The Root of All Success with The Real Jason Duncan
The Real Jason Duncan
Welcome to The Root of All Success with The Real Jason Duncan—a podcast where I uncover the real stories behind today's most successful entrepreneurs, creatives, athletes, artists, and leaders. In every episode, I dive deep into honest, unfiltered conversations that reveal how these trailblazers define success, overcome challenges, and craft transformative strategies to excel in their industries. I'm not just your host—I'm an entrepreneur behind 12 thriving ventures and the founder of The Exiter Club, a mastermind community dedicated to living #TheExitLifestyle. I built XOS™ (The Exiter Operating System) to empower business owners to transition from the daily grind to becoming strategic owner-investors, creating a life that blends professional achievement with personal fulfillment. Based in Nashville, Tennessee, my journey—from an 8th-grade history teacher to a serial entrepreneur—has been fueled by a passion for authentic success. Outside of my business interests, you'll find me enjoying motorcycle rides, RV adventures, and cherishing everyday moments with my high school sweetheart of 30 years and our two grown children. My life, both personal and professional, is guided by unwavering faith in Jesus. Tune in on all major podcast platforms and YouTube for actionable insights, fresh perspectives, and inspirational stories that can spark your own journey toward balanced success. And if you’re feeling overwhelmed or burnt out in your business, visit businessburnouttest.com to take our Business Burnout Test and get personalized recommendations to reignite your passion and transform your life.
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Oct 11, 2021 • 1h 3min
038: The Fastest Way to Learn ft. Stephen Scoggins
Today's guest is Stephen Scoggins, a highly successful, multi-million-dollar serial entrepreneur who is not only a best-selling author, but also the creator of Transform U, a proprietary Life Mastery System dedicated to coaching Fortune 500 leaders, professional athletes, entertainers, hardworking individuals, and everyone in between. In order to help each of his clients accelerate their progress, Stephen uses his three decades of setbacks, failures, breakdowns, losses, successes, and comebacks he has faced in his journey to help those in need. His leadership has been featured nationally in EO Fire, Forbes, Entrepreneur, Thrive Global, Grit Daily, New York Wire, PR News Wire, Haughty Living, NBC, ABC, Evan Carmichael's Top 10, and many more. Watch now and learn how Stephen works to create success and what variety of tools he uses, including social outreach, national media, and transformational live events. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review & share! https://therealjasonduncan.com/podcast/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 7, 2021 • 59min
037: The Strategy to Outsell Your Competition ft. Lucas Robinson
Lucas Robinson is a great example of how far you can go with enough endurance, passion, and perseverance. His entrepreneurial spirit was first discovered in 1997, when he opened his first shaved ice cart at the age of 16. The week after graduating high school, Lucas spoke with the store manager of a local Lowe’s and offered to sell shaved ice out front. Then one year later, he went to Walmart's headquarters and offered the same deal. By 2004, Lucas decided to expand his location and traveled to Puerto Rico, only to learn within an hour of arriving that street vendors were selling shaved ice for $3.75 less. By 2005, Lucas came up with a concept for selling mailboxes door to door, which only took one day to plan. He would begin to print out mailboxes from Lowe’s online catalogue and offer businesses to sell and install them. The first day, a customer said yes and netted him a $100 profit on a $200 sale, which ultimately led to him continuing his mailbox business. He and his wife worked day and night due to the non-stop work, sometimes not even leaving their condo for weeks at a time. As a result of the financial collapse, in 2008, the mailbox business was slowing down. Watch now and learn how Lucas and his wife were able to pivot out of the mailbox industry and reach high levels of success.Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review & share! https://therealjasonduncan.com/podcast/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 4, 2021 • 1h 5min
036: Taking Advantage of Your Unique Perspective ft. Blake McCall
Blake C. McCall started his career in sales by working in the business machines, software, and telecommunications industry. Since working with big companies like Seattle Mariners, Oakland Athletics, Pizza Hut, Granite Construction, and Volunteers of America, Blake utilized his knowledge and became self-employed for 4 years before deciding to do something completely different. In 2017, he received an offer to take over the nationally recognized salon and spa, Joseph Cozza Salon. Which has since been recognized by “Leading Salons of the World”, being the second salon in San Francisco to be awarded. It was also featured in Kerastase’s “Top 100 Salons” in the world for 3 consecutive years, along with being recognized as the “Best Place to Work” in San Francisco. Two years later, Blake took over a salon in Granite Bay, CA. and by 2020, successfully rebranded his stores to Blake Charles Salon. Watch now and discover how Blake was able to make the transition from sales to salons without ever losing money or hope.Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review & share! https://therealjasonduncan.com/podcast/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 30, 2021 • 53min
035: Practicing Consistency to Achieve Perfection ft. The Biz Bros
Our first two-person guest is here to talk about their incredible story of how they became successful media growth specialists. While preparing for the opportunity to become professional soccer players, they realized a job would be needed to help fund their journey, as well as make a large impact in the world. Since a typical job was not an option, the Bros made numerous business attempts such as stickers, t-shirts, ebooks library, social media marketing, and videography. It wasn’t until they noticed an interest in books, podcasts, and events, leading them to the discovery of content. With the lessons they learned from helping successful entrepreneurs build content, the Biz Bros have built their own "Content Machine" to guide others in creating value-packed assets to increase their audience and achieve success. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review & share! https://therealjasonduncan.com/podcast/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 27, 2021 • 56min
034: Doing What It Takes to Live a Successful Life ft. Erik Peterson
