The Tactical Empire

Richard sees his RV as a “forcing factor” -- something that gets him and his family away from home on the weekends in order to make memories. That’s just one example of how he’s intentional about his planning and the hours in his day. Today, he’s sitting down with Jeff to talk through all the other ways his intentional planning has given him everything he wants.

Richard Ferguson comes from a background of entrepreneurship, insurance, and fitness, much like Jeff. He’s well versed in planning around owning multiple businesses, scheduling for four young kids, and still finding time for himself. He’s here today with Jeff to talk about his insurance agency, his mindset, his podcast, and how he channels his time.

On this episode of The Tactical Empire, Jeff. To Rich, “having it all” means being able to balance his businesses, his family time, his finances, and his physical fitness without having to sacrifice or compromise on anything. He’s worked hard to achieve this, and he’s here with Jeff today to share how. Tune it to hear his two cents on planning, saying “no,” and finding alternative methods for a conventional life. 

What You’ll Learn: 

• How to make travel plans, and how those goals will give you new freedom
• Why a traditional college track might not be the way to go; and why a trade school or other unconventional method could get you where you want to be.
• What the mantra “God, family, work” means, and how it’s helped ground Richard for many years
• And so much more!

Favorite Quote:

“You should be able to enjoy the fruits of your labor with your family and everyone else.”

• Richard Fergeson

How to Get Involved: 

Find Richard and his wife Kaitlin on their website.

If what you heard resonated with you, you can find Jeff on Instagram, Facebook, or his Website. 

And don’t forget to visit us on Apple Podcasts to leave a review and let us know what you thought! Your feedback keeps us going. Thanks for helping us spread the word! 

If you were to state your goal, the questions that Joey would ask you in response might make you pause. Who will you turn to for support? What do you need? Most of all, how are you going to make this happen? 

Joey Paladino, an ex-special operations veteran with over 24 years of military experience, has a lot to offer his community. He’s an entrepreneur, the owner of an inclusive gym, and an advocate for community support. He’s here with Jeff today, reflecting on his journey, his mentors, and his values.

In this episode of The Tactical Empire, Jeff runs with Joey’s stories of deployments, challenges, and personal connection. You can apply the lessons Joey’s learned in his military and entrepreneur career to anything in life: do what you want to do, reach out to your support network, and bounce back strategically from obstacles. Today, listen to his jam session with Jeff and chew on their honest advice for transitions, mentorship, and strategic thinking. 

What You’ll Learn:

• What opportunity is, and what it has to do with leadership, interconnectedness, and “working backward”
• How to approach transitions to adjust to new environments and continue being true to yourself and your energy
• And so much more!

Favorite Quote: 

“I picture a mountain in front of me. And then I say, ‘just watch me. I’m going to climb over this.’ You can’t put anything in front of me that I can’t accomplish.”

• Joey Paladino

How to Get Involved: 

Find today’s guest Joey on his website.

If what you heard resonated with you, you can find Jeff on Instagram, Facebook, or his Website. 

And don’t forget to visit us on Apple Podcasts to leave a review and let us know what you thought! Your feedback keeps us going. Thanks for helping us spread the word! 

What difference can something as small as a hockey bag make? For Drew Laine, the impact can be unknowably big--and that’s an insight he carries with him always. 

Born in Massachusetts, Drew is an entrepreneur, investor, and philanthropist. His interest in hockey and people led him to found The PenaltyBox, which includes a warehouse and a charity, among other things. He’s here today with Jeff to talk about his experience running his businesses and his take on the work/life balance.

On this episode of The Tactical Empire, Jeff interviews Drew about his business endeavors. They talk community, passion, and the ripple effect; things that impact not only business, but family and charity too. Tune in today to hear them talk about the work it takes to execute each day, and how that work leads to the kind of focus that leads to a fulfilling life.

What You’ll Learn: 

• How PenaltyBox got started and where it’s headed
• Why courage and passion can help you impact your community and grow your business
• What role ownership and hard work have in leadership and success
• And so much more!

Favorite Quote: 

“Make it to breakfast. Make it to that next step, and everything will be fine. Tomorrow is coming either way. It might as well be on your terms.”

• Drew Laine

How to Get Involved: 

Find Drew Laine through his website.

If what you heard resonated with you, you can find Jeff on Instagram, Facebook, or his Website. 

And don’t forget to visit us on Apple Podcasts to leave a review and let us know what you thought! Your feedback keeps us going. Thanks for helping us spread the word! 

What’s your timeline for finding success? If you ask Kris, he’ll probably tell you that you can achieve it much sooner than you think--and he’s here now to tell you how. 

