Built for This with Brian Briscoe

Brian Briscoe

Let’s pull back the curtain to give you a front row seat of stories about purpose, social good, self-identify, failures, and successes. You will be inspired, challenged, and encouraged in your own life after hearing stories of overcoming challenges, making life pivots, and conquering unexpected obstacles. Join me on my podcast journey….Built For This.

  1. 3d ago

    How To Elevate a City with Music, Culture & Entertainment #festival #music #culture #entertainment

    One of the most iconic annual events in Denton, Texas, is the Day of the Dead Festival. Longtime Denton resident and music composer, David Pierce, teamed with another longtime local entrepreneur, Marcus Watson, in conducting a massive music, culture, and entertainment gathering.  The iconic DOD Festival is part of the 31 Days of Halloween in Denton each year. Denton’s Day of the Dead festival is a staple of the community, bringing a culturally inclusive and family-focused event to the historic city. From humble beginnings in 2009 with the inaugural performances of Cirque du Horror to the first festival in 2011, the Festival has grown to include E. Hickory and E. Oak Streets as well. Now, festival-goers enjoy great local food & drink, arts & crafts, live music and folk dancing, along with the signature events! Incorporating elements from Día de Muertos, Halloween, and other Fall traditions, Denton’s Day of the Dead Festival embraces the richness of our community fabric like nothing else. David Pierce is a composer/arranger, performer and educator. Graduated from the University of North Texas with a Bachelor's of Music Ed, ('97), and taught in the Southlake (TX) Carroll ISD for 10 years ('97-'07). During that time, he taught beginner band students up to high school age, and started developing a jazz program that eventually consisted of 4 high school and 5 middle school groups, eventually leading to the award winning program that exists currently. In 2009, David created "Cirque du Horror," which is an all ages, family friendly Halloween musical that has performed every October in Denton, TX. Along with that, he serves as Executive Director of Denton's Day of the Dead Festival.  Marcus Watson is Chairman of the Board of Denton's Day of the Dead Festival.  He is very involved in supporting community acitivites and events. He started with Little Guys Movers in 1992. Today, the company has 17 locations strong across Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Tennessee, North Carolina, and Colorado, with 100,000+ moves. For 34 years, Marcus has believed moving is about trust, not trucks.  "When someone hands you the keys to their home, their office, or a parent's belongings, they're trusting you with something they can't get back if it goes wrong."

    How To Elevate a City with Music, Culture & Entertainment #festival #music #culture #entertainment

  2. Sep 8

    How to Build a Great Business & Let it Run Itself #BusinessStrategy #Entrepreneur #Owner #Operator

    Sometimes business owner-operators build something great but can't step away from it.  Liz Landry is a business strategist who helps entrepreneurs stop being the bottleneck in their own companies.  She takes us on a journey of how to build a business that runs without you and is actually sellable! Liz is the author of her forthcoming book From Operator to Owner: The Entrepreneurs Guide to Running a Business that Doesn't Run You, as well as a keynote speaker, and practical leadership expert with over 16 years of experience empowering entrepreneurs to build self-sustaining companies. She has personally coached thousands of business owners, guiding leaders from solo ventures to scalable, sellable organizations. Liz is renowned for her practical, tactical approach, equipping entrepreneurs with real-world tools and actionable frameworks that move beyond theory into daily implementation. Her work enables leaders to shift from overwhelm and dependency to freedom and sustainable growth by building organizations that no longer rely solely on their involvement.  Challenging conventional wisdom, Liz teaches that growth alone magnifies underlying problems unless the right structure and systems are in place. As an in-demand speaker, she has inspired audiences from executive boardrooms to arenas of over 10,000 attendees.

    How to Build a Great Business & Let it Run Itself #BusinessStrategy #Entrepreneur #Owner #Operator

  3. Sep 1

    How to Find Vision, Passion, Clarity, & Belief in Yourself and Your Business #vision #growth #passion

