#468 - Dr. John Oberg gets REAL about better behaviors of individuals, communities, and systems lead to best-in-class outcomes

The Be Real Show with Travis Huff What happens when you build a successful business, lose nearly everything overnight, and have to completely reinvent yourself? In this inspiring episode of The Be Real Show, Travis Huff welcomes entrepreneur, author, photographer, and business advisor Scott Proposki for a powerful conversation about resilience, reinvention, entrepreneurship, and what it really takes to build a sustainable business. Scott spent more than 27 years building an incredible photography career, working with major organizations including National Geographic, the White House, and the NFL. Along the way, he built a multimillion-dollar photography business and led a large team of professionals. Then the pandemic arrived, and the event photography industry came to a sudden halt. Faced with the loss of the business he had spent decades creating, Scott was forced to rethink everything he knew about success, profitability, and his future. Rather than giving up, he transformed his experience into a new mission: helping photographers and creative entrepreneurs build profitable businesses with stronger foundations, better systems, and greater freedom. Scott's journey offers valuable lessons for anyone who has experienced setbacks, questioned their direction, or dreamed of building something bigger. Topics & Takeaways The entrepreneurial journey from professional photographer to successful business owner Working with major brands and building lasting professional relationships Growing a creative passion into a multimillion-dollar business Facing major business setbacks and learning how to rebuild Understanding why revenue and profitability aren't the same thing Building systems that help entrepreneurs work smarter, not harder Why having the right clients matters more than having the most clients Reinvention, resilience, and embracing second chances Turning decades of experience into a meaningful new business Creating lasting success without sacrificing your personal freedom About Scott Proposki Scott Proposki is an entrepreneur, author, photography business advisor, and creator of the Camera Focus Method. With 27 years of professional photography experience, Scott has worked with iconic organizations including National Geographic, the NFL, and the White House. After building a highly successful photography business and navigating its collapse during the pandemic, Scott dedicated himself to helping other entrepreneurs avoid similar mistakes. Today, he shares business strategies focused on profitability, pricing, client relationships, personal growth, and long-term sustainability. His work reminds entrepreneurs that setbacks don't have to define their future — sometimes they create the opportunity for an even greater second chapter. Connect with Scott Proposki Website: https://scottproposki.com/ The Second Shot: https://scottproposki.com/the-second-shot Podcast Appearances: https://scottproposki.com/podcast Connect with The Be Real Show Join Travis Huff on The Be Real Show as he sits down with inspiring entrepreneurs, business leaders, creators, and changemakers who share the real stories behind their success. If you enjoyed this episode, subscribe, leave a review, and share it with another entrepreneur who needs a little inspiration. Be Real. Be Authentic. Be You.

The Be Real Show with Travis Huff What if anger wasn't something you needed to eliminate, but something you could learn to transform into one of your greatest strengths? In this episode of The Be Real Show, Travis Huff welcomes Hollis Pirkey, author, speaker, entrepreneur, and anger-channeling expert, for a powerful exploration of emotional awareness, personal transformation, and the impact anger can have on our relationships, businesses, and everyday lives. For decades, Hollis struggled with anger and its consequences. Through his personal journey of self-discovery, he developed a new perspective on understanding and channeling powerful emotions into productive action. Today, Hollis helps individuals, entrepreneurs, and business leaders recognize destructive emotional patterns, improve communication, and create healthier relationships and workplace cultures. This conversation explores a powerful idea: You don't have to let your emotions control your future. You can learn to use them as fuel for meaningful change. Topics Explored Understanding anger and the emotions underneath it Turning frustration and negative energy into positive action How unresolved anger can affect relationships, leadership, and business success Developing greater emotional awareness and self-control Breaking destructive habits and creating healthier responses The importance of personal responsibility and authentic growth Finding purpose and peace through life's challenges About Hollis Pirkey Hollis Pirkey is an author, speaker, and expert in anger channeling and emotional transformation. With a diverse background spanning entertainment, entrepreneurship, and leadership, Hollis brings decades of personal and professional experience to his work. He is the author of I Love My Anger But It's Killing Me and the creator of AngerChanneling.com, where he helps people transform their relationship with anger and develop emotional resilience. Connect with Hollis Pirkey Website: https://angerchanneling.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hollisjefpirkey/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@wpdagrouphjpreel Connect with The Be Real Show Join host Travis Huff for authentic conversations with entrepreneurs, thought leaders, and inspiring individuals who share their journeys, challenges, and lessons learned along the way. Be Real. Be Authentic. Be You. If you enjoyed this episode, subscribe to The Be Real Show, leave us a review, and share this conversation with someone who could benefit from its message.

