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Tyler Dusty is a marketing entrepreneur and growth partner at GrowRev.

In today's episode, we sit down with Tyler Dusty in Austin, TX, who dropped out of college after his sophomore year, had his first paid ads company acquired, and then spent nearly two years living out of a suitcase while he traveled and built GrowRev. We get into restarting from zero, building to sell, and why the highlight reel on social media is never as cool as it looks.

Key Moments and Highlights:

- Why a 68 million view TikTok that paid $0 taught him leverage

- Canceling his football scholarship and skipping class to learn online business

- The $250 video slots that taught him to choose clients carefully

- Hitting rock bottom with a flooded apartment, a totaled car, and a suspended license in three months

- The betrayal that hurt worse than any breakup

- Pitching a prospect to acquire his company on the spot

- Trading his company for equity and diving into GrowRev

- Finding common ground with nine figure operators

- What two years of luxury travel looks like behind the curtain

- Why peace, not happiness, is what he values most now

Tyler's perspective on the world is so interesting because he's seen both sides of the coin. He's partied in all of the places Instagram tells you to chase, has done high-level work with renowned companies, and has reflected deeply along his journey. His perspective is one that I hope other fellow entrepreneurs can learn something from, and I can't wait for y'all to hear this one.

Thanks for listening. Be Where Your Feet Are.

Follow Tyler Dusty

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YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/ ⁨@Tyler_dusty⁩ 

Your First Five (free community): https://www.skool.com/yourfirst5/aboutFollow

GrowRevWebsite: https://growrev.com/

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From the Episode:

Tomorrowland Belgium 2026, Official Aftermovie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5yQBhDnrvM

"The Marshmallow Test," Igniter Media: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QX_oy9614HQ

Episode Chapters:

0:00 Two years, one suitcase, 25 countries

1:46 Why big nights out don't hit anymore

3:52 Middle class pressure and a football dream

6:45 A 68 million view TikTok that paid $

09:20 One year of college, then the whiteboard

13:39 First clients and a $7,500 retainer

17:48 $250 video slots and picking the right clients

21:08 Dropping out, then everything crashed

25:17 Throwing away the acceptance letter

26:17 Lead Nest and the betrayal

32:30 Pitching his company for acquisition

34:27 Hard moments become the best stories

37:17 Belief, visualization, and Barry Sanders

40:39 Building for a lifestyle and giving for free

45:34 The one way ticket and an open mind

49:43 Imposter syndrome in bigger rooms

55:54 Behind the curtain: it's not that cool

1:00:19 The adult marshmallow test

1:04:33 Who you do it with matters most

1:07:44 Nearsighted vs. farsighted moments

1:11:04 Picking a partner to share life with

1:14:27 The delayed life fallacy

1:19:33 This too shall pass

1:22:08 Why peace is what he values now

1:24:44 Purpose, 75 summers, and building together

1:27:55 How to support Tyler

Brian Wilkerson is the founder of CrossFit Casual in Boise, ID.

In today's episode, we sit down with Brian Wilkerson in Boise, Idaho. Brian is a 26 year old born-entrepreneur who went from selling paracord bracelets in 7th grade to building CrossFit Casual into a gym of 275+ members in just a couple of years. We talk about being shameless in business, why a gym might be the best third space we have left, and what comes after you hit the goal you set.

Key Moments and Highlights:

• How selling bracelets in middle school prepared him for business
• The spring break Tesla ride that changed his whole career path
• Going from finance graduate to camp counselor, and setting his ego aside to do it
• Why nobody is thinking about you as much as you think
• Six months of brutal challenges before opening day of CrossFit Casual

• The importance of gyms as a third space in a lonelier, remote-first world
• GLP-1s, the quick fix, and why he still believes in the gym
• Hitting 275 members and asking what's next

Brian is a killer operator and an even better dude. This conversation was incredibly inspiring for me, and I wish I would have been able to hear it when I was early on in my journey. Hope you dig it as much as I did.

Thanks for listening.Be Where Your Feet Are.

