Dropping Bombs

This episode was sponsored by Cardiff & Apex Performance Longevity Group LLC

LightSpeed VT: https://www.lightspeedvt.com/

Dropping Bombs Podcast: https://www.droppingbombs.com/

Today's Dropping Bombs episode delivers hard-won expertise with Shahin Amirpour, the performance and recovery specialist who spent over a decade experimenting on himself with peptides, stem cells, and recovery protocols before he ever sold a single client on any of it.

Shahin breaks down why the FDA keeps healing compounds in a gray area, how Chinese labs are flooding the peptide market with knockoffs, and why he's walking away from the Apex Peptides brand he built after copycats diluted it. He's pivoting instead into high-level coaching and a new performance clinic in Newport Beach.

Most people chasing better health have no idea if what they're taking has actually been tested on a real person first. This episode will change who you trust with your body, and how you treat it.

🔗 Connect with Shahin

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sheenerhealth

✅ Additional Resources

Website: https://apexpeptides.com

SheenerHealth: https://www.sheenerhealth.com

CU Glow - skincare line: https://cu-glow.com/

Watch the full-length video version of any Dropping Bombs episode here on YouTube.

The views expressed in this episode are for informational and entertainment purposes only and do not constitute medical advice. Always consult a qualified healthcare professional before making changes to your diet, lifestyle, or treatment plan.

Brad Lea is a self-made entrepreneur who turned small-town grit into a multi-million-dollar empire. With over 25 years dominating sales and leadership, he's mentored thousands to outsmart, outwork, and out win their competition. His top-rated podcast, Dropping Bombs, brings raw, game-changing insights from the biggest names in business.

LightSpeed VT is Brad's brainchild—the world's leading interactive training platform. It's built to make your team sharper, faster, and more effective, without wasting time or money. Whether you're a startup or a Fortune 500, LightSpeed VT is how you scale success and dominate your industry. Curious? Check it out:

https://www.lightspeedvt.com/

Brad's also behind Closer School, the go-to program for mastering sales and closing deals like a pro. Want to 10x your income? This is where you start. His book, The Hard Way, lays out the brutal, honest lessons he learned building his empire—your blueprint to winning the game. Get it here: https://bradlea.com/product/the-hard-way/

This isn't just a video. It's a wake-up call. Watch it. Share it. Act on it.

Closer School: https://www.closerschool.com/cs

This episode was sponsored by Cardiff

LightSpeed VT: https://www.lightspeedvt.com/

Dropping Bombs Podcast: https://www.droppingbombs.com/

Today's Dropping Bombs episode features Michael Sanciprian. He cleaned gym pools as a broke teenager growing up in a gang-torn neighborhood, & today he owns World Gym International, the publicly traded fitness empire behind hundreds of locations across Asia.

Michael breaks down the "Elevator Effect," his mindset system for refusing to settle on the wrong floor in life. He explains the war board he keeps in his office to crush competitors, and why he calls the customer-is-always-right rule the biggest lie in business. He also gets into how he kept his gyms open through Covid while everyone else shut down.

Money was never the scorecard for Michael — winning was. This episode is proof that the people who refuse to settle are the ones who end up owning the whole board.

🔗 Connect with Mike

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/goal.toinspire/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-sanciprian-05378ba/?isSelfProfile=false

Website: https://www.worldgymtaiwan.com

Watch the full-length video version of any Dropping Bombs episode here on YouTube.

Brad Lea is a self-made entrepreneur who turned small-town grit into a multi-million-dollar empire. With over 25 years dominating sales and leadership, he's mentored thousands to outsmart, outwork, and out win their competition. His top-rated podcast, Dropping Bombs, brings raw, game-changing insights from the biggest names in business.

LightSpeed VT is Brad's brainchild—the world's leading interactive training platform. It's built to make your team sharper, faster, and more effective, without wasting time or money. Whether you're a startup or a Fortune 500, LightSpeed VT is how you scale success and dominate your industry. Curious? Check it out:

https://www.lightspeedvt.com/

Brad's also behind Closer School, the go-to program for mastering sales and closing deals like a pro. Want to 10x your income? This is where you start. His book, The Hard Way, lays out the brutal, honest lessons he learned building his empire—your blueprint to winning the game. Get it here: https://bradlea.com/product/the-hard-way/

This isn't just a video. It's a wake-up call. Watch it. Share it. Act on it.

