What if real strength isn’t what you lift but how you live? We sit down with legendary coach Mike Boyle to rethink training, leadership, and legacy through a simple lens: show up, serve people, and build habits you can sustain for decades. Mike shares why most men chase aesthetics and numbers that don’t translate to life, and how functional strength keeps you capable—hauling wood, climbing stairs, playing with grandkids, and getting off the floor with ease. He breaks down the essentials for men over 40: avoid joint pain, use unilateral work to protect balance, push sleds and carry loads, and measure progress by how you feel getting out of bed.

Beyond the gym, Mike opens up about mistakes, counseling, and the cost of being absent at home. His leadership playbook is plain and powerful: hire people who like people, build a client-first culture, and remember that a good coach with a simple plan beats a great plan with a mediocre coach. We talk presence over ego, how to create teams that greet and care, and why some high-profile relationships are transactional—and why that’s okay when your real life is built locally with people who matter.

You’ll also hear the daily practices that keep Mike sharp: early mornings, a one-sentence gratitude journal, short naps for recovery, consistent reading, and 20 minutes of intentional thoughtfulness to check in with others with no ask attached. Walk away with one challenge: choose a single functional rep for the part of your life that’s slipped—body, marriage, or mission—and repeat it daily.

If you’re ready to trade mirror muscles for a life that works, press play, subscribe, and share this with someone who needs a nudge. Then tell us: where will you show up first this week?

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This conversation first aired in 2022 and quickly became a listener favorite. We’re bringing it back because the honesty, hope, and hard-won wisdom in Patrick’s story continue to help new listeners every week.

In this encore episode, Patrick Lewis—President & CEO of Superior Rigging & Erecting Co.—shares an unfiltered journey of grit and grace: from a childhood spent working, to a spiral into infidelity and cocaine addiction, to rebuilding his life, relationships, and company. Patrick talks candidly about therapy, gratitude, forgiveness, and leadership—how guardrails at home and core values at work shape the people we’re becoming.

Content note: This episode includes discussion of addiction and suicidal thoughts.

What you’ll hear

• Growing up fast: the discipline learned from early work—and the backlash when freedom finally came
• Choices, consequences, and the long road back from addiction
• Practical tools: therapy, gratitude, and forgiving his father
• Parenting with love + guardrails
• Scaling a business without letting money become the measure
• Hiring for values and building a healthy culture

About Patrick Lewis

Patrick Lewis is the President & CEO of Superior Rigging & Erecting Co., a hoisting, rigging, and steel-erection company based in Atlanta, GA, and Orlando, FL. He started working for Superior at the age of ten and has watched it grow from a family business into an industry leader with over 370 employees. Before becoming Owner/President in 2001, Patrick served in multiple roles across the company. He attended Mercer University and earned his Millwright JATC in 1996. Outside of work, Patrick has coached Georgia Impact Fastpitch Softball, leading the 18U team to the 2018 PGF National Championship.

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Ever build a business to buy your freedom, only to feel like it’s stealing it? We sat down with Mike Michalowicz—author of Profit First, Clockwork, The Pumpkin Plan, and The Money Habit—to break the cycle of entrepreneurial poverty and design companies that give time, profit, and purpose back to their owners. Mike shares the core behavioral shift that changed over a million businesses worldwide: move profit to the front. By allocating a percentage of every deposit to profit and protecting it, you force clarity on pricing, margins, and waste while creating a calm, focused operator that your clients actually prefer.

We also dig into the growth myth that complexity drives revenue. Mike shows how reducing variability—fewer offers, cleaner processes, standardized delivery—scales faster than adding yet another service. Real stories from the field reveal how “simplicity scales, complexity fails” turns into faster estimates, smoother operations, and a brand people remember. Then we step into personal finance with The Money Habit, Mike’s new system that adapts the Profit First mindset to salary-based households. You’ll learn how to use seasonality to attack debt, fund big goals, and activate purposeful spending, plus one powerful tactic: funnel every subscription onto a single card to expose and tame the hidden drip.

The through line is purpose. External success doesn’t equal internal success, and Mike’s reminder from Howard Thurman lands hard: don’t ask what the world needs; ask what makes you come alive. Start small and act now—set up that profit account, cancel a subscription, delegate one task, or name the work that lights you up. If this conversation helps you design smarter and live freer, follow the show, share it with a friend who needs margin, and leave a quick review so more owners can find it.

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