Follow Brian Wilkerson

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Website: https://crossfitcasual.com

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From the Episode:

Rick Rubin, "How to Access Your Creativity," Huberman Lab: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycOBZZeVeAc

CrossFit, "F*ck The Quick Fix. CrossFit Is The Cure.": https://www.youtube.com/shorts/6nCWww7X1yQ

Michael Smoak, Higher Up Wellness: https://www.instagram.com/higherupwellness/

Episode Chapters:

0:00 The journal entry written two days before opening

2:33 Paracord bracelets and parents who just do things

6:23 Odd jobs, forklifts, and blue collar perspective

15:22 Leading a Dutch Bros crew in his early 20s

18:16 The Tesla ride that changed everything

22:01 Finance degree to summer camp counselor

26:34 A time to learn and a time to earn

28:49 Being cringe and why nobody is thinking about you

32:04 Flyers, a tripod, and the "we're not cool" brand

35:38 Coffee shop or CrossFit gym?

39:48 Taking the leap

41:40 Six months of code fixes and landlord battles

45:49 Is being naive a superpower?

48:41 Building it yourself versus buying a gym

50:40 Why a CrossFit gym is a country club

53:09 Gyms as a third space

56:54 The cheat code for building a social circle

1:02:26 Rick Rubin and bringing an idea into the world

1:03:40 GLP-1s and CrossFit's war on the quick fix

1:08:50 Is a fit body still a status symbol?

1:13:57 Convenience versus connection

1:16:07 House and HYROX, the workout rave

1:18:02 Did the flowers grow?

1:21:54 What comes after hitting the goal

1:25:14 What do I actually want?

1:28:15 How to support Brian

Ivan James is a relationship and embodiment coach.

In today's episode, we sit down with Ivan James, a 16 year Air Force veteran and father who spent most of his life as the best performer in every room he walked into, until his marriage started falling apart and he couldn't win the room in his own house. We talk about performative love versus embodied love, why relationships are the clearest mirror we'll ever look into, and why real intimacy scares so many of us.

By 16, Ivan had lived in ten states and three countries. At 33, he disappeared for a year: no social media, no friends, no TV, no drinking. He gets into trying to win over his own couples therapist, finding God in the Appalachian Mountains, and why choosing yourself might be the most loving thing you can do for your partner.

Key Moments and Highlights:- Why dating apps and endless options make commitment feel optional

- Relationships as the clearest mirror you'll ever look into

- Why bad sex is almost always a symptom of missing intimacy- Performative love versus embodied love, & performative burnout

- Becoming a master chameleon

- Trying to win over his own couples therapist as his marriage fell apart

- Disappearing for a year to find out who he was

- Why every gift has a light side and a shadow side

- The "one coin" mantra

- "Workism," and whether we're asking our partners to be everything

Ivan spent decades being the guy everyone thought had it figured out, and hearing him describe what it took to strip all of that away, and what it takes to not pick the masks back up, is something I think every single one of us needs to hear.

Thanks for listening.

Be Where Your Feet Are.

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Website: https://ivanheals.com/

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From the Episode:Derek Thompson, "Workism Is Making Americans Miserable," The Atlantic: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/02/religion-workism-making-americans-miserable/583441/Eli Finkel,

"The All-or-Nothing Marriage," TEDxDunapart: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtOwmeZFASE

Episode Chapters:0:00 Why commitment feels so hard right now

1:26 Dating apps & endless options

5:08 Is avoiding commitment a way to stay safe?

6:29 Relationships as the most powerful mirror we have

8:03 Double down, eject, or settle

9:31 Why bad sex is a symptom, not the cause

12:56 Anxiety as a teacher

13:55 The signs you're in a bad relationship

17:01 Defining intimacy

19:10 Performative vs. embodied love

22:25 How to catch yourself performing

25:52 Acting "as if"

28:35 Filling a void of self love with social currency

30:39 The 2017 moment that stopped everything

32:52 Asking who he was at 33

34:10 Going cold turkey on social media, friends, alcohol, and TV

36:08 Why isolation needs a foundation

39:30 Finding God and getting baptized in the Appalachian Mountains

40:51 Every gift has a light side and a shadow side

43:04 Giving your past self grace

45:37 Trauma and the story we tell ourselves about it

50:16 When self development turns into "I'm not enough"

53:44 Awareness versus action

55:24 Is the coaching space part of the problem?

