The Blue Collar Boss Podcast
By Mark Stoner
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The Blue Collar Boss Podcast is about the real leadership challenges of running blue-collar businesses.
Hosted by entrepreneur and author Mark Stoner, this show shares hard-earned lessons from building service companies, leading teams, and navigating the pressure of the boss’s seat.
You’ll hear real stories, practical leadership insights, and honest conversations about hiring, training, accountability, systems, and culture in the trades.
If you’re a contractor, technician, or business owner trying to build something that lasts — this podcast is for you.
Because hard work builds the business
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#217 - The Obstacle is the Way
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Mar 24, 2025 |
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#216 - Guest Caleb Martinez - 3 Generations of Doing It Right
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Mar 17, 2025 |
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#215 - You Can Never Catch the Gutter
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Mar 11, 2025 |
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#214 - Coach Steve Krebs - The 90 Day On Fire Challenge
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Jan 22, 2025 |
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#213 - Guest - Sam Lawton - Leading and Growing
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Nov 27, 2024 |
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#213 - You Are Not Stuck
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Nov 18, 2024 |
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#211 - The Law of the Lid
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Sep 30, 2024 |
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#210 - Happy 4th - America - An Entrepreneur's Dream
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Jul 04, 2024 |
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#209 - House of 1000 Mirrors
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May 27, 2024 |
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#208 - Boatcast
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May 12, 2024 |
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#207 - Jim Gillam - The History of the Chimney Industry in the USA
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Mar 30, 2024 |
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#206 - Mark Stoner interviewed on The Decision Podcast
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Mar 25, 2024 |
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#205 - The Treadmill, Pathfinder, Trailblazer, Peak Performer
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Mar 15, 2024 |
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#204 - Intention Deficit Disorder
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Feb 10, 2024 |
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#203 - 9 Life and Business Lessons
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Jan 30, 2024 |
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#202 - Business Q&A
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Jan 22, 2024 |
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#201 - Guest Shane Shooter Nelson - The Hero's Journey
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Jan 07, 2024 |
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#200 - Wrapping Up 2023 and Big Plans for 2024
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Jan 01, 2024 |
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#199 - Mentors and Masterminds
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Dec 03, 2023 |
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#198 - The Future of the Service Industry
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Nov 21, 2023 |
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#197 - Guest Alan Rush talks making the most of buying season
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Oct 30, 2023 |
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#196 - Tim Reed - The 7 Step Sales Process
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Oct 21, 2023 |
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#195 - Kirk Chandler - The Insurance Claims Game
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Oct 09, 2023 |
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#194 - The Root of Unhappiness
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Sep 24, 2023 |
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#193 - 7 Uncomfortable Truths
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Sep 10, 2023 |
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#192 - Kent Wessley - How to Hire Now
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Aug 23, 2023 |
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#191 - No More Mr. Nice Guy
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Aug 09, 2023 |
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#190 - Right Now, Don't Do This!
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Jul 23, 2023 |
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#189 - Red, White and Blue Collar!
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Jul 04, 2023 |
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#188 - #2 - Business Start Up Series - Naming, Structure and Logos
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Jun 14, 2023 |
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#187 - Memorial Day Thoughts
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May 29, 2023 |
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#186 - #1 Episode of Starting a Business Series
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May 21, 2023 |
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#185 - Dave Rettinger - A Fresh Look at a Second Generation Business
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Apr 29, 2023 |
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#184 - Jonah Lindley - A Great Young Leaders Story
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Apr 18, 2023 |
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#183 - My Message to an Industry
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Apr 04, 2023 |
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#182 - Chat GPT Demo and Thoughts
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Mar 20, 2023 |
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#181 - Guest Evane Stoner - Entrepreneur with a Black Eye
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Mar 10, 2023 |
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#180- Guest Steve Trumble - The Entrepreneur/Husband/Dad Balance
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Feb 23, 2023 |
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#179 - Guest Chris Tomlin - Firefighter to Foster Parents
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Feb 16, 2023 |
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#178 - Guest Kevin Russell - The Warrior Horse Program
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Feb 09, 2023 |
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#177 - How to Handle a Slow Down in Your Business
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Jan 23, 2023 |
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#176 - 5 Mistakes New Leaders Make
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Jan 16, 2023 |
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#175 - I, We, They Stages of Business
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Jan 09, 2023 |
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Planning Vs Strategy for the New Year
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Jan 01, 2023 |
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#173 - Guest Anthony Valerio - Four Winds Chimney
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Dec 02, 2022 |
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#172 - Crackhead Determination
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Nov 06, 2022 |
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#171 - 7 Signs that YOU are actually the problem.
