"It’s not about overpromising and overdelivering, it’s about being sighted and scoped and thoughtful and wise in our moves... There’s always a next piece of wisdom that you can unlock."

Jeff Rosenthal

You’ve heard people speak about the power of community in healing, making change, and even living longer, but did you know that community has been the single driving force of many leaders’ and companies’ success? 

Revolutionary tech founders, presidents, and world-renowned artists have one thing in common… they know how to build and leverage communal thinking and collaboration.

Today’s guest, Jeff Rosenthal, is no different. Jeff is a Co-Founder of Summit, a forward-thinking organization founded on building relationships, connecting with people, and fostering generosity to build successful and fulfilling businesses. Through a series of invitation-only events, Summit fosters a global community of entrepreneurs, academics, athletes, artists, astronauts, authors, chefs, engineers, explorers, philanthropists, spiritual leaders, scientists, and beyond.

In this discussion, Chase and Jeff talk about the beauty and challenges of launching, growing, and scaling a start-up and building community in the entrepreneurship space. He shares his biggest revelation since starting Summit, the self-care practices that keep him at his peak, and why it’s so important to bet on your friends. He also describes the purpose and process behind his new book, Make No Small Plans: Lessons on Thinking Big, Cashing Dreams, and Building Community.

Follow Jeff Rosenthal @reffjosenthal

Follow Chase on Instagram @chase_chewning

Follow him on Twitter @chasechewning

Key Highlights

  • Jeff sheds light on the creation and development of Summit, detailing how he and his team worked through failure and defined their meaning of success as a new, growing social impact start-up.

  • Is it healthy to hustle and grind as an entrepreneur? You’ll hear Jeff speak on his belief that the core of entrepreneurship is being afflicted by your ambition to create, along with why you need to believe in yourself irrationally.

  • There’s immense power in community, collaboration, and the exchanging of wisdom between business and thought leaders. You don’t need to have an existing community to build community. You just need to find a passion so that when you meet people who share that passion and hold a deeper knowledge of it, you get to exchange wisdom and therefore, build community.

  • Sometimes, as a business leader, it can feel like people are only building a relationship with you to capitalize on it. Listen in as Jeff shares his best advice for not being a capitalist in your community.

  • Jeff highlights his opinion on one of the biggest economic and environmental movements of our lifetime, the decarbonization of our economy, and why that’s so exciting to him.

  • Is it possible to create, develop, and build trust virtually? How can you transition from a virtual community to an in-person community post-pandemic? Tune in to hear Jeff’s answers!

Powerful Quotes by Jeff Rosenthal

Today, it’s not about overpromising and overdelivering, it’s about being sighted and scoped and thoughtful and wise in our moves.

Summit wouldn’t have made any sense in 1990, but I think that today it’s pretty invaluable. It’s like the breaking of those silos creates the opportunity for these overlapping wisdoms in these different spaces to connect and then create something exponential.

This is gardening not architecture. There’s an energy there and we’re pruning, we’re guiding, but we’re not prescriptive as to where it’s going to go… We didn’t intend to buy a mountain to build a community… but by the time we made that decision, we were on the hunt because we believe that communities that stand the test of time require roots.

There’s always a next piece of wisdom that you can unlock.

Recommended Resources:


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EFR 617: Make No Small Plans - Lessons on Thinking Big, Cashing Dreams, and Building Community with Jeff Rosenthal

You’ve heard people speak about the power of community in healing, making change, and even living longer, but did you know that community has been the single driving force of many leaders’ and companies’ success? 

Revolutionary tech founders, presidents, and world-renowned artists have one thing in common… they know how to build and leverage communal thinking and collaboration.

Today’s guest, Jeff Rosenthal, is no different. Jeff is a Co-Founder of Summit, a forward-thinking organization founded on building relationships, connecting with people, and fostering generosity to build successful and fulfilling businesses. Through a series of invitation-only events, Summit fosters a global community of entrepreneurs, academics, athletes, artists, astronauts, authors, chefs, engineers, explorers, philanthropists, spiritual leaders, scientists, and beyond.

In this discussion, Chase and Jeff talk about the beauty and challenges of launching, growing, and scaling a start-up and building community in the entrepreneurship space. He shares his biggest revelation since starting Summit, the self-care practices that keep him at his peak, and why it’s so important to bet on your friends. He also describes the purpose and process behind his new book, Make No Small Plans: Lessons on Thinking Big, Cashing Dreams, and Building Community.

Follow Jeff Rosenthal @reffjosenthal

Follow Chase on Instagram @chase_chewning

Follow him on Twitter @chasechewning

Key Highlights

  • Jeff sheds light on the creation and development of Summit, detailing how he and his team worked through failure and defined their meaning of success as a new, growing social impact start-up.

  • Is it healthy to hustle and grind as an entrepreneur? You’ll hear Jeff speak on his belief that the core of entrepreneurship is being afflicted by your ambition to create, along with why you need to believe in yourself irrationally.

  • There’s immense power in community, collaboration, and the exchanging of wisdom between business and thought leaders. You don’t need to have an existing community to build community. You just need to find a passion so that when you meet people who share that passion and hold a deeper knowledge of it, you get to exchange wisdom and therefore, build community.

  • Sometimes, as a business leader, it can feel like people are only building a relationship with you to capitalize on it. Listen in as Jeff shares his best advice for not being a capitalist in your community.

  • Jeff highlights his opinion on one of the biggest economic and environmental movements of our lifetime, the decarbonization of our economy, and why that’s so exciting to him.

  • Is it possible to create, develop, and build trust virtually? How can you transition from a virtual community to an in-person community post-pandemic? Tune in to hear Jeff’s answers!

Powerful Quotes by Jeff Rosenthal

Today, it’s not about overpromising and overdelivering, it’s about being sighted and scoped and thoughtful and wise in our moves.

Summit wouldn’t have made any sense in 1990, but I think that today it’s pretty invaluable. It’s like the breaking of those silos creates the opportunity for these overlapping wisdoms in these different spaces to connect and then create something exponential.

This is gardening not architecture. There’s an energy there and we’re pruning, we’re guiding, but we’re not prescriptive as to where it’s going to go… We didn’t intend to buy a mountain to build a community… but by the time we made that decision, we were on the hunt because we believe that communities that stand the test of time require roots.

There’s always a next piece of wisdom that you can unlock.

Recommended Resources:


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Mellö nourishes every inch of your body with a proprietary superblend of 3 forms of chelated magnesium, L-theanine, GABA, and over 70 trace minerals, specially formulated for whole-body—and brain — absorption.

CLICK HERE and save 15% with code EVERFORWARD


Ever Forward Radio is also sponsored by Caldera + Lab

Put Simply, Our Products Are Clinically Proven to Deliver Results

A clinical trial revealed that 100% of participants using our 3-product Regimen of The Good, The Base Layer & The Clean Slate experienced smoother and healthier looking skin.

The Regimen, pictured above, is our twice-a-day routine to transform your skin. It is backed by a leading clinical trial guaranteed to deliver results within 60 days.

CLICK HERE to save 20% with code EVERFORWARD