The One Shot Growth Podcast

A man goes to work every day. He provides. He pays the bills. He handles what is in front of him. From the outside he is fine. Then you peel it back and he is not sleeping, work feels harder than it used to even though nothing about the work changed, he is short with his kids, and he has quietly stopped calling anybody. Patricia Watlington is a licensed clinical social worker and the founder of Rise Counseling and Social Work Services in Big Spring, Texas. Her dad is a Navy veteran, her brother is a Marine, and her husband served in the Army. She sees the men this episode is about, and most of them arrive because a spouse finally pushed them, not because they decided on their own that they were struggling. Derek sits down with her to talk about where the stigma actually comes from, what it costs while you are still technically holding it together, and why most men picture one narrow thing when they hear the word therapy. This is not a therapy episode. It is a conversation between two people who have both watched what happens when men in the oilfield and men who have served carry it alone, and who would rather say something honest than say nothing at all.

WHAT WE COVER • Why most men arrive as a last resort, and why it is usually a spouse who finally moves them • What they want when they walk in: not to process feelings, but to be told what is wrong and how to fix it • Why that makes sense for problem solvers, and where the open the hood and fix it model breaks down on a person • Functioning as a human is not the same as being okay, and how the checkbox version of fine hides everything underneath • How capacity shrinks: the kids did not get louder, the reaction got bigger • Why what finally gets a man through the door is usually somebody noticing the consequences, not him noticing the pain • Where the stigma comes from generationally, and why nobody had to sit these boys down and explain it • The should trap: I should be able to handle this, I am supposed to provide, I am supposed to stay calm • When does a strength stop serving you? Independence, compartmentalizing, and pushing through are real strengths until they are the only tool you own • Redefining failure, because taking care of yourself is not evidence that you failed • What chronic stress does to sleep, decision quality, irritability, and everything downstream of those • Rotational and shift work, the hitch that runs long, and what it does to a nervous system that never resets • The relationship cost, and why it is hard to see when you are not looking at yourself in the first place • Vices as short term relief and long term cost, and why withdrawal is its own vice • Why the workplace makes it harder, and why an EAP referral is not the same as leadership that has done the work • Patricia's family: a Navy dad, a Marine brother, an Army husband, and how long it took to get him to the VA • Why one bad experience with the VA or with a therapist is not proof that support does not work • Therapy not working and therapy not working at the time you went are not the same thing • The cardiologist comparison: why support for physical health is easy and support for mental health freezes people • What support actually looks like: CBT, DBT, Accelerated Resolution Therapy, EMDR, somatic and body based work, couples work, person centered, breath work • Why rapport comes before any modality, and what the first few sessions are actually for • Feelings are valid. Thoughts sometimes lie. The difference is where the work happens. • Therapy as optimization rather than last resort, and why some of the highest performing people treat it that way • What is on the other side: sleeping better, fighting less, catching yourself before you react • Self awareness as the real outcome, and why the change is how fast you notice, not that the hard days stop

PRACTICAL TAKEAWAYS • Do not use functioning as your measure. Going to work, paying the bills, and handling your responsibilities can all be true while something gets quietly heavier underneath. They are not the same thing. • Ask when a strength stopped serving you. Independence, compartmentalizing, and pushing through are genuinely valuable. The question is whether you can still turn them off when you walk through the door at home. • Watch for the reaction that outruns the trigger. If small things are landing bigger than they used to, that is capacity, not character. • Stop shoulding on yourself. I should be able to handle this is the sentence sitting underneath most of it, and it is worth examining rather than obeying. • Do not judge the category by one bad experience. A therapist who was not the right fit, or a VA appointment that went sideways, tells you about that fit and that appointment. • Treat it as maintenance, not rescue. You get your teeth cleaned and your blood pressure checked without deciding it means something about you. • If you lead people, do the work yourself first. You cannot recognize a pattern you have never looked at, and a referral is not the same as knowing what to say. • Ask anyway. Derek would rather annoy somebody by checking on them than not ask and find out later that it went unchecked.

