A guy I met in the sauna asked me a simple question this week. So did the cashier at Wawa—different people, different conversations — same lesson.

If you're feeling stuck, stranded, or stalled in any part of your life, you don't need a pep talk. You need more leads. More opportunity. More open doors are knocking on your day.

Today, I'm walking you through what I saw this week, why this is the number one problem for every business owner I coach, and why it's quietly running your personal life too.

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Regina was behind the counter at Wawa. I'd seen her smile and chat with the woman in front of me — Gatorade and a family-size bag of M&Ms for breakfast — and I was hoping I'd get the same warmth.

Then we got talking. About complaining the right way. About my church. About helping leadership grow.

She leaned over, wrote something on a scrap of paper, and handed it to me. Her name. Her phone number. She's an interior designer too, working the cash register. If the church needed help, she said, call.

I walked out smiling. She just generated a lead — at the cash register, before 9 a.m.

Important Points

Every business has the same number one problem. No leads, no business — and no business owner actually likes the work.

If you feel stuck in your life, you don't need a strategy. You need more opportunities — more leads — in front of you.

Get out of your own head. Find a place where you can strike up real conversations — your next lead is sitting there.

Memorable Quotes

If you let your life be ruled by what other people think, your life isn't good. That's the truth, in business and out.

If you can't generate your own opportunity in business, you probably shouldn't be in business. Find something else.

Everything you want in life is virtually automatic once we figure out what excites you, and you just stay close to it.

Scott's Three-Step Approach

First, clear the chaos out of your head — get grounded, get quiet, and let your mind wander until an idea sparks.

Then take that spark out into the real world — into a gym, a sauna, a Wawa line — and start a genuine conversation.

Finally, follow the lead that shows up — even when it surprises you — and let it pull you toward your next opportunity.

Chapters

0:38 - The Tuesday show after Monday's Stoic ramble

1:21 - Why I keep going to the gym for the conversations

3:16 - The number one problem in every business I coach

5:47 - My friend from Nepal pitches the network marketing line

9:48 - Regina behind the Wawa counter changes my morning

13:50 - Opportunity is what America actually runs on

14:47 - Make crap up until something excites you again

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