Make It Count ™ with Tanya Waymire

Rob Duve — Founder of Dad Grid & Champion for Fathers | Make It Count™

What happens when the season that stretches you becomes the reason you build something that helps other people? In this episode of Make It Count, I sit down with Rob Duve — father of five and founder of DadGrid. Rob shares the real work behind single fatherhood, rebuilding, emotional healing, asking for help, and learning to lead his family with more presence, responsibility, and connection. We talk about the weight many fathers carry quietly, the stories men tell themselves when life changes, and why Rob felt led to build DadGrid as a place for single dads to find support, resources, community, and a way forward. This conversation is for fathers, families, and anyone who has had to rebuild while people were still counting on them. Listen, subscribe, and share this with someone who needs to hear it.

Jennifer & Jason McAlister — Inventors, Business Owners & Real Estate Investors | Make It Count™

What do you do when the finish line moves, the dream takes fourteen years, and the work still matters? Jennifer and Jason (Mac) McAlister bring two lives of endurance into one conversation. Jennifer is a Christian author, speaker, certified coach, and devotional writer whose message was shaped through real life — including being stopped near the finish line of the Boston Marathon when the bombing happened. That moment became part of the story behind Press On, Trained to Trust, and her devotionals now reaching people through YouVersion and Bible.com. Jason served in the Marine Corps and Navy, flew AV-8B Harriers, trained pilots, and went on to build Wraith Systems after seeing a gap in how fighter pilots were being prepared. His work now supports F-35 pilot training, and every F-35 pilot trains on the stick and throttle system he helped bring to life. This conversation is for anyone building through pressure, delay, faith, family, business risk, or the private grind people rarely see. We talk about marriage, endurance, calling, failure, obedience, support, and what it really takes to keep moving when the road keeps feeling uphill. Subscribe to Make It Count for weekly conversations with real builders, leaders, and people creating lives that prove what’s possible.

Greg Johnson — Founder of Night of Superstars & Entrepreneur | Make It Count™

If you’ve been waiting for life to get easier before you move forward, this episode is going to hit you in the right place. Greg Johnson, Founder of Night of Superstars, joins Make It Count for a conversation about adversity, service, dignity, and the kind of perspective most of us need more often than we admit. Through Night of Superstars, students and young adults with special needs are honored for what they have accomplished, then supported through scholarships, mentorship, internships, and community long after the red carpet ends. What Greg shares in this episode is bigger than an event. It will make you look at what you complain about, what you carry, what you avoid, and what becomes possible when you stop treating adversity like the enemy. Subscribe to Make It Count for more conversations with builders who help you think deeper, lead better, and do something useful with the life you’ve been given.

Eric Wanner — From Corporate Executive to Entrepreneur & Business Owner | Make It Count™

Enterprise pressure taught him how to build. Ownership made it personal. Eric Wanner sat with me for a conversation that goes far beyond career titles. He has built inside companies like Nike, Amazon, Walmart, and Sears, led large teams, carried real operational pressure, and learned what holds when performance matters. Today, he owns Woofie’s of SE Nashville, has served more than 1,500 pets, launched Woofie’s on the Spot, and was named Innovator of the Year inside the Woofie’s franchise system. But the real story is what sits underneath all of that. Eric talks about being a dad first, learning to lead without leaving damage behind, building from relationships, betting on yourself, coaching kids, recovering after mistakes, and defining success before the world defines it for you. And yes — this one gets personal. Eric is my brother, and that gave this conversation a depth I’ll never manufacture. If you’re building something, leading people, raising kids, leaving corporate, stepping into ownership, or asking what success is supposed to feel like now, this episode is worth your time. Watch or listen now, and subscribe to Make It Count for more conversations with people who have lived the lessons they’re sharing.

Kit Cummings — Peace Has a Backbone: Author, Speaker & Founder of Power of Peace | Make It Count™

Peace has a backbone. In this episode of Make It Count, Tanya Waymire sits down with Kit Cummings, award-winning author, international speaker, and founder of the Power of Peace Project. Kit has taken his work into maximum-security prisons, gang conflict, death row, corporate leadership teams, schools, churches, and communities across the world. His message is sharp because his wisdom was earned in places where human behavior is raw, trust is fragile, and peace has to be stronger than chaos. This conversation goes far beyond prison reform or conflict resolution. Kit opens up about burnout, public failure, shame, faith, purpose, and the calling that sent him toward the people and places most others avoid. He shares what gang leaders taught him about respect, what dangerous environments revealed about leadership, and why real transformation starts when people remember they still have light in them. If you care about leadership, human behavior, emotional resilience, purpose, faith, culture, or building something that outlives you, this episode will stay with you. Follow Make It Count for conversations with people who have earned their wisdom and are using it to build lives, businesses, and legacies that matter.