Real Business Owners

As individuals who strive for success, it is very easy to get confused on what things take priority. You want success and you want to chase a vision, but not at the cost of the things you consider as valuable. So how do you chose?

In this episode of Real Business Owners, Trevor and Kale sit down to help clear up the confusion. They will talk about visions and values, the importance of having both, and where you should draw the line in the sand when it comes to prioritizing one over the other (and when that should happen). From Kale giving examples of giving up pleasures to become a better role model for his kids to Trevor providing insight on when people should relax and when they shouldn't, this episode contains valuable information that anyone, business owner or not, could use to strive towards success and become a better version of themselves!

There are times in your life when you reach an obstacle on your path to success. Sometimes it is financial hardship, other times it is mental or personal. A lot of those times overcoming the adversity seems next-to impossible. Sometimes the road you are one is nothing but hardship. How can you overcome this? How can you go on when everything inside you is telling you to quit?


On this episode of RBO, Trevor and Kale have a talk with Cohen DeYoung, a man who is intimately familiar with such a situation. From moving out of California for his daughter’s safety, to making a successful screen printing business in a town with less than 800 people. In this podcast episode, Cohen will share his insight on dealing with struggle and his internal battle to not give up, despite the odds. With the advice given by Trevor, Kale, and Cohen, our hope is that everyone will find this episode useful and that it will help them carry on, even in the darkest hours.

This week on Real Business Owners, Trevor and Kale have a very important announcement to make. In September 2023, Trevor and Kale will be hosting a live event in Texas. The event will have several important speakers such as Ryan Stewman, Michael Bernoff, and Garrett Gunderson! The event promises to help give business owners insight and support on both their personal life and their business.

As they go over details for the event, Trevor and Kale will also talk about growth and evolution. They reflect on the first live event they went to and how it was a very big step that helped them grow as individuals and as a business. From starting the Real Business Owners podcast to creating the Real Business Owners Mastermind, Trevor and Kale talk about their thoughts and feelings they had leading up to each event, how they were able to overcome their fears and reservations, and how it helped them grow for the better. They will give insight on taking big steps and explain why exactly it is important for everyone, business owner or not, to put themselves in environments and situations that will force people to grow and evolve.

𝗦𝗜𝗚𝗡 𝗨𝗣 𝗧𝗢𝗗𝗔𝗬 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗥𝗕𝗢𝗟𝗜𝗩𝗘!

As business owners, there are many aspects that you have to consider. Chief of all your concerns is your employees. After all, the difference between success and failure could depend entirely on the people you choose to hire, and how motivated they can be to step up and perform their best. What kind of culture do you want to promote in your business, and how can you adjust it to help you and everyone you work with grow and improve?

On this episode of Real Business Owners, Kale sits down to have a talk with Anthony Busciglio, a business owner who has an interesting insight on one of the most important recipes for success: company culture. Anthony will divulge the culture he has grown at his company, his reasoning behind each decision, and how it has impacted him on his path to success. From fostering a culture of camaraderie to maintaining a strict policy to encourage success, Anthony has a lot of interesting insight to give that any business owner, regardless of size or success, could learn from!

Individuals losing themselves on the path to success is a common phenomenon. People often lose sight of their initial motivations and reasons for pursuing success. In some cases, people even start this journey with a misplaced motivation, hoping that success will solve all their problems. Sadly, more often than not, people don't stop and take a look within.

On this episode of Real Business Owners, Trevor and Kale travel to Salt Lake to talk with Garrett B. Gunderson, a financial advisor, author, and comedian. Today, Garrett talks about self-introspection and how it is tied to every ingredient of success. From finding the passion in your work to recognizing your own self value, Garrett highlights the importances of looking within and talks about his personal experience in finding ways to gaze inward and figure out who he is. 

On this episode of Real Business Owners, Kale and Trevor sit down and talk with Donnie Joseph. Donnie is a barber by trade and a successful business owner who has written a very successful book titled “The Habits of a Six-Figure Barber: Unlock Your Potential Behind the Chair”. 

Together, the trio will delve into Donnie’s life and learnt how he went from a simple barber to becoming successful enough to own multiple shops and to run a barber college. From multiple role models to discovering  the value of the customer, Donnie has a few stories to share and insight to give for anyone who strives for success! 

On this episode of Real Business Owners, Trevor and Kale sit down with Matt Adkins: an entrepreneur who is no stranger to financial adversity. From being raised in a poor household and destined for prison to becoming a successful entrepreneur, Matt has made and lost money throughout his life. 

