In this episode, my friend Brandon McCalla joins me on the Mackey Method to discuss grief, success while being a minority, and the benefits they both bring into your journey.  Brandon is a member of JLL Central Florida's Retail Advisory Services team based in Orlando. Brandon works with landlords to develop and execute tailored leasing strategies as well as creating a healthy tenant mix. He also works closely with tenants expanding throughout Central Florida and helps to identify and secure the right locations for their business.

Jeff Forrest, President of WPC Construction, joins the Mackie Method podcast to discuss mentorship, the recession, and scaling.   Jeff joined the company 5 years after his brother launched. Jeff shares how his brother was his mentor and a role-model for him, and how they worked together for 41 years.   The conversation shifts to competing in a business environment. Jack's brother and partners decided to compete against themselves instead of competing against a specific contract.   Tune in

Markys Mackey sits down with Bishop Derek McCray of the Experienced Christian Center in Orlando, Florida. Bishop McCray shares his journey of starting his own church, which he wrote about in his book "The Process".   

He explains how he wasn't looking to start a church, as he was already a successful youth pastor at the largest church in Central Florida. He gives insight into the difficulties he faced along the way, such as finding a location and building a congregation, and talks about his other ventures, such as his podcast and church planning business.   

This episode is a must for anyone interested in the challenges of starting a church and building a congregation.  

This episode, we dive into fighting. Fighting for what you believe in, love, and truly want for yourself.  

Dr. Keita Joy is known for her energy. She is full of purpose and passion with an incredible ability to bring increased productivity in corporations and organizations around the world.  In this episode we dive into her journey as a 'hope dealer', spreading happiness and preparing the next generation by sharing our expertise.

My longtime friend, Jonathan Manning built a successful million dollar company. Unfortunately, lost it all but didn't give up. He put his passion and hustle to the test and came out the other side - again. He how he learns from failure and why most people never succeed.

Terresa has been a great friend of mine for a while now. She has grown her personal training portfolio while expanding into being a Post Rehabilitative Specialist and Life Coach. We discuss relationships outside of marriage and family - friends - and the boundaries you must put in place to honor your spouse and yourself.

Find Terresa at https://ferocityfitnessfl.com 

Gicele 'Gigi' Lindley is the founder and CEO of the Shining Star Youth and Community Services/Shining Star Early Learning Centers, a successful multi-center child care operation that provides quality early learning to 407 children and employment to over 100 people.

After experiencing firsthand the damage being labelled by peers had on her daughter Serenity, Gicele decided to help catapult an anti-labeling initiative that started with the launch of Serenity's first book entitled, "Stop Calling Me Bossy."

Gigi and I dive into the plight of entrepreneurship, following God's lead, and her story that started when she became a landlord at 21.

Solo Episode -“If you going through hell, keep going. Why would you stop in hell?” - Steve Harvey

Christian Winters left church to serve God.

He invested most of his life pastoring, planting churches and teaching internationally. He was sure that he hit his stride in ministry until God instructed him to leave it all. 

Over a three year period of intense self-reflection Christian understood that many of his greatest inner battles and constant feelings of failure were a result of how he viewed himself and how he viewed God. Christian's message is that we are more than strivers and sufferers and Christ is more than a savior. 

We discuss self confrontation, a concept that he taught me.

Connect with Christian at https://www.christianwinters.com