TLD 052 - What Can One Landowner Conversation Change About Your Career? with David Dachner

Date Published:

September 25, 2025

Guests

David Dachner

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Veteran landman David Dachner shares his remarkable career journey, from having $1,000 to his name to building a multi-million-dollar oil and gas portfolio in the Austin Chalk. This candid conversation reveals how integrity, relationship-building, and strategic persistence transformed both his professional success and personal mission to give back through philanthropy in Honduras and personal development programs.

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What You’ll Learn

How to build lasting success through integrity and authentic relationships with landowners
Strategic approaches to surviving oil industry downturns and market cycles
The power of specializing in one geological formation for long-term profitability
How personal transformation can enhance rather than compromise professional success
Practical wisdom for balancing career ambition with meaningful impact

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Time Stamps

00:49 Episode & Guest Intro
02:45 David's Early Life and Career Beginnings
07:02 Navigating the Oil Industry in the 80s
09:36 Challenges and Successes in Amarillo
19:53 The Importance of Integrity and Relationships
27:56 The Fast-Paced Culture of America
28:45 Building Trust and Rapport as a Landman
31:24 The Importance of Giving Back
33:04 Discovery Programs and Personal Transformation
36:36 The Abundant Life Foundation in Honduras
41:38 Balancing Career and Philanthropy
45:04 A Life-Changing Epiphany
49:25 The Journey of Personal and Professional Growth
52:52 Creating a Culture of Integrity and Purpose
56:49 Episode Outro

Snippets from the Episode

"I always believed in the quality of life, not the quantity of life. I feel number one is I think we are, first of all, a giving industry."— David Dachner
"I went through this program, and one night they said, 'I want you to write 10 pages on what your life is going to be like if you don't get what you want.' I woke up at five o'clock in the morning, and I had a spiritual epiphany where I encountered what I believed to be the Christ in my room. It changed my heart, and I gave my life to him that day."— David Dachner
"Find the purpose in what you're doing. Find the why. Why are you doing it? You know how to do it and what you're doing, but why are you doing it?"— David Dachner

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Key Takeaways

Austin Chalk Specialization Strategy
Integrity-Based Relationship Building
Surviving Industry Downturns Through Persistence
Balancing Professional Success with Personal Mission
The Roy Landowner Generosity Story
Personal Transformation at Age 41
Creating Culture Through Purpose-Driven Leadership

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