The Gregory Vetter Podcast

Gregory Vetter
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Success is easy to celebrate. The journey behind it is where the real lessons are found. The Gregory Vetter Podcast features candid conversations with entrepreneurs, leaders, creators, athletes, and individuals who have built extraordinary lives not by avoiding adversity, but by learning from it. Each episode explores the defining moments, difficult decisions, setbacks, victories, and principles that shape successful people long before anyone sees the results. This isn't about polished success stories. It's about honest conversations that challenge the way we think about leadership, business, purpose, family, resilience, and what it truly means to build a meaningful life. Whether you're building a company, leading a team, pursuing a dream, or simply striving to become a better version of yourself, you'll discover practical wisdom and authentic stories that inspire lasting growth. Because behind every success is a story worth telling.

  1. 10h ago

    Can You Be Happy Without Suffering? | Rethinking What Happiness Really Means

    Send us Fan Mail A few weeks ago, Maurice came across a comment on one of our podcast videos that got him thinking. Someone had gone through a period of suffering and come out the other side happier than they'd ever been. It raised an interesting question. Can you be happy without suffering? I've experienced enough hardship in business and life to know that perspective changes everything. Things we once considered unbearable can suddenly seem insignificant when life presents us with something worse. But why does it sometimes take suffering to appreciate what we already have? Maurice and I explore that question, along with our constant pursuit of success, the dangers of comparison, and whether we're making life too comfortable for our children. We also get into something more personal. If you had to put together a slideshow of your life, which moments would you choose? Your greatest accomplishments? The things you've accumulated? Or the moments you may not have appreciated while they were happening? It's a conversation that challenged us to reconsider what happiness really means and where we should be looking for it. Maybe the question isn't how to find happiness, but why we have such a difficult time recognizing it. Support the show Visit My Website: https://www.gregoryvetter.com/ Podcast: https://youtube.com/@gregoryvetter?si=pMLS8CMW_tqaBFGi Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/glvetter?igsh=MW5rN2tqeWdreXJ1cA== TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@gregorylvetter?_r=1&_t=ZP-917lH2Ah5Tz Youtube Shorts: https://youtube.com/@gregoryvettershorts?si=Qg4bRQL4xmRl8cwQ My Substack: https://gregoryvetter.substack.com/ Purchase My Books Here: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Gregory-L.-Vetter/author/B0DSJRHJQS?ref=ap_rdr&shoppingPortalEnabled=true&ccs_id=a24a52fb-666f-43a2-9eeb-40b8266ae702

    Can You Be Happy Without Suffering? | Rethinking What Happiness Really Means

  2. Oct 28

    Are We Losing Our Humanity in Healthcare? | Jamie Towey

    Send us Fan Mail My grandfather died at home. He had cancer. He was physically deteriorating, but mentally he was still sharp. I remember visiting him toward the end and asking how he was doing. “Apparently not so great,” he told me. Then he asked me to have a beer with him. It was ten in the morning. So we had a beer. I got to spend that time with him and eventually say goodbye. My grandmother's experience was very different. She had dementia, and watching her slowly lose the ability to recognize the people around her was incredibly difficult. Those experiences stayed with me. And they came back during my conversation with Jamie Towey, who leads Aging with Dignity. We talked about something families often avoid until they're forced to confront it: How do we want to live when we're approaching the end of our lives? Jamie shares the work behind Five Wishes, an advance-care planning document that helps families make difficult decisions before a crisis. We also discuss assisted suicide, dementia, loneliness, caregiving, and the growing role of artificial intelligence in healthcare. But underneath those conversations is a bigger question. Are we becoming so focused on treating people that we're forgetting how to care for them? Jamie said something that stuck with me: “There's nothing efficient about loving a person.” And he's right about that. We can improve healthcare systems, develop new technologies, and find ways to extend life. But none of those things replace the importance of human connection. Because eventually every family faces these decisions. And when that day comes, the most important thing may not be having every answer. It may be having already had the conversation. A person's value doesn't disappear when their independence does. And caring for someone means remembering that until the very end. Support the show Visit My Website: https://www.gregoryvetter.com/ Podcast: https://youtube.com/@gregoryvetter?si=pMLS8CMW_tqaBFGi Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/glvetter?igsh=MW5rN2tqeWdreXJ1cA== TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@gregorylvetter?_r=1&_t=ZP-917lH2Ah5Tz Youtube Shorts: https://youtube.com/@gregoryvettershorts?si=Qg4bRQL4xmRl8cwQ My Substack: https://gregoryvetter.substack.com/ Purchase My Books Here: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Gregory-L.-Vetter/author/B0DSJRHJQS?ref=ap_rdr&shoppingPortalEnabled=true&ccs_id=a24a52fb-666f-43a2-9eeb-40b8266ae702

