Total Disruption Podcast

Whose approval is running your business? Dr. Jake Clendenning and Michael Libercci expose the dangers of chasing the wrong validation—and give entrepreneurs a game plan to build true authority. Channel your focus: define the select few opinions—mentors, partners, key stakeholders—that align with your purpose and values. Acknowledge the “herd animal” instinct, but refuse to let it override the metr...

You’re not “busy,” you’re addicted. Most entrepreneurs cripple their potential with a constant drip of digital distraction—fooled into thinking they’re consuming wisdom while wasting their edge. It’s not about more input. It’s about reclaiming command of your mind, your focus, and your life. Entrepreneurs today are drowning in a sea of social media, overstimulation, and digital addiction. The most...

Too many high-performers believe the next tool, routine, or “hack” will finally unlock consistent results. False. The real game-changer isn’t how much you do—but how ruthlessly you own your time, your standards, and your energy. If you’re grinding through endless tasks yet never moving the needle, that’s not hustle. That’s avoidance disguised as productivity. Dr. Jake Clendenning and Michael Liber...

You don’t rise to the occasion. You fall to the level of your training. Michael Libercci and Dr. Jake Clendenning reveal why most founders stay in cycles of mediocrity: they habitually react, get triggered, and make catastrophic decisions under pressure. True transformation begins when you discipline yourself to respond, not react—and that requires relentless practice, standards, and preparation....

The hard truth: Confidence in business—and life—comes from proof, not praise. The market doesn’t care about your feelings or followers. Michael Libercci and Dr. Jake Clendenning expose the addiction to affirmation—likes, applause, superficial recognition—and demand you shift focus to measurable results. Your confidence must be rooted in outcomes, not opinions. If you need someone to “validate” eve...

Why do smart entrepreneurs make terrible investments? Dr. Jake and Michael expose the emotional traps and teach you how to vet every opportunity with ruthless clarity. No hype, just results. Listen now—Total Disruption delivers real execution wins. You just heard it. Now it's time to do something with it. If this episode hit home, here's how to take action: 🔥 Join The Conversation: Leave a review...

Most people want freedom. They want choices—more options, more variety, less repetition. But here’s the uncomfortable truth: discipline, not freedom, is the real driver of success. In this episode, Michael Libercci, and Jake Clendenning break down why high performers don’t chase novelty—they master the boring, commit to ruthless repetition, and eliminate pointless decisions. Think Metallica, playi...

Here’s what nobody tells you: distraction isn’t just a tech problem—it’s a tactic. In this episode, Miike Liberccii and Jake Clendenning cut through the noise by exposing what’s really pushing new policies, like the attempt to legalize prostitution in Colorado and Illinois. Spoiler: it’s not about relieving police workload or fighting trafficking—it’s political misdirection, plain and simple. The...

What happens when science meets spirituality—and kicks the excuses out of the room? On this episode of TD Podcast, Mike Labersi and Michael Librecci put the spotlight on Heather Zimmerman: a powerhouse who fuses applied behavioral science with energy healing and real-world leadership. Forget surface-level platitudes. Heather Zimmerman confronts the fractured models of traditional leadership, then...

Chasing results is a distraction. High performers set standards. On this episode, Dr. Clendenning and Mike Labersi dismantle the myth of outcome obsession. Olympians aren’t visualizing medals—they’re executing turns they’ve rehearsed to death. The lesson: control your input, not the scoreboard. We hit hard on “learning velocity”—the pace you act, adapt, and repeat, not the pace you daydream. Your...

Most people waste energy on what they can’t control—and wonder why they’re frustrated. This episode, Michael Librcci and Dr. Clendenning dismantle that thinking. They lay out the real path: doubling down on your own standards, ruthless preparation for adversity, and never outsourcing responsibility for outcomes—or happiness. With sharp business truth and hard-earned sports lessons, they show you h...

Forget Hallmark advice—today’s episode goes straight to the guts of mistakes, broken trust, and forgiveness. Jake Clendenning and Michael Libercci tear apart lazy apologies, exposing what it really takes to make amends and move forward. You’ll get actionable tactics like the Ho'oponopono reset, brutal self accountability, and the truth about letting go—even if you never let someone back in your li...

This episode, Jake Clendenning, and Michael Librecci crack open what it really means to stay grounded when chaos hits. It’s not about emotionless faces—it’s about ruthless control of your own reactions. From Olympic focus to tough business calls and raising kids who don’t fold under pressure, you’ll hear hard-won lessons from the front lines, not the self-help section. Ready to confront comfort, s...

