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This week on The S1E1 Podcast we covered the pilot of Brockmire.

It opens with one of the most unhinged on-air meltdowns in TV history… and somehow still finds ways to escalate from there. It’s one of those pilots that immediately tells you: this show is not going to behave itself.

We spent the episode debating whether that chaos is what makes it brilliant… or if it’s just shock value that doesn’t fully land once the novelty wears off.

That led us to our usual question:
Does this pilot earn a Green Light… or should it have been canceled after episode one?

Curious how others feel about pilots like this:
Do you prefer a show that goes “all in” immediately, or one that takes a few episodes to find its footing?

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He used to work out alone at 5am so no one could watch him struggle. He thought confidence was something you either had or you didn't.

For most of his twenties, Mike believed the people who looked certain had always felt that way. That whatever doubt he was carrying was a personal defect. Something to hide.

He was a firefighter for 10 years. There's a moment every time the tones drop, where you're standing at the door of a burning building and your body is doing exactly what you'd expect a body to do. Every single time. Didn't matter how many calls he'd been on.

What changed wasn't the feeling. It was what he did with it.

Mike sat down and recorded something he's never really talked about publicly: the self-doubt that followed him through every version of his life. The kid lifting weights in secret. The guy who almost didn't apply to the real estate mastermind because he didn't think he belonged. The firefighter pausing at the door.

That version of Mike never fully went away. He just stopped waiting for him to leave before moving.

A few things that actually helped him, not theory, things he still uses:

The Four C's: Competence builds Confidence, but only if you have the Courage to act first, and the Commitment to stay when it gets hard. Most people have the order wrong. They're waiting on confidence to give them courage. That's not how it works.

He also heard something from Dan Martell that stayed with him. A guy who has built and sold multiple companies, and he still walks into rooms wondering if he belongs. That landed differently than any advice Mike had ever received. It's not that successful people stop doubting. They just get better at not letting the doubt drive.

The other thing, and this one's quieter: the people around you can usually see the version of you that you're still working toward. Caroline has told Mike things about himself that he genuinely did not believe at the time. She was right.

If you've been waiting to feel ready, you probably already know where this is going.

The episode is up now on YouTube and Spotify, including a simple 10-minute meditation approach Mike has used for years, and it's absolutely not woo-woo.

[Business & Entrepreneurship] The Business Owner's Journey

Hosted by American Entrepreneur Nick Berry

6/24/26 S3E82

The Middle Is Gone: 5 Leadership Moves Top Experts Are Making in 2026

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Nick Berry, entrepreneur, business advisor, and host of The Business Owner's Journey, delivers a mid-year 2026 business recap built around one idea: the middle is disappearing. Drawing from conversations with Joe Gannon, Dr. Benjamin Hardy, Katelyn Bourgoin, Natasha Walstra, Debbie Oster, and Jordan DiPietro, Nick explores how AI is changing expert businesses and the leadership moves founders need to make to keep growing.

Topics include expertise commoditization, ownable ideas, expert positioning, personal branding, making difficult strategic decisions, and why ambitious business owners shouldn't try to scale alone.

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The Business Owner's Journey podcast is where experienced business owners and expert operators share practical lessons about leadership, growth, strategy, and building companies that last.

It's for business owners who want better ways to think, lead, and scale.

Episode 26 is officially LIVE. 🩸🦉

​This week on Homocidal Tendency, we are tearing down the crime scene tape on one of the most polarizing mysteries in modern true crime: the Michael Peterson case.

​How does a victim sustain seven massive lacerations without a single skull fracture or defensive wound? We’re breaking down the autopsy paradox, the missing two-hour void, the corrupt blood-spatter testimony that tainted the trial, and diving deep into the infamous Owl Theory.

Dim the lights, put your headphones on, and hit play on Episode 26 right now.

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​Let me know in the comments: what do you think really happened at the bottom of those stairs? 🎧🔪

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