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#87 What Wrestling Teaches You In Business | Tom Ryan
Ep 87 · Aug 11, 2026 · 1 hr 17 min
Ohio State head wrestling coach Tom Ryan, the man who brought the Buckeyes their first national title, sat down with me and hit me with a claim I couldn't shake: hand him almost any seventh grader, and if that kid fully commits, he'll be winning 75% of the time by his senior year. We got into the system behind that, from the "marbles in a jar" principle to walking on at Iowa when Dan Gable didn't even know his name. But the part that stayed with me was how a man nothing in wrestling could…
#86 Choose Your Suffering Before It Chooses You |Kyle Vadis & Chase Pettey
Ep 86 · Aug 4, 2026 · 1 hr 16 min
I always thought the thing keeping people stuck was their circumstances, until I realized most of us are the wardens of our own prison, holding the keys the whole time. In this one, I sat down with Kyle and Chase to get honest about victim mentality, why 20 minutes a day can put you in the top 5% at anything, and the blind spots that quietly wreck successful people. If you've been waiting for something outside you to change, this is the conversation I wish I'd had at 30. Learn what Wharton Busin…
#85 How Rob Koll Built a Wrestling Dynasty With No Money | Rob Koll
Ep 85 · Jul 28, 2026 · 1 hr 34 min
Rob Koll is one of the winningest coaches in college wrestling history, and he lived inside the Foxcatcher mansion with John du Pont before the murder that shocked the sport. In this one, he told me things I've never heard him say publicly: the gunshots in the walls, why he finally left, and how he built a dynasty at a school that gave zero scholarships. This might be the most open conversation I've ever had on the show. Learn what Wharton Business School will never teach you! Sign u…
#84 Why Trading Your Time for Money Is Keeping You Broke | Adriana Martin
Ep 84 · Jul 21, 2026 · 1 hr 18 min
I sat down with Adriana Martin, who landed in the U.S. at 21 with nothing but five jobs and a $6-an-hour gig babysitting two windup toys at a mall door. What blew me away was how she taught herself to sell anything for free, studying QVC hosts at three in the morning, and turned that one skill into a career on TV. We get into the wedding-tip trick that changed her whole approach to money, the moment she realized she was an entrepreneur, and why her dad's prediction that she'd "be back in t…
#83 Here's Why You Keep Self-Sabotaging Without Even Realizing It| Michael Mahoney
Ep 83 · Jul 14, 2026 · 1 hr 8 min
You might think self-sabotage is a discipline problem. That if you just wanted it badly enough, you'd stop repeating the pattern. But the truth is the opposite: your brain is sabotaging you on purpose, because it's doing exactly the job it evolved to do. In this conversation, coach Michael Mahoney breaks down what he calls "the game of the mind", the constant hum of worry, fear, anxiety, and doubt that most people mistake for reality. Learn what Wharton Business School will never teach you! …
#82 He Told Me One Sentence That Finally Made Me Get Sober | Jonathan Parsons
Ep 82 · Jul 7, 2026 · 1 hr 1 min
I used to think the people who turn their lives around are the ones with the most willpower, but Johnny Parsons convinced me it's the opposite. When I sat down with the voice behind Discipline & Legacy, I wanted to unpack one of the most stubborn lies we tell ourselves: that we are whatever we've always been. Johnny spent his twenties and early thirties cycling through addiction, jail, lost custody of his son, and a family that had every reason to give up on him, but what got me was that his tur…
#81 He Built Billion Dollar Companies By Selling Everything Except The Team | David Royce
Ep 81 · Jun 30, 2026 · 1 hr 2 min
My guest today sold the same company four times and built over a billion dollars in exits doing it, in pest control, of all industries. David Royce walks me through how he kept his "golden goose" (the sales force and executive team) every time he sold, rolled the cash into the next venture, and rebuilt without ever giving up equity. We get into how that took him from zero to 500 million in eight years, why fast growth nearly bankrupted him first, and the 5 am text that pulled his father out of h…
#80 The Illusion of Job Security and How He Discovered True Freedom | Jeremy Montoya
Ep 80 · Jun 23, 2026 · 1 hr 13 min
