Brandon Fluharty built the kind of sales career most people dream about.

Seven figure years. Enterprise deals. Presidents Club. Recognition at the highest level.

But achievement came with a cost. Burnout. Bankruptcy. And the quiet realization that performance without alignment eventually collapses under its own weight.

In this conversation, we unpack the invisible game high performers get trapped in. The chase for more. The identity built around output. The subtle belief that success will finally make you feel safe.

Brandon shares what it took to redefine enough, to build leverage without sacrificing health, and to design a life that compounds freedom instead of pressure.

If you’ve ever wondered whether the ladder you’re climbing is leaning against the right wall, this episode will make you think.

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On paper, Devon McDonald had it all.

Division 1 athlete. Seventeen year run at OpenView. General Partner. Big house. Three kids. The life most people chase. But behind the scenes, something wasn’t sitting right.

In this conversation, Devon shares the moment her body started speaking louder than her ambition. The locked jaw. The burnout. The quiet voice that kept saying it was time, even when everything looked perfect from the outside.

We talk about identity, divorce, walking away from a role people spend decades trying to earn, and sitting in the goo of transformation. That space where you are no longer who you were, but not yet who you are becoming.

This one is about reinvention. About grief. About choosing alignment before life chooses it for you.

If you are in your own goo phase, this might land.

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Eric Kostelnik has built and sold multiple companies, and somehow still manages to be one of the most grounded humans I know. In this conversation, we get into what happens after the exit. The identity shift. The silence. The need to re-anchor. We talk about fatherhood, the myth of "having it all together," and what structure really means when you're no longer chasing a finish line.

Then we go deep on consumer AI, mental health, dopamine loops, and what it means to build products that actually make people feel better. Eric’s honest, sharp, and full of unexpected insight. This one's a mix of wisdom, real talk, and rabbit holes. Hope you enjoy it.

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In this session from the Wake Up Call Live Wellness Series, Alex Easby from Dreamfuel guides us through a breathwork and visualization practice that’s equal parts cleansing and grounding. It starts with deep, rhythmic breathing to shake loose the noise we carry. Then it shifts into a slow, steady visualization that brings you back into presence.No performance. No pressure. Just a clear moment to feel what’s really there beneath the surface.Hit play and breathe your way home.Presented in collaboration with ⁠⁠Dreamfuel⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.Dreamfuel Free Team Coaching Session:⁠⁠Sign Up Here

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Some people build empires. Others build frameworks that help people endure. Sam Jacobs does both.

In this conversation, we unpack what it means to stay grounded when everything around you is accelerating. Sam shares the hard-earned lessons that came after being fired, humbled, and forced to face the parts of himself that success can distort.

We talk about fatherhood, ego, reinvention, and the structures that keep you from drifting. About the danger of believing your own hype. And about the quiet, boring routines that end up saving your life.

Sam’s built a company that’s thriving. But more importantly, he’s building a life with presence, patience, and clarity at the center. This one’s for anyone chasing more who’s finally asking… why?

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Some years break you open so you can finally see.

2025 cracked me. Not in the falling-apart way, but in the pulling-the-curtain-back kind of way. The ambition I was still hiding behind. The patterns I thought I had outgrown. The places I was still performing instead of living.

This one’s about the friction that shows you who you really are. The slow death of the old story. The relationships that got clearer. The silence I stopped avoiding.

No polish. No posturing. Just a look back at the year that brought me home to myself.

If you’ve been riding your own edge this year, I think you’ll feel this one.

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Sometimes life serves up those chance encounters that don’t feel like chance.

In this one, I sit down with Anurag Chandra for a rare look beneath the surface of success. He’s built some of silicon valley's biggest funds, advised companies, and navigated the kind of pressure most people never see. But the most powerful part of his story isn’t in the resume. It’s in how he’s stripped back the noise, recalibrated his values, and committed to growth that actually means something.

We talk about the how a surprise health scare changes you, the cost of trying to outperform yourself, and what reinvention actually feels like when it’s not a TED talk.

If you’re wrestling with identity, transition, or what success really means on the inside, this one might change the way you see the game.

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Some stories sit just below the surface for years. This was one of them.

In this episode I sit down with Drew Hall, my closest friend since childhood, for a conversation we’ve never had on record. Drew opens up about the silent weight he’s carried, the mental health struggles he lived through, and the unraveling of the persona he thought he had to be.

We talk about the gap between the life people see and the one you actually live. The pressure of holding up an image that’s no longer serving you. And what it means to finally stop performing and start listening to who you really are.

This one’s raw. Honest. And long overdue.

If you’ve ever felt stuck inside your own avatar, Drew’s story might just crack something open.

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