Some of his financial troubles were luck of the draw, and others were brought about by his own decisions. From starting off with barely enough money to feed himself to wasting thousands partying in Vegas, Matt recalls his ups and downs, the lessons he learned, and how he overcame his financial obstacles to become the thriving and successful business owner he is today!

Meet Adolfo Ayala, a man who knows first hand the benefits of self-improvement. In this episode of Real Business Owners, Adolfo sits down with Trevor and Kale to talk about self improvement. Adolfo dives into his history, highlighting the moments where he took drastic steps to improve his life. From committing to 75 hard and losing weight, to becoming more sociable and taking the next step and joining a Mastermind. Through their collective experience and wisdom, the three offer valuable insights and practical tips for anyone looking to improve their personal or professional life.

Whether you're an entrepreneur looking to take your business to the next level or simply someone who wants to improve your personal life, this episode offers valuable insights and practical tips for achieving your goals. Join us as we dive deep into the world of self-improvement and discover the power of taking control of your life!

Why are we here, and what is our purpose? It’s one of the oldest questions in the history of mankind. For eons humanity has wondered why we exist. Every one has, at one point or another, tried to figure out what their purpose in life is. What is their calling and how can they contribute to the world?

In this episode of Real Business Owners, Trevor shares his personal journey of discovering his purpose and how it transformed his life. With candid insights and practical advice, he reveals how he followed his purpose and achieved his full potential. Through his own experience, Trevor emphasizes the importance of finding your own purpose and provides actionable tips for listeners to uncover their true calling.

Are you truly being honest with yourself about who you want to be in life? Are you living an authentic life or do you constantly find yourself seeking external validation in life?

In this episode Kale discusses his personal growth journey and some of the realizations that he had about his own life. He covers how being honest with yourself and other people will make a massive impact on your personal life and your relationships with other people, and how it can lead you to the path of success!    

Sometimes it can be easy to think that people who are more successful have it all figured out. That they never face challenges, that they never struggle. This is far from the truth. If there is one thing that every human on this planet can relate to, it is the concept of struggle. The only difference between successful people and everyone else is how they react during times of hardship.

On this week of Real Business Owners, Trevor and Kale sit down with special guest Amber Alrifai to talk about struggle and seizing the resolve to overcome obstacles. In this episode, the trio will discuss the importance of not letting hardship keep you from reaching your goals. 

They'll cover topics such as staying motivated, adapting to your surroundings, and finding strength in vulnerability. Through personal stories and insights, Trevor, Kale, and Amber will share different ways to push through the struggle and find the inner resolve needed to weather any storm.

“You’ve got to get tired of trying to live up to what other people consider success. If you are trying to live up to other people’s success, you are probably are living a life of chasing and forcing. Therefore, you’re off and you are prolonging success.”

-Dean Jackson

Everyone wants to achieve success, but what that success looks like differs from person to person. Too often people look to the success of others and try to copy that. It’s a waste of time. 

In this episode of Real Business Owners, Kale talks about success and how it comes in different shapes and sizes for different people. Taking inspiration from Dean Jackson, Kale outlines the different ways a person could define success and the steps they can take to ensure that get closer to achieving their goals.

Life can be challenging and unpredictable, with ups and downs that can be difficult to navigate. While it's true that many people experience a mix of good, average, and bad days, it's important to recognize that it’s a natural part of the human experience. It's also important to avoid using these challenges as an excuse.

In this episode of Real Business Owners, Trevor dives into the Law of 1/3, a principle that acknowledges the ups and downs of life and how they can impact our ability to follow through on commitments. Trevor will share insights into what sets successful people apart from the rest and how we can learn to overcome our own inner obstacles to achieve our goals. Through a mix of personal anecdotes and expert advice, he explores strategies for staying motivated and focused, even when faced with challenges and setbacks.

As humans, we make countless decisions every day, and the choices we make can have a significant impact on our lives. This is especially true for entrepreneurs who constantly face choices that can shape the trajectory of their businesses and personal lives. Making the right decisions is crucial for success, and it requires a combination of experience, knowledge, and intuition.  

In this episode of Real Business Owners, Trevor and Kale sit down with Cody Adent, a highly accomplished entrepreneur and author, to discuss the importance of decision-making in personal and professional life.  

