Episodes – Trueunderdog

March 4, 2021

#64: Master Your Life with Stephen Scoggins

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March 1, 2021

#63: Future Proof Yourself with Jay Samit

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February 25, 2021

#UnderdogBites: 5 Steps to Build a Scalable Business

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February 22, 2021

#62: Crush Your Fear and Doubt with Mark Drager

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February 18, 2021

#61: The 1% Mentality with David Nurse

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February 17, 2021

#UnderdogBites: Everybody Needs a Coach with Jayson Waller

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Today on the show Jayson is talking with Stephen Scoggins, a best-selling author, award winning entrepreneur of multiple businesses with multi 8-figure revenues, a motivational speaker, and the creator of the proprietary Life-Mastery Framework named Transform U.Stephen talks about how he went from having nothing as a child, traumatized from his mom’s suicide,his grandma dying from cancer, and his father working his butt off to provide, to becoming an entrepreneur with muliiple multi 8-figure businesses.Stephen started working for his mentor in a construction company, working on vinyl siding for houses. He eventually started his own business from having less than $200 in the bank, to getting equipment, hiring a crew, and now it’s his flagship business. He also discusses how much spirituality plays a part in his life, and his businesses. How he had one moment where he decided to surrender himself and remove his pain. Links:

Follow True Underdog on IG: www.instagram.com/true_underdogReach out to Jayson directly at jayson@trueunderdog.comFollow Jayson on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jayson-waller-/Follow Jayson on Instagram: www.instagram.com/jaysonwallerbamCheck out our website to meet the team, view show notes and transcripts: www.trueunderdog.com Mentioned in the Episode: Stephen’s Website: https://stephenscoggins.com/Stephen’s YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsQwyORx80WbBIRn9zHu8ZwStephen’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephenscogginsStephen’s Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/stephenscoggins/ Timestamps: 1:49 – Stephen Scoggins’ Childhood4:16 – What Makes You Who You Are?8:11 – First Becoming an Entrepreneur12:49 – Building a Construction Business17:49 – Biggest Mistake in Building a Business22:31 – What Role Spirituality Plays in Stephen’s Businesses and His Life25:50 – Moment of Surrender30:15 – Stephen’s Social Media

Today on the show Jayson is talking with Jay Samit, the former Independent Vice Chairman of Doloitte, an American digital media company, and author of Future Proofing You, Twelve Truths For Creating Opportunity, Maximizing Wealth, and Controlling Your Destiny In An Uncertain World. Jayson and Jay talk about how to create opportunity for yourself, and Jay’s manta, today is going to be better than yesterday, and I have the power to make it so.Jay also talks about fear and how you shouldn’t try and remove fear from your life, but leverage it to make fear work for you. They talk about why the fear of regret is so much worse than the fear of failure, and how you can learn from your failures and pivot to create a successful business, and a successful life.They’re also talking about how to future proof your business, and continue to succeed at the rate you decide!

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Follow True Underdog on IG: www.instagram.com/true_underdogReach out to Jayson directly at jayson@trueunderdog.comFollow Jayson on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jayson-waller-/Follow Jayson on Instagram: www.instagram.com/jaysonwallerbamCheck out our website to meet the team, view show notes and transcripts: www.trueunderdog.com Mentioned in the Episode: Jay’s Website: http://jaysamit.com/Jay’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jaysamitJay’s Book, Future Proofing You, Twelve Truths For Creating Opportunity, Maximizing Wealth, and Controlling Your Destiny In An Uncertain World: https://www.amazon.com/Future-Proofing-You-Opportunity-Controlling/dp/1119772060 Timestamps: 2:03 – Jay Samit Growing Up7:56 – Jay’s Timeline of Accomplishments14:00 – Creating Opportunities For Yourself17:29 – How Can You Use Fear?19:45 – Fear of Regret vs Fear of Failure21:49 – Pivot Around Your Failures22:52 – Future Proofing Your Business25:10 – Jay’s Social Media

Today on the show Jayson talks about his 5 tips for building a scalable business. He goes over how important it is to hire the right people and build around them. You want someone with the same passion as you, not just someone who is going to show up. He talks about how you want to invest in the right technologies and tools in order to help organize and align your team no matter the size.Jayson is also going over why it’s so important to build partnerships within and out of your business, why outsourcing, and delegating is so important! You can’t build an empire on your own, you need a strong team to delegate to. You also need to market yourself! Ask your friends and family to support you on social media, start putting content out everyday, getting the word out about you and what you’re trying to build! Links:

Today on the show Jayson is talking with Mark Drager, president of Phanta Media Limited, a growth agency helping entrepreneurs build and maintain a successful business. Mark talks about how he overcomes all of his fears and negative thoughts with his system. Mark talks about how he saw who he wanted to be in the next 10 years and worked everyday to get there.People are going to doubt that you can accomplish your goals, leading to you doubting yourself. Mark talks about ‘the voice’ that people use when you tell them what you want to accomplish. It’s up to you to ignore that voice and focus on specific things that you have to accomplish.Negative thoughts are never going to go away, you’re always going to have to deal with self-doubt, and anxiety, but it is possible to push through those thoughts and use them to propel yourself further than you thought possible! Links:

Follow True Underdog on IG: www.instagram.com/true_underdogReach out to Jayson directly at jayson@trueunderdog.comFollow Jayson on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jayson-waller-/Follow Jayson on Instagram: www.instagram.com/jaysonwallerbamCheck out our website to meet the team, view show notes and transcripts: www.trueunderdog.com Mentioned in the Episode: Mark’s Website: https://www.markdrager.com/Mark’s Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/something-to-prove-podcast/id1454104991Phanta Media: https://www.phanta.com/ Timestamps: 2:05 – Growing Up In a Toxic Environment5:58 – Process for Overcoming Negative Thought and Feelings8:49 – Everybody’s Anxiety is Different13:00 – Why Did Mark Start a Company In His Friends Basement?15:04 – Shrinking Your Business Is Not a Bad Thing19:08 – Sacrificing For Your Company22:27 – Setting Realistic Goals24:35 – “The Voice”28:49 – Using the Doubters as Motivation

Today on the show Jayson is talking with David Nurse, NBA life and optimization coach, and author of Pivot & Go: The 29-Day Blueprint to Redefine and Achieve Your Success. David grew up knowing he would be in the NBA someday, he was talented enough and had the height to match, but after getting cut from a team overseas his hopes started to fade.He knew he couldn’t give up his dreams that easily, and learned from his mistakes and his failures, becoming a shooting coach for any program that would take him around the country, no matter how small. He eventually found his place as the shooting coach for the Brooklyn Nets. After getting let go from that job, he started coaching players how to use their self confidence and talents most effectively.David believes that to succeed in life you need to have the 1% mentality, get 1% better every single day. Gaining momentum is an incredibly powerful tool that allows you to achieve your goals! David sets macro goals and works backwards to discover the process to get there and focuses on every step of the process. Links:

Follow True Underdog on IG: www.instagram.com/true_underdogReach out to Jayson directly at jayson@trueunderdog.comFollow Jayson on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jayson-waller-/Follow Jayson on Instagram: www.instagram.com/jaysonwallerbamCheck out our website to meet the team, view show notes and transcripts: www.trueunderdog.com Mentioned in the Episode: David’s Website: http://davidnurse.com/David’s Book, Pivot & Go: The 29-Day Blueprint to Redefine and Achieve Your Success: http://davidnurse.com/book/David’s Podcast, The Pivot & Go Podcast: http://davidnurse.com/podcasts-blogs/ Timestamps: 2:22 – David Growing Up5:18 – Pivot Mindset8:03 – Brooklyn Nets Shooting Coach11:50 – 1% Mentality15:46 – Pivot Terms19:27 – Making a Difference in Someone’s Life21:58 – Overcoming Challenges27:14 – How Important Is It to Prepare?29:55 – Top 3 NBA Teams of All Time32:25 – Best 5 Players of All Time36:37 – Finding David Online

Today on the show Jayson is talking with John LeBlanc about coaching and how effective it can be if you treat it correctly. It can be difficult and uncomfortable to be told how to improve, especially if you’ve been set in your ways for a long time, but Jayson is trying and growing from his CEO coach, learning what he does well and what he needs to improve on.Jayson and John talk about how a coach can be a teacher, a motivator, and a cheerleader all in one. Finding the right coach for you is important as well, it’s ok to disagree with some of the teachings of your coach, but if you fundamentally disagree with almost everything they are saying, it might be time to look for a new one.Coaching is vital to achieving your goals in both business and personally, challenge yourself by finding the right coach for you! Links: