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The One Away Show
by The One Away Show
I believe one moment can change everything.On The One Away Show, I sit down with entrepreneurs, creatives, and leaders to talk about the pivotal experiences that reshaped their path—personally or professionally.These conversations go beyond the surface. We explore the decisions, turning points, and inner shifts that define who we become and how we show up in the world.If you're drawn to stories of growth, identity, and purpose, I think you'll feel at home here.New episodes drop every Tuesday and Friday. I'm glad you're here.
Episodes
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One Poker Game Away From Building His Next Big Thing
Raj Singh spent almost a year and thousands of dollars on coaching, therapy, breathwork, and meditation. It was transformative. It was also completely inaccessible to most people on the planet. Then he sat down at a poker table in Venice next to Mark Manson — author of The Subtle Art of Not…
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One Phone Call Away From Giving Up on Everything
It was just before Christmas 2008. Eddy Arriola had spent the entire year building a community bank from scratch — the team, the investors, the strategy, everything. Then the phone rang. Florida regulators told him their priority wasn't opening new banks. It was shutting down the ones already...
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One Frozen Yogurt Shop Away From a Life in Business
Rich Thompson learned everything he needed to know about business behind the counter of a frozen yogurt shop in Northern California. His parents ran it. All five kids worked it. And from the time he was four years old, Rich watched his parents show up every single day — opening, closing, fixing...
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One Pivot Away From Protecting the World's Critical Infrastructure
In 2005, Benny Czarny had a simple mission: build a cybersecurity language that helped products talk to each other. Twenty years later, that mission has evolved into something far bigger — protecting the world's critical infrastructure. But the real turning point? A discovery buried inside a...
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One Larry King Lesson Away From a 35-Year Career
Mitch Slater wanted to be in broadcasting. He worked for Larry King. He worked for Howard Stern. He produced game shows in Los Angeles. And then his dad's manager looked at him across a desk and said: you've got communication skills, you can handle rejection — we'll teach you the rest. That was…
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One Drive West Away From the Life He Was Meant to Build
Harold Jurado packed everything he owned into a small Subaru Crosstrek, left his family in Chicago, and drove west with almost no money and no plan. He didn't know where he'd land. He ended up in San Francisco — and a job at Google running their noodle cafe, Threads, changed everything. Serving...
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One Marker Away From Landing the Plane
Andy Hilger never planned on a corporate career. English and philosophy major. Master's in creative writing. Spent his 20s working in a group home and an environmental company — pretty sure the corporate world wasn't for him. Then he took a job at Allegiance Group just to pay the rent. And one...
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One Library Away From a Life of Leadership
At 11 years old, Dusty Holcomb's parents pulled him out of school. No classroom. No curriculum. Just a library card and a world of books waiting to be devoured. What felt like an oddity at the time turned out to be the greatest gift of his life. Dusty spent his formative years reading biographies...
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One Lunch Away From the Only Job He's Ever Had
Aaron Vaccaro was a senior in college, striking out on every internship, staring into the abyss. One spring afternoon, after an investment club presentation, he spotted a board member in the lunchroom and did something most people wouldn't — he asked if they could grab lunch. That board member…
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One Eagles Game Away From Building an Empire
Marc Shaw never planned to be in the title business. He wanted to prosecute insider trading at the SEC. Never got the callback. Instead, at the 2002 NFC Championship Game — a loss, by the way — he struck up a conversation with the guy sitting in front of him. That stranger was in the title space....
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One Daughter Away From Discovering His Life's Work
Naren was a lawyer at three different venture-funded tech companies when the dot com bubble burst and took all three of them with it. So he did what any reasonable attorney would do next. He started a children's book company. It started with a bedtime story for his three-year-old daughter, a...
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One Exit Away From Building Something Entirely Their Own
Stephanie spent 20 years helping her dad grow his natural ingredient business. She fell in love with the work, the industry, and the meaning behind it all. Then they sold it — and she was left staring at a blank page. What do you do when the thing that gave your work its soul is gone? You build...
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One Yes Away From the Greatest Decision of His Life
Derek Coburn has made a lot of decisions in his life. Good ones. Bad ones. But ask him which one changed everything — and the answer comes without hesitation. Marrying Melanie. Not a business deal. Not a career pivot. Not a bold financial bet. The person he chose to build his life with. And 17...
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One Crisis Away From Finding Out What You're Made Of
In February 2020, Willie Litvack had his biggest month ever. Squadup — the self-service ticketing platform he'd spent six years building brick by brick — had just crossed $400K in monthly revenue. The business was profitable. The momentum was real. Then the phone rang. Within nine days, revenue...
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One Meditation Away From the Biggest Bet of His Life
Shiv Gettu didn't find his big idea in a boardroom. He found it in a basement, 45 minutes deep in meditation. That moment of stillness sparked a decision that would define the next decade of his life — convincing his co-founder Kendrick to quit his job, become a leasing agent for free, and spend...
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One Field Trip Away From Building the Future
Justin Gelinas hated school. Not because he wasn't smart, because the box was too small. Then a teacher named Laurie took him on a field trip to a design studio in Burlington, Vermont. Tribe Called Quest was playing. There was a half pipe in the basement. Twenty-somethings were designing brand...
