That Will Nevr Work Podcast

Maurice D. Chism, Sr. | Entrepreneur & Business Strategist
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Inspiration for Dreamers. Strategy for Doers.  Welcome to the That Will Nevr Work Podcast — where purpose-driven entrepreneurs, bold dreamers, and relentless creators come to transform "impossible" into their next breakthrough.  Hosted by Maurice Chism — award-winning podcaster, business strategist, and coach — this podcast is your go-to space for raw conversations, practical wisdom, and stories that defy the odds. Each episode dives into the mindset shifts, business strategies, and real-life lessons behind the journeys of successful entrepreneurs, visionaries, and changemakers who were once told, "That will nevr work."  Whether you're launching a podcast, growing a brand, pivoting careers, or searching for your "why," this show delivers the clarity, courage, and community you need to take your next step with confidence.  And the conversation doesn't stop when the episode ends. The WYN Inner Circle — Maurice's exclusive community on Skool — is where listeners go deeper, connect with other purpose-driven builders, and put the podcast into practice. Real community. Real accountability. Real transformation.  Expect authentic interviews, solo episodes packed with entrepreneurial insight, and powerful reminders that your voice, your idea, and your vision matter. Then bring what you learned into a community that's ready to grow alongside you.  Listen weekly. Join the Inner Circle. And keep moving forward. Because sometimes… the thing they said would never work is exactly what the world needs.   👉 Join the WYN Inner Circle at The WYN Inner Circle Want me to also draft a shorter version for podcast directories with strict character limits, or a social caption version to promote both the show and the community together?

  1. 13h ago

    S7|E28 Receiving Feedback Without Getting Defensive

    Maurice discusses how receiving feedback without defensiveness improves professional growth and leadership. This episode provides strategies for hearing tough truths while maintaining confidence and credibility, crucial for effective communication and team building. Learn why emotional discipline is a leadership skill and how it transforms conflict into clarity.  In This Episode: 00:00 The Threat of Feedback 01:41 Why Feedback Puts Us on Edge 04:13 Feedback as Information, Not Attack 06:32 Why Defensiveness Matters 08:09 Growth vs. Protection in Feedback 09:50 Join the WIN Inner Circle   Key Takeaways:Understand defensiveness as a natural, but costly, reaction to feedback.Separate intent from impact to choose progress over pride.Hear feedback as information to replace conflict with clarity.Build trust and create safer environments by staying composed under critique.Reflect on feedback to distinguish between growth opportunities and protective responses. 🚀 Stop Doubting. Start Moving.  Join The WYN Inner Circle (Skool Community) — where ideas turn into action. 👉 https://bit.ly/WYNInnerCircle Download your FREE guide: 5 Bold Shifts to Silence Doubt and Start Moving 👉 https://bit.ly/5boldshifts 📘 Ready to Go Deeper? Well, Why Not? Workbook 👉 https://bit.ly/authormauricechism Please take our survey: Podtrac Survey #ThatWillNevrWork #SilenceTheDoubt #StartBeforeYoureReady #SkoolCommunity #WellWhyNot #The1DegreeShift

    12 min

  2. 2d ago

    S7|E27 Well, Why Not… Look in the Mirror?

