13 Hard Truths of Business Success
Win Make Give with Ben Kinney
Ben Kinney Training
4.9 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 24 April 2026
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
Join hosts Ben Kinney, Chad Hyams, and Bob Stewart as they explore the hard truths of business leadership. From the inevitability of disappointing others to owning every failure, they discuss 13 challenges not covered in traditional education. Discover why successful leadership requires resilience, the importance of surrounding yourself with supportive people, and the reality of replacing yourself when necessary. Reflect on personal relationships, managing expectations, and the art of letting go—all essential for thriving in entrepreneurship. Gain valuable insights and real-world wisdom from their candid discussion.
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00:07 The Hard Truths of Business and Entrepreneurship
03:44 Navigating Workplace Relationships and Managing Expectations
10:51 Expect Delays and Higher Costs in Business Projects
13:42 The Burden and Gift of Leadership Responsibility
21:59 Embracing Failure and Finding Success in Business Ventures
27:08 The Hard Truths of Leadership and Business Success
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the win make give podcast season two. |
| 0:11.3 | This is Ben Kinney, Chad Heimes. |
| 0:14.0 | We are talking about what this season? |
| 0:16.0 | Winning. |
| 0:16.9 | Oh, I just love it every single time. |
| 0:18.5 | We are, this time, we're actually here with Bob Stewart. Hey, look who showed up. Bob Stewart, Chad Hines, Ben Kenney, and the silent man in the back, Dave Weldon. We're coming to you live. Not live. You're listening to this recorded. I take that back. We're live. Yeah. We're live right now. |
| 0:37.7 | Right now? |
| 0:38.4 | All of us? |
| 0:39.0 | Holy crap. |
| 0:40.2 | You know what? |
| 0:41.6 | Bob had an idea today to talk about a subject that I think probably goes through a lot of our |
| 0:49.0 | minds. |
| 0:49.5 | Bob, why don't you introduce us to today's subject? |
| 0:53.2 | Yeah. |
| 0:53.4 | So today's subject's going to be the hard truth of business, |
| 0:56.6 | Ben. A lot of people want to start a business. A lot of people that listen here have started a |
| 1:02.9 | business. They've, or they're thinking about it, right? They've got a job right now and they've got |
| 1:06.5 | some idea. They want to become an entrepreneur. And beyond just the simple, you know, numbers, right, |
| 1:13.4 | that 20% or 20% of businesses will fail in the first two years, 45% will fail in the first |
| 1:18.1 | five years, 65% will fail before they get to be 10 years old, right? You're depressing me, |
| 1:22.5 | Bob. Yeah, there's a lot of failure as an entrepreneur. But let's say you decide you want to make |
| 1:27.2 | that transition in your life, in your career. |
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