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Afraid to Get Back to Your Business After a Break? Read This First

September 15, 2026

Afraid to Get Back to Your Business After a Break? Read This First I took my AirPod out of my ear for what must have been the ninth time to answer the same question. “Sam, where have you been?” This...

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How Cutting My Screen Time Helped My Business Grow More Than Ever

September 8, 2026

How Cutting My Screen Time Helped My Business Grow More Than Ever A year ago, I tossed and turned in bed at night trying to fall asleep, feeling like my head was a fuzzy, buzzing mess. I couldn’t stop replaying...

Honestly? This Is How I’m Really Doing After a Summer Off

September 1, 2026

Honestly? This Is How I’m Really Doing After a Summer Off I just hit CTRL + ALT + DELETE on an 850+ word newsletter I wrote yesterday. I was sitting in my favorite coffee shop, sipping a 2% iced cappuccino...

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I Planned a Year of Doing Nothing – I Took 19 Flights Instead [Summer Read-Aloud]

August 31, 2026

Listen on Apple | Spotify | YouTube Listen Now: My gap year was supposed to be boring. Instead I’ve taken 19 flights before summer even ended, and somehow I still feel more rested than I have in years. This episode...

Why You Don’t Need to Feel Ready to Start Your Business

August 25, 2026

Why You Don’t Need to Feel Ready to Start Your Business A few days after I signed my Big 5 book deal, I sat there staring at my laptop, wondering if I should just open a new Google doc. I...

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I Built a Multi-Million Dollar Business to Avoid Feeling Anything [Summer Read-Aloud]

August 24, 2026

Listen on Apple | Spotify | YouTube Listen Now: I got forced to slow down, and it’s the lesson I need to learn over and over again. In this episode, I read a personal essay from my Substack about a...

Why Messy and Imperfect Still Wins in Business (My Own Proof)

August 18, 2026

Why Messy and Imperfect Still Wins in Business I just finished a quick 12.5 miles on my Peloton and nearly tripped over my own bike shoes running to my laptop, because I had something to tell you that could save...

How I Stopped Doomscrolling and Started Watching This [Summer Read-Aloud]

August 17, 2026

Listen on Apple | Spotify | YouTube Listen Now: Have you ever had a moment so small (a bird, of all things) crack open something so much bigger about how you’re living your life? This week’s episode is part of...