Cody shares his experience with making poor decision making with Trevor and Kale and how he was able to overcome it. Together, they dive into the topic of choices and how having the right mindset can improve your life by directly affecting your approach to the decisions you have to make. From getting into the right mindset to make the correct decision, to conditioning yourself into creating positive and healthy habits, the three entrepreneurs will share valuable insights on how you can overcome your inner demons and make the choices that will benefit your business and your family for years to come.

Everyone who starts a business does so with an ultimate goal in mind. Some want to make enough money to buy an expensive car. Others want to make enough money to spend the rest of their lives living on the beach. Some even want to make enough money to provide for their family for future generations to come.  

But what happens when your business has become successful to the point where you've reached your goal? What do you do now? What happens next?  

In this episode of Real Business Owners, Kale and Trevor sit down and have a chat with Brandon Neil and Jeff Fieldstad, two business owners who have reached their goals and have sold their businesses as a result. The two entrepreneurs will expand upon their experiences and the identity crisis they faced immediately after reaching their goal. Together, Trevor, Kale, Neil, and Jeff will discuss what happens after success, and how it isn't the end of the road but in fact the beginning.

Your children are the center of your world and they hold immense potential for shaping the future. However, modern society and the social media landscape can be overwhelming and negative and it can distract the young from what is important. How do you ensure that they are on the right path? How do you drown out the noise and reach out to them?

In this episode of RBO, join Matt Blanchard, Kale, and Trevor as they delve into the challenges of parenting in a world saturated with social media and negative influences. Learn how to create a positive environment, drown out the noise, and equip children with the tools they need to succeed. Discover practical and effective strategies to help guide your children to a positive future, and learn how to implement them into your own life. 

The path to success is often marked by both triumphs and challenges. While some people may experience more highs than lows, the majority of individuals face more obstacles than breakthroughs. Dealing with these difficulties is a part of the journey, and many people turn to vices as a means of coping with the stresses of everyday life.  

On this episode of Real Business Owners, Trevor and Kale delve into the topic of vices and their impact on successes. They examine the most common vices and share their own experiences with these habits. The duo will discuss the delicate balance between letting vices control your life and using them as a form of self-care.

In this episode Trevor and Kale speak with Corey McNeil.

Corey has been active in the internet marketing world since 2004 and has been working with Trevor and Kale for the past 5 and half years.

He is one of the unseen members of the marketing and media team that work behind the scenes (until now).

Corey provides his unique perspective of being a part of building the RBO brand from day 1.

He shares the lessons he has learned traveling tens of thousands (if not hundreds of thousands) of miles with Trevor and Kale and being in proximity to countless entrepreneurs and success stories through his journey.

There are some people in life who lack direction and purpose. They are easily swayed by their emotions and the opinions of others and they lack the determination and focus needed to achieve success. They have the gifts and the skills, but they are unable/unwilling to use them to be successful.  

In this episode of RBO, Trevor will take a deep dive into the difference between the aforementioned "drifters" and the successful "non-drifters". Trevor explores the strategies and mindset of the "non-drifters" and how they were able to overcome the obstacles that held the "drifters" back. Tune in to discover how to take control of your life, achieve success on your own terms, and outwit the devil at his own game!

In life and in business there are times that we are the lifeline and there are times when we are the dead weight.

In this episode Kale shares a couple stories and he talks about the need to sometimes cut the rope in some situations for the greater good.

Meet Ethan Cisneros, a 25 year old business owner with a very impressive resume. Ethan is the founder of Thirst, a fast food shop that sells sodas, pretzels, and other delicious snacks. Ethan has been in the game since he was 16 years old, and like any business owner, he has his own experiences and lessons to share.

What motivated him to become a business owner at such a young age? What lessons did he learn throughout the last 9 year? How did he get started as a business owner? How did he go from owning a snow cone shack to creating his own brand and community, with six total locations up and down the state of Utah!? Listen in to find out!

In this episode Trevor talks about the importance of constantly improving oneself and one's mindset in order to achieve success in business and in life. 

It's true that personal growth and development are key to achieving our goals and making progress in all areas of our lives. By continuously learning and working on ourselves, we can better navigate the challenges and setbacks that we may encounter, and be better equipped to handle them when they do arise. It's also important to surround ourselves with supportive individuals and environments that can help us grow and develop, whether that's through joining a mastermind group or seeking guidance from mentors or coaches. Overall, it's crucial to focus on the long-term and not just the short-term, and to constantly work on becoming a better version of ourselves in order to achieve success and happiness.

