#84: Eric Maddox is a public speaker, author, and former special operations soldier. He was member of a Delta Force Special Operations team that was part of the Joint Special Operations Command responsible for tracking down the most wanted men in Iraq. During his six month tour with this Delta Force team, Eric conducted over 300 interrogations and collected intelligence which directly led to the capture of Saddam Hussein. As a result, he was awarded the Legion of Merit, the Defense Intelligence ...
Nov 14, 2022•59 min•Ep. 84
#83: Chris Hart is the Founder of the Brave Group Coaching. He works with business executives, athletes, coaches, teams, and organizations with the focus of helping them move forward both personally and professionally. Chris is an entrepreneur and was on staff at Guts Church for 15 years. He is the Chaplin for the Oral Roberts University Athletic Department and also worked with World Compassion both domestically and internationally. On the show Chris dives into his own story, taking the next ste...
Nov 07, 2022•50 min•Ep. 83
#82: Todd Gongwer is an author, speaker, entrepreneur and former 3 time national champion college basketball coach. He is the author of the best-selling book, “Lead … for God’s Sake!” His expertise in the area of leadership and team dynamics comes from more than 25 years of a wide range of experiences spanning the world of business and athletics. He’s held senior positions in companies ranging from entrepreneurial start-up to public entity, while also serving as an assistant college basketball c...
Oct 31, 2022•58 min
#81: Lars Gwartney is a Financial Advisor with Northwestern Mutual. Through his work at Northwestern Mutual he helps his clients improve their quality of life and relationships by helping them articulate what their goals and dreams are and then helping to develop a plan to protect and achieve them. As you will see in his story, it is one of persistence, belief, and clarity. All three of those qualities are what he has used to achieve a high level of success throughout his career and what he curr...
Oct 24, 2022•59 min•Ep. 81
#80: Coach Rick Byrd is the former Belmont University men’s basketball head coach. During his time coaching he won over 805 games as a head coach, which ranks 12th all time in NCAA Division 1 basketball. In 2021 he was inducted into the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame and has been the recipient of the prestigious John R Wooden Legends of Coaching Award, as well as many other highly regarded awards. Under his leadership Coach Byrd led Belmont to 8 NCAA tournaments, 17 conference champ...
Oct 17, 2022•59 min•Ep. 80
#79: Jeremie Kubicek is a powerful communicator, serial entrepreneur and content builder. He creates content used by some of the largest companies around the globe found in the books he has authored: The 100X Leader, 5 Voices, 5 Gears and the National Bestseller, Making Your Leadership Come Alive. His new book, The Peace Index , just released. Jeremie is the Co-Founder of GiANT, a company that certifies coaches and consultants that serve companies and their employees. Jeremie has started over 20...
Oct 10, 2022•49 min•Ep. 79
#78: Brian Wagers is a partner with Elevate Commercial Investment Group. Elevate has acquired over 6,000 units and has over $400,000,000 in assets under management. Before Elevate Brain started Wagers Capital. He grew his portfolio to 500 units before moving on to syndication where has now been involved in over $150,000,000 worth of apartment transactions & over 2,000 units through his experience as an owner and general partner. He now seeks to invest and help other high growth professionals...
Oct 03, 2022•55 min•Ep. 78
#77: Alan Stein, Jr. is a keynote speaker, author, and coach. He teaches proven strategies to improve organizational performance in sports and business. Alan’s programs empower effective leadership, increase team cohesion, and develop winning mindsets and habits. As an internationally renowned basketball performance coach, he spent 15+ years working with the highest-performing players on the planet, including NBA superstars Kevin Durant, Stephen Curry, and Kobe Bryant. Alan reveals how to utiliz...
Sep 26, 2022•57 min•Ep. 77
#76: Alex Demczak is a top keynote speaker and bestselling author. He frequently delivers keynotes and conducts training programs based on The Power of Positive Leadership and The Power of a Positive Team with the goal of helping leaders transform their teams and change the world. Alex is the author, along with Jon Gordon, of his newest bestselling book “The Sale”, which is the number one strategy to build trust & create success. He is also the author of Thrive U. The inspirational book is a...
Sep 19, 2022•46 min•Ep. 76
#75: Jill Donovan is the founder of Rustic Cuff. She was born in Baltimore, Maryland; was raised in Pensacola, Florida; and graduated from Oral Roberts University, in Tulsa, Oklahoma where she met her husband, Terry. She went on to get her law degree from the University of Tulsa and was a practicing attorney and adjunct law professor at TU law school when Rustic Cuff was born. She taught herself how to make cuffs and gifted them to friends and family. Today, Rustic Cuff jewelry is sold in more t...
