Make It Count ™ with Tanya Waymire

Tony Jeary, The RESULTS Guy™, and Tammy Kling join Tanya Waymire on The Make It Count™ Podcast for a conversation about how to stop confusing movement with progress. If you are busy, driven, building something, and still wondering why the results do not match the effort, this episode will challenge the way you think, plan, spend your time, and define success. Tony has spent 40+ years helping high-...

Ryan Peppers is the kind of person who can spend eight months engineering the perfect chocolate chip cookie with three flours, three sugars, espresso powder, and an Excel spreadsheet — then bring that same level of precision into sales, leadership, and life. In this episode of the Make It Count Podcast, Ryan shares how Jim Rohn cassette tapes, early entrepreneurship, blue-collar roots, and years i...

WT Greer III has spent more than four decades using his voice to move rooms, open doors, and remind people what music can still do when it is carried with purpose. In this episode of The Make It Count™ Podcast, WT shares the story behind the voice — from a dorm-room dare that turned into a career, to singing for U.S. Presidents and First Ladies, meeting Oprah, Maya Angelou, Nelson Mandela, Vic Dam...

What happens when the season that stretches you becomes the reason you build something that helps other people? In this episode of Make It Count, I sit down with Rob Duve — father of five and founder of DadGrid. Rob shares the real work behind single fatherhood, rebuilding, emotional healing, asking for help, and learning to lead his family with more presence, responsibility, and connection. We ta...

What do you do when the finish line moves, the dream takes fourteen years, and the work still matters? Jennifer and Jason (Mac) McAlister bring two lives of endurance into one conversation. Jennifer is a Christian author, speaker, certified coach, and devotional writer whose message was shaped through real life — including being stopped near the finish line of the Boston Marathon when the bombing...

If you’ve been waiting for life to get easier before you move forward, this episode is going to hit you in the right place. Greg Johnson, Founder of Night of Superstars, joins Make It Count for a conversation about adversity, service, dignity, and the kind of perspective most of us need more often than we admit. Through Night of Superstars, students and young adults with special needs are honored...

Enterprise pressure taught him how to build. Ownership made it personal. Eric Wanner sat with me for a conversation that goes far beyond career titles. He has built inside companies like Nike, Amazon, Walmart, and Sears , led large teams, carried real operational pressure, and learned what holds when performance matters. Today, he owns Woofie’s of SE Nashville , has served more than 1,500 pets , l...

Peace has a backbone. In this episode of Make It Count , Tanya Waymire sits down with Kit Cummings, award-winning author, international speaker, and founder of the Power of Peace Project. Kit has taken his work into maximum-security prisons, gang conflict, death row, corporate leadership teams, schools, churches, and communities across the world. His message is sharp because his wisdom was earned...

How much of your life are you actually using? Raymund C. King, MD, JD has lived a path most people wouldn’t attempt—magician, surgeon, attorney, actor, producer, philanthropist—and somehow stayed grounded in all of it. In this conversation, we go into what doesn’t show up on a résumé. The moments that shape direction. The decisions that require movement when everything already “works.” And what it...

Most people don’t fail because they can’t build. They fail because they don’t know how to keep building. Kevin Dutton does. He founded Future Com in 1991, built it over decades, exited in 2022… and never stepped out of the arena. Along the way, he’s set records in open-wheel racing and continues to move into environments where performance isn’t optional. This conversation isn’t about accomplishmen...

You don’t feel it…until you can’t ignore it. In this episode, I sit down with Judy Gaman—CEO of Executive Medicine of Texas and a leader working on the front side of health, longevity, and performance. If you’re building, leading, and carrying a lot—you’ve probably pushed your health to the background. That works…until it doesn’t. We get into: why “feeling fine” isn’t the same as being well what h...

Most people chase growth. Few understand what actually creates it. In this conversation, Brad Cummings doesn’t talk about business the way most people do—he talks about what shapes the person building it. From growing up watching his dad work two jobs to create opportunity… to leading in the military where no one is coming to save you… to spending over two decades inside middle-market businesses…...