    Are We Losing Our Humanity in Healthcare? | Jamie Towey

  3. Oct 21

    Young H the Great: Turning Pain Into Purpose Through Art & Music

    Send us Fan Mail Young H the Great lost his mother when he was ten years old. A few years later, shortly after graduating high school, he lost his father too. And suddenly, the future he'd been planning looked very different. College was supposed to be the next step. His father had been helping him financially, and Young H had plans to study fashion marketing. But when that support disappeared, he found himself trying to figure out how to build a future while dealing with the kind of loss that changes you. He eventually found his way into music, production, clothing, and entrepreneurship. And somewhere along the way, his creativity became more than something he enjoyed doing. It became something he needed. In this episode, I sit down with Young H to talk about his new album, Made in Annapolis, and the experiences that shaped both the music and the man behind it. We get into growing up in Annapolis, building a clothing business, producing music, navigating the industry, raising children, and what it takes to keep pursuing something when life doesn't unfold the way you expected. But the conversation takes a different turn when Young H talks about losing people close to him. He shares the story of a fellow artist and friend, Tre' Da Kid, who experienced tremendous personal loss before his own death. During those difficult years, Young H encouraged him to stay connected to his music. Keep creating. Keep working. Give yourself something meaningful to focus on. Young H understood that advice because he'd lived it himself. At one point, he says something that stayed with me: "If you dive deep into your passions, you forget your pain." I don't think that means the pain disappears. Losing someone you love isn't something you simply work your way out of. But I do think there's something powerful about finding work that gives you a reason to get up, build something, and keep moving forward. I also get into the business side of music, the importance of relationships, the limitations of trying to do everything yourself, and why being capable of working independently doesn't necessarily mean you should. Young H is producing his own music, helping develop his son's career, working in the studio, and raising his family. He's still building. And that's another part of this conversation I appreciate. We often talk about success as though it's a destination. But for people who create things, build businesses, and raise families, the work doesn't stop just because life gets difficult. Sometimes the work itself becomes part of how you get through it. You can't always choose what life takes from you. But you can still choose what you build with what remains. Check out Young H the Great’s new album, MADE IN ANNAPOLIS, and experience the music behind his story: https://open.spotify.com/track/6mOhh1WdOfS9aK21jjby91?si=2930dd368f184e9e Support the show Visit My Website: https://www.gregoryvetter.com/ Podcast: https://youtube.com/@gregoryvetter?si=pMLS8CMW_tqaBFGi Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/glvetter?igsh=MW5rN2tqeWdreXJ1cA== TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@gregorylvetter?_r=1&_t=ZP-917lH2Ah5Tz Youtube Shorts: https://youtube.com/@gregoryvettershorts?si=Qg4bRQL4xmRl8cwQ My Substack: https://gregoryvetter.substack.com/ Purchase My Books Here: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Gregory-L.-Vetter/author/B0DSJRHJQS?ref=ap_rdr&shoppingPortalEnabled=true&ccs_id=a24a52fb-666f-43a2-9eeb-40b8266ae702