CHAPTERS 00:00 Welcome, and what this conversation is 00:23 Patricia on her practice, her modalities, and who she works with 02:20 What it looks like when a man finally walks in the door 03:35 Functioning is not the same as being okay 05:58 The kids did not get louder. His capacity got smaller. 06:13 Why it is the consequences that move him, not the pain 06:55 Where the stigma comes from, generationally 09:54 Why most men picture only one kind of therapy 12:43 What changes for the ones who show up 14:04 Derek on his own first steps into the work 20:14 Why it takes time, and the gym analogy 21:31 Navy dad, Marine brother, Army husband 22:25 The VA, getting declined, and not giving up on it 26:08 Mental health as the primary driver of how you show up 28:00 Redefining failure 29:03 The should trap 30:35 When does a strength stop serving you? 31:50 The chronic stress cost: sleep, decisions, irritability 33:40 The relationship cost 37:23 Vices, short term relief, and long term cost 38:21 Why the workplace makes it harder 43:54 The cardiologist comparison 45:52 Why checking on someone is worth the risk 47:38 What support can actually look like 52:51 Therapy as optimization, not last resort 58:20 Trust and rapport come first 01:01:57 Self awareness as the real outcome 01:06:05 How to reach Patricia

MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE Rise Counseling and Social Work Services, Big Spring, Texas: risecsws.com Approaches discussed: cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, Accelerated Resolution Therapy, EMDR, somatic and body based work, couples work, person centered therapy, breath work

A NOTE FROM DEREK AND PATRICIA Going into this space and doing this work is not associated with failure, and it is not a last ditch effort. We do not have to be completely falling apart to be carrying too much.

IF YOU NEED SUPPORT NOW 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline: call or text 988 Veterans Crisis Line: call 988, then press 1 Rise Counseling and Social Work Services, for anyone in Texas looking for clinical support: risecsws.com This episode is a conversation, not clinical advice. If you are working through something, talk to a licensed professional. WHERE TO FIND US NEXT Speaking calendar, events, and community: oneshotgrowth.com

CONNECT WITH US Email: [email protected] Website: oneshotgrowth.com Find us on: LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook (handle: One Shot Growth)

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The version of you that got you here is not always the version that gets you to the next level. That middle space is where most people quit.

We are back at the I-20 Wildlife Preserve for a conversation that has been on our minds and in our lives lately. This one is about what happens when things stop working and the only option that matters is to keep showing up.

We get honest about the identity crisis that comes with every major transition. Leaving the military. Climbing through oil and gas. Stepping into entrepreneurship. Daniel shares the story of a client who called ready to shut it all down, and how one conversation shifted everything. He talks about Hurricane Harvey, losing everything, and the chain of events that never would have happened if he had stopped there.

Derek breaks down the difference between operating out of alignment, which is forcing things and chasing timelines and white-knuckling it, and operating in flow, which is trusting the process, staying in mission, and letting the right people and opportunities come.

This is not a motivational speech. This is two guys in the thick of it talking about what it actually takes to not quit.

IN THIS EPISODE Identity transitions: military to civilian, employee to entrepreneur, old self to new self Imposter syndrome and the mental battle of building something new A real client conversation: ready to quit, and one call that changed the trajectory Hurricane Harvey and the chain of decisions that followed The feast and famine reality of oil and gas careers Why community is the most underrated tool for staying in the fight Operating out of alignment versus operating in flow Releasing the timeline: why it takes as long as it takes Mental health in the oil and gas industry, and why the message still matters Who you are without the title, the money, and the comfort zone OSG AXIS and the Highs and Lows space inside the community Where the podcast is going: less polish, shipped authentically, more guests

If you are in that middle stretch right now: https://oneshotgrowth.com/axis/ -----

THE ONE SHOT GROWTH PODCAST

The personal side and the business side of growth, worked at the same time. Hosted by Daniel Radabaugh and Derek Boyd, co-founders of One Shot Growth. Two veterans out of Midland, Texas, working with operators nationwide. Veteran owned.

For the people building in energy, the skilled trades, and anywhere the work costs something. Founders, operators, crews, and anyone carrying more of it than they let on.

