Denis Havalec is from the small country of Slovenia, and grew up with limited options and opportunities. He saw basketball as a way out, and became a professional basketball player, playing in 14 countries, including the national champions of Iceland in 2009.

After basketball, Denis built an AI company and secured a 8 figure exit. He's now a "serial entrepreneur" and investor.

Denis founded Cre8Value agency to help companies scare and CEOs to build high-performance teams.

Book a FREE 30 min consulting call with Denis here: https://calendly.com/free_consulting/30min
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Rob Kancler is not your average sex and relationship expert. With over 15 years of hands-on experience (no pun intended) exploring consciousness, embodiment, and mysticism, Rob has emerged as a pioneer in men's sexual empowerment and relational intelligence.

What sets Rob apart is his unique ability to make these unusual conversations feel normal and accessible to regular guys, meeting them exactly where they're at in their journey. As co-founder of the "Men of Substance" program, Rob guides men beyond conventional sexual paradigms into a world of profound connection, ecstatic pleasure, and spiritual awakening. His approach blends cutting-edge somatic practices, forgotten sex secrets of the sages, and a hefty dose of humor to create lasting change.

Rob's style is all about jamming with people, having a good time, and making these transformative concepts relatable and fun. Rob's journey from a sociall anxious church-raised mama's boy with serious issues with sexual performance to globally recognized sexuality mentor is as fascinating as it is inspiring. He's danced with porn stars, studied with Taoist and Tantric masters, and explored consciousness with shamans.

BUT, it wasn't all tantric bliss and cosmic orgasms. Rob's path includes plenty of fumbles, repeated failures, and "WTF am I doing?" moments, making him relatable to men facing their own challenges. Today, Rob's mission is to help revolutionize how men thinnk about and approach sex, love, and intimacy.

This was an extremely fun podcast to record. Hope you enjoy listening to it as much as we did making it!

For more about Rob: https://ihatenothavinggreatsexallthetime.com/

Joey Fulkerson is Delaware music Royalty. He is a well known and respected musician, repairman and instructor with over forty years experience.

In his long career, he has performed with some of the most well-known bands the mid-Atlantic area, including Hyde Park, The Cutters, The Hurricanes and currently tears it up with his own band, Nothin’ But Trouble.

Joey also was the touring guitarist and road manager for the “King of the Twist” Chubby Checker. A gig he held for over 5 years, outlasting many of his predecessors! (We could have done a full episode of his stories from those years alone!)

Joey builds custom guitars, and has an extensive background in string instrument repair.

He was recently honored by his peers, and fans, by being inducted in the Delaware Rock & Roll hall of fame, joining many other great local musicians including, of course, George Throrogood!

Joey is living the dream of most musicians... The ability to earn a living in music! He has a great story to share about the ups and downs of a life in "the business".

We hope you will enjoy hearing about his journey, and be inspired to not ever lose sight of your dream!

Joey has a new album out that can be downloaded at: https://fulkersonmusicservices.com/shop/

Alberto De Icaza is a mixing and mastering engineer based in Austin, Texas. He started his production career at the Machine Shop under legendary producer Machine and then opened his own studio in 2016.

Alberto’s discography includes Robert Glasper, Clutch, Megan Thee Stallion, Crobot, Ne-Yo, DJ Chose, Billy Ray Cyrus, Phil Anselmo, High on Fire, Crobot, Miss May I, King Crimson, Yoke Lore, and has mastered soundtracks for movies such as Ruby Gilman, Teenage Kraken, My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3, The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talen, Chaos Walking, and About My Father.

Alberto also mastered the soundtracks for 2021 Emmy Nominated “Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist” ("Outstanding Original Music And Lyrics - 2021”) and two time 2024 Recording Academy (Grammys) nominated “Robert Glasper, SIR and Alex Isley’s - Back to Love”

Alberto overcame But, after But. It all starts with the parents. BUT... how will you live!? BUT, you need a "real job"|

Alberto did it! Listen to hear out how!

Ralph Figueroa is a businessman in Dover, Delaware, who owns The Pool Doctor, which is a swimming pool building, and maintenance company, started by his father, and that he took over as a small, mobile business after his father passed away 18 years ago, building it into a large, and very successful company with a fleet of trucks, heavy machinery, a real estate portfolio, and over a dozen employees.

