Successful Chaos
Welcome to Successful Chaos — where business meets legacy, and wealth meets purpose. Hosted by Bryan Sarff, this podcast is for wealth creators, entrepreneurs, and family stewards navigating the messy middle between success and significance. Through raw stories, hard-earned insights, and real conversations, Bryan helps listeners turn financial complexity and life’s storms into clarity, momentum, and freedom. Drawing from 20+ years of experience guiding business owners and families, Bryan explores what it means to build true wealth — optimizing time, money, relationships, and purpose — while climbing the Ladder of Transformation. Each episode delivers powerful analogies, practical frameworks, and timeless mindsets to help you go faster toward the future you want. Whether you’re scaling a business, preparing for a legacy exit, or simply seeking more meaning, Successful Chaos is here to guide, challenge, and inspire. This isn’t theory — it’s field-tested wisdom from someone walking the road with you. Tune in, and discover how your chaos might just be the beginning of something extraordinary.
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"If you think to yourself, I wonder if I should be calling a lawyer, then you need to be calling a lawyer." - Nate Orr
In this episode, host Bryan Sarff welcomes Nate Orr, partner at Spencer Fane, and Kansas City's legal quarterback who connects clients to precise legal talent without the runaround. With over 25 ye...
Why did this successful property management CEO deliberately choose a "dirty industry" for his next venture?
Host Bryan Sarff welcomes Colin Douthit, CEO of Premier Scrap Service...
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What's the difference between the story you think defines you and the atomic story that actually transforms you?
Today, Bryan interviews Chris Hare, founder of The Storied Future and creator of Atomic Storytelling™. Chris is a veteran of Amazon and Microsoft who has worked with clients from mid-market firms to unic...
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In this episode, Bryan dives deep into Step 3 of the Value Acceleration framework with his comprehensive Value Gap Assessment. Whether you're a visionary founder dreaming of selling in 3 years or a legacy builder wanting to create something scalable and profitable, one question remains: Are you building a business that buyers ac...
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Are you spending 60% of your time doing things you hate instead of the activities that could explode your revenue?
Bryan Sarff, host of Successful Chaos and Personal CFO of intellicents Family Office, takes listeners back to his childhood creek in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, where cleaning up storm debris with a BB gu...
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Drawing from over two decades in financial advisory services, Bryan Sarff brings a unique perspective that goes beyond traditional wealth management. Through his work at intellicents, he's witnessed firsthand how even the most successful entrepreneurs struggle with the disconnect between their business growth and personal financ...
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