OSG AXIS: https://oneshotgrowth.com/axis/ Site: oneshotgrowth.com Newsletter: oneshotgrowth.com/newsletters Email: [email protected]

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/oneshotgrowth Instagram: instagram.com/oneshotgrowth Facebook: facebook.com/Oneshotgrowth Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/one-shot-growth/id1849971419

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Everyone has room to grow. The question is whether you are willing to open yourself up in order to be seen.

This is the two of us at our most honest. We came back after a build season to give an update, and what came out was bigger than a status report. We talk about what it felt like to be on the receiving end of support after years of being the ones pouring out. About sitting in the back of a room, not wanting to talk to anyone, and still showing up because showing up is the first step. About the operator who walked into a presentation with his guard up and left saying he got it and he was going to fix it.

The through-line is simple. Growth requires being seen. Not performing. Not having it figured out. Just being willing to say you have room to grow, and being somewhere that meets it with something real.

We also cover what we have been building: OSG AXIS, the One Shot Growth community launching on Circle. The One Shot Growth Operating System and the founding client feedback already coming in. Project 2 Fourteen's latest veteran hike. And a speaking calendar running from Midland to Houston to Galveston.

IN THIS EPISODE Why everyone has room to grow, and why opening yourself up is the prerequisite Being on the receiving end of support after years of pouring out OSG AXIS: what it is, why it exists, and who it is for The One Shot Growth Operating System: founding client feedback, onboarding, and the hands-on difference Project 2 Fourteen and veteran community support in the Permian The cost of isolation, and the value of showing up even when you do not want to Maslow applied to real field conversations The skeptic who came around after one presentation The couple in excavation who saw the personal and the professional value together

WHERE TO FIND US

Aug 11: Damage Prevention Council of Texas Excavation Safety Summit, Midland County Horseshoe, Midland

Sept 16: 4th Annual Oil and Gas Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Summit, Baker Hughes Western Hemisphere Education Center, Tomball

Oct 7 to 9: Texas811 Damage Prevention Summit, Galveston Convention Center

PEOPLE AND ORGANIZATIONS MENTIONED

Project 2 Fourteen, project2fourteen.com Mil2Civ, mil2civ.org Well-being at Work, wellbeingatwork.world Texas811, texas811.org Damage Prevention Council of Texas, dpcoftexas.org Baker Hughes, Houston summit host Odessa College, presentation site

If you want in on OSG AXIS or want to talk about the One Shot Growth Operating System: oneshotgrowth.com

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THE ONE SHOT GROWTH PODCAST

The personal side and the business side of growth, worked at the same time. Hosted by Daniel Radabaugh and Derek Boyd, co-founders of One Shot Growth. Two veterans out of Midland, Texas, working with operators nationwide. Veteran owned.

For the people building in energy, the skilled trades, and anywhere the work costs something. Founders, operators, crews, and anyone carrying more of it than they let on.

OSG AXIS: https://oneshotgrowth.com/axis/ Site: oneshotgrowth.com Newsletter: oneshotgrowth.com/newsletters Email: [email protected]

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/oneshotgrowth Instagram: instagram.com/oneshotgrowth Facebook: facebook.com/Oneshotgrowth Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/one-shot-growth/id1849971419

If this one hit, send it to someone who needs it.

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Two weeks on. Two weeks off. You come home a different person, and nobody talks about it. This one is about the part of the job nobody trains for.

In oil and gas and the skilled trades, mental health gets treated like a soft topic. It is not. It is an operational and safety one. The person on the excavator carrying a divorce, a sick kid, or a loss they never got to process is the same person making decisions that affect everyone on site.

We get into the culture that says leave it at the door, what that actually costs, and the communication piece most teams skip. People send and receive information differently. Until you understand how someone is wired, you are throwing darts at a dartboard.

Recorded heading to Lubbock for the Damage Prevention Council of Texas Excavation Safety Summit, where we are giving two talks: Mindset Matters, and a new one called Closing the Loop. This episode is the conversation underneath both.

No fluff. Two guys who have been the ones struggling and figured out a few things worth sharing.