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One Realization Away From Thinking at Scale
Rajat Suri was supposed to be a doctor. That was the plan. The Indian dream, as he puts it. And he was on track. Then he walked into a three-hour lecture by a professor named Larry Smith at the University of Waterloo — and everything changed. One idea cracked him open: that a single individual...
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One Expectation Away From Becoming Who You're Meant to Be
What happens when the world sees a version of you that you haven't fully become yet? In 2016, Jason Feifer became Editor in Chief of Entrepreneur Magazine. He thought it was just another media job. Then the podcast invitations started coming in — and with them, a realization that would change...
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One Village Away From Connecting the World
What do a small village in Donegal and a train car in the middle of Siberia have in common? According to Ciara, Executive Producer at Web Summit — everything. In this episode, Ciara shares her One Away moment: the realization that her love for global community was just a bigger version of what…
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One Hard Lesson Away From Serving at the Highest Level
On this episode of The One Away Show, we sit down with Andrew Sherman — attorney, educator, and author of 26 books — who has spent nearly four decades advising entrepreneurs with rare empathy, strategic clarity, and calm. Andrew shares the early hardships that shaped him, the first venture that...
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One Knock on the Door Away From Rethinking Everything
Sometimes a knock on the door isn't literal – it's the moment you realize the life you've built needs to be rethought. In this episode, Andy Klump shares how nearly two decades in China – from selling Dell computers under intense pressure to helping scale one of the world's largest solar...
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One Choice Away From Breaking Every Inherited Pattern
Some patterns shape us. Others ask to be broken. In this episode, Angela Wimmer shares the defining moments that helped her understand the difference. Growing up in a home marked by instability, she learned early on how to think for herself – even when it meant standing alone. With the steady...
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One Moment Away From Turning Discipline Into Power
When Ryan Lewis moved across the country for graduate school, he arrived with curiosity – but no roadmap. Then one quiet introduction changed everything. That meeting pulled him into the world of national security, defense acquisition, and high-stakes problem-solving – an arena where details save...
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One Shutdown Away from Reinventing Everything
When COVID shut the world down, Carlo Cisco didn't freeze – he rebuilt. In this episode, the founder of Select breaks down how a global crisis became the spark that reshaped his company's product, growth model, and long-term vision. From boosting renewal rates during a standstill to launching an…
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One System Away from Smarter Innovation
Innovation isn't just about ideas – it's about the systems that shape them. In this episode, Caroline Kendal shares why venture studios may be the future of company building. After two previous startups and years working alongside investors, she realized the current VC model rewards luck more…
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One Buzzer Away from a Bigger Calling
When his dream of playing in the NBA ended, Darrell Teat thought the buzzer had signaled the end of his story. Instead, it opened the door to a bigger calling. In this episode, Darrell shares how mentorship, exposure, and a pivotal leadership program helped him reimagine his path – from aspiring...
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One Whisper Away from a Lifetime of Courage
For Desiree Bombenon, courage started with a whisper from a third-grade teacher – a moment that sparked a lifetime of bold decisions. In this episode, she shares how early hardship shaped her resilience, how following her instincts helped her rebuild a purpose-driven company, and why she believes...
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One Moment Away from No Plan B
When everything you've built feels like it's about to collapse, what do you do? For Dan Lappin, founder of Lappin180, that moment came 16 months into building his business – with no clients, no revenue, and only two months of savings left. Faced with fear and uncertainty, he made a choice that...
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One Book Away from Changing My Life
What if a single book could change not just your business – but your life? For entrepreneur Dan Honeywell, Play Bigger did exactly that. It shifted his mindset from building companies to designing categories – igniting a journey that led to a £120M healthcare venture and, eventually, to a much...
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One Basement Away from a Startup
What drives someone to leave a dream job at the heart of Silicon Valley to start again from a basement? For Michael Coates, former CISO of Twitter and Mozilla, that leap wasn't about risk – it was about conviction. In this episode, Michael shares how stepping away from corporate success led him…
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One Border Away from Learning the Language of Trust
What does it take to lead across borders – and truly connect beyond results? After driving 80% growth as Avon Ecuador's CEO, Rossana Sadir received the toughest feedback of her life. That moment reshaped how she led forever – from a results-driven executive into a leader who empowers through…
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One Frame Away from Seeing a Brain Type, Not a Disorder
For Nancy Armstrong, a diagnosis isn't the end of the story – it's the beginning of a new perspective. As a mother, advocate, and storyteller, Nancy has spent years reframing how we view ADHD: not as a disorder to be "fixed," but as a brain type that requires understanding, support, and different...
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One "I'm Fine" Away from the Truth
When a moment in the Grand Canyon changed everything, Carrie Freeman began reimagining what it means to create real impact — not just reducing harm, but amplifying good. From leading sustainability initiatives at Intel to co-founding global innovation firm SecondMuse, Carrie has spent her career…
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One Shift Away from Leading by Example
What if hitting rock bottom wasn't the end, but the push you needed to lead differently? For Chris Walcher, walking away from the chaos of his punk rock days forced him to rethink everything – discipline, direction, and the kind of leader he wanted to become. That shift took him from a warehouse...
