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He Built a Business Making 5X His Teacher Salary... Then Everything Changed (Part 2/2)
14/10/2026 | 27 mins.#1123 What happens when the stress of entrepreneurship follows you home — and even on vacation? In Part 2 of this two-part episode, Brien Gearin continues his conversation with Marcus Gates, founder of Thriving Lives Fitness, about navigating the mental and emotional ups and downs of running a business. Marcus opens up about losing clients during a difficult season, struggling to stay present with his family, and how therapy helped him better manage stress, communicate, and reframe slower periods in business. He also shares how a simple daily gratitude practice helped train his mind to look for the positives, why small intentional choices can compound across your health, finances, and relationships, and the thinking behind his gratitude journal, The Daily Choice. Discover why regularly “recalibrating” the different areas of your life — from fitness and family to purpose and self-care — can help you weather entrepreneurship’s inevitable peaks and valleys without losing sight of everything you’ve already built!
What we discuss with Marcus:
+ Entrepreneurial stress and uncertainty
+ Navigating client cancellations
+ Staying present with family
+ Therapy for business owners
+ Managing business highs and lows
+ Controlling your health habits
+ Practicing daily gratitude
+ Building optimism intentionally
+ Small choices that compound
+ Regular life “recalibration”
Thank you, Marcus!
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Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesHe Built a Business Making 5X His Teacher Salary... Then Everything Changed (Part 1/2)
14/10/2026 | 28 mins.#1122 What if building a successful business means nothing if you’re too burned out to enjoy the life you built it for? In Part 1 of this two-part episode, Brien Gearin sits down with Marcus Gates, founder of Thriving Lives Fitness, to explore the challenges of balancing entrepreneurship, family, physical health, and mental well-being. Marcus shares how he grew his fitness coaching side hustle until it was earning four to five times his teaching income, eventually leaving his career to go all-in on the business, which now serves more than 100 clients. Discover why sustainable health is about more than workouts, how to build habits that survive even your busiest seasons, and why communication, intentional scheduling, and regular “recalibration” can help entrepreneurs stay present for their businesses and the people who matter most!
What we discuss with Marcus:
+ Leaving the 9-to-5
+ Building a sustainable business
+ Health beyond the gym
+ Progress vs. maintenance
+ Habits for busy seasons
+ Balancing business and family
+ Entrepreneur mental health
+ Communication with your spouse
+ Weekly life recalibration
+ Protecting your time and energy
Thank you, Marcus!
Check out Thriving Lives Fitness at ThrivingLivesFitness.com.
Follow Marcus on Facebook and Instagram.
Get your FREE 5 Minute Business Plan at MillionaireUniversity.com/Plan
To get exclusive offers mentioned in this episode and to support the show, visit MillionaireUniversity.com/Sponsors
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesThis AI Can Literally Run Parts of Your Business for You (Part 2/2)
13/10/2026 | 39 mins.#1121 What if the key to growing your business isn’t working harder — but getting yourself out of the tasks that are holding you back? In Part 2 of this two-part Millionaire University coaching call, Justin and Tara Williams continue their conversation with AI expert Corey Ganim, exploring how entrepreneurs can combine AI, automation, and smart delegation to free up their time and scale. The group digs into practical strategies for hiring help, identifying your highest-value work, and building systems that allow your business to operate without you. Corey also shares how to create an AI-powered “second brain” that works across different tools, addresses security concerns when connecting AI to your business data, and reveals how AI-powered lead generation can help entrepreneurs find and reach highly targeted prospects across email, LinkedIn, and beyond!
What we discuss on the call:
+ AI for Facebook Marketplace
+ Automating repetitive business tasks
+ Hiring to reclaim your time
+ Focusing on high-value work
+ Building systems that run without you
+ Creating an AI “second brain”
+ AI security and data access
+ AI-powered lead generation
+ Finding verified prospect data
+ Multi-channel outreach strategies
Thank you for listening!
Check out Part 1 of this episode.
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Get your FREE 5 Minute Business Plan at MillionaireUniversity.com/Plan
To get exclusive offers mentioned in this episode and to support the show, visit MillionaireUniversity.com/Sponsors
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesThis AI Can Literally Run Parts of Your Business for You (Part 1/2)
13/10/2026 | 39 mins.#1120 What if AI could take repetitive tasks off your plate — and even help you close more sales while you’re doing something else? In Part 1 of this two-part Millionaire University coaching call, Justin and Tara Williams sit down with AI expert Corey Ganim to answer members’ questions about using AI to automate and grow their businesses. Corey breaks down how to turn repeatable workflows into reusable AI “skills,” shares practical examples for streamlining content creation and marketing, and explains how solopreneurs can use AI to reclaim valuable time. Plus, the group explores ways AI agents can handle customer inquiries, speed up lead response, and automate tasks like managing Facebook Marketplace listings — showing how entrepreneurs can start putting AI to work in their businesses right now!
What we discuss on the call:
+ AI skills for automation
+ Automating repetitive workflows
+ AI-powered content creation
+ Creating reusable AI processes
+ Saving time as a solopreneur
+ Faster lead response
+ Facebook Marketplace automation
+ AI sales assistants
+ Automating customer conversations
+ Cross-platform listing automation
Thank you for listening!
Check out Part 2 of this episode.
Check out Millionaire University at MillionaireUniversity.com.
Watch the video podcast of this episode!
Get your FREE 5 Minute Business Plan at MillionaireUniversity.com/Plan
To get exclusive offers mentioned in this episode and to support the show, visit MillionaireUniversity.com/Sponsors
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesDiscover Your Perfect Business Idea in 2026 | Jason VanDevere (Part 2/2) (MU Classic)
12/10/2026 | 29 mins.#1119 What if you could dramatically increase your odds of success by validating your business idea before you ever launch? In Part 2 of this powerful two-part conversation, host Brien Gearin continues his deep dive with Jason VanDevere, founder of Goal Crazy and author of Dream Driven, shifting from discovering the right business idea to validating it and bringing it to life. Jason shares practical strategies for deciding whether to start or buy a business, why your business should serve your ideal lifestyle — not define it — and how passion can come from either the product or the process. He also breaks down the critical role of mentorship, networking, and learning directly from customers, vendors, and peers to accelerate your growth. Finally, Jason walks through actionable validation techniques that help entrepreneurs confirm demand, refine their ideas, and launch with confidence. This episode provides the tactical roadmap to turn clarity into execution and move one step closer to building a truly dream-driven business!
(Original Air Date - 2/24/26)
What we discuss with Jason:
+ Start vs buy a business
+ Business as lifestyle vehicle
+ Passion: product vs process
+ Action creates clarity
+ Importance of mentorship
+ Learning from customers
+ Leveraging vendor relationships
+ Saturated markets still viable
+ Validating with focus groups
+ Pre-sales prove demand
Thank you, Jason!
Check out Part 1 of this episode.
Check out Goal Crazy at GoalCrazy.com.
Get the free Idea To Profit Blueprint.
Buy Dream Driven.
Watch the video podcast of this episode!
Get your FREE 5 Minute Business Plan at MillionaireUniversity.com/Plan
To get exclusive offers mentioned in this episode and to support the show, visit MillionaireUniversity.com/Sponsors
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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