    Do you ever look in the mirror and question if you are truly seeing yourself? Maurice shares his personal journey and challenges with self-honesty, exploring why many avoid confronting their true identities. This episode dives into the emotional struggle of recognizing past selves and the profound impact of external influences on our perception of success and worthiness.   Chapter Summary: 00:00 Seeing Yourself Clearly 03:03 Avoidance is a Silent Agreement 05:29 Fear of Success and External Influence 08:24 Giving 100% and Self-WorthFeatured Quotes:“Awareness always precedes your transformation.” — Maurice“You can’t change what you refuse to acknowledge.” — Maurice“Avoidance is a silent agreement to stay stuck.” — MauriceBehind the Story:Maurice reveals his personal battles with self-perception and the fear of success. He shares an anecdote about a friend avoiding childhood memories and discusses how external factors, like “yes people” and fake support, shaped his own fears of achieving fame. This context sheds light on the internal struggles many face when trying to move forward. 🚀 Stop Doubting. Start Moving.  Join The WYN Inner Circle (Skool Community) — where ideas turn into action. 👉 https://bit.ly/WYNInnerCircle Download your FREE guide: 5 Bold Shifts to Silence Doubt and Start Moving 👉 https://bit.ly/5boldshifts 📘 Ready to Go Deeper? Well, Why Not? Workbook 👉 https://bit.ly/authormauricechism Please take our survey: Podtrac Survey #ThatWillNevrWork #SilenceTheDoubt #StartBeforeYoureReady #SkoolCommunity #WellWhyNot #The1DegreeShift

    11 min

  3. 6d ago

    S7|G30 The Real Reason Your Business Isn't Growing with Eric Dingler

    You've been telling yourself it's a marketing problem. It's a leads problem. It's a money problem. What if the real reason your business isn't growing has nothing to do with any of those things — and everything to do with the one thing you've been avoiding?  In this episode of That Will Nevr Work, Maurice sits down with Eric Dingler — agency owner, leadership coach, digital nomad, and one of the most genuinely unusual entrepreneurial stories you'll hear this year. Eric started building websites as a summer camp director in Ohio to help fund his family's adoption journey, went from zero to six figures in one year, built a thriving digital agency, and then sold most of his possessions to travel the world full-time with his wife and four kids across 20-plus countries — all while building a leadership coaching practice around one transformative conviction: the real reason businesses stop growing is not external. It's a leadership problem.  In this conversation, Eric and Maurice dig into:Why the business owner is almost always the actual growth constraint — and how to see it clearlyThe limiting beliefs around hiring that keep solopreneurs trapped at the ceiling of one person's capacityThe adoption story, the church plant, and the nomad leap — and what they all have in commonThe five fundamental business processes — and which one most businesses are failing at without realizing itWhat delegating outcomes instead of tasks actually looks like — and why the difference mattersThe Marketing Momentum Framework: why tactics without strategy are expensive noiseHow to build a business that outlasts you — starting with the decisions you make today This one is for every entrepreneur who is working hard, spending money on growth, and still wondering why the ceiling won't move.  🌐 Website: https://ericdingler.com 🔗 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ericdingler/  Subscribe, leave a review, and share this with the entrepreneur in your life who keeps blaming the wrong thing for their stuck business. 🚀 Stop Doubting. Start Moving.  Join The WYN Inner Circle (Skool Community) — where ideas turn into action. 👉 https://bit.ly/WYNInnerCircle Download your FREE guide: 5 Bold Shifts to Silence Doubt and Start Moving 👉 https://bit.ly/5boldshifts 📘 Ready to Go Deeper? Well, Why Not? Workbook 👉 https://bit.ly/authormauricechism Please take our survey: Podtrac Survey #ThatWillNevrWork #SilenceTheDoubt #StartBeforeYoureReady #SkoolCommunity #WellWhyNot #The1DegreeShift

