What if the biggest thing holding a successful founder back isn't their strategy, talent, or ambition, but the way they lead?

In this episode, I sit down with Tracy Clark, an award-winning leadership and high-performance coach who works with founders and CEOs navigating the challenges of growth.

Tracy knows the journey firsthand. Alongside her brother, she helped build an international oil and gas events business, growing profits by 450% over five years before achieving an eight-figure exit. Today, as an MCC-accredited coach, she helps leaders recognize when the behaviours that helped them build a company are the same behaviours preventing it from scaling.

We explore the founder bottleneck, the hidden rules that shape leadership, the psychology of control, and why leaders need to catalyse themselves before they can truly catalyse their teams.

We also discuss the role of play in business, how founders can create ownership without abandoning their teams, and the leadership capabilities that may become essential as the world of work continues to change.

The bigger question is simple: what if the next level of your company requires you to become a different kind of leader?

Take Tracy's free Leadership Success Scorecard and learn more about her work:

https://tracyclark.scoreapp.com

What happens when the career you've spent years building suddenly comes to an end, and you're forced to figure out who you are without it?

In this episode, I sit down with Jack Oujo, founder of Oujo Wealth Strategies and author of Too Smart to Be an Umpire. Jack spent eight years pursuing his dream of becoming a Major League Baseball umpire before losing that career at just 30 years old, with a pregnant wife, no money, and no clear idea of what would come next.

We explore what that experience taught him about identity, failure, resilience, pressure, and starting over. Jack explains how the discipline and decision-making he developed through baseball eventually became the foundation for a completely different career in wealth management.

We also discuss why having a Plan B doesn't necessarily mean you're less committed to your Plan A, why consistent processes can matter more than ambitious goals, how to keep working when motivation disappears, and the biggest misconceptions people have about building and protecting wealth.

From baseball and career failure to taxation, investing, risk, and financial freedom, this conversation is ultimately about one question: what do you do when the life you planned for suddenly disappears?

Learn more about Jack, his book Too Smart to Be an Umpire, and his work through Oujo Wealth Strategies: http://www.toosmarttobeanumpire.com

Stay curious, keep learning, and never stop asking the questions that shape the future.

You earn a good income. So why aren't you wealthy?

In this episode, I sit down with David Kennington, who spent more than 30 years working as a fitter and machinist in Western Australia's mining industry before experiencing a financial wake-up call that changed the way he thought about money.

After losing money in his super fund and realizing that earning a paycheck wasn't enough to build lasting wealth, David began learning how investing, debt management, budgeting, and financial strategy actually worked. Within a year, he had purchased two investment properties and started building a plan around turning income into assets.

We discuss why hardworking people can still live paycheck to paycheck, the importance of building a financial buffer, good debt vs bad debt, the emotional side of investing, financial behavior, and how young workers can use time to their advantage.

David also shares the ideas behind his upcoming book, Tradies! Earn While You Sleep, and what it really means to move from simply earning money to building wealth.

FREE GIFT: David is offering a free Debt Demolisher Sheet to help you tackle your debt, along with a Budget Blueprint that explains his bucket system for managing your money.

Get your free resources at "Tradies Earn":

https://tradiesearn.com

What happens when someone who worked with early forms of artificial intelligence decades ago looks at the AI revolution we're experiencing today?

In this episode, I sit down with Guy Morris, a bestselling author, researcher, and former technology and energy executive who spent 38 years in leadership roles across companies including IBM, Oracle, Microsoft, and Occidental Petroleum.

Guy has been working with technology since long before generative AI became part of everyday life. In his book The AI Tsunami: A Survival Guide for Humanity, he explores both the opportunities and dangers AI could create for individuals, businesses, and society.

We discuss how today's AI revolution compares with the technology of the past, what happens when humans can no longer easily distinguish what's real from what's artificially generated, how businesses and individuals can prepare, and what decades of technology leadership have taught Guy about navigating massive technological change.

The bigger question is: are we prepared for the AI tsunami?

Learn more about Guy Morris, his books, and his work:

https://www.guymorrisbooks.com/

Why do human beings keep telling stories about suffering, sacrifice, heroism, and transformation?

In this episode, I sit down with Peter Gunn, a U.S. Air Force veteran, poet, author, bodybuilder, guitarist, and creator exploring the intersection of mythology, philosophy, literature, and modern storytelling.

After 20 years in the U.S. Air Force, Peter turned toward the ancient ideas and stories that have shaped human culture for centuries. We explore why epic poetry still matters, what makes a story timeless, and whether suffering can actually transform us.