59:56 Reintegrating into the world after solitude

1:01:19 Eight months in Miami Beach

1:03:31 The "one coin" mantra

1:08:51 Calling in a partner who holds a clear mirror

1:11:50 The Mastery of Love and the social mask

1:14:32 Conflict as the thing that creates intimacy

1:16:04 Supporting your partner's journey without pressure

1:22:37 Why choosing yourself is the most loving thing you can do

1:23:36 Workism and the all or nothing relationship

1:27:30 What breakups reveal about what you're missing

1:29:34 The first questions to ask on the path to embodiment

1:34:38 How to support Ivan

Merlin Lipin is a Realtor in Billings, Montana.

In today's episode, we sit down with Merlin Lipin in Billings, MT, a dual citizen who chased a golf scholarship from Belgium to Montana and built a career as one of the state's top real estate agents. We talk jack of all trades versus master of one, the ego inside passion, and trusting your gut instead of white knuckling life.

Merlin opens up about the best round of golf he ever played, which felt like relief instead of joy, the year he burned out on real estate the same way he burned out on golf, and why he refuses to set a single sales goal anymore.

Key Moments and Highlights:

• Growing up a dual citizen between Belgium and America
• The golf scholarship that brought him to Montana
• Realizing golf was tied to his ego
• His best round of golf ever, and why it felt like relief, not joy
• Jack of all trades versus master of one, on purpose
• Passion versus obsession, and the line between them
• The identity crash when sports, or any title, gets taken away
• Burning out on real estate the same way he burned out on golf
• Why he skips sales goals and focuses on daily inputs instead
• Defining intuition as a connection to your higher self

This conversation kept circling back to one idea, that when something you love starts controlling you instead of the other way around, it's time to step back. Merlin has lived that twice now, with golf and with real estate, and catching himself faster the second time was my favorite part of this one.

Thanks for listening.Be Where Your Feet Are.

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From the Episode:

Dr. Bob Rotella on the mental side of golf: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJa553fS75Y

The Last Dance, ESPN's official trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9Z9JtNcCWY

Episode Chapters:

0:00 Intro, growing up a dual citizen between Belgium and America2:20 Traveling through Europe and Costa Rica as a kid7:12 Sports and entrepreneurship, where his curiosity took him9:19 Jack of all trades versus master of one9:57 The golf scholarship that brought him to the United States10:49 Realizing all his eggs were in one basket14:32 Passion versus obsession, and the Kobe and Jordan comparison18:03 The pressure of chasing a golf scholarship as a teenager21:23 Landing in Montana and falling in love with it24:12 A sports psychologist's lesson on why you need new goals29:08 The identity crash after sports, or any title, ends32:25 His best round of golf ever, and why it felt like relief38:26 A friend's story about making it and never asking where he was going46:02 Wrestling between self reliance and trusting something bigger51:01 Defining intuition as a connection to your higher self57:13 Letting go of the pressure to meet other people's expectations1:05:41 Reframing every failed business as one piece of a bigger build1:11:34 Repeating the golf pattern with real estate, and catching it faster1:18:34 Recognizing burnout before it turns into a full crash1:23:00 Being intentional with inputs, detached from outputs1:29:08 Having compassion for who you were with what you knew then1:31:48 What to ask yourself to check if you're on the right path

Yannick Bernard is a podcaster and the voice behind the Man's Search for Meaning Podcast.

In today's episode, we sit down with Yannick in Austin, TX (our first episode recorded here). Yannick is a German-born former soccer prospect turned entrepreneur, copywriter, and podcaster chasing one question: who am I?

We get into the retreat that broke him wide open, the year he lost everything, and why he moved to Austin with no job and a special mission.

