One of my favorite episodes of the year where I discuss trends like finances, real estate, social media, stocks, politics and even my Super Bowl winner! I'll recap my 2025 predictions and then we can get into my crystal ball for 2026!

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About Lifebuilder
The Lifebuilder Podcast helps ambitious entrepreneurs and leaders gain clarity, eliminate distractions, and achieve their goals faster. Each episode gives practical strategies for personal growth, productivity, and building a meaningful life. If you want clear direction, better focus, and proven frameworks to win at life and work, this show gives you the tools to get unstuck and move forward.

Most people wait for life to slow down… it never does. Everything changed for me when I started taking one weekend a year for a personal strategy retreat. No phone, no noise, no inputs… just time to think and reset. That silence exposed what mattered, what didn’t, and where I was lying to myself. It became the single highest-ROI habit of my year. In this episode, I break down the simple structure I use, why it works, and how it’s reshaped my goals, my energy, and my direction. If you’re tired of drifting, this is the reset you’ve needed for a long time.

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About Lifebuilder
The Lifebuilder Podcast helps ambitious entrepreneurs and leaders gain clarity, eliminate distractions, and achieve their goals faster. Each episode gives practical strategies for personal growth, productivity, and building a meaningful life. If you want clear direction, better focus, and proven frameworks to win at life and work, this show gives you the tools to get unstuck and move forward.

High achievers fear the word contentment like it’s the enemy. But what if contentment is the edge you’ve been missing? In a culture addicted to hustle and comparison, gratitude becomes the reset button that clears your mind and fuels your ambition the right way. This episode will challenge the way you think about success, help you detach from distractions, and show you why peace is a power move...not a pause.

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About Lifebuilder
The Lifebuilder Podcast helps ambitious entrepreneurs and leaders gain clarity, eliminate distractions, and achieve their goals faster. Each episode gives practical strategies for personal growth, productivity, and building a meaningful life. If you want clear direction, better focus, and proven frameworks to win at life and work, this show gives you the tools to get unstuck and move forward.

Most people want wealth but few are willing to pay the price.

In this episode, I sit down with Dan Henry — entrepreneur, investor, and bestselling author — to unpack how he went from delivering pizzas and sleeping in a freezing apartment to building a $35 million business.

The turning point? A single question he asked a billionaire that changed everything.

We dive into the three most powerful forms of leverage — labor, code, and audience — and how your personal brand is the ultimate multiplier. Because when you learn how to turn attention into trust and trust into opportunity, your brand becomes an asset that works even when you don’t.

You’ll hear:

• How leverage works in the real world and how to build it piece by piece
• Why your personal brand is more valuable than any business card or degree
• The mindset shift between wanting wealth and being willing to earn it
• What separates people who say they want success from those who sacrifice for it

If you’ve ever wondered what separates dreamers from builders, this conversation will make it crystal clear: it’s leverage… and the price you’re willing to pay for it.

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About Lifebuilder
The Lifebuilder Podcast helps ambitious entrepreneurs and leaders gain clarity, eliminate distractions, and achieve their goals faster. Each episode gives practical strategies for personal growth, productivity, and building a meaningful life. If you want clear direction, better focus, and proven frameworks to win at life and work, this show gives you the tools to get unstuck and move forward.

You’re not stuck...you’re stalling. Most of the obstacles in your way aren’t real. You just made them look productive.

Stephen breaks down one of the most dangerous traps ambitious people fall into—productive procrastination. It’s the illusion of progress that comes from staying busy instead of being bold. 

Stephen reveals how most of the “obstacles” we face are self-created to avoid the discomfort of doing the real work that moves us forward.

He shares how to identify fake obstacles, cut the fluff, and take the most direct path to your goals. If you ever feel like you’re working hard but not getting closer to what you actually want, this episode will wake you up.

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About Lifebuilder
The Lifebuilder Podcast helps ambitious entrepreneurs and leaders gain clarity, eliminate distractions, and achieve their goals faster. Each episode gives practical strategies for personal growth, productivity, and building a meaningful life. If you want clear direction, better focus, and proven frameworks to win at life and work, this show gives you the tools to get unstuck and move forward.

There’s one question most people avoid, not because it’s hard to answer, but because it’s dangerous...

What do you want?

Why do we stop dreaming as we get older or after we hit a certain level of success? Somewhere along the way, survival and security take over. Bills pile up. Responsibilities grow. And the fire that once drove us starts to fade under the weight of practicality.

We’ll talk about the four levels of WHY — survival, security, pleasure, and purpose — and how to break free from the trap of the first two. Because staying stuck in survival mode kills creativity. Staying stuck in security kills dreams.