    What do companies struggle with the most? Growth strategy...operations management...and more.  Jason Dominguez and Greg King help companies find OTHER underlying challenges.  They suggest perhaps it is more about finding vision, passion, clairty, and belief. Jason is Co-Founder and CAO of Cardinal Communication Strategies. He has spent his career working inside industries — not consulting from the outside. Print. Technology. Education. Manufacturing. IT. Each one taught him something different about how businesses actually operate, and what keeps good ones stuck. The pattern he kept seeing was the same everywhere. It was never a lack of effort. It was a lack of aligned relationships — with the right people, inside and outside the business. He didn't graduate from high school — fear of public speaking. He finished college third in his class, Magna Cum Laude, and spent 10 years teaching speech. That arc taught him, more about growth and showing up than anything else ever did. What he carried out of all of it: when you have something genuinely worth sharing, you don't sell it. You tell it. The right relationships find their way to you naturally — and you build them with intention. That's what Cardinal Community Strategies was built on. Greg is a visionary, storyteller, and founder of Ouchless Productions, an end-to-end production company that specializes in creating and producing story-driven content for athletes, brands, and businesses.  He helps nonprofits, brands, businesses, and athletes, tell their stories, and turn it into meaningful and measurable engagement.

    How to Find Vision, Passion, Clarity, & Belief in Yourself and Your Business #vision #growth #passion

  4. Aug 25

    How To Be Ready When Opportunity Comes Knocking #broadcasting #mlb #radio

    He is the long time Voice of the Texas Rangers Baseball Club.  He thought he wanted to be a hockey announcer until the opportunity of a lifetime came along.  Eric Nadel shares his celebrated baseball broadcast journey that includes being a connoisseur of music and food and one that also features a challenge with mental health wellness. Eric has been the lead voice on the Texas Rangers radio broadcasts for over 30 years and holds the longest tenure of any announcer in the history of the franchise. Nadel is an eight-time selection of the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association Texas Sportscaster of the Year Award (1999, 2001, 2002, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2015) and was twice honored by the Associated Press for best play-by-play in Texas. He was inducted as the 15th member of the Texas Rangers Baseball Hall of Fame on August 11, 2012. Nadel joined the Rangers in 1979 and called games on television and radio in his first three seasons. Beginning in 1982, he began a 13-year run with Mark Holtz as the radio team on WBAP while returning to the television booth for one year in 1984. Nadel became the team’s lead radio voice on KRLD Radio when Holtz moved to television in 1995. Nadel is a graduate of Brown University, where he called football and hockey on the college radio station. He had Minor League hockey play-by-play stints in Muskegon, MI, Oklahoma City, Dallas and Fort Worth, and was also the radio voice of the Dallas Diamonds of the Women’s Professional Basketball League. Nadel spent several off-seasons learning Spanish and has taken part in Spanish game broadcasts in numerous Latin American countries. He is also the author of four books, including his latest work, LIM-ERIC!, an illustrated book of limericks published in November 2018. Nadel was inducted into the Texas Sports Hall of Fame in 2020.

    How To Be Ready When Opportunity Comes Knocking #broadcasting #mlb #radio

  5. Aug 18

    How Purpose Builds Effective Leadership #purpose #leadership #service

    He had a decades long career working on budgets for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and the Texas Legislative Budget Board.  Now, Jerry McGinty spends time crunching numbers mapping out mileage for traveling the country in retirement with his wife.  He shares his journey of serving and finding life fulfillment. Jerry was named the Director of the Legislative Budget Board in March 2020 by the Lieutenant Governor and Speaker. He served in this role until his retirement from the State of Texas in December 2025. The staff of the Legislative Budget Board develops budget and policy recommendations for legislative appropriations with a biennial state budget of approximately $338 billion for 2026-27, analyzes and monitors state agency spending and operations, completes fiscal analyses for all proposed legislation, and conducts evaluations and reviews to improve the efficiency of state agencies, local operations, and school districts. Previously, Jerry worked for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for 28 years where he held several positions, including the TDCJ Chief Financial Officer from 2008 to 2020.  He holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Sam Houston State University and has been active with the SHSU alumni, with prior service on the SHSU Alumni Board of Directors and the Friends of the Sam Houston Memorial Museum Board. Jerry has been married to his wife Tammy for over 33 years, and they have three sons (Joshua, Jacob, and Jonah) and three daughters-in-law (Hannah, Baylee, and Savannah).