Is your fear of instability actually keeping you trapped? In this episode, I sat with entrepreneur Jeremy Montoya who explored the illusion of security and how this might be the very thing holding you back from true fulfilment and sustainable success. He also shares his time working at Apple and his transition to entrepreneurship. His humility shines through as he credits his achievements to standing on the shoulders of giants, constantly seeking knowledge from mentors and experiences. What perc…
#79 No AI by 2030? You Won't Have a Business | Brad Hart
Ep 79 · Jun 16, 2026 · 1 hr 6 min
Brad Hart made over a million dollars in a single month, then walked away. Now he's giving small business owners a hard deadline: adopt AI before 2030, or you won't have a business left to run. Learn what Wharton Business School will never teach you! Sign up for the ANTI-MBA today: https://bit.ly/46vct60 Click here to order your personalized poster!: https://bit.ly/46J08MS Connect with Brad Hart Get Books by Brad Hart: https://bit.ly/4v7DYxC Connect with Brad Hart Website:https://bit.ly/4aKPiaH…
#78 What 5 Exits Taught Me About Business | Mike Koenigs
Ep 78 · Jun 9, 2026 · 1 hr 17 min
Mike Koenigs has exited five companies, written 19 bestselling books, and built entire businesses in a single week using AI, and in this episode, he explains exactly how a book you give away for free can make a million dollars in a day. Now you know the system behind building faster, partnering smarter, and using AI before everyone else figures out it’s already too late. I’ll see you in the next video! Learn what Wharton Business School will never teach you! Sign up for the ANTI-MBA today: https…
#77 How to Hire Right (Most Founders Get This WRONG) | Maddie Thompson
Ep 77 · Jun 2, 2026 · 41 min
At 13, Maddie Thompson cold-messaged 150 fashion brands, got one reply, flew to Calgary with her mom, and spent three years having her designs manufactured and sold in stores before she could drive. That same willingness to do the obvious thing everyone else overthinks is exactly how she scaled Mad Social Agency to 30 people and 120 clients in six years with no degree, no investors, and no roadmap. Learn what Wharton Business School will never teach you! Sign up for the ANTI-MBA today: https://b…
#76 How AI Rewrote Its Own Code To Survive | David Avrin
Ep 76 · May 26, 2026 · 1 hr 6 min
Anthropic reportedly ran kill-switch tests on its own AI and in over 70% of cases, the AI rewrote its own code to stay alive. I sat down with David Avrin to unpack what that means for your career, your kids, and the legacy you're leaving behind. Learn what Wharton Business School will never teach you! Sign up for the ANTI-MBA today: https://bit.ly/46vct60 Click here to order your personalized poster!: https://bit.ly/46J08MS Connect with David Avrin: Get David Avrin books: https://bit.ly/3RqeVXO…
#75 The Partner Red Flags Nobody Warns You About | Alan Hidalgo
Ep 75 · May 19, 2026 · 1 hr 18 min
Alan Hidalgo built four businesses across rideshare, marketing, e-commerce, and online education before turning 28 and got screwed over enough times along the way to build a brutal screening system for who he'll ever partner with again. In this conversation, he hands me the entire playbook. Learn what Wharton Business School will never teach you! Sign up for the ANTI-MBA today: https://bit.ly/46vct60 Click here to order your personalized poster!: https://bit.ly/46J08MS Connect with Alan Hidalgo…
#74 Stop Saving Your Kids From Failure | Trystan Trenberth
Ep 74 · May 12, 2026 · 59 min
You think rescuing your kids is love? Trystan Trenberth spent years thinking the same thing, until a therapist friend's single question forced him to see that his daughters didn't want him to solve their problems. They wanted to be heard. Trystan unpacks why failure isn't off the road to success but is the road, and how that same contrast principle reshaped his approach to fatherhood, fitness, and the overfunded whole life insurance strategy he uses to build wealth today. Learn what Wharton Busi…
#73 The Side Hustle That Took Over Her Life | Chloe Kosco
Ep 73 · May 5, 2026 · 54 min
At 20, Chloe Kosco was just making things for herself in the corner of her college apartment. Then her first drop sold out in seconds, and everything changed. Learn what Wharton Business School will never teach you! Sign up for the ANTI-MBA today: https://bit.ly/46vct60 Click here to order your personalized poster!: https://bit.ly/46J08MS Connect with Chloe Kosco Website: https://bit.ly/4dmXsrC Instagram: https://bit.ly/4d8ConD Facebook:https://bit.ly/4thQ4mj TikTok: https://bit.ly/42MUOoW Linke…
#72 Why Being a Business Owner Doesn't Make You an Entrepreneur | Vince Ricci