    39 min

  4. Jul 1

    S7|G29 The Identity Shift with Brandon Moon

    What if the real reason your business hasn't scaled isn't your market, your product, or your team — but the fact that it can't run without you?  In this episode of That Will Nevr Work, Maurice sits down with Brandon Moon — Co-Founder and COO of TD Pine Advisors, engineer-turned-operator, and one of the most practical voices in the founder-led business space. Brandon has spent his career helping owners of growing businesses solve the problem that no one talks about loudly enough: you built something that depends entirely on you — and that dependency is costing you your growth, your value, and your freedom. With a background scaling family-run businesses from the inside out — including a single strategic hire that drove 60% organic growth — Brandon brings hard-won field experience to every framework he teaches. At TD Pine Advisors, he partners with founder-led companies to increase enterprise value, reduce owner dependence, and create real strategic options: whether the plan is to grow, transition, or simply regain control.  In this conversation, Brandon and Maurice go deep on:The founder trap — what it is, how you got there, and why working harder makes it worseThe difference between growth and scaling — and why confusing them keeps you on a treadmillThe one hire that unlocked 60% growth — and what it actually changed inside the businessHow to build transferable operations that don't require you at the center of everythingThe identity shift from running the business to designing itWhy burnout is a business structure problem — not a personal weaknessHow exit planning is really freedom planning — for founders with no intention of selling This one is for every entrepreneur who built something real and is now wondering why it doesn't feel like freedom.  🌐 Website: https://tdpineadvisors.com 🔗 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brandonmoon/  Subscribe, share, and leave a review if this episode challenged the way y 🚀 Stop Doubting. Start Moving.  Join The WYN Inner Circle (Skool Community) — where ideas turn into action. 👉 https://bit.ly/WYNInnerCircle Download your FREE guide: 5 Bold Shifts to Silence Doubt and Start Moving 👉 https://bit.ly/5boldshifts 📘 Ready to Go Deeper? Well, Why Not? Workbook 👉 https://bit.ly/authormauricechism Please take our survey: Podtrac Survey #ThatWillNevrWork #SilenceTheDoubt #StartBeforeYoureReady #SkoolCommunity #WellWhyNot #The1DegreeShift

    37 min

  5. Jun 26

    S7|G28 Courageous Authenticity with John Geraghty

    What if the biggest obstacle between you and the life you want isn't your resources, your connections, or your strategy — but the story you've been living without questioning it?  In this episode of That Will Nevr Work, Maurice sits down with John Geraghty — executive coach, speaker, author of The Prism of Perspective, and founder of Courageous Authenticity — a man who has conducted over 30,000 strategic coaching sessions across 20 years with some of the highest-achieving business owners and executives in the country. And whose own most important transformation happened not in a boardroom, but in the battle against alcoholism — a battle that stripped away every borrowed story until only the truth remained. John's work is built on one foundational insight: our stories can empower us or they can limit us — they can open doors or create roadblocks to the lives we dream about. And the most successful leaders he's ever coached were often the ones most deeply imprisoned by stories they never consciously chose.   In this conversation, John and Maurice explore:What "the story" actually is — and how it ends up running your entire life without permissionJohn's personal transformation from alcoholism to building one of the country's most respected coaching practicesThe Prism of Perspective framework and why changing your view changes everythingWhy mature leaders are uniquely vulnerable to the limiting story — and uniquely capable of breaking freeWhat courageous authenticity demands of you — and what it makes possibleThe one question that unlocks every stuck, overwhelmed, or disconnected leader This one is for every entrepreneur, leader, and dreamer who has ever wondered why they keep hitting the same ceiling — and suspected the answer might be closer than they thought.  🌐 Website: https://www.john-geraghty.com 🔗 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-geraghty/  Subscribe, leave a review, and share this with someone who needs to hear that the story isn't finished yet. 🚀 Stop Doubting. Start Moving.  Join The WYN Inner Circle (Skool Community) — where ideas turn into action. 👉 https://bit.ly/WYNInnerCircle Download your FREE guide: 5 Bold Shifts to Silence Doubt and Start Moving 👉 https://bit.ly/5boldshifts 📘 Ready to Go Deeper? Well, Why Not? Workbook 👉 https://bit.ly/authormauricechism Please take our survey: Podtrac Survey #ThatWillNevrWork #SilenceTheDoubt #StartBeforeYoureReady #SkoolCommunity #WellWhyNot #The1DegreeShift