🎙️ Be Real Show — Guest Notes: Timothy "Tim" Rexius Timothy Rexius on LinkedIn Tim Rexius official website Quick Guest Overview Tim Rexius is an Omaha-based serial entrepreneur whose businesses span nutrition, supplements, gyms, consumer products, consulting and speaking. His ventures include Rexius Nutrition, Omaha Protein Popcorn, VHI Supplements and Iron Heaven Gyms. He's also a husband and father of six. Timothy D Rexius His backstory is particularly strong for your show. Tim has talked publicly about being broke and sleeping in his car when he was young, then starting a lawn-care business to get himself back on his feet. He eventually left corporate America around age 29 and opened his first Rexius Nutrition store in Omaha. Summit OS A major theme of his story is bootstrapping. He has described building his businesses without outside investment, using cash flow, relationships and persistence to expand.

Over the last 3 decades, I have studied the behavior of individuals, communities, and systems. I have observed our world as it becomes more transactional and less connected. This trend is impacting our work, our health, and our communities. My career is now focused on reversing trends that negatively impact humans. Better behaviors of individuals, communities, and systems lead to best-in-class outcomes, not to mention happier people and a better society.

"We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them." – Albert Einstein Scott Alldridge is a tech-forward C-Suite Executive, Board Director, Amazon Best Seller Author and exceptional Problem Solver with deep experience in AI, cybersecurity, data governance and risk management spanning a broad array of industries. He is a transformational leader adept at driving organizational change, mitigating financial and reputation risk and formulating high-impact tech strategies that lead to significant value creation. ______ CYBERSECURITY SME. Scott's work is grounded in Zero Trust – a cyber-tech operations discipline for highly regulated environments. He has led and advised organizations operating under NIST CSF, NIST 800-53, NIST 800-171, CMMC and ISO 27001. Scott's experience also includes HIPAA, PCI DSS, SOX, GLBA, SOC 2, state privacy laws and cyber insurance requirements. In each engagement, Scott's primary goal is to support organizations by strengthening security, ensuring compliance and improving performance – without compromising business efficiency. ENGAGED BOARD MEMBER. Scott helps companies build future-ready infrastructures and leverage technology to strengthen organizational agility and drive profitable growth. He brings a unique blend of business acumen and technical proficiency to his roles as CEO, Advisor and Independent Board Director. Scott's board-level advisory experience includes strategic guidance on a variety of topics including digital transformation, cybersecurity governance, business strategy, portfolio growth and AI. PRAGMATIC LEADER. Scott builds accountable, cross-functional teams that deliver spot-on, data-driven results for their organization, clients and stakeholders. Guided by a shared set of "Mission, Vision and Values", Scott mentors emerging leaders to execute assignments with clarity and autonomy. As testament to his effective leadership style, Scott's core team has remained with him for more than 15 years. https://ipservices.com/ ______ EXPERIENCE and EXPERTISE Small Cap · Mid-cap · SMB · Startups · PE · Digital Transformation • Change Management · AI · IT Roadmaps · Cybersecurity · Continuous Improvement · Agile Methodology · SaaS · ERP Systems Cloud Services · IT Infrastructures · Growth Strategies · Risk Mitigation Business Development M&A Due Diligence • Acquisition Integration • Vendor Negotiations Audit Compliance • NIST • CMMC • GLP • SOX • Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act

  🎙️ Be Real Show Podcast Notes Guest: Joe Terry CEO, Culture Partners | Former NFL Linebacker | 16x Ironman | Bestselling Author Episode Title Ideas From NFL to CEO: The Power of Surrendering to Lead Why Company Culture Beats Strategy Alone How Elite Performers Think Differently Leadership Without Ego Building Winning Cultures in Business and Life Joe Terry Bio Joe Terry is the CEO of Culture Partners, a leadership and organizational culture consulting firm. Before entering the business world, he played linebacker for the Seattle Seahawks, later completed 16 Ironman triathlons, and became the author of the USA Today bestselling book Surrender to Lead. His work focuses on helping organizations align culture with measurable business outcomes through clarity, accountability, and leadership development.