Key Moments and Highlights:

- The concept of "the entreprisoner"

- Dropping a $100K soccer scholarship, and the acid trip that started it all

- A one way ticket to Mexico with $1,000, the week COVID shut the world down

- Building a skincare company and what became on of Germany's top psychedelic companies

- Nearly getting hit by a car on a bike ride four days before this recording

- The ten day Vipassana retreat that broke him open and surfaced childhood trauma

- How his experience mirrors Tim Ferriss's own public story of retreats and trouble with integration

- Losing his businesses, money, and relationship within weeks, and the year that followed the season of the retreat

- Running marketing for Richard Branson's mushroom retreats, then walking away

- Moving to Austin with no job and a special mission

Getting to sit with Yannick in this chapter of his life was a real felt treat, and it's been a real inspiration watching him full-send on his dreams. I don't know exactly where his story goes from here, but I know I want a front row seat for it. Grateful he took the leap all the way to Austin, and even more grateful he let us be part of the next chapter.

Thanks for listening. Be Where Your Feet Are.

Follow Yannick Bernard

Substack: https://substack.com/@yannicknoahbernard

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@yannick-noah

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From the Episode: The Tim Ferriss Show #464, My Healing Journey After Childhood Abuse: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9rvOfdk10c

Timothée Chalamet and Matthew McConaughey: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=424w9fJRgYk

AfrikaBurn official aftermovie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgxpJhC4MSU

Thank You To Our Sponsors:

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Episode Chapters:

0:00 Intro, defining "the entreprisoner"

1:33 Dropping a $100K soccer scholarship, and the acid trip that started it all

2:26 A one way ticket to Mexico, the week before COVID hit

4:23 A childhood built entirely around soccer

8:20 The myth that finding your calling makes life easier

9:38 A friend's death, Mount Everest, and what resurfaces later

11:49 Nearly killed on a bike ride four days before this recording

16:19 Making decisions by asking "what would the hero do"

19:02 Leaving everything behind

20:48 Building a skincare company and Germany's leading psychedelic retreat brand

22:40 Life on "chronic cocaine energy" across a dozen countries

25:13 Meeting his fiancée as his own company's first hire

26:52 Burnout and the savior complex

28:42 His first vacation: a ten day Vipassana retreat that broke him open

31:20 Tim Ferriss's parallel story of surfacing childhood trauma in silence

37:25 The addiction to self-improvement nobody calls an addiction

45:11 Losing everything in a matter of weeks

56:31 How much of his own suffering he thinks he created

1:03:59 Naming this chapter of his life "Greenlights"

1:06:40 Richard Branson's mushroom retreats, and walking away from an 8 figure business

1:07:46 AfrikaBurn, and quitting cold turkey

1:09:16 Two months in an Indian ashram, and starting his own podcast

1:11:19 The pull back to the U.S. and finding Chris Williamson

1:19:07 His why: giving a voice to people who don't usually get one

1:21:59 Becoming a cultural bridge between Germany, South Africa, and America

1:26:19 Closing thoughts

Mo Brossette is an extreme athlete and a mindset and human performance coach.

In today's episode, we sit down with Mo Brossette in Billings, Montana. Mo spent nearly a decade as Director of Mindset at Dallas's Adaptive Training Foundation, helping veterans and adaptive athletes walk again through breath, language, and belief, and now coaches men through WATT's two-year leadership program. It's a wide-ranging conversation about why men are conditioned to bury their emotions, why someone always has to go first, and how the worst moments of your life can quietly become the foundation for everything that comes after.

Along the way, Mo opens up about the night he got jumped outside a bar that changed the entire course of his life, losing a friend to suicide and the phone call that pushed him into breathwork, the father he never met (a police officer who died three days after Mo was conceived), and the ayahuasca ceremony that finally brought him peace.

Key Moments and Highlights:

• Why someone always has to go first when it comes to men opening up
• Losing a friend to suicide, and the call that pushed him into breathwork
• Teaching people told they'd never walk again how to stand back up
• Getting jumped outside a bar, and why he's grateful for it now
• The father he never met, and the ceremony that brought him peace
• Turning down bigger paychecks to keep doing work that mattered
• "Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional"
• The manila folder: figuring out what actually matters
• Redefining success as service, not commas in a bank account

This conversation happened during one of the best weeks of my life, surrounded by guys I'm genuinely grateful to call brothers, and this episode was the perfect way to close out the week. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

Thanks for listening.

Be Where Your Feet Are.

