Quick Before You Forget

Most people don't fail because they have bad ideas. They fail because they never take the first step. In this episode of Quick Before You Forget, I sit down with entrepreneur, engineer, inventor, and two-time Shark Tank guest Chris Guerrera to explore what really separates dreamers from doers. Chris has launched thousands of products, worked on iconic innovations for Ford and BMW, partnered with D...

Most of us spend our lives trying to become someone better, but somewhere along the way, many of us forget who we already are. I think that's exactly when and why life starts to feel too heavy, making this meaningful conversation with Kristin Mackey perfectly time for you. Yes you. Right now, right here, you need this message in your life. How do I know? Because I need the reminder too. In this ep...

What happens when your brain won't cooperate but you refuse to stop living anyway? This conversation feels personal in more ways than I expected. I laughed so hard my face hurt. We cried together too. And somewhere between stories about panic attacks, people being chased by pigs, depression, ADHD, hula hoops, taxidermy, rainbow fountains, and hiding under tables, something beautiful happened. The...

This one feels personal. Because when I look back at the moments that changed my life, they all have one thing in common: people. A conversation. A person. A connection. That's why I started Quick Before You Forget. And that's why this conversation with Dr. Marcus Collins means so much to me. We talked about culture, belonging, empathy, curiosity, leadership, and what it means to find your people...

Last July, my family and I were standing in the Badlands when I asked a stranger to take our picture. That stranger was Henry Manuel. At the time, he was riding a motorcycle around the world. We talked for a few minutes, exchanged information, and went our separate ways. Or so I thought. Eight months later, we reconnected for this conversation. And now, as this episode is being released, I'm fresh...

The most powerful force in leadership, and in life, isn't strategy, intelligence, authority, or reps. It's human connection. In this episode of Quick Before You Forget, I sit down with my friend Anne Chow, transformational leader, former CEO of AT&T Business, bestselling author of Lead Bigger, and founder of The Rewired CEO. Anne was the first woman of color CEO in AT&T's 140+ year history...

What happens when life disrupts everything you thought you wanted? In this powerful conversation, leadership expert, former Army officer, professor, and bestselling author Patrick Leddin, PhD, shares what it really means to turn disruption into growth, purpose, and positive change. Together, we explore leadership, resilience, relationships, identity, and the moments that redefine us from the insid...

In weakness there is purpose and in purpose there is strength. In this deeply moving and highly conversational episode of Quick Before You Forget, I am joined by singer-songwriter Tony Memmel, a keynote speaker and musician born with one hand who taught himself to play guitar professionally using a custom cast made from Gorilla Tape. Together, we explore resilience, faith, mindset, music as healin...

What happens when a near-fatal crash forces you to confront how little time is truly guaranteed? In this deeply emotional episode of Quick Before You Forget, Ty sits down with marketing strategist and community builder Brant Johnson for a conversation about resilience, grief, self-belief, loneliness, purpose, and the courage to chase your dreams before it’s too late. Brant shares the life-changing...

I started this Quick Before You Forget journey after getting laid off in January 2026 from what I believed and hoped was my dream job. There was no master plan, aside from intentionally embracing the chaos of building the rocket ship in the air. There is just me on my yellow brick road making a conscious decision to keep showing up, keep creating, and trust who I’d meet along the way. In this spec...

This episode of Quick Before You Forget is one of the most honest, raw, and empowering conversations about motherhood, identity, and doing hard things you can find on the internet. In a conversation years in the making, I sit down with content creator and author Emily Feret, known for her viral “normalizing normal motherhood” videos that have helped millions of women feel seen, understood, and les...

This episode of Quick Before You is literally years in the making. Receipts and all, this is a wild ride you're not going to want to skip. In this deeply honest conversation on Quick Before You Forget, I sit down with New York Times bestselling author Tiffany Jenkins to talk about what healing actually looks like when it’s messy, nonlinear, and far from perfect. We talk honestly and openly about a...