IN THIS EPISODE Why rotational work hits like a deployment Mental health as a performance and safety driver, not an HR checkbox The attitude problem you might be misreading The one question that changes a person's whole day Why it sits on the company and on the individual Finding your own outlet so you are not always on someone else's schedule

MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE

Damage Prevention Council of Texas, dpcoftexas.org

If the crew side of this is what you are working on: https://oneshotgrowth.com/axis/

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THE ONE SHOT GROWTH PODCAST

The personal side and the business side of growth, worked at the same time. Hosted by Daniel Radabaugh and Derek Boyd, co-founders of One Shot Growth. Two veterans out of Midland, Texas, working with operators nationwide. Veteran owned.

For the people building in energy, the skilled trades, and anywhere the work costs something. Founders, operators, crews, and anyone carrying more of it than they let on.

OSG AXIS: https://oneshotgrowth.com/axis/ Site: oneshotgrowth.com Newsletter: oneshotgrowth.com/newsletters Email: [email protected]

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/oneshotgrowth Instagram: instagram.com/oneshotgrowth Facebook: facebook.com/Oneshotgrowth Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/one-shot-growth/id1849971419

If this one hit, send it to someone who needs it.

#oneshotgrowth #oilandgas #skilledtrades #mentalhealth #veteranowned #texas811 #crewculture

Most companies are not dealing with a culture gap. They are dealing with a communication gap. And most of the time, nobody has named it yet.

Somebody leaves for a 25 cent raise and it goes down as a pay problem. It was never really about the money. This one is about what lack culture actually looks like from the inside, and what it takes to build an environment where people speak up, stay, and bring their best.

We walk through how assessments like DISC and Pigment surface the friction points most teams never get around to discussing, why feedback loops are the difference between a team that grows together and one that quietly grinds itself down, and how understanding the way people are actually wired changes how leaders lead.

This is not a culture pep talk. It is an honest look at what pulls organizations off course from the inside, and what getting back into alignment looks like across both tracks.

IN THIS EPISODE Why lack culture drains retention and slows innovation before anyone sees it coming The 25 cent raise, and what somebody is actually leaving when they take it How to build feedback loops that create clarity and trust over time What assessments actually reveal about how your team operates together How to navigate friction in collaboration without losing people in the process The connection between personal alignment and what a team is actually capable of

If the alignment piece is what you are working on: https://oneshotgrowth.com/axis/

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THE ONE SHOT GROWTH PODCAST

The personal side and the business side of growth, worked at the same time. Hosted by Daniel Radabaugh and Derek Boyd, co-founders of One Shot Growth. Two veterans out of Midland, Texas, working with operators nationwide. Veteran owned.

For the people building in energy, the skilled trades, and anywhere the work costs something. Founders, operators, crews, and anyone carrying more of it than they let on.

OSG AXIS: https://oneshotgrowth.com/axis/ Site: oneshotgrowth.com Newsletter: oneshotgrowth.com/newsletters Email: [email protected]

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/oneshotgrowth Instagram: instagram.com/oneshotgrowth Facebook: facebook.com/Oneshotgrowth Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/one-shot-growth/id1849971419

If this one hit, send it to someone who needs it.

#oneshotgrowth #oilandgastools #skilledtrades #mentalhealth #veteranowned #companyculture #discassessments

Most energy tech is built in a lab and handed off cold. That handoff is where the value disappears.

Slow adoption, commoditized pricing, and a product stripped of its worth the moment it hits the market. Kailey Euceda] spent a career inside that gap, then left Baker Hughes to build something different.

We sit down to talk about why putting people first is not a soft idea, it is a financial one. Workflow-level time savings compound into project-level impact. Cross-functional stakeholder engagement is what turns innovation into execution. And the work happens upstream of go-to-market, not downstream.

Kailey Euceda walks through founding Acorders, the systems-level architecture behind it, and why human flow state is the one thing AI cannot replicate. AI belongs in the loop for statistical perspective and bias reduction. The flow state belongs to the human.

We also get into neuroplasticity, the right-brain left-brain myth, how to think about workforce restructuring as AI absorbs more of the workflow, and the Zero to One immersive art and music exhibit at the Ion in Houston.

