The Iron Deep Podcast

Success is hollow until we surrender the hidden battles within, finding true wealth in faith, and influence in humility. Join us for an episode of entrepreneurship, faith, ambition, and surrender as host Michael Stansbury interviews Brett Snodgrass about his upcoming book, The Secret War Within, set to release on September 19. In this candid exploration, Brett opens up about the journey of a highly successful real estate developer, Nolan Banks. On the surface, Banks seems to have it all—wealth, influence, and a picture-perfect life. However, lurking beneath the façade is an inner turmoil, a void that no amount of success can fill. As Brett and Michael delve into the deep, life-changing aspects of his book, they discover how surrendering to God's desires can lead to a more fulfilling and purpose-driven life. Don’t miss this opportunity to be inspired and transformed. Tune in now!

Steve Cook is one of the OG's of online real estate flipping. Steve failed at different business ventures before he struck great success in real estate. But in his success, Steve realized his family, faith, and other aspects of his life could easily become unbalanced. Through his long journey, Steve has learned many secrets of developing a very healthy and balanced lifestyle as an entrepreneur. Mike Stansbury talks to Steve about why he developed Lifeonaire and how he helps to change entrepreneurs lifestyles in a wholistic approach. Steve notes many entrepreneurs think once their business problems are solved, everything else will get better too, but this simply is not true in most cases. Steve helps entrepreneurs make the right adjustments to have full lifestyle success in all areas of their lives. Entrepreneurs have a gift that's supposed to give them more freedom and wellness. If you don't learn how to develop that, then Steve says you're abusing your gift instead of using it correctly.

The goal of every business owner is to unlock their venture’s fullest potential and achieve constant growth at all levels. But if you are not quite ready to deal with these things, you might find yourself lagging behind your success, and it would be better if you scale down. Brett Snodgrass chats with Tyler Hazel, CEO of SE Housing, to explore when and how a business should adjust and scale down a little bit. Tyler shares the dangers of letting business growth go out of your control and how to set rules of engagement without messing up your personal boundaries. He also explains how scaling his business down helped a lot with his battle with burnout and opened brand-new opportunities.

When we think of business, rarely does faith get to be a part of the picture. Seeing this significant gap, Justin Janowski built a bridge to help hundreds of coaches build their dream business from the ground up driven by his faith. In this episode, he joins Brett Snodgrass to share the full story of his purpose, which led to the creation of his organization, Faith2Influence. Justin also dives deep into the challenges of coaches today when it comes to sales, particularly on charging for their products and services. He then shares his faith-based method on how to overcome these blocks, making people change the way they view sales and, at the same time, do it in a way that feels good, honest, and successful. For more wisdom rooted in the faith and the art of influence, don’t miss out on this conversation. Let Justin show you that your dream business is possible because nothing is impossible with Him.

Real Estate Investor and Firefighter Mike Neubauer barely escaped death. Strangely enough, Mike's near death experience didn't come from fighting a fire. Mike's tragic experience is quite an anomaly or sorts. Some might credit a curse of the demonic for his near demise which caused the death of another before him. Some could say his near death experience is a chance of dumb luck. Others might say God caused Mike's ghastly experience. Mike himself doesn't fully know how to explain it. But what Mike can confidently attest to is the power of God's divine grace that saved him, when he should have died by all human rational.

As a firefighter & paramedic, Mike has attended and treated many people in tragic accidents. Mike knows when someone in that type of circumstance lives and dies. He fully understood in his circumstance, the likelihood of his survival was basically zero. But some amount of faith rose up in Mike, and as Mike put that faith into practice, Mike surprised the health professionals caring for him as he defied the odds. Mike can truly say, "There but for the grace of God go I..." because Mike should have been dead, but God's grace spared him, and has him living a thriving life today.

Do your plans bring opposite results? How do you lead with your plan? In this episode, Dr. Roger Parrott, the author of Opportunity Leadership, talks about his book and how leaders should capture better results instead of creating them. He navigates into developing traits to focus on leadership outlook to untapped opportunities with expediency, adeptness, and energy. He also delves into practicing future-focused evaluation and how it differs from the present focus. Do you want to learn more from the model Dr. Roger Parrott used to create better results? Tune in to this episode now!

Even if you are unsure with what you can do, the key in unleashing your full potential is trusting God and letting Him work through you. In this episode, Brett Snodgrass sits down with business leader and pastor Brian Veeder, who talks about his personal relationship with God. Brian shares how God’s guidance and grace helps him in empowering fellow business leaders. He explains his approach to teaching them how to perform at their best without falling prey to pride or aggression. Brian also emphasizes the need for a strong community to support you, aligned with your goals and the teachings of the Lord.

You may have noticed we didn't post a podcast last week. That's because we needed a break! We're taking July off the podcast to rest and reflect.

We have a lot of dreams and plans for the future of Iron Deep. But implementing it all is a lot of work and can be tiresome with everything we're doing. We thought it was important to use July to rest a bit, instead of getting burnt out. It's important that when you get tired you learn to rest, not to quit.

In this time of rest, we're taking time to re-evaluate what we're doing and what's really going to be most fruitful for the whole Iron Deep community. It's important to have time to stop and reflect in this fast-paced world and ask our Father what He would have us do? So we're slightly course-correcting in our time of rest and reflection to hopefully bring better and deeper fruit for our community and for all of our viewers.

Socrates said, "An unexamined life is not worth living." Sometimes it can feel intimidating to stop and get quiet, and reflect inwardly. But that's one of the most important and helpful practices we can implement in our lives.

Stay tuned! We'll be back in August with new episodes. And make sure to check out our website IronDeep.com as we'll be updating it in the coming weeks to see all the new plans and events in store.

Young heroes dominate the narrative in books and films, but behind every one of them is another man that is all too often unspoken. That person is the sage. It is Harry Potter’s Dumbledore, Frodo’s Gandalf, and Luke Skywalker’s Yoda. It is the older, wiser male who is at the point in his life where he has nothing to prove anymore. Every man in this world is eventually going to get to that stage. Many would consider the second half of life as past a man’s prime. But to Chris Bruno, it is the pinnacle of the masculine journey. It is when we shape our legacy in the world. In this conversation with Brett Snodgrass, he unpacks everything there is to understand about this misunderstood stage of a man’s life. He teaches us how we can take on our new societal role as bearers of knowledge and wisdom, as holders of space for others, and as contented elders living in the present in this fast-paced world. Tune in and learn how you can navigate this journey when it’s time for you to take it!

We are already in the fight to stop human trafficking, whether we like it or not. You don’t have to be involved in the actual rescuing of victims. Even a simple step like practicing sexual purity and building a virtuous family helps the cause. In this episode of Iron Deep Podcast, Brett Snodgrass brings in two great men who are making a massive impact in curbing this global problem. Clayton Butler and Matt Robertson are from Agape International Missions (AIM), an organization that implements a strategic and holistic approach to fighting and preventing human trafficking. What sets AIM apart is that they’re not stopping at rescues. They take the recovery and restoration process for the victims a step further by giving them an opportunity to gain a meaningful existence after being rescued. Learn more about the impactful things they are doing in this space and how it ties to their strong Christian ethic by joining in!