Everyday the universe finds lessons to teach, dreams to foil, and plans to ruin everything good. This isn’t because you have a certain level of “luck”. That would be too broad, the universe attacks you viciously in every angle at every chance to make you better. There is a purpose for how events occur and how you become affected by them. The universe knows the lessons you need to go through to test if you’re ready for the next level. 

In today’s episode Jeff goes solo for the first time since episode one. Jeff speaks about the three major gut punches that impacted him the most. Murphy (Adversity)  is a ruthless dog waiting to tear you to shreds. For Jeff, he learned quickly in his early and late teens by going through a few traumatic events that prepared him for when he became an adult. The main discussion is going to be focused on how important it is to take care of yourself before others, paying attention to whom you’re spending your time with, and how you’re investing that time.  When you get slapped in the face by life, what are the next steps you take to move forward? 

Jeff shares these experiences by himself to set the tone on how he built himself on track to become truly addicted to winning and discover his true worth.       

How To Get Involved:

Addicting to Winning connects listeners through stories that prove why mindset matters. Jeff Brekken was working a 60-hour week on his family’s farm by the time he was 10. When he wasn’t helping with the harvest, he was at the hockey rink. Jeff’s early life experiences taught him he needs to be either all-in or all-out.In 2000 he started a single-family home construction business and by 2008 he was looking for the next big thing. Jeff founded the Blue SKy Benefit Solutions & Rise Above HR/ Recruiting on top of a lifelong passion for helping people. Through this show, Jeff will take that passion one step further.

If you enjoyed this episode, head over and visit us on Apple Podcasts - leave a review and let us know what you thought! Your feedback keeps us going. Thanks for helping. 

 

You pay your way to an outcome that will never fill the void. Oftentimes people are so influenced by a name over someone who truly hustles. Consistency will allow you to do anything in this world.  Sometimes it takes a shorter amount of time to reach that business goal or achieve that skill you want– but it all comes with time. There is a false narrative that success is overnight. It goes back to the old saying “Rome wasn’t built in a day.” What’s your Rome? Do you want to influence or do you want to quit the moment you encounter adversity.    

Callye Keen is President of the “Red Blue Collective”, speaker, coach, and entrepreneur. Callye is based out of the Washington D.C./Baltimore area helping others reach their goals by finding innovative ways to help people save their money and time to grow their business.   

In this episode of Addicted To Winning Callye Keen gives the perspective of time and effort. Jeff and Callye will discuss the importance of reaching out to your inner circle (Not talking about friends). The main focus of this episode is to guide the baseline for your future investments to yourself. Callye will be speaking about how he grew into the person he is today by dedicating his time to learn from those who are many steps higher than he is.      

What You’ll Learn: 

• What the true definition of “failure” means
• Why investing your time with a mentor who is more successful is impactful    
• The techniques Callye uses to separate himself from the average entrepreneur   
• What makes focus leverage 
• Where you may be going wrong with the social media platforms you’re using
• The reason Callyes license plate says “Winner” and what the means to him 
• Why do people trade their time for money   
• How damaging it is to compare your success and failures to other people 
• Why Callye created a facebook post of the skills he has to teach other people 
• Why your mindset can greatly affect the way you do business
• And much more! 

FAVORITE QUOTE:

“Actions create opportunity, and then as we get those different levels of elevation we are able to see as we walk up the mountain what the true view of what the mountain range looks like. We can really see the valley, we can see all the peaks-we can see the art of the possible. ”

• Callye Keen  

 

Connect with Callye: LinkedIn Website

 

How To Get Involved:

Addicting to Winning connects listeners through stories that prove why mindset matters. Jeff Brekken was working a 60-hour week on his family’s farm by the time he was 10. When he wasn’t helping with the harvest, he was at the hockey rink. Jeff’s early life experiences taught him he needs to be either all-in or all-out.In 2000 he started a single-family home construction business and by 2008 he was looking for the next big thing. Jeff founded the Blue SKy Benefit Solutions & Rise Above HR/ Recruiting on top of a lifelong passion for helping people. Through this show, Jeff will take that passion one step further.

