Unconventional Wisdom About Conventional Wisdom Podcast Episode Fourty Two with   Mike Barefoot

In this episode of Unconventional Wisdom About Conventional Wisdom, I sit down with Mike Barefoot, a longtime entrepreneur and former staffing firm owner who has spent more than two decades placing professionals, leading teams, and navigating the realities of business growth.

Mike shares how his career evolved from corporate recruiting into building his own IT staffing firm and why he’s now shifting into keynote speaking to pass along the lessons he learned the hard way. We talk about invisible career ceilings, why “just work hard” is incomplete advice, and how fear can be used as fuel instead of a roadblock.

We also explore:

- Why networking matters as much as effort

- How comfort can quietly limit your growth

- The danger of analysis paralysis

- Why “trust and verify” is better leadership than blind trust

- How imposter syndrome shows up even after success

- Why balance, not burnout, leads to sustainable performance

This conversation is a reminder that leadership isn’t about doing everything yourself it’s about knowing when to change direction, when to ask better questions, and when to choose growth over fear.

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