What if the success you worked so hard to build is the very thing making you feel stuck?

In this episode of Show Your Value, Lee Benson sits down with Whitney Johnson, bestselling author of Smart Growth and one of the leading voices on personal disruption, growth, and leadership.

Whitney explains why high achievers often become restless after reaching mastery, why starting something new feels so uncomfortable, and why comfort can quietly turn into stagnation. She breaks down the S-curve of growth, how to know when it is time to jump to a new curve, and why people, teams, and companies stop growing when they stop being challenged.

Lee and Whitney also discuss why employees do not always want promotions as much as they want growth, how leaders can create environments where people run toward challenge, and why the strongest organizations are built by developing people before they plateau.

This conversation is for founders, executives, parents, and high performers who look successful from the outside but know they are ready for another level of growth.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

• Why successful people can quietly become miserable
• How the S-curve explains growth, boredom, and reinvention
• Why mastery can become a trap
• The real reason starting over feels so uncomfortable
• How leaders can keep their best people growing
• Why comfort is not the same as fulfillment

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Did you know that 70% of men report feeling deeply lonely, and over 85% say they don’t have a single "3 a.m. friend" they could call in a true emergency?

In this episode of Show Your Value, Lee Benson sits down with Larry Hagner, founder of The Dad Edge, author, and host of a 1,500+ episode podcast movement. Larry shares his powerful journey from a chaotic, broken childhood to breaking generational cycles and mastering what it actually means to show up as a husband, father, and leader.

If you feel like you are "winging it" in your marriage or parenting, or if you've felt the slow, silent pull of "the drift" taking over your life, this conversation is your blueprint to get back on track.

What You’ll Learn in This Episode:

• The 3 Components of the Marriage Drift: Why only 12% of couples stay happily fulfilled while the other 88% slip into "roommate syndrome" or complete disconnection.
• The Lone Wolf Fallacy: Why going at it alone is a death sentence for a man's growth and how to build a true pack.
• The Power of Generative Questions: How changing your internal and external vocabulary from "Why can't I?" to "How might I?" completely rewires your brain for solutions.
• The Psychological Safety Framework: The exact 3 questions Larry asks his kids every single day to build unbreakable trust (and how to handle their failures without blame, shame, or pain).
• Filtering Fear: How Team Hagner turned the chaos of 2020 into a 100-photo mural of family adventures by choosing a lens of opportunity over a lens of fear.

Connect with Larry Hagner & Get His Free Resources:

• Podcast: The Dad Edge Podcast (Available on all major platforms)
• For Your Marriage: Get the 25 Intimate Conversation Starters PDF at thedadedge.com/25questions
• For Your Kids: Crack the code with teenagers and young kids using the Questions for the Car PDF at thedadedge.com/kidquests

Connect with Show Your Value:

• Subscribe to the channel for more interviews on optimizing your emotional energy, health, and value-creation strategy.
• Leave a comment: What is your biggest takeaway from Larry's story today?

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Businesses do not die. Founders quit.

In this masterclass, we pulled twenty of the most impactful moments from seven incredible guests and packed them into one honest episode.

This is the unvarnished truth on what it actually takes to scale a company, lead through deliberate discomfort, and avoid the traps that destroy CEOs.

You will learn why high-performing teams actually report more mistakes.
You will find out why bad news is acceptable while surprises are fatal.

Featuring insights from:
* Noel Massie
* Adam Callinan
* Mark Crowley
* David Burkus
* Kass and Mike Lazerow
* Luke Peters
* Neri Karra Sillaman

If you are serious about building a business that lasts, this episode is your blueprint. Hit subscribe so you never miss an episode of Show Your Value.

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