Closer School: https://www.closerschool.com/cs

This episode was sponsored by Cardiff & Grading Solutions Excavation

LightSpeed VT: https://www.lightspeedvt.com/

Dropping Bombs Podcast: https://www.droppingbombs.com/

Today's Dropping Bombs episode features Matt B. Vigil, a Marine Corps veteran who bought a $70,000 skid steer with zero business experience and built it into Grading Solutions Excavation — a company closing in on eight figures.

Matt breaks down the $350 job that taught him how to bid, the six-figure dairy expansion he white-knuckled through solo, and the hiring boom happening right now in a trade nobody wants to touch. He also gets into the morning routine and mindset shifts that took him from complacent to unstoppable.

If you've got nothing but a work ethic and an itch to build something real, this is your sign — Matt's proof the trades pay, and the door's wide open.

🔗 Connect with Matt

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/grading_solutions/

Website: https://gradingsolutionsexcavation.com/

✅ Additional Resources Mentioned:

The MFCEO Project (Andy Frisella's podcast): https://andyfrisella.com/blogs/mfceo-project-podcast

Arete Syndicate: https://aretesyndicate.com/

Watch the full-length video version of any Dropping Bombs episode here on YouTube.

Brad Lea is a self-made entrepreneur who turned small-town grit into a multi-million-dollar empire. With over 25 years dominating sales and leadership, he's mentored thousands to outsmart, outwork, and out win their competition. His top-rated podcast, Dropping Bombs, brings raw, game-changing insights from the biggest names in business.

LightSpeed VT is Brad's brainchild—the world's leading interactive training platform. It's built to make your team sharper, faster, and more effective, without wasting time or money. Whether you're a startup or a Fortune 500, LightSpeed VT is how you scale success and dominate your industry. Curious? Check it out:

https://www.lightspeedvt.com/

Brad's also behind Closer School, the go-to program for mastering sales and closing deals like a pro. Want to 10x your income? This is where you start. His book, The Hard Way, lays out the brutal, honest lessons he learned building his empire—your blueprint to winning the game. Get it here: https://bradlea.com/product/the-hard-way/

This isn't just a video. It's a wake-up call. Watch it. Share it. Act on it.

Closer School: https://www.closerschool.com/cs

This episode was sponsored by Cardiff & Primary.net

LightSpeed VT: https://www.lightspeedvt.com/

Dropping Bombs Podcast: https://www.droppingbombs.com/

Today's Dropping Bombs episode delivers raw tech-and-money energy with Ken Cox, a self-taught computer prodigy since age seven who mined bitcoin for fractions of a penny and built Primary.net, a privacy-first AI platform where your data is encrypted, never shared, and never used to train anyone else's model.

Ken breaks down how AI agents are already automating sales outreach, accounting, and customer service — replacing order-takers while turning everyone else into leverage — and the simple rule that shrank his own company from 175 employees to three: if it can be automated, it will be.

His book Loading Identity, written entirely with AI, drops soon — and this episode is the wake-up call for anyone still waiting to get started.

🔗 Connect with Ken

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iam_kencox

Website (Primary.net): https://primary.net

Clicks and Bricks Podcast: https://clicksandbrickspodcast.com

✅ Additional Resources

Loading Identity (Book): https://loadingidentity.com

Ken Cox (Personal Site / AI Bootcamp): https://kencox.com

Watch the full-length video version of any Dropping Bombs episode here on YouTube.

Brad Lea is a self-made entrepreneur who turned small-town grit into a multi-million-dollar empire. With over 25 years dominating sales and leadership, he's mentored thousands to outsmart, outwork, and out win their competition. His top-rated podcast, Dropping Bombs, brings raw, game-changing insights from the biggest names in business.

LightSpeed VT is Brad's brainchild—the world's leading interactive training platform. It's built to make your team sharper, faster, and more effective, without wasting time or money. Whether you're a startup or a Fortune 500, LightSpeed VT is how you scale success and dominate your industry. Curious? Check it out:

https://www.lightspeedvt.com/

Brad's also behind Closer School, the go-to program for mastering sales and closing deals like a pro. Want to 10x your income? This is where you start. His book, The Hard Way, lays out the brutal, honest lessons he learned building his empire—your blueprint to winning the game. Get it here: https://bradlea.com/product/the-hard-way/

This isn't just a video. It's a wake-up call. Watch it. Share it. Act on it.

