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Bart Merrell Says Your Side Hustle Is Hiding in Your Pain

Bart Merrell, also known as the Side Hustle Samurai, joins Michael Yearby on Unfiltered Conversations for a raw, funny, and brutally practical conversation about entrepreneurship, resilience, AI, risk, and learning how to see income where most people only see problems.Bart is an international entrepreneur and the author of Monetize Your Mindset. His story starts on a pig farm, moves through a teenage DJ business, a dream of joining the FBI that fell apart, commercial bungee jumping in Japan, near-bankruptcy, AI-powered business tools, and even an amputation that he turned into a way to help others.This episode is not your typical “start a side hustle” conversation.This is about learning how to see opportunity inside your real life. The skills you already have. The pain you survived. The work you already do. The thing you keep overlooking because it looks too normal, too ugly, too inconvenient, or too small.Bart breaks down how ordinary people can identify their ideal side hustle by looking at what they like to do, what they need to do, and what they are already doing. He also talks about the power of AI, the importance of calculated risk, and why some people are sitting on “acres of diamonds” but missing them because the opportunity does not look glamorous.If you have ever felt like your story, struggle, job, hobby, or experience could become something bigger, this conversation is for you.Watch the full episode and ask yourself the real question:What money are you walking past because it does not look like opportunity yet?Connect with Bart through youridealsidehustle.com, the 1K Blind Spot Assessment, The Side Hustle Dojo, and The Side Hustle Samurai.#UnfilteredConversations #BartMerrell #SideHustleSamurai #MonetizeYourMindset #SideHustle #Entrepreneurship #BusinessMindset #PersonalBranding #AIForBusiness #Leadership #Resilience #CalculatedRisk #SelfEmployment #OpportunityMindset #MichaelYearby

Kelly Schuknecht Says Stop Being the Best-Kept Secret in Your Industry

Kelly Schuknecht joins Unfiltered Conversations for a real, raw, and practical conversation about personal branding, thought leadership, entrepreneurship, AI, and what it really takes to become the trusted authority in your space.Kelly is the founder and CEO of Two Mile High Marketing, a personal brand agency that helps experts move from being the best-kept secret to becoming recognized, credible, and visible leaders. With more than 20 years of experience in publishing and marketing, Kelly has spent much of her career helping CEOs, founders, authors, and business leaders step into the spotlight. Now, she is doing that same work through her own company, her book Unlocking Your Authority X Factor, her Visibility, Credibility, and Consistency framework, and her work helping entrepreneurs build stronger speaking platforms, LinkedIn presence, and personal brands.In this episode, we talk about why authenticity matters more than ever, especially in a world where AI can generate content faster than people can read it. Kelly breaks down why human connection, real stories, speaking opportunities, books, podcasts, and consistent visibility are becoming major differentiators for business owners and experts.We also get into the emotional side of entrepreneurship: losing a job, stepping out from behind the scenes, becoming the face of your own company, dealing with imposter syndrome, growing too fast, hiring challenges, and learning how to keep showing up even when business gets uncomfortable.This conversation is for entrepreneurs, coaches, speakers, consultants, authors, leaders, and professionals who know they have value but have been hiding in plain sight.Watch the full conversation and ask yourself the uncomfortable question: are you building authority, or are you still waiting for people to discover you?#UnfilteredConversations #KellySchuknecht #PersonalBranding #ThoughtLeadership #AuthorityXFactor #TwoMileHighMarketing #Entrepreneurship #BusinessGrowth #MarketingStrategy #LinkedInMarketing #AIAndBusiness #HumanConnection #ProfessionalBranding #SpeakerBranding #AuthenticLeadership

You Are Not Your Job Title: Larry Keslin on Ego, Joy, Purpose, and Real Connection