    Young H the Great: Turning Pain Into Purpose Through Art & Music

  4. Oct 14

    Why We're Afraid of Our Own Potential | Fear, Failure & Taking Action

    Send us Fan Mail Years ago, after my grandmother passed away, I came across something in a box of notes she left behind. It was a poem by Marianne Williamson called Our Deepest Fear. The idea behind it has stuck with me ever since. What if our greatest fear isn't that we're inadequate? What if we're afraid of discovering just how capable we actually are? Think about that for a minute. How many things have you talked yourself out of because you didn't believe you belonged in the room? How many opportunities have you passed up because somebody else seemed smarter, more experienced, better connected or further along than you? I've been building businesses for a long time, and I can tell you there have been plenty of situations where I had no idea whether something was going to work. But I've always tried to ask myself two questions. What's the best thing that could happen? And what's the worst? When we started working on The Construction Games, I could envision something much bigger than a single event. Something that could grow nationally and bring recognition to people working in the skilled trades. Could it fail? Absolutely. Could we lose money? Sure. But what if it works? That's the part people sometimes forget to consider. Maurice and I get into that question in this episode, along with the fear of success, the fear of rejection, the assumptions we make about other people's abilities and why we sometimes convince ourselves we're not qualified to pursue the things we want. Maurice also talks about his own creative ambitions and what it feels like when you accomplish something you've never done before. There's an interesting discomfort that can come with stepping into unfamiliar territory, even when it's something you've been working toward. We talk about The Alchemist, parenting, athletics, business, self-talk and the importance of actually taking action instead of endlessly discussing what you intend to do. Because there's another part to this that matters just as much as believing in yourself. You have to do the work. You can dream about becoming a millionaire, building a company, writing a book or changing your life. But staring at the size of the goal isn't going to get you there. Break it down. What needs to happen this year? This month? This week? What can you do today? Sometimes the difference between someone who accomplishes something extraordinary and someone who doesn't is simply that one person was willing to start, make mistakes, learn and keep going. My dad has a saying I've always liked. Deeds, not words. You don't have to know exactly how everything is going to work out. You do have to be willing to find out. The question isn't whether you're guaranteed to succeed. It's whether you're willing to discover what you're capable of. Support the show Visit My Website: https://www.gregoryvetter.com/ Podcast: https://youtube.com/@gregoryvetter?si=pMLS8CMW_tqaBFGi Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/glvetter?igsh=MW5rN2tqeWdreXJ1cA== TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@gregorylvetter?_r=1&_t=ZP-917lH2Ah5Tz Youtube Shorts: https://youtube.com/@gregoryvettershorts?si=Qg4bRQL4xmRl8cwQ My Substack: https://gregoryvetter.substack.com/ Purchase My Books Here: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Gregory-L.-Vetter/author/B0DSJRHJQS?ref=ap_rdr&shoppingPortalEnabled=true&ccs_id=a24a52fb-666f-43a2-9eeb-40b8266ae702

    Why We're Afraid of Our Own Potential | Fear, Failure & Taking Action

  5. Oct 7

    Would You Hire Yourself? Why Being Capable Matters More Than Ever

    Send us Fan Mail Would you hire yourself? Not the version of you on a résumé. Not the version you present online. You. Maurice asked me whether I would hire my 25-year-old self, and my answer was immediately yes. I wasn't patient. I was probably too aggressive. There are people I pushed too hard and situations I would handle differently today. But I was coachable. I could work forever. I wanted to learn. And if something needed to get done, I was going to figure out how to get it done. That question led us somewhere bigger. We spend a lot of time evaluating employees, partners, leaders and even our kids without turning that same standard back on ourselves. What are you actually good at? What have you mastered? Can people depend on you? And when the résumé, degree and job title are taken away. Can you actually do something? That's a question I think is becoming increasingly important. For decades, we sold people a fairly simple formula: go to school, get the degree, find the right profession and success will follow. Meanwhile, we slowly started treating working with your hands, learning a trade and doing a hard day's work as something you did when the other options didn't work out. I think we got that backwards. A plumber can solve a problem. An electrician can solve a problem. A welder can build something. A carpenter can take raw material and turn it into something useful. And as AI becomes capable of doing more of the intellectual work we've traditionally associated with white-collar careers, our definition of what makes someone valuable may be forced to change again. Maurice and I get into work ethic, college, trades, young men, parenting, mastery, AI, the way we reward work and why I believe everyone needs something they can become undeniably good at. You don't have to be great at everything. Find your thing. Master it. Become useful. Because eventually nobody cares what the piece of paper says. They need to know: Can you do it? Support the show Visit My Website: https://www.gregoryvetter.com/ Podcast: https://youtube.com/@gregoryvetter?si=pMLS8CMW_tqaBFGi Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/glvetter?igsh=MW5rN2tqeWdreXJ1cA== TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@gregorylvetter?_r=1&_t=ZP-917lH2Ah5Tz Youtube Shorts: https://youtube.com/@gregoryvettershorts?si=Qg4bRQL4xmRl8cwQ My Substack: https://gregoryvetter.substack.com/ Purchase My Books Here: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Gregory-L.-Vetter/author/B0DSJRHJQS?ref=ap_rdr&shoppingPortalEnabled=true&ccs_id=a24a52fb-666f-43a2-9eeb-40b8266ae702

