A heart attack at his daughter’s wedding forced Craig Weston to face a question most people avoid until it’s too late: Who am I really living for?

In this episode of American Masterminds, Craig shares how a near-death experience shattered the pressure-driven identity he had built and led him into a deeper life of purpose, service, emotional honesty, and peace. What followed was not just recovery, but a complete redefinition of what success means.

What you’ll hear in this episode:

- How a life-threatening heart event exposed the cost of stress and false identity

- The question from his cardiologist that changed the course of his life

- Why purpose became simpler, stronger, and more honest through adversity

- How service, vulnerability, and gratitude rebuilt his relationships

- What it means to leave behind a legacy that says, “He served”

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Helpful Resources Mentioned:

- Personal purpose refinement exercise

- Daily gratitude text practice

- Personal core values framework

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What happens when the life you were building no longer fits who you are becoming?

In Episode 77 of American Masterminds, Cody Wayne Jay and Zane Young share the pressure, setbacks, and hard decisions that shaped Triad Peak. This is a conversation about more than business. It is about identity, brotherhood, responsibility, and what it looks like to build something real after adversity forces you to wake up.

Cody and Zane are the owners of Triad Peak, a custom metal fabrication company focused on railings, staircases, and architectural statement pieces. In this episode, they open up about burnout, getting fired, losing a business partner, rebuilding trust, and learning how to turn craftsmanship into service. Their story is rooted in blue-collar work, emotional honesty, and the kind of leadership that only comes through lived experience.

- How burnout, overwork, and instability pushed them into clarity

- Why brotherhood and trust became the foundation of the business

- The shift from chasing security to taking responsibility

- What it means to build craftsmanship that serves families and homes

- Why mentorship matters for men, business owners, and the next generation

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Connect with Triad Peak

Website: https://www.triad-peak.com/

Facebook: @codywayne.jay

Facebook: @zane.young.18

Triad Peak offers custom metal fabrication, including railings, staircases, architectural structures, and mixed-medium statement pieces for residential and commercial spaces.

Helpful Resources Mentioned

Blue Collar Connect

Do Work University

Grant Cardone

Dave Sparks / Heavy D

Men’s retreats and brotherhood spaces

#AmericanMasterminds #TriadPeak #IdentityShift #Leadership #Resilience #BlueCollarLeadership #Entrepreneurship #Brotherhood #Responsibility #Adversity

Some seasons of life don’t feel busy.

They feel misaligned.

You’re saying yes to everything. Carrying responsibility. Showing up for everyone else. And somewhere along the way you start asking a harder question: Is this actually who I’m supposed to be?

In Episode 76 of American Masterminds, coach Kate Strong returns to talk about identity, alignment, and the moment when a person realizes the model that got them here won’t take them any further.

Kate shares the framework behind her Clarity Code, a process designed to help people understand their strengths, values, and emotional patterns so they can stop living outside their wiring.

This conversation moves beyond surface-level self-improvement and into the deeper work of leadership, parenting, relationships, and personal responsibility.

Because clarity isn’t just about purpose.

It’s about living in alignment with who you actually are.

In This Episode

• Why so many successful people feel out of alignment

• How understanding your strengths changes leadership and parenting

• The role values play in difficult life decisions

• Emotional regulation as the foundation of maturity

• Why burnout often comes from living outside your natural wiring

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Connect With Kate Strong

Website: https://katestrongworld.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/katestrongworld/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kate.brotherson

Kate is the creator of The Clarity Code, a self-discovery framework designed to help individuals understand their personal blueprint—strengths, values, emotional patterns, and decision-making style. Through coaching, workshops, and transformational experiences, she helps people reconnect with their inner compass and live in alignment with their identity.

Helpful Resources

CliftonStrengths Assessment https://www.gallup.com/cliftonstrengths

The Enneagram Personality Framework https://www.enneagraminstitute.com

Other frameworks discussed in this episode:

• DISC personality model

• Human Design

• Internal Family Systems (parts work)

• Nervous system regulation tools

• Values-based decision frameworks

#AmericanMasterminds #Identity #Resilience #Leadership #SelfAwareness #PersonalGrowth #EmotionalMaturity #InnerWork