Erik Peterson is one of those entrepreneurs whose determination and spirit is almost contagious. Erik has been active in the real estate business for the last 18 years, with a majority of those years having been with Sequoia Equities, a multifamily real estate investment firm with over $4.2B of assets under management. Erik has acquired approximately $2.5B in assets and over 9000 units, while also working as principal of Equity Consultants Real Estate, an investment firm which invests in retail, land, mobile home parks, multifamily, office, and other financial products. Erik Peterson is a founding partner of Granite Oak Capital, which is a firm focused on mid-stage private equity investments, and is also currently a licensed real estate broker in the State of California, Oregon, and Washington. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review & share! https://therealjasonduncan.com/podcast/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 23, 2021 • 1h 4min
033: You're So Close to Being Your Best Self ft. David Wood
David Wood is an interesting and experienced entrepreneur who worked as Consulting Actuary for major Fortune 100 companies including Sony Music, Chanel, and Exxon. David left 20 years ago to build the world's largest coaching business, and has since then become #1 on Google for "life coaching", serving an audience of 150,000 coaches, and coaching thousands of hours in 12 countries around the globe. After having survived a full collapse of his paraglider and a fractured spine, witnessing the death of his sister at age seven, and managing his severe anxiety and depression, David has learned what it takes to survive, and live a full intentional life. He is the author of "Get Paid For Who You Are," with foreword by Jack Canfield. He was nominated to the Transformational Leadership Council alongside such thought leaders as Don Miguel Ruiz, John Gray, and Marianne Williamson. Watch now and learn how you can live to your full potential, and what it truly means to live without regret. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review & share! https://therealjasonduncan.com/podcast/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 20, 2021 • 57min
032: When the Why Get Bigger, the How Becomes Easy ft. Brett Swarts
Today’s guest is Brett Swarts, one of the most well-rounded Capital Gains Tax Deferral Experts in the nation. He is also a top informative speaker, Founder of Capital Gains Tax Solutions and host of the Capital Gains Tax Solutions podcast. Each year, he equips hundreds of high net worth business professionals with the DST tool to help their high net worth clients with topics like divesting from a business, cryptocurrency, highly appreciated stock, and investing in real estate. He is also an active commercial real estate broker and investor with brokerage experience and ownership in multifamily, senior housing, retail, medical office, and mixed-use properties. With over $190,000,000 in closed commercial real estate brokerage and Deferred Sales Trust transactions, Brett knows everything about business from strategy to tax, and is eager to pass on the knowledge. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review & share! https://therealjasonduncan.com/podcast/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 16, 2021 • 59min
031: Reviving Your Business without Sacrifice ft. Mitch Russo
Today's guest is Mitch Russo, an extremely successful entrepreneur with years of wisdom and experience that dates back to 1978 with no signs of slowing down. After working as an Electrical Engineer at Digital Equipment Corp, Mitch migrated to application engineering for Mostek (a semiconductor company) and then entered the software business as the founder of Timeslips Corp (sold to Sage Pie) after creating the largest network of Certified Consultants in the software industry, including huge companies like Intuit Corp. After selling his company and becoming COO of Sage Pie, he found himself involved in the VC community, and even became CEO of the largest furniture shopping site; FurnitureFan.com. As a CEO Advisor, sometimes to several companies at the same time, he participated in many different business types, solving many diverse types of problems in sales organizations, leading him to become a mentor and coach, helping numerous business owners and entrepreneurs reach success. He is also the CEO/President of Tony Robbins and Chet Holmes Business Breakthroughs joint venture which he grew to $25 million-plus per year, to then becoming an author and writing The Invisible Organization. Love the show?Subscribe, rate, review & share! https://therealjasonduncan.com/podcast/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 13, 2021 • 1h 9min
030: Your Ego (Everyone’s Greatest Obstacle) ft. Anthony Trucks
Anthony Trucks is the product of overcoming numerous obstacles and tribulations and shifting his identity to fit his goals, landing himself in the successful position he is in today. This former NFL Athlete, American Ninja Warrior on NBC, international speaker, host of the Aww Shift podcast, and the founder of Identity Shift coaching has faced extreme adversity since childhood. After being given away into foster care at 3 years old, being adopted into an all white family at 14, losing his NFL career to injury and more he learned how to shift at a very young age, and now his life mission is teaching others how to Make Shift Happen in their lives. Using science and psychology, Trucks has mastered the art of helping others advance themselves in their own journey. Watch now and learn what tricks and tips Anthony has picked up along his eventful and challenging life. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review & share! https://therealjasonduncan.com/podcast/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 2, 2021 • 1h 8min
029: Perseverance Is Your Key to the Top ft. Greg Kimble
Greg Kimble is one of those entrepreneurs who wears many hats and still manages to live a successful lifestyle. As a teenager, he got his start in the music industry as a singer/songwriter. Quickly realizing he wanted to do more than sing, Greg went on to become a producer, engineer, performer, speaker, educator, and business owner. While acknowledging his own creativity, Kimble also attributes his success to him being a "perseverance expert", as he has persevered through every obstacle in his life including a divorce and ultimately ending up homeless. However these obstacles are never large enough to stop Greg, as he has the passion to grow stronger each time. Kimble is the Chairman of the Board of KMGLife Inc., a multi-media company and music production school widely known as KMG Academy, and the CEO of The Final Percent, a leadership growth course that teaches students and leaders the skills of career development. Watch now and learn how you can make the most out of every opportunity and what tips Greg has picked up along the way, including finding your X-potential. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review & share! https://therealjasonduncan.com/podcast/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
