Knucklehead Podcast

You ever thought someone could screw up your mortgage? How about having the courage to go into detail about how they did? You often don't find the blend of charisma, knowledge, and humility mixed into one but we did for today's episode with Debt Does Deals CEO, Christopher Griffith. After you're done laughing and learning, be sure to connect with Chris: Facebook -  https://www.facebook.com/DebtDoe...

How would you qualify a “Comeback”? You’d first have to be losing, right? Like, the odds stacked against you or your team. Staring at the likelihood you’ll continue to lose or your chances are drying up. Before he was 20 years old, Richard had already started to lose in life.  A conversation with an influential leader changed his perspective for a moment, but eventually led him to a new life. Span...

"F*&$ it, we'll do it LIVE!" Ever seen Bill O'Reilly's (in)famous rant? That's how you don't do a live. Right? Believe it or not, there's a science and repeatable process to doing "FB Lives". Just ask the Founder of Five Minute Lives, Trish Leto - as she joins us today for an episode of Knucklehead. She fully embraces the failure that her work provided, how crushed it made her feel, but also how s...

What is the goal of your business? Is it to generate leads? Generate revenue? Affect positive change in folks's lives? As your business grows, so will your goals and the impact of those goals on other people. Les Dossey has made a career helping organizations thrive by focusing the attention on the individual and creating "Entre-HUMANS". Years of challenges, personal setbacks and exuding grit and...

GySgt Tim Stanfield earned the title of Marine after having his football career ended suddenly. The series of events leading to that injury serve as a stunning reminder of how quickly things can change. Now, after having overcame the failures and setbacks that come with being a Marine, he has started a non-profit in addition to his military career. Before You Serve provides running shoes to that s...

Patrick Benson was about to leave the Army. The infantry had given him a chance to learn how to fight and learn to win. He had always loved challenges, but didn't know that a letter he wrote to potential mentor would lead to one of his life's biggest challenges. Hearing him talk about how to deal with anxiety, the size of animals he works with everyday, and how the veterans he helps learn to trust...

Have a gym membership, but travel for work? What about single use, but don't want to have the check-in process? There have been a lot of time lost to gym tours only for a quick lift, or on a work trip you'd like to checkout a class but don't have a membership from the gym offering one. That's the problem that Jake Ziegler and Anthony Karr of Gym Nav set out to solve. They join us today to talk thr...

Have you ever paid off a credit card? Do you remember what it felt like? What about the joy and relief you'd experience by paying off your home? Imagine you've helped someone accomplish that goal and the feeling you'd experience as a result of helping them focus their attention on solving their problem. That's what Travis Johnson has done over 400 times with his clients at Warrior's Wallet. No str...

#WomeninBiz Series E1 - On my Terms, CEO Charlynda Scales - Mutts Sauce What happens when your product gets picked up for distribution by a regional retail grocer? You've made it, right!? How about when you're thrust into a position to lead a business after being passed a family secret recipe?   The answer simply is leadership. Being humble enough to say when you do not have the answer, but willin...

What is a “Recovering Principal”? Having spent seven years leading an exemplary elementary school campus in West Texas, Chris Shade refers to himself as a “recovering principal.” Despite spending only four years in the classroom prior, he was always a teacher. Now speaking with educators, students, and parents on fostering a growth mindset. In this episode, we diving into a largely unsuccessful an...

#WomeninBiz Series E2 - Can you HEAR ME now? w/ Phoebe Mroczek A new prospect asked on Friday afternoon, “Can you have that to me on Monday?” Phoebe had just been asked to commit to a 48-hour turnaround on a leadership and development workshop. Only problem was, she hadn’t created any of the material. There’s no way she’d be able to pull off training a group of people, let alone teams of folks in...

Do you live your core values? Have you experienced the pain of a setback so intensively that you had to change? Do you ever want to make a different decision when your core values are displayed, but your choices tell a different story? It’s called being confused. The literal first step to clarity is confusion. Most folks don’t take the time to stay in it or analyze that they are responsible for pu...

