FailCraft

Whathappens when a decorated U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel with 23 years of serviceand four combat deployments realizes that suppressing his emotions andmaintaining "Captain America" strength was actually destroying himfrom the inside out? RyanT. Reichert is a retired U.S. ArmyLieutenant Colonel, Foreign Service Director, Fortune 500 executive leader, andfounder of Our Protector Developme...

Whatwould compel an engineering technician to liquidate his house down payment savingsto fund a 3,700-mile solo bicycle ride from San Francisco to Washington, D.C.? TeddyBloom is an engineering technician,cyclist, and civil rights advocate from Santa Fe, New Mexico. Alarmed bygrowing political polarization, censorship, and the erosion of due process inthe United States, Teddy launched Ride4Rights...

Aregreat leaders born with innate charisma, or are they built through deliberatepractice, struggle, and personal adversity? JimCarlough is a leadership identityarchitect, executive coach, Forbes Councils member, and author of The Six Pillars of Effective Leadership: A Roadmap to Success .With over 30 years of experience developing high-performing teams, Jimchallenges the myth of the "born lea...

Whatdo you do when you are co-leading one of Tucson's most popular mid-60s garagerock bands, only to break it up and gamble everything on a move to thecompetitive music scene of Los Angeles? MannyFreiser is a songwriter, musician,former record executive, lawyer, and author of the memoir Tracks in the Sands of Time (Volume 1) . As the drivingforce behind The Grodes , Manny penned garage rock cl...

Whatdo you do when you've spent 14 years climbing the wealth managementladder—managing over $500 million in client net worth—only to leave behindcorporate security to launch a media company from scratch? AdamTorres is a top podcaster, co-founder of Mission Matters Media , and the author of 1 Billion Podcasts: The Future of ALL Media . Afterwalking away from a lucrative career in financial serv...

Outof at least 27 known human species that evolved over the last 7 million years,why are Homo sapiens the only ones who survived? And are we currentlyengineering the very artificial intelligence that could make us extinct? ChipWalter is an award-winning author,documentary filmmaker, former CNN bureau chief, and National GeographicExplorer. His books—including Last ApeStanding , Thumbs,Toes and Tea...

Whatdoes it actually cost to climb from an entry-level position to the executivesuite while silently managing ADHD, autism, and hearing loss in corporateenvironments built for neurotypical conformity? RonaldSosa is a neuroinclusive leadershipcoach, international speaker, author of Rewriting the Rules , host of the Left Unattended podcast, and Executive Director of theUncharted Veterinary Conferenc...

Whathappens to a high-performing executive or leader when a major disruption ends,the adrenaline fades, but the heavy pressure to perform remains? SavioP. Clemente (NBC-HWC, ACC) is a TEDxspeaker, healthcare leadership strategist, journalist, and creator of the Adaptive Resilience Leadership framework. Havingconducted over 2,000 interviews with global thought leaders and survivingcancer twice (Sta...

Whatdo you do when you've built a million-dollar preschool empire from your livingroom, only for your newborn daughter’s medical crisis to force a choice betweencorporate success and family? JessicaDanel is a mom of three, author, andhost of the Jess Saying podcast. After building a thriving10,000-square-foot preschool business from scratch, Jessica faced aheart-wrenching series of events: the...

Whatdo you do when a decade-long career investment evaporates at age 53, leavingyou as an immigrant without a college degree, facing professional irrelevance? AndrewBrümmer is known as "The BusinessPolygraph"—an executive operator, fractional COO, author of You Decide and Leading Magnanimously , and co-founder of My Story Told . In March 2024, when a sudden corporatefunding crisis threat...

Whatdo you do when every attempt to control your life, fix your flaws, or forceprogress eventually ends in internal collapse and regression? RichardN. Smith is an author, coach, and thecreator of the Orbits of Consciousness framework. After spending yearstrying to manage life through force, Richard realized that human growth isn't alinear ladder to enlightenment—it’s a multidimensional movemen...

Whatdo you do when political revolution blocks your 10,000-mile motorcycle routefrom war-torn Belfast to Australia, forcing you to ride 50,000 miles in theopposite direction across Africa and South America? ChrisDonaldson is a serial entrepreneur,adventurer, and author of the bestselling book Going the Wrong Way . In 1979, at age 21, Chris set outfrom Belfast, Northern Ireland, on a Moto Guzzi mot...

