Addicted to WINNING

EP 134 -  Shelly-Anne McKay, Nearly Working Yourself To Death We definitely live in a hustle culture. Everyone seems to be talking about how you need to show up and do the work, but less popular is talking about how this concept can be taken to an extreme. An extreme than can be fatal, as it almost was for Shelly-Anne McKay. Shelly-Anne McKay is a compassionate and intuitive Food Addiction Coach d...

EP 133 -  Zach Swartzendruber, You Don't Fail Unless You Quit There are a lot of opinions about what it means to fail. For some of us, failing means quitting, and anything short of that shouldn't be considered failure. If you keep going, you are winning. You only lose when you give up, so don't quit! Zach Swartzendruber is a founding member of Total Trucking Resource, a benefits and enrollment gur...

EP 132 - Benny Fisher, From Unemployable to Entrepreneur Many of us find ourselves facing entrepreneurship because we've tried just about everything and found ourselves pretty much unemployable. At that point, there's not a whole lot of other places to go, so we (hopefully) embrace it and start working towards it. Benny Fisher is the Founder & Visionary of The Big Fish Contracting Company, and an...

EP 131 - Jeff Brekken, Why Are We Not Asking Why? Why are we not asking why more often? Are we afraid of the answers? Many times understanding our internal motives as well as the motives of others will help us find our way through the struggle we're currently enduring. Oftentimes we know that but are afraid to go there. But what if we weren't?   What You Will Learn  How thinking about your motivat...

EP 130 - Natalie Heckert, Be Willing to Do It Afraid We often assume that people who are doing the things we fear are not afraid. Chances are they are just as scared as we are and are just feeling the fear and doing it anyway. If you wait until you are in the absence of fear, you will probably never strike.  Natalie Heckert has been the  CEO of NATS (Nutrition & Aerobic Training Service) for 18 ye...

EP 129 - Jeff Brekken, You TRULY Need Help In Life It's absolutely true that no one can do it alone. There is NO WAY that you can be the best person that you can find for every single task in your business. There is more than likely a chance that you also can't afford to hire for every position that needs to be filled, so what options are you left with?   What You Will Learn  Why you can't be a lo...

EP 128 - Lisa Marie Platske, Reaching Into Your Devine Operating System There are many examples of what a leader resembles, and how they conduct themselves. No one realizes that a true leader has characteristics that are not the same as anyone else. A leader is someone who has become clear with themselves and has become focused on the mission.  It requires clarity, focus, determination, and the wi...

EP 127 - DeLaine Blazek, Living Vs. Merely Existing In today's world, it can be so easy to exist and find yourself going through the motions merely. It takes effort and persistence to truly build a life that means something, though it certainly can pay off in quality of life. Do you want to live, or merely exist? DeLaine Blazek's educational background is as a clinical counselor but she has spent...

EP 126 - Jeff Brekken, Inner Circle Talk Your inner circle can easily be compared to having your very own personal Board of Directors. Who would you appoint to that board and why? How closely does your inner circle currently resemble that dream Board of Directors, and if doesn't, would you be willing to make changes to get it there?   What You'll Learn: What exactly is your inner circle and why it...

EP 125 - Jeff Brekken, Moving Into a Camper in The Desert With No Amenities Sometimes with drastic change comes… well, drastic change. Sometimes we need to do something to physically remove ourselves from a situation to allow for the movement of the mind to follow.  There are various levels to this, one of which is to sell all of your things and move into a camper in the desert with no electricity...

EP 124 - Jeremy Schreifels, Growing In Alignment With God Many times we feel alone on the journey of life. But as we continue on we realize that we are not alone, in fact, there is a copilot beside us. Often as we go along, we realize in fact that we are the ones who are the copilot and that we must align ourselves in a way that creates a symbiotic relationship between pilot and co-pilot. In every...

EP 123 -  Zack Babcock, From Prisoner to Podcaster A process can be started by anyone, we often think to ourselves that we won't be that one percent and amount to anything. The reality is that we can overcome anything and apply pressure onto others for their sake to achieve the task at hand. Zachary Babcock is going to share his story in disparity and give you a reason to move forward.  Zachary Ba...

