What if you’re working hard but not actually improving? In this episode, Chris shares a simple lesson from his son’s running training that applies directly to your business. Effort isn’t enough. If you want better results, you need clear standards and measurable numbers. Stop guessing your mileage. Start tracking it.

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Perfection often masquerades as responsibility, but it can quietly become self-protection. In this episode, Chris shares a hard lesson about overbuilding in isolation, the courage to start before you’re ready, and why real clarity, service, and excellence are only found once you’re willing to first, make it exist.

You may be hitting goals you never wrote down. In this episode, Chris explores the difference between stated goals and unstated goals, the hidden motivations that shape behavior, protect us from discomfort, and quietly limit growth. Learn three questions to uncover what’s really driving your decisions so you can grow with clarity and alignment.

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Many agents avoid selling because they don’t want to feel salesy, but what’s really holding them back is fear. In this episode, we unpack how fear often disguises itself as humility, why withholding what genuinely helps people can do harm, and how offering your service clearly is an act of responsibility, not selfishness.

Most people have goals. Few have standards. In this episode, Chris breaks down why ambition alone never produces results and why your daily commitments matter more than what you want. If your standards don’t support your goals, something has to change. This episode will help you decide what that is.

Email me at [email protected] if you'd like help identifying standards that make your goals inevitable. 

Every year promises a “new you,” but real change doesn’t come from the calendar. It comes from habits. In this episode, I share a simple but powerful STOP, STAY, START exercise that brings clarity, focus, and momentum for 2026, without overwhelm or hype.

Check out the visual in the email for an example of the circles. 

Why should someone choose you? In a crowded, commoditized industry, most professionals sound the same. In this episode, I break down the three things that truly set you apart: becoming a guide people trust, leading with a clear plan, and building relationships rooted in freedom and choice. 

This episode explores why predictable results begin with measurable actions. Using Pearson’s Law, Chris breaks down the Big Three metrics that shape your future and explains how tracking and reporting them creates exponential growth. If you want clarity, consistency, and confidence in 2026, this conversation gives you the tools to build it.

In this episode, Chris shares how pursuing two competing visions created internal division, resistance, and burnout in his life—and what he did about it. He unpacks the difference between an impressive vision and a meaningful one, and offers two questions to help you clarify the vision that truly aligns with who God made you to be.

When anxiety takes over, it’s often because our focus is turned inward. In this episode, Chris shares how shifting your focus from yourself to the person you’re serving can lift the pressure, restore joy, and bring freedom back to your work and relationships.