Episode 186 is 38 years in the making!

Rags to riches story aren’t new. We’ve all seen movies and read stories with that plot from starting at the bottom and working your way to the top.

However, it’s almost always told from the perspective of the hero on his or her journey.

That’s why this weeks episode is so unique.

This episode’s guest is Trevor’s mother.

She shares her perspective of his trouble youth and financial struggles through the lens of the parent.

Trevor and his mom, Nancy Johnson

discuss Trevor's rough upbringing and how difficult it was to raise a family in poverty.

She shares her experiences with raising a child that was going through drug and alcohol abuse and the mental and physical obstacles she had to overcome while raising 7 children.

In this Episode Trevor and Kale sit down to talk  with RBO Mastermind member and owner of Design It Wraps & Tint  Brent Knott.

Brent talks about his beginning stages of business and the influence of his mentor and how it impacted his life. He also discussed some of the mistakes he made during his journey and how he used those lessons to grow his business.

Brent also discusses how he joined the RBO Mastermind and other groups that helped him not only as an entrepreneur but in his personal life as well.

Less than one quarter of Americans report finding their purpose or calling in life.

When you look at the data it’s not surprising to find so many people aren’t happy, but finding your life’s purpose can be one of the most challenging undertakings in your life.

In this episode, Trevor and Kale meet with Eric Gubler and discuss exactly how he has found his purpose in life.

Now a successful entrepreneur, Eric shares the lessons he’s learned and how being homeschooled influenced him at a young age including reading “How to Win Friends and Influence People” so he wasn’t so awkward.

The passion to build better men and to build better women is what drives Eric and he knows this is only possible by leading by example.

Success is the mark of a hardworking individual. Everyone can be successful; it doesn’t matter how far you have fallen or how bad your situation is. The lowest of the low can, with enough dedication and hard work, rise to become the highest of the high.

In this week’s episode, Kale and Trevor introduce Eric Cline, a successful entrepreneur and experienced salesman. Eric is one of many who were the lowest of the low and is now at his personal high and rising. Eric recounts his early years, where drug and alcohol abuse led to dark and miserable times. 

From the day where Eric decided to leave that all behind, to rising in success, Eric dives into his mentality and how he overcame the setbacks and challenges he encountered on his rise to success. From being a crackhead to being the GOAT in sales, Eric has insight that you will not want to miss!

In this episode of the Real Business Owners Podcast Trevor and Kale talk about the power of networking and masterminds and how they have directly impacted their lives and the people around them.

They discuss the importance of expanding your network and how it can evolve your business and take it to the next level.

Trevor and Kale talk about their mastermind: The Real Business Owners Mastermind and how they wanted to share the value they gained from other mastermind groups they’ve been a part of and some of the lessons they learned over the years.

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SUCCESS leaves clues… 

So do deep rooted INSECURITIES.  

Just because someone is successful doesn’t mean they aren’t insecure. The hardest insecurities  to spot are usually the ones in ourselves. 

If you are always CHASING more…  

I want ANOTHER business… 

I want MORE money….  

I want MORE cars…  

I want MORE stuff for my kids…  

MORE projects…  

MORE everything.  

Is it because you don’t feel like you’re ENOUGH?  

In this solo episode, Kale shares his recent revelations about his journey as a business owner and as a husband and how searching for more isn’t always the answer.

Confidence is critical to success.

In this episode, Andrew Ammons shares his experiences and perspectives with self-belief.

Andrew explains why it was so important to success today.

His humble beginning s working at his father's roofing business was the ground work to founding his own landscaping company. Andrew goes over the lessons he learned through the struggles he encountered and the pivotal role his own self-belief played in his journey to becoming a business owner. 

This week on Real Business Owners, Trevor and Kale welcome Austin Park onto the show.   

Austin is the  CEO of Visual Illustrations, a member of the Arete Syndicate, and a successful business owner.   

In this episode, Austin talks about the various mistakes he has made and what lessons he learned from it. He goes over the different problems and strange situations he has faced while running his business, and how he was able to either find a way or make a way around it.

How do you grow a business and help it thrive? Justin Prince has the answer!

This week on Real Business Owners, Justin Prince returns to announce his new and upcoming leadership event: Be the 1. 

The event takes place in St. George, Utah on November 19th and where you will learn how you can build a business in a down economy. Click on the link below to buy your tickets today!