    37 min

  6. Jun 24

    S7|G27 The Only Capital That Matters with Scott Curry

    What if the only thing standing between you and the business you were meant to build isn't money — it's the decision?   In this episode of That Will Nevr Work, Maurice sits down with Scott Curry — founder of Faith Roar, keynote speaker, author, and serial entrepreneur who spent 15 years building businesses that didn't work before going all in one final time with zero startup capital and transforming his entire life in 90 days. In January of 2021, working 16 to 20 hours a day on three to four hours of sleep, Scott launched a YouTube channel teaching investing strategies. Three months later, he had replaced his six-figure income. Today, his videos have been viewed over six million times by more than two million people worldwide — and through his company Faith Roar, he is on a mission to help one million people achieve financial freedom through business ownership and stock market investing.    This episode covers it all:Why "no money" is a myth — and what actually stops people from startingThe morning his twin boys stood at a gate crying "Daddy, please don't go" — and how that broke everything openWhat 15 years of failed businesses actually built in himThe exact 90-day breakdown that took him from zero to replacing six figuresWhy faith isn't just spiritual for Scott — it's the operational philosophy behind everything he buildsThe mission to help a million people, and why your why has to be bigger than your bank account  This one is for anyone who has ever told themselves they'll start when they have more money, more time, or more certainty — and needed someone who's been through the fire to tell them the truth.   🌐 Website: https://scottcurry.me 🔗 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/curryscott/   Subscribe, leave a review, and share this episode with someone who is one decision away from everything changing. 🚀 Stop Doubting. Start Moving.  Join The WYN Inner Circle (Skool Community) — where ideas turn into action. 👉 https://bit.ly/WYNInnerCircle Download your FREE guide: 5 Bold Shifts to Silence Doubt and Start Moving 👉 https://bit.ly/5boldshifts 📘 Ready to Go Deeper? Well, Why Not? Workbook 👉 https://bit.ly/authormauricechism Please take our survey: Podtrac Survey #ThatWillNevrWork #SilenceTheDoubt #StartBeforeYoureReady #SkoolCommunity #WellWhyNot #The1DegreeShift

    32 min

  7. Jun 19

    S7|G26 Overlooked Assets, Unstoppable Returns with Leo Young

    What if the setback you're running from is actually the clearest signal your purpose has ever sent you?   In this episode of That Will Nevr Work, Maurice sits down with Leo Young — Managing Partner of Cornell Communities, former Tesla #1 regional salesperson, and one of the most compelling transformation stories in real estate today. With nearly a decade of experience, over $50 million in total transaction volume, and a career arc that took him from elite corporate performer to private equity to founding his own investment firm, Leo's journey is a masterclass in what happens when you trade external success for internal alignment. Leo didn't just pivot careers. He fundamentally rewrote his relationship with money, leadership, and purpose — and built a company whose mission is to create both affordable housing solutions and strong passive returns for investors, proving that doing good and doing well aren't opposites.   In this conversation, you'll hear:The real story behind leaving Tesla's top sales role to bet on himselfWhat a $4.5B private equity acquisition team teaches you about wealth you can't learn anywhere elseWhy mobile home parks are one of the most overlooked, recession-resilient assets in America — and a metaphor for every undervalued idea you're sitting onHow to raise capital by leading with trust, character, and radical transparencyThe specific clarity that only comes from walking through — not around — your hardest season  This one is for every entrepreneur who is in the middle of their setback, wondering if they took a wrong turn — and needs to hear from someone who went through the fire and found their purpose on the other side.   🌐 Website: https://cornellcommunities.com 🔗 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/leo-young/   Subscribe, leave a review, and share this episode with someone who needs it today. 🚀 Stop Doubting. Start Moving.  Join The WYN Inner Circle (Skool Community) — where ideas turn into action. 👉 https://bit.ly/WYNInnerCircle Download your FREE guide: 5 Bold Shifts to Silence Doubt and Start Moving 👉 https://bit.ly/5boldshifts 📘 Ready to Go Deeper? Well, Why Not? Workbook 👉 https://bit.ly/authormauricechism Please take our survey: Podtrac Survey #ThatWillNevrWork #SilenceTheDoubt #StartBeforeYoureReady #SkoolCommunity #WellWhyNot #The1DegreeShift

