The Unstuck LO

07/13/2025

This is fantastic advice that Jesse gives! 💪

In 2009, I tried out for an over-40 basketball team.

70 guys were competing for just 6 spots to play overseas in Israel.

The coach sent out a workout program to help everyone prepare.

I realized something:

If I followed it exactly, I’d be in the same shape as everyone else.

So I doubled it.

For 45 days straight, I ran double conditioning sessions on a dirt road near my house...

“Until you almost puke” kind of effort.

Because I knew I couldn’t outplay them…
But I could out-prepare them.

At tryouts, most of the players were better than me.

So I leaned into the one thing I had:

Conditioning.

During the first scrimmage, I picked the best player on last year’s team and guarded him full court, nose to nose.

Six minutes into the game, he was completely out of breath.

I clapped. I yelled. I brought attention to it.

And in my head, I just kept saying:

“He wasn’t on the dirt road with me.”

I got the spot.

Not because I was the most talented.
Because I was the most prepared.

If you can’t win on skill... win on effort.
If you can’t win on talent.. win on preparation.

Find your edge.
Then go all in on it.

You don’t have to be the most talented… just find your point of differentiation.

Same rule applies in business.

04/20/2025

Thank God for Jesus! 🙏

07/12/2024

We are live! A milestone for the podcast at Episode 💯 with “Conversation with Buddy”.

Please share this episode! It’s a great one with Jacob Espinoza!

Episode 💯 with my guest and new friend, Jacob Espinoza! Jacob is a great dad, business coach, leadership mentor, content creator and much more! 💪If you wan...

07/06/2024

🎙️“Conversations with Buddy”🎙️
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Please join us on Friday morning for Episode 💯 with my guest and new friend, Jacob Espinoza! 🇺🇸

Thank you, Mike Peterson, for introducing us a few months ago! 🙌

“Business coach and community of dads!”

Jacob is a great dad, business coach, leadership mentor, content creator and much more! 💪

If you want to be a better dad or need help with your business and leadership skills… this is the episode for you!

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10/17/2023

Please join us this Friday morning for Episode 63 of “Conversations with Buddy” with my guest, Jack McAllister!

Jack shares his life from growing up as a kid in Salem to adulting as a married Gen Z-er! 🙌

He is a guy who lives with purpose, loves his wife and he is also learning to lean on God when the struggles of life get difficult!

What makes Jack who he is? Well, take a listen to this episode and find out what matters to him and how he lives authentically in todays culture!

You can listen to “Conversations with Buddy” each week on Apple Podcast, Spotify, your favorite Podcast platform or by clicking this link here: https://conversationswithbuddy.transistor.fm/

If you would like to be a guest on “Conversations with Buddy” to share your story or know some who would, please reach out to me! We would love to make that happen!

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06/15/2023

Wow! This is a a great quote for anyone… but especially if you are in sales!

02/04/2023

Have you “DECIDED” to be successful or just hoped you would eventually be successful?

Your brain is the foundation of your success. When you make a decision to be successful, there are certain physiological processes that take place in your brain.

The first process is stimulus creation. When you decide to undertake a particular course of action, you task your brain with forming a stimulus – an idea or impression that can motivate and direct you toward achieving your goals. This stimulus paves the way for further success by providing an impetus and vision of what is possible when you take consistent action towards achieving something.

The second process is focus management. When you make decisions about what tasks or objectives to pursue, it requires significant amounts of mental discipline in order to stay on track with each different endeavor. This involves managing both your conscious and subconscious focus, as well as controlling any distracting thoughts or feelings which could potentially derail your progress.

Finally, the third process is decision-making. Making decisions puts us in control of our lives and allows us to take ownership over our paths to success. It takes confidence, self-assurance and willpower in order to effectively block out external pressures and negativity; allowing us to make decisions based on our own judgment and values rather than succumbing solely to societal expectations. With this kind of decision-making in place w we can confidently move forward with clarity and purpose on our path toward success.

02/04/2023

In what ways (not the person) have you compared yourself to someone else in the past week…

How much joy did it bring you?

What will you do moving forward to create joy?

One thing to consider… what if you only focused in on the gift(s) you have that others don’t have?!

If you don’t know what that is, ask 5 or 10 of your closest friends or family who can help you identity what your “unique gift” is!

Go get it! 💪👍🙏

01/22/2023

Interesting perspective! I like it! Let’s be FOCUSED on solving problems and the money will take care of itself!

01/09/2023

01/05/2023

Boom! 💪🇺🇸

Aftermath. IT’S NOT SUPPOSED TO BE FUN.