IN THIS EPISODE Flow state is the one thing AI cannot replicate. AI belongs in the loop for statistical perspective and bias reduction. The flow state belongs to the human. That is the line. Neuroplasticity is real and the right-brain left-brain story most of us were taught is not. How we think about workforce capability has to update. Workforce restructuring in the AI era is not a layoff conversation. It is a redesign conversation. The companies who treat it like the first one are going to lose talent they cannot replace.Army lessons that apply directly to the AI era The most underrated phrase in industrial innovation right now might be "white glove work habits." Listen for the section on what that actually means in practice. Kailey is also opening Zero to One, an immersive art and music exhibit at the Ion in Houston, on May 29. Art, tech, and energy in the same room. If you are in Houston, go.Frameworks, bias, and ego Spectrums and paradigms instead of binaries Where AI belongs in the loop, and where the human has to stay

GUEST

Kailey Euceda, founder of Acorders / acorders

More conversations like this one: oneshotgrowth.com

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THE ONE SHOT GROWTH PODCAST

The personal side and the business side of growth, worked at the same time. Hosted by Daniel Radabaugh and Derek Boyd, co-founders of One Shot Growth. Two veterans out of Midland, Texas, working with operators nationwide. Veteran owned.

For the people building in energy, the skilled trades, and anywhere the work costs something. Founders, operators, crews, and anyone carrying more of it than they let on.

OSG AXIS: https://oneshotgrowth.com/axis/ Site: oneshotgrowth.com Newsletter: oneshotgrowth.com/newsletters Email: [email protected]

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/oneshotgrowth Instagram: instagram.com/oneshotgrowth Facebook: facebook.com/Oneshotgrowth Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/one-shot-growth/id1849971419

If this one hit, send it to someone who needs it.

#oneshotgrowth #oilandgas #skilledtrades #mentalhealth #veteranowned #flowsate #aiinenergy

Chasing the next cert, the next rung, the next bit of validation.

At some point you stop being a human being and start being a human doing. Recorded outdoors at a nature sanctuary in Midland, this one is a permission slip to put some of the plates down.

The grind gets glorified, so it is easy to lose yourself in the constant doing. Degrees, certifications, the next thing, and a calendar so full it starts to look like proof of something. It is not. Your worth is not measured by how packed the week looks.

We get into the spinning plates problem, where family, finances, business, and self all stack up at once, and what it actually costs to run that way for years. Nature makes the point better than we do: growth does not have to be rushed.

IN THIS EPISODE Why looking busy is not the same as being productive The validation loop: degrees, certs, and the never-ending next thing Spinning plates, and how family, finances, business, and self stack up Lessons from nature: growth does not have to be rushed The hidden cost of a hyper-frenzied calendar, and how to spot it Using AI and tech to create space to be, not just to do more Why staying true to yourself beats the polished sales mask every time Return on your mental health: are you actually pouring into that bucket? The power of getting your team out of the office. Think Carlsbad Caverns, not conference rooms.

WHAT TO DO WITH IT Audit your calendar. Look at next week, find three things that are not truly must-dos, and wipe them. Replace that time with a walk, the gym, music, the park. Start the day weight-free. Make the bed, have your coffee, move your body. Then pick up the plates. Make non-work time with your team. Walk the yard. Get out of the office. Real conversations happen when the walls come down. Try box breathing. Used by Navy SEALs. Quick and simple way to regulate your nervous system when you spiral. Do not dismiss therapy. Talk therapy, in person or digital. Having a container to unload the weight is not optional.

MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE

Book: The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk Technique: box breathing Worth researching: the vagus nerve and how it affects stress and anxiety Starting point: an AI assistant is a low-stakes way to begin exploring mental wellness topics if you do not know where to start

FROM DANIEL AND DEREK

Send this one to the person who has not slowed down in years. They are not going to ask for it. That is exactly why they need it.

If you're needing a tribe to keep you going https://oneshotgrowth.com/axis/ -----

THE ONE SHOT GROWTH PODCAST

The personal side and the business side of growth, worked at the same time. Hosted by Daniel Radabaugh and Derek Boyd, co-founders of One Shot Growth. Two veterans out of Midland, Texas, working with operators nationwide. Veteran owned.

For the people building in energy, the skilled trades, and anywhere the work costs something. Founders, operators, crews, and anyone carrying more of it than they let on.

