Journey To Legacy

The Journey to Legacy podcast (formerly Work Grind Hustle) is a transparent look into the crazy world of entrepreneurship and what it truly takes to leave a legacy in this world. Join us twice per week as we take a deep dive into the adventures & stories of entrepreneurs and how they're ceasing the endless opportunities that life throws at them!Tune in as Wayne Veldsman, interviews entrepreneurs from around the world and tells stories around the most up to date tips and tricks that are uncovered in the day to day journey to legacy.

Journey To Legacy is a business podcast hosted by Wayne Veldsman, with 140 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

Wayne Veldsman hosts Journey To Legacy, a business show with 140 episodes published.

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  Episode #158

  He Reached the C-Suite and Lost Himself | Graham Skidmore on Burnout and Identity | JTL 158

  Sep 25, 202647 min

  At the height of his success, Graham Skidmore was also at the height of his misery. Graham spent 20 years helping Quicken Loans, now Rocket Mortgage, grow from around 400 people to 20,000. He reached the C-suite, led a smaller company as CEO and earned a high six-figure income. Then, sitting in Starbucks with his CEO, Graham admitted he no longer knew who he was. In this episode of Journey to Legacy, Wayne Veldsman and Graham explore what happens when your identity becomes wrapped up in your career and performance. They discuss: • Why achievement stopped feeling good • The physical warning signs Graham ignored • How leaving corporate life shook his identity • The Vegas golf trip that changed his view of career setbacks • What eight years of therapy and coaching taught him about authenticity • Why people thrive when they understand their individual wiring This conversation is for anyone who has reached a goal and quietly wondered why it didn’t feel the way they expected. Connect with Graham: Harmony Health Institute:https://harmonyhealthinstitute.com/ SathTech:https://sathtechnology.com/ Graham on LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/graham-skidmore Follow Journey to Legacy: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5ObOrJ1eszDpdDfMj8618I YouTube: https://youtu.be/6VHj5BArQJQ If this episode made you think differently about success, share it with someone who needs the reminder that they are more than their title.

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  Episode #157

  The Day I Fired My Wife| Rob Ferguson on Family First vs Business First | JTL 157

  Sep 10, 202645 min

  Rob Ferguson spent thirty years climbing to CEO of a $400 million company, then walked away to turn around a hundred-year-old family business with seventeen cousins on the cap table, selling it for more than $100 million. At fifty, standing on what looked like the top of the ladder, he realized there was no top, only more ladder. That question sent him into sixteen years of studying why family businesses, which create 78% of new jobs in America, so often fail, not for lack of capital or talent but because nobody in the family is willing to have the hard conversation about what comes first, the family or the business. In this conversation with Wayne, Rob unpacks the difference between a family first business and a business first family, why neither is wrong but confusing the two creates years of friction, and the governance rules he wishes he'd set before firing his own wife from a job she'd only started that morning. He also gets into how purpose changes across a lifetime: his purpose at eighteen was beating his mentor to a Cadillac and a swimming pool, his purpose at fifty is helping family businesses last long enough to matter. To learn more about Rob and the work he's doing at Ferguson Alliance, visit ferguson-alliance.com or connect with him on LinkedIn, search Rob Ferguson Alliance. Want to be a guest on Journey to Legacy? Book your here. For more episodes and resources, head to our Spotify channel or YouTube channel.

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  Episode #156

  How to Actually Get Out of Your Comfort Zone | Neil Thubron, Arctic Ultra Winner | JTL 156

  Aug 27, 202647 min

  Everyone tells you to get out of your comfort zone. Almost nobody tells you what to physically do on a Tuesday morning. Neil Thubron spent thirty years at IBM, from typewriter engineer to senior executive, before leaving to build his own coaching practice. He also became the first Briton to win the 300 mile Yukon Arctic Ultra, a self-supported race across frozen Canadian wilderness where competitors risk frostbite and amputation. He entered it roughly ten weeks before the start, then began training. In this conversation Neil breaks down the method behind that. How to find the actual border of your comfort zone, why you will never feel ready in advance, and how putting a date on something forces the preparation that makes it possible. We also get into what he does when everything goes wrong at once, and why legacy is not a retirement project but something you are already building in the conversations you are having this week. What we cover: -The three sentences that tell you where your comfort zone ends -Why "I'm not that type of person" is a decision, not a fact -Entering first and training second, and why the deadline does the work -Fear as preparation rather than obstacle -Controlling the controllables when everything breaks at once -Why the people who leave a legacy behind were never trying to Connect with Neil:Website and free book: https://neilthubron.com/ Listen and Watch: YouTube: https://youtu.be/orWwdNPBxok Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1MLG6smhbhJ9YiuYSJyJAw Want to be a guest: Head to https://journeytolegacypodcast.com/ and hit the green Get Interviewed button.

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  Episode #155

  Why You're Avoiding Your Own Business Numbers | Rebecca Irey, 35 years in finance | JTL 155

  Aug 6, 202649 min

  Everybody works hard, but not everybody gets ahead. Rebecca Irey, founder of Blue Skye Financial, has spent 35 years in the industry watching the difference come down to strategy, not effort. In this episode, you'll learn: -Why avoiding your own business numbers is costing you more than you think (the "fat girl, get on the scale" moment) -The three life events that leave women solely responsible for their finances, and how to prepare before they happen -Why entrepreneurs need to treat their own savings as a cost of doing business, not an optional extra -The three rules of the money game most people were never taught: how your debt is structured, how your income is taxed and why timing risk is real -What legacy actually means when the money runs out, the stories, the values and the memories you build now -If you've been grinding without a plan, or you've handed off the money decisions to someone else and hoped it'll work out, this one's for you. Learn more about Rebecca: https://blueskyefinancial.com/ Watch episodes in YouTube: https://youtu.be/F-_wSSDs73U Want to be a guest? Hit "Get Interviewed" at https://journeytolegacypodcast.com

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  Episode #154

  Financial Planning Ignores 25% of Adults | Scott Barnes, CFP, Childfree Wealth | JTL 154

  Jul 23, 202645 min

  Scott Barnes spent 25 years inside traditional financial planning before he realized the entire model was built on one assumption: that you will have children, and that the point of building wealth is to hand it over. Roughly 25% of US adults are childfree. There is no chapter in the financial planning curriculum for them. Not a module, not a paragraph. Scott is a advisor at Childfree Insights, working exclusively with childfree clients across all 50 states. He joins Wayne to unpack what actually changes when nobody is waiting at the end of the handover, and why it is a mechanical difference rather than a sensitivity one. In this episode: -Childfree vs childless, and why the planning conversation is different -The missing curriculum: why advisor training has nothing on clients without children -Why 80% of Childfree Wealth clients had never worked with an advisor before -Die with zero, and giving while you are alive instead of leaving it behind -The assets under management problem nobody talks about-Retiring before 60, the taxable brokerage bridge, Rule of 55 and 72(t) -Why power of attorney matters more than a will if you are childfree -The mistake of naming your own parents on your documents-Solo agers, long term care and the professional fiduciary -Pets, pet trusts and care documents-The gardener and the rose for childfree couples -Legacy as something you build today, not after you are gone If this made you rethink what legacy means, share it with one person who needs to hear it. Learn more about Scott's work at Childfree Insights: https://childfreetrust.com/ More from Journey to Legacy: https://journeytolegacy.org/ Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/EUCigoc0FP4Subscribe for more conversations on building a legacy you actually get to see.

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