We also discuss mythology, objective meaning, human progress, The Sigma Squad, Peter's Linked-Lyrical Poetry, and his music with The AngellicS.

At the heart of the conversation is a much bigger question: are the stories we tell about suffering and heroism actually revealing something fundamental about what it means to be human?

Learn more about Peter Gunn and his creative work: https://www.petergunn.net/

Listen to The AngellicS on Spotify:

https://open.spotify.com/artist/2vECOl1UhrFzgnb1y7SFFT/discography/all

What if the hardest seasons of your life are actually shaping the story you're meant to tell?

In this episode, I sit down with Corwin “CJ Moneyway” Johnson, a media entrepreneur, bestselling author, podcast host, AI educator, and legacy builder.

CJ has spent years interviewing entrepreneurs, authors, investors, athletes, executives, and thought leaders through The CJ Moneyway Show. But his approach goes deeper than success stories. He focuses on the struggles, failures, lessons, and experiences that shaped the people behind the achievements.

We talk about faith, adversity, storytelling, podcasting, entrepreneurship, artificial intelligence, and building a meaningful legacy. CJ also shares what it takes to get beyond rehearsed answers and create conversations that reveal something real.

We explore what it means to trust God through uncertainty and loss, whether faith can be strengthened through practice, how AI is changing content creation, and why authentic human stories may become even more valuable in an increasingly automated world.

Most importantly, this conversation asks a simple question: What are you planting today that you want your life to become tomorrow?

Learn more about CJ Moneyway, The CJ Moneyway Show, his books, and his work:

https://cjmoneyway.com/

What happens when surviving cancer isn't the end of the story?

In this episode, I sit down with Jonathan Brandt, a cancer survivor, health coach, and host of the GoOutLiving Podcast, to talk about what happens after treatment and how adversity can change the way we see health, relationships, and life itself.

Jonathan shares his journey through cancer, the health challenges that followed, and how searching for answers led him deeper into nutrition, fitness, and holistic approaches to health.

We also talk about Kristie, his wife and partner in the GoOutLiving journey, who passed away in January 2026 after battling cervical cancer. Jonathan shares what she taught him about courage, resilience, and living fully despite knowing how fragile life can be.

This is a conversation about cancer, loss, recovery, health, and perhaps most importantly, choosing to live intentionally while we still can.

Learn more about Jonathan and GoOutLiving: 

https://gooutliving.com/

What really happens to the billions of dollars America sends overseas in foreign aid?

In this episode, I sit down with Clifford Brown, a former USAID Mission Director and legal advisor who spent 27 years working inside the U.S. Agency for International Development across Latin America, Central Asia, and Africa.

We go behind the scenes of the foreign-aid system to explore where the money goes, how programs operate in countries facing corruption and political instability, why contractors are used, and what happens when aid reaches conflict zones.

We also discuss the controversies surrounding USAID, allegations of corruption and funding diversion, the agency's destruction in 2025, and whether foreign aid still makes sense in a changing world.

What works? What fails? Who benefits? And what would it take to rebuild the system?

Learn more about Clifford Brown and his work: 

https://cliffordhbrown.com/

What if we trained our brains with the same intentionality that we train our bodies?

In this episode, I sit down with Arnold Beekes, creator of Brain Fitness and Brain Athletes, to explore whether the way we think, feel, and relate to the world can actually be trained and changed.

We discuss conditioning, fear, shame, emotional patterns, human potential, and Arnold's ideas of Un-conditioning, Aspiration, and United Uniqueness. We also explore what it means to remain deeply human in a world where artificial intelligence is becoming increasingly capable.

Can we deliberately reshape the way we operate, or are we more conditioned than we realize?

Learn more about Arnold's work, Brain Fitness, and Brain Athletes:

https://braingym.fitness/

What if painful periods, PMS, fatigue, and other hormonal symptoms aren't simply something women are supposed to live with?

In this episode, I sit down with Dr. Jeffrey Brown, an osteopathic physician specializing in functional and regenerative medicine, to explore the deeper questions surrounding women's hormonal health.

We discuss what causes painful periods, how hormones influence the menstrual cycle, what conventional medicine gets right, and where functional medicine takes a different approach. We also explore inflammation, gut health, nutrition, sleep, lifest

yle, and the growing problem of self-diagnosing hormonal conditions through social media.

Most importantly, we ask: when is treating a symptom no longer enough, and how can women become better advocates for their own health?

Learn more about Dr. Brown and Hormone Health with Dr. Brown: 

 https://hormonehealthwithdrbrown.com