Why do some days feel like a 10 out of 10… and others feel like a complete failure?

In this episode of Confident Risks, we break down the concept of raising your floor instead of constantly chasing your ceiling. Most people focus on their best days, trying to maximize peak performance. But real personal growth, confidence, and long-term success come from improving your worst days.

We explore:

• Why consistency beats intensity

• How small daily wins raise your “accumulative average”

• Turning bad days into productive ones

• Avoiding the social media comparison trap

• Building discipline when motivation isn’t there

Instead of letting a rough morning spiral into a zero-out-of-ten day, we discuss practical strategies to reset, secure small victories, and build momentum. When you raise your baseline, your overall happiness, productivity, and resilience improve naturally.

This episode is for anyone looking to strengthen their mindset, build consistency, and create sustainable growth in business, fitness, leadership, or everyday life.

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Stay sharp. Stay resilient.

In this powerful first episode of Confident Risks, we sit down with Kevin Shea, retired firefighter from the Fire Department of the City of New York, for a real and unfiltered conversation about courage, leadership, and making high-stakes decisions under pressure.

Kevin shares firsthand experiences from his years serving in the FDNY, the mindset required to run toward danger, and the mental resilience it takes to lead when the pressure is on. From handling life-or-death situations to navigating personal and professional challenges, this episode dives deep into what it truly means to stop playing small and step into responsibility.

We discuss:
• Leadership in high-pressure environments
• Building mental toughness and resilience
• The discipline behind confidence
• Lessons learned from the fire service
• Turning adversity into growth

If you're interested in personal development, leadership, first responder stories, entrepreneurship mindset, or high-performance habits, this episode delivers practical insight and real-world experience.

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Most people are not stuck because they lack talent. They are stuck because they are playing scared.

In this episode, we dive into the fear that shows up before big decisions and why waiting to feel “ready” is often the very thing holding you back. From tough conversations to career moves and major life changes, growth requires courage long before confidence arrives.

You will walk away with a powerful framework for making decisions, trusting yourself, and focusing on solutions instead of worst-case scenarios. Because at the end of the day, the biggest risk is staying exactly where you are.

Stop overthinking. Stop hesitating. Bet on yourself and make the move.

Failure is unavoidable, but burning bridges does not have to be.

In this episode, we dive deep into how knee-jerk reactions, emotional responses, and impulsive decisions can permanently damage relationships and future opportunities. Drawing from experiences in sports, business, leadership, and everyday life, we explore why successful people pause before reacting and how the 24-hour rule can completely change the outcome of difficult situations.

This conversation covers:

• Why reacting emotionally often backfires

• How burning bridges can quietly limit your future

• The difference between internal boundaries and public reactions

• How to refocus energy on building new opportunities instead of dwelling on the past

If you want to become more resilient, more professional, and more successful in the long run, this episode will challenge how you think about conflict, failure, and growth.

Being proactive is one of the most underrated, and most powerful skills for success.

In this episode, we talk about why simply doing what you’re asked isn’t enough if you want to grow in your career, improve your family life, strengthen friendships, or build something meaningful. Success comes from thinking ahead, understanding the bigger picture, and becoming an asset instead of a liability.

Through real-world examples from business, leadership, family, and everyday life, this episode explores how proactive people stand out, move up faster, and create better outcomes for everyone around them.

If you’re looking for practical advice on how to level up your mindset, increase your value, and create more opportunities in every area of your life, this episode will challenge you to think differently, and act differently.

Be proactive. It won’t fail you.

Humility is often overlooked, but it may be the most powerful driver of real success.

In this episode, we explore how humility plays a critical role in leadership, business growth, family life, and personal development. From learning when to step back, to trusting people who are better than you, to having the confidence to say “I don’t know,” this conversation breaks down why humility strengthens teams and builds long-term success.

Through real-life examples from business, sports, and everyday life, we discuss servant leadership, delegation, trust, and why filling the gaps often matters more than standing in the spotlight.

If you’re looking to grow as a leader, build stronger relationships, or redefine what success looks like in your life, this episode will give you a new perspective on why humility truly wins.

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Being a team player is what brings success collectively to the people around you.

In this episode, we explore what it truly means to put yourself aside for the good of the team, whether that’s in your family, your business, or your friendships. Using real stories from sports, parenting, and leadership, this conversation breaks down why talent alone doesn’t build championship teams. Cohesion, accountability, and investment in others does.

You’ll hear why doing everything yourself actually holds your group back, how delegating builds stronger people, and why the most successful teams are made of individuals who care more about the group than their own ego. If you want to grow as a leader and create a healthier, more successful team around you, this episode will challenge the way you think.

What does success really mean, and how do you build it? In this episode, we explore the three universal pillars of success: discipline, gratitude, and competitiveness, and why missing even one can hold you back.

Through practical analogies and personal experience, this conversation breaks down how these pillars work together to create balance, growth, and long-term fulfillment. As a new year begins, this episode serves as a challenge to strengthen the pillar you’ve been neglecting and take ownership of your path forward.

What you do now determines how much freedom you’ll have later.

In this episode, we introduce The Funnel of Life. A simple but powerful way to think about discipline, priorities, and long-term success. Living at the wide end of the funnel may feel fun today, but it often leads to restriction, stress, and regret later. The people who win long term? They live at the narrow end first.

As we approach a new year, this episode is a challenge to take ownership, set standards, and start building the foundation that your future self and your family will thank you for.

Do the hard things now. Life gets easier later.

We all have moments we wish we could redo, but what if regret isn’t the problem?

In this episode of Confident Risks, Taylor dives deep into the idea of living with no regrets and why every decision, especially the uncomfortable ones, plays a role in shaping who we become. Through personal stories from professional athletics, career pivots, and everyday life, this episode explores how learning from the past is far more powerful than wishing it away.

If you’ve ever questioned a decision, cringed at a moment from your past, or wondered how different life could have been, this episode offers a mindset shift that helps you move forward with clarity, ownership, and confidence.