Make It Count ™ with Tanya Waymire

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Make It Count™ is a show about builders. Entrepreneurs. Operators. Investors. Sales leaders. People who move. Hosted by Tanya Waymire, each episode is a direct conversation with high-capacity humans who have done the work—built companies, scaled teams, raised capital, created impact, and carried the weight that comes with it. This is not theory. It’s lived experience. You’ll hear how real businesses are structured. How deals are funded. How culture is shaped. How authority is built. How setbacks are absorbed and converted into leverage. The throughline is simple: clarity creates movement,

  1. Aug 12

    The Psychology of Value: Peter Arner on Real Estate, Reinvention & Seeing What Others Miss

    What if everything you built stayed behind—but the skills that built it came with you? Peter Arner left an established New York career and started over in St. Petersburg before Compass had an office—or another agent—in Tampa Bay. He trusted what he saw, answered the phone when others didn’t and became the founding Compass agent in St. Petersburg. But this isn’t simply a real estate success story. It’s a conversation about what makes success portable. Peter and I unpack how to separate genuine value from a well-told story, why listening beats selling and how relationships outperform cold lead generation. We also get into the judgment required to recognize a real opportunity—not simply one you want to believe in—and why Peter approaches every client as though the first transaction could be the first of ten. Then we get to the deeper why: the family legacy that taught Peter never to take opportunity for granted—and the deeply personal reason he is determined to build something that lasts beyond him. If you’re rebuilding, making a significant decision or trying to create a business people return to and refer, this conversation will challenge how you think about value, resilience, trust and what truly travels with you when you begin again.

  2. Aug 5

    Building in a Man’s World: Zasil Oviedo on Construction, Real Estate & Trust

    Zasil “Z” Oviedo is not just talking about construction, real estate, and affordable housing — she is building the machine to execute it. In this episode of Make It Count, Tanya Waymire sits down with Z, founder of GO Contracting and co-founder of A3 Creative Partners, for a conversation on building in a male-dominated industry, taking the con out of contracting, and creating work rooted in trust, systems, and family. Z shares how she went from operations and estimating to owning a construction company in DFW, what contractors and real estate investors often underestimate, and why her mission to help house 5,000 people is deeply personal. This conversation goes beyond business. It is about dignity, generational change, affordable housing, and building something big without losing what matters most. Subscribe to Make It Count for conversations with people building lives, businesses, and legacies that actually matter.

  3. Jul 29

    Melissa Collins: The Singer Who Lost Her Singing Voice and Found Her Sound

    Melissa Collins grew up a Kentucky girl through and through — singing before she was 10, offered record label at 11, raised around music, and carrying the kind of voice people do not forget. Her career took her from the hills of Kentucky to Los Angeles, where her debut release was submitted for Grammy consideration in six categories. But then the thing that made her Melissa was suddenly gone. Health challenges caused vocal damage, and for years, she could not sing the way she once had. Then one day, years later, her voice came back. Not just her voice — her range, strength, control, and confidence came back, too. In this episode of Make It Count, Melissa shares the story of losing her voice, finding it again, and stepping into what feels less like a comeback and more like a rebirth. We talk about Kentucky roots, the dream that started young, being offered a record deal at eleven, opening for George Jones, the lessons of Los Angeles, and the new music she is writing now from a healed, honest, stronger place. Melissa also shares what it means to be chosen for the 50 Over 50 project, record at Abbey Road, work with a full orchestra, and head toward performances connected to the Grand Ole Opry and Ryman Auditorium. This conversation is about music, resilience, faith, joy, second acts, and what happens when the silence does not get the final word. For anyone wondering if the dream is too late, too far gone, or already behind you — Melissa’s story says otherwise.

  4. Jul 22

    Scott W. Klein: The CEO Who Never Led the Same Industry Twice

    Scott W. Klein has led in at least eight different industries, helped grow one company from $12 million to nearly $1 billion, and later helped guide LanguageLine Solutions through its $1.5 billion acquisition by Teleperformance. But this conversation is not just about business wins. On this episode of the Make It Count Podcast™, Scott shares what he learned from more than four decades of leading startups, turnarounds, acquisitions, bankruptcies, global teams, and major transformations. He breaks down his Realtime Transformation approach, why busy work kills momentum, how to create a culture of alignment, and what it really takes to lead people through change. We also talk about the leadership lessons that move beyond the boardroom — family, service, listening, accountability, client satisfaction, and the discipline of knowing where you are going before you start the journey. Scott’s forthcoming book, Leadership for Life, brings those lessons together for business leaders, parents, coaches, community leaders, and anyone who wants to lead themselves and others better. If you have ever wondered what separates activity from real progress, or what leadership looks like when the pressure is high and people are counting on you, this episode is worth your time.