OSG AXIS: https://oneshotgrowth.com/axis/ Site: oneshotgrowth.com Newsletter: oneshotgrowth.com/newsletters Email: [email protected]

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/oneshotgrowth Instagram: instagram.com/oneshotgrowth Facebook: facebook.com/Oneshotgrowth Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/one-shot-growth/id1849971419

If this one hit, send it to someone who needs it.

#oneshotgrowth #oilandgas #skilledtrades #mentalhealth #veteranowned #discassessments #delegation

Internal wellness will not move the needle if there is no framework to plug it into.

Six weeks on the inner game, and this is where we turn to the system underneath it. How we built One Shot Growth around assessments, communication styles, and intentional process design, and why most teams stall out when they skip the foundation work and race straight to execution.

Three to four months in, we stopped. Scrapped the chaos and laid a real foundation instead. This is the conversation about what that took and what we would do differently.

The partnership piece runs through all of it. One of us is the driver, one is the methodical thinker, and that push and pull is not friction. It is the system working.

IN THIS EPISODE The yin and yang of business partnerships: the driver and the methodical thinker Why DISC profiles and Pigment cards became our most impactful operating system The three to four month wake-up call: why we stopped, scrapped the chaos, and started over Balancing the internal operating system with the external one The trap of confusing feeling accomplished with being productive Building communication matrices so your team actually trusts each other Why qualified on paper is not the same as built for the role The handoff problem: why one or two people end up doing everything in a growing business The heart-to-heart conversations it takes to get there

WHAT TO DO WITH IT Run assessments before you run plays. DISC, Pigment, or similar. Know how you and your partners send and receive information before you build the company around each other. Stop and frame the foundation. If you have been jumbling things together for months, hard stop. Document SOPs, communication norms, and decision processes before scaling anything. Match the human to the role, not just the resume. Someone can be credentialed and capable and still only show up at 50 to 60 percent if the work does not light them up. Build handoff capacity. If you cannot say I am out today without the wheels coming off, that is the lane to fix next. Honor the push and pull. One partner's pedal-to-the-metal and the other's let us slow down and look at this are not friction. They are the system working.

THE THREE SYSTEM LAYERS

Decision Systems. How decisions get made, documented, and communicated. Logic alone is not enough. Communication style is what drives whether it lands.

Energy Systems. What energizes and what drains each person on the team, and how to allocate bandwidth around that. Overload anyone and the whole thing breaks.

Output Systems. Delivery pipelines and handoffs. Where can work be replicated or transferred so the business scales past the founders?

FROM DANIEL AND DEREK

We do not always have everything figured out, but we know you have been through this in some form. If you have found a cadence that works in a small, mid, or large team, we want to hear what worked and what was a challenge.

If you're wanting a tribe that thinks like you do. https://oneshotgrowth.com/axis/

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THE ONE SHOT GROWTH PODCAST

The personal side and the business side of growth, worked at the same time. Hosted by Daniel Radabaugh and Derek Boyd, co-founders of One Shot Growth. Two veterans out of Midland, Texas, working with operators nationwide. Veteran owned.

For the people building in energy, the skilled trades, and anywhere the work costs something. Founders, operators, crews, and anyone carrying more of it than they let on.

OSG AXIS: https://oneshotgrowth.com/axis/ Site: oneshotgrowth.com Newsletter: oneshotgrowth.com/newsletters Email: [email protected]

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/oneshotgrowth Instagram: instagram.com/oneshotgrowth Facebook: facebook.com/Oneshotgrowth Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/one-shot-growth/id1849971419

If this one hit, send it to someone who needs it.

#oneshotgrowth #oilandgas #skilledtrades #mentalhealth #veteranowned #businesssystems #sops

We spent a week at OTC. Here is what actually produced something, and what we would skip next time.

The short version: preparation and relationships beat pitching, and knowing which of you should be in the room matters more than how many rooms you get into. Our operating system let Daniel work the floor while Derek ran operations and research from behind the scenes.

We get into the cost and return pressure of big conferences, why reviewing the attendee list ahead of time changes the whole week, and how relationship-first engagement produces referrals that a pitch never would.

