JoBen Barkey grew up in the Amazon rainforest and arrived in North America at eighteen with fifteen dollars and a borrowed pair of shoes. What followed is hard to believe: a six-location business, a kidney given to a dying stranger, and schools, wells, and an underground ambulance built in a West African war zone — all while surviving homelessness and a COVID collapse. This is part one: the cost, the calling, and the people who carried him.

Chapters

00:00 Cold Open

02:26 $15 and Borrowed Shoes — Leaving the Amazon

05:33 Growing Up in the Jungle

17:14 Brett's Box of Clothes

24:46 Rwanda — “You Just Loved Me”

27:29 Cameroon: Wells, Farming, Taxis

34:45 Innocent, the Freed Prisoner

42:45 The Physical Rock Bottom

54:32 Two Rock Bottoms — What to Take Away

01:01:13 How to Help / Close

About the Guest

JoBen Barkey is an entrepreneur and philanthropist who spent his first 18 years in the Amazon. Through his B7 nonprofit, funded by his businesses, he supports schools, wells, agriculture, a pharmacy, a taxi service, and a prison ministry across nine villages in Cameroon, and projects in Peru.

Connect with the Guest

• Give / learn more: b7family.com (100% of donations go overseas)
• YouTube: Better Together B7
• Instagram: @onekidneyadventures

Mkristo Bruce made it to the NFL — and still found himself broke on the side of the road, walking home to a son who was hungry. In this episode, he takes us into the night that became his compass, and the vow that built everything after it: a thriving business, a cockpit of his own, and a son now in flight school. Will, grit, desire, love — made real, scene by scene.

ABOUT THE GUEST

Mkristo “MK” Bruce was an All-American defensive end at Washington State (29.5 career sacks, third in school history) who went on to the Miami Dolphins, Oakland Raiders, and Jacksonville Jaguars. After football he managed the #1 Cadillac-Buick-GMC store in Washington, then became Branch Manager at Guild Mortgage in Maple Valley — producing $24M and earning President’s Club in his first year. He’s also a private pilot with roughly 620 hours, a Beech Bonanza owner, and the father of a son now in flight school.

CHAPTERS

0:00 - "Daddy, I'm hungry": the night on the side of the road

3:14 - One NFL game, and the cost of the dream

10:37 - Jacksonville: "Always be ready"

14:51 - When is enough, enough?

22:23 - The coach who refused to give up

27:24 - The pivot: cars to mortgage, and his wife's trust

40:03 - Aviation, his son, and flying together

50:02 - Attitude, effort, and the legacy he's building

CONNECT WITH THE GUEST

• Guild Mortgage: branches.guildmortgage.com/wa/maplevalley/mkristo-bruce-654-tcmbr.html
• Team Bruce: teambrucemortgage.com
• Instagram: @mkristo.bruce

Trevor McGregor had it all on the line — his savings, his retirement, even the second mortgage his parents took out on their family home. Then the business imploded, and he lost everything. In this episode, Trevor takes Alan inside rock bottom, the friend who told him “the inside of the jar can’t read the outside of the label,” the coach whose single question rebuilt his life, and the road from the edge of foreclosure to more than 45,000 coaching sessions.

Chapters

00:00 The Comeback Begins 02:12 Trevor's Early Journey 04:10 Losing Everything 08:23 Rock Bottom 09:20 The Power of Mentorship 11:15 Real Estate Breakthrough 14:29 Paying Back Family 15:47 Hard Lessons Learned 16:43 The Butterfly Effect 17:39 Beating Imposter Syndrome 22:12 Coaching with Tony Robbins 23:08 From Self Doubt to Confidence 26:48 One Question That Changes Everything 33:17 Lisa Changed Everything 37:44 Winning Through Crisis 38:48 The Law of Polarity 40:15 Never Give Up 42:13 From Broke to Billions 46:04 Becoming Your Best Self 49:40 Start Your Hero's Journey

About the guest

Trevor McGregor, known as “Coach T.,” is the founder of Trevor McGregor International and one of the most-booked high-performance coaches in the world. A former Master Platinum Coach inside Tony Robbins’ organization, he has completed more than 45,000 one-to-one coaching sessions with clients across the globe, including investors whose portfolios total billions. He lives a life of travel and family with his wife Leesa and their three sons.

Connect with the guest

• Website: TrevorMcGregor.com
• LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/trevor-mcgregor-93375862
• Instagram: @iamcoachtrevor
• YouTube: @TrevorMcGregor