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Aaron Parkinson (CEO of Seven Mile Media) sits down with Eric Oberembt in Grand Cayman to talk leadership, scaling, marketing that actually works, and the hard truth about clients, entitlement, and making money.

This episode goes straight at the fake guru economy, why Aaron fired 80% of his clients in one day, and the simple “manufacturing fame” strategy that puts you top-of-mind in your market for $1/day.
If you’re in roofing, trades, or any service business, this is your playbook.

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Most people don’t fail because they lack talent, opportunity, or ambition, they fail because they don’t do what they say they’re going to do.

In this solo Unloaded episode, Eric goes straight at the uncomfortable truth: if you didn’t follow through, it wasn’t important to you. Period. From accountability groups and business standards to parenting, leadership, and family boundaries, Eric breaks down why keeping your word is the fastest way to stand out in a world full of excuses.

This episode is a mirror check. No motivation. No hype. Just standards, ownership, and the kind of truth you can’t un-hear.

If you want better results, better relationships, and a reputation that actually means something, this one’s for you.

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You do not need a perfect plan. You need to stop bullsh*tting yourself.

Trevor Baxter, owner of CrossFit Elkhorn, sits down with Eric to talk about what actually gets people healthy again. Not hype. Not hacks. Just the truth. Starting is the hardest part, and most people never start because they keep hiding behind “I don’t have time.”

They get into why community matters, why coaching matters, and why some gyms feel like a family while others kick you out the second class ends. Trevor also opens up about losing his mom to ALS, the workout they do every year in her honor, and why showing up is the whole point even when life is heavy.

If you want results, stop trying to do it alone. Find people who will hold you to what you said you wanted.

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This episode wasn’t recorded in a studio, it was recorded in the mountains of the Philippines after a sketchy journey, no sleep, and zero room for panic.

Eric sits down with Adam Patterson from SMA Support Services during a live, in-person crossover with F&S Words to talk about stress. Not the motivational poster kind, but the kind that leaks into your team, poisons culture, and quietly wrecks performance.

They break down why stress is contagious, how leaders unknowingly spread it, and why calm, stoic leadership is the real competitive advantage.

If you lead people and think your stress doesn’t affect them. This episode will prove you wrong.

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Tony Gentile went from a Houston Gulf Coast kid who loved cooking and fishing to the chef behind Blue Sushi and Flagship Restaurant Group’s 48‑restaurant machine. He and I break down how he engineered stupid‑level consistency across the country, why prime cost and supply chain are life or death, and how systems can either free your team or choke the soul out of your business. We get into culture, vulnerability, owning your screw‑ups, the Tony Gentile System for Success, and how marriage and kids forced him to stop working himself into the ground and start leading like a grown man. If you’re trying to scale anything — not just restaurants — this is the kind of truth you can’t un-hear.

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This episode is a gut-punch for every contractor who swears they’re “too busy” but still burns half their week on bullshit tasks that should’ve been offloaded years ago. Chris Diroll breaks down how he sold $4M in roofs without paid ads, why Facebook/Nextdoor groups are a goldmine, and how owners sabotage their own businesses by making sales reps do everything except sell. We dig into efficiency, leadership, VA leverage, five-star review systems, and the ugly truth about why most roofers stay small. Real talk, real systems, and the kind of perspective that makes you uncomfortable in all the right ways.

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Chuck Thokey’s story doesn’t start in success — it starts in a freezer at $10 an hour, lying just to get the job.

He went from “learning disabled” classes to aerospace engineering, lost everything after 9/11, and rebuilt his life one sale at a time.

This episode isn’t about scripts or systems — it’s about hunger, humility, and the kind of pain that makes you dangerous.

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Travis Harvego has lived through more pain than most could imagine. Shot by his own father. Abandoned by his mom. Blindsided when his wife came out. But he didn’t fold. He built a multimillion-dollar company and found a way to forgive the people who broke him. This one isn’t about business. It’s about survival, healing, and the kind of truth you can’t unhear.

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