Welcome to Coach Doc and Ty's circle of trust. Things get real in this second conversation with Dr. Antonio Harrison on Quick Before You Forget and it's meant to meet you exactly where you are. In this deeply honest episode of Quick Before You Forget, I sit down with behavior scientist and coach, Dr. Antonio Harrison (Coach Doc), to talk about identity, addiction, self-awareness, and what it reall...

Today we’re talking about money. Budgeting. Saving. Investing. Debt. Mindset. But not in the “cut your Starbucks treat and buy a house” kind of way. We’re talking about it in a way that actually feels achievable, empowering, and grounded in real life. Because no matter where you are in your career, your business, or your life, money stress has a way of creeping in and taking over when you don’t ha...

You don’t feel lost because you’re broken. You feel lost because you’ve stopped looking up. In this episode of Quick Before You Forget, host Ty Schmidt sits down at Lazy Pickle Studios in LA with actor, storyteller, and abundant and inspiring human Bourke Floyd. This conversation goes deep into: Feeling lost and not enough How grief and joy can coexist Why “process over outcome” changes everything...

If you’ve ever felt like you’re doing everything “right” but still feel exhausted, anxious, or unfulfilled, this episode will change the way you see your life. In this powerful and deeply human conversation on Quick Before You Forget, we learn from Madeleine Huot, the social worker and mindset expert behind Successful Female Mindset. Madeleine and host Ty Schmidt explore how high achievers can rew...

Most leaders think leadership is about being the strongest person in the room. Mick Hunt learned the hard way that it’s not. After watching his company drop from 400 employees to less than 200 in 90 days, Mick was forced to confront a brutal question: Would I follow myself?  His honest answer changed everything. In this powerful conversation, Mick shares the lessons that reshaped how he leads, ser...

He walked away from the dream people spend their whole lives chasing. And it led him straight to the life he was actually meant to live. In this deeply emotional and wildly honest episode of Quick Before You Forget, host Ty Schmidt learns from Jason Fitz, a Juilliard-trained violinist, former touring musician with platinum records, and now one of the most respected voices in sports media, to talk...

In this episode of Quick Before You Forget, host Ty Schmidt engages in a meaningful conversation with Ruchi Shah, industrial-organizational psychologist and author of We, Humans, for a deeply grounding conversation about what it means to come home to yourself when you feel burned out, lost, or disconnected. Ruchi shares why so many of us learn to hide our humanness, how we “play peekaboo” with par...

When life changes in an instant, who are you without the identity you built? In this episode of Quick Before You Forget , host Ty Schmidt learns from Jeff Griffin, Paralympic medalist, speaker, and resilience expert, about rebuilding your life after adversity, overcoming self-doubt, and rediscovering who you are when everything feels lost. After a devastating accident left him paralyzed from the w...

What do you do when rejection is constant and life still requires you to keep going? In this episode of Quick Before You Forget, Ty Schmidt welcomes actor Brent Bailey (yes — Kris K / Target Santa but also so many more amazing roles) to talk about reinvention, resilience, and staying grounded. Brent shares what it was like going from a shy, introverted self described “computer nerd” to building a...

When you’re burned out, feeling lost, or wondering how to remember who you are, this episode feels like a hug wrapped in laughter and human realness. Actor and creator DJ Pieper joins Quick Before You Forget host Ty Schmidt for a real conversation about staying grounded in a chaotic world, using music, mindset, and movement to come home to yourself without turning healing into another thing to opt...

Dr. Antonio Harrison, known to many simply as "Coach Doc," has an honest, vulnerable, and transparent conversation with host Ty Schmidt about what to do when you feel burned out, lost, afraid, or stuck. Together, they unpack the mindset shift that turns fear into forward motion, why many people aren’t actually afraid of failure (they’re afraid of success), and how to stop overthinking by focusing...

In this trailer episode, the show host Ty sets the stage for Quick Before You Forget, a personal development podcast for anyone navigating change, transition, or rebuilding. She invites listeners into a space designed to slow time, capture what matters, and move forward with intention through music, mindset, and movement. Chapters 0:00 Welcome and Introduction to Quick Before You Forget 0:19 Who i...