If you enjoyed this episode, head over and visit us on Apple Podcasts - leave a review and let us know what you thought! Your feedback keeps us going. Thanks for helping. 

 

The world revolves around the instant outcome. When people attempt a goal they sell themselves short. Usually everyone wants to be the shepard but ends up being the sheep. When you mine for the diamonds and constantly get stuck with iron, you quit before you realize you’re only a foot away from the prize.  

Alex Jeffrey’s (Mr.Leverage)  originally from the United Kingdom, moved to the United States is Founder of “Marketing with You”. He is also Co-Founder of  “Clients in Abundance”.  Alex is a serial entrepreneur, coach, and a father. Alex has been a business owner since the age of 20 bringing a smile to whomever he meets.  

In today’s episode Alex explains the true definition of gratification. Jeff and Alex go into the importance of character and sales.  They share a little about their upbringings, and dark moments that impacted them for the better. Alex talks about how people need to come to terms with the stuff they don’t want to confront or talk about. The truth is you never know who may need to hear your story or the advice they may carry.    

What You’ll Learn: 

• Why Alex’s divorce really impacted his mindset
• Alex’s journey with self sabotage    
• What makes validation deceptive   
• How being completely opposite in views with your business partner can be important 
• Why not researching into the use of technology for your business can be hurtful to yourself  
• Where relationships create the leads which gives you sales
• How Alex avoided 10 years in prison in his early 20s 
• When dealing with numbers why it’s important to throw out emotion    
• What shapes us to obtain a better character  
• Why confidence is a powerful tool 
• Why Alex was miserable showing off materialistic items
• The importance of delayed gratification  

FAVORITE QUOTE:

“We are all wounded children walking in adult bodies.  ”

• Alex Jeffreys  

 

Connect with Alex: 

Instagram

Facebook Group

Clients in abundance

How To Get Involved:

Addicting to Winning connects listeners through stories that prove why mindset matters. Jeff Brekken was working a 60-hour week on his family’s farm by the time he was 10. When he wasn’t helping with the harvest, he was at the hockey rink. Jeff’s early life experiences taught him he needs to be either all-in or all-out.In 2000 he started a single-family home construction business and by 2008 he was looking for the next big thing. Jeff founded the Blue SKy Benefit Solutions & Rise Above HR/ Recruiting on top of a lifelong passion for helping people. Through this show, Jeff will take that passion one step further.

If you enjoyed this episode, head over and visit us on Apple Podcasts - leave a review and let us know what you thought! Your feedback keeps us going. Thanks for helping. 

 

Today, Bennett Maxwell gives you a run down on his background of who he is and why his young business is rapidly growing. Jeff and Bennett also cover the topic of mental health, Standard operating procedures (SOP), and how to become more proactive when establisheing the foundation of your company. 

Bennett Maxwell is a serial entrepreneur and investor based out of Pleasant Grove, Utah. He’is the former co-founder of “Switch to Solar.” In June of 2021,  Bennett made the decision to leave the company and become the founder of “Dirty Dough” cookie company. Bennett also is the founder and owner of  Maxwell Real Estate.  

In this episode, Bennett and Jeff discuss how Bennett was able to build his current business “Dirty Dough” from the ground up in just eighteen months. They also both go over how important it is to make sure your employees are put first so that they feel appreciated.  

What You’ll Learn: 

• Why mental health should be put first
• The vision and drive Bennett had to expand his new business   
• What made Dirty Dough quickly stand out from competitors 
• How the standard operating procedures “SOP” are critical to the business
• The journey that made Bennett into the entrepreneur he is today
• How Bennett got involved in mental health foundations
• How Bennett created an item that no one else has in his industry
• Three important things to build you into an adaptive entrepreneur 
• What is your true networth without you in the equation 
• Why starting at a young age by making door to door sales boosted Bennett’s confidence and improved his business strategies 
• Bennett talks about how in 2021 he launched into an unexpected opportunity 
• And much more!

 

Favorite Quote:

“A true business has to run without you in it., so what is your NET if you have to replace yourself?"

