Everything They Don't Tell You
A candid business podcast for growth-minded leaders and entrepreneurs focused on the truth about business, leadership, and becoming who you're meant to be. Hosted by Josh Zolin, Everything They Don't Tell You goes beyond surface tips to the mental, emotional, and human challenges behind scaling and leading well. Featuring conversations with John Lee Dumas, Amy Morin, David Meltzer, Dr. Gay Hendricks, Blake Erickson, Dr. Robert Glover, Ken Rusk, and more. New episodes drop every Tuesday. Formerly Blue Is The New White Podcast.
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Brad Leavitt: The Wake-Up Call That Changed Everything
<p>At 42, Brad Leavitt had a stroke that changed the way he thinks about time, pressure, family, and leadership.<br /> In this episode, he and Josh talk about the wake-up call that forced him to rebuild his life with more intention.</p> <p >Brad Leavitt is the founder of AFT Construction and host of The Brad Leavitt Podcast. In this episode of Everything They Don't Tell You, Brad joins Josh Zolin for a raw conversation about leadership, pressure, health, family, burnout, and what it really means to rebuild your life after a wake-up call.</p> <p >At 42, Brad had a...
Rachel Medina: What Grief Taught Me About Success, Money, and Building Again
<p>Rachel Medina built a seven-figure business after 40, after divorce, and after unimaginable loss. This conversation is about grief, faith, hustle, stewardship, and what success can never replace.</p> <p >Rachel Medina is an entrepreneur, podcast host, TEDx speaker, and mentor to women everywhere.</p> <p >In this episode, Rachel joins Josh Zolin for a raw conversation about rebuilding life and business after loss. She shares how she built a seven-figure business from less than $500, why sales mattered more than perfection, how hustle became both a tool and a trap, and how losing her son reshaped her definition of success.</p...
Dr. Eben Alexander: A Neurosurgeon's Near-Death Experience Changed Everything
<p>Dr. Eben Alexander was a neurosurgeon who believed the brain created consciousness. Then a seven-day coma changed everything he thought he knew about death, identity, and why we are here.</p> <p >In this episode of Everything They Don't Tell You, Josh Zolin sits down with Dr. Eben Alexander, neurosurgeon and author of Proof of Heaven, to explore one of the most profound questions we can ask: what happens when this life ends?</p> <p >Dr. Alexander shares the story of the sudden bacterial illness that put him into a seven-day coma, the medical uncertainty surrounding his survival, and t...
Blake Erickson: He Made $1M/Year at 26. Then Sold Everything.
<p>Blake Erickson made serious money young. He experienced retirement at 26. Then he realized something most entrepreneurs never want to admit: Success can feel empty when you're playing the wrong game.</p> <p>In this episode of Everything They Don't Tell You, Josh Zolin sits down with Blake Erickson, New York Times bestselling author and founder of scaling.com, for a raw conversation about focus, ego, purpose, leadership, and what it actually takes to scale a business without losing yourself in the process.</p> <p>Blake breaks down the core ideas behind The Science of Scaling, including frame, floor, and...
Charles Gaudet: How to Scale Without Becoming the Bottleneck
<p>What if the biggest thing holding your business back is you?</p> <p>In this episode of Everything They Don't Tell You, Josh Zolin sits down with Charles Gaudet to talk about the founder trap, predictable growth, leverage, systems, and what it really takes to build a business that can run without you.</p> <p>Charles breaks down why hard work alone is not enough, why word of mouth and referrals eventually hit a ceiling, and how founders can start moving from chaos to consistency. They also get into recurring revenue, team ownership, leadership identity, and the uncomfortable truth...
Morgan Haynes: The Leadership Style Most CEOs Are Afraid To Use
<p>Morgan Haynes is the CEO of Tribal Health, a national healthcare organization focused on bringing advanced care models to underserved rural and Indigenous communities.</p> <p>In this episode of Everything They Don't Tell You, Morgan joins Josh Zolin for a raw conversation about leadership, identity, alignment, and what feminine leadership really means.</p> <p>This is not a conversation about gender.</p> <p>It is about the traits leaders are often taught to suppress: empathy, intuition, vulnerability, softness, and emotional honesty. Morgan breaks down why those traits can become powerful tools when paired with candor, accountability, and mission-driven...
Claudio Gambin: Most Business Owners Don't Own a Business. They Own a Job.
<p>Most business owners think they have a money problem. Claudio Gambin says the real problem is usually structure, strategy, and the owner becoming the bottleneck.</p> <p >In this episode of Everything They Don't Tell You, Josh Zolin sits down with Claudio Gambin of GFG Solutions to talk about the truth behind money, taxes, growth, risk, and legacy for business owners.</p> <p >Claudio breaks down why so much financial advice misses the mark for entrepreneurs, how business owners can think differently about reinvesting in themselves, and why tax strategy should be tied directly to growth and freedom.</p> <p...
Ellen Rohr: The Money Lie Keeping Business Owners Broke
<p>Most owners are not broke because they refuse to work hard. They are broke because they refuse to face the numbers.</p> <p >In this episode of Everything They Don't Tell You, Josh Zolin sits down with Ellen Rohr for a raw, practical conversation about the money side of business and the personal responsibility that comes with owning the numbers.</p> <p >Ellen breaks down why business is simpler than most owners make it, why sales, profit, and cash are the three numbers every owner needs to understand, and why "charge more than it costs" might be the uncomfortable t...
John Lee Dumas: Entrepreneurs and Chasing Freedom
<p>Entrepreneurs chase freedom, but most of them build themselves a harder job. John Lee Dumas breaks down what freedom really takes: discipline, systems, boundaries, and the courage to say no.</p> <p> </p> <p >John Lee Dumas, founder of Entrepreneurs On Fire and author of The Common Path to Uncommon Success, joins Josh Zolin for an incredible conversation about freedom, discipline, and what most entrepreneurs misunderstand when they start building a business.</p> <p >JLD explains why entrepreneurship does not automatically create freedom. In fact, it often means trading one boss for hundreds or thousands: customers, clients, listeners, employees, an...
Warren Berger: The Question That Makes You a Better Leader
<p>Most leaders are trained to have answers.</p> <p>Warren Berger believes the better leadership skill is learning how to ask the right questions.</p> <p>In Episode 21 of Everything They Don't Tell You, Josh Zolin sits down with Warren Berger, author of The Book of Beautiful Questions and A More Beautiful Question, to talk about the underestimated power of questioning in leadership, business, creativity, and life.</p> <p>Warren explains why questions are not just conversation tools. They are leadership tools. The right question can open someone up, reveal bottlenecks, challenge assumptions, and bring people into the mission...
