Its My Time Podcast

In Episode 269 of the It’s My Time Podcast, Asher sits down with Coach Frank Sagasta to talk about discipline, growth, identity, and choosing the battles that shape your legacy.

Coach Frank shares lessons from education, marriage, fitness, and personal development, including insights inspired by Ego is the Enemy by Ryan Holiday and mindset principles drawn from his love for University of Notre Dame athletics and leadership philosophy shaped by Lou Holtz.

Together, they discuss:

✅ Why consistency beats motivation

✅ The difference between goals and promises

✅ Fighting internal battles that define your character

✅ Fitness discipline and lifestyle transformation

✅ Navigating ego, humility, and personal growth

✅ Protecting your time, energy, and focus

✅ Balancing career, relationships, and purpose

This episode is for anyone pursuing growth while learning how to stay grounded in who they are becoming.

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Career paths aren’t always straight lines — and sometimes the best opportunities come from pivoting.

In Episode 268 of It’s My Time Podcast, Asher sits down with Patricia Yin, a licensed land surveyor, engineer, entrepreneur, and mom, to talk about navigating career transitions, building businesses, and redefining success.

Patricia shares her journey from structural engineering and transportation to land surveying, why she fell in love with the profession, and the growing shortage of surveyors shaping the future of construction and infrastructure.

The conversation dives deeper into career expectations, workplace culture, entrepreneurship, financial decision-making, and designing a lifestyle centered around priorities — not pressure. Patricia also shares her experience building a successful landscaping company, turning down a high-paying job to protect her family time, and using AI and automation to scale business efficiently.

This episode explores what it really means to create a career and life that aligns with your values.

🎧 Listen to discover: • Why land surveying is more critical than most people realize

• The hidden opportunities within engineering careers

• How to evaluate work culture vs. salary

• Lessons from building a 7-figure business

• Financial strategies for lifestyle flexibility

• The importance of redefining retirement and success

What does it mean to live out faith authentically — without pressure, performance, or expectations?

In Episode 267 of It’s My Time Podcast, Asher sits down with Marty Solomon, Bible teacher, host of the BEMA Podcast, and co-author of The Gospel of Becoming Human with Reed Dent.

Marty shares his journey as a Jewish follower of Jesus, his passion for creative Bible teaching, and how ordinary faithfulness shapes meaningful impact. Together, Asher and Marty explore personal calling, family influence, cultural expectations, and the freedom that comes from embracing an evolving faith journey.

This conversation is honest, thoughtful, and deeply encouraging for anyone seeking purpose, clarity, and growth.

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📚 Learn more about Marty’s upcoming book and resources

Many adult struggles with commitment, confidence, and productivity don’t start in adulthood — they start in childhood.

In this coaching conversation, Asher and Albert explore how early experiences shape inner critics, perfectionism, and relationship hesitation — and how awareness can unlock real change.

This episode covers:

Childhood roots of perfectionism

Inner critic vs inner protector

Commitment fears explained

Productivity blocks and unconscious patterns

Slowing down to gain clarity

How coaching helps resolve internal conflict

Raw, thoughtful, and practical — this is one of the most introspective episodes yet.

🎙️ Welcome to Episode 266 of It’s My Time Podcast.

What happens when two people from the same hometown reconnect years later, carrying very different lives — yet the same foundational lessons?

In this episode of It’s My Time Podcast, Asher sits down with longtime friend Matt Suits to reflect on growing up in Dalton, Georgia, the role football played in shaping their identities, and how faith, work, and rest have evolved over time.

Matt shares how football taught him lessons that had nothing to do with the stat sheet — understanding your role, showing up with effort, and contributing even when no one notices. Together, they explore identity beyond performance, confidence rooted in authenticity, and what it means to let go of fear-based motivation in favor of relationship, purpose, and joy.

From college football stories to faith journeys, community, and learning when to rest, this conversation is a reminder that growth isn’t always about doing more — sometimes it’s about becoming more honest with who you already are.

🎧 Tune in for a real, reflective conversation about life, legacy, and staying connected.

In this episode of It’s My Time Podcast, Asher sits down with Amanda Gustafson, a systems-minded consultant who helps small business owners reduce risk, clarify their operations, and design businesses that don’t rely entirely on them to survive.

