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Episodes from Impact Podcast, Mentorship with Eddie Wilson
62 - Why You’re Not Succeeding Yet | The Truth About Pain, Fear, and Growth
Why do some people succeed… while others quit? In this episode of the Impact Podcast, Eddie Wilson sits down with entrepreneur Jonah to break down what it really takes to win in business and in life. Through powerful stories and real-world experience, they unpack the “perseverance continuum,” a framework that explains the stages every entrepreneur must go through before reaching success. This conversation goes beyond motivation and gets into the reality of building something from nothing, pushing through adversity, and developing the mindset required to stay in the game long enough to win. If you’re in the middle of the g...
61 - Make Money AND Change Lives | The Truth About Cause Capitalism
What if success in business was just the beginning? In this episode of the Impact Podcast, Eddie Wilson sits down in Guadalajara, Mexico with partner Sam Robles to break down a powerful concept called cause capitalism. This conversation goes beyond traditional business thinking and challenges the idea that success ends with personal gain. Instead, it explores how business can be used as a tool to create sustainable impact, build people, and transform entire communities. Through real world examples, Eddie and Sam walk through how businesses can fund purpose, create opportunity, and give people not just resources, but a future...
60 - Your Calendar Is Exposing You | The Truth About Time, Discipline & Success
What if your calendar is more honest than your intentions? In this episode of the Impact Podcast, Eddie Wilson breaks down one of the most important topics in business, leadership, and personal growth: time. But this is not just another conversation about time management. Eddie challenges listeners to see time as a daily vote. Every hour you spend is shaping the person you are becoming, whether you realize it or not. Through personal stories, hard-earned lessons, and the example of Benjamin Franklin, Eddie explains why your stated values do not matter nearly as much as your scheduled values. You’ll...
59 - What Happens After the Exit? | The Identity Crisis No Founder Talks About
What actually happens after the exit?In Episode 59, Eddie sits down with entrepreneur Justin Block for a candid conversation about business exits, identity, generosity, and what success really reveals. On the surface, selling a company looks like freedom, money, and a dream outcome. But underneath that moment is a much deeper question: who are you when the business is no longer there to define you?Together, Eddie and Justin unpack the internal shift that happens after success, why so many founders struggle when the business is gone, and how purpose, generosity, health, relationships, and fulfillment...
58 - Control Is an Illusion | The Truth About Trust and Peace
What do you actually trust? In Episode 58, Eddie Wilson breaks down one of the most misunderstood concepts in leadership and life: trust. Most people believe trust is built externally through other people, outcomes, or proven results. But what if that is not true? Through a powerful and thought provoking framework, Eddie challenges the illusion of control, the role of fear, and the way we search for stability in unstable places. He walks through how trust is not something you place in others, but something that begins internally. If you have ever struggled with uncertainty, broken trust, or the pressure...
57 - Stop Waiting for the Breakthrough | The Truth About How Winners Actually Win
Most people are waiting for the one moment that changes everything. The right deal. The right hire. The right opportunity. The breakthrough. In Episode 57, Eddie Wilson challenges one of the most common and dangerous beliefs in business and life: the idea that success comes from a single defining moment. Instead, he introduces a powerful concept that flips that thinking on its head. Through real business insights, historical examples, and personal experience, Eddie explains why lasting success is built through repetition, consistency, and thousands of small decisions that stack over time. If you feel like you are stuck waiting for...
56 - Heavy Is the Crown | The Emotional Cost of Leadership No One Talks About
What does leadership actually feel like when no one is watching? In episode 56, Eddie Wilson unpacks the emotional cost of leadership, a side of success that is rarely discussed but deeply felt by those who carry responsibility. From sleepless nights to silent pressure, Eddie explores why leadership can feel isolating, overwhelming, and relentless even when everything looks successful on the outside. Drawing insight from Marcus Aurelius and personal experience, this conversation dives into the internal battles leaders face, the weight of decision making, and the quiet responsibility of influencing other people’s lives. More importantly, Eddie reframes what that we...
55 - Same Event, Different Life | How to Turn Pain Into Power
Why do two people go through the exact same experience and come out with completely different lives, stories, and outcomes? In Episode 55, Eddie Wilson explores one of the most powerful ideas in stoic philosophy and human psychology: it is not just what happens to you that shapes your life, but the meaning you assign to it. Through stories, personal examples, and timeless leadership principles, Eddie unpacks how interpretation shapes identity, resilience, and the future you build. This episode is a powerful reminder that hardship, failure, criticism, pressure, and even success do not define you on their own. The real...
54 - From King of Exits to Builder of Leaders | Why Legacy Matters More Than Liquidity
In this episode of the Impact Podcast, Eddie Wilson shares a deeply personal shift in how he views success, leadership, and legacy. For years Eddie became known as the “King of Exits” after successfully building and selling multiple companies. But over time he began asking a deeper question. What actually matters when the exits are over? In this conversation Eddie explains why exits are only moments in time, while leadership and mentorship create a lasting legacy. He reflects on the difference between building companies and building people, and why developing leaders who no longer need you may be the grea...
53 - The Leadership Reversal | Why Real Leaders Step Down to Rise Up
Everyone wants the title of leader. Very few want what leadership actually requires. In episode 53, Eddie Wilson breaks down a leadership philosophy that turns modern leadership thinking upside down. While many chase authority, recognition, and position, the most effective leaders operate from a completely different mindset. Drawing from real leadership experiences and powerful historical examples, Eddie introduces two simple but challenging principles that define true leadership: getting low and going last. This conversation explores the difference between positional leadership and real influence, and why responsibility, sacrifice, and humility are the foundations of teams that actually succeed. If you lead...
52 - Who You Become Under Pressure | The Leadership Test No One Can Fake
In Episode 52, Eddie Wilson pulls a powerful leadership framework from C.S. Lewis (The Abolition of Man) and uses it to expose what most people miss: the problem usually isn’t skill, it’s substance. Eddie breaks down three types of people that show up in leadership, business, relationships, and faith and why most leadership failures can be traced back to which “type” is driving the decisions. This episode isn’t another tactics talk. It’s a mirror. It will make you ask: Who shows up when pressure hits? And what is that “version of you” building over time an empire, an eg...
51 - Obedience Isn’t Loyalty | The Leadership Failure That Destroys Empires
Human history is not just a catalog of brilliance, it’s a record of avoidable mistakes made by people who believed they were different. In Episode 51, Eddie Wilson explores one of the most haunting leadership failures in history and uses it to reveal a pattern that still exists inside businesses, leadership teams, and personal relationships today. This episode challenges blind obedience, ego driven leadership, and cultures that punish dissent, and it asks a sobering question: what patterns from history are you unknowingly repeating? If you’ve ever wondered why strong teams collapse, why intelligent leaders fail, or why mistakes seem...