Connor Hassoun built his own conference at 23 years old and turned his keynote into FORGE, an acronym for Faith, Obsession, Resilience, Gratitude, and Endurance. On this episode of The Drive, Craig sits down with Connor to unpack that talk piece by piece and dig into what it actually takes to build something from nothing.

They cover stories that stick with you: a brother training basketball drills alone in the snow at midnight, the true story behind Lone Survivor, a 1,000 pushup challenge on top of a 14,000 foot mountain, and a conversation with his son that changed how he defines "the greatest day of your life." It's a real conversation about faith, purpose, obsession, and what separates the people who finish from the people who just start. Subscribe to The Drive for more.

Craig Harvey breaks down his P.A.T.H. framework, passion, attitude, teamwork, honor, using stories from raising his son, building a company from scratch, and watching Jack Nicklaus visualize a Masters win before it happened. He gets real about controlling your own attitude instead of blaming everyone else for it, and why the people around you either build you up or quietly drain you dry.

Then it gets personal: the story of Alfred Nobel reading his own obituary while still alive, realizing the world saw him as a merchant of death, and rebuilding his entire legacy from there. This episode is about the path you're actually on versus the one you think you're on, and what it takes to close that gap.

Craig Harvey built one of the largest final expense insurance brokerages in the country, and for his 50th birthday, he finally gets grilled about how he did it. His business partner Jordan flips the script and puts him in the hot seat, digging into the trailer parks, the broken bones on the football field, and the week he got fired and had almost nothing left. From there it's a straight line to a company doing nine figures a year, told with zero filter.

Harvey doesn't hold back on what it actually took. He breaks down why he'd rather hire someone hungry and broke than someone comfortable, why trust can't be taught no matter how badly you want it, and how he turned public criticism into fuel instead of letting it get in his head. Then it gets real: he talks about the money he made and the family time he can't get back, and what he's actually afraid of after building an empire and surviving every setback along the way.

This isn't a polished highlight reel. It's a raw, unfiltered conversation between two guys who've been through it all together, with real talk on leadership, regret, and what it costs to build something this big.

Ever notice how some people have all the talent in the world and still find a way to blow it? This episode gets into why that happens and what separates the ones who actually make it from the ones who keep falling back into the same traps: giving up too soon, screwing up once success brings new temptations, refusing to keep looking up to mentors, and never growing up enough to handle what they've built.

Craig Harvey sits down with Evan Proch for a real conversation about what actually worked for them and what almost took them out. They talk mentors who wouldn't let them quit, mistakes that cost them, and the moments that forced them to finally grow up.

If you've got the talent and the know-how but can't seem to break through, this one's for you. It's all about sticking around long enough to actually win.

The advice that sold a million books and launched a thousand motivational posters might also be the worst career advice you ever took to heart.

Joseph Campbell famously told people to follow their bliss, but later admitted he got it wrong. People took it to mean chase what's easy and comfortable. What he really meant was find something worth the struggle. That idea becomes "follow your blisters" and it turns into one of the most practical frameworks for business growth you'll hear on The Drive.

We cover the four types of business blisters (physical, emotional, psychological, and skill-based), the three ways people mismanage them, and the action plan to turn blisters into calluses. Along the way I share a brutal blister story from playing golf barefoot at Carnoustie, Blair owns up to a six-figure mistake from avoiding confrontation, and we get into the story of Demosthenes, the ancient Athenian orator who trained himself to speak with rocks in his mouth. If you've been avoiding the hard conversations, the hustle, or the skill gaps in your business, this episode gives you a blueprint to lean in and build the calluses that make you the leader people want to follow.

Balance Is Bullshit | The Drive ft. Max Graham

Chasing balance while trying to grow is a losing game, and this episode gets into why.

Max Graham has been to 73 countries, all seven continents, and built a serious career in life insurance before 40. Not by doing everything at once, but by going all in during the seasons that called for it and accepting the cost of that.

This conversation gets into why chasing balance during a season of growth is quietly killing your results, what it actually costs to build something real, and how to think about sacrifice so it has a finish line instead of just an open tab.

If you've been half in and wondering why nothing's moving, this one's worth your time.

What separates people who succeed once from people who stay successful? The answer might be simpler than you think.

Craig Harvey sits down with 29-year-old Connor Elzerman, who earned $630,000 last year and is on track to hit his first million, to break down the six habits he tracks every single day to stay at the top of his game.

In this episode, they get into why sleep is part of the grind (not a reward for it), how your bank statement reveals your real priorities, why most people are measuring the wrong things entirely, and what it actually takes to build a pipeline that prints.

This one's packed with real talk, real numbers, and a framework you can start using today.

Topics covered:

• Sleep and exercise as performance tools
• Numerical tracking vs. chasing results
• Financial deposits and what they reveal
• How to coach someone whose goals don't match their habits
• Building a recruiting pipeline that compounds over time

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Welcome back to The Drive. This episode is a little different. I recently gave this talk at a convention in Mexico and got so many comments on it that I had to bring it here. It's about something most driven people never slow down long enough to think about: the relationship between where you are and where you're trying to go.

We're all chasing a "there." A bigger income, a nicer house, a better version of ourselves. And I'm not telling you to stop chasing it. But what I've learned after building the dream home, growing the car collection, and hitting goals I once thought were impossible, is that there has a funny way of turning into here. You arrive, look around, and it's still you. Same voids, same restlessness, just a different zip code.

What I wish someone had told me earlier is that who you're becoming along the way matters more than the destination itself. Because there comes fast, and if you haven't put in the work here, you'll visit it but you won't own it. This episode is about learning to appreciate where you are, preparing for where you're going, and understanding that your here is trying to teach you something you'll need once you get there.