What happens when a high-performing leader—someone wired for speed, scale, and big outcomes—gets forced to slow down? In this powerful interview, Kari Schneider sits down with American entrepreneur, engineer, and investor Jason Shipley, founder of Midwest Custom Engineering, to talk about leadership, resilience, and the inner game that keeps a team (and a family) thriving.

Jason shares how he’s building mission-driven engineering solutions that impact real life—from animal feed and pet food processing to emerging water technologies—and why culture is the true engine of sustainable growth. But this conversation goes deeper: Jason opens up about profound personal loss, the practices that helped him keep moving forward, and how consistency becomes a form of self-trust—especially when you don’t feel like you can.

If you’re a leader who moves fast, carries a lot, and wants to lead with more calm, clarity, and connection—this episode will meet you right where you are.

Key topics covered:

• Building a business where culture builds the company (not the other way around)
• The leadership shift from “me” to “we”—and why it changes everything
• How to create feedback loops so problems don’t fester
• “Slow is smooth, smooth is fast”: the calm that increases performance
• What consistency really means: 1,068 consecutive daily 5Ks
• The simple relationship question that strengthens connection: “What do you need today?”
• Curating your environment and community so you don’t lead alone

Key takeaway: High achievement becomes sustainable when you stop sprinting in your head and start leading with presence—because the strongest leaders don’t just drive results… they build people, trust, and culture that lasts.

Listen in, then ask yourself: Where do I need to slow down to speed up—and what’s the one daily commitment that proves I won’t quit on myself?

Want to know more Jason and his activities?

• Jason on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jasonshipley83/
• Midwest Custom Engineering: https://www.midwestcustomengineering.com/
• Live Like Jake Foundation: https://livelikejake.com/

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Knowing what to do isn’t the problem—taking consistent action is.

In this episode of the Empowered Team Podcast, host Kari Schneider continues the Inner Game series with a powerful focus on action. Building on the previous episodes about pausing and embracing change, Kari shares three deceptively simple questions that help leaders move forward—even when motivation is low, willpower is depleted, and life gets messy.

Drawing from neuroscience, habit research, and personal stories (including a surprisingly relatable struggle with consistency), Kari breaks down why action breaks down—and how to make progress inevitable instead of exhausting.

• Why inconsistent execution is the real outcome killer
• How to take action without relying on motivation or willpower
• The question that instantly lowers resistance and bypasses perfectionism
• How to anticipate obstacles without sabotaging your mindset
• Why clarity, simplicity, and environment outperform discipline every time
• How to make new actions repeatable, sustainable, and automatic

You don’t rise to your goals—you fall to your systems. And the right questions can build systems that work with your brain, not against it.

🎧 Tune in to discover the three questions that turn “I know what to do” into I’m actually doing it.

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Why is change so hard—even when we know what to do?

In this powerful episode of the Empowered Team Podcast, host Kari Schneider breaks down why awareness alone doesn’t lead to transformation—and what actually does. This episode is part of the Inner Game Series: The Power of Questions, and it introduces three deceptively simple questions that make change easier, more aligned, and far more sustainable.

Instead of forcing willpower or battling old habits, Kari shows how to guide your inner game so change feels intentional—not exhausting.

What You’ll Learn in This Episode:

• Why awareness is necessary—but not sufficient—for real change
• How to stop defaulting to old patterns under stress
• The role of identity and values in making change stick
• Why fighting impulses gives them more power (and what works instead)
• How to replace habits without deprivation or guilt

The 3 Questions for Change:

1. What do I want? (Honest awareness—without judgment)
2. What’s a better option than my first impulse? (Flexibility over force)
3. Why does this matter to me? (Values-based motivation that lasts)

Key Takeaway: Change becomes sustainable when it’s connected to who you are becoming—not who you’re trying to stop being.

Listen now and keep these questions handy—for leadership moments, health decisions, tough conversations, and any time change feels hard.

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