What if the difference between being stuck and moving forward is learning how to create options?

In this episode of The Spiritual Speakeasy, Brian sits down with Thax Turner, Vice President at Shamrock Foods, for a grounded conversation about discipline, identity, forgiveness, and building a life when you start with very little.

Thax shares his journey from a childhood marked by instability, scarcity, and free lunch lines to leadership in corporate America — not as a highlight reel, but as a study in mindset, daily rituals, and personal responsibility.

This episode explores what Thax calls the “immigrant mindset” — the ability to turn hardship into fuel — and why success is less about talent and more about consistency, forgiveness, and creating options where none seem to exist.

In this episode, we explore:

• Growing up without stability and learning resilience early

• Why discipline creates freedom, not restriction

• The immigrant mindset and internal grit

• Creating options instead of waiting for them

• Forgiving yourself as a leadership skill

• Why everyone has a backstory you can’t see

• Daily rituals that compound over time
  

This conversation is about self-responsibility without shame — and hope without illusion.

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