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Oct 30, 2022 |
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#170 - After the Rt. 66 Ride
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Oct 16, 2022 |
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#169 - Guest Chuck Roydhouse - Key Numbers, Waste, Standard Operating Procedures in Business
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Oct 01, 2022 |
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#168 - Guest Garnett Decosimo - Buying and Selling Companies
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Sep 24, 2022 |
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#167 - The #1 Thing You Must Do in Business
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Sep 11, 2022 |
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#166 - Guest Mike Fasy - $1 Million Dollar Month
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Sep 08, 2022 |
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#165 - Work with the Willing
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Aug 28, 2022 |
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#164 - The Accelerator Program
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Jul 02, 2022 |
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#163 - Guest Tim Reed - The 7 Sales Steps That Must Happen
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Jun 27, 2022 |
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#162 - Fathers - The Answer to So Much That is Wrong
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Jun 20, 2022 |
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#161 - The Subtle Art of Not Giving a "F"
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Jun 05, 2022 |
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#160 - Guest - Britt Tucker - Rocket Girl
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May 27, 2022 |
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#159 - The Valuable Time of Maturity
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May 13, 2022 |
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#158 - 420 Stoner Stories part 2
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Apr 22, 2022 |
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#157 - Extreme Ownership - Part 4
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Apr 16, 2022 |
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#156 - Extreme Ownership - Part 3
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Apr 09, 2022 |
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#155 - Guest Bob Ferrari - The Hardest Year
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Apr 02, 2022 |
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#154 - Extreme Ownership - Part 2
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Mar 25, 2022 |
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#153 - Extreme Ownership - Part 1
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Mar 18, 2022 |
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#152 - "I Want To Be In Your Seat"
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Mar 11, 2022 |
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#151 - Guest Jasper Drengler - Chimneys and Race Cars
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Mar 04, 2022 |
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#150 - The End of Loyalty in the Workplace
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Feb 18, 2022 |
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#149 - 5 of my business friends on a sailboat - part 1
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Feb 04, 2022 |
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#148 - Covid Lazy
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Jan 28, 2022 |
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#147 - 1% Better - The Power of Atomic Habits
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Jan 22, 2022 |
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#146 - 21 Success Secrets of Self Made Millionaires - Part 2
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Jan 14, 2022 |
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#145 - Secrets of Self Made Millionaires - Part 1
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Jan 07, 2022 |
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#144 - Leading like a Lion
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Dec 17, 2021 |
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#143 - Morning Meetings - SureFire Live
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Dec 10, 2021 |
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#142 - Blue Collar is Gold
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Dec 03, 2021 |
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#141 - Guest - Allison Reynolds - Tax strategies for the end of the year
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Nov 19, 2021 |
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#140 - Guest Home Inspector Britt Greenup
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Nov 12, 2021 |
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#139 - Mike Rowe's Response to Todays Labor Shortage
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Nov 05, 2021 |
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#138 - Handling Business Headaches and Stress
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Oct 30, 2021 |
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#137 - Signs Your Work Overload is Too Much
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Oct 22, 2021 |
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#136 - The Face of Fear
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Oct 15, 2021 |
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#135 - Live a Great Story
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Oct 08, 2021 |
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#134 - Guest Chad Murray - Fierce Conversations
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Oct 01, 2021 |
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#133 - Lead Like a Father
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Sep 25, 2021 |
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#132 - The Power of Acting Now
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Sep 17, 2021 |
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#131 - Covid and Hiring Thoughts
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Sep 10, 2021 |
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#130 - Guest Tim Reed talks Retail Sales and New Software
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Sep 03, 2021 |
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#129 - Guest Jeff Jenkins - Working with Troubled Youth
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Aug 27, 2021 |
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#128 - The Dreaded Budgeting and Cost Controls Talk We Must Have
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Aug 13, 2021 |
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#127 - Start with Self Leadership
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Aug 07, 2021 |
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#126 - Guest Chuck Roydhouse - Making Lots of Money at any size operation
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Jul 30, 2021 |
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5 Reasons You Haven't Made It Yet and What to do About It
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Jul 23, 2021 |
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#124 - The Moving Target of Success
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Jul 16, 2021 |
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#123 - Part 2 - The Compound Effect
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Jul 10, 2021 |
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#122 - The Compound Effect - Part 1
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Jul 02, 2021 |
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#121 - 10 Reasons You Won't Be Rich
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Jun 25, 2021 |
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#120 - Part 2 - How to Protect From BURNOUT
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Jun 18, 2021 |
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#119 - How to Protect from BURNOUT!
