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Drop the Stress Not the Ball

We are letting go for success unleashed. Welcome to "Drop the Stress Not the Ball " where leaders and high-performing entrepreneurs come to shed the weight of stress and hear ideas and strategies to get to new heights of success without stress, procrastination, or anxiety. Join us as we delve into the transformative power of letting go for the business-minded, empowering you to lead with clarity, purpose, and unstoppable momentum. Tune in for insights, strategies, and inspiring stories that will

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47:09

All I Did Was Share Cool Stuff: Ely Delaney on...

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2026/10/04

Most heart-led coaches don't lose clients in the sales conversation. They lose them in the silence afterwards, because following up feels like pestering. Ely Delaney has spent nearly 30 years showing people another way. His view is simple: change what you say and how you say it, and you stop being the annoying pest and become the welcome guest. Ely walks through exactly how that works. He shares the word-for-word "I'm such a slacker" email that re-opens a quiet list, and the story of a client whose

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31:00

Business Is About People, Not Money with Nicky Billou

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2026/09/26

Nicky Billou built eCircle Academy on a lesson his father taught him long before either of them had a business card: business is about people, not money. It's a lesson Nicky carried out of Iran as a child, through a childhood shaped by fleeing political oppression, and into a career built on one conviction — that good people undersell themselves not because they lack skill, but because they've never been reminded they're not one of "those" people. Nicky shares the story of a client who couldn't

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51:36

Allow the Yes to Come Out: Patrick van der Burght on...

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2026/08/29

Most heart-led coaches flinch at the word "persuasion." They hear it and think manipulation — making someone do what they don't want to do. Patrick van der Burght has spent twenty-five years proving the opposite: that real persuasion is, by definition, ethical, and that its whole job is to allow a yes that's already there to come out. Patrick is a Cialdini Certified Trainer, a founding member of the Cialdini Institute, and a business partner of Dr Robert Cialdini — whose book Influence is one of the

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30:47

The Goal That Was Never Yours: Jen Guyton on the...

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2026/08/29

In March 2024, Jen Guyton's photograph was on the cover of National Geographic — the single goal she'd worked toward, single-mindedly, for fifteen years. She expected to feel like she'd arrived. Within a couple of weeks she was right back to where she started: anxious, restless, "living a few inches above my own body," already scanning for the next thing. That gap — between what she thought the summit would give her and what it actually did — is the whole of this conversation. Jen is a former

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42:42

Real Influence Never Comes From a Pitch: Jay Jacobson...

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2026/08/21

For more than twenty years, Jay Jacobson had a job where you simply cannot pitch. Nobody walks into a funeral home to be sold to. All you can do is slow the moment down, be genuinely present, and let the way you serve speak for itself. That turns out to be the whole thing. Jay is a funeral director, business owner, speaker, and the author of Lead by Legendary Example — recently named a finalist for the International Impact Award for Business. He came on to talk about influence that has nothing to do

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49:18

Will I Ever Laugh Again? Bryan Blackmon Returns on...

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2026/08/16

A first for the show — a guest returns. A few weeks ago Bryan Blackmon told us how he went from sleeping in his car and lost to addiction, to 900-plus days sober, to building a viral community called Crab Crew Life — with an 87-year-old landlord named Elaine who told him he was worth it. That was the climb. This conversation is about what carried him up it: laughter. When Bryan first got sober, one of his deepest fears was "will I ever be able to laugh again? Will I ever have fun again?" This

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40:06

The Journey from Importance to Usefulness: Chip...

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2026/08/08

The best salespeople aren't the best persuaders. They're the most believable. Chip Scholz has spent nearly fifty years in and around sales — selling beans and ketchup out of school, logistics, ten years as a lobbyist — but by his own account he didn't become good at it until he got laid off, moved 2,500 miles across the country, opened a business, and suddenly had to "hunt what he eats." What he learned there reshaped everything: persuasion is the broken tool. The real work is problem-solving,

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46:00

Just Over Broke: Ted Kopecko on Why Your Job Was...

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2026/08/01

JOB. Just Over Broke. Ted Kopecko didn't come up with that acronym — one of his mentors did. But it's the line that anchors everything in his #1 international bestselling book Finding Joy: The Journey of You, because it names the thing nobody says out loud at the office: most of us are working so hard to stay just above the waterline that we've forgotten we're allowed to ask for a different life. Ted spent over 30 years across architecture, commercial real estate, and entrepreneurship. He built a

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36:39

No More: Sophie Ash on the Day She Fired Her Team,...

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2026/08/01

Sophie Ash didn't write her memoir when it was over. She wrote it while it was happening — six years in, with $200 in her bank account, a pile of unpaid invoices, and no idea how the story was going to end. That decision to document the mess instead of shine it up afterward became one of the most honest books written about entrepreneurship in recent years. Be the Person is a memoir about burnout, ambition, and what it actually looks like when the version of success you spent years building stops

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38:33

If Your Message Is Stronger Than the Messenger: Wes...

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2026/07/25

In a world where anyone can generate a polished, professional post in thirty seconds — what's left that actually builds trust? Wes Towers has spent over twenty years running Uplift 360, helping trades, construction and industrial businesses get found, get trusted, and get chosen online. He learnt it on the job, not in a lecture theatre. But the reason he's on this show isn't the SEO — it's a conviction about the AI-saturated moment we're all marketing into: that authenticity, sounding genuinely like

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36:54

The Skills Gap They Call a Character Flaw: Jennifer...