In this episode of Unfiltered Conversations, Michael Yearby sits down with Larry Kesslin, entrepreneur, community builder, speaker, coach, and author of The Joy Molecule.Larry brings a powerful message for anyone who has ever achieved success on paper but still felt something missing inside. This conversation breaks open the difference between identity and self, achievement and alignment, and status and real joy.Larry shares how a life-changing trip to rural Uganda in 2012 helped reshape his understanding of joy, purpose, service, and human connection. He also explains the core idea behind The Joy Molecule: conscious connection plus purpose equals joy.This episode goes deep into ego, childhood programming, negative self-talk, success addiction, service, identity, inner work, and the question too many people avoid asking:What are you, who are you, and why are you here?If you are a leader, entrepreneur, creator, coach, author, or professional who has been chasing success but questioning whether it is actually bringing peace, this conversation will hit differently.Watch the full episode, sit with the questions, and ask yourself whether your true self is actually driving your life or just locked in the trunk while your identity performs for the world.Like, comment, subscribe, and share this episode with someone who looks successful but may need to reconnect with joy, purpose, and real human connection.#UnfilteredConversations #MichaelYearby #LarryKeslin #TheJoyMolecule #JoyMolecule #PurposeDrivenLife #ConsciousConnection #PersonalGrowth #LeadershipMindset #Entrepreneurship #InnerWork #AuthenticSuccess #ServiceLeadership #MindsetShift #HumanConnection

West Point, Alcohol, Ayahuasca, and the Brutal Truth About Rebuilding Your Identity: The Scottie Schneider's Story

Scottie Schneider’s story is not clean, polished, or fake inspirational.He grew up homeschooled in a strict religious environment, went to West Point, entered the Army, nearly lost part of his foot from severe frostbite, lost the military future he thought would define him, battled alcoholism, built businesses, made money, sabotaged success, and still found himself asking the same brutal question:Why am I still not happy?In this episode of Unfiltered Conversations, Michael Yearby sits down with Scottie Schneider for a raw conversation about military transition, identity loss, entrepreneurship, self-sabotage, spiritual healing, indigenous wisdom, plant medicine responsibility, and the kind of community modern people are starving for.Scottie opens up about losing the uniform, losing family, blowing up relationships and businesses, and eventually building a community rooted in one powerful rule: no doors.This conversation goes deep into preparation, integration, ayahuasca safety, emotional accountability, veteran purpose, healing after trauma, and why no breakthrough means anything if you refuse the boring daily work afterward.This is not a conversation about escaping responsibility.It is a conversation about finally taking it back.Watch the full episode, leave a comment with the part that challenged you most, like the video, subscribe to the channel, and share this with someone who is rebuilding their life after losing the identity they thought would carry them forever.#UnfilteredConversations #MichaelYearby #ScottieSchneider #MilitaryTransition #VeteranHealing #IdentityCrisis #PersonalTransformation #AyahuascaIntegration #PlantMedicineSafety #SpiritualGrowth #EntrepreneurshipJourney #SelfSabotage #CommunityHealing #LeadershipLessons #EmotionalAccountability

Paul Musson Exposes Why Money Printing Makes Main Street Pay While Wall Street Wins

In this episode of Unfiltered Conversations, Michael Yearby sits down with Paul Musson, investment veteran, former fund manager, author of Capital Offense: Why Some Benefit at Your Expense, and creator of Paulitical Economy, for a powerful conversation about money, capital, markets, housing, AI disruption, and the economic system most people feel but do not fully understand.Paul does not come into this conversation trying to rage bait, scare people, or throw around financial jargon. He breaks down complicated economic ideas in plain language, including why money and capital are not the same thing, how central bank policies have inflated asset prices, why housing has become unaffordable for younger generations, and how Wall Street bailouts can quietly shift pain onto Main Street.This episode also gets deeply human. Paul talks about personal honesty, how he went from trying to impress clients to educating them, why his principle of “be free and do no harm” shapes his work, and why people need truth, not ego, when making financial decisions. He also shares lessons from owning a brew pub, working in investment management, watching AI disrupt careers, and seeing how ordinary people can still pivot, adapt, and fight for a better future.If you care about financial education, wealth inequality, housing affordability, AI disruption, capitalism, leadership, truth, investing, and the future of work, this conversation is for you.Watch the full episode, drop your biggest takeaway in the comments, like the video, subscribe to the channel, and share this conversation with someone who needs a clearer understanding of what is really happening with money.#UnfilteredConversations #MichaelYearby #PaulMusson #CapitalOffense #MoneyAndCapital #FinancialEducation #WealthInequality #HousingCrisis #CentralBanks #WallStreet #MainStreet #InflationExplained #PersonalFinance #EconomicTruth #FutureOfWork