Building Excellence

#70: Jeremy Hudson is the CEO & partner at Specialized Real Estate Group. He leads the company, playing a key role in design and development of new projects and leading the property management division. 

Since 2002, he has been involved in all facets of real estate in Northwest Arkansas including brokerage, design, development, and construction. He speaks nationally about the importance of building for health and sustainability. He is a member of the inaugural Urban Land Institute 40 Under 40. Jeremy is a graduate of John Brown University with a degree in Construction Management and Business Administration.

On the show he dives into his own story of how he got into real estate, thoughtful and sustainable development, humility, servant leadership, building a culture, and much more. Be sure to take lots of notes and enjoy the show! 

#69: Chad Busick is an author, speaker, & host of the Championship Mindset podcast. He is a former collegiate soccer player and graduated with a degree in Psychology. Today he works with sports, business, and education teams, providing leadership, team, and culture, development. Chad brings a unique combination of experience and education which includes 20+ years in corporate sales, 15 years coaching competitive sports and over 7+ years leading various workshops and trainings. He is a Master Facilitator with Advance Sports Technology as well as a Power of Positive Leadership Certified Trainer with the Jon Gordon Companies. 

On the show he gives you a masterclass on how to building a championship mindset and what is means to realize your full potential. On top of those key topics he dives into developing a game plan, staying in your land, and running your race, comparison, pride, creating standards, leadership, and much more! 

Take notes and be sure to check out Chad’s book the Rock Tumbler and his podcast The Championship Mindset where he has guests like NFL great Kurt Warner and many more dive into the topic of a championship mindset. 

#68: Connor Baxter is the lead pastor of Onward Community Church in Frisco, Texas.

On the show Connor dives into his own story of growing up. Connor was a great athlete and ultimately had an opportunity to wrestle at Oklahoma State, but in high school he found himself in trouble often. His life began to change when he encountered and started building a relationship with Christ. He also talks about the importance of who you surround yourself with and how it can ultimately direct the course of your life. After college he felt led to venture into ministry first at Watermark Church in Dallas and now as the lead pastor at Onward. 

We cover a lot of ground such as: how and why to eliminate distractions and discouragements from your life, mission driven leadership, building margin in your day, be present and focusing on doing the next right thing, building culture & community, faith, what it means to be a good husband and father, and a lot more. 

Be sure to take notes and enjoy the show!

#67: Sean Kouplen is currently the chairman and CEO of Regent Bank. Not only has he exceeded the billion dollar mark in his business, but most recently he served as the Oklahoma Secretary of Commerce, hosts his own podcast the Kingdom Driven CEO, has authored multiple books, leads the Ascend Executive Leadership Institute, and most importantly is a great husband and father. Those are just a few of the many things he does. 

If you are like many people and wondering how do you do all of those things? Don’t worry because in this episode Sean shares his story and the principles that have enabled him to do so. 

There is no doubt Sean’s drive and work ethic have helped him excel, but more importantly he shares about doing the best you possibly can, time management, empowering others, being intentional, delegating, and being a great husband and father. 

He shares so much great insight so be sure to take notes and enjoy the show! 

#66: Clay Wilson is currently on the mens basketball coaching staff at the University of North Texas. Before North Texas he was an assistant coach at Cornell University. 

Clay grew up with a dream to coach and from a young age he started pursing that dream as a player. He was extremely dedicated to reaching his potential as a player and starting early on during his playing career he consistently got to the gym each day and made 1,000 shots. He did that every day until he retired from professional just a few years ago. That consistent work ethic and discipline enabled him to be one of the all time best shooters in the state of Oklahoma, play college basketball at Princeton University, and then professionally overseas in Germany, New Zealand, and Latvia. 

Clay dives into his story of pursuing his dreams, learning from people ahead of you, overcoming obstacles, being uncommon, and leading by example with a servants heart. 

Enjoy the show! 

#65: Tyler Thorne is the Sales Manager for Vivint Smart Home. He has managed over 18 million in direct sales, trained over 100’s of sales employees, and has a tremendous business mind for growing and scaling. He also hosts a podcast called The Money Game, which is all about normalizing personal finance talk and breaking the taboo barriers around money to rebuild your relationship with money.

We cover a lot of ground on the show. He talks about growing up and always having an entrepreneurship mindset. Ty elaborates on what it looks like to scale your business and develop systems, but much more than that he dives into what it means to take control of your life by controlling the controllables and much more! 

And as you can see on the show and through his own podcast he has a tremendous passion to help expose people to understanding the concepts of economic self reliance and independence, so that people can take control of their money and their life!

This is a great one so get your notebook ready and be prepared to take a lot of notes! Enjoy the show! 

#64: Luke Pent is the Co-Founder of Jetstream Oil & Gas, as well as Jetstream Capital, based in Fort Worth, Texas. In 2004 Luke formed Pent Energy. Since then he has been active in Texas and Oklahoma on both operating and service sectors of the oil and gas industry. 

On the show we dive into Luke's story of entrepreneurship and starting companies. He talks in depth about taking calculated risk and how to do that, embracing failure and changing your mindset, what it means to be a good leader, and we dive into his faith and what really matters most to him. 

Enjoy the show!

#63: Jimmy Dykes is a college basketball analyst for ESPN. He became an on air personality for ESPN's coverage of mens college basketball in 1995, serving as both a game and studio analyst. 

Dykes was a three year letterman in basketball at the University of Arkansas. He then transitioned into college coaching, spending time as an assistant men's coach at the University of Kentucky, Oklahoma State University, Appalachian State University, UALR, Sacramento State University, and Arkansas, where he later became the head coach of the women's program. He is a popular motivational speaker for companies, organizations, teams, and faith based groups across the country. His popular book "The Film Doesn't Lie" is a must read for those wanting to deepen an authentic walk with God. We dive into that and much more on the show.

Enjoy the show!

#62: Jan Thetford is a National Sales Director for Mary Kay. Jan grew up in Lubbock, Texas and eventually chose to go to college at Texas Tech University. After a career change she ended up working at Mary Kay. From there she has gone on to have a tremendous career. 

On the show she dives into her story, sales, leadership, mindset, integrity, building a culture, purpose, faith & family. She has so many great principles to share! 

Enjoy the show!

#61: Today we have Damon West on the show. Damon is a best selling author, keynote speaker, and college professor. He travels all over speaking to teams, many of which you’ve heard of, such as Alabama & Clemson football, the Dallas Cowboys, businesses, schools, and many other organizations all over the country. But what is really amazing is his story before he started doing all of this. Damon was sentenced to 65 years in prison. 

Damon grew up in a great home with loving and supportive parents, however early on he got into substance abuse and addiction. This compounded by the time his was the starting QB at the University of North Texas. After a serious injury sidelined him from playing he turned to addiction, which ultimately led to him being arrested and sentenced to life in prison. 

I know his story will resonate and inspire you to be a coffee bean and a change agent in your own life. 

Enjoy the show!