FailCraft

Whatif signing with a flashy modern book publisher is actually the worst financialdecision an aspiring author could make? MicheleDeFilippo is a 50-year veteran of thebook publishing industry and the founder of 1106 Design . Overthe past five decades, Michele has watched the landscape shift from stricttraditional gatekeepers to a new, confusing era of digital publishing. Sincefounding her company i...

Whydo so many high-capacity adults consume endless self-help information yet stillfeel completely stuck, overwhelmed, and trapped in reactive loops? PennieWilson is a certified mental fitnesstrainer, non-traditional hypnotherapist, and the creator of the Kokoro Calm RepatterningMethod™ . For years, Pennie perfectly managed her public persona as acapable educator and leader while privately suffocat...

Accordingto certified trauma-informed coach Ronald "Zion" Roseboro, men areconditioned by an unwritten societal rule: the "Emotional Miranda Law." Ronald"Zion" Roseboro is anempowerment specialist, author, and the founder of Shame Free Life Coaching .Following his release from the United States prison system in 2004, Zion spentover two decades systematically dismantli...

Whyare some of the most high-achieving corporate executives in the world secretlythe most unfulfilled? According to Silicon Valley strategy veteran JulianLighton, elite professional triumph often comes at a massive personal cost. JulianLighton is a top tier business coach,former McKinsey partner, and author of Navigating Your Next .He has engineered growth paths as Chief Strategy Officer at four s...

Whatis the single most destructive mistake a rookie real estate investor can make? Accordingto Jason Roberts, it has nothing to do with paint colors or staging—it’sletting your emotions trick you into buying a toxic deal. JasonRoberts is a four-time business owner,large-scale real estate developer, and founder of Better Blueprint Realty .Raised on job sites as the son of a builder, Jason initially...

Whatif our failure to manage chronic disease isn't caused by a lack of advancedmedical tech, but by our obsession with overcomplicating basic biology? AnthonyGuastella is a certified nutritionhealth coach and host of the Anthony Guastella Wellness podcast. After spending six grueling years battling severe physiological issuesfollowing a devastating Lyme disease diagnosis, Anthony reached a bre...

Whydo so many brilliant, hard-working entrepreneurs hit a professional ceiling andcompletely stall out? According to business partner duo Mark Bruce and DuaneGibbs, it’s because they are trapped in the "lone wolf" mentality—thetoxic belief that asking for help is a sign of weakness. MarkBruce and Duane Gibbs are theco-founders of Huddle for Success and co-authors of the Playbook for Life...

What happens when an educator holding a doctorate ininternational and multicultural education enters the practical domain of schooladministration? Dr. Cynthia Rapaido discovered that academic credentials cannotcompensate for the operational reality of managing a campus environment. Dr. Cynthia Rapaido is an educational leadership coach,consultant, and author of Step Up Your School LeadershipGame ....

What do you do whenyou’ve spent a decade balancing a dry banking career with exhausting four-hourSunday train commutes to London, only to face an endless abyss of silence andindustry rejection? Greig Watts is a bestselling author, music publisher, andglobal songwriter whose production powerhouse, DWB Music Group, has soldmillions of records worldwide. He is also a certified Eurovision heavyweight,...

What do you do whenyou accept a partnership in a high-stakes B2B industry you know absolutelynothing about? Instead of panic-faking his way through it, corporate marketingveteran Ryan Ross did something completely wild: he wrote a fictional narrativenovel about a bumbling broker named "Al Dente" to force himself tolearn the business lines. Ryan Ross spent more than a decade executing hig...

What if the biggestbarrier holding you back from launching your creative career isn't your lack ofconnections or budget, but a comfortable lie you keep telling yourself? Franky Corcoran is a multi-hyphenate actor, playwright,theater director, and host of The Corcoran Entertainment Show .Operating out of New Brunswick, Canada, Franky bypassed traditionalentertainment hubs like Toronto or Los An...

What if the economy,bad luck, and fierce competition aren't actually what kill companies? Accordingto fifth-generation business legacy consultant Larry Mandelberg, businessesdon't fail—they actively commit suicide through an unexamined inside job. Larry Mandelberg is an author, speaker, and organizationalturnaround specialist who carries a 170-year family business legacy. But hismost profo...

