Systematic Leader

Brett Robinson is an entrepreneur, coach and mindset expert. In this interview you’ll learn about the Triple Battery Method and how he dealt with the murder of his grandparents. It’s a terrible and enlightening story that I think you’ll be fascinated by and how he learned to grow from the tough situation. Highlights: What Brett does to get his mind right in the mornings. The science of gratitude a...

Lisa Cherney is an entrepreneur, author, and podcaster who teaches people how to make a bigger impact in their business. In this interview you’ll learn how Lisa jumped from corporate America into owning her own business. She also explains how she has pivoted her business and is so much happier because she is more aligned with her work. Highlights:  The permission to be ourselves comes from within....

Jay Samit is a serial entrepreneur who has started and worked for billion dollar companies. His books, teachings and leadership style have changed so many lives.  In this interview you’ll learn how you can do anything you want if you have the inspiration and the resilience to make it possible. Highlights: When you help people they want to send you Love letters. How Jay mentored a young man and tur...

Stacey Shipman is the creator of Engage the Room. She helps people who want to be better connectors figure out how to shed their old beliefs and build meaningful connections. I enjoyed this interview because she wasn’t afraid to be vulnerable and dive deep into her struggles and how Covid-19 forced her to find a new direction in her business. You’ll learn about how you can shed your fears and buil...

Jonathan Dwoskin is a serial entrepreneur and business coach. One of the best parts of this interview is how honest he was with how he built his business and how he learned from his mistakes. Highlights: We talk about his failures in business and how it’s influenced his career. What he learned from starting a business that he didn’t want to start. How he tunes into his gut instinct. How he chooses...

Greg Storey is a designer through and through. He has owned his own studio and worked for some of the largest and most successful companies in the world. In this interview I love how honest Greg is with the audience. He shares how he dealt with a panic attack and what method he uses to help himself process the difficult moments in his life. No matter where you grow up there are certain strengths a...

Jarrod Joplin is a VP of design for a fortune 100 company. In his leadership role he has learned a lot about building empathy for his employees and for his work. It’s not easy to put yourself in someone else’s shoes and really understand what is going on in their lives. In this interview you’ll learn about how to be a better leader and how you can build your empathy toward others. It’s this skill...

Stephen Warley helps people create businesses that allow them to live the life that they want. It’s this freedom that we all need to create for ourselves. In this interview you’ll learn some valuable ways to save yourself time as well as be happier while we work. One of my favorite parts of this interview is how Stephen creates experiments to helps him test out ideas in his business and life. How...

Bob Burg is a best-selling author of the Go-Giver series. It’s a series of books that share the secrets of being a giver first and how it can skyrocket your career. In this interview you’ll see how Bob not only writes books about the giving mindset, but also how he lives it in his life. I love how he talked about other authors and his co-author in this interview. You can see his giving mindset in...

Jeff Sanders is the creator of the Five Day Miracle book and podcast. In this interview he shares how early mornings changed made his life remarkable. He lost his routine of waking up early and going to bed on time as a habit his father taught him as a kid. When he began implementing his system as an adult it changed his life. In this interview we talk about how Jeff went from a structured life as...

John Griffin is the VP of design for First Citizens Bank. A large bank that has started incorporating more design methodology into its processes. He came from USAA and moved to First Citizens Bank and it was a culture clash for him. You’ll learn how he navigated this big shift in his career.  In this interview you’ll learn how to keep your team engaged as well as building a career that matches you...

Stu Heinecke is a Hall of Fame marketer and with his career as a Wall Street Journal cartoons and his widely popular book How to Get a Meeting with Anyone, you’ll learn how to stand out from the crowd. That’s the core component of the marketing game. How do you grab people’s attention and get them to respond to you? In this interview you’ll learn a lot about how to build connections and reach out...

As you figure out your purpose, you begin to deepen your spiritual connection to something greater than yourself. This took Art Costello a prayer to God to figure it out, but once he understood his mission he was all in.  Art is the creator of Expectations Therapy. This method is a wonderful way to help you dig a little deeper. He wrote a book and spoke at Harvard about his method. He also coaches...

Telling good stories is vital to growing your career. If you can tell a gripping story quickly at work, in a presentation or in a sales meeting you will have an easier time connecting with people. This will help you build trust with them much quicker. Mike Pacchione shares his wisdom and insight over his 20 year career that will help you use stories to improve your business and career.  Highlights...

Pamela Wilson is a smart and caring business woman. She has been in business for herself for over 20 years. She knows the ins and outs of creating a successful online business. If you are looking to start a side hustle then this episode is the perfect one for you. I love how she talked about her failures in this episode. Pamela made an offer to her audience that bombed. She barely remembers the of...

JD Roth is the founder of the Get Rich Slowly website. He has been writing about personal finance from a mindset perspective for the past 15 years. He is an accidental expert and it’s what makes him such a humble and willing teacher. In this interview you’ll learn how to improve your mindset around money. You’ll also learn how valuable it can be to craft a personal mission statement. It will help...

Chris Gaskill is an amazing entrepreneur who built a thriving website development business and is pivoting into coaching professional gamers. This is a fascinating conversation because Chris is in the middle of this pivot and talks through how he navigates these uncharted waters in his career. As we do a dive deep into his difficult childhood, improving his inner voice and how he looks at life fro...

John Livesay is the Pitch Whisperer. He helps people improve how they connect with people at an event, sales meeting or in their marketing outreach.  When you figure out which of your stories resonate with people you can use these to help you connect with them. That’s why being able to tell a good story in a short amount of time is so valuable. You create a lasting impression. John gives many tips...

Brett Kelly is a fascinating man who has found many unique ways of building his career and business. I really enjoyed how he talked about how he is not at his end goal. If something better comes along he wouldn’t be afraid to pivot in this direction. I love how honest Brett is throughout this interview. Too often experts try to be things they are not. Brett explains how being broke and not being a...

Brian Williams is a VP at Prudential and has so much to teach us about being an effective leader. We dig into how music lessons taught him the value of hard work.  We also talk about cultivating inner change to become a better leader. It’s not easy, but having data is important. What are your goals and how do you expect to reach them? Brian dives into how he does this in his personal life and in h...

Dave Ursillo has so much to teach through coaching and writing. One of my favorite parts of this interview was when he talked about prioritizing passions and desires. It’s the intersection of both that help us build a career that we are proud of.  When we understand the identity that we construct for ourselves then we can begin to sliver off the things that don’t work and rebuild ourselves into wh...

Jan Keck is a brilliant facilitator who helps people build stronger relationships through vulnerability. Too often we are afraid of being vulnerable because of what people might think of us, but when we are vulnerable we can form deeper connections. In this interview you’ll learn about Jan’s secrets to warming people up to having a real meaningful conversation. You’ll also learn about how to peak...

Ashley Foxx has a wonderful way of expressing the desire to live a simple life. I love how she admits that she isn’t perfect. Perfection should never be the goal. The goal should be a simpler life that makes you happy. In this interview you’ll learn about how Ashley started her podcast and how why she continues to grow it. It’s her purpose that I love about her and why I had to interview her. My h...

Dustin Main is a fascinating entrepreneur. He started a technology business in Canada and after four years he was burned out. He decided to pull himself out as the leader of his business and go travel. He stayed in touch with his employees, but they ran the show. As he travelled he started meeting amazing people and wanted other people to have similar experiences and created his own travel touring...

Matt Barker interviews me (Karl Staib) about the Dig to Fly Method. I wanted share it with you because it will give you some more insight into how the Dig to Fly Method works. We talk about my background then we move into how the Dig to Fly Method works to find opportunities in your struggles.