Find Mo:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/coachmobrossette/

WATT (We Are The They): https://www.wattmovement.com

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From the Episode:Adaptive Training Foundation: https://www.adaptivetrainingfoundation.org

One Tribe Foundation (formerly 22Kill) the veteran and first responder suicide prevention nonprofit founded by Jacob Schick: https://1tribefoundation.org

Episode Chapters:

00:00 – Intro: What men get wrong about their mental health

02:48 – Giving a room of 32 men permission to open up

04:24 – The power of WATT's mini-mastermind format

06:34 – Why somebody has to go first

08:12 – Taking the "perfect" pedestal away

09:20 – Perfection is an illusion

11:21 – Reframing failure and quitting as growth

12:32 – Mo's path from exercise science into holistic health

16:30 – From building good athletes to building good humans

17:17 – Losing a friend to suicide, and the call that changed everything

20:29 – Teaching paralyzed and amputee athletes to walk again

22:31 – Suffering is optional

23:39 – The night he got jumped, and why he's grateful for it

26:41 – His father, a police officer who died before he was born

30:41 – A ceremony and "he's been here the whole time"

35:46 – Defining success as doing what you're called to do

41:24 – The bigger paycheck he turned down to keep building his own thing

47:12 – Choosing a $30K salary at the foundation over a bigger opportunity

55:51 – "Exactly where you're supposed to be": a mushroom journey and 51 years of timing

57:19 – The manila folder: figuring out what actually matters

1:07:18 – "I am, I can": the power of your words

1:13:30 – The fall risk bracelet, and the stories we let define us

1:20:31 – Refilling your bucket before the world fills it for you

1:30:28 – What does success mean to you

1:33:52 – Where to find Mo and get involved with WATT

Shawna Morales is a Billings, MT real estate broker, mom, and community builder.

In today's episode, we sit down with Shawna Morales in Billings, Montana for a conversation about learning to believe in yourself, breaking the cycles she grew up around, and building a business and a family at the same time.

Along the way, she walks us through the moment she froze outside an ESPN broadcasting tryout and drove away, the mentor who handed her the keys to 36 rental units when she was just 17, and how she and Wes built a life completely backwards (kids before marriage, a business before either) while scaling to two brokerages and a multi million dollar apparel company on the side.

Key Moments and Highlights:- Being raised by her grandparents and learning from their examples

- Getting counted out early and turning it into fuel

- Working in a dementia care unit and what it taught her about showing up for people

- Freezing outside an ESPN broadcasting tryout and driving away

- Moving home to care for her parents and starting over in real estate from scratch

- Meeting Wes and building a family and a business

- The mentor who trusted her with 36 rental units at 17

- Giving back however you feel called to

This is one of the most honest conversations we've had on the show about fear, family, and figuring it out as you go. If you've ever felt like your path doesn't look the way it's "supposed to," Shawna's story is proof that showing up anyway is what actually builds something real.

Thanks for listening.

Be Where Your Feet Are.

Links From the Episode:

Family Promise (Easter basket outreach organization): https://familypromiseyv.org/

Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1612680011?lv

Find Shawna:Shawna on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shawnamorales406/

Engel & Völkers Billings: https://www.shawnamoralesrealtor.com/

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Episode Chapters:

00:00 – Intro and the "here we go" mentality

00:33 – Growing up loved, raised by her grandparents

06:52 – The family that showed her a different side of life

09:01 – Being counted out early and what it built in her

11:46 – Chasing modeling, travel, and searching for her lane

16:14 – Working in a dementia care unit

19:03 – From caregiving to the MC and hosting years

22:06 – Freezing outside the ESPN tryout

24:00 – Wes, self-belief, and letting go of the chip on her shoulder

27:33 – What real confidence actually feels like

29:57 – Building a blended family with Max, Cece, and Milan

32:29 – Revisiting the day she didn't walk through the door

37:52 – Coming home when her dad got sick

40:09 – Getting her real estate license and learning it the hard way

41:18 – Choosing family over the spotlight45:22 – Meeting Wes at the fights

48:07 – Kids first, marriage later: building a life out of order

51:38 – Managing big risk while raising a young family

55:38 – Telling her dad she was pregnant

58:07 – Juggling motherhood, 36 rentals, and a multi million dollar business

1:00:33 – Buying their first properties and grinding for five years

1:04:39 – Coaching a young agent through his own fear

1:08:14 – The mentor who handed her the keys to 36 units at 17

1:11:29 – Why the honest people in your corner matter most

1:12:26 – Helping a young agent push past self-doubt

1:15:35 – Taking in a teenager who needed a home

1:23:02 – Balancing big risk with a young family

1:26:15 – Growing up in a fifth-wheel trailer and giving back through Easter baskets