What happens when adecade-long battle with unexplained infertility, devastating miscarriages, andcrushing daily-compounding debt forces you to completely surrender the lifeplan you spent your entire adult life fighting for? Rachel Fulginiti is a successful voice actor, award-winningaudiobook narrator, and the host of the From Foster to Forever podcast. As a creative professional who built her care...

What if the standard24-hour corporate hustle schedule is biologically wired to drive high-achievingwomen directly into chronic exhaustion? Rachel Korb is an ICF Professional Certified Coach andthe founder of Nervous System Mastery for Women .After spending over a decade scaling remote startups from seed to Series Bacross 36 countries, Rachel hit a wall. Despite practicing mindfulness sinceage 19,...

What happens when yoursafety net is violently ripped away at 17 years old, and you spend the next 14years masking your severe trauma behind the words everyone uses to describeyou: "strong" and "brave"? Susan Snow is an author, speaker, and trauma coach whosurvived a nightmare scenario. On Halloween night in 1985, her father, LAPDDetective Thomas C. Williams, was targeted, ambus...

What is the actualreason high-level executives fail? According to the person who used to sit inthe room where Fortune 500 succession decisions were made, it has almostnothing to do with intelligence or raw capability. Courtney Intersimone is a C-Suite confidant, executive careerstrategist, and the former Global Head of Talent at BNY. Having spent 25 yearsnavigating corporate complexities, she has...

Why do so manyhigh-functioning adults check all the boxes of a successful life, yet stillfeel completely stuck, blocked, or empty inside? Hana Dolgin is a New York City-based psychotherapist whospecializes in helping creatives, entrepreneurs, and couples break out of theirmost stubborn reactive loops. Utilizing Gestalt therapy, Hana helps her clientsfocus on the present moment, illustrating how ou...

What is it really liketo be the guy responsible for keeping a massive, multi-million dollar Hollywoodblockbuster on track when chaos strikes and egos collide? Michael Mandaville is a legendary film producer, line producer,and Director's Guild of America unit production manager. With 25 years ofexperience in the trenches of major cinematic milestones, Michael has managedthe logistics, timelines...

What do you do whenthe identity you spent your entire life building is permanently stripped awayby an incurable diagnosis? Liam Wakefield spent 11 years as a soldier in the BritishArmy, serving in Afghanistan and building his life around the tough, unyieldingstructure of military culture. Just before his 30th birthday, a diagnosis of arare, incurable genetic condition forced a sudden medical disch...

What is it really liketo step into a corporate leadership position at just 23 years old and be forcedto manage a boardroom full of people who are twice your age? Dom Brightmon is a certified Maxwell Leadership trainer,bestselling author, and the host of the Going North podcast. After jumping into the deep end as one of the youngest Toastmasters AreaDirectors in the organization's history, Dom...

What if thecomforting, romanticized fairy tale society tells about adoption is actuallypreventing families from healing? Jean Kelly Widner is an award-winning author, researcher, andadvocate who is tearing down the "Hallmark movie" veneer surroundingprivate infant adoption. Adopted as an infant in 1965, Jean grew up in a homethat looked perfect on the outside but was privately fractured...

What happens whenasking the simple question "Why?" becomes an act of rebellion in yourown country? Tony El is an author, historian, and the creator ofthe Project Third-Eye Opened podcast. He believes thatsociety is suffering from a massive failure of knowledge and a loss of criticalthinking. Refusing to accept the mainstream narrative, Tony argues that thetrue history of America—and spec...

What do you do whenyou have a mortgage, a new baby, and the secure corporate job you relied onvanishes overnight? Nandita Brahmbhatt spent 12 years thriving in pharmaceuticalsales until a sudden company-wide redundancy pulled the rug out from under her. Terrified by the loss of control, she vowed never to let a boss hold herfinancial future hostage again. She leaped into entrepreneurship, only tod...

What do you do whenthe wild, unregulated industry that gave you your identity suddenly goescorporate? You pick up a camera and start completely over. Jeremy Norrie has lived multiple lifetimes. From working inthe trenches of the early MMA scene as a journalist to growing award-winningproducts in the "Wild West" era of the cannabis industry, Jeremylived a fast-paced, high-risk lifestyle....

What happens when thesystem designed to protect a nation becomes a toxic, pressure-cookerenvironment that breaks the very sailors operating it? Mr. Whiskey is a U.S. Navy veteran, speaker, and thefounder of Couple O' Nukes . Trained to operate nuclear reactors onan aircraft carrier, he found himself trapped in a command climate thateventually made national headlines for record-setting suicide...