedes everything,

and they pulled together andthey played magnificently.

- That's awesome, nowyou and your wife Lauren

also have a book outthat you did together,

called "We Chose You," and that focuses

on family, love, and adoption.

Can you tell me a littlebit about that book?

- Yeah, that is really mywife's passion, her heart,

and a project that she spearheaded.

We've written a series of children's books

that deal with young people

and lessons that they have to learn,

and parents and coaches and other adults

helping them through it.

So we've had a lot of fun doing that,

but this was really,as I say, her passion.

She wanted to have a book about adoption,

to explain that God has plans

for every single baby that's born,

and he has plans for everylife, and so for some people,

that's planting themin a different family.

And that should besomething that's embraced,

that should be something that the children

don't wonder about, youknow, what happened to me?

Why did my parents give me away?

No, you were chosen and Godtook you into a different family

that loves you and wantsto see you flourish,

but it's all part of God's plan.

So it was really fun to do it with her

and to just watch howthis story came alive.

- Wow, that's fantastic,man, you guys are busy!

Busy, busy, (chuckles) man, and listen,

the name of this showis "Going the Distance,"

and even though the careerside of football is over,

but you're still going the distance,

trying to maximize what God has given you,

and that's just phenomenal.

I applaud you and Lauren,I mean, she's doing,

is it triathlons?(Tony laughing)

That's--- She is, she is something,

and she won't let me give away her age,

but we have 10 children,

she's participating in thesemarathons and triathlons,

she's doing a lot in our church

and volunteering and working,

but I think we both believethat God gave us a platform,

gave us a tremendous platform,he gave us visibility,

and there's things that we can do

with the roles that wehave, to help God's team,

God's kingdom, and we need to do that.

If we want the team to be successful,

we've gotta do our part, andthat's what we've tried to do.

- That's awesome, well listen, Coach,

I so appreciate you, onceagain, for taking time out.

"The Soul of a Team: A Modern-Day Fable

for Winning Teamwork" and "We Chose You."

Those books can be foundwhere books are sold.

Go check 'em out, we'llbe right back after this.

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Well hey, I'd like tothank you for joining us

and be sure to tune innext week, and remember,

whatever you're goingthrough, life is short.

Go the distance.

See you next time.

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