• Bennett Maxwell 

 

Connect with Bennett: 

Facebook

Instagram

Website

Linkedin

 

How To Get Involved:

Addicted to Winning connects listeners through stories that prove why mindset matters. Jeff Brekken was working a 60-hour week on his family’s farm by the time he was 10. When he wasn’t helping with the harvest, he was at the hockey rink. Jeff’s early life experiences taught him he needs to be either all-in or all-out.

In 2000 he started a single-family home construction business and by 2008 he was looking for his next big thing. Jeff founded the Blue Sky Benefit solutions & RIse Above HR/Recruiting on top of a lifelong passion for helping people. Through this show, Jeff will take that passion one step further. 

If you enjoyed this episode, head over and visit us on Apple Podcasts - leave a review and let us know what you thought! Your feedback keeps us going. Thanks for helping.

As Jeff and Jon dive into this episode, you will learn alot about what it truly means to focus on the basics. There will be learning tools and mindset tools that you may never have thought of using before. The simplicity of operations and situations in life can become difficult to separate from reality. At the end of the day everyone overthinks common sense. 

Jon Paramore is a lead integrator, consultant, who also has been a business owner for the past twenty-two years. He is also the founder of The Smash Co. where they specialize in taking control of your contracting business. Smash Co. works with entrepreneurs providing services such as coaching, marketing sales, operations, and recruiting.  

In this episode, Jon and Jeff discuss the importance of learning new versions of yourself and your character. Jon adds onto this topic by discussing how refinement can be beneficial. How many times are you willing to schedule potential failure and pain to become successful? 

What You’ll Learn: 

• Why we control a vast majority of what happens to us
• The tenacity Jon carries in himself  
• What it means to be a leader
• How the basic fundamentals will benefit you further than raw talent 
• Common sense is the most important tool you need
• How taking a break can be detrimental to yourself and your business 
• How failure can help you appreciate the wins
• Three important things that will carry you further than most people
• Jon’s perspective on leveraging both time and energy in a efficient manner 
• Why a visit with Adam Smith opened his mind to explore the true meaning of being a mentor
• Jon talks about a moment in 2009 that he will never forget 
• And much more!

FAVORITE QUOTE:

“Success doesn’t reward the wrong people. ”

• Jon Paramore 

 

Connect with Jon: 

Facebook

Instagram

The Smash Co. 

Podcast

 

How To Get Involved:

Addicted to Winning connects listeners through stories that prove why mindset matters. Jeff Brekken was working a 60-hour week on his family’s farm by the time he was 10. When he wasn’t helping with the harvest, he was at the hockey rink. Jeff’s early life experiences taught him he needs to be either all-in or all-out.

In 2000 he started a single-family home construction business and by 2008 he was looking for his next big thing. Jeff founded the Blue Sky Benefit solutions & RIse Above HR/Recruiting on top of a lifelong passion for helping people. Through this show, Jeff will take that passion one step further.    If you enjoyed this episode, head over and visit us on Apple Podcasts - leave a review and let us know what you thought! Your feedback keeps us going. Thanks for helping.

 

Data is a huge business. Everything you think, see, do, your purchasing habits, your preferences in brands of goods are all for sale to the highest bidder.  Companies pay great money for this data. They invest in clever campaigns and tactics at all costs to obtain this data and leverage to get into the lives of consumers around the world starting with YOU. 

Dave Caroll is Founder and CEO of Dope Marketing, based out of Minnesota helping companies as big as Nike, TiVo, Ashley Furniture, and thousands of small businesses engage, connect, and convert their target avatars to kool-aid drinking consumers of your brand, business, products, and services. 