You’re not struggling with your health—you’ve been taught wrong. Most people think they’re doing what it takes. They’re putting in effort. They’re trying to be consistent. They’re doing what they’ve been told should work. And it’s not translating. In this conversation with Clint Fuqua, we get into why. Clint has spent decades inside the health space—coaching, building, and seeing firsthand what ac...

You can be the smartest person in the room… and still be the one no one listens to. That’s the conversation. 15 years ago, Allen Weiner changed how I show up in every room I walk into. Not by giving me scripts. Not by teaching me what to say. He showed me the gap between what I intended … and how I was actually being experienced. And once you see that—you can’t unsee it. In this episode, we go str...

Most people think they know what success looks like… until the thing that defined them is gone. This conversation with John Patterson goes way beyond baseball. Yes—he was a 5th overall draft pick. Yes—he pitched in the Major Leagues. But that’s not the story. This is about what happens when identity collapses… when the plan changes… when the version of you that the world recognized no longer fits....

Leadership gets complicated when the weight of your words actually changes outcomes. In Part 2 of my conversation with Tammy Kling, we continue exploring influence, blind spots, and the responsibility that comes with having a voice people listen to. This conversation moves into the places leaders rarely talk about openly—how words shape culture, how honest conversations expose blind spots success...

Behind every statistic on homelessness is a human story — and leaders like Stephanie Melchert working every day to rebuild lives. How close is most of America to losing their home? In this episode of Make It Count , Tanya Waymire sits down with Stephanie Melchert, CEO of a multimillion-dollar Dallas organization serving individuals experiencing homelessness. Stephanie shares what leadership really...

What if the secret to building a company that scales… is love? In this episode of Make It Count™ , I sit down with Ivo Nelson — entrepreneur, CEO, investor, board member, and one of the most respected leaders in healthcare technology. Ivo built Healthlink into the world’s largest privately held, provider-focused healthcare technology consulting firm before its acquisition by IBM. He has since advi...

Mundo Sanchez sees what others miss. Twice named CFO of the Year, he brings precision to the numbers and vision to the strategy behind them. He improves the bottom line without shrinking the mission. Margin matters to him because stewardship matters. In this conversation, we talk about how he approaches complexity inside growing organizations. Where waste hides. How cash flow tells the truth. Why...

Tammy Kling built Words Are Currency on a premise most people overlook: language shapes outcomes. In Part 1 of this conversation, we step into the weight of words. In business. In leadership. In relationships. In the stories we repeat about ourselves. Tammy is clear that communication is not decoration. It is infrastructure. The words you choose determine what you build and what you break. We talk...

Christopher Teehee is an owner and operator. He’s built and scaled an electrical business with real crews, real timelines, real accountability. He also runs a real estate venture that’s built on execution, not theory. He understands margin because he’s had to earn it job by job, project by project. In this conversation, we talk about how he approaches growth. Hiring. Training. Quality control. Cas...

Michelle Bryan helps people invest in real estate who never thought it was available to them. In this conversation, we talk about access. First properties. Limited capital. Uncertainty around risk. Michelle works with individuals and families who assume real estate investing is reserved for someone else. She walks them through what it actually takes to get in the game. We get into education, under...

Glenis Romero Hargreaves stands with homeowners when loss hits. In this conversation, we talk about what happens after the storm. Fire. Water. Structural damage. The moment when families are trying to stabilize life while navigating a claims process they’ve never had to understand before. Glenis operates as an advocate for the insured. She represents homeowners in the appraisal and claims process,...

Kevin and Marcie Thompson build together. In this conversation, we step into what partnership looks like when it carries weight. Business. Marriage. Capital decisions. Long-term vision. Alignment isn’t assumed. It’s constructed. We talk about roles, trust, and the discipline required when two strong operators share a table. How they navigate growth without splintering focus. How they protect the f...

Sheila Fejeran understands how rooms move. In this conversation, we talk about presence. The kind that isn’t announced. The kind that is recognized. Sheila shares the path that shaped her leadership, the standards she carries into every environment, and the responsibility that comes with influence. We get into decision-making under pressure. Navigating complexity without losing clarity. Holding au...