Ep 72 · Apr 28, 2026 · 50 min
There’s a moment Vince Ricci describes where time froze: a gun in his back outside his own home, his wife and newborn daughter inside, and two armed strangers waiting for him to open the door. Untrained and outnumbered, he made a choice that went viral hundreds of millions of times over. But the real story isn’t the shootout; it’s what he learned about getting “civilized,” the Rocky-esque warning about what comfort does to a fighter, and why he believes every man has an obligation to stay danger…
#71 How to Overcome Addiction Through Faith | Roger da Silva
Ep 71 · Apr 21, 2026 · 1 hr 11 min
There’s a moment in most people’s lives when something so raw and undeniable happens that they can no longer pretend the old version of themselves is working. For Roger da Silva, that moment came at two in the morning in one of Rio’s most dangerous neighborhoods, high and staring at a man running toward him screaming “Lucifer.” In this deeply personal conversation, Roger walks me through a spiritual journey that began with a baptism at 14, detoured through addiction and near-death, and ultimatel…
#70 What Poker Teaches You About Risk Management in Business and Investing | Jaymes Rosenthal
Ep 70 · Apr 14, 2026 · 1 hr 19 min
Before you play a single hand of poker, before you take a single golf swing, Jaymes Rosenthal already knows who you are. In this episode, we explore how elite-level pattern recognition, developed through years of live poker and trading, becomes a lens for navigating every area of life. We go deep on humility, momentum, servant leadership, equity structures, and why the soft skills nobody talks about are the ones that actually compound. Learn what Wharton Business School will never teach you! Sig…
#69 How to Identify a Winning Business Offer Before You Invest | Tanner Chidester
Ep 69 · Apr 7, 2026 · 1 hr 1 min
Tanner Chidester spent over $3 million on coaches, masterminds, and mentors, and he has zero regrets. In this episode, he shares how he used to evaluate which investments in himself were worth making, why he fired coaches after 30 days if results weren’t materializing, and how a chance lunch with a family friend changed the entire direction of his life. What’s the one investment in yourself you’ve been putting off that could change everything? Learn what Wharton Business School w…
#68 Growing Up in a Religious Bubble: What It Does to Your Identity | Travis Chappell
Ep 68 · Mar 31, 2026 · 1 hr 2 min
Most people spend their entire lives waiting for others' approval, never stopping to ask what they actually want. Travis Chappell grew up inside a fundamentalist Baptist world so insular that he graduated kindergarten through college on the same 140-acre campus, committed to full-time ministry at age 12. In this episode, Travis and I unpack how radical self-awareness isn’t something you’re born with, but it’s something pressure forces out of you. Learn what Wharton Business School will never tea…
#67 Why the Smartest Move He Made Was Leaving the Family Business | David Temko
Ep 67 · Mar 24, 2026 · 1 hr 1 min
There’s no dress rehearsal for the moments that define you, and David Temko has lived that truth more than once. In this episode, I’m with the founder and CEO of C2 Financial to unpack a life shaped by entrepreneurial parents, a starter marriage, his father’s passing, and the unexpected clarity that comes when everything converges at once. David shares how traveling through 20 countries, cutting his teeth in commercial real estate, and eventually building his own commercial lending division prep…
#66 What Working Side-by-Side with My Father Taught Me About Life and the Law | Frank Ioppolo
Ep 66 · Mar 17, 2026 · 57 min
Growing up in the shadow of a celebrated father isn’t a head start, it’s a gauntlet. Frank Ioppolo built his legal career largely to prove something to himself, channeling that chip on his shoulder into becoming the youngest partner at Greenberg Traurig and eventually running his own firm, with his father in the office right beside him. The three years they spent working desk-to-desk taught Frank more than his previous two decades of practice combined, and the two are still collaborating today.…
#65 How to Build Residual Income with Payment Processing | Seve Ortale
Ep 65 · Mar 10, 2026 · 1 hr 1 min
Six hundred rejections in six weeks sounds like failure, but Seve Ortale called it his education. In this episode, Seve shares the unexpected journey from philosophy major and volunteer firefighter to founding a payment processing company, and what wrestling, fire scenes, and door-to-door sales all have in common when it comes to building real character. What does it actually mean to stay coachable when you’re already winning? Learn what Wharton Business School will never teach you! Sign up for…
