Built On Purpose

Unlocking Your True Self with Jerrid Sebesta

🚀 From forecasting the weather to forecasting purpose.

In this episode of the Built On Purpose Podcast, we explore Jerrid Sebesta’s journey from local meteorologist to speaker, coach, and author of Life Undeferred. He shares how aligning mind, body, and spirit changed his life and how it can change yours, too.

💡 What You’ll Learn:
✅ How to rewrite your story by changing how you think
✅ Why your healing is actually a revealing
✅ The importance of aligning with your true self
✅ Why grit alone will burn you out and what works instead

🔥 Memorable Quotes:
✨ “You don’t need to go find the answer. The answer is already inside of you.” – Jerrid Sebesta
✨ “Life doesn’t happen to you. It happens for you—if you’re willing to look at it that way.” – Jerrid Sebesta
✨ “Effortless effort is when you’re doing less but seeing supernatural results because you’re aligned.” – Jerrid Sebesta

🔗 Resources:
📱 Follow Jerrid on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jerridsebesta
📱 Follow Jerrid on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jerridsebesta
📚 Life Undeferred: https://www.amazon.com/Life-Undeferred-Already-Discover-Exciting-ebook/dp/B0DMWDCWV4/ref=sr_1_1

📣 Connect with Max Hansen & Y Scouts:
📱 Max Hansen on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maxhansen
🌐 Y Scouts Website: https://yscouts.com

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The Blueprint for Innovation & Growth with Jared Smith

🚀 How do you turn branding into an immersive experience?

In this episode of the Built On Purpose Podcast, we explore how Blue Media revolutionized event branding and large-scale activations, executing everything from the Super Bowl to the World Cup. Jared Smith shares his lessons in business growth, leadership, and what it means to innovate at scale.

💡 What You’ll Learn:
✅ How Blue Media grew from a small print shop to a global branding powerhouse
✅ The leadership lessons from handling Super Bowl-level activations
✅ How innovation and technology transformed event marketing
✅ Why focusing on fewer, high-value clients led to greater success

🔥 Memorable Quotes:

✨ “If you find a way to make it your fault, you can fix it. When problems are owned, problems are solved.” – Jared Smith

✨ “The answers are there if you listen long enough and stay curious enough to hear them.” – Jared Smith

✨ “Innovation happens when necessity meets creativity. Our goal is to make every event better than the last.” – Jared Smith

🔗 Resources:
📱 Follow Jared Smith on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jared-smith-9b58873/
📢 Read more about the acquisition here: https://www.teamwass.com/news/wasserman-acquires-bluemedia-leading-branding-and-signage-company/

📣 Connect with Max Hansen & Y Scouts:
📱 Follow Max on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maxhansen/
🌐 Y Scouts Website: https://yscouts.com/

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How AI is Reshaping Business with Chris Johnson

🚀 AI is transforming business, are you ready?

In this episode of the Built On Purpose Podcast, host Max Hansen sits down with Chris Johnson, CEO of LaneTerralever and Managing Partner at TomorrowToday, to explore how AI is revolutionizing industries, leadership, and the future of work.

💡 What You’ll Learn:
✅ The biggest misconceptions business leaders have about AI
✅ How AI is enhancing productivity and decision-making across industries
✅ Why data quality is crucial for AI implementation
✅ The future of AI automation, AI-driven workflows, and leadership in the digital age

🔗 Resources & Mentions:
📱 Follow Chris Johnson on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnsonchris/

📣 Connect with Max Hansen & Y Scouts:
🌐 Y Scouts Website: YScouts.com
📱 Follow Max on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maxhansen/

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Unlocking Peak Performance After 50 with Scott Jagodzinski

 

Episode Overview

In this episode, Max sits down with Scott Jagodzinski, founder of Argent Alpha, a community dedicated to helping men over 50 optimize their health, mindset, and overall performance. Scott shares his journey into health and fitness, why he created Argent Alpha, and how men can take control of their future by implementing strong habits, fitness routines, and community-driven accountability.

Scott also dives into the importance of resistance training, hydration, longevity-focused fitness, and mindset shifts that allow men to stay strong, agile, and high-performing as they age.