We're about one simple thing. We help the owners of companies between $2 million and $20 million in size achieve large-scale growth of their business. We don't believe in growth for growth's sake. As far as we're concerned, a company is just a tool to support the goals of its owners and its people. We help people to grow their businesses in support of whatever those goals are. We help with marketing, sales, operations, human resources, underlying structures, management, leadership development – whatever it takes to grow. That's what we do. https://walshbusinessgrowth.com/    About Walsh Business Growth Institute. Founded in 1995 by Michael Walsh, Walsh Business Growth Institute is an international business consulting organization: We support business owners across North America and Europe to take their companies to the next level of growth. Our goal is simple – to help people get what they want, using their business as the primary tool to get them there. Whether the company wants to grow to $10 million or $100 million, what most business owners ultimately want is more profit and more freedom. We're committed to synthesizing the best practices for business growth and leadership development. We continue to invest in R&D to continually evolve best practices and strategies that help our clients meet their goals. We help you grow consistent with your goals. The biggest challenge that business owners face "The reason we look at business growth is because, at any given size, a company has strengths and limitations. If you can grow it a little bit, you can actually morph it to get what you want."

I spend all of my time helping fast moving founders bust up the bullshit in order to create new outcomes. I do this by training and coaching entrepreneurial leaders in the art and science of personal engagement for themselves, their teams and clients in order to create new results and experience fulfillment in their work. https://www.linkedin.com/in/adriankoehler/  http://takenewground.com/   In the process of developing my craft I have worked in multiple contexts: Fortune 500 organizations, Multinationals, Higher Education, Start-Ups, and Healthcare. Over the last decade my passion for human performance has taken me around the globe to partner and serve organizations that are committed to being their best in making a difference in the world. I have trained and developed leaders in Navy SEALs, NIKE, Virgin Hyperloop One, Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams, Herschel Supply Co., Oprah Winfrey Network, Gavin DeBecker & Associates, Siegel & Gale, UCLA and others. 

My company is called SCPictures, which is a full-service production company catering to the advertising/marketing world. "We produce work that resonates far beyond our field." I am a director/photographer who strives to capture the spirit of the moment from the viewer's perspective so that the results are genuine. "We continually strive to work with like-minded people to create extraordinary work." Stewart's Profile linkedin.com/in/stewartcohen Websites scpictures.com    In 2019, I took on SuperStock, a media licensing house that has been around since 1973. With my team of twelve, we collectively manage twenty-five million still and video assets @superstock.com. I love visuals; they keep me going, whether still or moving. The collections at SuperStock represent decades of looks and trends. Please check us out for your licensing needs. We are among the last that honor decent royalties to my fellow creatives.

Attention: Full service, creative, marketing agency owners. The number #1 reason you started the agency: 1) Freedom That's how simple it is. You want to grow your agency while working less in the business, right? We help you transform from the hustler/doer to the CEO. https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessepgilmore/ https://www.nicheincontrol.com/  With our Leverage for Growth program and my 1-1 support, together we: — Create scalability in your agency so as you take on more clients, you don't increase your personal hours to serve them. — Increase your revenue by consistently attracting your dream clients that value your services through an effective client attraction system (referral, inbound and outbound). — Find, train and manage a growing team to handle whole parts of the company so you can focus on growth or taking time for yourself. A selection of the agency owners we've worked with: — Jade (digital marketing agency owner) took 8 weeks off and still hit record-breaking sales this year. — Melanie (marketing consultant) 2X revenue while working less and doing more of what she loves. — Ray (digital marketing) regained control of his time with new systems that supported success. — Scott (ad agency) 2X'd profit margins and took a full month off while clients were still served. — Ryan (content marketing) doubled revenue while cutting his workload by 50% in 12 months. — Michele (web + design) built a client-finding system and took back control of her business. — Shari (creative + branding) transformed her business and team dynamics in just 3 months. — Daisy (PR agency owner) eliminated 100+ hours/month and doubled revenue in 4 months. — Casey (marketing expert) shifted from generalist to niche authority with a dialed-in offer. — Laryssa (digital marketing) doubled her MRR in 3 months by landing high-ticket clients. — Chad (ad agency) transformed his mindset and created team unity for scalable growth. — Reece (digital marketing) gained clarity and implemented the systems needed to grow. — Mike (web dev) cut 30+ weekly work hours and scaled with an 8-hour, 5-day schedule. — Warren (digital marketing) scaled from $15K/month to over $100K/month in 9 months. — Tonnisha (social media) slashed 30 hours/week and tripled her revenue in 5 months. — Susan (creative) 2X'd her revenue + exited through acquisition in just 18 months. — Sara (social media) rebuilt her confidence and clarity with systems that scale. — Nick (SEO) streamlined ops, boosted team morale, and amplified growth.