This episode is a firestarter for anyone in business who has been trying to crack the code and answer the age-old question of, “Where are my clients?” Dave and Jeff jump into the episode sharing their common bond of being Minnesotans. Dave shares a lot from his childhood including being shuffled to over 9 high schools due to fights, relocation, and family disruptions.  He talks a little about his early years of going into business moving tons of “dope” to a tune of over a million dollars by the time he was 17.  Jeff asks about the pivotal moment that took Dave from the Dope game to Data.  Dave lays out the best way to center in on your avatar and how you can use direct mail to find your target audience simply by compiling specific data. Jeff and Dave talk about a couple of books and influences that have helped shape the lives of many people in business. They discuss why passion and execution are the secrets to dominating in life.  Dave shares one specific book that will help make you a better copywriter overnight. 

Bring your pads and pens. Class is in session!  

What You’ll Learn: 

• How Dave started Dope Marketing 
• What D.O.P.E stands for and why you should leverage in your business
• One company Dave has owned for 12 years that he hasn’t stepped foot in for 5 years
• A deep psychological trick to help you connect with people on all levels
• Why it’s important to look at the behavioral-driven data, life event data and use it in your business
• What Dope Marketing discovered about the demographics of people such as Nike, Ashley Furniture, and Tivo
• One book that suggests how to measure how much you can charge versus how much you can make 
• How old Dave was when he was counting a million dollars in a hotel room
• The number of times Dave’s dad was married 
• How many high schools Dave attended and why 
• A big breakthrough after prison that led to Dave creating a company generating $2M per year
• How Dave took dope and turned it into data and created legacy-building enterprises 
• Why getting real specific in your water can lead you to the honey-pot of success

• And much more! 

  

Favorite Quote:

“I saw very quickly that we could get audiences to match very well into Facebook by associating cell phone numbers and multiple emails and when Facebook would take away targeting like FICO score, or income or homeowner status, I’d go get a direct mail list and enhance them to a bunch of other databases and get it to 80%-90%. These experts were like, “Who the fuck are you, dude?” I was like, “I don’t know, you wanna buy some data? Let’s figure some shit out.”

• Dave Carroll

Connect With Dave: 

Dope Marketing 

Facebook- Dope Marketing

How to Get Involved:

Addicted to Winning connects listeners through stories that prove why mindset matters. Jeff Brekken was working a 60-hour week on his family’s farm by the time he was 10. When he wasn’t helping with the harvest, he was at the hockey rink. Jeff’s early life experiences taught him he needs to be either all-in or all-out. 

In 2000 he started a single-family home construction business and by 2008 he was looking for his next big thing. Jeff founded the Blue Sky Benefit Solutions & Rise Above HR/Recruiting on top of a lifelong passion for helping people. Through this show, Jeff will take that passion one step further.

If you enjoyed this episode, head over and visit us on Apple Podcasts - leave a review and let us know what you thought! Your feedback keeps us going. Thanks for helping. 

Public speaking still tops the list of one of the most terrifying things people can do. Imagine being in a room, on a stage in front of 1,000 people. What would you say? Would you walk around on the stage, or stand at attention? For most people, they would prefer death over having to speak publicly in a room with even 10 people in it. 

Philip Sessions is founder of “Speaking Sessions” and is a motivational speaker who is focused on helping develop executive level clients to become dynamic speakers from boardroom presentations to speaking on stage in front of thousands of people. He’s a podcaster, father, and is happily married. 

Jeff and Philip break open the episode with a very direct discussion about the fear of public speaking and how most people would prefer death. Philip shares how he was shy and often overlooked as a child.  He talks about his experience working as an engineer, eventually making his way intentionally into HR to acquire more personal development and training.  Jeff and Philip connect on HR and share some wisdom on how to properly train and groom employees for success without the fear of them leaving.  Philip has an interesting story about Toastmasters and the confines which didn’t allow him to deploy his career in that direction due to limitations.  The conversation turns to discussing business, being a visionary, and why it’s important to learn the art of delegation and surrendering control in order to grow and scale. This is a great episode dripping with diamonds of wisdom. 

