#Clockedin with Jordan Edwards

Send us Fan Mail We trace Everett Allen’s leap from a one-way flight to European pro basketball to rebuilding his identity through music, entrepreneurship, and finally financial services. Along the way, we pull out the real lessons: commitment beats comfort, partnerships require hard due diligence, and “secure the legacy” starts with protecting your income and learning the rules of money.  • Takin...

Send us Fan Mail Getting knocked off the tracks is not a surprise, it is the job. A no-show, a string of “no”s, a slow week by Thursday, a message that hits wrong, and suddenly you are drained by 4 p.m. We talk about why those hits are predictable and why the real skill is choosing your response before you need it.  We walk through how to build a resilience response plan: a simple, pre-decided one...

Send us Fan Mail We talk with Bennett Maxwell about turning AI agents into low-cost “employees” that actually run workflows like outreach, scheduling, and marketing audits. We dig into what agents are, how to set permissions safely, and how to build shared skills in the cloud so the system keeps improving without you babysitting it.  • Penny as an always-on booking and email outreach agent  • what...

Send us Fan Mail You don’t need a bigger plan. You need a smaller one you’ll actually do when life gets messy. That’s the heart of this Five Minute Friday: small beats perfect, and consistency wins even when your motivation doesn’t show up. We’ve all made the ambitious list, hit a few items, felt “behind,” and quietly quit by Wednesday. Let’s stop building goals that collapse under their own weigh...

Send us Fan Mail Sara Reinicke shares the moments she felt like she “made it” and then got blindsided, plus the habits that helped her rebuild momentum fast. We talk through mentorship, identity, culture, and the behind-the-scenes standards that turn a quiet grind into a scalable insurance agency. • missing a promotion and losing overrides while a top producer leaves  • pushing through the silent...

Send us Fan Mail The difference between “busy” and “ahead” is often one small choice made every day. We dig into why small daily deposits beat big occasional efforts, and how time compounds the same way money does when you invest it with intention. You’ll hear a simple conference story that proves it: same event, same hours, completely different outcome when downtime is treated as an opportunity t...

Send us Fan Mail We talk with Brandon Novick about leaving a toxic insurance organization without demanding loyalty, then rebuilding a fast-growing team by leading with values and real training. We dig into why hype-driven income claims fail and what it takes to build an ethical, high-performance agency that lasts. • The moment Brandon announces he is leaving and why the room asks “Where are we go...

Send us Fan Mail Q4 hits like a starting gun, and most people sprint without looking back. We slow it down and run a simple quarterly review that turns the last 90 days into a plan you can actually execute. If you’ve been feeling busy but not better, this is a clean reset built around one idea: skill development is the real scoreboard. We walk through three prompts that keep the review focused. Fi...

Send us Fan Mail We sit down with agency owner and keynote speaker Jordan Hunt to talk about reinvention, extreme accountability, and the small daily choices that turn fear into momentum. Jordan shares how becoming a father at 19, leaving a high-paying career, and overcoming a speech impediment shaped his leadership and his mission.  • becoming a dad at 19 and finding purpose under pressure  • rei...

Send us Fan Mail Consistency gets real the moment your routine is inconvenient. I’m coming to you from Denver, Colorado, right in the middle of a conference, and I still hit record because this is what showing up looks like when life is busy. If you’ve ever felt your habits slip the second you travel, your calendar fills up, or something exciting pulls your attention, this short Five Minute Friday...

Send us Fan Mail We sit down with Griff Martin to talk about the uncomfortable moment when a passion stops paying the bills and starts draining your future. We break down how he used a season of focus to build a virtual insurance agency with strong coaching, client service, and long-term income.  • deciding when to set music aside without killing the dream  • choosing between producing sales and b...

Send us Fan Mail One tiny decision can feel meaningless, and that’s exactly why it’s so dangerous. We kick off this Five-Minute Friday with a simple gut-check: every day you get to choose the betterment of yourself or the worse version of yourself. Call it mindset, call it discipline, call it personal development, but the question stays the same: are you growing or are you dying? To make it real,...