Closer School: https://www.closerschool.com/cs

This episode was sponsored by Cardiff

LightSpeed VT: https://www.lightspeedvt.com/

Dropping Bombs Podcast: https://www.droppingbombs.com/

Today's Dropping Bombs episode delivers a brain-bending conversation with Jim Kwik, the world's most recognized brain performance coach who turned a childhood head injury into a 34-year career training half of the Fortune 500, including Google, Nike, SpaceX, and the U.S. Air Force.

Jim breaks down his LEAP method for learning faster in the age of AI, why human intelligence (not artificial intelligence) will decide who wins the next wealth gap, and the sleep inertia window quietly running your entire day before you even open your eyes.

Everyone thinks their memory, focus, or intelligence is just who they are. Jim proves it's actually a skill, one you were never taught and can start training today. If you've ever been curious about the true limitless power of the mind, this episode delivers.

🔗 Connect with Jim

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jimkwik

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@JimKwik

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimkwik

Kwik Brain Podcast: https://jimkwik.com/podcasts

Website: https://www.jimkwik.com

📖 Limitless Daily (new book, out Sept. 8 — preorder now): https://www.limitlessdaily.com

Watch the full-length video version of any Dropping Bombs episode here on YouTube.

Brad Lea is a self-made entrepreneur who turned small-town grit into a multi-million-dollar empire. With over 25 years dominating sales and leadership, he's mentored thousands to outsmart, outwork, and out win their competition. His top-rated podcast, Dropping Bombs, brings raw, game-changing insights from the biggest names in business.

LightSpeed VT is Brad's brainchild—the world's leading interactive training platform. It's built to make your team sharper, faster, and more effective, without wasting time or money. Whether you're a startup or a Fortune 500, LightSpeed VT is how you scale success and dominate your industry. Curious? Check it out:

https://www.lightspeedvt.com/

Brad's also behind Closer School, the go-to program for mastering sales and closing deals like a pro. Want to 10x your income? This is where you start. His book, The Hard Way, lays out the brutal, honest lessons he learned building his empire—your blueprint to winning the game. Get it here: https://bradlea.com/product/the-hard-way/

This isn't just a video. It's a wake-up call. Watch it. Share it. Act on it.

Closer School: https://www.closerschool.com/cs

This episode was sponsored by Cardiff & Culture OC

LightSpeed VT: https://www.lightspeedvt.com/

Dropping Bombs Podcast: https://www.droppingbombs.com/

Today's Dropping Bombs episode delivers a systems-level takedown of modern health care with Troy Laing, the Australian-born human performance optimizer running a biohacking recovery center in Newport Beach. His core belief: the entire health care system is fractured, and it's on you to take responsibility for your own biology.

Troy breaks down why "normal" testosterone levels are actually low, the cold plunge protocol shown to spike free testosterone by 50%, the FDA's silence on peptide safety data, and the Wheel of Life framework he's using to build a brotherhood of self-responsible men.

If you think your bloodwork is fine because a doctor told you so, this episode will make you question everything you've been told about your own health.

🔗 Connect with Troy

Personal IG: https://www.instagram.com/realtroylaing/

Business IG: https://www.instagram.com/cultureoc_

Website: https://cultureoc.com

📖 Book Mentioned:

Born to Win by Zig Ziglar & Tom Ziglar: https://a.co/d/0dO2Sehv

Watch the full-length video version of any Dropping Bombs episode here on YouTube.

The views expressed in this episode are for informational and entertainment purposes only and do not constitute medical advice. Always consult a qualified healthcare professional before making changes to your diet, lifestyle, or treatment plan.

Brad Lea is a self-made entrepreneur who turned small-town grit into a multi-million-dollar empire. With over 25 years dominating sales and leadership, he's mentored thousands to outsmart, outwork, and out win their competition. His top-rated podcast, Dropping Bombs, brings raw, game-changing insights from the biggest names in business.

LightSpeed VT is Brad's brainchild—the world's leading interactive training platform. It's built to make your team sharper, faster, and more effective, without wasting time or money. Whether you're a startup or a Fortune 500, LightSpeed VT is how you scale success and dominate your industry. Curious? Check it out:

https://www.lightspeedvt.com/

Brad's also behind Closer School, the go-to program for mastering sales and closing deals like a pro. Want to 10x your income? This is where you start. His book, The Hard Way, lays out the brutal, honest lessons he learned building his empire—your blueprint to winning the game. Get it here: https://bradlea.com/product/the-hard-way/

This isn't just a video. It's a wake-up call. Watch it. Share it. Act on it.

