Category: Goal Setting
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Ep. 101: What if running your business could fuel your calling instead of draining your life? with Liz Hartke
What if your business could be a vehicle for freedom rather than consuming your life? In this illuminating conversation, Liz Hartke, founder of Luminary Leadership, reveals the transformational shift from “force” to “flow” that has helped countless entrepreneurs escape the treadmill of busyness to create fulfilling businesses. After 14 years helping business owners scale their companies, Liz discovered a universal truth: most entrepreneurs hit ceilings not because of flawed strategies, but because their businesses outgrow their leadership. The solution isn’t another marketing tactic or hire – it’s unlocking the leader. Through frameworks like the Visionary Matrix, Liz identifies how entrepreneurs...read the full article
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Ep. 100: Six Million Books Later – Tuttle Twins and the Education Revolution with Connor Boyack
What if the key to your child’s educational success isn’t found in textbooks or traditional classrooms, but in tapping into what already fascinates them? In this captivating conversation with Connor Boyack, bestselling author of the Tuttle Twins series (which has sold an astonishing 6 million copies), we explore how parents can become more intentional in transmitting values while honoring their children’s individuality. Connor shares his powerful “passion-driven education” approach, demonstrating how speaking your child’s language—whether that’s Dungeons & Dragons, Angry Birds, or anything else they love—creates natural pathways to learning complex concepts. Rather than forcing children to memorize information “just...read the full article
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Ep. 99: Balancing Sympathetic and Parasympathetic for Leadership Success with Mara Benner
What if your greatest leadership asset isn’t another strategy or skill, but an untapped wellspring of wisdom already within you? In this illuminating conversation with integrative executive coach Mara Benner, we explore the revolutionary concept of “inner wealth” – the gold standard for today’s visionary leaders. Drawing from her 20+ years of experience working with Fortune 100 executives, Mara reveals how exceptional leadership emerges when we balance our sympathetic (fight-or-flight) and parasympathetic (rest-and-digest) nervous systems. Most high-achievers remain stuck in sympathetic overdrive, pushing harder when facing challenges. Yet as Mara explains, this approach blocks access to our inner guidance system...read the full article
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Ep 97: Working In vs. Working Out with Jim Laird
Looking for the secrets to sustainable success? Strength coach Jim Laird reveals why the strategies that made you successful might be secretly undermining your health and long-term performance. In this eye-opening conversation, Scott Ford and Jim Laird explore the delicate balance between achievement and wellbeing that eludes so many high performers. Laird draws a powerful parallel between financial resources and physical energy—both have limits that must be respected. “A lot of times people just think that their body is just this unlimited credit card that they can keep charging, and it’s not,” Laird explains. The discussion illuminates how many...read the full article
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Ep. 95: Uncovering the Rembrandt in Your Business Attic: A Conversation with Rob Follows
Rob Follows, founder and chairman of STS Capital, shares his expertise on helping business owners achieve maximum value when selling their companies by targeting strategic buyers rather than financial buyers. His passion stems from his own experience selling a business for 27 times EBITDA, only to later discover the buyer had valued it at 100 times EBITDA. • The concept of “Rembrandts in the attic” – identifying hidden value that strategic buyers can leverage more effectively than current owners • How STS Capital helps business owners sell directly to strategic buyers for 2-3 times what financial buyers typically offer...read the full article
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Ep. 94: Capital Preservation: Navigating Wealth in Uncertain Times with Ken Grewal
What happens to your wealth when traditional investment models no longer work? Ken Grewal, Co-founder and CEO of Forthlane, joins Scott to reveal what institutional investors are secretly worried about—and how they’re positioning their portfolios in response. The conversation takes a fascinating historical turn as Ken explains why we may be experiencing a modern version of 1970s economics, where bonds delivered negative real returns while real assets thrived. “If your equity is up 7% and you give half back to the government, you have 3.5%. If inflation is 5%, you actually lost purchasing power,” Ken warns, highlighting why conventional...read the full article
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Ep. 93: Income Roundtable with Carson Wealth, TN Wealth Advisors, Jake Stone & Jeremy Day
Have you ever worried about where your paycheck will come from after retirement? That’s the anxiety we tackle head-on in this illuminating discussion about creating reliable income streams for your post-working years. The income bucket represents the critical middle ground between emergency savings and growth investments in our three-bucket strategy. It’s what transforms abstract financial plans (what we call “pie in the sky”) into dependable monthly income you can count on (“pie on the table”). Our wealth advisors Jake Stone and Jeremy Day break down why having approximately 10 years of expenses set aside in properly structured income-generating investments...read the full article
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Ep. 92: Joey Klein, His Journey from Self-Destruction to Self-Mastery
Joey Klein, transformation expert and founder of Inner Matrix Systems, takes us on a journey that redefines wealth as wellbeing—a state of inner peace regardless of external circumstances. After surviving a near-death experience at 19 that jolted him from a self-destructive lifestyle, Joey embarked on a quest for authentic fulfillment. This path led him through Eastern wisdom traditions, intensive meditation training, and deep study of the nervous system’s role in our emotional experience. The insights gained along this journey formed the foundation of Inner Matrix Systems, which has now trained nearly 90,000 people worldwide. Joey reveals the fundamental flaw...read the full article
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Ep. 91: Health as the Ultimate Wealth with Lisa Brooking, CEO of Healthcode Medical
What good is financial wealth if you don’t have the health to enjoy it? That’s the question at the center of my eye-opening conversation with Lisa Brooking, CEO of Healthcode Medical. With her background as a critical care nurse and elite marathon runner, Lisa is transforming how we think about health—from reactive “sick care” to proactive wellness optimization. Lisa shares how traditional medicine often waits for symptoms to appear before acting, missing the chance to prevent disease altogether. At Healthcode Medical, her team treats health as a vital asset class, applying strategies similar to wealth management: early detection, ongoing...read the full article
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Ep. 90: Shattering Money Myths: How the Rich Build Wealth Differently with Stephanie Walters
Stephanie Walter, CEO of Erbe Wealth, reveals how the affluent approach money differently and shares actionable wealth-building strategies that challenge conventional financial wisdom. We uncover the myths that keep most people from building true wealth and explore why cashflow and control are the ultimate financial goals. • The wealthy utilize money actively rather than just accumulating it • Most Americans don’t realize they’re paying 2-3% in hidden 401(k) fees that devastate returns • Tax diversification is critical with tax-free buckets ideally being your largest asset pool • Premium-financed life insurance offers tax-free growth with market upside protection • Wealthy...read the full article
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