 

What You’ll Learn: 

• Why the ego and bad tequila will get in the way of you growing your business
• Some side effects of just thinking about public speaking including the sweats, shaky voice, and how to build confidence
• Some psychological tricks you can deploy to help you overcome your fear of speaking in public 
• Why executives become worse at public speaking and presentation the higher up the ladder they rise
• Jeff shares how having a podcast has helped him become a better and more confident public speaker
• What addicted to winning means to Philip
• How Philip overcame his shyness as a young man, especially in dating
• The many iterations of Philip from working in engineering, HR, and training
• Why engineering wasn’t the path to impact 
• What made Philip decide to jump into personal development and training 
• Why training employees is more important than simply paying them tons of money
• How to handle an employee who wants to leave your company
• Some of Philip’s favorite mentors and speakers in today’s atmosphere of personal development and leadership
• Why business owners and visionaries are not willing to give up control and how it’s impeding their progress

• And much more! 

  

Favorite Quote:

“Some people would rather be in that casket as opposed to giving that eulogy on getting on a stage. Depending on who it is, they may prefer death over speaking in front of people.”

-Phillip Sessions 

 

Connect With Phillip: 

 Facebook

LinkedIn

Speaking Sessions 

Speak Sessions Podcast

How to Get Involved:

Addicted to Winning connects listeners through stories that prove why mindset matters. Jeff Brekken was working a 60-hour week on his family’s farm by the time he was 10. When he wasn’t helping with the harvest, he was at the hockey rink. Jeff’s early life experiences taught him he needs to be either all-in or all-out. 

In 2000 he started a single-family home construction business and by 2008 he was looking for his next big thing. Jeff founded the Blue Sky Benefit Solutions & Rise Above HR/Recruiting on top of a lifelong passion for helping people. Through this show, Jeff will take that passion one step further.

If you enjoyed this episode, head over and visit us on Apple Podcasts - leave a review and let us know what you thought! Your feedback keeps us going. Thanks for helping. 

Everyone learns, experiences, and grows in life differently. Some people figure things out after making one mistake, and others take longer than most.  Sometimes, the fastest transformations don’t come until we hit our 40s or 50s. We carry lies we were told as children, often times, forgetting to update our belief system through the course of our lives. This is where we get stuck. Holding on to past hurts. Being unwilling to forgive and liberate ourselves from useless emotions of fear, shame, and guilt. The great news is, those who have figured it out have been successful in helping others break through these emotionally handicaps.  Today’s guest is one of those people.

Michelle Fuller is Founder of One Bold MF and is a transformation coach, lifestyle engineer, speaker, and contributing author who works with women to help them kick fear to the curb and finally get to making a commitment to the one person who matters most…………themselves.

Jeff and Michelle have a great conversation leading into today’s episode talking about the how the meaning of addicted to winning is choosing incredible over mediocre.  She shares how over much of her life, she chose to settle because she didn’t know she had a choice. Michelle cites having no regrets in her life leading up to the present day.  Jeff highlights Michelle’s company name and she shares how she helps women purse through their blockages from the past. Michelle gets vulnerable sharing her relationship with her mother.  She makes the connections of how her mindset kept her from flourishing in relationships with men.  Michelle uncovers some pivotal moments that finally released her from attracting the same type of man, and the hurts of the past that kept her stuck in life starting with choosing forgiveness.   

 

What You’ll Learn: 

• The impact of the death of Michelle’s mother 
• How many times Michelle was married in 10 years and how many children she had
• Why you shouldn’t be afraid of fear 
• What it truly means to be authentic and the process Michelle used to find her unique voice
• How much Michelle weighed when she graduated from high school 
• The stories Michelle told herself about the nature of men and why she kept attracting the same type of men 
• One thing that kept Michelle going through the turmoil of her 20s as a 2x divorced single mom
• A moment the therapist revealed how Michelle could change who she was and who was at the center of her suspended animation in life 
• One pivotal conversation Michelle had with a former boyfriend that liberated her from a life-suffocating cycle
• Why it’s important to forgive those who wrong you immediately

• And much more! 

  

Favorite Quote:

 “I’m never going to say that I’m comfortable with people hating me. Noone is comfortable with that. That is a lie, but I can be comfortable with the feeling and then letting it go, and then realizing at the end of the day, it has nothing to do with me. It has everything to do with them and I’m just going to keep doing what I feel is right. As long as I’m in integrity, I have no problem with what you think of me.”   