#64 How to Build a $2 Billion Digital Marketing Business From Scratch | Josh Aven
Ep 64 · Mar 3, 2026 · 56 min
Most people use AI to write emails, Josh Aven is using it to build entire financial models, generate 90-day marketing plans, and reshape how companies operate from the inside out. As the founder of Curio, a marketing agency that’s managed and advised on roughly $2 billion in ad spend over the past decade, Josh has a front-row seat to why AI hallucinations are a real danger and why the smartest entrepreneurs are treating AI like a calculator. Learn what Wharton Business School will never teach yo…
#63 From No Money, No Education, to Inc. 5,000 Company | Rick Niemi
Ep 63 · Feb 24, 2026 · 35 min
Nobody who built something real ever had a business plan that went according to plan. Rick Niemi stumbled into entrepreneurship through a casual comment to a business broker, bought his first pharmacy at 24 with no industry experience, and became an Inc. 5,000 CEO. We break down why overthinking is the silent killer of entrepreneurial momentum, why "plan a little, work a lot" actually gets results, and how most people lose not to bad decisions but to no decision at all. If you're sitting on an i…
#62 How to Build a Social Media Marketing Agency With No Diploma | Sergio Mendez
Ep 62 · Feb 17, 2026 · 56 min
At 15, Sergio Mendez was offered $11,000 a week and said “no” because of his upbringing. This 19-year-old Peruvian-American entrepreneur founded Influx. Media at 14, now manages a team of 12, and built his journey from cutting grass to running a social media marketing agency, all without finishing high school. Learn what Wharton Business School will never teach you! Sign up for the ANTI-MBA today: https://bit.ly/46vct60 Click here to order your personalized poster!: https://bit.ly/46J08MS Connec…
#61 How to Hire a Fractional CFO for Your Startup and Prepare for Exit | Rick Sanchez Jr.
Ep 61 · Feb 10, 2026 · 58 min
Every entrepreneur faces the same brutal question: how much capital should I raise, and at what valuation? Rick Sanchez, fractional CFO and transformation specialist, breaks down the capital raising process with refreshing honesty about financial narratives, investor psychology, and the critical difference between strategic and financial buyers. This isn’t theoretical finance; it’s battle-tested wisdom on turning messy financials into compelling stories that close deals and build businesses wort…
#60 Why Authenticity Beats People-Pleasing in Business | Reef Colman
Ep 60 · Feb 3, 2026 · 1 hr 27 min
What if the chaos you survived as a child was actually preparing you for entrepreneurial success? Reef Colman was smuggled into the US at age three, grew up in hardship, and discovered that his brain had created a “chemical screenshot” that made chaos feel like home. In this raw conversation, he reveals how recognizing this pattern transformed his relationships and business approach, and he shares the pivotal moment when both a toxic relationship and a business betrayal collided, forcing him to…
#59 The Business Fundamentals Every Musician Needs to Know | Spencer Handley
Ep 59 · Jan 27, 2026 · 1 hr 3 min
What if the biggest barrier to creative success isn’t talent, it’s business literacy? Spencer Handley spent two years hitting a plateau as a professional guitarist before discovering that mastery in any field follows identical principles, whether music, coding, or company building. Now leading Sonora, which has graduated 5,000 students including Grammy winners, he’s revolutionizing music education by teaching the uncomfortable truth: every creative person is an entrepreneur, whether they accept…
#58 The Mindset Shift That Turned Me into Tony Robbins’ #1 Salesperson | Eli Wilde
Ep 58 · Jan 20, 2026 · 1 hr 24 min
The most dangerous belief isn’t that you’re bad at selling, it’s that your words don’t matter. In this conversation, Eli Wilde shares his personal journey from scarcity to abundance, how meaning is created through intention, and why real persuasion comes from alignment, self-awareness, and belief-shifting experiences rather than pressure or manipulation. As you listen, notice where your intent is coming from in your own conversations, and decide whether you’re ready to create trust instead of re…
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