Do you put the same focus and energy into your relationship as you do in other areas of your life? Do you feel responsible for any of the relationship struggles you may have?

With so much going around us all the time people tend to not prioritize their relationship. Over the years that relationship begins to diminish leaving some people confused on why it failed.

In this episode Kale and Trevor sit with Keith Yackey the creator of marriedgame.com to discuss why you are the reason for your failing relationship. Keith talks about his past relationship failures and the lessons he has learned from them. He speaks on what he calls the 5 dials in which he believes have the most impact on having a healthy relationship.

Who are you? What is your mission? What is your purpose?

It may seem like a simple question, but it is surprising how many people never take the time to ask them! This week on Real Business Owners, Kale and Trevor introduce Adam Smith. Adam is a former U.S. Green Beret and the CEO of Savage Freedoms Defense. Adam will talk about defining your identity and give insight on the questions he had to ask himself to define who he was as a person, going from a someone who considered suicide to a successful business owner!

People have countless reasons why they give up on their passion. They have even more excuses why they fail.

In this Episode Brian Nabavi, entrepreneur and Owner of Til You Collapse apparel brand shares his journey and explains you are at the center of your failures and your successes.

Kale and Trevor sit down with Brian and talk about his journey and the lessons he can share in this podcast. From his upbringing, to his first job in sales to entrepreneurship, Brian highlights why he believes that following his passion is what lead him to his success.

Brian speaks about how fitness became not just his passion, but his career and how it ultimately lead him to develop a womens fitness apparel brand.

In this episode Trevor and Kale talk with Mike Kemski, a 3 time #1 bestselling author.  

Mike has shared the stage with some of the biggest names in the industry including Bob Procter, Marianne Williamson, Harv Eker, Mark Victor Hansen, Kyle Cease, Michael Beckwith to name a few. Mike shares his background and how those lessons were critical for the skills needed so he could have meaningful impact in people lives as a life improvement teacher.

"The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse."  -Edmund Burke  

In this week's episode of RBO, Kale and Trevor bring on Jeremiah "The Bull" Evans. They discuss power and the innate influence that comes with it. Jeremiah delves deep into his own history, drawing examples from both his past and from the world today of the innate responsibility of power and how it can be used for good and bad influence.

From selling cookie dough for his school’s wrestling team, to a door-to-door salesman, to the owner of Dirty Dough (a fast-growing Utah cookie company) Bennett Maxwell is an entrepreneur who understands how to be successful.

In this week’s episode of Real Business Owners, Trevor and Kale invite Bennett on to learn how he got to be the CEO of a fast growing cookie enterprise. From his start as a door-to-door salesman to when he first started the Dirty Dough company, Bennett covers the trials and tribulations he underwent and the lessons he learned while turning his cookie company into a successful franchise.

When you are an entrepreneur who is in an industry with a lot of other entrepreneurs, it can become really difficult to make yourself stand out in the crowd. How do you do it, and how do you make your business thrive (especially in an industry with such a high rate of failure)?

This week on Real Business Owners, Kale and Trevor talk with Peter Vekselman, an entrepreneur and business owner in the real estate industry. Mr. Vekselman covers what the average real estate business owner goes through and dives into his past to help explain the challenges and hardships that everyone in the industry will go through. From making all the mistakes, becoming homeless, and rising to success, he explains exactly why the real estate industry has a success rate of only 3-5% and he goes into his own business and what exactly he did to make his own business stand out in a sea of hundreds of others.

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In this week’s episode of Real Business Owners, we are proud to re-introduce Jeff Lerner. Having appeared previously on the show three years ago, as Jeff goes over the experiences he has had in the past three years, he, Kale, and Trevor will discuss the word “weird”. They will cover its modern definition and how it has departed from its archaic meaning. Jeff will talk about why he subscribes to the latter and how it can connect to being an entrepreneur and by extent how it can help an individual build a life through service.

Too many entrepreneurs or businesses focus on the money or just the transaction part of business. This narrow thinking causes them to ignore the fundamentals: customer service and relationship building, which actually act as multipliers when it comes to the bottom line of a business.

In this episode Trevor and Kale talk with Ryan Flint. They discuss the importance of building relationships rather than just focusing on the transaction. Ryan reveals how the concept of focusing on relationships first has impacted not just his business, but his personal life.

Ryan shares the struggles he faced on his journey to success and the lessons they taught him including the importance of mindset and personal development and how everyone could benefit by making these practices a part of their daily lives.