Whatdo you do when you spend 30 years in tech sales making great money, only torealize that you derived zero joy from your career because you chased apaycheck instead of alignment? MikeWysocki is an award-winning author,speaker, and advocate for career readiness. Coming from a first-generation,low-income (FGLI) background, Mike entered tech sales simply because it waslucrative. After three decades...

Whatdoes it take to rebuild trust and culture when you inherit a team that iscompletely broken, burned out, and working 12-hour days in a "darkbasement"? KenMerritt is an enterprise strategist andexecutive advisor with over 30 years of experience advising Fortune 500boardrooms and C-suite leaders. Having guided major organizations throughmulti-billion-dollar initiatives and complex syste...

Whatif your business is losing thousands of dollars every month to hidden fees,complex merchant statements, and pricing traps that even CFOs fail to catch? JoeZahaitis is a 30-year payments industryveteran, founder of ZahaitisConsulting , and creator of The Payment Process . Refusing to sell paymentprocessing software or services, Joe operates as an independent advisor andeducator to help business...

Whatdo you do when you are hit with every major life challenge all at once—battlinga rare cancer diagnosis, managing severe chronic illness, and gettingfurloughed from your dream corporate job during a global pandemic? RachelMinion is a B2B marketing strategist,founder and CEO of Rockstarr& Moon , and founder of the non-profit organization Beyond Basic Needs . After spending over two decades i...

Whathappens when you write and oversee more than 70 episodes of HBO's iconic Tales from the Crypt , only to have your career derailduring a disastrous movie production—and ultimately find your true voice inpodcasting? AlanKatz is a veteran Hollywoodscreenwriter, producer, and audio storyteller. After shaping the voice of theCryptkeeper and guiding Talesfrom the Crypt into a global pop-culture...

Whatif your hardest life setbacks, heartbreaks, and defeats aren't the end of yourstory—but simply the training arc before your ultimate level-up? MichaelYearby is an active-duty Air ForceMaster Sergeant with 24 years of service, author of The Anime Mindset , and host of the Unfiltered Conversations podcast. Growing up on thetough streets of Miami, Michael joined the military to build a better...

Whathappens when an AV-rated corporate attorney, law firm partner, and businessowner realizes that winning in the courtroom isn't enough to prevent personalburnout and domestic imbalance? ArleneCohen Miller (JD, PCC) spent years inthe fast-paced, high-stakes world of creditors' rights and legal negotiation. Managing a young law practice while pregnant, going through a divorce, andraising h...

Whatif the exact physical and mental principles that allow a wrestler to control anopponent on the mat—leverage, position, pressure, and systems—are the exacttools needed to scale a business and win in the boardroom? CoachJake Shannon is the founder of Scientific Wrestling , a top business performance coachfor Grant Cardone’s 10X organization, and the creator of No1 Coaching . Spending over two de...

Whatif your late-night insomnia and inability to rest aren't just medicalissues—but a spiritual struggle to surrender control in a hyper-connectedworld? Dr. Benjamin Long is a dual board-certifiedsleep medicine physician, pediatrician, seminarian, and author of The Sleep Habits Journal: Practices, Prayers, & Devotions toEase Your Sleepless Nights . Observing that clinical treatments alonew...

Whathappens when you survive a season of total life implosion—facing divorce,near-bankruptcy, and a paralyzing stroke—only to rebuild a $4 million realestate portfolio using systems instead of stress? TrevorSchade is a real estate investor, LeanSix Sigma Black Belt, and self-described "ambitiously lazy"entrepreneur. After building a high-performing real estate team of 26 agents,Trevor re...

Whathappens when a career-ending injury shatters your dream of becoming aprofessional soccer player at age 17—forcing an identity crisis before you areeven old enough to vote? Dr. Jacopo Iasiello is a PhD inInternational Business, real estate mogul, CEO of Luxury and Wealth Group, andauthor of Healthy, Rich, and Happy . After losing his athleticfuture in Naples, Italy, Jacopo channeled his competi...

Whatif the most important engineering project of your life isn’t your career—butthe human being you are raising? NathanielA. Turner is a speaker, author, andcreator of the Life Template Method . After a high school guidancecounselor told him he was "not college material," Nathaniel built alife of academic achievement, earning degrees in law, accounting, and theology. Vowing that his chil...

Whatdoes it take to break an 8-year cycle of losing weight only to gain it back,and completely transform your health after 40? AllanMisner is a NASM Certified PersonalTrainer, Level II Master Health Coach, author of The Wellness Roadmap , and host of the 40+ Fitness Podcast . Before becoming a health expertliving in Bocas del Toro, Panama, Allan was a corporate executive weighing over250 pounds, t...