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What if the setback you are in right now is the thing that builds the next version of you? In this episode of the Unstoppable Success Podcast, host Jaclyn Strominger sits down in person with Victoria Buckmann, a sales leadership strategist and founder of the Life Academy Movement, for a real conversation about how to bounce back from a major setback and create lasting change with small, consistent steps.
Victoria shares what happened when she lost half a million dollars in savings to a financial advisor, the panic attack on a California freeway that became her turning point, and the 3 a.m. moment when the idea of "look inside for everything" came to her. She explains why the people around you matter most when you are down, why limiting beliefs are just perspectives you gave meaning to, and how the words you tell yourself shape your identity, your business, and your results.
If you are a CEO, entrepreneur, or sales leader who feels stuck, or you simply want to know how to change your habits without overwhelm, Victoria breaks down the brain science of fear, the Japanese philosophy of Kaizen, and the power of the compound effect. You will leave with simple practices you can start today: slow down, ask yourself better questions, rewrite your self-talk, and take the next tiny step.
In this episode: how to recover from financial loss and failure, how to find your genius and own it, why small consistent actions beat big leaps, how to quiet the fear response in your brain, and how to shift your identity so your goals finally stick.
Key takeaways
Hard things happen for your growth. The setback may be the thing that builds the next version of you.
When you are down, lean on people who love you AND tell you the truth. Connection is how Victoria came back.
A limiting belief is a perspective you created in a moment and gave meaning to. It is not the truth, and you can clear it.
Your self-talk becomes your identity. If you want a different result, change the sentence you keep repeating.
Big change comes from tiny steps. Small steps slip past the fear response in your brain, and they compound.
Try this today: slow down, get off your phone, and ask yourself one honest question.

Connect with Victoria at lifeacademymovement.com. 
Resource mentioned: The Compound Effect by Darren Hardy.
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Your business is working. The revenue is there, the team is there, and you’re putting in more effort than ever. But growth has stalled.
The Unstoppable Success Podcast is for CEOs and entrepreneurs who have hit a plateau and are ready to break through it. Host Jaclyn Strominger works with leaders who are done doing more of what got them here. Every week she sits down with CEOs, founders, and experts who have been exactly where you are, and they get specific about what opens up the next level: leadership shifts, strategic relationships, and the decisions that move a business forward.
No fluff. No hype. Just what works.
What to expect:
Real conversations with CEOs, founders, and business experts
Practical leadership and business growth strategies you can use this week
Relationship Capital: how the right relationships break through a plateau
Straight talk for leaders who are already performing and want more
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What do you do when the product you need doesn't exist? Reid Robinson built it in his garage with a MIG welder, Home Depot aluminum and an IKEA cutting board.
In this episode of the Unstoppable Success Podcast, host Jaclyn Strominger talks with Reid Robinson, inventor and founder of the X-Leg, a wearable, hands-free crutch alternative made in Calgary, Alberta. After a serious car accident and 13 surgeries, Reid struggled with crutches, tried the alternatives on the market, and built the first X-Leg himself between surgeries.
Reid walks through the founder side of the story: searching the patent databases before filing, iterative engineering (build it, test it, find the problems, go back), designing for 52 size combinations, selling through his own website, and winning a local startup pitch competition that began with 52 companies. He also gets candid about the hard parts: why physiotherapy clinics and the healthcare system are slow to adopt a new device, why product awareness is his biggest challenge, and the clinical studies he hopes will lead to insurance coverage. Reid is careful to say he makes no medical claims until the clinical data is in.
In this episode you will learn
How a personal problem became a patented product
Why Reid searched the patent databases before building, and what he asked himself when nothing existed
How iterative engineering got the X-Leg to a version designed to fit about 95% of people
Why healthcare is slow to adopt something new, and what 'standard of care' means for a new device
What a pitch competition win changed: leaving IT to go full-time, marketing investment and higher-volume manufacturing
Why product awareness is the hardest part of launching a physical product
About Reid Robinson
Reid Robinson is the inventor and founder of the X-Leg, a wearable, hands-free crutch alternative made in Calgary, Alberta. After a serious car accident and 13 surgeries, he built the first prototype himself, then spent years refining it into a product sold through xleg.ca.
Links
Website: https://xleg.ca
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@the_xleg
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the_xleg
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shopxleg
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Thinking about writing a book? A survey Kevin Anderson cites says 85% of Americans have thought about it, and only 5% ever finish.
In this episode of the Unstoppable Success Podcast, host Jaclyn Strominger talks with Kevin Anderson, bestselling author and founder and CEO of Kevin Anderson & Associates (KAA), a book writing, editing and publishing firm with in-house teams in the United States and the UK. Kevin explains why a book is one of the strongest authority-building assets a CEO, founder or business leader can own, and why you should not expect book sales to pay the bills.
Kevin shares how a tutoring business he started while studying at Harvard grew into a firm that works on about 500 books a year with clients in 75 countries. He explains why he hired people who had edited bestsellers instead of trying to do it all himself, how to weigh paid chapter and co-author offers, why AI cannot replace your unique experience, and how to spot the fake agents, fake publishers and AI-written pitches that target new authors.
In this episode you will learn
Why the authors who finish a book are the ones who get help and accountability
Why you do not have to "arrive" before you write: your lessons help the people one step behind you
How to judge a book's real return: authority, press, podcast invitations and speaking fees versus book sales
Why Kevin says to be careful paying for a chapter in someone else's book
How to protect yourself from book scams, including AI-generated emails and made-up credentials
Why traditional publishers care about AI-written manuscripts, and why your raw human experience is the edge
33:21  Book scams and AI writing: how to protect yourself
Favorite quote
“People learn best from those who are just in front of them.”  Kevin Anderson
About Kevin Anderson
Kevin Anderson is a bestselling author, entrepreneur, and the founder and CEO of Kevin Anderson & Associates (KAA), a book writing and publishing firm. His team has helped thousands of authors bring their ideas to life, working alongside bestselling writers, former Big Five publishing executives, literary agents and entrepreneurs.
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Website: https://www.ka-writing.com 
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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/kevin-anderson-associates
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kawriting
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Have you ever looked at something inside your business and wondered why it is so much harder than it should be? Operations and automation specialist Jimena Serfaty joins Jaclyn Strominger on the Unstoppable Success Podcast to explain why. Jimena works with service-based business owners on process mapping, systems, strategy, automation and implementation, and she never starts with a tool. She starts with questions. In this leadership and business growth conversation, you will hear why so many small businesses hit a ceiling without an operations foundation, why chasing popular platforms leaves you with ten tools that do not talk to each other, how to spot the early warning signs that you have outgrown your current system, and a free way to find out where your time really goes. If you run a company and want fewer manual tasks, smarter automation and a business that scales with clarity and momentum, start here.

In this episode:
- Why most businesses stall without an operations foundation, and how a simple process map shows you what is missing
- Why following every popular platform leaves you with tools that do not talk to each other, and create more work
- The early warning signs you have outgrown your process: manual reminders, workarounds and hours of hidden admin
- A free way to see where your time goes: track every minute you work for two weeks
- How to find the real bottleneck (technology, process or people) by asking questions, then test, measure and adjust
- How Jimena landed her first client before her contracts and invoicing were fully set up

Tool mentioned: Clockify (free time tracker), https://clockify.me. No affiliate relationship.

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