    Would You Hire Yourself? Why Being Capable Matters More Than Ever

  6. Sep 30

    The Mindset That Took Edose Ibadin From Failure to the Olympics

    Send us Fan Mail Edose Ibadin missed the Tokyo Olympics. After more than a decade of training, improving and chasing the highest level of his sport, the thing he feared finally happened. He failed. And strangely enough, that failure gave him something he didn't have before. Freedom. Edose is an 800-meter Olympian for Team Nigeria and a mindset coach, but what interested me most about his story wasn't that he eventually made the Olympics. It was how long he had to keep believing before there was enough evidence to prove that belief was justified. Coming out of high school, he wasn't the best runner in the country. His progress wasn't some overnight explosion. It was a slow build. He kept getting better. He kept showing up. And when he finally experienced the failure he'd spent years trying to avoid, he realized something important: he survived it. That changed the way he chased success. In this conversation, Maurice, Edose and I talk about self-belief, discipline, fear of failure, the way athletes speak to themselves, comparison, coaching, social media, success after sports and why some incredibly talented people never find out what they're truly capable of. We also get into something I think extends far beyond athletics. Staying in the game. We're surrounded by other people's progress now. Somebody is younger than you, faster than you, richer than you, further along than you or seemingly accomplishing in two years what you've spent ten years trying to do. It's incredibly easy to mistake someone else's timeline for evidence that yours isn't working. Edose's career challenges that idea. He talks about learning to respect his own ability instead of constantly measuring himself against everyone else's. About becoming his own biggest fan when nobody else was around to clap. About understanding that progress doesn't have to be dramatic to still be progress. And eventually, about turning the disappointment of missing Tokyo into part of what helped him reach Paris. There's a lesson in that whether you're trying to become an Olympian, build a company, raise a kid, create something meaningful or simply become better at what you do. Sometimes success isn't about knowing you'll win. It's having enough belief in yourself to stay around long enough to find out. Stay in the race. You don't know how good you can get. Support the show Visit My Website: https://www.gregoryvetter.com/ Podcast: https://youtube.com/@gregoryvetter?si=pMLS8CMW_tqaBFGi Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/glvetter?igsh=MW5rN2tqeWdreXJ1cA== TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@gregorylvetter?_r=1&_t=ZP-917lH2Ah5Tz Youtube Shorts: https://youtube.com/@gregoryvettershorts?si=Qg4bRQL4xmRl8cwQ My Substack: https://gregoryvetter.substack.com/ Purchase My Books Here: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Gregory-L.-Vetter/author/B0DSJRHJQS?ref=ap_rdr&shoppingPortalEnabled=true&ccs_id=a24a52fb-666f-43a2-9eeb-40b8266ae702

    The Mindset That Took Edose Ibadin From Failure to the Olympics

  7. Sep 23

    Is School Preparing Kids for the Real World? | Rethinking Education

    Send us Fan Mail I graduated from college with an accounting textbook still wrapped in plastic. Years later, I started a business and suddenly realized I needed to understand accounting. So I went into my basement, found that same book, tore the plastic off and started reading. And for the first time, the information actually mattered. That's the problem I have with the way we think about education. We spend years teaching kids information and far less time putting them in situations where they have to figure out why that information matters. Maurice asked me a simple question on this episode: Are schools preparing kids for the real world? My answer was a pretty hard no. If I could rebuild education, I'd make it look a lot more like life. Give students real problems. Make math part of solving something that actually matters. Let history lead into leadership, economics, logistics, debate and human behavior. Put young people around people who actually do things and let them observe, question and participate. Because eventually the test isn't going to be multiple choice. It's going to be an employee who doesn't show up. A customer who's pissed off. A business that's running out of money. A flat tire. A job that needs to get done. A decision you have to make without knowing the answer. Maurice and I get into college, trades, public and private schools, teachers, parenting, problem-solving, curiosity, hiring, AI and what happens when technology can increasingly do the intellectual work we've spent generations training people to do. I'm not arguing that degrees don't matter. Some absolutely do. I'm questioning what we're actually trying to produce. Because after years of building companies and hiring people, I've learned that the person with the most impressive résumé isn't necessarily the person I want beside me when everything goes wrong. Give me someone who can think. Someone who can work with people. Someone willing to get their hands dirty. Someone who can realize they're wrong, change direction and keep solving the problem. Education shouldn't just prepare you to know the answer. It should prepare you for the moment when nobody knows the answer. Support the show Visit My Website: https://www.gregoryvetter.com/ Podcast: https://youtube.com/@gregoryvetter?si=pMLS8CMW_tqaBFGi Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/glvetter?igsh=MW5rN2tqeWdreXJ1cA== TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@gregorylvetter?_r=1&_t=ZP-917lH2Ah5Tz Youtube Shorts: https://youtube.com/@gregoryvettershorts?si=Qg4bRQL4xmRl8cwQ My Substack: https://gregoryvetter.substack.com/ Purchase My Books Here: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Gregory-L.-Vetter/author/B0DSJRHJQS?ref=ap_rdr&shoppingPortalEnabled=true&ccs_id=a24a52fb-666f-43a2-9eeb-40b8266ae702