What starts as a casual reconnection turns into a wide-ranging conversation about entrepreneurship, personality assessments, systems thinking, regional culture, mental health, and what it really means to build something sustainable.

Amanda shares her journey from higher education and Salesforce consulting into helping business owners untangle processes that only exist in someone’s head — and why slowing down is often the fastest way forward. Asher opens up about career pivots, therapy, burnout, identity, and learning that you don’t have to “fix yourself” before building a meaningful life and business.

This episode is for:

Entrepreneurs feeling stuck in their own business

Thoughtful professionals who don’t fit hustle culture

Anyone navigating change, growth, and self-trust

🎯 Key Takeaway: You’re not broken — systems, clarity, and support can change everything.

Episode 263 of It’s My Time Podcast features a powerful conversation with Alan Jermarc Stubbs—one rooted in reflection, accountability, and action.

Asher and Alan discuss:

Why some volunteer and nonprofit organizations fail to live up to their potential

The difference between personal growth and chasing validation

Leadership, accountability, and the coaching industry’s blind spots

Fitness as discipline, healing, and identity

Bodybuilding, jiu-jitsu, boxing, and the mindset required to commit

Faith, prayer, and the responsibility to act

Turning pain into purpose without exploiting it

Why consistency beats charisma every time

Alan shares his journey as a police officer, his commitment to fitness inspired by his late mother, and his vision for building something real—physically, spiritually, and professionally.

This episode isn’t about hype.

It’s about doing the work.

🎙️ Part one of an ongoing conversation.

In this powerful New Year conversation, Asher sits down with Eugene and Donna Perry of Young People Nation to talk about mental health, marriage, faith, finances, and legacy.

With over 40 years of marriage, the Perrys share raw, honest stories about healing, counseling, faith, parenting, and why mental health is not a taboo topic — it’s a life-saving one.

From community impact to financial wisdom, from marriage transparency to mental wellness, this episode reminds us that as long as you’re above ground, you’re still young — and there is always hope.

Scripture Reference: Romans 15:13

Reminder: You are not alone. Help exists. Healing is possible.

In Episode 261, Asher reconnects with Dr. PI, a leader at the University of Louisville who recently moved from strength & conditioning coaching into administration. This conversation explores leadership, communication, and the perspective shifts that come after disruption.

Dr. PI shares reflections on his recent promotion, his new office, and the season of life he's entered—one focused on refinement rather than accumulation. He opens up about a serious motorcycle accident that happened last year and how the recovery process became a mental, spiritual, and emotional turning point.

We talk about:

• Why this stage of life is about refining, not adding

• What a motorcycle accident revealed about priorities

• How to collaborate with professionals under pressure (even when you have knowledge)

• The importance of respecting others' expertise, especially in crisis

• Learning from athletes as a coach (it's a two-way street)

• Reading body language and knowing when to stop talking

• Why careers aren't always straight lines—sometimes they loop

• The urgent/important matrix for decision-making

• Why coaches need coaches (everyone needs advisors)

• Navigating unexpected career shifts (like daily conversations with lawyers)

Key Quote:

"Earlier in our careers, it's about conquering, growing, adding, multiplying. At this stage, it's about refining. How do I make my processes, my thought patterns, my conversations, my relationships better?"

This episode isn't about wins and losses. It's about how leaders think, how they communicate, and how they show up under pressure.

If you're in a season of refinement, navigating recovery, or learning to lead with grace—this conversation is for you.

Connect with Dr. PI: University of Louisville Athletics

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Episode 260: Bryan Sartin - Highway Engineer

Bryan divides his life into two parts: before and after May 9, 2005. Before that date included instability across four states and abandonment at 15. After that date, his grandparents provided the stability that led to a 14-year career designing America's infrastructure.

Topics discussed:

• Why infrastructure projects take decades to complete

• The engineering shortage creating unexpected opportunities

• His journey from geotechnical to highway engineering

• Remote work on Georgia DOT projects from North Carolina

• The "two-year rule" for new graduates

• Bridge replacements and the 1950s infrastructure crisis

Bryan's advice: "Stick it out for two years minimum. I felt like a total idiot my first nine months. Now I design the roads you drive daily."

Currently living in Mebane, NC, Bryan works on bridge replacements and intersection improvements while collecting highway signs from his projects.

Connect: Instagram @bsizzle

IT'S MY TIME PODCAST

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