Built Not Born 2025 Wrap-Up | 100% Audience Growth, Lessons from My Dad & What's Coming in 2026 🎙️🔥

No interview this week.

Just reflecting on an incredible year and looking ahead to what's next.

What's Inside:

1. Spotify stats: almost 100% audience growth and 30% follower increase
2. The #1 most downloaded episode of the year (hint: AJ Brown made it happen)
3. Epic guests: Guy Kawasaki, Roger Gracie, Jon Gordon, Dave Berke, Martin Dugard & more
4. The hardest episode I've ever recorded — saying goodbye to my dad
5. What's coming in 2026: CIA spies, Marine combat vets, and BJJ legends

Highlights from 2024:

1. Jim Murphy (Inner Excellence) — most downloaded episode of the year
2. Roger Gracie — 10x World Champion, changed how I train and teach
3. Jon Gordon & Kathryn Gordon — leadership and relationship grit
4. Guy Kawasaki — Wiser Guy, always delivers
5. Dave Berke & Jamie Cochran — Echelon Front leadership
6. Martin Dugard — Taking Midway, WWII stories
7. The episode about my dad — RIP Fran Ciccarone

Coming in 2026:

1. Ann E. Butler — CIA agent for 20+ years, her kids didn't know until her retirement party
2. Rob Jones — US Marine, Echelon Front instructor, author of "Put Your Legs On"
3. Chris Burns — Black belt under Rickson Gracie, BJJ Instagram legend

The Lesson: You're here, then one day you're not. Let's rock out each and every day. Be present. Be focused. Give your best. Learn from those who came before and share with those who come after.

Subscribe and follow for more in 2026.

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