Most people do not lose money because they cannot earn it. They lose it because they built a lifestyle that assumes their best year will last forever. You make 10 million. Five years later you are making 1 million. But nothing adjusted. The house stayed the same. The spending stayed the same. The expectations stayed the same. That is not living above your means. That is living above your future. In this conversation, we break down why sustainability is harder than success and why high income does not guarantee long income. The real question is not can you make it. It is can you sustain it. If your income dropped by 50 percent tomorrow, would your lifestyle survive? Drop your thoughts below.

Everybody celebrates the first win. Nobody prepares you for the reset. The money comes in. The big year happens. The breakthrough hits. Then the clock resets… and you’re back at zero. This isn’t about making money once. It’s about whether you have the systems, skill, and psychology to build it again without momentum carrying you. In this clip, we unpack why sustaining success is mentally harder than achieving it. If everything reset tomorrow, would you trust your ability… or your past momentum? Drop your thoughts below.

Get your tickets to Podcast Summit '26 👇🏾 Discount Code - "Summit26" 👇🏾 https://podcastsummit.com 👆🏾👆🏾👆🏾👆🏾👆🏾👆🏾👆🏾👆🏾👆🏾👆🏾👆🏾👆🏾👆🏾 Most entrepreneurs think high income equals wealth. It doesn’t. In this episode, we break down the uncomfortable truth: Revenue is not security. Cash flow is not freedom. And one good year doesn’t make you wealthy. We unpack: Why high-earning entrepreneurs still go broke The difference between income and assets Lifestyle inflation and the “flex trap” Why your revenue resets to zero every year How to build a financial baseline that pays you back The real reason celebrities and founders still “have to work” Why reinvention is necessary for long-term success If your business stopped tomorrow… Would you still get paid? This conversation is about turning active income into long-term wealth — and building something that outlives your hustle. Whether you're a 6-figure founder, scaling to 7 figures, or just getting momentum, this episode will challenge how you think about money, growth, and stability. Because income can disappear. Assets don’t.

We say we care about leadership. We say we care about the community. We say we care about the diaspora. But when global policies affect Black people across multiple nations… who decides if it’s worth our attention? Who decides what becomes a movement? Who decides what gets a press conference? Who decides what stays quiet? If we call ourselves African American… does that responsibility stop at the American border? Or does leadership require something bigger? Maybe the real shift isn’t louder leadership. Maybe it’s broader leadership. Roundtable thinking. Global consciousness. Shared responsibility. Because the world is shrinking. And if we’re building global brands in a global marketplace… Shouldn’t our awareness be global too?

We’ve been conditioned to wait for permission. Wait for the award. Wait for the cosign. Wait for somebody outside the culture to say it’s valuable. Meanwhile, we’ll buy luxury without questioning it. No suspicion. No negotiation. No “can you do better on the price?” But when it’s one of our own building something? Suddenly we need proof. Discounts. Third-party approval. What would change if we affirmed excellence before the world told us it was excellent? Drop your honest answer in the comments.

90% of content creators make less than $10,000 a year. Not per month. Per year. That’s the part nobody puts on the vision board. The algorithm is not your business model. Ad revenue is not guaranteed. Followers are not income. Massive, consistent attention is required just to make crumbs. Miss the consistency and the money disappears. The creators who last aren’t chasing views. They’re building a path. If your page went viral tomorrow, where would you send people? Watch the full episode

You’re not burnt out from creating content. You’re burnt out because it’s not converting. There are two types of creators: The ones chasing attention. And the ones building leverage. If you don’t have something to sell, your content becomes emotional labor. You post. You get likes. You get comments. And nothing changes. Content is a tool. A hammer isn’t impressive by itself. It’s only valuable if it builds something. So what is your content building? Because viral and broke is not a flex. Watch the full episode.

🤔 Are you expecting loyalty from people you’ve never trusted? We love to talk about loyalty. We test people. We watch them. We wait to see what they’ll do. But loyalty doesn’t grow in suspicion. It grows in trust. Guarding your heart is wisdom. Closing your heart is fear. There’s a difference. Some people don’t betray you. They just never get close enough to you to even try.