You’ll hear how overthinking the how is one of the biggest dream killers out there and why you have to learn to believe before you see.

The truth?

The most powerful dreams are never just about you or your family. They’re about creating something that outlives you.

If you’ve been playing small or living on autopilot, this episode is your wake-up call to dream again and to fight for the dreams that still scare you a little.

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About Lifebuilder
The Lifebuilder Podcast helps ambitious entrepreneurs and leaders gain clarity, eliminate distractions, and achieve their goals faster. Each episode gives practical strategies for personal growth, productivity, and building a meaningful life. If you want clear direction, better focus, and proven frameworks to win at life and work, this show gives you the tools to get unstuck and move forward.

Most adults stop playing long before they stop dreaming. Somewhere between deadlines and responsibilities, hobbies quietly disappear and with them, a big part of what makes life exciting.

In this episode, I sit down with James Buckley — speaker, creator, and unapologetic Lord of the Rings super-fan — to talk about how geeking out can actually make you better at your job, happier at home, and more energized in life.

We explore how Tolkien’s world of courage, creativity, and curiosity fuels James’s professional drive and why chasing passions outside of work might be the most productive thing you can do for your career.

Special references in the episode are:

- On Fairy Stories

- C.S. Lewis' Of Other Worlds (In Defense of Fantasy is here)

- An Archive where Mythopoeia can be found easily

You’ll hear us break down:

• Why hobbies aren’t a distraction but oxygen for your purpose.
• How fandoms and passions create connection, creativity, and energy that spill into your work.
• Why adults stop doing what they love — and how to reignite it.
• What Lord of the Rings can teach us about leadership, purpose, and perseverance.

If you’ve ever felt like you’ve lost that spark — the one that used to make you excited to wake up and chase something — this conversation will remind you what it means to live fully.

Because when you give yourself permission to chase dreams and geek out again… work gets better, life gets lighter, and purpose becomes a lot clearer.

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About Lifebuilder
The Lifebuilder Podcast helps ambitious entrepreneurs and leaders gain clarity, eliminate distractions, and achieve their goals faster. Each episode gives practical strategies for personal growth, productivity, and building a meaningful life. If you want clear direction, better focus, and proven frameworks to win at life and work, this show gives you the tools to get unstuck and move forward.

Crush your annual goals without holiday hustle burnout. Holidays are coming...don’t let them derail your Q4 wins. These time management tips help ambitious entrepreneurs and execs plan now, stay productive, and end the year strong—no anxiety, no rush, just results. Steal the system. Subscribe & leave a 5-star review on Apple and Spotify to help more pros finish strong.

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About Lifebuilder
The Lifebuilder Podcast helps ambitious entrepreneurs and leaders gain clarity, eliminate distractions, and achieve their goals faster. Each episode gives practical strategies for personal growth, productivity, and building a meaningful life. If you want clear direction, better focus, and proven frameworks to win at life and work, this show gives you the tools to get unstuck and move forward.

Be the black sheep — Aleasha Bahr, founder of Black Sheep Sales Method™, reveals how authentic sales crushes AI noise, templates, and cold scripts. We dive into:  

• Why standing out isn’t a flaw — it’s your edge  
• Staying human when automation says “optimize”  
• Real connection in a blurry digital world  

Done fitting in? This is your playbook. Explore with me what it means to live authentically in a rapidly shifting landscape of artificial intelligence, automation and “everyone does it like this” narratives.

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About Lifebuilder
The Lifebuilder Podcast helps ambitious entrepreneurs and leaders gain clarity, eliminate distractions, and achieve their goals faster. Each episode gives practical strategies for personal growth, productivity, and building a meaningful life. If you want clear direction, better focus, and proven frameworks to win at life and work, this show gives you the tools to get unstuck and move forward.

No AI digital twin — ever. In a world of deepfakes and clones, I’m drawing a hard line: every video, podcast, and post with my name is 100% me — live and in the flesh. AI streamlines my systems. But it will never replace my voice, face, or spontaneity.  

This is my contrarian brand promise: trust over convenience, authenticity over automation.  If you’re done with the blur, this is your signal. Subscribe & leave a 5-star review on Apple and Spotify to back the real ones.

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About Lifebuilder
The Lifebuilder Podcast helps ambitious entrepreneurs and leaders gain clarity, eliminate distractions, and achieve their goals faster. Each episode gives practical strategies for personal growth, productivity, and building a meaningful life. If you want clear direction, better focus, and proven frameworks to win at life and work, this show gives you the tools to get unstuck and move forward.