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.

Elevator 260: Mitchell Harounian is a venture investor and the founder of The Venture Reel, a media-first syndicate that discovers and backs the next generation of startups. He's invested in 15+ companies, sits on boards as a member and advisor to early-stage founders, and built his platform by pairing venture capital with media and distribution, helping founders raise awareness, build credibility, and reach new investors and customers.

In this episode: Mitchell breaks down why he'd rather bet on an A+ founder with a B product than the reverse, and the three traits he looks for before he ever wires money. He gets real about the immigrant story behind his hustle, why he benchmarks himself against his past self instead of anyone else, and the mindset shift that turned a setback with his video editing team into his biggest growth month. Plus, the mental motto that grounds everything he does: "You can't be good if you're not grateful."

Sam and Parker break down "doomjobbing," the trend of scrolling job listings at midnight with zero intention of applying. They connect it to the paradox of choice and why unlimited options make it harder, not easier, to actually move.

In this episode: Why AI applications rarely work anymore, why real career change starts with human conversations, and how to filter your job search with actual criteria instead of chasing a fantasy "perfect" role.

Elevator no. 259: Griffin Pinkow is the Founder of Foreseeable Future Foundation, a national nonprofit that has helped more than 5,000 visually impaired and blind individuals live active, independent lives through sports, recreation, and community. After losing his vision as a teenager to a degenerative retinal disease, Griffin refused to let it define him. He's completed four marathons, built a nonprofit that's raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for the community, written a bestselling children's book, and is now training for a spot on the Paralympic tandem cycling team.

In this podcast: Griffin walks us through the moment his doctor told him he was going blind and had no answers for how much or how fast. We talk about the guidance counselor who changed his life, the blindfolded "dining in the dark" events that turned empathy into action on his college campus, and why "always forward" became more than a tattoo, it became the entire operating system for how he lives.

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Sam and Parker break down their conversation with Timmy the Dreamer and get into where their own dreams stand right now. They talk through the difference between chasing tangible goals and chasing feelings, why hedging on a dream isn't failure, and how quitting on one dream is really just pivoting to another.

Elevator no. 258: Timmy the Dreamer is a motivational speaker and founder of Dreamer State. As former manager of one of LA's biggest influencers, Charlie Rocket, he helped build a social impact movement of over 9 million people, making more than 1,000 dreams come true for kids with cancer, disabilities, and families in need of a miracle. He's collaborated with names like Mr. Beast, Steph Curry, and Jake Paul, and now takes the stage nearly 100 times a year teaching people the steps to living their dream life.

In this podcast: Timmy takes us back to the crossroads that pushed him away from someone else's version of success and into building Dreamer State from the ground up. We get into what it actually takes to chase a big dream versus what it takes to feel happy once you catch it, and Timmy shares the mental motto he just landed on after eight years of "keep dreaming": living the dream is a state of mind.