Kris Whitehead is a personal and professional development coach committed to helping others find financial success quickly. He’s founded businesses such as Think To Succeed, New England Custom Remodeling, and Iconic Alliance. He’s talking with Jeff today about authenticity and leveling up.

On this episode of The Tactical Empire, Jeff jams with his mentor Kris about mindset development, establishing secure relationships, and seeking improvement. Their combined experience is more than enough to illuminate the importance of yourself in success; they have insider knowledge of how you should interact with others and with others’ advice. Tune in to this week’s episode to hear what they’re doing to “make today’s ceiling tomorrow’s floor.”

What You’ll Learn: 

• What to do to gain the confidence to approach and execute big goals
• How to find the honest answer to the question “what do you want?”
• How to apply what you learn from others and how to use their knowledge as a foundation to evolve your success
• And so much more!

Favorite Quote: 

“It doesn’t get easier. You just get better.”

• Kris Whitehead

Connect with Kris:

Find Kris’s business, Iconic Alliance, here, or find him on Facebook or LinkedIn.

How to Get Involved:

If what you heard resonated with you, you can find Jeff on Instagram, Facebook, or his Website. 

And don’t forget to visit us on Apple Podcasts to leave a review and let us know what you thought! Your feedback keeps us going. Thanks for helping us spread the word! 

Where do you turn after Wall Street? For Matthew, the answer is small business. He and Luigi have built Shield Advisory group to help extend big-business resources to small and medium businesses that need it. 

Today’s guests Matthew Meehan and Luigi Rosabianca met over fifteen years ago and started their company to help give opportunities to small businesses. They’re opposites for things like detail/overview, ideas/action, or technology/data. They’re here with Jeff today to talk about their business, strategy, and lives.

In this episode of The Tactical Empire, Matthew and Luigi talk with Jeff about preparing and supporting small and medium businesses to do what they do best-- their business. They talk about solving problems in real-time, finding ways to balance career and family, and sustainably managing the company.

What You'll Learn:

• What challenges Jeff faces daily in the boutique gym space
• How Luigi and Matthew reached both success and personal fulfillment with their business and personal life
• Why “lifestyle engineering” and calculated risk-taking can lead to the freedom to pursue both business and personal life
• And much more!

Favorite Quote:

“It’s impossible to burn the candle from both ends and expect to be successful. It’s critical to take care of yourself/ it’s also critical to put in place the infrastructure that allows you to do that.”

• Luigi Rosabianca / Matthew Meehan

How to Get Involved:

Find Matthew and Luigi’s website here.

If what you heard resonated with you, you can find Jeff on Instagram, Facebook, or his Website. 

And don’t forget to visit us on Apple Podcasts to leave a review and let us know what you thought! Your feedback keeps us going. Thanks for helping us spread the word! 

What’s the biggest influence someone has unknowingly made on you? Today, Jeff and Marc Zalmanoff want you to think about what influences you might be making on others--and how you can better influence yourself.

Today Marc Zalmanoff is here with Jeff to talk about overcoming problems. He’s a fitness coach, a business coach, an Amazon bestselling author, and a lover of Cadbury Eggs. Most of all, he’s on a mission to bring effective, safe, and fun fitness solutions to professionals with full schedules. 

In this episode of The Tactical Empire, Marc and Jeff jam on all kinds of investments; fitness, business, relationships. Marc offers up his wisdom on how little moments and choices build up; how we end up where we do, and why we can’t keep waiting to become the people we want to be.

What You'll Learn:

• What role passion and core values play in your life
• How you impact others with your decisions and habits
• Why Marc wants so badly for the people in his life to “Make Good Choices”
• And much more!

Favorite Quote:

“A lot of people don’t think things happen for a reason. They see life happen TO them and not FOR them.”

• Marc Zalmanoff

How to Get Involved:

You can reach out to today’s guest Marc Zalmanoff through his website, his Facebook, or you can buy his book on Amazon. If that’s not enough, there’s many more ways to connect here.

If what you heard resonated with you, you can find Jeff on Instagram, Facebook, or his Website. 

And don’t forget to visit us on Apple Podcasts to leave a review and let us know what you thought! Your feedback keeps us going. Thanks for helping us spread the word! 

For Jeff, values are the glue that holds everything together. From his business environment to his living room at home, he works and lives by these beliefs - which he calls the rudder of the ship.

In this episode of The Tactical Empire, Jeff explains how his core values have shaped his business and family life. Hear him discuss how his value code leads not only to accurate marketing and ideal clients but also to a household with shared goals and a lasting legacy. 