You probably like paying taxes. Indirectly, it does mean you're making money. However, it doesn't mean just because you make money that you have to give it all to Uncle Sam. Business owners, 1099 Sales folks, and other various entities year after year are provided with solutions that are half-baked, well-intended, user-friendly but ultimately confusing. CPA's, web-based or big box tax solutions, c...

Re-brand. Be you. Can you think of something more misunderstood and vague? Most folks don’t have a brand or have lived enough mistakes or under pressure enough to know themselves or what they’re made of. Well, that’s until they meet someone like Dr. Natalia Wiechowski. She’s been through not just a career transformation, but the sort of transformation that people who use that catchphrase would mea...

Overcoming addiction, the vicious cycle of self doubt Not taking a paycheck to keep your partners whole Reinvesting back into himself and the business to earn victory over the past Unlearning unproductive habits to now lead two successful businesses, US Navy Veteran Mike “Doc” Rannigan has pulled himself from the depths of struggle and fought back. Learning from failure, struggle, and mistakes he’...

Have you ever experienced what it’s like to lose with the wrong mindset? Broke. Failure. Misfit. They’re all the ways to describe why you aren’t going to achieve. But, it’s not losing or failing that's the problem. It’s how you think about it. Elevating your mindset is easier said than done, because your environment may not support the change you’d like to experience. Your support system may be br...

Real. American. Hero. You’ll never hear Mike say that. How would you describe someone that took those lessons learned in combat, getting wounded, and gave back to their community in the form of tangible business and leadership lessons? Mike’s military career speaks for itself, but his mission continues to this day as the co-founder of EF Overwatch, Founder of VETTED and speaker with the Echelon Fr...

You ever visited San Diego? How about New Orleans? Taken a train up the coast of California, through Oregon and onto Seattle? Navigating cities you haven’t visited isn’t a new concept, but if you’re like most folks that have traveled - there’s always more to see and helpful with someone who’s been there before that you can trust. Traveling can also be full of mistakes and pitfalls you’d like to av...

“You can’t bore someone into buying something from you.” So simple and obvious. “Give me an hour - I’ll show you why people buy from you and why they don’t.” Another BOLD statement that gets your attention. Between spinning beautiful blondes at White Horse, crafting robust marketing campaigns for entrepreneurs, and drawing cartoons Eric Bakey continues to deliver more than the status quo when it c...

Why would you resign as one of the top engineers on a immensely successful marketplace web platform? Why leave behind the security of a corporate success and focus your attention to working with companies to find the right talent and retain the best workers? Well, Shaun Martin’s been on a mission to develop great leaders and create transformation that scales since he’s left his corporate career. H...

Fun. Laughing at yourself. Admitting when you screw up, but knowing in the end everything will be ok. It first starts with owning the jacked up decision, then correcting the behavior that caused that to happen. We jump into Brian Jones's story of transitioning away from real estate into a transformation coach. Once you hear the story, you'll understand how owning the issue, then correcting it, hel...

Did you have parents that ran a business? How’d it go? Have you ever asked yourself if the limits of your potential are being defined and restricted by their failures? Leveraging others experiences can be a weight or a lift to what you’re looking to get accomplished - be sure to look through the correct lens. Sometimes when you slow down and reflect on those past experiences, you’ll discover your...

What would you do to “right” a “wrong”? What if when you tried to “right” it, it created a decision for you that affected your well-being and your income? Can’t say that doing to the right thing would lead to an easier situation, but being in a wrong one may be the friction you need in order to start something great. Jeff Skinner’s story of how Black Level AV started was almost precisely that and...

Sometimes personal struggle and victory translates to business success for those that leverage failure. Sometimes, that failure is the experience of those closest to you and they are the example of what not to do. Robert Garcia shares some crazy stories about how those closest to him could have sabotaged his success. Everyone of us has some incredible hurts that we like to use to remind us how muc...

There's not a manual for the shit. Started a company when I got out of the Marine Corps and failed miserably. Didn't understand that that was the key to the success going forward. Almost wrecked my entire relationship, to the most important person in my life, my wife. Didn't respect how precious my children more, or that time by chasing a dream that I believe with every fiber of my body would be h...