One Part Lion - One Part Lamb with Stephen Scoggins

95% of people believe they're completely self-aware. Only 10% actually are, and that gap nearly cost this week's guest his business, his family, and his sanity.
On this episode of One Part Lion, One Part Lamb, Stephen sits down with Lucas Sherraden, pastor turned real estate leader turned author of The Uncaged Leader, to unpack the hidden programming running underneath every decision we make. Lucas shares the moment his eighth-grade daughter's question exposed what was really driving his near-collapse in 2008, and the framework he now teaches leaders to help them see what they can't see in themselves.
Together, they dig into why "the market" is almost never the real problem, how our own preferences quietly make decisions for us before we're even aware of it, and why the question "who must I become" matters more than "what must I do." It's the Lion and Lamb methodology in action: the strength to lead boldly, paired with the humility to actually look inward.
In this episode, we unpack: 
— The Harvard study on self-awareness that should unsettle every leader
— The basketball gym moment that changed how Lucas saw his own business
— The 5-second formula for practicing the pause before you react
— The leadership archetypes keeping high-performers caged
— How Lucas took a Kansas City brokerage from #6 to #1 in two years
Lucas Sherraden is the author of The Uncaged Leader and a former pastor turned real estate leadership coach. Learn more here.
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George Rivera built a multiple nine-figure business empire, and quietly trained his own son to stop asking him for anything along the way. The world saw the revenue, the exits, the team of 40. What it didn't see was a father who missed 39 of his own son's 40 basketball games, a deathbed confession that became a life sentence, and a business built on a design flaw he didn't know how to name.
Stephen Scoggins sits down with George Rivera, a 31-year entrepreneur, founder of the Buy Back Your Time formula, and creator of Founder Dad Dinners, a table where cash-rich, time-poor founders finally take off the mask. George shares the moment he had to decide whether to burn his company down or sell it, the formula he used to buy back his time without losing his edge, and why leading by outcome instead of task changed everything about how he builds teams. His son Leo, host of his own interview podcast, joins the second half of the conversation to talk about presence, confidence, and his goal of helping 50 kids find their voice.
This episode is about what happens when the business you built to provide for your family quietly starts costing you the family itself, and what it actually takes to buy your time, and your presence back.
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He believed the mirror told him the truth about who he is, until a mentor showed him it only reflects intentions, not actions. That one idea unravels into a story about intensity, insecurity, and a marriage he nearly let his own "strength" wreck.
In this episode, Stephen sits down with Tyler Dickerhoof, bestselling author of The Things We Hide and founder of a leadership movement that's impacted more than 200,000 people. Together they dig into the difference between vulnerability and oversharing, why guilt and shame are not the same thing, and why the goal of personal growth was never to "overcome" your insecurities, it's to recognize them faster.
You'll hear: 
Why "the mirror is a liar" and what actually tells you the truth about how you're showing up
The four walls almost every leader hides behind: intensity, insensitivity, inactivity, and isolation
The real difference between healthy vulnerability and oversharing that just burdens someone else
The single scariest question a leader can ask their team, and why it works
Why most people's core insecurity was planted somewhere between the ages of 8 and 14
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 Grab Tyler's book, The Things We Hide, wherever books are sold, and learn more about his work at TylerDickerhoof.com

This week's episode is a mashup of some of the most talked-about moments from recent conversations on One Part Lion One Part Lamb.
Host Stephen Scoggins sits down with four guests — Chris Sain, Dana Grant, Adetayo Ibijemilusi, and Buddy Clay — for a collection of stories and hard truths our audience couldn't stop sharing.
Chris Sain opens up about staying grounded when nobody knows your name yet, and the simple rule that keeps rewarding yourself from becoming a distraction.
Dana Grant explains what grace really means, and why healing requires integrating every version of yourself rather than editing them out.
Adetayo Ibijemilusi shares what it was like to have a college degree and three certifications and still be driving for Uber Eats at 2am, and the mentor who told him his struggle was temporary.
Buddy Clay talks about the book that changed how he sees ego, and why celebrating someone else's success is the fastest way to let go of your own.
Together, these conversations return to the same idea at the heart of the show: you can't become a mature lion and a mature lamb while arrogance, ignorance, impatience, fear, or insecurity are still running the show.
For more from Stephen Scoggins, visit stephenscoggins.com.

A note that said "sorry, mom." A voice that said "it's not your time." That's where this conversation starts.
My guest today is Adetayo Ibijemilusi — founder of the 1% University, where he teaches AWS Cloud Engineering, personal branding, and sales to help people escape the 9-to-5 and build six-figure consulting businesses. But before any of that, Adetayo survived a suicide attempt, dropped out of college, and drove Uber Eats at 2am with a degree and three certifications and nothing to show for them.
We talk about the moment his mentor saw something in him he couldn't see in himself. About the word "leverage" and how it rearranged everything he thought he knew about wealth. About scaling a business from $45K to $489K a year — and eventually to $200-300K a month at a 74% profit margin — not by hustling harder, but by getting aligned before he tried to accelerate.
This one goes to some real places: shame, faith, the wrong game we're all taught to play, and what it costs to walk away from it.
What we get into: 
Why "go to school, get a job" might be the wrong game, and how to tell The one word wealthy people live by that almost nobody teaches you
How to actually choose a mentor — and the difference between vibes and proof
Why alignment has to come before acceleration, in business and in life
The word he received that stopped him cold: "I've called you to be a David, but you've been leading like a Saul"
Why AI isn't taking jobs — it's exposing who refused to learn How to job stack the right way, ethically, to multiply your income
If you've ever felt the weight of a life that looks fine on paper but doesn't feel true, this conversation is for YOU.
Connect with Adetayo Ibijemilusi: Instagram: instagram.com/tayolusi LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/tayoibijemilusi Website: apexedu.io
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