What If It Did Work?

Omar Medrano
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Are you sitting on your dream instead of acting on it because the voice in your head is telling you, “no”? Are you afraid of failure? Maybe you think you’re just too old to begin a new adventure.What if, instead, you could squash these fears and silence the scared voice that prevents you from taking the leap and live your TRUE purpose?If you can learn to change just ONE thought, then I promise you will change your life.This podcast will show YOU how to STOP fear in its tracks so you can take action, which means you can follow God’s BIGGER plan for your life.When you listen to this podcast, you will...Believe in yourself again (no matter what your past looks like or what people say) so you can take the leap into your divine purposeNot only give yourself permission to create a life you only dream about (it all starts with one easy step) BUT the faith to take action and pursue itFace every day without fear of failure (even if you’ve stumbled before)Leave a legacy that you not only control but create (God gave you everything you need!)Reverse your thinking from “what if it goes wrong” to “what if it goes right” (this podcast will eliminate the worst-case scenario thinking that plagues so many people)Prepare yourself for dark times so that fear NEVER takes hold of you againAre you ready for it to work? About your Host:Omar Medrano wants to help you shake up your approach to launching your next business, keeping your happiness and life in mind, as well as your bottom line, which he enjoys doing through books like this, online coaching, and speaking regularly.And when he’s not teaching business owners how to find clarity, conviction, and faith in themselves, you can find him playing the stock market, working out, and indulging in the occasional smoothie while parenting his incredible daughters.

  1. 6d ago

    How Fear Shapes Identity And Choices

    Fear can make smart, capable people feel trapped in the same loops for decades and the scary part is how normal it can feel. We talk with physician, researcher, and clinical informatics leader Dr. Todd Burstane about fear as more than an emotion. He frames fear as a meaning-making system that tells a story about what’s happening, predicts danger, and then quietly drives your choices, your relationships, and your identity. We get specific about how fear distorts perception: it scans for danger, moves fast, hates uncertainty, and locks onto a single explanation. From there, we trace how childhood experiences and trauma can turn into strategies like anxiety, depression, avoidance, perfectionism, control, or conflict, reinforced by tools like rumination, catastrophizing, self-criticism, guilt, and manipulation. Dr. Burstane also breaks down the biology of chronic fear, including cortisol, dopamine, serotonin, endorphins, and oxytocin, and why isolation makes fear even louder. The hope is practical: neuroplasticity is real, and you can retrain patterns with repetition. Dr. Burstane shares a clear process built around pausing long enough to calm the nervous system, creating a safe internal space, focusing attention, observing facts, generating curiosity with multiple meanings, accepting uncertainty, committing daily, building resilience after setbacks, and strengthening connection to others and to your authentic self. If you’ve ever wondered who you are when fear stops narrating your life, this conversation gives you a starting point. If this helped, subscribe for more, share it with someone stuck in a fear loop, and leave a review so more people can find the show. Join the What if it Did Work movement on Facebook Get the Book! www.omarmedrano.com www.calendly.com/omarmedrano/15min

  2. Oct 21

    Leadership Skills Beat Leadership Vibes

    Leadership advice has never been louder and yet most managers feel less equipped than ever. We sit down with Lawrence “Larry” Coval, a career leader across tech and telecommunications and the author of Misled: Why Almost Everything We Learned About Leadership Is Wrong and How to Fix It, to challenge the modern leadership playbook and replace it with something far more practical: real management skills that help people succeed at work.  We talk about why the leadership development industry rewards emotional storytelling over competence, and how that “feel-good” focus can quietly push critical skills to the bottom of the stack. Larry breaks down what actually moves performance: setting clear expectations, building accountability models, coaching with specificity, and making decisions through a simple filter: how will this impact my people’s ability to win today. We also dig into leadership archetypes, stress behaviors, and the “leadership assassins” that show up when pressure spikes and feedback disappears.  Then we get concrete: what to do with the toxic high performer who hits numbers while wrecking culture, why employee engagement keeps falling, and how AI is changing leadership by giving managers more information and more time. The catch is simple: if you get time back, do you invest it in coaching, development, and problem-solving, or do you drift further from your team?  If you’re a new manager, a seasoned leader, or an HR leader tired of buzzwords, this conversation is a reset. Subscribe, share this with a manager who wants to get better, and leave a review with the leadership myth you think we should retire next. Join the What if it Did Work movement on Facebook Get the Book! www.omarmedrano.com www.calendly.com/omarmedrano/15min

