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There’s a lot packed into each episode, but with Jason, there’s too much to fit in one release. 

We received lots of feedback on our last episode with Jason, especially from those who said we should have gone deeper into the topic of Flat Earth Theory. So we invited him back on for a focused (and respectful) discussion on his belief that the Earth is flat. 

There was a lot of head scratching and eyebrows raise...

Grant has solar panels on his house, which will really pay off when he eventually moves in. Until then, he’ll have to settle for a solar-powered Casio timepiece while he crashes in Barb’s basement – his mother is very hospitable. 

Grant started his career by building Go-carts and trying to figure out what the word “consulting” meant without coming right out and asking about it. Now he develops har...

Ryan is a low-stress guy, but when he acquired a business from its retiring owners, he found he had even more things to not stress about. Like many entrepreneurs, he finds himself processing issues at 2:00 in the morning. Staffing, payroll, cost controls, profitability, and anything else to keep you up at night.

Ryan told me that life is too short to put up with these things. And to navigate the stress of business and life, he&rsqu...

You could say that you have to fight to get what you deserve. But whoever said that didn't do the math, because getting a better deal at a high cost is not that great a deal. 

We dive into the Trump vs Iran peace deal and apply the same principles to everyday life and business. We discuss our views on good deals, bad deals, and how optimizing to get the best deal sometimes means taking less at a lower cost and leaving with mor...

There’s a massive gap between serving your country and surviving a life back in it.

That, as Courtney Zaugg explains, is the big challenge veterans face when transitioning from being a soldier to being a dad, an employee, or an entrepreneur.

Courtney spends her life advocating for veterans, starting with her husband, Nathan, years ago. She talks about the “missing middle” between military service and getting back ...

We’re releasing this episode as audio only, thanks to a setting Daniel forgot to change on the cameras that resulted in unfit footage. You deserve better, so expect more with the next episode.

Jason was a minister who decided he wanted to get closer to the truth. This led him to a new set of conclusions, not in line with the denomination that he was a part of, and ultimately, they excommunicated him.

We accept him just the wa...

Getting older has its moments. There’s a sense of freedom, but it is also strange at times. We discuss this with Jeremy Zucker, whom I’ve known since he decided to start a business, then decided to stop. He says work is less hard, but he’s also not looking for any more corporate ladders.

We talked about navigating the loss of the creative edge as you get older, and how to keep it. We also talked about music, and J...

Nick is like Uncle Rico, only with a better story.

I mean that in a good way. We always look back at that time we could have been state champions if things had gone our way. As a charter high school coach, Nick did the opposite. He focused on what mattered more, the whole person, and let the opportunity to play basketball be an opportunity to build character. He took a class of unlikely contenders and made them into winners.

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How do you divorce your work after years of being married to it?

Angie says that sleeping is her secret to success. Between sleep and therapy, she’s been able to accomplish what entrepreneurs only dream about (if they ever sleep to begin with). 

She’s done her fair share of not sleeping too, when she and Randy, her husband at the time, started and grew One Click Ventures to a successful exit. They both lived their ...

How do you manage issues of cost, morality, and urban design simultaneously? That’s why architecture needs people who think like Scott Perkins. 

Meaningful design that also functions for humans requires layered thinking, foresight, and often, course correction. Scott and I, over a glass of the good bourbon, talk about how to navigate all the above separately and what to do when they converge. Scott examines the art of pl...

What do we talk about when we’re not talking about work?

Rosie would rather talk about the biggest questions. Questions about what kind of dog this is interrupting our podcast, and why is he the best dog ever? Followed by the universal question asked by venerable Doc Brown in the 1985 film, Back To The Future: “Where we’ve been, where we’re going, the pitfalls, the possibilities, the perils, and the promise...

We return after a two-week break, where Daniel traveled to the UK, and Michael probably read a book or cleaned the side of his pontoon boat. Our surprise guest is a Truthache regular, Chris Handberg, who is up to date on all current events and space-related conspiracy theories.

We discussed every one of them. From Trump's episodes of conquest here on Earth to our takeover of the Moon out there in space. We also discuss whether the ...

Salespeople are the worst part of humanity. Our guest, Ian Illig, is not the one who said this, but we almost got him to agree with us. 

Think about it. They wear plaid jackets or moisture-wicking fabrics, and promise you they’re giving you a good deal while selling you a lemon. The average salesperson puts pressure on you and disappears after they get their commission. And you're left with the memory of a creepy sm...

AI is a joke, and we should take it seriously.

What do Cody Sharp and a software engineer have in common? Neither one of them writes any code. In Cody’s case, he has not been writing code for even longer. Now, with two working SaaS products on the market, I’d say he’s an expert at it.

When we talk about artificial intelligence, Cody is always the first person to come to mind. Not just because of his own intellectu...

If you want to relax and feel good about yourself, there are two good ways to do it. Visiting Stacey Blanton's spa, Skin Renew, or being a guest on our podcast. Stacey, for an afternoon, decided to do the latter, to share how she looks back on business. To learn and then move on. Another good way to relax.

What keeps us up at night are the decisions we made that were maybe the wrong ones, or at least a bigger bite than we thought t...

Oliver Mast was about as close as you get to becoming a pro golfer as anyone ever gets.

He was playing full-time in tournaments, moved to Hilton Head, and was carving his way forward, until the love for the game began to wane, and the uphill battle to get a spot on a major tour became bleaker. Eventually, he decided he needed to hang up his clubs. 

Oliver moved back to Indiana and found an enviable spot as a golf pro on one o...

We are part of the culture we created or the one we’ve accepted.

Jenny Vance is very, very lucky. 

She’s a strategic growth consultant and a CRO at a tech company. But I’m not talking about some financial achievement, a business exit, or a lucrative executive role, although she’s had some of those; I’m talking about everyday, strange luck.

She tells us about 30 rounds being fired, feet away from ...

They say it gets harder to make new friends in your adult years. Kids, work, and being annoying can all be factors, but that's not the case for Michael and Daniel, because they need at least two hands and maybe even a foot to count their closest friends – in other words, they are successful geriatric extroverts with a busy social life.

This conversation is all about making friends, keeping them, and thriving because you have ...

How to live out your beliefs on the streets, at work, and in the community.

Alex Holt was a creative director at a church when a job loss pushed him to start a full-time creative agency. A bad weekend turned out better than what he would have chosen.

Since Alex focuses on helping his clients understand the beliefs that shape their business decisions, we thought we’d ask him to talk about what *he* believes.

So, to keep t...