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Jun 11, 2021 |
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#118 - Part 2 - Construction Law
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Jun 04, 2021 |
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#117 - Part 1 - Contractors Law - Guests Liz Tipping and Kristen Sheilds
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May 28, 2021 |
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#116 - Guest - Ryan Englin Talks Hiring Methods
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May 21, 2021 |
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#115 - Finite Vs Infinite Business Mindsets
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May 14, 2021 |
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#114 - How to Have Hard Conversations
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May 07, 2021 |
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#113 - Guest Bart Merrell - Monetize Your Mindset
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Apr 30, 2021 |
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#112 - The 420 Stoner Edition of Dumb is Real
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Apr 23, 2021 |
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#111 - Guest Chad Murray - The Importance of Coaching
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Apr 16, 2021 |
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#110 - The 4 Quadrants of Time Managment
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Apr 09, 2021 |
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#109 - Destination Addiction
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Apr 02, 2021 |
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#108 - The Fallacy of Sunk Costs
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Mar 27, 2021 |
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#107 - Who Not How - Part 2
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Mar 19, 2021 |
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#106 - Who Not How
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Mar 12, 2021 |
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#105 - The Great Game of Business
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Mar 05, 2021 |
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#104 - House Fire
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Feb 26, 2021 |
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#103 - Shelby & Bezos
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Feb 19, 2021 |
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#102 - Guest Tiffany Largie talks Delegation
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Feb 12, 2021 |
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#101 - THE 1 BIG thing
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Feb 05, 2021 |
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#100 - Guest Jim Thrift - Secret Service to Entrepreneur
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Jan 29, 2021 |
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#99 - Your Money is the Result of Your Effectiveness
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Jan 22, 2021 |
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#98 - Guest Chuck Hall - What Not to Do When Building Your Business
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Jan 15, 2021 |
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#97 - Treadmill, Pathfinder, Trailblazer, Peak Performer, Legacy
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Jan 08, 2021 |
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#96 - New Year - New Leadership Thoughts
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Jan 01, 2021 |
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#95 - Merry Christmas and a Little Secret
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Dec 25, 2020 |
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#94 - Guest Chad Murray
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Dec 18, 2020 |
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#93 - Your Wealth is in Your Waste
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Dec 11, 2020 |
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#92 - What Motivates You to Take Action?
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Dec 04, 2020 |
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#91 - The Power in Thanks
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Nov 28, 2020 |
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#90 - Success Requires Replacement
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Nov 20, 2020 |
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#89 - Non-Compete Clauses
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Nov 13, 2020 |
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#88 - Ranty Rant
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Nov 06, 2020 |
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#87 - The Success Kit - Persistence - with contractor Mike Lunn
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Oct 30, 2020 |
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#86 - The Success Kit - Crticism
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Oct 24, 2020 |
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#85 - The Success Kit - Patience
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Oct 16, 2020 |
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#84 - The Success Kit - Risk!
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Oct 09, 2020 |
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#83- The Success Kit - Failure
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Oct 02, 2020 |
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#82 - The Success Kit - Discipline
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Sep 25, 2020 |
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#81 - The Success Kit - Optimism - My Favorite!
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Sep 18, 2020 |
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#80 - The Success Kit - Focus with Adaptive Athlete Genny Tidwell
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Sep 11, 2020 |
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#79 - The Success Kit - Hustle
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Sep 04, 2020 |
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#78 - My Biggest Prediction for the Next 12 Months
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Aug 28, 2020 |
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#77- Michelle Lewis - Developing Great Company Culture
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Aug 21, 2020 |
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#76 - The 4 Enemies of Growth
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Aug 14, 2020 |
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#75 - Master Sweep Dennis Dobbs & Hottttt Profits w/ Alan Rush
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Aug 07, 2020 |
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#74 - Mission Critical
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Jul 31, 2020 |
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#73 - Quick Action Steps You Can Take to Reach Your Goals
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Jul 24, 2020 |
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#72 - The Biggest Limiting Beliefs That Held Me Back
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Jul 18, 2020 |
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#71 - Counter Intuitive Success Tips
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Jul 10, 2020 |
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#70 - My 3 Biggest Business Lessons Ever
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Jul 03, 2020 |
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#69 - Why You Don't Get What You Want in Business
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Jun 26, 2020 |
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#68 - Making Tough Decisions
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Jun 19, 2020 |
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#67 - Racism and the Path to Getting Better
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Jun 12, 2020 |
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#66 - Dealing with Threats, Distractions or Detours in Your Business or Personal Life
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Jun 07, 2020 |
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#65 - Misconceptions - Our Problem in Life and in Business
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May 29, 2020 |
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#64 - The Hippest Podcaster in the World!
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May 25, 2020 |
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#63 - Stressville
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May 15, 2020 |
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#62 - Guest Tiffany Largie - Founder of the Do the Damn Thing Movement
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May 08, 2020 |
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#61 - Guest Larry Winget - Tellin' it Like it Is
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May 01, 2020 |
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#60 - The New Normal so drive on!