Do you need to master the lost art of prospecting and sales?

In this episode Sean Malone and Chris Baden share insights and wisdom that will provide hungry and ambitious entrepreneurs a recession proof growth system and unlock the secrets to having bullet proof sales conversions to conversions--SO YOU can CLOSE THE DEAL and feel great about it!

What would you do if you were in a lawsuit that was draining you personally and financially and had the potential to destroy your business? 

Imagine that stress, but add to it the compounding effect of the pandemic lockdown.  

In the episode we have the honor and privilege of welcoming back one of our former podcast guests and closest friends, Danny Blue. 

We discuss the lessons earned and learned of a lawsuit with a former business partner while trying to combat with the lockdown and how fitness, friends and family helped Danny bounce back even stronger.

Everyone wants to receive credit for the things they do, the hard work they put in, the amazing accomplishments that they have pulled off. People want to feel that their time and effort was worth it and that their work gets noticed. Unfortunately, getting acknowledged for a lot of your hard work is eclipsed nowadays by criticism of the few times you messed up. 

In this week's solo episode, Kale discusses acknowledgement. From acknowledging your employees for their work, to acknowledging your own friends and family, Kale will explain why giving credit to others is a good idea and how you can implement it to improve your company and your personal life.

Meet Nick Rastopchin: early gym-goer, real estate owner, entrepreneur, and Russian born. Having moved to the United States when he was only a child, Nick has an unique perspective compared to the average American.   

In this week’s episode, Trevor, Kale, and Nick discuss complacency and how it is an antithesis to your goals for success. They will cover the different forms that complacency can come in; from people who stop when they are ahead to people who do not strive to improve their own condition. Trevor, Kale, and Nick will draw upon their own experiences experiencing complacency and see how exactly said experiences drive each of them to strive for a better future.

Are you a good friend? Are you a good family member? Are you a good coworker? Many people would likely answer yes to all of these questions. The true answer, however, may surprise you. Everyone has good intentions, but not many people are willing to put their intentions into action.   

In this solo episode, Trevor lays down the hard truth behind what makes someone a good person. By drawing on his experience on being a bad friend and bad family member, Trevor will talk about sacrifice, dedication, and how living up to everything you can possibly be will not only make your life better, but also the lives of those within your ecosystem.

There are two kinds of people when it comes to businesses. There are starters: the people who are good at pulling an idea from nothing and making that idea happen. Then there are the finishers: the people who can take this idea and take it to the finish line. The starters and the finishes are both excellent at what they do in their own right, but the magic can only happen when you put the two together.

On this episode, Trevor and Kale discuss starters and finishers and why exactly they are important to a business’ success. From drawing on their own experience as starters running their business to providing several examples of starters and finishers in action, they will dive into the struggles they have experienced as business owners and the 3 month hunt that they have gone on to find the finisher that can take their business to the finish line.

Kale and Trevor talk to Garrett Larson, son of a hard working blue collar entrepreneur who taught Garrett the value of hard work.

Garrett is the owner of Larson Waste from Snowflake Arizona and shares wisdom he has gained from putting in the hours hauling trash and building a business and making sacrifices.

The economy whispers to the business owner, "You can not withstand the storm." 

The business owner whispers back, "I am the storm."  

In this episode the guys talk about the elephant in the room. There are some things you can only learn in a recession, but it's a lot harder to learn when you're barely treading water and aren't prepared.   Trevor and Kale discuss how business owners have been through recessions before and some business owners came out on tope and what we can learn from them.

Everyone reaches a point in their life where they run into obstacles and setbacks. The difference though is how we choose to respond and overcome these obstacles.

In this episode of Real Business Owners Podcast Kale and Trevor sit down with Guest Amanda Catarzi and discuss some of the obstacles presented in her life. From growing up in an oppressive cult community to being sex and work trafficked, Amanda will talk about the obstacles she has faced and what she has done to overcome them.

Leaders are not defined by their title. They’re defined by what they do for the people who work for them. Your employees will succeed or fail on your watch.

One of the best characteristics a leader can have is humility. Most business owners feel they have to have all the answers, but best business owners know they only need to know where to find the answers and sometimes that means firing yourself.

In this episode, Kale and Trevor discuss the lessons in their ongoing quest to find their replacements in the daily operations of their business.

Most entrepreneurs start their business so they can have time and money freedom.