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One Pain Away from Growth
Sometimes the moments of deepest pain become the doorway to growth. For Ashley Du, hitting what felt like rock bottom sparked a season of self-discovery. By asking hard questions – Who am I beyond the entrepreneur? What's my true purpose? – she found clarity in daily practices that helped her…
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One Startup Away from Purpose
Startups don't just teach you how to build a business – they teach you how to build yourself. For Daniel Kivatinos, choosing to invest his savings into a startup instead of an MBA opened the door to rapid learning, creativity, and autonomy. But it wasn't without its cost. In the middle of running...
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One System Away From Scaling Without Losing Yourself
In this episode, John Bly reflects on the pivotal year that reshaped his life and business — 2012. What began as a home-based accounting firm evolved into a multi-office powerhouse completing over 50 acquisitions. John walks us through: The mentor who changed his perspective on growth and…
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One Choice Away from Authenticity Over Approval
When the 2020 Beirut explosion shook Lebanon to its core, Chaker faced an impossible choice — to leave his home behind or stay and rebuild from the ruins. In this powerful episode of The One Away Show, Chaker shares how his family's resilience, deep love for Lebanon, and devotion to their legacy...
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One Rock Bottom Away from Reinvention
Reinvention isn't about one big moment – it's about the habits you build every day. For Jimmy Boone, it started by building daily habits that kept him focused on what mattered most. From creating a checklist that balances business, family, and personal growth, to rebuilding after setbacks in the...
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One Success Away from Realizing It's Not What You Thought
Sometimes success doesn't feel the way you expect it to. For Grant Bowen, it took stepping away from a Bay Area family office and starting Peak Projects to realize that growth, reputation, and opportunity aren't built overnight – they're earned one relationship, one project, and one honest lesson...
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One Honest Choice Away from Meaning Over Metrics
The biggest turning points in life often come disguised as small decisions. For Ryan Hadley, one of those moments came when Megan, now his wife, told him she'd only spend time with him at the library. That boundary set him on a path of discipline, confidence, and purpose that would carry him...
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One Consistent Step Away from Momentum
Momentum doesn't come from a single breakthrough – it's built one consistent step at a time. In this episode of The One Away Show, John Grover joins host Bryan Wish to share the defining moments that taught him the power of agency, belief, and teamwork. From earning his varsity spot as an…
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One Sacrifice Away from the Cost of Greatness
Success doesn't arrive with applause – it's built in the late nights, the tough choices, and the sacrifices no one else sees. In this episode, Bobby Mascia shares how walking away from his family business and hitting financial rock bottom became the turning points that reshaped his life. From...
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One Painful Moment Away from Purpose
Dao Jensen's story is one of turning hardship into growth. In this episode, she opens up about the painful experiences that reshaped her path, the resilience she built along the way, and why she's now committed to helping others unlock their full potential. 🎧 Listen now to hear how pain can…
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One Call Away from Breaking the Cycle
Every once in a while, we meet someone who shows us that the "safe" path isn't always the right one. In this episode of The One Away Show, Rob Adams shares how a newspaper clipping, a bet with a friend, and a leap of faith led him from a small town in Missouri to building – and eventually selling…
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One Moment Away from Proving Why Empathy Wins
What does real leadership look like when the spotlight fades? In this episode, Erica Goodwin shares how she built strength through setbacks, pivoted her career path, and learned to lead in spaces not always built for her. She talks about choosing strategy over safety, empathy over ego, and why...
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One Dog Walk Away from Clarity
When the 2008 financial crisis nearly wiped out his business, Aaron Davis was faced with a brutal choice: walk away and live with regret, or double down and fight for survival. With two young kids at home and bills piling up, quitting would have been the easier path. Instead, he leaned into...
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One Step Away from Seeing the System Differently
What if the real opportunity isn't in chasing the latest trend, but in rethinking the system itself? In this episode of The One Away Show, Eric Vest shares how a shift in perspective changed the way he viewed business, technology, and investment. From building software companies to advising...
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One Collapse Away from Conscious Leadership
Owen Seitel thought he had found the path he wanted – until a draining early job nearly broke him. That collapse became the spark for a new direction, leading him from insurance defense into entertainment law, intellectual property, and eventually the evolving world of NIL rights. In this…
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One Exit Away from a More Aligned Life
After selling her first company, Analisa Goodin realized she needed to build a business that matched her values. On this episode of The One Away Show, she shares how that wake-up call led her to create Catch+Release – a platform transforming licensing on the internet. From empowering creators to...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
I believe one moment can change everything.On The One Away Show, I sit down with entrepreneurs, creatives, and leaders to talk about the pivotal experiences that reshaped their path—personally or professionally.These conversations go beyond the surface. We explore the decisions, turning points, and inner shifts that define who we become and how we show up in the world.If you're drawn to stories of growth, identity, and purpose, I think you'll feel at home here.New episodes drop every Tuesday and Friday. I'm glad you're here.
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