Closer School: https://www.closerschool.com/cs

This episode was sponsored by Cardiff & WinChoice USA

LightSpeed VT: https://www.lightspeedvt.com/

Dropping Bombs Podcast: https://www.droppingbombs.com/

Today's Dropping Bombs episode delivers small-town grit turned nine-figure empire with Shaun Keefe and Morgan Wiles, co-founders of WinChoice USA. The company makes windows, doors, and siding. They built it with no investors, no connections, and no safety net into a $100M+ operation over 14 years.

Shaun and Morgan break down flipping three houses to raise their first $32K in startup capital, why they built manufacturing, sales, and installation all under one roof, and how they're beating private equity roll-ups by out-hiring and out-caring for the industry's best talent — all while rebuilding their hometown of 550 people after the local mill shut down and gutted the community.

Two guys from a town most people have never heard of built a business bigger than most people will ever imagine. If they can do it from nothing, there's no excuse left for anyone else.

🔗 Connect with Morgan

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/morgan.wiles

LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/mwiles

🔗 Connect with Shaun

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shaun.keefe.10

LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/ShaunKeefe

✅ WinChoice USA: https://www.winchoice.com

Watch the full-length video version of any Dropping Bombs episode here on YouTube.

Brad Lea is a self-made entrepreneur who turned small-town grit into a multi-million-dollar empire. With over 25 years dominating sales and leadership, he's mentored thousands to outsmart, outwork, and out win their competition. His top-rated podcast, Dropping Bombs, brings raw, game-changing insights from the biggest names in business.

LightSpeed VT is Brad's brainchild—the world's leading interactive training platform. It's built to make your team sharper, faster, and more effective, without wasting time or money. Whether you're a startup or a Fortune 500, LightSpeed VT is how you scale success and dominate your industry. Curious? Check it out:

https://www.lightspeedvt.com/

Brad's also behind Closer School, the go-to program for mastering sales and closing deals like a pro. Want to 10x your income? This is where you start. His book, The Hard Way, lays out the brutal, honest lessons he learned building his empire—your blueprint to winning the game. Get it here: https://bradlea.com/product/the-hard-way/

This isn't just a video. It's a wake-up call. Watch it. Share it. Act on it.

Closer School: https://www.closerschool.com/cs

This episode was sponsored by Cardiff

LightSpeed VT: https://www.lightspeedvt.com/

Dropping Bombs Podcast: https://www.droppingbombs.com/

Today's Dropping Bombs episode features Jeff Blue — entertainment attorney turned music executive, producer, and author who spent 25+ years running A&R for six major labels. He discovered Linkin Park and produced their Warner Bros. debut Hybrid Theory into the best-selling album of the 21st century, alongside signing Grammy winner Macy Gray and helping move 170 million albums worldwide.

Jeff breaks down how a broke law student with zero connections talked his way into the industry, the birthday demo tape that led him to Chester Bennington's voice, and the night he stood onstage with Korn and Limp Bizkit as Woodstock '99 turned into a riot.

Every rejection has a price, and Jeff paid his in full to build one of music's biggest stories. If you've ever been told you can't, this is proof that you can.

🔗 Connect with Jeff

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jeffbluemusic

Website & Book: https://jeffbluemedia.com

Watch the full-length video version of any Dropping Bombs episode here on YouTube.

Brad Lea is a self-made entrepreneur who turned small-town grit into a multi-million-dollar empire. With over 25 years dominating sales and leadership, he's mentored thousands to outsmart, outwork, and out win their competition. His top-rated podcast, Dropping Bombs, brings raw, game-changing insights from the biggest names in business.

LightSpeed VT is Brad's brainchild—the world's leading interactive training platform. It's built to make your team sharper, faster, and more effective, without wasting time or money. Whether you're a startup or a Fortune 500, LightSpeed VT is how you scale success and dominate your industry. Curious? Check it out:

https://www.lightspeedvt.com/

Brad's also behind Closer School, the go-to program for mastering sales and closing deals like a pro. Want to 10x your income? This is where you start. His book, The Hard Way, lays out the brutal, honest lessons he learned building his empire—your blueprint to winning the game. Get it here: https://bradlea.com/product/the-hard-way/

This isn't just a video. It's a wake-up call. Watch it. Share it. Act on it.