What You'll Learn:

• What Jeff’s core values are for both his business and his family.
• How core values impact and drive your decision-making.
• Why do you need to emphasize your core values, and how does that lead to autonomy.
• And much more!

Favorite Quote:

“If you haven’t established your core values, you need to do that. Emphasize them, circle back, but ultimately you need to live them.”

• Jeff Smith

How to Get Involved:

If what you heard resonated with you, you can find Jeff on Instagram, Facebook, or his Website. 

And don’t forget to visit us on Apple Podcasts to leave a review and let us know what you thought! Your feedback keeps us going. Thanks for helping us spread the word! 

When it comes to running a successful business, Brian Alexander has learned that it doesn’t matter how good your systems and processes are if you don’t have the right people doing the job. After mentoring for Two Brain for the previous 3 years, and learning from the Kolbe Index, he discovered that most individuals have the wrong idea about what their role and capabilities are within a business.

As the creator of the consulting and talent optimization company Expressing The Genius Within, Brian is a leader in coaching how to strategically hire employees, reduce turn-over rate, and increase profit. Not only that, he is top in sales for a medical laser company and passionate about his family’s mental, and physical, well-being. 

On this episode of The Tactical Empire, Jeff and Brian discuss Brians’ core values and deliberate actions that drive him towards success in business and in his personal life. He shares: “I think you learn what you want by a whole lot of what you don’t want.” Tune in, and get ready to soak in knowledge from two high-level entrepreneurs!  

What You Will Learn:

• How Brian exited the brick-and-mortar gym business and moved after living in Chicago for over 40 years.
• What the Kolbe and Predictive Index’s are, and how they have changed his career.
• That there are three questions one can ask in order to better define their role in a business.
• And so much more!

Favorite Quote:

“You have to stop and slow down to create the vision of the life you want… and don’t stop until you get there.”

• Brian Alexander

Connect With Brian:

Expressingthegeniuswithin.com

[email protected]

https://www.linkedin.com/in/thebrianalexander

How To Get Involved:

If what you heard resonated with you, you can find Jeff on Instagram, Facebook, or his Website. 

Ten years after the opening of Cannon Fitness & Performance, what can power couple Kirstin and Jeff tell us about success? The answer is a lot--and it starts with finding your own path.

Kirstin Smith can attest that it is possible to achieve your dream life. She got her Master’s degree from Indiana University and is now a fitness and nutrition coach. She’s here today talking about fear, growth, and the entrepreneurial spirit.

On this episode of The Tactical Empire, Jeff and Kirstin talk about Jeff’s journey out of the corporate world. Kirstin gives us a better picture of Jeff as an entrepreneur and as a human as they recount his career growth. They have tactically built the best life for themselves and their kids, and now they’re recounting their journey to autonomy, optimized time, having it all.

What You'll Learn:

• What roles family and freedom plays in success
• How Jeff’s past in the military motivates him today to live a fulfilling, authentic life.
• Why corporate life wasn’t enough for Jeff, and why entrepreneurship is.
• And much more!

Favorite Quote:

“Who knows? Maybe your next shot, your next business, is where it takes off. Not shying away from the potential ‘what if’--it could be bad. It could also be great.”

-Kirstin Smith

How to Get Involved:

If what you heard resonated with you, you can find Jeff on Twitter or his website. 

And don’t forget to visit us on Apple Podcasts to leave a review and let us know what you thought! Your feedback keeps us going. Thanks for helping us spread the word! 

If you are looking for a no-bulls**t podcast that talks about everything from business, wealth, legacy, fitness, family, and what it takes to transition out of the military… then look no further! Jeff Smith is here to deliver a plethora of valuable information that you can’t afford to pass up. 

Jeff is a former special operations combat veteran, business owner, husband, and father of four. He is passionate about spending time with his family outdoors and helping others succeed. You can look forward to a show that is packed with real-life stories of wins and losses from a variety of successful business owners, and what they’ve learned along the way.  Tune in to learn more. 

What You Will Learn:

• How Jeff has been a successful entrepreneur and business owner for over 15 plus years.
• What his “why” is for starting this podcast, and how excited he is to share it with you!
• That he is very passionate about sharing real-life stories of how others have overcome their obstacles.
• And so much more!

Favorite Quote:

“I want to share real-life stories of people who’ve overcome things and are now succeeding at a very high level.”

• Jeff Smith

How To Get Involved:

If what you heard resonated with you, you can find Jeff on Instagram, Facebook, or his Website.