Never Stop Getting Better

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The Never Stop Getting Better Podcast is proudly presented by CoxHealth. For more than a century, CoxHealth has been committed to improving the health of the communities it serves through compassionate care, innovation, and excellence. Whether it's helping individuals recover, stay healthy, or perform at their best, CoxHealth is dedicated to caring for people at every stage of life.

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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 or nsgb.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!"

Jamie Wilhelm www.jamiewilhelmcoaching.com LinkedIn: Jamie Wilhelm

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In this episode, Coach John Perry welcomes executive leadership coach Jamie Wilhelm for a conversation every leader needs to hear.

Jamie shares how years inside Fortune-level organizations helped her recognize a common pattern: the leaders everyone admired were often carrying the heaviest burdens behind the scenes. Together, John and Jamie discuss why pressure leads many leaders toward burnout, perfectionism, and reactive decision-making—and how slowing down can actually help you accomplish more.

You'll discover practical ways to lead with greater confidence, improve your decision-making, strengthen your relationships, and create healthier habits that benefit both your work and your home life.

Whether you're leading an athletic program, a business, a school, or simply striving to become a better version of yourself, this episode offers practical wisdom you can apply immediately.

Top 10 Takeaways

Pressure doesn't create character—it reveals patterns.

Calm is a leadership skill that can be developed.

Self-awareness is the beginning of better leadership.

You can't lead others well if you don't lead yourself first.

High performers often struggle because they never stop proving themselves.

Small reactive moments create big organizational consequences.

Leaders need space to think before they can lead well.

Saying "no" to the wrong things creates capacity for the right things.

Sustainable leadership beats short-term hustle.

Never Stop Getting Better starts with becoming more intentional every day.

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The Never Stop Getting Better Podcast is proudly presented by CoxHealth. For more than a century, CoxHealth has been committed to improving the health of the communities it serves through compassionate care, innovation, and excellence. Whether it's helping individuals recover, stay healthy, or perform at their best, CoxHealth is dedicated to caring for people at every stage of life.

Learn more at: https://www.coxhealth.com/

For more information on Mental Fitness Training with Chance Potts & John Perry go to OneMoreBenefit.com

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 or nsgb.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!"

Everyone remembers someone who believed in them.

It wasn't necessarily the smartest teacher, the toughest coach, or the most talented boss. It was the person who genuinely cared.

In this week's Monday Mojo, Coach John Perry explores why caring is one of the most overlooked yet powerful leadership skills. Whether you lead a team, a business, a classroom, or your family, people respond differently when they know they matter.

In this episode you'll discover:

Why trust begins with genuine care.

How caring creates courage and confidence.

Why people accept coaching from those who care about them.

The lasting legacy of leaders who choose people over performance.

A simple challenge to become someone others never forget.

Leadership isn't about impressing people.

It's about impacting people.

And impact always begins with caring.

Challenge of the Week:

Find one person who needs encouragement. Send the text. Make the phone call. Stay a few extra minutes. One act of genuine care could change someone's life.

Never Stop Getting Better.

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Presented by CoxHealth

The Never Stop Getting Better Podcast is proudly presented by CoxHealth. For more than a century, CoxHealth has been committed to improving the health of the communities it serves through compassionate care, innovation, and excellence. Whether it's helping individuals recover, stay healthy, or perform at their best, CoxHealth is dedicated to caring for people at every stage of life.

Learn more at: https://www.coxhealth.com/

For more information on Mental Fitness Training with Chance Potts & John Perry go to OneMoreBenefit.com

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 or nsgb.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!"

Dr. Josh Looney, Director of Athletics Univ. of North Alabama

Dr. Josh Looney believes leadership isn't about managing people—it's about building them.

As the Director of Athletics at the University of North Alabama and the 2025-26 NACDA Athletics Director of the Year, Josh has helped transform an athletic department through intentional leadership, record-breaking fundraising, championship culture, academic excellence, and a relentless commitment to developing people.

In this conversation, Josh shares what he's learned about leading through change, creating an environment where excellence becomes the standard, hiring exceptional people, handling pressure, and why personal growth must always come before organizational growth.

Whether you're a coach, business leader, educator, parent, or someone simply striving to become your best, this episode is packed with practical leadership lessons you can apply immediately.

Because the greatest investment you'll ever make...is becoming the best version of yourself.

#NeverStopGettingBetter

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The Never Stop Getting Better Podcast is proudly presented by CoxHealth. For more than a century, CoxHealth has been committed to improving the health of the communities it serves through compassionate care, innovation, and excellence. Whether it's helping individuals recover, stay healthy, or perform at their best, CoxHealth is dedicated to caring for people at every stage of life.

Learn more at: https://www.coxhealth.com/

For more information on Mental Fitness Training with Chance Potts & John Perry go to OneMoreBenefit.com

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 or nsgb.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!"

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**Monday Mojo Episode 322: Seeing the Good**

What if the problem isn't what you're looking at... but the lens you're looking through?

In this week's Monday Mojo, Coach John Perry shares a powerful story about a woman who criticized her neighbor's "dirty laundry"—only to discover that the real problem was her own dirty window. It's a timeless reminder that our perspective shapes our perception.

This episode will challenge you to examine your own heart before judging others, choose grace over criticism, and become the kind of leader who sees the best in people instead of assuming the worst.

When you clean your own window, you don't just change what you see—you change how you lead.

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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 or nsgb.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!"

Hunter Price, Website: www.v3content.org Linkedin - Hunter Price

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This week on the Never Stop Getting Better Podcast, Coach John Perry sits down with former basketball coach, speaker, author, and leadership expert Hunter Price to discuss his new book, Care to Compete: A Coach's Guide to Connection That Wins the Margins.