  3. Oct 14

    You Can Change Your Life By Operating From A Different Version Of You

    Three near-death experiences will either break your worldview or rebuild it from the ground up. When Mas Ati tells his story, it’s not just about surviving, it’s about what he claims he brought back: a practical model of consciousness, “frequency,” and identity that challenges nearly everything we’re taught about success, suffering, and human potential. We get into the real promise behind Exponential Intelligence and dimensional consciousness: not another mindset pep talk, not a recycled guru script, but a way to change the internal environment you’re operating from. We talk plant medicine states and why you might not need substances to access deeper awareness, why “think positive” often fails, and why so many high performers still feel hollow even after they win. If you’ve ever wondered why achievement can come with burnout, broken relationships, or a constant sense of pressure, Masati frames it as a life force problem, not a motivation problem. We also go straight at the uncomfortable question most people avoid: what is success costing you? We unpack the hidden math of opportunity cost as health, time, connection, and peace, plus the generational patterns that quietly shape what you believe you deserve. Then we land on something you can actually do today, including a simple practice Mas calls spatial referencing to build awareness of limiting beliefs and get out of mental noise. If you want a deeper conversation on near-death experiences, consciousness science, personal development, frequency, abundance, and changing your life without selling your soul to the grind, hit play. Subscribe, share this with a friend who needs a reset, and leave a review with your biggest takeaway. Join the What if it Did Work movement on Facebook Get the Book! www.omarmedrano.com www.calendly.com/omarmedrano/15min

  4. Oct 7

    Passive Income Is A Lie And Here’s Why

    A lot of investors say they want “passive income,” but what they really want is a shortcut. We sit down with Nasir Ali, a second-generation manufactured housing investor and founder of Rise 360 Ventures, to talk about what happens when interest rates spike, inflation bites, and the crowd freezes. His family lived it, losing a major single-family portfolio in a high-rate era, then rebuilding from a KOA campground into decades of mobile home park ownership and operations. We dig into why manufactured housing communities can be one of the most resilient forms of commercial real estate, especially as affordable housing demand accelerates. Nasir explains the real advantage of “renting dirt,” how long-term residency changes turnover and cash flow, and why vertical integration (homes, financing, operations) can unlock faster occupancy and stronger returns when executed well. We also get into the part most people skip: the boring work. Underwriting that assumes real costs and real timelines, on-site “smell tests,” and risk flags like water exposure and private utilities. Ali shares creative financing stories that challenge the “you need a ton of money” narrative, including long-term lease control and lease options that preserve upside while reducing upfront cash. If you’re looking for manufactured housing investing, mobile home park value-add strategy, and a reality check on passive real estate investing, this conversation delivers. Subscribe, share this with a serious investor friend, and leave a review with your biggest takeaway. Join the What if it Did Work movement on Facebook Get the Book! www.omarmedrano.com www.calendly.com/omarmedrano/15min

  5. Sep 30

    How To Stop Chasing Success And Find Inner Peace

    The strangest part about chasing success is how quickly the feeling disappears after you get the thing you swore would finally make you happy. That’s where this conversation with Ron Baker hits hardest. Ron spent decades in corporate leadership, pushed for big goals, and lived in a world built on performance, but he still found himself asking the question a lot of high achievers avoid: who am I underneath the titles, the wins, and the constant drive? We talk about Ron’s idea of “coming home” and why inner peace is not a prize you earn after the next promotion, marathon, business milestone, or perfect relationship. We unpack the validation trap, how social media can turn life into a scoreboard, and why so many of us keep buying the next personal development fix while feeling more disconnected. Ron keeps it practical and human, explaining awareness in a way that sticks: if you can hear the voice in your head, who’s listening? From there we get into mindfulness and presence in real life, not as a vibe but as a skill. We cover ambition without attachment, pain versus suffering, and the mind’s habit of adding scary stories to neutral moments. Ron also shares what he’d tell someone who feels lost right now: stop the negative self-talk, and start by accepting you’re already good enough. If you want a grounded take on identity, self-worth, happiness, and inner fulfillment that still respects goals and growth, press play. Subscribe, share this with a friend who’s burned out from chasing, and leave a review so more people can find the show. Join the What if it Did Work movement on Facebook Get the Book! www.omarmedrano.com www.calendly.com/omarmedrano/15min

  6. Sep 23

    The Hidden Work Behind Every Workflow

    AI hype makes it sound like the future is a winner-take-all race between humans and machines. We take a different angle: AI is becoming a mirror that shows organizations the truth about how work gets done, including the messy, undocumented parts nobody puts in the handbook. When you connect AI to the tools where work actually lives (email, chat, meeting transcripts, spreadsheets, shared docs), you are not just adding productivity software. You are turning daily behavior into something that can be searched, summarized, and questioned. That can be liberating, and it can also be uncomfortable.  My guest, enterprise technologist and author David Dean, explains why the “inbox” is really a behavioral record and why the gap between the official process and the real process is where most companies get stuck. We dig into approval bottlenecks, meeting overload, and the quiet workarounds people build to keep things moving. Then we tackle the hard warning: if you automate a bad process, you do not get efficiency, you get faster dysfunction, and you pay for it at scale. AI can also create an illusion of productivity, producing polished outputs while goals stay unchanged, unless leaders and teams keep judgment and accountability where they belong.  We also talk about what AI reveals inside culture: missing decision ownership, uneven responsiveness, and the kind of behavioral analytics that forces authenticity from leaders. For employees, we explore a practical “step zero” approach to organizational self-discovery, plus why lived experience and lived consequence still matter even in a world of powerful models.  If you want a smarter, more realistic AI strategy for modern work, listen now, then subscribe, share this with a teammate, and leave a review with your biggest takeaway. What would AI uncover in your organization if you let it look at how work really happens? Join the What if it Did Work movement on Facebook Get the Book! www.omarmedrano.com www.calendly.com/omarmedrano/15min