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2026/07/21

What if the thing you've been calling a character flaw was just a skill nobody ever taught you? Jennifer Dechaine spent over two decades in sales — thirteen years selling, ten leading teams — and burned out twice along the way. That's not a footnote in her story; it's the reason for her work. She's the founder of Congruent Projects and creator of the Human Foundations framework, built on one sharp idea: we recruit driven, capable people, assume they already know how to regulate themselves under

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41:35

You're Not Behind. You're Just Still in Park: Willie...

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2026/07/17

What if you're not behind — you're just still in park? Coach Willie Blake was diagnosed with dyslexia in first grade and spent most of his life believing he was broken. He hid it, doubled his workload to reach average, and chased perfection to cover the gap. Then at 21 he found a statistic — 95% of CEOs read fifty or more books a year — and picked up a small purple book he could barely get through. He's since spoken from over 500 stages, hosts the podcast Light Beyond Limits, and coaches

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44:45

I Am the Offer: Jon Symes on the Invisible Stories...

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2026/07/17

What if the thing tightening in your chest before you name your price was written before you could talk? Jon Symes is a mentor, speaker, and founder of Whole & Free. For over twenty years he's helped leaders and people in transition uncover the invisible stories that shape how they think, lead, relate and live. He calls the work Narrative Liberation, and his book The Stories That Are Killing Us arrives at the end of the year. What we get into: Why stories operate like an operating system — running

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41:15

The Game OFTEN Played: Steve Barton on Awareness,...

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2026/07/10

What if the reason you're stuck in your business isn't a strategy problem — it's a forgiveness problem? Steve Barton is an executive coach, author, and creator of The Game of Ten® — a US-registered, awareness-based coaching framework helping high-achieving leaders dissolve fear, self-doubt, guilt, and shame so they can operate from clarity, confidence, and what Steve calls "Aligned Success." With over 47 years of real-world business experience, he's grown companies, trained under Marianne

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55:35

Do Your Part, Then Surrender — Jay Setchell on Living...

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2026/07/04

Where does your strength come from when life has taken almost everything? Jay Setchell is a farm kid, a US Marine, and a serial entrepreneur who's built ventures from nothing to eight figures. He's also survived multiple near-death experiences, more than seventy surgeries, and lives today mostly paralysed and in chronic pain — and at 76, he still gets up before dawn every day, raising young twins with his wife and building a business that's gone international. He's the author of The Strength

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35:38

Stop Being Everything to Everyone — Mark Gordon on...

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2026/07/03

What if the reason your business feels stuck isn't your sales — it's your clarity? Mark Gordon is known by founders as the Rebel CRO. He's scaled companies from $1M to over $30M in revenue, rebuilt go-to-market engines across SaaS, services and tech, and built his work around one idea: most companies don't have a sales problem — they have a clarity and alignment problem. He's the founder of Integrated Go-To-Market Solutions, a former professional rugby player, and a husband and father of three.

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45:47

You Are Worth It: Bryan Blackmon on Getting Sober,...

Drop the Stress Not the Ball ·

2026/07/03

What changes the moment you finally believe you're worth it? Bryan Blackmon left Texas for California chasing a dream — and ended up homeless, sleeping in his car, lost to addiction. Then an 85-year-old landlord named Elaine took a chance on him when no one else would, and stood beside him as he got sober. Today, more than 900 days sober, Bryan has built a viral community called Crab Crew Life on one belief: no matter how deep the hole, you can claw your way back out. In this episode: The

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39:52

Regina Huber on the Invisible Success Trap — When...

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2026/07/03

What happens when you've done everything right — and success still doesn't feel like success? Regina Huber is a Freedom-First Leadership Coach, speaker, author, and host of the Rise to Lead podcast. Born in a tiny German village and shaped by an adventurous life across five continents — from Boston Consulting Group to her own businesses in Argentina, Brazil and the US — she helps leaders and business owners stop losing themselves in their own success. Everything she does is in the service of

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39:13

Go for No: Andrea Waltz on Why Hearing No Is the...

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2026/06/27

What if the word you've spent your whole career avoiding is the one that grows your business fastest? Andrea Waltz is the co-creator of Go for No! — a bestselling book and mindset philosophy that's sold more than half a million copies and helped entrepreneurs and professionals worldwide change their relationship with rejection. With her husband and writing partner Richard Fenton, she's spent more than 20 years as a speaker and trainer, focused not on technique but on the emotional side of growth:

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31:31

Your Anxiety Is a Secret Service Agent — Dr. Heidi...

Drop the Stress Not the Ball ·

2026/06/27

What if your anxiety isn't the enemy — but a bodyguard doing its job a little too well? Dr. Heidi Heron is a clinical psychologist, master coach, author, and one of the world's most recognised NLP trainers. She holds a doctorate in clinical psychology and a master's in consciousness studies, she's an ICF Master Certified Coach, and she's the founder of NLP Worldwide in Sydney, where for more than 25 years she's trained thousands of coaches, therapists and leaders in the practical psychology of

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