EPISODE · Aug 14, 2026 · 1H 7M
Ep 010 | You Cannot Burn Out a Man in Love | feat. Bill Nissen
from The Driven Podcast · host Colt Charlebois
DescriptionMost men north of sixty ease off the throttle. Bill Nissen is hitting higher RPMs, and the reason traces to a single conviction: you cannot burn out a man in love. In this conversation, Colt sits down with Bill to separate the exhaustion that flattens driven leaders from the devotion that never empties, a distinction he drew from a study of Song of Solomon after church elders once warned him to slow down before he burned out. You'll hear why he spends his energy turning oughts into want-tos, how he argues much of the Western church sells fire insurance instead of intimacy, why he insists only a new experience and not another book can change what you truly believe, and what he means when he tells a stalled leader that you can't steer a parked car. Bill also shares why he set out to work himself out of a job on purpose, certain that was the point of his leadership all along. If you have been burning out while doing all the right things, sure your heart is right yet unable to get off the couch, this one is for you.BioBill Nissen is the Head Performance Coach at AlterCall, drawing on more than 35 years of pastoral ministry, 25 years of trauma-based counselling, and 35 years of mentorship focused not just on imparting knowledge but on building character, resilience, and a sense of purpose in the people he leads. For the last 15 years, he has worked in business consulting and team building, growing a company past $50 million in revenue, and he serves as a corporate trainer, public speaker, and author. With a foundation in psychology, sociology, public speaking, and ministry, he coaches across emotional mastery, mindset training, team building, and business accountability, helping leaders integrate their spirituality into their professional identity and serve a cause greater than themselves with a heart of service.
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Description Most men north of sixty ease off the throttle. Bill Nissen is hitting higher RPMs, and the reason traces to a single conviction: you cannot burn out a man in love. In this conversation, Colt sits down with Bill to separate the exhaustion that flattens driven leaders from the devotion that never empties, a distinction he drew from a study of Song of Solomon after church elders once warned him to slow down before he burned out. You'll hear why he spends his energy turning oughts int...
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