At some point, many of us made a decision: “I’m not doing that again.” “I’m not crying again.” “I’m not letting that hurt me again.” And we kept that promise. Now everything feels like frustration. Like irritation. Like focus. But what if you didn’t become stronger… What if you just became numb? If you can’t access sadness, can you really say you healed? Be honest with yourself. When was the last time you actually felt it?

Everybody can get the information. Very few get access. There’s a difference between being open and being exposed. Transparency is what you share. Vulnerability is what can hurt you. And if someone has ever weaponized your pain, you learn real quick that access is a privilege. Just because someone is close to you does not mean they’ve earned your soft side. Trust is proven. Who actually has access to the real you?

🤔 What’s something you didn’t realize was a weakness until you leveled up? The higher you go, the more you discover what you couldn’t see before. You don’t outgrow blind spots. You grow into new ones. That’s why community matters. That’s why correction matters. That’s why isolation is dangerous. If no one can point something out to you, you’re driving with no blind spot detection. Watch the full episode on YouTube ▶️ Follow @SocialProofPodcast for conversations that sharpen awareness, not just ambition.

You have parts. A jealous part. An insecure part. An angry part. A loving part. And the truth is, most of the chaos in our relationships and business isn’t about other people. It’s about the parts of us that were never properly cared for. The part that got hurt. The part that shut down. The part that decided “never again.” If you don’t identify which part is driving your decisions… it will quietly run your life. What part of you is actually in control? Watch the full episode and sit with that.

Get your tickets to Podcast Summit '26 👇🏾 Discount Code - "Summit26" 👇🏾 https://podcastsummit.com 👆🏾👆🏾👆🏾👆🏾👆🏾👆🏾👆🏾👆🏾👆🏾👆🏾👆🏾👆🏾👆🏾 Most men don’t struggle with money. They don’t struggle with discipline. They don’t struggle with ambition. They struggle with emotion. In this episode, we unpack what happens when a man decides at 13 years old that he will “never cry again”… and actually keeps that promise for decades. We talk about: • Why most men are living on defense • The difference between transparency and vulnerability • What it really means to “block” an emotion • Why you can’t love from the heart if you’re transacting from the head • The hidden cost of always “staying strong” • Therapy, blind spots, and emotional guardrails • Why vulnerability feels like weakness (but isn’t) This isn’t a business episode. It’s a real conversation about masculinity, growth, marriage, fatherhood, and emotional maturity. Because at some point… The emotional bill comes due. If you’re a man building something — a business, a family, a legacy — this conversation might hit deeper than you expect. Drop a comment: Do you feel like you’re living on defense? Like. Comment. Share. Let’s have the conversation most men avoid.

Preaching is one of the only professions where you don’t need certification. No board exam. No required training. No formal qualification. You can read one scripture, go live, and suddenly you’re someone’s leader. But here’s the question… Is that enough? Is ministry a calling that demands study, discipline, and accountability? Or has it become just another lane for influence? Where should the standard be? Watch the full conversation and tell us what you think.

Some HBCUs are struggling to make payroll. Not the big names everyone posts during homecoming. The smaller schools. The ones holding on quietly. Here’s the uncomfortable truth: 87% of HBCU graduates give nothing back to the schools they attended. We show up for the tailgate. We wear the merch. We repost the nostalgia. But when it’s time to sustain the institution, where is the commitment? After slavery, we didn’t open clubs. We opened colleges. So what are we building now? Watch the full conversation and decide where you stand.

There was a time when movements started in the church. Every night of the Montgomery Bus Boycott, people gathered in a sanctuary. Strategy happened in the pews. Leadership came from the pulpit. Today, when something happens in our culture… Who does the media call first? Why are more Black Americans disconnecting from church? Has the church stepped back or has culture moved forward without it? This isn’t an attack. It’s a real question. Is the church still the conscience of the community? Or has influence shifted somewhere else? Watch the full conversation and decide for yourself.

The Harlem Renaissance happened during the Great Depression. Crisis has always produced culture. The question is… what are we creating right now? When something goes viral, everybody reacts. But are we building anything? Are we producing anything? Or are we just reposting and debating? At what point does satire turn into erosion? At what point does culture stop protecting what it claims is sacred? This isn’t about being sensitive. It’s about standards. Where do you draw the line? Full episode available now.