Everything They Don't Tell You

When the thing you built becomes your identity, losing it can feel like losing yourself.

Anthony Trucks spent 13 years turning himself into an NFL player. Then football disappeared, and the identity underneath it nearly collapsed too.

His business struggled. His marriage fell a...

Most founders start a business to create freedom. Then they build one that cannot function without them. 

I started this conversation with a question I have had to ask myself:

Why do so many founders say they want to scale, then build a company that cannot function without them?

Cameron Herold knows the cost of that contradiction.

At 34, his health, marriage, family life, and business were all under extraordinary pressure. He ...

Most people aren't stuck because they don't know what to do. They're stuck because doing it requires them to confront the truth. Nick Anderson knows what it means to move through the thing you never thought you could survive.

At 10 years old, Nick lost his father to suicide. Years later, his wife was struck by a car while they were taking a walk and did not survive. Nick was left to raise two young boys while battling grief, depres...

The fears you recognize may not be the ones controlling you. Executive leadership coach and author Hortense le Gentil joins Josh Zolin to uncover the hidden beliefs, inherited expectations, and "mind traps" quietly shaping how we lead and live.

 Hortense explains why perfectionism can become a trap, how fear of failure disguises itself as ambition, and why having more success, money, or power rarely silences the internal battl...

At 42, Brad Leavitt had a stroke that changed the way he thinks about time, pressure, family, and leadership.
In this episode, he and Josh talk about the wake-up call that forced him to rebuild his life with more intention.

Brad Leavitt is the founder of AFT Construction and host of The Brad Leavitt Podcast. In this ep...

Rachel Medina built a seven-figure business after 40, after divorce, and after unimaginable loss. This conversation is about grief, faith, hustle, stewardship, and what success can never replace.

Rachel Medina is an entrepreneur, podcast host, TEDx speaker, and mentor to women everywhere.

In this episode, Rache...

Dr. Eben Alexander was a neurosurgeon who believed the brain created consciousness. Then a seven-day coma changed everything he thought he knew about death, identity, and why we are here.

In this episode of Everything They Don't Tell You, Josh Zolin sits down with Dr. Eben Alexander, neurosurgeon and author of...

Blake Erickson made serious money young. He experienced retirement at 26. Then he realized something most entrepreneurs never want to admit: Success can feel empty when you're playing the wrong game.

In this episode of Everything They Don't Tell You, Josh Zolin sits down with Blake Erickson, New York Times bestselling author and founder of scaling.com, for a raw conversation about focus, ego, purpose, leadership, and what it actual...

What if the biggest thing holding your business back is you?

In this episode of Everything They Don't Tell You, Josh Zolin sits down with Charles Gaudet to talk about the founder trap, predictable growth, leverage, systems, and what it really takes to build a business that can run without you.

Charles breaks down why hard work alone is not enough, why word of mouth and referrals eventually hit a ceiling, and how founders can start ...

Morgan Haynes is the CEO of Tribal Health, a national healthcare organization focused on bringing advanced care models to underserved rural and Indigenous communities.

In this episode of Everything They Don't Tell You, Morgan joins Josh Zolin for a raw conversation about leadership, identity, alignment, and what feminine leadership really means.

This is not a conversation about gender.

It is about the traits leaders are often taugh...

Most business owners think they have a money problem. Claudio Gambin says the real problem is usually structure, strategy, and the owner becoming the bottleneck.

In this episode of Everything They Don't Tell You, Josh Zolin sits down with Claudio Gambin of GFG Solutions to talk about the truth behind money, taxes, growth, risk, and legacy for business owners.

Most owners are not broke because they refuse to work hard. They are broke because they refuse to face the numbers.

In this episode of Everything They Don't Tell You, Josh Zolin sits down with Ellen Rohr for a raw, practical conversation about the money side of business and the personal responsibility that comes with owning the numbers.

Ellen breaks ...

Entrepreneurs chase freedom, but most of them build themselves a harder job. John Lee Dumas breaks down what freedom really takes: discipline, systems, boundaries, and the courage to say no.

John Lee Dumas, founder of Entrepreneurs On Fire and author of The Common Path to Uncommon Success, joins Josh Zolin for an incredible conversation about freedom, discipline, and what most entreprene...

Most leaders are trained to have answers.

Warren Berger believes the better leadership skill is learning how to ask the right questions.

In Episode 21 of Everything They Don't Tell You, Josh Zolin sits down with Warren Berger, author of The Book of Beautiful Questions and A More Beautiful Question, to talk about the underestimated power of questioning in leadership, business, creativity, and life.

Warren explains why questions are ...

Most people think being a "nice guy" means being kind, generous, and easy to get along with.

Dr. Robert Glover sees it differently.

In this episode of Everything They Don't Tell You, Josh sits down with Dr. Robert Glover, author of No More Mr. Nice Guy, to unpack the hidden patterns behind approval-seeking, people-pleasing, covert contracts, shame, anxiety, resentment, and dishonesty.

This conversation goes way beyond relationships...

Smart people do not usually fall apart all at once. They drift, and most of the time they do not see it happening.

In this episode, Josh sits down with Todd Henry, keynote speaker, author, advisor, and founder of Accidental Creative, for a conversation about creativity, discipline, leadership, and what really causes people to lose their edge.

Todd breaks down why creativity is not reserved for artists, why talent without pract...

Why do some businesses keep growing while others stay busy but stuck?

Brian Gottlieb breaks down the culture, leadership, and standards that actually move a company forward.

In this episode, Josh Zolin sits down with Brian Gottlieb for a deep conversation on leadership, culture, accountability, and what really keeps businesses from scaling.

Brian shares lessons from building a business from a folding table and $3,000 into an indus...

What happens when the same toughness that helps you survive also starts costing you your marriage, your health, and your identity?

In this episode of Everything They Don't Tell You, Josh Zolin sits down with Tony Rodarte, a retired Maricopa County Sheriff with 20 years of service, including 11 years in the homicide unit. But this conversation goes far beyond law enforcement.

Tony opens up about the hidden cost of pressure, the toll...

If your business needs you for everything, it is not scaling. It is suffocating.

In this episode of Everything They Don't Tell You, Josh sits down with Jacob Tilzer. Jacob is the Founder and Managing Partner of Accrual Equity Partners; An expert in the world of mergers and acquisitions who's lived the full arc: adversity early, discipline learned the hard way, and the operator-to-builder shift that separates a real company from a f...