The Greybeard Show

"Drift doesn't kick down the front door. It doesn't announce itself. It doesn't feel like an emergency—it feels like normal adulthood. That is why it is dangerous." Have you ever looked at your life and realized that while your calendar is full, your spirit feels thin? You’re showing up, you’re hitting your marks, and you’re carrying the weight—but the "why" has become fuzzy. In this episode of The Graybeard Show, we’re naming a q...

Are you moving, or are you just burning fuel? As we approach 2026, many of us are busy, responsible, and hardworking—yet we have a quiet sense that life is happening to us rather than being built by us. This is "The Drift."

In this hard-hitting episode, Shawn Davis (aka Greybeard) opens up about the season his $2.5 million business became a "monster" that almost cost him everything. He breaks down why drift isn’t a lack of ambition...

In this episode of The Graybeard Show, Shawn “Graybeard” Davis breaks down how to stop being the worker in your own business and start acting like the architect. Drawing on three separate seven-figure ventures in financial services, real estate flipping, and solar, he explains why most owners accidentally build themselves a job—and how AI, systems, and virtual assistants can give you back time, profit, and breathing r...

In this episode of The Greybeard Show, Shawn “Greybeard” Davis pulls back the curtain on the hidden blind spots that quietly drain high achievers, CEOs, and entrepreneurs. He walks through a hard-hitting “checklist of shadows” — from the Mask of the Maker and the Gospel of Your Own Genius to the Commander’s Curse, the Prison of Comfortable Success, the Hollow Hustle, the Armor of Invulnerability, and the Lone Wolf Lie...

In this episode of The Greybeard Show, Shawn “Greybeard” Davis breaks down the power of guided growth and the 10 transformations only a mentor can unlock—from stuck to unstoppable, from self-doubt to inner certainty, from hustle to harmony, and from mere success to real significance. Drawing on three decades as a serial entrepreneur, he tells the truth about burnout, drift, and trying to do life and business alone, an...

In this episode of The Greybeard Show, Shawn “Greybeard” Davis gets brutally honest about drift—the slow, silent slide from living fully alive to just going through the motions. He shares how his own life began to look successful but feel hollow, the mirror moment that forced him to confront who he’d become, and how a simple daily “Greybeard Mile” walk and the 7F framework (faith, family, friends, fitness, field, fun,...

In this episode of The Graybeard Show, Shawn “Greybeard” Davis exposes the CEO Trap—when the empire you built quietly becomes the cage you live in. He talks straight to founders, CEOs, and high-performing leaders who look successful on paper but feel boxed in, numb, and disconnected from the hungry builder they used to be.

You’ll hear how comfort turns into a coffin, how success can sedate your instincts...

Somewhere along the way, “I’m fine” turned into drifting. In this episode, Greybeard pulls you out of autopilot and walks you through 7 concrete steps to start living on purpose again. You’ll build your personal “7F dashboard” (faith, family, fitness, friends, finance, field, fun), expose where you’ve been coasting, and decide who you actually want to be in your second act. Then it gets practical: how to declare real priorities, br...

From side hustle to real business: in this episode, Shawn “Graybeard” Davis opens up five exclusive mentorship spots for people who are serious about turning their ideas into real revenue. He breaks down why most side hustles crash and burn, how mentorship collapses your learning curve, and why direct-response marketing and smart use of AI beat “post and pray” social media every time. You’ll hear his simple 30–120 day...

The Second Act: What if the best 10 years of your life are still ahead of you? In this episode, Shawn “Graybeard” Davis talks straight about the quiet fears men and women face in their 60s and beyond—irrelevance, aging, “being done”—and shows how your time, wisdom, and scars actually prepare you for your most impactful chapter. You’ll hear practical ways to reframe retirement, create purpose, and design a meaningful s...

In this episode of The Greybeard Show, Shawn “Greybeard” Davis goes straight at what quietly makes or breaks your life: your relationships. Marriage, kids, friends, co-workers – even that neighbor with the 6:30 a.m. lawnmower – Shawn lays out 7 concrete keys you can actually use this week to change how you relate and how people respond to you.

He walks through why you need to stop trying to win every con...

In this episode of The Greybeard Show, Shawn “Greybeard” Davis goes straight at the quiet crisis most men never name out loud: feeling stuck in midlife. The house, the job, the marriage, the truck in the driveway — from the outside it all looks fine, but inside you feel like a ghost in your own life. Shawn unpacks what he calls “miserable husband syndrome,” the numbness, isolation, overwork, and secret coping (booze, ...

In this episode of The Greybeard Show, Shawn “Greybeard” Davis lays out 10 powerful reasons why having a mentor or coach can accelerate real life change for men who feel stuck, isolated, or overwhelmed.

He breaks down the difference between a coach (“let’s go faster”) and a mentor (“let’s go deeper”), and explains why in a world drowning in information and starving for wisdom, men don’t need more content...

In this episode of The Greybeard Show, Sean “Greybeard” Davis breaks down the real reasons you stay stuck – and what it actually takes to break through. He walks you through seven core “life blockers” he sees over and over in entrepreneurs and driven men: fear, guilt, anger, self-sabotage, laziness, envy, and lack of focus. You’ll see where they’re quietly running your life and how they show up in your money, your hea...

The Seductive Nature of Success

In this episode, Sean “Greybeard” Davis tells how finally “making it” in business nearly cost him his health, his marriage, and his relationship with his four sons. He shares the story of going from commission-only grind, to betting his last $10,000 on radio, to building a multi-station radio machine—then realizing the price he was paying for that success was everything el...