  5. Jul 15

    Jamie Davis, Esq. | DME, Healthcare Real Estate & Life After Corporate

    Jamie Davis, Esq. joins Tanya Waymire on Make It Count to talk about the shift from Fortune 500 legal, compliance, and real estate roles at Walmart and AMC Theatres to building healthcare businesses, DME ventures, behavioral health facilities, and healthcare real estate. This is not a polished “left corporate and everything got easy” story. Jamie talks about faith, timing, being hospitalized with COVID, buying her first fourplex, entering the durable medical equipment space, launching Cornerstone Medical Supply and The DME Launch Pad, and building regulated businesses the right way. She also shares the deeply personal reason behind The Mental Shift Wellness Center and her work in behavioral health after losing her best friend to suicide. If you have built the career, earned the title, and still feel pulled toward ownership, this conversation will meet you there. Jamie brings legal precision, operator grit, and a real heart for serving people — and her next chapter is already in motion. Subscribe to Make It Count for conversations with builders, founders, leaders, and people choosing to do something meaningful with what they’ve been given. Content note: This episode includes discussion of suicide, grief, and behavioral health.

  6. Jul 8

    Tony Jeary & Tammy Kling: Better Results Start with Better Thinking

    Tony Jeary, The RESULTS Guy™, and Tammy Kling join Tanya Waymire on The Make It Count™ Podcast for a conversation about how to stop confusing movement with progress. If you are busy, driven, building something, and still wondering why the results do not match the effort, this episode will challenge the way you think, plan, spend your time, and define success. Tony has spent 40+ years helping high-performing leaders create clarity, focus, and execution. In this conversation, he shares how to get clear on what you actually want, focus on high-leverage activity, use goals as a daily operating system, think better through books and AI, protect your health, and build success that includes your family instead of sacrificing them for it. Tammy Kling brings the kind of perspective that makes the conversation deeper than business. Together, Tony and Tammy pull out what most people miss: better results do not start with doing more. They start with thinking better, choosing better, and getting honest about what matters. Listen if you are ready to build with more intention and make your life count at a higher level.

  7. Jun 24

    Ryan Peppers: The Engineer Brain That Set Sales Records

    Ryan Peppers is the kind of person who can spend eight months engineering the perfect chocolate chip cookie with three flours, three sugars, espresso powder, and an Excel spreadsheet — then bring that same level of precision into sales, leadership, and life. In this episode of the Make It Count Podcast, Ryan shares how Jim Rohn cassette tapes, early entrepreneurship, blue-collar roots, and years in sales shaped the way he thinks, builds, and leads. We talk about systems thinking, high-ticket conversion, genuine influence, integrity in sales, and why people do not make decisions the way most salespeople think they do. This conversation also goes deeper than business. Ryan opens up about building at a high level while protecting what matters most at home, the role faith plays in marriage, why shared vision matters with your spouse, and how to think in both sprints and marathons when you are trying to build something meaningful. This one is for the builder, the salesperson, the leader, the entrepreneur, and the person who knows success should strengthen your life — not quietly take it from you.

  8. Jun 17

    WT Greer III: From Texas Tech to the Stage - The Voice, The Mentor, The Untold Story

    WT Greer III has spent more than four decades using his voice to move rooms, open doors, and remind people what music can still do when it is carried with purpose. In this episode of The Make It Count™ Podcast, WT shares the story behind the voice — from a dorm-room dare that turned into a career, to singing for U.S. Presidents and First Ladies, meeting Oprah, Maya Angelou, Nelson Mandela, Vic Damone, Diana Ross, and performing in rooms most people only read about. But this conversation goes far beyond the stage. WT talks about faith, family, free will, humility, mentorship, raising children with real foundations, and what it means to steward a gift instead of chasing fame. He shares why the goal was never just applause, why serving people matters more than being seen, and why carrying something meaningful requires diligence, obedience, and the willingness to keep learning. This is a conversation about voice, legacy, leadership, faith, and the kind of life that gets built when talent is treated like a responsibility. If you know you have been given something meaningful, this episode will challenge you to carry it well.

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Make It Count™ is a show about builders. Entrepreneurs. Operators. Investors. Sales leaders. People who move. Hosted by Tanya Waymire, each episode is a direct conversation with high-capacity humans who have done the work—built companies, scaled teams, raised capital, created impact, and carried the weight that comes with it. This is not theory. It’s lived experience. You’ll hear how real businesses are structured. How deals are funded. How culture is shaped. How authority is built. How setbacks are absorbed and converted into leverage. The throughline is simple: clarity creates movement,

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