EP 122 -  Steph Livers, The Evolution of Your True Passion Some people find what they want to do when they are very young and do that thing for the rest of their life. For most of us, life will follow a different trajectory that will see our passion evolve as we encounter and discover the many things that life has to offer. Stephanie Livers embodies the idea of having many irons in the fire. She i...

EP 121 -  Eddie Blanco, Rethinking Real Estate Teams Often Real Estate agents find themselves as independent contractors just winging it, doing every job themselves, even if they're not the best at it. But why? Eddie Blanco and his team are rethinking real estate teams in a way that allows them to be more specialized in their roles, and the results are definitely speaking for themselves.   Eddie w...

EP 120 -  Justin McClintock, Tapping Into the Spiritual Realm There are certainly times along the journey when we could use just a little bit of extra help along the way. People find this help in many ways, often in the spiritual realm. This was the story for Justin who developed his sense of spirituality as he was developing himself into the man he is trying to be.   Justin McClintock is a Sales...

EP 119 -  Jeff Giagnocavo, Leveraging Acceptance and Perspective Oftentimes all we really need is to learn to accept what is, and to adjust our perspective to reflect acceptance. This can help get through conflict, which is almost always present when trailblazing leaders are breaking new ground.   Jeff  Giagnocavo is a business owner and Visionary Leader focused on healing and impact for others. H...

EP 118 - Susan Rucker, Excellence is NEVER Made To Be Easy Whatever you do, you should try to make an impact. We have many more opportunities to do so than we even realize. Making an impact can be as easy as flashing a smile at someone. This may be the only smile they get all day. Making an impact can be easy, but excellence is much harder. Susan Rucker is a #1 Best-Selling Author, Impactful Strat...

EP 117 - Brittany McKnight, What a CPA Should REALLY Be Doing For Your Business From financial planning & reporting, to overseeing and implementing new point-of-sale and software conversions, Brittany McKight has had both a bird's eye view and been in the trenches of the back office. Through her experience, She's found that her passion is serving those in service-based industries with a desire to...

So many people in business are only concerned about 2 things:  Scaling and growing.  Here's the challenge.......... At the core of every single business exists people.   People are so essential to the construct of every single element of a business.  In many cases, those who are employees or contractors are the face of your business.  I have a client at Iconic HR that I've been working with and fo...

EP 115 - Chris Gardner, Mindshift Financial, How the Private Family Banking System Makes You Wealthy Have you ever wondered where your desire for "more" comes from when you have what society considers "enough?"  Is it genetic?  Is it a motivation fueled by socioeconomic situations? Or is it simply learning how to pair hard work, diligence, and discipline into creating something bigger than yoursel...

Jeff Brekken, Questions You Should Ask Yourself Picture that you're heading on a journey. Not a physical journey, but a journey of self-discovery and vulnerability. That's what will lead you to your ultimate goal. That is where to find the growth that you are seeking.  Take some time to think of your earliest memories, where did you come from? What made you who you are and what you were? That's wh...

Sometimes we get caught up going through the motions of life and can't see the bigger picture. To gain perspective, It often helps to slow down and reflect.  If we fail to do this, we may get distracted by the many shiny things life has to offer, causing us to forget why we are here, and what we should be doing. Reflecting can help ensure that we are where we need to be, doing what we need to be d...

Sometimes we have to take a journey of 10,000 days to come to the conclusion of the lesson we're supposed to learn.  Sometimes they're not lessons, but revelations that help create us into the next version of who we're intended to be on the earth and to the world. There are assignments we're on that will help to make the world a better place. Sometimes, we have to go through the deepest fjords of...

Nothing happens by accident. There are no coincidences. A clear-cut journey has been mapped out, but the path is never quite as clear.  There are times when you will question if what you're doing in your life is truly in alignment with who you are as a person. Pay close attention to this.  It's your beacon attempting to put you back on the right path according to your purpose and journey.  That is...

Some of the holes in life don't get filled until much later.  It requires going through the processes of first learning who we are, asking ourselves what we want and why, and then removing every single obstacle in our lives to make it happen.  Hardships and lessons are guaranteed as part of the journey. You'll continuously question yourself but know that life is simply testing you to see how badly...