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Welcome to the Never Stop Getting Better Podcast, where we dive deep into personal and professional growth strategies to help you reach your fullest potential. In each episode, host John Perry explores topics ranging from leadership and productivity to mindset and self-improvement, featuring insightful interviews with experts and thought leaders.

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Chris Chism Email: [email protected] Cell: 662-549-0257

Chris Chism is the Superintendent of the Pearl Public School District in Pearl, Mississippi, with 29 years of experience in education as a teacher, coach, school leader, and district administrator. A graduate of Mississippi State University, Chris is widely recognized for his work in educational technology, data-driven instruction, and artificial intelligence in education.

Over the past 15 months, Chris has delivered more than 150 presentations on AI, speaking to educators, business leaders, and policymakers across the Southeast, Washington, D.C., and New York. He has presented at the Mississippi Capitol and appeared on radio and television discussing practical and ethical uses of AI. Under his leadership, the Pearl Public School District has earned an “A” rating for three consecutive years, while Pearl High School achieved significant gains in graduation rates—particularly for students with disabilities.

Chris is passionate about students, teachers, leadership, and innovation, and is committed to advancing education in ways that elevate people while preparing them for the future.

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Welcome to the Never Stop Getting Better Podcast, where we dive deep into personal and professional growth strategies to help you reach your fullest potential. In each episode, host John Perry explores topics ranging from leadership and productivity to mindset and self-improvement, featuring insightful interviews with experts and thought leaders.

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Welcome to the Never Stop Getting Better Podcast, where we dive deep into personal and professional growth strategies to help you reach your fullest potential. In each episode, host John Perry explores topics ranging from leadership and productivity to mindset and self-improvement, featuring insightful interviews with experts and thought leaders.

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Jeff Janssen Email: [email protected]

Website: Janssensportsleadership.com

Jeff Janssen is one of the world’s leading experts on sports leadership, team culture, and mental toughness. He is the founder of the Sports Leadership Center, where he has spent over two decades helping athletes, coaches, and organizations build championship mindsets and elite team cultures. Jeff has worked with Olympic teams, NCAA programs, professional franchises, and high-performing organizations across the globe. He is the author of several influential books on leadership and performance, including The Team Captain’s Leadership Manual and Championship Team Building. Jeff is known for his practical, no-nonsense approach to leadership, accountability, and developing competitors who lead themselves and others at a high level.

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Welcome to the Never Stop Getting Better Podcast, where we dive deep into personal and professional growth strategies to help you reach your fullest potential. In each episode, host John Perry explores topics ranging from leadership and productivity to mindset and self-improvement, featuring insightful interviews with experts and thought leaders.

If you have any suggestions, questions, or feedback, don't hesitate to email John Perry at [email protected]. You can also go to the website neverstopgettingbetter.net Cell phone number: 662-582-0804

Join us on this journey of continuous improvement, and let's strive to never stop getting better together!"

This episode brought to you by AJ Shavell

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Welcome to the Never Stop Getting Better Podcast, where we dive deep into personal and professional growth strategies to help you reach your fullest potential. In each episode, host John Perry explores topics ranging from leadership and productivity to mindset and self-improvement, featuring insightful interviews with experts and thought leaders.

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Colin Jonov Email: [email protected] Instagram: @colkyjonov10

Website: https://www.athleticfortitude.com

Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-playbook-with-colin-jonov/id1719619849

Colin Jonov is a performance coach, speaker, and leadership mentor who works with athletes, coaches, and high-performing professionals to build sustainable excellence through discipline, consistency, and elite daily standards. Known for his practical, no-nonsense approach, Colin helps individuals close the gap between intention and execution by mastering habits, routines, and mental toughness. His work emphasizes doing the ordinary things uncommonly well—and doing them every day.

Colin Jonov has spent years studying and coaching the habits that separate good from elite. As a trusted voice in performance and leadership development, he challenges people to raise their personal standard, eliminate excuses, and embrace the daily work required for long-term success. Colin’s message resonates with competitors and leaders who understand that excellence is not an event—it’s a lifestyle.

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Welcome to the Never Stop Getting Better Podcast, where we dive deep into personal and professional growth strategies to help you reach your fullest potential. In each episode, host John Perry explores topics ranging from leadership and productivity to mindset and self-improvement, featuring insightful interviews with experts and thought leaders.

If you have any suggestions, questions, or feedback, don't hesitate to email John Perry at [email protected]. You can also go to the website neverstopgettingbetter.net Cell phone number: 662-582-0804

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This episode brought to you by Lance Pedersen.

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Welcome to the Never Stop Getting Better Podcast, where we dive deep into personal and professional growth strategies to help you reach your fullest potential. In each episode, host John Perry explores topics ranging from leadership and productivity to mindset and self-improvement, featuring insightful interviews with experts and thought leaders.