He also owns and manages a restaurant with his family, that he started working in when he was 10 years old, and has grown to owning two parcels of land, and is expanding to include a catering/event space. Ralph began to run weekly karaoke in the restaurant, which expanded to twice a week, including the "Anything Goes Tuesday Night Karaoke Party", which now only lives on in the hazy memories of those who took part!

Ralph tuned his Karaoke skills into fronting his own band, which has played gigs in some of the largest local events in the area. His real estate portfolio is ever growing, and I feel like he's just getting started!

We are happy that Ralph took the time to share his journey, so far, with us!

From humble beginnings, Jeffrey Shaw became one of the most preeminent portrait photographers in the United States. His on-location style and fine craftsmanship made him the go-to photographer for families of C-suite executives of Anheuser-Busch, Twitter, and many others, Supermodel Stephanie Seymour, news anchors Jim Nantz and David Bloom, sports icons Tom Seaver, Pat Riley, and Wall Street executives too many to mention. His portraits appeared on The Oprah Show, CBS News, in People and O Magazine and hang at Harvard University and The Norman Vincent Peale Center.

After 35 years of exceptional service to his exclusive clientele, Jeffrey decided to share his knowledge of business, branding, and marketing to support self-employed and small business owners as well as progressive-minded companies. He's an in-demand keynote speaker at conferences such as HOW Design, Growth Marketing, corporations the likes of Verizon and BMW, and institutions such as Florida Atlantic University and the Adams Center for Entrepreneurship. Jeffrey is also the author of two books, LINGO and The Self-Employed Life, a LinkedIn Learning instructor, and a regular contributor to various publications.

In 2014, Jeffrey started a podcast, Creative Warriors, later rebranded as The Self-Employed Life which is amongst the top 15% of all podcasts. His TEDx LincolnSquare talk was later moved to TED.com which is so rare it’s been said you have a better chance of getting hurt at home by your toilet.

We are excited to have Jeffrey on to share the story of his journey, thus far, how he overcame his own BUTs, and what's to come!

Learn more about Jeffrey at jeffreyshaw.com

A chance meeting from a comment on Facebook, led us to meet Cory Harner from Colorado adn what a story of overcoming adversity he has, and what a journey.

Cory grew up in Auroa, Colorado, and though he was identified as a "gifted" student, he started running with the wrong crowd at a young age, party to fit in, and party survival instinct. By the time he was 15, he was incarcerated for the first time, and by the time he was 21, he was sentenced to 10.5 years in state prison in Arizona.

Cory tells us his story, from that rough beginning, to eventually learning that overcoming his "Buts" required him to look outside himself, and turn to dedicating himself to the service of helping others.

He finally turned it around, and is now the founder, with his wife, and director of a non profit helping veterans, called Valor Vanguard. He has never shared this much of his story, and did in the hope that it may inspire others to know that there's always hope around the corner.

Learn about Cory's charity at valorvanguard.org

DIsclaimer: We provide a platform for people to tell their stories of overcoming adversity - we don't condone violence in any way - Viewer/Listener Discretion is strongly Advised!

Moni Basu is an award winning journalist who began her career in Florida with the Tallahassee Democrat and The Florida Flambeau. Basu worked for CNN for nine years, covering the Iraqi War from its inception. She wrote Chaplain Turner’s War from a series of Atlanta Journal-Constitution stories on an Army chaplain serving in Iraq. She also was a distinguished professor of practice in the University of Georgia’s narrative nonfiction MFA program.

It's impossible to get someone’s story in just 90 minutes, however Moni was generous enough to share a condensed version of it with us.

From her first day of life, when she was found on the steps of an orphanage in Calcutta, and adopted by a renowned mathematician and his wife, to growing up all over the world, and eventually becoming a journalist at the highest level, covering a range of stories, from reporting on the aftermath of devastating earthquakes in Haiti and Nepal, to traveling with John Kerry's Presidential campaign, and being embedded with the Georgia Army National Guard's 48th Brigade during the Iraq war.

Moni is a person who has, and does, overcome the "Buts" in her life on a daily basis.

Moni's blog is at monibasu.com