Send us Fan Mail We walk through the moment Jordan Edwards realizes his “dream job” points to a life he does not want, then follows the question that drives everything: what separates people who build the life they want from those who never do. We dig into why money amplifies who you already are, how the 8 PM restlessness steals your attention, and how identity-first goal setting creates results t...

Send us Fan Mail Perfectionism doesn’t just slow you down, it can quietly keep you from living. We’re digging into one of the most common mental traps: the belief that you should only start when you can do it “right.” Jordan Edwards challenges that idea with a simple, gut-check question and a clear reminder that nobody is amazing at anything in the beginning. If you’ve been hesitating to start a n...

Send us Fan Mail 350 episodes sounds like a finish line until you remember how messy the first ten reps feel. We hit a major Hashtag Locked In milestone and I get honest about the early days: I thought about quitting a lot, I posted randomly, and for months it barely felt like a “real” podcast. What changed wasn’t a magic strategy, it was a clearer reason to keep showing up even before results wer...

Send us Fan Mail Loneliness isn’t always empty weekends or a lack of friends. Sometimes it’s the quieter kind: feeling like you have to be responsible for everything, with nobody checking on you and nobody walking the road with you. On this Five Minute Friday, we get real about why we’ve spent years intentionally building communities and why belonging can be the missing piece even when life looks...

Send us Fan Mail We break down what happens when you finally escape being watched at work and realize the silence isn’t a win, it’s a gap. We share a simple structure for rebuilding accountability, tracking real wins, and choosing progress over busy motion when no one is checking on you.  • losing accountability after you “make it” and mistaking silence for focus  • outgrowing your circle and quie...

Send us Fan Mail Trust isn’t built by saying the right thing at the right time. It’s built when you make someone’s life better before you ask for anything back. We break down a practical, no fluff approach to building trust in business relationships by leading with a real value add, not a pitch. The key shift is simple but powerful: value is defined by the other person, not by you, and everyone va...

Send us Fan Mail We realize we spent years treating business goals like a hobby, then wonder why “someday” never shows up. We walk through how a clear five-year vision, a stronger identity, and simple tracking turns scattered effort into real momentum.  • treating long-term goals like optional projects and why that delays results  • getting honest about the life you actually want and revisiting th...

Send us Fan Mail You can answer every email, sit through three meetings, clean up your CRM, and still end the day in the exact same place. That is not a discipline problem. It is what happens when motion impersonates progress, and from the inside they feel identical. We unpack the difference in plain language, with sharp examples that hit home: researching vs calling, planning vs recording, readin...

Send us Fan Mail We talk with Brent Stewart about walking away from a high-paying legal job for his sanity, then building a personal injury law firm from a spare bedroom into a six-location practice. We dig into the unglamorous moves that made the growth possible, from market selection and legal marketing to culture, tech bets, and staying present for family.  • quitting a big firm after burnout a...

Send us Fan Mail We challenge the idea that hustle is the same as discipline by pointing to one metric that quietly controls every other result: recovery. We make the case that sleep, training, and simple health tracking improve decision making, leadership, and long-term business performance. • why a sleep score can matter more than revenue • how two bad nights of sleep degrade calls and leadershi...

Send us Fan Mail We sit down with Brad Smith to unpack what it really feels like to lose a decade-long business, carry six-figure debt with family on the hook, and rebuild a life when your old identity collapses. We talk through the exact mindset, leadership moves, and daily disciplines that help him regain hope, pay off the debt, and build a purpose-driven insurance agency while navigating grief...

Send us Fan Mail A Rolex sounds like a flex until you hear the real point: cash is usually the most expensive thing on the table. We walk through a simple negotiation truth that changes how you ask for money, raises, and opportunities. When you lead with “pay me now,” you force the other person to feel the immediate pain of parting with cash, and even people who value you will hesitate. So we refr...

Send us Fan Mail We reflect on a week of real-world lessons that sharpen how we work, lead, and grow, from tracking progress to setting firm boundaries. We also challenge the idea of “working hard” by focusing on standards, service, and the uncomfortable experiments that actually move the needle.  • measuring and monitoring to spot progress we overlook  • reflecting like a high achiever without lo...