Also the industry shift we watched happen on the floor. Tech and automation are showing up in places they were not two years ago, and sales, business development, and operations all have to adapt to it.

IN THIS EPISODE Justifying the cost of a big event, and how to actually evaluate the return Preparation: what reviewing the attendee list does for the whole week The relationship-first approach, and why pitching produces worse long-term outcomes Breaking into sales and warming up leads without turning into a pitch machine Playing to your strengths as a team instead of both of you doing everything Industry shifts at OTC: tech, automation, and where the floor is heading The service-first mindset, and the opportunities that come back around from it Community and nonprofit involvement: Dive Pirates, Project 2 Fourteen, and the PTSD Foundation of America Why being genuine is the most sustainable strategy in the room

If the business development side is the lane you are working on: https://oneshotgrowth.com/axis/ -----

THE ONE SHOT GROWTH PODCAST

The personal side and the business side of growth, worked at the same time. Hosted by Daniel Radabaugh and Derek Boyd, co-founders of One Shot Growth. Two veterans out of Midland, Texas, working with operators nationwide. Veteran owned.

For the people building in energy, the skilled trades, and anywhere the work costs something. Founders, operators, crews, and anyone carrying more of it than they let on.

OSG AXIS: https://oneshotgrowth.com/axis/ Site: oneshotgrowth.com Newsletter: oneshotgrowth.com/newsletters Email: [email protected]

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/oneshotgrowth Instagram: instagram.com/oneshotgrowth Facebook: facebook.com/Oneshotgrowth Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/one-shot-growth/id1849971419

If this one hit, send it to someone who needs it.

#oneshotgrowth #oilandgas #skilledtrades #mentalhealth #veteranowned #otchouston #networking

One Shot Growth Podcast - Episode 5: Taking it Outside Hosts: Daniel Radabaugh & Derrick Boyd

Episode Summary Daniel and Derrick called an audible. Instead of sitting down for another scheduled studio session, they hit the road, pulled off I-20 on their way to the TCU Global Energy Symposium, and recorded this one on a hiking trail at the brand-new Palo Pinto State Park. After last week's conversation on burnout, they figured it was time to walk the talk - literally. This episode is a relaxed, in-the-wild reminder that disconnecting isn't optional, authenticity beats polish, and some of the best business conversations happen when you stop trying to have them.

What We Cover

Why they ditched the pavilion plan and recorded on the trail instead Palo Pinto State Park - Texas's newest hidden gem (with a credit-card kayak rental) How a Project 214 hike in Cloudcroft is where One Shot Growth actually started The "container space" that real conversations need — and why it doesn't exist in the daily grind Mixing up your team: Marines, Air Force, Navy, Coast Guard, and the moment "Hey, break it up" changed the trip Translating that lesson to business = how often do you intermingle departments? Forced disconnection: when the cell signal dies, the real conversation starts The "Where am I the bottleneck?" question every founder needs to keep asking Letting go of analysis paralysis and the obsession with the perfect studio shot Why people buy people and relationships, not products

Practical Takeaways

Call your own audible. You don't have to wait for vacation. A roadside trail, a state park detour, a half-mile loop - make the time. Mix up the mix. On group trips and inside your business, force the introductions that wouldn't happen on their own. The dot-connecting only happens when you shuffle the line. Ask the bottleneck question. Where are you the only one who can do the thing? That's the lane to fix so you can actually step away. Drag the workaholic to no-signal country. (And don't tell them that's why you picked the spot.) Stop trying so hard. Polish is overrated. If the messaging is real, the audience will come along for the ride.

Mentioned in This Episode

Location: Palo Pinto State Park (opened 2026) = kayak rentals, campgrounds, lake trails Event: TCU Global Energy Symposium Origin Story: Project 214 hike in Cloudcroft = where Daniel and Derrick first met Hobbies that got them off the grid: rock hunting near Terlingua, wildlife photography, kingfisher chasing Coming next week: Internal and external operating systems

A Note from Daniel & Derek

We're still growing, y'all. We're still trying to figure out the flow. Some of it's gonna be business, some of it's gonna be us just talking, having a good time. We invite y'all to be a part of the journey with us.

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