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What You’ll Learn in This Episode:

✅ What is Argent Alpha? – The mission behind the community and how it helps men over 50.
✅ The Inspiration – How Scott’s personal health journey led him to create Argent Alpha.
✅ The Science of Aging & Performance – Why maintaining skeletal muscle mass is key to longevity.
✅ Accountability & Community – How having structure and like-minded peers can lead to real change.
✅ Fitness & Longevity – Scott’s recommended training principles and the exercises that predict longevity.
✅ Mindset & Personal Standards – Why designing your life with purpose leads to success.
✅ The Role of Hydration & Nutrition – Simple but powerful health changes that make the biggest difference.
✅ Breaking Through Limiting Beliefs – Why so many men settle for “good enough” and how to push beyond that.
✅ Scott’s Knee Injury Story – Overcoming pain without surgery through alternative therapies.

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Memorable Quotes:

🗣️ “Nobody ever regretted getting stronger.”
🗣️ “What you eat in private, you wear in public.”
🗣️ “Reinvention beats retirement.”

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Resources & Mentions:

🔗 Argent Alpha Website: https://argentalpha.com/
📱 Follow Scott on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theargentalpha/
📚 Recommended Reading: Man’s Search for Meaning – Viktor Frankl, Outlive – Peter Attia

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Connect with Max Hansen & Y Scouts:

🌐 Y Scouts Website: https://yscouts.com/
📱 Follow Max on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maxhansen

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The Psychology of Leadership & Self-Acceptance with Dr. Laura Gallaher

Episode Summary:

In this episode of Built on Purpose, Max Hansen sits down with Dr. Laura Gallaher to explore the psychology of leadership, self-acceptance, and organizational culture. Dr. Gallaher shares insights from her early career at NASA, where she was hired to help transform the agency’s culture after the Columbia Space Shuttle tragedy. Together, they discuss the importance of psychological safety, self-awareness, and accountability in leadership, and how leaders can foster environments that drive both high performance and employee well-being.

Key Topics Discussed:

1. Introduction to Dr. Laura Gallaher

• Founder and CEO of Gallaher Edge (est. 2013)
• PhD in Organizational Psychology
• Early career at NASA working on cultural transformation post-Columbia accident

2. NASA, Psychological Safety, and Leadership Lessons

• The role of organizational culture in the Columbia disaster
• Why psychological safety is critical for open communication
• How NASA’s culture unintentionally bred fear despite being rated one of the best places to work
• The impact of self-deception in decision-making

3. The Importance of Self-Awareness and Radical Self-Acceptance

• How high achievers often struggle with self-acceptance
• The difference between self-acceptance and complacency
• Moving from self-judgment to self-improvement without self-criticism
• The self-acceptance quiz and its four quadrants

4. Creating Accountability in Organizations

• Why accountability must come from within, not imposed externally
• Leaders should model self-accountability to inspire teams
• How to structure feedback and performance conversations
• The power of asking employees, “On a scale of 1 to 10, how do you think you’re doing?”

5. Building Strong Organizational Culture in Hybrid and Remote Workplaces

• The necessity of intentional communication in remote settings
• The role of structured meetings vs. informal check-ins
• Encouraging phone or video calls for relationship building
• The value of in-person team gatherings

Key Takeaways:

✅ Psychological safety enables people to speak up and share concerns without fear.
✅ Self-acceptance and self-improvement are not opposites; they can coexist.
✅ Leaders must take ownership of their role in team dynamics and accountability.
✅ Remote work requires intentional communication strategies to maintain culture and engagement.

Resources & Links:

📌 Take the Self-Acceptance Quiz: SelfAcceptanceQuiz.com
📌 Learn more about Dr. Laura Gallaher:  https://drlauragallaher.com/

📌 Connect with Laura Gallaher: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laura-gallaher-phd/
📌 Connect with Max Hansen: yscouts.com

The CrossFit Revolution: Greg Glassman on Fitness, Science & Fighting the Status Quo

In this episode of Built on Purpose, Max Hansen sits down with Greg Glassman, the founder of CrossFit, to discuss his revolutionary impact on fitness, business, and beyond.