    Is School Preparing Kids for the Real World? | Rethinking Education

  8. Sep 16

    Lab-Grown Meat & the Problem With How We Eat Today

    Send us Fan Mail At some point, eating became really f*****g complicated. We have protein substitutes, meat substitutes, artificial flavors, ultra-processed foods and now meat being grown from cells in a laboratory. So Maurice asked me a pretty simple question: Would you eat lab-grown meat? My answer was no. But that question took us somewhere much bigger than one burger. We started talking about how disconnected we've become from the food we eat—and how strange it is that we've spent so much time trying to engineer our way around something humans have been doing for thousands of years. Grow food. Raise food. Hunt food. Cook food. Eat food. I've experimented with damn near every diet imaginable. I spent a year as a raw vegan. I've done carnivore. I've fasted. I've tried Bulletproof coffee. I've treated myself like a human guinea pig trying to understand what actually makes me feel, think and perform better. And the older I get, the simpler my answer becomes. I want real food from a source I understand. Maurice and I get into lab-grown meat, ultra-processed food, raising chickens and growing your own food, food deserts, the cost of eating healthy, school lunches, fasting, nutrition and why convenience has changed our relationship with what we put into our bodies. We also get into something I think matters beyond nutrition: Who do you trust? When someone tells you something is good for you, are you willing to ask why? Are you willing to look at the incentives? Are you willing to experiment, pay attention to your own body and think for yourself? You don't need to agree with everything I say in this episode. In fact, I'd rather you didn't. Get curious. Do your own homework. Figure out what works for you and your family. Because after trying just about every complicated way of eating I could find, I've somehow ended up back at the simplest idea: I just want real food. Support the show Visit My Website: https://www.gregoryvetter.com/ Podcast: https://youtube.com/@gregoryvetter?si=pMLS8CMW_tqaBFGi Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/glvetter?igsh=MW5rN2tqeWdreXJ1cA== TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@gregorylvetter?_r=1&_t=ZP-917lH2Ah5Tz Youtube Shorts: https://youtube.com/@gregoryvettershorts?si=Qg4bRQL4xmRl8cwQ My Substack: https://gregoryvetter.substack.com/ Purchase My Books Here: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Gregory-L.-Vetter/author/B0DSJRHJQS?ref=ap_rdr&shoppingPortalEnabled=true&ccs_id=a24a52fb-666f-43a2-9eeb-40b8266ae702

    Lab-Grown Meat & the Problem With How We Eat Today
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Success is easy to celebrate. The journey behind it is where the real lessons are found. The Gregory Vetter Podcast features candid conversations with entrepreneurs, leaders, creators, athletes, and individuals who have built extraordinary lives not by avoiding adversity, but by learning from it. Each episode explores the defining moments, difficult decisions, setbacks, victories, and principles that shape successful people long before anyone sees the results. This isn't about polished success stories. It's about honest conversations that challenge the way we think about leadership, business, purpose, family, resilience, and what it truly means to build a meaningful life. Whether you're building a company, leading a team, pursuing a dream, or simply striving to become a better version of yourself, you'll discover practical wisdom and authentic stories that inspire lasting growth. Because behind every success is a story worth telling.

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  • Creator
    Gregory Vetter
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    73
  • Rating
    Explicit
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    © 2026 The Gregory Vetter Podcast
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