Most people treat procrastination like a character flaw or a mindset issue. It’s not—it’s a scheduling and self-awareness problem. In today’s episode of TD Podcast, Jake Clendenning and Michael Libercci tear apart the myth that willpower and motivation are enough to get things done. Here, you’ll learn why hacks like “using anchors” and stacking your most avoided tasks first thing in your day actua...

It’s time to stop comparing your insides to someone else’s Instagram highlight reel and finally get radical about your own standards. This episode isn’t for excuse-makers or comfort addicts. Jake Clendenning, Michael Libercci, and Dr. Clendenning crack open why most people stay stuck in lives they’ve “optimized” for minimum effort and maximum stagnation—and why waiting until you “feel” ready is a...

Ever heard this lie? “If it worked in the past, it’ll work now—just grind harder.” Wrong. What got you here won’t get you there. On today’s TD Podcast, Mike Labersi and Dr. Clendenning call out the excuses, complacency, and stale habits keeping high performers stuck. You’ll hear how Blockbuster ignored reality and died, how shifting habits—fitness, finances, mindsets—demands ruthless self-awarenes...

Most podcasts tiptoe around comfort zones. Not this one. Today on the Total Disruption Podcast, we cut polite applause and get to the real engine—Marc Fitzwater’s uncompromising approach to both life and business. From military structure to entrepreneurial chaos, Marc Fitzwater unpacks what it takes to build something that endures: relentless standards, zero ego, and total ownership. This episode?...

What separates high performers from everyone else isn’t talent—it’s their relationship with discomfort. In this powerful Total Disruption episode, Dr. Jake Clendenning and Michael Libercci unpack a timeless insight from Marcus Aurelius: comfort is the enemy of character. This episode isn’t about glorifying grind culture. It’s about understanding the moment comfort quietly turns into complacency. T...

Jesse P. Gilmore, founder of Niche in Control, shares the hard-earned framework behind his Leverage for Growth Method—built after grinding through 60–80 hour weeks in his first three businesses and losing passion because he was “too close to the trees to see the forest.” After a stint in corporate America—where he helped lead a $180M acquisition—Jesse discovered what most founders miss: systems el...

Jake and Michael unpack Marcus Aurelius’s Meditations—which weren’t meditations at all, but wartime journals written under pressure—to expose the Stoic principle most people miss: 👉 You don’t control outcomes. You only control standards. From gym goals and sales quotas to New Year’s resolutions that die by February, this episode breaks down why most people fail: they chase results instead of enfo...

Gal Borenstein, founder of a Top 50 B2B agency serving the DC and Department of Defense ecosystem for 30 years, flips the fear-based AI narrative on its head. In this Total Disruption episode, Gal proves that small businesses aren’t competing with AI—they’re using AI to beat giants who are slow, bloated, and trust-deficient. While big corporations struggle with culture leaks, Glassdoor exposure, a...

Jake and Michael deliver a philosophical gut-check most people avoid: what if you’re living in the “good old days” right now—and you’re too distracted to notice? From Jake’s onion ring tragedy (his body literally rejects them now) to flow states, disassociation under pressure, and the dopamine hangover of doom scrolling, this episode exposes a hard truth—your best health, relationships, opportunit...

From Rock Bottom to Quantum Transformation Debra and Brandon Yager—founders of Yager Training—share a raw, unfiltered origin story that cuts straight through spiritual fluff and business BS. From addiction, sex work, and self-destruction to conscious selling, language mastery, and quantum transformation, this episode exposes how the words you use determine the life you live. Debra’s 16-year spiral...

In this unapologetic episode of Total Disruption, Dr. Jake Clendenning and Michael Libercci dismantle the glorified fantasy of the 100-hour workweek—and replace it with something far more dangerous: math. 100 hours of work + ~49 hours of sleep = 19 hours left per week (≈ 2.7 hours/day) for eating, showering, driving, family, thinking, and recovery. That’s not discipline—it’s erosion. You just hear...

Jake and Michael dismantle the tired lie “you’re not as good as you used to be” by exposing one of the most dangerous limiting beliefs in business, leadership, and life: that age equals decline. They break down the aging athlete phenomenon, using elite performers like Tom Brady, Aaron Rodgers, Philip Rivers, Cristiano Ronaldo, and Lionel Messi—all of whom continued performing at world-class levels...