• Michelle Fuller   

 

Connect With Michelle: 

Facebook

Instagram 

One Bold MF

Book: The Greatest Lessons I Learned from My Mom 

 

How to Get Involved:

Addicted to Winning connects listeners through stories that prove why mindset matters. Jeff Brekken was working a 60-hour week on his family’s farm by the time he was 10. When he wasn’t helping with the harvest, he was at the hockey rink. Jeff’s early life experiences taught him he needs to be either all-in or all-out. 

In 2000 he started a single-family home construction business and by 2008 he was looking for his next big thing. Jeff founded the Blue Sky Benefit Solutions & Rise Above HR/Recruiting on top of a lifelong passion for helping people. Through this show, Jeff will take that passion one step further.

If you enjoyed this episode, head over and visit us on Apple Podcasts - leave a review and let us know what you thought! Your feedback keeps us going. Thanks for helping. 

Life is simple.  People make it complicated. Along our journeys, we’re taught that it’s a fairy tale. The agenda is lined out for us starting in school.  There are new rules to learn. New structures.  Processes we’re told to follow without questioning the reason why. Go to school. Make good grades. Go to college and find a good job you can work for the remainder of your life. Find someone to start a family with, get married, and sacrifice a good portion of your life raising your family. Today’s episode is going to give you a peek inside what it looks like to break with the conventional deadening of our society and the work required to rebuild a new you. 

Kirstin Smith is the founder of Kirstin Smith Coaching, working with women to find their path back to their true selves through mindset, fitness, self-development, and business. She and her husband Jeff live in the Houston area with their 4 children. 

Jeff and Kirstin jump in as most great friends do and start catching up on some of the developments that have occurred over the last 2 years of Kirstin’s life. They talk about politics and she shares a unique perspective on why her political party isn’t listed on the ballot. Kirstin shares how she started her college education as a ballerina, only to have it take her to the middle east where she discovered the truth about the world.  Kirstin discusses the responsibility she put on everyone else to show up a certain way for her in her life. She talks about having children, raising them, and taking back control from the government structures that exist in public education. Jeff and Kirstin discuss marriage and the many bumps in the road that come up along the way, and how she and her husband now level them before they even show up.  Kirstin shares some pretty powerful emotional and mental things she experienced along her journey to self-improvement and the revelation that changed the trajectory of her living her best life as a mom, wife, business owner, and an empowered woman set on doing one thing……….help other women escape the abyss of their lives and recreate it anew.    

 

What You’ll Learn:

 

• One of the biggest takeaways about adversity that came to Kirstin 30,000 feet in the sky on a flight back from a recent trip; the losses, the setbacks, etc. 
• Why Kirstin decided to leave her studies as a ballerina and made a pivot into Poly-science and religious studies
• Kirstin talks about her journeys to the middle east in disguise with middle eastern men asking about subversive text 
• Kristin talks about her early days while she was dating her husband and the long conversation she had with some federal agents
• Kirstin shares what it means to be a raging anarchist and why you shouldn’t be scared
• The role Kirstin played once she quit her P.h.D. program and how long she ended up staying before she quit
• The psychological roller coaster Kirstin went on once she started having babies 
• Huge takeaways about some of the stories we tell ourselves and how they can derail a marriage 
• The power of networking with like-minded people
• Why Kirstin and her husband homeschool their children
• How communication and being an effective communicator can make or break your marriage
• One thing Kirstin did that allowed her to start her own business, become a beast with time management, and how she and her husband cemented their marriage last year

• And much more! 

  

Favorite Quote:

“We had baby number 4. I’m like, I don’t know what’s going to happen here. And I had this realization that I can’t control how everyone else in my life is going to show up. I’ve been trying to do it for a decade, and it’s not working out, so I’m going to do something different. I decided to be the best version of me. I started going to the gym on a regular basis.  I got my nutrition dialed in and took responsibility for it. No one was going to show up at the door, and say, “Here’s a hotter body that you ordered.” No, it takes work. I had only been bitching. I started working and got into the best shape of my life.”

