Built by Mistakes Podcast

Skip Thompson
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Built by Mistakes is a podcast hosted by Skip Thompson — a green industry veteran sharing raw, honest lessons in leadership, resilience, and growth. Your mistakes don't define you — they build you.

Episodes

  1. Jun 22

    Failure isn't the Problem- Avoiding it is

    What if the biggest mistake you're making as a leader isn't a bad decision — it's the decision you keep putting off? In Episode 2 of Built by Mistakes, Skip Thompson gets honest about the leadership trap he fell into early in his career — putting his head down, grinding through the work, and avoiding the difficult issues until they became impossible to ignore. The problem with avoidance? It's convenient. But convenient doesn't make the problem go away. It just makes it bigger. Skip shares the story of a crew leader who got the work done every day — but was quietly destroying team culture. Skip kept avoiding it. When he finally addressed it, the entire team's demeanor changed overnight. And the person who stepped up to fill that role had been there all along. Then Skip sits down with a guest who has lived this from a completely different angle — and together they dig into why the fear of failure is the real failure, and what it actually takes to lead through it. 🌐 Website: builtbymistakes.com 📧 Connect with Skip: [your email or contact page] 🎙️ Built by Mistakes Podcast — Lessons in Leadership,  Resilience and Growth

    20 min

  2. Jun 13

    "I Expected Everyone to Be Me "

    What happens when a high-performer becomes a leader — and never adjusts their expectations? In Episode 1 of Built by Mistakes, host Skip Thompson takes you back to a pivotal moment in his career — a Sunday afternoon alone in the office, grinding away, getting madder by the minute that nobody else was there. What he didn't realize yet was that his frustration wasn't his team's failure. It was his. It wasn't until a leader at a motivational event he almost didn't attend said something that stopped him cold: "I fired and lost a lot of good people because I expected them to be me." That line changed everything. In this episode Skip gets honest about what it really means to lead people — and why the most dangerous thing a high-performer can do is become a leader without ever adjusting their standard. 🌐 Website: builtbymistakes.com 📧 Connect with Skip: [your email or contact page] 🎙️ Built by Mistakes Podcast — Lessons in Leadership,  Resilience and Growth

    18 min

  3. May 26

    Built by Mistakes - Official Trailer

    Have you ever looked back at a mistake, a failure, a moment  you'd do differently — and realized it was the thing that  actually made you? Welcome to Built by Mistakes — a podcast about leadership,  resilience, and growth hosted by Skip Thompson. With 43 years in the green industry, Skip has led teams,  built companies, navigated mergers, and made every mistake in  the book. Now he's sharing the real lessons — not the  highlight reel. The hard-won truth about what it takes to  lead, fail, get back up, and grow. New episodes dropping soon. 🌐 Website: builtbymistakes.com 📧 Connect with Skip: [your email or contact page] 🎙️ Built by Mistakes Podcast — Lessons in Leadership,  Resilience and Growth

    1 min

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Built by Mistakes is a podcast hosted by Skip Thompson — a green industry veteran sharing raw, honest lessons in leadership, resilience, and growth. Your mistakes don't define you — they build you.

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  • Creator
    Skip Thompson
  • Years Active
    2K
  • Episodes
    3
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Built by Mistakes Podcast
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