Made a mistake at work and can't let it go? Sam and Parker break down why high achievers turn small slip-ups into week-long spirals, and what to do instead.

Inspired by a Yom Kippur sermon about tapping your chest instead of punching it, you'll learn a simple 3-step way to handle any mistake: own it, show how you're fixing it, and move on without over-apologizing. The guys also get into why school trains us to fear failure, why forgiving yourself matters more than being willing to fail, and how the people around you decide whether a mistake becomes a lesson or a setback.

Elevator no. 261: Jake Fishbein is an executive coach and men's group facilitator who helps leaders, non-profit heads, and everyday guys become better communicators and build relationships that actually nourish them. In 2026, after ten years of writing, he published The Men's Group: A Novel of Messy Friendships. When he's not coaching or writing, you can find him walking the streets of New York, rooting for the Red Sox, or buried in a new book.

In this podcast: Jake gets real about growing up with no clear "calling," a decade-long journey of learning to trust himself, and why some of his hardest conversations happened in a room of strangers before they ever happened with the people he loved. We talk about the self-trust minotaur we're all carrying, the eight years he spent in a men's group he joined "for research," and his mental motto pulled straight from the Odyssey.

Football season means one thing is back everywhere: sports gambling. Sam and Parker dig into the data on how it's wrecking young people's savings, and the real story behind it: our addiction to fast wins over slow, boring discipline. Not financial advice, just some hard truths about patience.