    How Purpose Builds Effective Leadership #purpose #leadership #service

  6. Aug 11

    How to Find Purpose During the Darkest Times of Life #patriot #purpose #veteran #hope #resilient

    He was deployed to the Middle East and the wounded with severe injuries.  What followed was a journey of physical, emotional, and spiritual battles...suicidal at times.  But a fly fishing trip changed the life of Lew Duckwall, and he tells us how he is pouring into lives of other veterans and first responders on this episode. Lew is a retired combat Veteran, Purple Heart recipient and is the founder of North Texas Patriot Anglers.  He has been an avid fly fisherman since his youth in upstate New York.  Lew started North Texas Patriot Anglers in 2013 as a healing journey for himself and a few friends, never dreaming it would grow into what it is today.  He deployed to the Middle East in 2002 as part of the eliete Red Horse combat engineer unit, a group had many great accomplishments in that war zone.  Just prior to Thanksgiving 2002, on a Top Secret mission to build a two-story building, Lew was involved in a serious injury during the construction.  He talks about how that moment and what was to follow would change his life and his purpose forever. Through one-on-one guided fly-fishing outings, North Texas Patriot Anglers attempts to increase Veterans well-being, renew their sense of camaraderie, and enhance their desire to move forward with their healing process. To date, NTPA has assisted more than 3,200 Veterans, provided more than 60,000 volunteer hours, and conducted almost 30 annual trips. Lew is married to retired CMSGT Nicole Duckwall, a Veteran of both Irag and Afghanistan.

    How to Find Purpose During the Darkest Times of Life #patriot #purpose #veteran #hope #resilient

  7. Aug 4

    How to Chase Your Dream of Becoming a Book Author #author #fantasyfiction #imagination #escapism

    She is a fantasy fiction author, inspired by "The Lord of the Rings" and "The Chronicles of Narnia." Author Ashley Frerking has written a lineage series with characters based partly on her own life.  She takes us on a fantasy journey of escapism and imagination in this episode. Ashley grew up in her early years in Kenya as the daughter of missionary parents. After graduating high school, she moved back to the United States and earned her degree in English from Dallas Baptist University and, some years later, a master's degree in Scriptwriting from Regent University. I've always loved reading fantasy and I wanted to see if I could create a world of fantasy too," Ashley says. "I take inspiration from "The Lord of the Rings" and "The Chronicles of Narnia." These ideas have been bouncing around in my head for a while, so it's fun to see them come to life on the page. I also like imagining myself in the world of Amaranaca, so it's easier to visualize." The first two books in this lineage series are "The Queen's Road" and "The Traveler."  The third book in the series, "The Bodyguard's Princess" is coming in October 2026. "The Queen’s Road" is the first book in the Lineage Series. Melinda's life is turned upside down upon the arrival of Nathan. Transported to the land of Amaranaca, Melinda joins the Army of the Faithful, whose aim is to aid her in reclaiming her throne from Kelam the usurper. Will she be victorious, or is Amaranaca doomed to Kelam's reign? "The Traveler" is the second book in the Lineage Series. Tura Saurbrook embarks on a quest for revenge and happens upon two elves on their way to join the army faithful to the true king. Tura struggles to keep her true identity hidden. Unbeknownst to her, the two elves hold an explosive secret themselves.

    How to Chase Your Dream of Becoming a Book Author #author #fantasyfiction #imagination #escapism

  8. Jul 28

    Identifying Key Coping Skills For Mental Health Challenges #mentalhealth #copingskills

    What are the biggest mental health challenges facing teens, marriages, and those of us in the workplace?  Licensed Biblical Therapist Pete Thompson has more than 35 years experience in this field.  He shares important coping skills on this episode. Pete is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in the state of Texas, California, Florida, and Arizona. He is a member of the Focus on the Family Christian Counselors Network, the Southern Baptist Convention Counseling Network, and Texas Baptist Counseling Services. He has been a practicing believer in Christ for over 46 years. He counsels clients both at his home office in Texas, and across the United States and overseas via the Internet. Pete combines a cognitive behavioral approach with the infinite resources of knowledge found in God’s Holy word, the Bible. He specializes in Coping Skills, offering his clients specific tools that assist in dealing with life’s stressors. He grew up in California’s Central Valley but now resides in Lantana, Texas with his wife, Lynne, of 34 years marriage, and they have two adult children. Pete's behavioral health specialities include: Addictions (drug, alcohol, sexual)AdolescentsAnxietyCoping SkillsDepressionDivorce/Dissolution/RecoveryGrief/LossParentingPersonal GrowthPTSDRelationship IssuesStressTrauma

    Identifying Key Coping Skills For Mental Health Challenges #mentalhealth #copingskills
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