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In this episode of Never Stop Getting Better, I sit down with Pamela Yancy, President & CEO of the Branson/Lakes Area Chamber of Commerce & Convention and Visitors Bureau.

After nearly 35 years in banking, Pam made a bold career pivot—stepping into a role that allows her to serve the community she’s loved for decades in an even bigger way. We talk leadership, relationships, career reinvention, and what it really takes to help a community thrive.

Pam’s story is proof that leadership isn’t about titles or résumés—it’s about people, purpose, and showing up consistently. If you care about servant leadership, community impact, or navigating a career transition with courage, this conversation will hit home.

Pamela Yancy Email: [email protected]

www.explorebranson.com www.bransonchamber.com

Pamela Yancy is the President and CEO of the Branson/Lakes Area Chamber of Commerce and Convention & Visitors Bureau, leading one of Missouri’s largest chambers with over 860 members and a region welcoming more than 10 million visitors annually.

Prior to joining the Chamber in December 2023, Pam spent nearly 35 years in the banking industry, rising from branch management to Community Bank President at Arvest Bank in Branson. Despite not having a college degree, she built her career through grit, relationships, and a deep desire to help people succeed.

Pam has long been a trusted community leader, serving on boards including Tri-Lakes United Way, Boys & Girls Club of the Ozarks, the City of Branson Finance Committee, Taney County Partnership, Cox Branson Medical Center, and the Branson Chamber itself.

Known for her warmth, wisdom, and people-first leadership style, Pam believes you’ll always find time for what matters—and she’s committed to helping Branson continue to be a great place to live, work, and visit.

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Welcome to the Never Stop Getting Better Podcast, where we dive deep into personal and professional growth strategies to help you reach your fullest potential. In each episode, host John Perry explores topics ranging from leadership and productivity to mindset and self-improvement, featuring insightful interviews with experts and thought leaders.

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Join us on this journey of continuous improvement, and let's strive to never stop getting better together!"

This episode was brought to you by my good friend John Weaver.

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Welcome to the Never Stop Getting Better Podcast, where we dive deep into personal and professional growth strategies to help you reach your fullest potential. In each episode, host John Perry explores topics ranging from leadership and productivity to mindset and self-improvement, featuring insightful interviews with experts and thought leaders.

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Doug Pitt, pittttechnology.com, dougpitt.org, caretolearn.org, pittdevgroup.com, dougpittscontruction.com

Doug Pitt is an entrepreneur, philanthropist, and global humanitarian based in Springfield, Missouri. He is the founder of Care to Learn, a nonprofit that has funded more than 4 million health, hunger, and hygiene needs for children across Missouri.

Doug is also the co-owner of Pitt Technology Group and Pitt Development Group, leading ventures in technology services and medical real estate development. In 2010, he was appointed the first-ever Goodwill Ambassador for the United Republic of Tanzania, where he continues to work with NGOs, businesses, and faith-based organizations to expand access to clean water, education, and economic opportunity throughout East Africa.

An avid mountain biker and outdoor advocate, Doug famously became the first American to climb Mount Kilimanjaro and descend it by mountain bike—raising hundreds of thousands of dollars for clean water initiatives. Above all, Doug is a servant leader, husband, and father who believes true success is measured by the lives we impact and the good we leave behind.

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Welcome to the Never Stop Getting Better Podcast, where we dive deep into personal and professional growth strategies to help you reach your fullest potential. In each episode, host John Perry explores topics ranging from leadership and productivity to mindset and self-improvement, featuring insightful interviews with experts and thought leaders.

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The Prison That Set Him Free

Alexander Solzhenitsyn didn’t walk into prison as a man of faith. He walked in proud, confident, and certain—certain that progress, power, and prosperity were the ultimate goals of life. A decorated Soviet officer, he believed the system, trusted ideology, and assumed success would always be earned by intellect and effort. Then one letter—one private criticism of Stalin—changed everything. He was arrested, stripped of rank, and sent to the Gulag. Cold. Hunger. Disease. Silence. Men reduced to numbers. Hope reduced to a rumor. Prison took everything from him—except the one thing he didn’t know he needed.

Lying on rotting prison straw, broken and humbled, Solzhenitsyn discovered a truth no classroom, medal, or promotion had ever taught him. When comfort was gone and pride was crushed, his soul finally woke up. He saw that prosperity doesn’t mature us—pressure does. Ease doesn’t shape character—suffering does. In the darkest place of his life, faith replaced ideology, humility replaced ego, and meaning replaced ambition. Prison, the very thing meant to destroy him, became the place that saved him. And years later, with clarity and gratitude, he would say:

“I bless you prison for there lying on rotting prison straw I learned the object of life is not prosperity as I had grown up believing but the maturing of the soul.”

Monday Mojo reminder: Sometimes the very thing we curse is the thing God uses to grow us. Don’t waste the hard season. Let it mature your soul.