Sep 12, 2022•51 min•Ep. 75
#74: Jordan Montgomery is the owner of Montgomery Companies. He is a highly regarded performance coach and keynote speaker whose clients include business executives, sales organizations, entrepreneurs, and teams. From small town Iowa, to a dominant force in the performance coaching industry, Jordan travels the country speaking and coaching executives at Fortune 500 companies, professional athletes, and sales people. In addition to his work speaking and coaching, Jordan is an accomplished busines...
Sep 05, 2022•45 min•Ep. 74
#73: Ryan Hawk is the host of The Learning Leader Show. He has recorded more than 475 episodes over the past 7 years. Forbes called The Learning Leader Show , “the most dynamic leadership podcast around.” Inc Magazine said, “it’s one of the 5 podcasts to make you a smarter leader.” Apple named it an “all-time best seller” in 2020 and 2021. As you listen to the show you will see why. Ryan is the author of Welcome to Management: How To Grow From Top Performer To Excellent Leader . Book Authority n...
Aug 29, 2022•46 min•Ep. 73
#72: Kirby Andersen is a Coach & Facilitator with Intentional Churches. With over 40 years in leadership Kirby loves to encourage leaders and equip them with tools and sustainable habits for personal growth. He’s passionate about building strong families and churches. He has conducted numerous time management and financial stewardship seminars and has coordinated national leadership conferences and numerous community and county-wide events. Kirby and his wife Gail live in Tulsa, OK, where th...
Aug 22, 2022•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 72
#71: Clay Martin is currently an NFL referee. Growing up in Tulsa, OK Clay was a great athlete at Nathan Hale High School. After high school, Clay had the opportunity to play basketball and football at the University of Tulsa and then basketball at OBU. During his time at OBU he helped his team reach the NAIA national championship and was able to play under legendary coach Bob Hoffman. After graduating Clay decided to get into college coaching. After a few years coaching college basketball he fe...
Aug 15, 2022•1 hr•Ep. 71
#70: Jeremy Hudson is the CEO & partner at Specialized Real Estate Group. He leads the company, playing a key role in design and development of new projects and leading the property management division. Since 2002, he has been involved in all facets of real estate in Northwest Arkansas including brokerage, design, development, and construction. He speaks nationally about the importance of building for health and sustainability. He is a member of the inaugural Urban Land Institute 40 Under 40...
Aug 08, 2022•57 min•Ep. 70
#69: Chad Busick is an author, speaker, & host of the Championship Mindset podcast. He is a former collegiate soccer player and graduated with a degree in Psychology. Today he works with sports, business, and education teams, providing leadership, team, and culture, development. Chad brings a unique combination of experience and education which includes 20+ years in corporate sales, 15 years coaching competitive sports and over 7+ years leading various workshops and trainings. He is a Master...
Aug 01, 2022•53 min•Ep. 69
#68: Connor Baxter is the lead pastor of Onward Community Church in Frisco, Texas. On the show Connor dives into his own story of growing up. Connor was a great athlete and ultimately had an opportunity to wrestle at Oklahoma State, but in high school he found himself in trouble often. His life began to change when he encountered and started building a relationship with Christ. He also talks about the importance of who you surround yourself with and how it can ultimately direct the course of you...
Jul 25, 2022•57 min•Ep. 68
#67: Sean Kouplen is currently the chairman and CEO of Regent Bank. Not only has he exceeded the billion dollar mark in his business, but most recently he served as the Oklahoma Secretary of Commerce, hosts his own podcast the Kingdom Driven CEO, has authored multiple books, leads the Ascend Executive Leadership Institute, and most importantly is a great husband and father. Those are just a few of the many things he does. If you are like many people and wondering how do you do all of those thing...
Jul 18, 2022•53 min•Ep. 67
#66: Clay Wilson is currently on the mens basketball coaching staff at the University of North Texas. Before North Texas he was an assistant coach at Cornell University. Clay grew up with a dream to coach and from a young age he started pursing that dream as a player. He was extremely dedicated to reaching his potential as a player and starting early on during his playing career he consistently got to the gym each day and made 1,000 shots. He did that every day until he retired from professional...
Jul 11, 2022•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 66
#65: Tyler Thorne is the Sales Manager for Vivint Smart Home. He has managed over 18 million in direct sales, trained over 100’s of sales employees, and has a tremendous business mind for growing and scaling. He also hosts a podcast called The Money Game, which is all about normalizing personal finance talk and breaking the taboo barriers around money to rebuild your relationship with money. We cover a lot of ground on the show. He talks about growing up and always having an entrepreneurship min...