Hunter shares why the best teams are built on relationships before results and introduces his powerful framework for identifying the four types of teammates every coach encounters: The Sloth, The Vortex, The Ally, and The Heartbeat.

Together, Coach Perry and Hunter explore how caring isn't weakness—it's one of the greatest competitive advantages a leader can possess.

Whether you coach athletics, lead a business, teach students, or simply want to become a better leader, this conversation is packed with practical ideas that will help you build stronger cultures and stronger people.

In this episode you'll learn:

• Why connection creates competitive advantage

• Hunter's formula:

CARE = Selflessness + Work Ethic

• The Four Levels of Care

• Why talent without culture eventually loses

• How to identify the "Heartbeat" of your team

• The dangers of allowing a "Vortex" to remain in your program

• Building accountability without sacrificing relationships

• How faith transformed Hunter's leadership

If leadership is influence, then influence always begins with genuine care.

🎧 Listen now and remember...

Never Stop Getting Better.

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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 or nsgb.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!"

A young baseball player's letters home to his mom go from confident to crushed in just three weeks — and it's one of the best leadership lessons on handling adversity you'll ever hear. In this Monday Mojo, Coach P breaks down why the goal in leadership isn't avoiding curveballs, it's learning to hit them. Includes a breakdown of John 16:33 and why failure should be treated as feedback, not a final verdict.

🔥 In this episode:

Why adaptability matters more than avoiding problems

What John 16:33 actually says about guaranteed adversity

How to reframe failure as feedback instead of finality

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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 or nsgb.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!"

Nora Osman, noraosman.com

Nora Osman is the Founder and CEO of Norvana, a boutique advisory firm focused on customer experience and digital transformation. With over 25 years of leadership experience across healthcare, insurance, and technology, she has led initiatives impacting tens of thousands of people.

A Wharton Global CXO graduate and certified ITIL Expert, Nora is a nationally recognized thought leader, keynote speaker, and leadership coach. Her work centers on helping organizations turn complexity into clarity and transform service into a true competitive advantage.

Her new book, Zero to Hero, is a leadership playbook for turning friction into fuel and elevating both people and performance through intentional leadership.

What if the biggest moments in your leadership aren’t the big ones?

What if they’re the small, everyday interactions where trust is either built… or broken?

In this powerful episode, Coach sits down with Nora Osman, CEO of Norvana and author of Zero to Hero: The Human Experience in Leadership and Business Transformation. With over 25 years of experience leading large-scale service and organizational transformations, Nora brings a fresh and deeply practical perspective on leadership, culture, and customer experience.

Her message is simple—but game-changing:

Every interaction is a moment of truth.

And in that moment… you choose zero or hero.

Together, they dive into how great leaders win the moments that matter most—especially under pressure.

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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 or nsgb.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!"

What if the biggest obstacle to your growth isn't what you don't know—but what you think you already know?

In this Monday Mojo, John Perry shares the timeless story of a student who traveled to learn from a renowned Zen monk. Eager to demonstrate his knowledge, the student repeatedly interrupted the monk. In response, the monk poured tea into the student's cup until it overflowed, teaching a lesson that has challenged leaders, coaches, and learners for generations.

The message is simple yet profound: you cannot pour more into a cup that is already full.

In this episode, John explores the importance of remaining teachable, listening with humility, and creating space for growth. Whether you're leading a team, coaching athletes, building a business, or simply trying to become a better version of yourself, this episode serves as a powerful reminder that learning begins when pride ends.

In This Episode:

• Why humility is a leadership superpower

• The danger of believing you've already arrived

• How great leaders remain lifelong learners

• The difference between listening to respond and listening to understand

• Why curiosity creates growth and certainty often limits it

• Practical ways to keep your "cup" empty and ready to learn

The leaders who grow the most are not the ones who know the most. They are the ones who never stop learning.

Question of the Day:

Where in your life has your cup become too full?

Remember: Stay humble. Stay curious. Never Stop Getting Better.

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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 or nsgb.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!"

Desi Payne, Website: desipayne.com, Podcast: The Energized Leader Podcast

Email: [email protected]

Desi Payne is an award-winning international keynote speaker, author, entrepreneur, podcast host, and certified John Maxwell Leadership Trainer.

After spending 35 years in the healthcare industry, Desi launched a successful speaking and training business focused on workplace culture, stress management, leadership development, and employee engagement.

She has spoken in 28 states and internationally, impacting thousands of leaders and organizations. Desi is the author of three books, host of The Energized Leader Podcast, and a regular TV personality on Hello Iowa.

Known for her unique blend of humor, practical wisdom, and inspirational storytelling, Desi helps leaders create healthier cultures, reduce burnout, and bring energy back into their teams.

Desi is also a breast cancer survivor whose personal journey has deepened her passion for helping others live and lead with purpose.

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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 or nsgb.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!"

What can a rude talking parrot teach us about leadership, growth, and wisdom?

In this week's Monday Mojo, Coach John Perry shares a hilarious story about a parrot whose bad attitude finally lands him in the freezer. After a brief moment of reflection—and a glance at the turkey beside him—the parrot emerges with a completely different perspective.

While the story will make you laugh, the lesson is serious. Too many people insist on learning every lesson the hard way. Wise people learn from the experiences of others. They pay attention to the consequences of poor decisions, the rewards of good choices, and the examples all around them.

In this episode you'll learn:

• Why wisdom often comes from observation

• How great leaders learn from the mistakes of others

• The importance of being coachable before adversity strikes

• Why humility accelerates growth

• How to avoid life's unnecessary "freezer moments"

The question isn't whether life is teaching lessons. The question is whether we're paying attention.

Never Stop Getting Better.