The Show Goes On
The Show Goes On
Podcast Description
The Show Goes On is about the people who keep businesses running, even when things get tough. The coaches, investors, operators, and problem-solvers who work with entrepreneurs every day—helping them navigate challenges, adapt, and find new ways to grow. Building a business isn’t just about big wins; it’s about resilience. It’s about finding solutions when things don’t go as planned, making tough decisions, and staying in the game when others quit. This podcast dives into the real work of entrepreneurship—not just from the founder’s perspective, but from those who guide, fund, and support them. No fluff, no hype—just straight conversations about what it takes to keep the show going.
Podcast Insights
Content Themes
The podcast centers on themes of resilience in business, operational challenges, and the support system surrounding entrepreneurs. Notable episodes include conversations with Jeff Donaldson on scaling strategies without chaos, Jill Young’s insights into unlocking team potential through leadership dynamics, and Daniel Marcos's journey in building a global EdTech empire and lessons learned from past failures.
The Show Goes On is about the people who keep businesses running, even when things get tough. The coaches, investors, operators, and problem-solvers who work with entrepreneurs every day—helping them navigate challenges, adapt, and find new ways to grow.
Building a business isn’t just about big wins; it’s about resilience. It’s about finding solutions when things don’t go as planned, making tough decisions, and staying in the game when others quit. This podcast dives into the real work of entrepreneurship—not just from the founder’s perspective, but from those who guide, fund, and support them. No fluff, no hype—just straight conversations about what it takes to keep the show going.
Blake Winters – entrepreneur, strategist, and emotional leadership advisor – joins host Aamir Noorani for one of the most raw and honest conversations ever featured on The Show Goes On.
From the outside, Blake was a high-performing founder running a fast-growing creative agency. On the inside, he was unraveling – battling burnout, anxiety, identity collapse, and the pressure to succeed at all costs.
In this episode, Blake opens up about the moment everything broke, how he rebuilt his life from the inside out, and why emotional discipline is the most important skill a leader can develop.
He shares frameworks, stories, and hard-earned truths about identity, self-worth, achievement addiction, boundaries, and the hidden wounds that drive entrepreneurs to exhaustion.
This is an episode for anyone who’s ever felt overwhelmed by their ambition, trapped by their success, or unsure who they are when the winning stops.
Key Takeaways:
- How Blake went from agency founder to emotional leadership strategist
- Why achievement becomes addictive, and how to break the cycle
- The identity crisis that follows burnout (and how to navigate it)
- How to rebuild your life without tying your worth to performance
- The concept of emotional discipline and the 3 pillars that shape it
- How childhood wounds show up in leadership, success, and relationships
- Why you must slow down to build a life that actually feels good
- How to create alignment, clarity, and internal peace as a founder
- Why your business cannot outgrow your emotional maturity
- Blake’s message to high achievers who feel exhausted, lost, or stuck
🎙️ The Show Goes On highlights stories of resilience from leaders who keep evolving – founders, operators, and builders who refuse to quit on themselves.
Subscribe and share the biggest insight you took from Blake’s story.
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