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Apr 24, 2020 |
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#59 - Guest Mike Barrett - Roofing, Sales and Relationships
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Apr 17, 2020 |
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#58 - Chuck Hall - Growth Oriented Leadership
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Apr 10, 2020 |
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#57 - Guest -Hope Stevenson - Very Important business information regarding Covid19
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Apr 03, 2020 |
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#56 - Guest - Taylor Hill - Marketing from the master.
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Mar 27, 2020 |
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#55 - Guest- Darin Bibeau - Back to Bulletproof
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Mar 21, 2020 |
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#54 - Warning - Do Not Netflix and Chill!
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Mar 16, 2020 |
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#53 - Guest Jim Brewer - Safety to Prevent Tragedy.
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Mar 09, 2020 |
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#52 - Conversational Narcissism
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Feb 29, 2020 |
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#51 - Guest Kevin Russell - The Warrior Horse Project
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Feb 21, 2020 |
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#50 - What Do You Really Want?
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Feb 17, 2020 |
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#49 - Do The Damn Thing
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Feb 10, 2020 |
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#48 - You're FIRED!
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Jan 31, 2020 |
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#47 - Guest Ray Palfe - The Importance of Job Costing
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Jan 24, 2020 |
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#46 - Guest Alan Rush - In Home Sales
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Jan 17, 2020 |
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#45 - Morning Meetings
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Jan 10, 2020 |
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#44- Happy New Year....LET'S GO!!!
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Jan 03, 2020 |
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#43 - Momentum and Chaos
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Dec 27, 2019 |
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#42 - The Season of Gratitude
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Dec 14, 2019 |
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#41 - Guest Kent Wessley - The Keys to Finding and Recruiting Top Talent
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Nov 29, 2019 |
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#40 - Assumption is the Mother of All Mess Ups
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Nov 22, 2019 |
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#39 - 7 Great Questions
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Nov 15, 2019 |
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#38 - Guest Allison Reynolds CPA CFO
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Nov 08, 2019 |
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#37 New Business Startup
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Nov 01, 2019 |
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#36 - Dad
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Oct 26, 2019 |
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#35 - The Necessity of the Business Pivot
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Oct 11, 2019 |
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#34 Whale Done
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Oct 04, 2019 |
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#33 The Role of the CEO
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Sep 27, 2019 |
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#32 What "A" Players Need
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Sep 20, 2019 |
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#31 Thinking Small
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Sep 13, 2019 |
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#30 - Leadership Part 2
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Sep 06, 2019 |
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#28 Leadership Part 1
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Aug 18, 2019 |
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#28 John Meredith - Developing Great Leadership Skills
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Aug 09, 2019 |
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#27 Kimble Bosworth - It will all work out!
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Aug 02, 2019 |
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#26 Darin Bibeau - The Military to Business Building
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Jul 26, 2019 |
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#25 Jake Loeffler - Selling on Amazon
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Jul 19, 2019 |
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#24 - Guest - Stacy Files - Female Chimney Sweep
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Jul 12, 2019 |
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#23 Education is Your Competitive Advantage
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Jul 05, 2019 |
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#22 Dumb is Real - Rant
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Jun 28, 2019 |
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#21 German Chimney Master Andreas Gaetner
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Jun 21, 2019 |
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#20 Lt. Colonel Tim Stoner
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Jun 14, 2019 |
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#19 There is No There
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Jun 08, 2019 |
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#18 Living in the Moment
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Jun 01, 2019 |
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#17 Not as it Appears
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May 24, 2019 |
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#16 The Joy of Problems
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May 17, 2019 |
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#15 Hiring
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May 11, 2019 |
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#14 Nails in Fences
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May 03, 2019 |
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#13 Transformational Leadership
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Apr 26, 2019 |
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#12 Money Money Money
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Apr 12, 2019 |
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#11 The Buffalo and the Cow
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Apr 05, 2019 |
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#10 Spouses and Business
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Mar 29, 2019 |
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#9 Gravity Sucks
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Mar 22, 2019 |
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#8 Marketing 101 - What Most Businesses Miss!
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Mar 15, 2019 |
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#7 Rainbows and Unicorns
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Mar 08, 2019 |
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#6 Habits of Success
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Mar 01, 2019 |
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#5 Going Negative!
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Feb 22, 2019 |
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#4 Get Started - The Time is NOW
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Feb 15, 2019 |
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#3 Spongebob Stonerpants
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Feb 08, 2019 |
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Episode 2 - Setting Your GPS
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Jan 31, 2019 |
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#1 - Welcome to the Blue Collar Gold Podcast!
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Jan 31, 2019 |