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Welcome to Built to Finish! Join host, Steven Pivnik, each week as he explores the journeys of audacious goal setters. This includes experienced Founders, CEOs and entrepreneurs sharing pivotal moments that propelled their success.
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Your Business Can't Outscale Your Leadership with Parker McCumber (opens the original)
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"Your organization is never going to outscale your leadership capacity." Most businesses do not stall because the founder lacks ambition, strategy, or work ethic. They stall because every decision, approval, and problem still depends on the founder. In this episode of Built to Finish , Steven Pivnik sits down with Parker McCumber, a U.S. Army officer, entrepreneur, leadership advisor, and author of How the Hell Are You Doing This? Drawing from 15 years of military leadership and experience build
High Performance Without the Hustle with James Laughlin (opens the original)
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"High performance does not require hustle. In fact, it requires anti-hustle." What truly separates high performers from everyone else? According to seven-time world champion, bestselling author, and executive coach James Laughlin, it is not working longer, moving faster, or filling every hour of the day. Sustainable high performance begins with knowing what matters, having the discipline to say no, and aligning your daily actions with a larger purpose. In this episode of Built to Finish, James j
The Unfair Advantage of Reading 1,500 Books with Matt Karamazov (opens the original)
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"Motivation gets you started. Discipline sees you through." What separates people who consume information from those who use it to build something meaningful? Matt Karamazov has read more than 1,500 books, but the number is only part of the story. After an early business failure left him rebuilding from a minimum wage security job, Matt used his overnight shifts to read, write and quietly develop the skills that would eventually become The Reading Life, a growing newsletter and content business
Stop Being the Hero in Your Business with Ivan Lightfoot (opens the original)
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"Always make decisions that you're going to be proud of 10 years from now." Ivan Lightfoot thought his company was having a great month. Then he looked at the P&L and discovered they had lost $60,000. The former high school math teacher knew how to win clients. Building a profitable business that could operate without him was a different lesson entirely. In this episode of Built to Finish, Steven Pivnik sits down with Ivan, president of Real Content Solutions, to explore his unexpected path into
Three Attempts, Seven Summits, One Final Finish with Louise McEvoy (opens the original)
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"Recognize that fear is going to be part of anything new and challenging, and embrace that fear. The more you try and build experience, the more it becomes muscle memory." After two unsuccessful attempts on Denali, Louise McEvoy had every reason not to return. But the senior cybersecurity executive and accomplished mountaineer knew she had unfinished business. On her third attempt, Louise finally reached the summit, completing her pursuit of the Seven Summits, the highest peak on each continent.
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