Jul 04, 2022•54 min•Ep. 65
#64: Luke Pent is the Co-Founder of Jetstream Oil & Gas, as well as Jetstream Capital, based in Fort Worth, Texas. In 2004 Luke formed Pent Energy. Since then he has been active in Texas and Oklahoma on both operating and service sectors of the oil and gas industry. On the show we dive into Luke's story of entrepreneurship and starting companies. He talks in depth about taking calculated risk and how to do that, embracing failure and changing your mindset, what it means to be a good leader, ...
Jun 27, 2022•49 min•Ep. 64
#63: Jimmy Dykes is a college basketball analyst for ESPN. He became an on air personality for ESPN's coverage of mens college basketball in 1995, serving as both a game and studio analyst. Dykes was a three year letterman in basketball at the University of Arkansas. He then transitioned into college coaching, spending time as an assistant men's coach at the University of Kentucky, Oklahoma State University, Appalachian State University, UALR, Sacramento State University, and Arkansas, where he ...
Jun 14, 2022•39 min•Ep. 63
#62: Jan Thetford is a National Sales Director for Mary Kay. Jan grew up in Lubbock, Texas and eventually chose to go to college at Texas Tech University. After a career change she ended up working at Mary Kay. From there she has gone on to have a tremendous career. On the show she dives into her story, sales, leadership, mindset, integrity, building a culture, purpose, faith & family. She has so many great principles to share! Enjoy the show!
Jun 06, 2022•46 min•Ep. 62
#61: Today we have Damon West on the show. Damon is a best selling author, keynote speaker, and college professor. He travels all over speaking to teams, many of which you’ve heard of, such as Alabama & Clemson football, the Dallas Cowboys, businesses, schools, and many other organizations all over the country. But what is really amazing is his story before he started doing all of this. Damon was sentenced to 65 years in prison. Damon grew up in a great home with loving and supportive parent...
May 31, 2022•32 min•Ep. 61
Today we have Will Karstetter on the show. Will is the Co-Founder of Spark Equity Group. Over the last few years Will has quickly scaled his company and well on his way to surpassing over 100 million in real estate holdings. And Will is still only in his 20’s. What I am really excited about on this show is his story of focus, discipline, and action. Everything Will does filters through those principles and because of that he gets big results. You will get a chance to hear about his entrepreneuri...
May 23, 2022•1 hr 21 min•Ep. 60
#59: Nik Rule is the athletic director at William Penn University. Under his leadership William Penn has become one of the top programs in the country. In this episode you will see why. Nik has a great story and the principles he talks about will definitely shape and improve your own life, leadership, and legacy. He talks about growing up in Idaho, leaving to go play college athletics at William Penn basically sight unseen, making wise decisions and trusting your intuition, always being curious ...
May 16, 2022•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 59
#58: Today we have Matt Reynolds. Matt is currently a major league baseball player with the Cincinnati Reds. Matt grew up in Tulsa, OK. He excelled at baseball, basketball, and football. After a great high school career he attended the University of Arkansas on a baseball scholarship. He then was drafted in the 2nd round of the 2012 MLB draft by the New York Mets. He has been playing professionally ever since, with stops at the New York Mets, Washington Nationals, Kansas City Royals, Chicago Whi...
May 09, 2022•56 min•Ep. 58
#57: Jared is the cofounder of Sixthday Properties, a extremely successful home building and developing firm based out of Tulsa, OK. Jared grew up with an entrepreneurial spirit mowing lawns and helping remodel houses. He eventually turned his love for real estate into a full time job when he and his partner Dave started Sixth-day. I love Jared’s perspective on life, work, and living by principles not pressure. So many of us live by reacting to the daily demands of life, yet Jared has a great pe...
May 02, 2022•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 57
#56: Today we have David Nurse. David is a top 50 world wide keynote speaker, best selling author of his books Pivot & Go & Breakthrough , host of The Art of podcast, and NBA life optimization coach. He has helped over 150 plus NBA players with their personal and professional development. David dives into his own story growing up in Pella Iowa, his journey to becoming a professional basketball player and eventually the shooting coach for the Brooklyn Nets. He touches on how and why he go...
Apr 25, 2022•34 min•Ep. 56
#55: Kevin Landreville is the Founder of Kevin Landreville Collaborative Coaching. Kevin has been a coach for 20 years and worked alongside some of the best coaches in the NHL, NCAA, NBA, and more. He has been a Physical & Health Education educator for 14 years and Department Head of Physical & Health Education in St. John’s-Ravenscourt School. Leadership, character development, team development through coaching and teaching are his professional passions. His research and presentations o...
Apr 18, 2022•55 min•Ep. 55