1:30:26 – Raising grounded kids in a life of abundance

1:34:57 – Building two brokerages and dreaming without a ceiling

1:38:26 – What success looks like now

1:42:29 – A letter to little Shawna

1:46:13 – Closing thoughts

Hannah Perez is the co-founder of SEEQ, the protein brand that defined clear protein and went from her business partner's parents' living room to national shelves at Target, Walmart, Sam's Club, and The Vitamin Shoppe.

In today's episode, we sit down with Hannah Perez for a wide-ranging conversation about the "why not me" mindset, the messy middle of figuring out your calling, and how SEEQ went from a viral TikTok experiment to a category-defining brand.

Along the way, she walks us through her story: growing up in South Dakota watching Shark Tank and deciding ordinary people could build extraordinary things, a string of scrappy side hustles in high school and college that taught her how to sell before she ever had a "real" business, and the moment she met her now co-founder Ben and finally found her long-term lane.

She talks about the wild early days of SEEQ selling out of a family's living room, the surreal moment Mark Cuban's son ordered a bottle and Mark Cuban posted about it, and how a three-year goal she and Ben wrote down years earlier predicted their Target launch down to the month. She also opens up about the harder, quieter chapter more recently: learning to let go of the parts of the business that used to be entirely hers, and figuring out who she is beyond the brand.

Key Moments and Highlights:

• Where Hannah's "why not me" mindset started
• Why changing your mind is a skill worth practicing
• The scrappy side hustles that taught her how to sell
• Meeting Ben and finding the idea that finally stuck
• Selling out of a living room and going viral on TikTok
• The day Mark Cuban's son ordered SEEQ
• Mark Cuban's SEEQ shoutout and 10/10 rating video
• The three-year goal that predicted their Target launch
• Learning to let go as the business grows
• Putting yourself at the center of your own life

This is one of the most inspiring conversations I've had on the show, and I hope you find some valuable takeaways from Hannah's story as a person, a business owner, and somebody who full-sends it in life.

Thanks for listening.

Be Where Your Feet Are.

From the Episode:

• Mark Cuban's SEEQ Review: Mark & His Son Rate Seeq
• Forbes 30 Under 30 Article: SEEQ Forbes Profile
• Our Journey: seeqsupply.com/pages/copy-of-our-story

Find Hannah & SEEQ:

• Hannah on Instagram: @hanxperez
• SEEQ on Instagram: @seeqsupply
• SEEQ: seeqsupply.com

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• Instagram: @thegarden.podcast
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Follow Drew Korf:

• Instagram: @drewkorf
• TikTok: @drew.korf

Episode Chapters:

• 00:00 – Intro & the "why not me" mindset
• 04:27 – From an elementary ed degree to chasing business
• 07:54 – Why changing your mind is a skill worth practicing
• 10:53 – The "Ferrari engine with nowhere to go" feeling
• 14:49 – Scrappy side hustles: sneakers, socks, and a DIY chemistry experiment
• 19:26 – Meeting Ben and finding the idea that finally stuck
• 24:56 – What makes their co-founder partnership actually work
• 28:27 – The early days: 4,000 units and a family's living room
• 33:58 – The Cuban's and selling out of the first product order
• 41:16 – The moment they decided to build a $100M brand
• 45:00 – Forbes 30 Under 30 and learning to actually feel the wins
• 51:11 – The three-year goal that predicted their Target launch to the month
• 59:31 – Feeling like the underdog again against legacy brands
• 1:03:27 – Imposter syndrome and the moving goalpost
• 1:06:02 – Letting go: hiring leadership and redefining her role
• 1:12:00 – Building a personal brand after years behind the scenes
• 1:15:20 – Putting yourself at the center of your own world
• 1:18:09 – The Feel Good Award & closing thoughts

I asked each of my immediate family members to send me a short list of questions for a Q&A. And now I'm bringing their questions + my answers to you.