Key Highlights:

✅ The Origins of CrossFit

• Glassman’s journey started as a young gymnast seeking functional strength and endurance beyond traditional training.
• His early work with police and firefighters exposed gaps in conventional fitness, leading him to develop CrossFit’s high-intensity, functional movement approach.
• CrossFit’s rapid expansion, from a small garage gym to a global fitness movement with thousands of affiliates.

✅ Community & Competition in CrossFit

• The unexpected yet powerful camaraderie in CrossFit gyms helped fuel its growth.
• The structured, competitive nature of workouts creates an environment of support and motivation.
• CrossFit became a unifying force across military, first responders, and elite athletes worldwide.

✅ Challenging Traditional Fitness & Medicine

• Glassman discusses the resistance he faced from academic institutions and sports medicine groups.
• The fraudulent research and misinformation campaigns that tried to discredit CrossFit.
• His deep dive into the flaws of modern scientific research, which led to his focus on exposing corruption in public health.

✅ Diet, Sugar & the Health Crisis

• Glassman argues that sugar is the primary culprit behind obesity, metabolic diseases, and chronic health issues.
• The influence of major corporations like Coca-Cola in shaping misleading health science.
• His personal mission to fight misinformation in the health and fitness industry.

✅ The Role of Technology & Devices

• Concerns over the addictive nature of smartphones and digital devices, especially in children.
• The impact of screen time on social interactions, attention spans, and parenting.

✅ CrossFit & The Media Controversy

• How his outspoken nature led to media backlash and his eventual exit from CrossFit.
• The reality behind his departure and how he turned adversity into opportunity.
• His perspective on being “canceled” and why he remains unapologetic.

✅ Final Thoughts

• Glassman shares reflections on his journey, what he’s most proud of, and the broader lessons learned from building a movement.
• Insights into what’s next for him post-CrossFit and his continued passion for challenging the status quo.

Jason Kennedy on Hollywood, Sports, and Finding Purpose in Media

On this episode of Built on Purpose, host Max Hansen sits down with renowned TV personality Jason Kennedy. From years of interviewing Hollywood’s biggest stars on E! News to hosting new sports shows like The Wager and Swing By, Jason shares his journey of reinvention. He opens up about the challenges of having his show canceled during COVID, the lessons he’s learned along the way, and how fatherhood has become his greatest and most fulfilling role yet. Tune in for an inspiring conversation on resilience, storytelling, and finding purpose in every season of life.

Teeing Up Success with Noah Dipasquale

In this episode of The Built on Purpose Podcast, host Max Hansen sits down with Noah Dipasquale, founder of Epic Golf, to explore how his company is transforming the golf industry. Described as the Napster of golf memberships, Epic Golf is redefining access to the game by offering a unique shared membership model that continues to grow at an impressive rate.

Noah shares insights into the evolving golf landscape, the entrepreneurial journey of building and scaling a business, and the challenges of navigating growth, especially through the pandemic. He also dives into the company’s vetting process, geographic expansion, and the strategies behind maintaining a thriving membership base.

With a business model resembling a SaaS subscription, Epic Golf is proving that innovation and adaptability are key to long-term success. Whether you're a golf enthusiast, an aspiring entrepreneur, or someone interested in disruptive business models, this episode offers valuable lessons and inspiration.

Tune in now to hear how Noah is building Epic Golf with purpose and vision!

Breaking the Mold with Jason Richardson

Discover how Jason Richardson is reshaping the golf industry with inclusivity, creative marketing, and bold branding through Bad Birdie. Hear about his Shark Tank experience, the connection between fitness and business performance, and why having the right second-in-command can transform your entrepreneurial journey. This episode is packed with inspiration for business leaders and innovators alike!

The Toughest Fight: Kelly Chase’s Journey On and Off the Ice

In this episode of the Built on Purpose Podcast, Max Hansen sits down with former NHL enforcer Kelly Chase. Known for his grit and determination on the ice, Kelly shares how those same qualities helped him face his toughest opponent yet—leukemia. Hear Kelly’s inspiring story of resilience, family, and finding purpose in life’s biggest battles. Don’t miss this powerful conversation about leadership, legacy, and the fight for what matters most.