Farm kid.
Chiropractor.
Builder.
I grew up on a family farm in North Dakota, where you learn early that nothing grows unless you show up and do the work. That lesson has followed me everywhere since.
Trained as a chiropractor, I traded the practice for a bigger room. With my friend Dr. Troy Amdahl, I co-founded Oola and co-wrote three international best-selling books that have sold hundreds of thousands of copies around the world.
We bought a beat-up 1970s VW bus, drove it more than 40,000 miles through 48 states, and asked strangers one question: what is your dream? More than 250,000 handwritten dreams later, the bus is wrapped in 44 layers of them.
Still building.
Every single day.
Oola is now part of USANA Health Sciences, where I serve as Director of Global Personal Development, speaking on main stages and training leaders around the world.
I'm also the host of The Dr. Dave Show, long-form conversations about business, life, health and purpose, recorded inside the Oola Bus.
My new book, The Guru Effect, is about the people and moments that taught me how to live. I've built companies, endured failure, and started over. Every one of those chapters had a Guru in it.
Home is Boise, Idaho, with my wife Edina. When I'm not on the road, you'll find me in the gym, in the mountains, or chasing a great cup of coffee.
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