The Hidden Reason Businesses Stop Scaling With Ashley Bright
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#538- Ashley Bright is a former advertising creative director turned entrepreneur and co-founder of Makertank, a platform designed to help founders build sustainable businesses with the right systems and support. After spending 15 years in the agency world working with major brands like Microsoft and Amazon, Ashley began to question the traditional path of success, especially after a pivotal career setback and the perspective shift that came with becoming a parent. That turning point led to a deeper exploration of storytelling, communication, and ultimately entrepreneurship, where Ashley has...
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Why High Performers Still Feel Stuck With Leila Entezam
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#537- Leila Entezam is a neuroemotional intelligence expert, executive coach, and author of . With a unique background in neuroscience, business, and psychology, she helps high performers understand the deeper patterns behind their behavior so they can make more intentional decisions and perform at a higher level.
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How to Create Lasting Change in Your Life and Career With Richard Boyatzis
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#536: Richard Boyatzis is a distinguished university professor at Case Western Reserve University and one of the world’s leading experts on intentional change and emotional intelligence. With degrees from MIT and Harvard, he has spent nearly six decades researching how people and organizations can create lasting, positive transformation. Richard is the author and co-author of ten books, including the international bestseller , , and his newest release . His work blends neuroscience, psychology, and organizational behavior to uncover how vision, renewal, and resonant relationships drive real...
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Building Your Bravery Muscle with Jill Schulman
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#535: Jill Schulman is a former U.S. Marine Corps officer turned leadership development expert and founder of Breakthrough Leadership Group. Drawing on a deep background in psychology, neuroscience, and behavioral science, she blends rigorous research with practical strategies to help individuals and teams cultivate resilience, increase performance, and enhance well‑being through the science of bravery. Her upcoming book, , offers accessible, evidence‑based tools to help you develop a courageous mindset, take bold action, and build meaningful support systems. Jill’s philosophy is simple...
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How To Turn Adversity Into a Life of Impact With Chason Forehand
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#534: Chason Forehand is a mission-driven leader who turned a turbulent childhood, addiction, and homelessness into a blueprint for building a life of impact. After a pivotal moment of compassion from a chef who helped him get clean, Chason committed himself to paying it forward. In this episode, he shares the practical steps and lessons he’s learned, from overcoming adversity and silencing your inner critic to creating sustainable change through his nonprofit, Transformation Kitchen. As host of the Time to Change podcast, Chason continues to spotlight strategies for making a difference in...
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Break Free From Burnout and Build a Life That Works for You With Scott Raven
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#533: Scott Raven is a former Fortune 500 executive turned liberation expert who helps overwhelmed entrepreneurs escape the cycle of burnout and build businesses that support their lives, not consume them. After experiencing his own breaking point and trading one “prison” for another in his first business venture, Scott developed the Liberation Framework: a strategic system rooted in the Six Dimensions of Freedom, from time sovereignty and operational independence to sustainable success. Through Corvus Empowerment Solutions, Scott now guides founders in designing work that aligns with who...
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How to Build a Solo Business That Funds Your Dream Life With Joe McKay
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#532: Joe McKay is an Australian business coach and solopreneur mentor who helps founders and solo business owners build thriving, opportunity-generating brands. After leaving a secure government job in Australia, Joe relocated his family to France, where he grew a six-figure solo business by overcoming his own fears of posting online and sharing his voice. Today, he specializes in helping busy founders and consultants create high-impact thought leadership content, while coaching solopreneurs to move from content to conversations to conversions. Joe’s clients have landed six-figure deals,...
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Embracing Change and Building Social Muscles with Henna Pryor
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#531 - Henna Pryor, CSP is a dynamic Workplace Performance Expert who speaks and writes about performance mindset, interpersonal dynamics, high-impact communication, and embracing bumps in a world that keeps optimizing for smoothness. She is a regular for Inc. Magazine, 18x award-winning author of , and an in-demand global keynote speaker. Her playful personality and insightful talks blend 2 decades of working with corporate leaders and teams with a fresh, science-based approach to taking more strategic risks and boosting social and mental fitness for success at work. Her...
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How To Take A Transformational Life Break With Katrina McGhee
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#530: Katrina McGhee is a Career Break and Sabbatical Expert, creator of the Break Blueprint, and the author of . As a certified master coach with an MBA, Katrina helps mid-career professionals create happier, more fulfilling lives by designing bold and transformational breaks. Her clients return from their breaks recharged, inspired, happily-employed and forever changed. On their time off, her 60+ clients have traveled the world, launched a business, changed careers and more. Katrina's work was inspired by her own 20-month career break where she saved $40,000 in just 18 months to quit...
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How To Uncage Yourself - The Right Way With Matt Doan
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#529: Matt Doan is a transformational coach and entrepreneur dedicated to helping senior professionals break free from the constraints of corporate life and build sustainable, purpose-driven businesses online. After spending a decade climbing the corporate ladder in management consulting, he faced a personal crisis that forced him to reevaluate his path. Determined to reclaim his life, he immersed himself in entrepreneurship, coaching, and high-level mastermind programs, ultimately developing a proven system for transitioning from corporate roles to entrepreneurial freedom without unnecessary...
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I thought a lot about how we can build our capacity to take action towards what WE want.
That can seem scary because we fear what other people will think, and we think we are RISKING a lot.
After all, if what we want is different than our peers, doesn't that make us an outsider? Weird? A loner?
We've all heard the expression “no risk no reward.”
But if you’re not learning to take risk, you’re missing out on much more:
No risk no confidence.
No risk no growth.
No risk no learning.
No risk no momentum.
No risk no change.
No risk no freedom.
No risk no happiness.
Somehow our society has stripped away our ability to do bold things.
Helicopter parents
Politicians
Professors
Bosses
“Advisors”
Counselors
They’re all well meaning, but conditioned by their own programming. Still reliant on their evolutionary brain: avoid danger at all cost.