• Kirstin Smith  

 

Connect With Kirstin: 

Facebook

Instagram 

Book:  “Confessions of an Unhappy Housewife”

 

How to Get Involved:

Addicted to Winning connects listeners through stories that prove why mindset matters. Jeff Brekken was working a 60-hour week on his family’s farm by the time he was 10. When he wasn’t helping with the harvest, he was at the hockey rink. Jeff’s early life experiences taught him he needs to be either all-in or all-out. 

In 2000 he started a single-family home construction business and by 2008 he was looking for his next big thing. Jeff founded the Blue Sky Benefit Solutions & Rise Above HR/Recruiting on top of a lifelong passion for helping people. Through this show, Jeff will take that passion one step further.

If you enjoyed this episode, head over and visit us on Apple Podcasts - leave a review and let us know what you thought! Your feedback keeps us going. Thanks for helping. 

Sometimes we hang on to people, things, and habits longer than necessary.  We focus on saving things that we allowed to grow stale, old, or failed to maintain to begin with. We think if we spend a little more time doing something, we’ll be able to restore something to its pure and original state. More does note necessarily mean more. Sometimes, you have to decide to quit and go in a different direction. 

Nikki Corson is the Owner and CEO of Roof Crafters, and the founder of the brand Prissy Nikki, keeping ladies looking lovely with lush lashes, and the host of the podcast Life Amplified. She’s a dynamic force of nature, mother of 2 beautiful daughters, and a serial entrepreneur who has come to share the journey that led her to leave that which didn’t serve her with grace and a fiery work ethic that would take her to the entrepreneurial rooftop. 

Jeff and Nikki dive in deep immediately today as she shares her addiction to winning and the multitude of answers she has to that question. Nikki talks about some of the ignorance in believing she can do everything, even though she falls short many times.  Nikki goes on to share why she left her marriage with only her daughters and the things she could fit in her car.  She talks about how being a bold “line-crosser” who doesn’t take no for an answer.  Nikki talks about something she’s struggling with at this current moment that is literally shutting her body down.  She talks about the beauty of being an entrepreneur and the “balance” she has created. 

 

What You’ll Learn:

 

• The opposite of imposter syndrome
• Why Nikki is unfuckwithable
• How long Nikki was married compared to her Mother
• One study that reveals what happens after 35 hours of work for most people
• The surprisingly kind things she has to say about her ex-husband
• Why Nikki believed she could change her husband and the revelations uncovered during this process
• A revelation from retired Superbowl Champion Setema Gali Jeff and Nikki heard at a recent conference they attended 
• What Prissy Nikki is and why Nikki decided to start this brand 
• The types of people Nikki is ultimately interested in being around and having around in her life
• A hilarious prank Nikki played on her sister that left glitter everywhere
• Two things Nikki doesn’t find attractive at all
• How to connect with Nikki

• And much more! 

  

Favorite Quote:

“I think I can do everything. I’m not scared to take more things on and so when I say that’s bad, sometimes I end up running myself into the ground cause I don’t know when to stop. I do realize that’s an issue and I’m working with mentors to stop that vicious cycle of crash and burn kind of thing to where I just go and my body literally just shuts down.”

-Nikki Corson  

 

Connect With Nikki: 

Facebook

Instagram 

Prissy Nikki 

Roof Crafters

 

How to Get Involved:

Addicted to Winning connects listeners through stories that prove why mindset matters. Jeff Brekken was working a 60-hour week on his family’s farm by the time he was 10. When he wasn’t helping with the harvest, he was at the hockey rink. Jeff’s early life experiences taught him he needs to be either all-in or all-out. 

In 2000 he started a single-family home construction business and by 2008 he was looking for his next big thing. Jeff founded the Blue Sky Benefit Solutions & Rise Above HR/Recruiting on top of a lifelong passion for helping people. Through this show, Jeff will take that passion one step further.

If you enjoyed this episode, head over and visit us on Apple Podcasts - leave a review and let us know what you thought! Your feedback keeps us going. Thanks for helping.