Closer School: https://www.closerschool.com/cs

This episode was sponsored by Cardiff & B-7 Superhuman Rhythm

LightSpeed VT: https://www.lightspeedvt.com/

Dropping Bombs Podcast: https://www.droppingbombs.com/

Today's Dropping Bombs episode traces the wild redemption arc of David Fullmer. He was locked up twelve times before being adopted by a stranger's family in Hawaii — and went on to help build multimillion-dollar roofing companies and create a personal development framework now used by thousands of sales professionals.

David breaks down his B-7 Superhuman Rhythm: seven themed daily disciplines running from Motivation Monday to Forgiveness Friday. He shares the phone call that ended a 30-year grudge, the humility 14 years of Brazilian jiu-jitsu beat into him, and why he wrote his book fighting off monkeys at a Balinese cliffside temple.

If your motivation runs out every Monday morning, this is the rhythm that outlasts it — don't skip it.

🔗 Connect with David

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/becomeseven/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61568176791201#

📖 Get the Book: https://becomingseven.com

Watch the full-length video version of any Dropping Bombs episode here on YouTube.

Brad Lea is a self-made entrepreneur who turned small-town grit into a multi-million-dollar empire. With over 25 years dominating sales and leadership, he's mentored thousands to outsmart, outwork, and out win their competition. His top-rated podcast, Dropping Bombs, brings raw, game-changing insights from the biggest names in business.

LightSpeed VT is Brad's brainchild—the world's leading interactive training platform. It's built to make your team sharper, faster, and more effective, without wasting time or money. Whether you're a startup or a Fortune 500, LightSpeed VT is how you scale success and dominate your industry. Curious? Check it out:

https://www.lightspeedvt.com/

Brad's also behind Closer School, the go-to program for mastering sales and closing deals like a pro. Want to 10x your income? This is where you start. His book, The Hard Way, lays out the brutal, honest lessons he learned building his empire—your blueprint to winning the game. Get it here: https://bradlea.com/product/the-hard-way/

This isn't just a video. It's a wake-up call. Watch it. Share it. Act on it.

Closer School: https://www.closerschool.com/cs

This episode was sponsored by Cardiff, AgentU, Brew-RE, & Mortgage Pro Pod

LightSpeed VT: https://www.lightspeedvt.com/

Dropping Bombs Podcast: https://www.droppingbombs.com/

Today's Dropping Bombs episode features Eric Braun (known online as Not Your Average Lender) the nationally recognized mortgage pro named a Top 40 Under 40 by National Mortgage Professional, who got sober at 20 and talked his way into a mortgage telemarketing job with zero experience, zero connections, and zero college.

Eric breaks down why personal branding is quietly the biggest edge in the loan business, the relationship-first playbook that beats donut-drop schmoozing every time, and his mission to build a no-compromise platform pushing toward $1 billion in annual loan volume.

This conversation separates excuses from action — if a broke, sober 20-year-old telemarketer can build toward a billion dollars in loan volume, what's yours? Listen now. Your next chapter starts here.

🔗 Connect with Eric

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/notyouraveragelender

The Mortgage Pro Podcast: https://themortgagepropodcast.com/

📖 Book mentioned — "The Go Giver"

Watch the full-length video version of any Dropping Bombs episode here on YouTube.

Brad Lea is a self-made entrepreneur who turned small-town grit into a multi-million-dollar empire. With over 25 years dominating sales and leadership, he's mentored thousands to outsmart, outwork, and out win their competition. His top-rated podcast, Dropping Bombs, brings raw, game-changing insights from the biggest names in business.

LightSpeed VT is Brad's brainchild—the world's leading interactive training platform. It's built to make your team sharper, faster, and more effective, without wasting time or money. Whether you're a startup or a Fortune 500, LightSpeed VT is how you scale success and dominate your industry. Curious? Check it out:

https://www.lightspeedvt.com/

Brad's also behind Closer School, the go-to program for mastering sales and closing deals like a pro. Want to 10x your income? This is where you start. His book, The Hard Way, lays out the brutal, honest lessons he learned building his empire—your blueprint to winning the game. Get it here: https://bradlea.com/product/the-hard-way/

This isn't just a video. It's a wake-up call. Watch it. Share it. Act on it.

Closer School: https://www.closerschool.com/cs