Hope you enjoy. :)

Highlights:- The advice from my Mom that I reshare the most often

- Sunsets and trips to the park teaching me (subconsciously) to love the small things as a kid

- Growing up with pressure to excel in sports

- What I'd change about my childhood relationship with my brother

- The blessing of growing up close to my grandparents

This episode is one of my favorite things I've gotten to do with this platform, and I hope that you enjoy the conversation and find some inspiration to ask the important questions to the people closest to you too.

Thanks for listening.

Be Where Your Feet Are.

Follow Drew Korf:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drewkorf/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@drew.korfFollow The Garden:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thegarden.podcast/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thegarden.podcastEpisode Chapters:0:00 Intro1:53 Questions from Mom3:46 "You can only eat an elephant one bite at a time"6:08 What I hope to emulate from my grandfather8:55 What I wish I'd learned earlier about investing10:20 Would I trade my friends at Rocky for a bigger football career?14:50 If you were guaranteed an Olympic event16:10 Questions from my little brother17:15 The turning point that made me bet on myself25:35 What I'd change about our childhood together30:23 What I feel like I missed out on32:24 Questions from Pops32:56 Ann Morrison Park and the fountain we grew up with36:38 Appreciating sunsets40:53 Sports, scholarships, and identity45:00 Growing up around religion, philosophy, and an existential crisis at 1255:17 Questions from Grandma Debi55:35 What it felt like when college football was finally over1:00:46 A fun memory from childhood1:05:17 The most thought-of memory of my life so far1:11:22 Questions from Grandma Carol1:13:19 Feeling left out (or not) growing up1:15:27 Tanner's talent show set1:17:48 Family tension and feeling safe1:20:02 If I never made it home again1:21:59 Closing thoughts and the "180 visits" idea

Paige Goldstein is a LinkedIn personal branding coach and digital nomad.

In today's episode, we sit down with Paige for a wide-ranging conversation about what it actually means to follow your intuition, why the biggest leaps rarely start as leaps, how to build a personal brand without turning it into a diary, and what it looks like to blend spirituality with genuine ambition.

Along the way, she walks us through her story, from a one hour commute in Boston that made her question everything, to booking a one way ticket to Hawaii with no real plan, to years of digital nomad life across Mexico, Panama, Costa Rica, Europe, and eventually Cape Town, South Africa.

She describes the breathwork session that led her to quit her corporate job within a week, the "dark night of the soul" that followed, and how writing through it openly on LinkedIn became the foundation of the business she runs today.

Key Moments and Highlights:

• The moment she knew corporate wasn't for her
• The "black sheep vs. unicorn pioneer" reframe
• Booking a one way ticket to Hawaii with no real plan
• Why intuition gets louder the more you ignore it
• The breathwork session that led her to quit within a week
• Her path through Hawaii, Mexico, Panama, Costa Rica, Europe, and Cape Town
• Where to draw the line between vulnerability and oversharing on a personal brand
• "Cringe Mountain" and the limiting beliefs exercise she still does today
• Blending spirituality and business through "ambitious zen"
• Getting intentional about your personal brand

This was such a fun one to record. Paige has this rare mix of being fully herself online while also having a genuinely sharp business mind, and that balance came through in almost everything she said. Grateful she took the time to share her story.

Thanks for listening.

Be Where Your Feet Are

Follow Paige Goldstein:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paigegoldstein

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/paigegoldstein_

Website: https://www.betherippleeffect.com/

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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drewkorf/

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@drew.korf

Follow The Garden:

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TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thegarden.podcast

Episode Chapters:

0:00 Intro

0:31 The one hour communte trap

2:42 The "black sheep vs. unicorn pioneer" mindset

7:16 Booking a one way ticket to Hawaii

10:29 Why intuition gets louder if ignored

16:48 The breathwork session that led her to quit within a week

20:50 The digital nomad path

33:34 Vulnerability vs. oversharing in a personal brand

40:37 "Cringe Mountain" and limiting beliefs

50:00 Blending spirituality and business

1:19:10 The 4 Hour Workweek & micro retirements

1:25:06 Being intentional about personal branding