The reality is that most business owners just end up becoming an employee to their own business.

In this episode Kale Goodman shares the business and investment strategies that he uses to gain time and money freedom. 

Obviously, no one wants to lose integral key players of the day-to-day operations of your business.  

One of the most common ways to avoid this is to pay them well and offer additional value compensation, but there are always risks in doing so.  

In this episode Kale and Trevor examine the potential drawbacks of the proverbial golden handcuffs that we as entrepreneurs put on ourselves when we rely too heavily on just a few key players.

There is so little time in the day, and yet there are hundreds of decisions to be made and options for you to consider. So how can you decide what life you want when your time is occupied by decision making?

In this episode, Trevor talks about designing your life to be what you want it to be. From reducing the options you have to make with each choice to picking the hard choices, Trevor goes into depth about how you can reach the life you want through the act of managing your decisions.

Everyone has their own strengths and weaknesses. But while people can be insanely good at one thing and terrible at another, they also have the time and resources to to improve themselves on both accounts.  

In this episode of Real Business Owners, Trevor and Kale discuss the popular idea of spending your time and energy on your personal strengths instead of your own weaknesses. They discuss the merits of favoring either your strengths or weaknesses and ultimately at what point you should prioritize investing time over one or the other.

At 19 years old, Shane Brinkerhoff started his first company which would eventually lead him into becoming one of the founders of the digital marketing online revolution that was just beginning in 1995. This was before Facebook, Twitter or even Google.

Shane is an entrepreneur that has managed to come out ahead through nearly almost 30 years of being an online business owner. He has learned through trial and error, through partnerships, mentorship and dot com bubble bursts, reasons and just about everything else.

In this episode Trevor and Kale talk to Shane and learn how he has created his own luck through preparation and by keeping an eye out for opportunities. He shares with us why he keeps working and building businesses despite retiring nearly 18 years ago.

It is no secret that the world is steadily going down the proverbial toilet. The theories for why it is like this are countless, but at the end of the day it boils down to a simple fact: people today do not have any standards or values.

In this week’s episode, Trevor and Kale talk about standards and values and their value in the modern world. From covering their own personal experiences before and after implementing their own standards and values, to the positive effects it can have on your professional and personal life, Trevor and Kale will get down to the nitty gritty and highlight exactly why standards and values should matter to you.

A business partnership is just like any other relationship. You get out of it what you put into it.   

You won't always agree, but you have to agree to always communicate in order to be successful.  

In this episode, Kale and Trevor have a very honest and real conversation about where their perspectives have been and what they have been working on to overcome those challenges.  

They talk about how they have managed to realign both of their vision of their businesses for their clients, their employees and the other partners all the while preserving their friendship.

There are 4 disciplines in your life that when you devote time and effort will bring you immeasurable happiness and provide the means for a fulfilling life, but you must actively be working one each one in order to bring balance and meaning into your life.  

Trevor and Kale talk about how important faith, family, fitness, and finances are and how neglecting to focus on any of these pillars which hold up our lives, can cause everything can come crashing down.

Nowadays it seems like people are trying new things just because someone told them to do it. People see hyper successful individuals toting their own finely tuned routines and then they try to replicate it. But more often than not people never ask a very simple question: is this routine right for me?  

On this solo episode, Trevor will discuss routines and the best way to make one tailored to you. From implementing new things into your schedule, to establishing consistency, to deciding what things you should prioritize your valuable time on, we will ultimately teach you how to create and adjust your routine while also keeping "what is right for you" in mind.

This is the inspirational journey of Matt Blanchard, an entrepreneur who had it all and then nearly lost everything in an instant when he became paralyzed in a car accident, not just once, but twice!

Despite being paralyzed, getting hooked on pain medication and having deep troubles with the IRS, Matt refused to give up and he now inspires others .

In this episode, Matt shares the lessons he's learned along the way with Trevor and Kale about how he was able to turn a negative into a positive. Showing people despite circumstances your perspective is what matters most. Matt is one of the few people that understands how to dominate his environment.

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This week, we are joined by a man who needs no introduction, Kent Clothier. This man is a real estate savant who dedicates his time to helping others through his Boardroom Mastermind and Real Estate Worldwide. He is the personification of rising tides raise all ships.

In this episode we discuss the lessons that come from success, or rather the lack of it; how to stop playing the victim card and take back power and accountability in your own life, and just how Kent became the absolute legend he is today.