Episodes
June 22, 2025
929. Are You Anchored In Beliefs & Stopped Believing?
Send us a text This is probably one of the most important episodes I’ve ever done. We’re talking about the difference between beliefs and believing, and how clinging to old beliefs might be the very thing holding you back from building what’s next. Beliefs can become traps. They can turn into conde…
June 18, 2025
928. How Do I Understand Truth & The Meaning Of Life?
Send us a text What if the fastest way forward… was to slow down? In this episode, I unpack a quote from Tolstoy that hooked me: “Taking slow, small steps forward without stopping is the best way if you want to understand truth and the meaning of life.” If you’ve been feeling stuck, burned out, or …
June 15, 2025
927. Plant The Seed & Don't Dig It Up.
Send us a text I was reading "Born of This Land" by Chung Ju-Yung, the founder of Hyundai, and one passage stopped me, causing me to whip out my legal pad and really think it through. “When a small idea, the size of a grain of rice, is implanted in my mind, I nurture it until it grows into a major …
June 11, 2025
926. "Hold The Pause." feat. Catherine Brown's "How Good Humans Sell."
Send us a text In this episode, I riff off Catherine Brown’s book How Good Humans Sell and connect it to a powerful point from Mike Weinberg’s conversation with Ahsan Wardak: most salespeople aren’t actually selling—they’re presenting. What separates the pros from the pack? The pause. Pauses aren’t…
June 8, 2025
925. Are You Selling or Just Presenting?
Send us a text Most salespeople aren’t actually selling—they’re presenting. And there’s a big difference. In this episode, I break down a powerful conversation between Mike Weinberg and Ahsan Wardak about why salespeople default to pitching features and benefits instead of solving real problems. We…
June 5, 2025
924. Things follow thoughts.
Send us a text What if the real reason you're stuck isn’t because life is hard, but because you’re reacting to it instead of leading it? In this episode, I break down a powerful line from James Allen’s Book of Meditations: “Things follow thoughts. Alter your thoughts, and things will receive a new …
June 4, 2025
923. Don't be you today.
Send us a text I just finished Andrea Waltz and Richard Fenton's new book, "Go For No (the sequel)." Cassidy, who is fresh out of college, goes to work with her dad selling, and wasn't prepared for the amount of rejection she was facing. Full of doubt, she told her dad, "I don't think I can do this…
June 3, 2025
It may not be your fault, but it is your responsibility.
Send us a text Many people view responsibility as fault. "Who's to blame for this?" But finding blame and fault only keeps you stuck and powerless. Some things may or may not have been your fault. You can't rewrite the past, but you can begin writing your future, but only if you take responsibility…
June 2, 2025
922. Separation is good. Distance is bad.
Send us a text Recently, I took a week off. I didn't write, read, or work out. The first few days felt good, but the good vibes quickly tarnished. I began to feel purposeless, hopeless, and dark. That is when I realized that separation is a good thing, but too much distance from the things that you…
June 1, 2025
921. If You Are Not Happy With Your Life, You Can Change It In 2 Ways...
Send us a text John Ruskin wrote, "If you are not happy with your life, you can change it in two ways: change the conditions in which you live or (I say, and.) change your inner spiritual state. The first you cannot always change, but the second one you can." Happiness is a direction, NOT a destina…
May 28, 2025
920. Why You Need (Productive) Tension In Your Life.
Send us a text Let's get it. Today, I unpack the hidden value of productive tension—why it’s not something to avoid but something to embrace if you want real growth. After taking a short break and feeling an unexpected sense of emptiness, I realized that peace isn’t always the absence of tension… I…
May 25, 2025
919. Patience Is The Long Game That Pays Off (Literally)
Send us a text We all say we want success, growth, and impact, but very few of us are willing to wait for them. In this episode, I unpack a short but powerful chapter from Gary Vaynerchuk’s book 12 1/2—the chapter on patience. It’s only four pages long, but it hits like a sledgehammer. Because pati…
May 17, 2025
918. Same Shift, Different Day.
Send us a text Have you ever asked someone how they are doing and they respond by saying, "Same shit, different day." You might feel like you're working the same job, walking into the same rooms, dealing with the same people and problems. But what if you started to see new opportunities within thos…
May 13, 2025
917. Be Better On The 10th Day - feat Cameron Hanes "Undeniable"
Send us a text How many times have you quit 3 days into something new? How many times have you broken your 7 day streak and said screw it! How far did you get into your 90-day commitment? Yep, me too. Foresight is forever. Hindsight is laced with regret. How about 10 days? You can do anything for 1…
May 12, 2025
916: The ONE Question That Will Make Your Future Easier.
Send us a text Today, I am rocking out of Shane Parrish's Book, "Clear Thinking." (We all need clearer thinking :) He made a statement that set the course for this episode, "There's ALWAYS something you can do TODAY to make your future easier." What can you do? Click play to learn how. Let's get it…
May 5, 2025
915. The Hidden Risk of Being Too Efficient
Send us a text Have you ever stop to think that maybe you’re too efficient? That the very thing you’ve perfected is now holding you back? In this episode, I explain the difference between efficiency and adaptability and why y...
April 30, 2025
914. Are Your Story-telling Or Story-selling?
Send us a text Today, I am rocking out of Bryan Eisenberg's new book, "I Think I Swallowed An Elephant," and it is about storytelling vs. story-selling. We are wired to tell stories. The question is, what kind of story are yo...
April 27, 2025
913. "Wait & See" is sabatoge.
Send us a text How many times have you said, "Let me wait and see," hoping that things will magically fix themselves so you don't have to make the tough decisions? Indecisiveness makes you soft, weak, and dependent on others....
April 26, 2025
912: Losses Don’t Kill Dreams — Refusing to Learn Does
Send us a text In this episode, you’ll learn how to turn every loss into a gain. I’ll show you why failing is part of real success, how to profit from your setbacks, and why taking risks is the key to lasting growth. Stop tak...
April 24, 2025
911. "Be humble in preparation and arrogant in performance." Featuring Brian Levenson's "Shift Your Mind."
Send us a text Arrogance is a necessary ingredient for success. So too is humbleness. So, when should you be arrogant and when should you be humble? If you seem to be stuck or in a stalemate, it's probably because you've flip...
April 15, 2025
910. Faith It Till You Make It
Send us a text You've heard of "fake it till you make it." And you may have heard of "make it till you make it." But there's a third level: " Faith it till you make it." When the odds say you won't make it, you still soldier ...
April 13, 2025
909: How to Work Out of Anything (Inspired by Sun Tzu)
Send us a text Feeling stuck? Overwhelmed? Don’t know where to start? In this episode of What’s Your Problem? , I'll break down a powerful quote from The Art of War and show you how to work your way out of any problem —step b...
April 10, 2025
908: You can't live in a cabin in the woods for the rest of your life.
Send us a text Tolstoy said, "Any self-improvement is impossible if you live constantly in the bustle of the everyday world—but it’s also less possible if you live in constant solitude. (You can’t do that either.) If you want...
April 7, 2025
907: How To Experience Happiness Every Day feat. Socrates
Send us a text Socrates once said: “I consider there to be nothing better than trying to improve the way you live, and that there is no greater pleasure than the feeling that you are indeed improving the way that you live. It...