EP333: Ron Tank - The Moses of Wall Street
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“If you don’t do anything with it, then it can be taken away from you. So the end result is either you gain more or you keep none. And so we have a choice to make.” Wealth grows when stewardship meets action. Save first, invest intentionally, and improve your “ability” so you’re trusted with more. Momentum matters—get busy “at once,” compound wins, and cut losses. Markets reflect human behavior, so repeatable patterns appear; learn to read them and you’ll participate in business growth—without needing to run the business yourself. Wall Street isn’t just...
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EP332: Deon Patrick - Wrongful Conviction 20 Years
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“I was in prison for 21 years, one month, eight days.” Justice can fracture lives when incentives reward case-closure over truth. This conversation unpacks coerced confessions, buried evidence, and the long tail of consequences that follow an exoneration—housing denials, job barriers, and the quiet administrative ghosts that never fully clear. It’s also a study in resilience: knowledge, community investment, and purposeful work as a path forward. From the guest’s side, the story spans a 1992 double-homicide investigation, a cascade of forced statements, and 21...
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EP331: Anna Reger - From Mom To Manufacturer
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There’s a real thing called fight or flight… people freeze… And that is where I believe FlipLok can, yes, save lives” Sometimes the best ideas come from real-life problems. This episode explores how one parent turned fear into function by creating a standardized, easy-to-use safety system. It’s about designing under stress: keeping actions simple, empowering even the smallest hands, and ensuring protocols are consistent whether at home, school, or high-security institutions. Reger reveals how a lockdown drill at her daughter’s school exposed serious...
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EP330: Rhonda Britten - Fearless Living
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“There’s nothing wrong with you. It’s just fear.” Fear can quietly dictate the choices we make, often disguised as procrastination, perfectionism, judgment, or people-pleasing. Learning to identify these fear responses allows us to stop beating ourselves up and instead address the real cause. When fear is recognized for what it is, the cycle of self-blame can finally be broken. Rhonda Britten shares her powerful framework—the Wheel of Fear and the Wheel of Freedom—which helps uncover core fears and replace them with proactive, life-affirming behaviors. Through...
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EP329: Josh B. Morton – The Courage To Think For Yourself
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“Reaching your full potential requires that you be authentically yourself.” Breaking free from limiting systems starts with recognizing they exist. Many people live under invisible rules—whether imposed by culture, family, or belief—that dictate who they should be, what they should want, and how they should act. The real challenge is finding the courage to unlearn those inherited scripts, confront fear, and choose a path that aligns with your authentic self, even if it means losing the life you’ve always known. Josh B. Morton shares how growing up in a highly...
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EP328: Anthony Franco - How To Founder
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“It’s lonely, but you don’t have to be alone.” Most successful businesses don’t start with a grand plan—they begin as side hustles. Entrepreneurship isn’t always about venture capital, exits, or unicorn status. Often, it’s about following what excites you and figuring things out as you go. There’s a gritty, blue-collar reality to building something from scratch, where the courage to take one small step can open the door to ownership, impact, and freedom. Anthony Franco shares stories from building and exiting six companies, highlighting the overlooked truths...
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EP327: Tracey Napier - Get Changed
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“Most of us don’t know how much victimhood we have....I’m going to speak regardless of my voice.” Many people live trapped in beliefs and identities that were never truly theirs. This episode is about letting go of the victim story and reconnecting with the internal power we often silence—our intuition. Through practices like meditation, journaling, and tuning into subtle energetic impressions, we can begin to hear what life has always been trying to tell us. Tracy Napier shares her personal transformation from corporate exhaustion to becoming an intuitive life...
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EP326: Pericles Rellas - Resetting Your Financial Thermostat
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“Money is a mirror of our relationship with ourselves and the world around us.” Many people unknowingly sabotage their financial potential because of a hidden internal setting—what’s known as the financial thermostat. This subconscious setpoint dictates how much money you feel comfortable earning, keeping, or even spending. Until you uncover and reprogram it, your income will keep hitting the same ceiling. This episode reveals the four steps to reset your internal programming and let go of beliefs that block financial flow—like “money is the root of all evil” or “I’m...
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EP325: Debra Parks Root - Homeschooling To Harvard
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“Each child is different and learns differently.” Homeschooling isn’t just a backup plan—it can be a powerful, personalized education path that leads to extraordinary success. With the right tools, curriculum, and mindset, parents can create a customized learning environment that respects each child’s pace, learning style, and interests. This episode unpacks how to break free from the one-size-fits-all school model and empower children through flexibility, one-on-one attention, and creative structure. Deborah Parks Root shares her firsthand journey of homeschooling...
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EP324: Stephen Frankel - How To Start And Run A Successful Business
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"If you’re going to sell a business the business has got to be able to operate without you.” Starting and running a successful business isn’t about one lucky break—it’s about smart strategies, hard lessons, and being willing to do the janitor’s work when you’re the CEO. This episode lays out core entrepreneurial principles like spotting market gaps, reinvesting profits, and building systems that don’t depend on you. Stephen shares how a simple envelope business opened the door to packaging success—and how losing everything taught him his most valuable...
info_outline“We live in the world we choose, but we have to learn how to make choices.”
We’re used to thinking of literacy as reading and math—but what if the missing piece of success in life and business is emotional and mental literacy? The key idea here is simple: we’ve developed amazing tools to train actors to step fully into human emotion and psychology, and now it’s time to bring those same tools into real life. When we can systematically break down a moment and understand our environment, purpose, and obstacles, we stop running on autopilot and start acting with clarity and intention.
James Rojas Taylor brings a compelling case for treating personal growth like a craft—with structured tools and creative exploration. His blend of Stanislavski’s acting methods, self-created “suits,” and mental simulations opens the door for building empathy, sharpening awareness, and tackling both personal and global challenges. His insight? Emotional strength isn’t born—it’s trained, just like a muscle.
James Rojas-Taylor is a U.S. Marine veteran, actor, and author of All Your Best Selves. With over 20 years in performance and a passion for emotional intelligence, he blends philosophy, psychology, and playfulness to offer tools that help people live and lead with authenticity.
Learn more & connect:
Book: All Your Best Selves by James Rojas Taylor
https://www.tbcenterprises.com/about
Konstantin Stanislavski: Is considered the pioneer of modern acting. His emphasis on “living” a role instead of just “performing” it has shaped the acting methods used today. As he developed his acting system, Stanislavsky kept thorough notes, which were later published as a series of influential books—An Actor Prepares, Building a Character, and Creating a Role. These works became essential resources for actor training in both Russia and the United States.
Raymond Aaron has shared his vision and wisdom on radio and television programs for over 40 years. He is the author of over 100 books, including Branding Small Business For Dummies, Double Your Income Doing What You Love, Canadian best-seller Chicken Soup for the Canadian Soul, and he co-authored the New York Times best-seller Chicken Soup for the Parent’s Soul. Raymond’s latest, co-authored book is The AI Millionaire’s Path: Discover How ChatGPT‐Written Books Become Bestsellers and How They Can Make You a Millionaire Author!.