  7. Sep 16

    A Single Mom Turns Pain Into Strength Training

    A diabetes warning can either crush you or clarify you. We sit down with nutrition coach Erica Munoz and talk through the moment her doctor told her she was headed toward dialysis if she didn’t change, and how that fear turned into a 100-pound weight loss transformation built on daily action, not hype. Erica shares what it’s like to break a cycle of emotional eating, late-night fast food runs, and the quiet belief that you’re “too far gone” to get healthy again.  This conversation goes deeper than macros and workouts. Erica opens up about raising three boys as a single mom, including children with special needs, and why her health is directly tied to her ability to care for them long term. We get into practical mindset shifts that make sustainable weight loss possible, like forgiving yourself after a bad day, telling the truth about “not having time,” and learning to stop chasing validation on social media. If you’ve ever felt judged at the gym, overwhelmed by life, or tempted by quick fixes, you’ll recognize yourself here.  We also talk strength training, discipline, and why “win today” beats perfection every time, plus Erica’s next big goal: stepping on a bodybuilding stage, no matter how long it takes. If you want motivation that’s grounded in real life, real pressure, and real change, press play, then subscribe, share this with a friend who needs it, and leave a review. What’s one small win you can take today? Join the What if it Did Work movement on Facebook Get the Book! www.omarmedrano.com www.calendly.com/omarmedrano/15min

  8. Sep 9

    Turning Turmoil Into Transformation

    Rock bottom is not always a dead end. Sometimes it is the moment your life finally tells the truth about what needs to change. We sit down with Rogerio Rolim deMoura, Brazilian author of In the Heart of Turmoil: A Metamorphosis of Love, to talk about trauma, resilience, and what it actually takes to rebuild your identity when your story starts in chaos. Roger shares a childhood marked by abuse, a heartbreaking moment on a rooftop ledge, and the simple sentence from his little brother that stopped everything: “If you jump, I jump.” From there, we trace the internal decision that changed his direction, even before his circumstances did. We get practical about forgiveness and inner transformation, including the three kinds of forgiveness Rogerio had to face: forgiving others, forgiving God or life when you feel betrayed, and forgiving yourself when shame becomes your default setting. We also unpack self-sabotage, fear of rejection, and why people run back to familiar pain, plus how love matures from survival into empathy, kindness, and consistent action. If you care about healing, personal growth, emotional intelligence, and faith-driven resilience, this conversation offers real stories and usable takeaways. Subscribe for more, share this with someone who needs hope today, and leave a review with the line that hit you hardest. Join the What if it Did Work movement on Facebook Get the Book! www.omarmedrano.com www.calendly.com/omarmedrano/15min

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Are you sitting on your dream instead of acting on it because the voice in your head is telling you, “no”? Are you afraid of failure? Maybe you think you’re just too old to begin a new adventure.What if, instead, you could squash these fears and silence the scared voice that prevents you from taking the leap and live your TRUE purpose?If you can learn to change just ONE thought, then I promise you will change your life.This podcast will show YOU how to STOP fear in its tracks so you can take action, which means you can follow God’s BIGGER plan for your life.When you listen to this podcast, you will...Believe in yourself again (no matter what your past looks like or what people say) so you can take the leap into your divine purposeNot only give yourself permission to create a life you only dream about (it all starts with one easy step) BUT the faith to take action and pursue itFace every day without fear of failure (even if you’ve stumbled before)Leave a legacy that you not only control but create (God gave you everything you need!)Reverse your thinking from “what if it goes wrong” to “what if it goes right” (this podcast will eliminate the worst-case scenario thinking that plagues so many people)Prepare yourself for dark times so that fear NEVER takes hold of you againAre you ready for it to work? About your Host:Omar Medrano wants to help you shake up your approach to launching your next business, keeping your happiness and life in mind, as well as your bottom line, which he enjoys doing through books like this, online coaching, and speaking regularly.And when he’s not teaching business owners how to find clarity, conviction, and faith in themselves, you can find him playing the stock market, working out, and indulging in the occasional smoothie while parenting his incredible daughters.

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  • Creator
    Omar Medrano
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2026
  • Episodes
    275
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2026 What If It Did Work?
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