    29 min

  8. Jun 17

    S7|G25 The No That Built the Business with Joel Miller

    What if charging less for your best work is exactly what's been keeping you broke?   In this episode of That Will Nevr Work, Maurice sits down with Joel Miller — co-founder of The Sky Floor, leap-day identical twin, and one of the most quietly contrarian voices in the digital agency world. Joel and his twin brother Alan have grown their two-person agency 15%+ every single year since 2008, hitting $500K+ in revenue without hiring a single junior team member, taking outside funding, or following the scale-fast playbook everyone else was running. What they did instead? They charged for outcomes, not hours. They chose partnerships over projects. And they said no to the clients, deals, and growth tactics that would have made them bigger but not better.   In this conversation, Joel breaks down:Why hourly billing punishes your best work — and how to escape the trapThe philosophy of staying small on purpose and why restraint is a strategyHow "outcomes over deliverables" completely changes what you're sellingThe leap-day twin origin story and what building with a lifelong partner really takesWhy strategy before execution isn't just a tagline — it's the difference between expensive wallpaper and a digital asset that actually works  This one is for every creative, freelancer, and service-based entrepreneur who knows they're worth more than their hourly rate will ever show.     🌐 Website: https://www.theskyfloor.com 🔗 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joelelliottmiller/   Subscribe, share, and leave a review if this episode challenged how you think about your work. 🚀 Stop Doubting. Start Moving.  Join The WYN Inner Circle (Skool Community) — where ideas turn into action. 👉 https://bit.ly/WYNInnerCircle Download your FREE guide: 5 Bold Shifts to Silence Doubt and Start Moving 👉 https://bit.ly/5boldshifts 📘 Ready to Go Deeper? Well, Why Not? Workbook 👉 https://bit.ly/authormauricechism Please take our survey: Podtrac Survey #ThatWillNevrWork #SilenceTheDoubt #StartBeforeYoureReady #SkoolCommunity #WellWhyNot #The1DegreeShift

    28 min
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Inspiration for Dreamers. Strategy for Doers.  Welcome to the That Will Nevr Work Podcast — where purpose-driven entrepreneurs, bold dreamers, and relentless creators come to transform "impossible" into their next breakthrough.  Hosted by Maurice Chism — award-winning podcaster, business strategist, and coach — this podcast is your go-to space for raw conversations, practical wisdom, and stories that defy the odds. Each episode dives into the mindset shifts, business strategies, and real-life lessons behind the journeys of successful entrepreneurs, visionaries, and changemakers who were once told, "That will nevr work."  Whether you're launching a podcast, growing a brand, pivoting careers, or searching for your "why," this show delivers the clarity, courage, and community you need to take your next step with confidence.  And the conversation doesn't stop when the episode ends. The WYN Inner Circle — Maurice's exclusive community on Skool — is where listeners go deeper, connect with other purpose-driven builders, and put the podcast into practice. Real community. Real accountability. Real transformation.  Expect authentic interviews, solo episodes packed with entrepreneurial insight, and powerful reminders that your voice, your idea, and your vision matter. Then bring what you learned into a community that's ready to grow alongside you.  Listen weekly. Join the Inner Circle. And keep moving forward. Because sometimes… the thing they said would never work is exactly what the world needs.   👉 Join the WYN Inner Circle at The WYN Inner Circle Want me to also draft a shorter version for podcast directories with strict character limits, or a social caption version to promote both the show and the community together?

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  • Creator
    Maurice D. Chism, Sr. | Entrepreneur & Business Strategist
  • Years Active
    2019 - 2026
  • Episodes
    576
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Copyright Maurice D. Chism, Sr.
  • Show Website
    That Will Nevr Work Podcast