The Success Trap No One Sees Coming

EntreLeadership

Ramsey Network

Entrepreneurship, Business, Management

4.7 • 4.4K Ratings

🗓️ 27 July 2026

⏱️ 48 minutes

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🎯 Figure out your business’s next steps in a free consult call with an EntreLeadership® team member. You don’t lose your business overnight—you drift there. In this episode, John Felkins sits down with Brian Buffini, bestselling author and world-renowned business coach, to show you how to recognize the subtle habits pulling you off course—and how to return to the routines, priorities and disciplines that made you successful. Next Steps: · 🎥 Watch our video Why High Achievers End Up Burned Out and Lonely (With Dr. Arthur Brooks). · 📞 Have a question for the show? Call 844-944-1070 or send us a message. · ✉️ Become a better leader in six minutes a week. Get tactical tips sent to your inbox every Friday. · 📌 Don’t wing it. Get a coach that helps you lead and grow with confidence. · 🏢 Attend EntreLeadership Summit. · 🎤 Attend EntreLeadership Master Series. · 📖 Order Dave’s book, Build a Business You Love. Connect With Our Sponsors: · Go to Belay Solutions or text ENTRE to 55123 for their free resource! · See if Christian Healthcare Ministries Groups is the right fit for your organization. · Visit NetSuite today to learn more. Listen to More From Ramsey Network: 🎙️ The Ramsey Show 💸 The Ramsey Show Highlights 🧠 The Dr. John Delony Show 🍸 Smart Money Happy Hour 💰 George Kamel Ramsey Solutions Privacy Policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	What keeps people from being successful?
0:07.0	And why do some successful leaders completely fall apart?
0:11.0	There's no one better to answer those questions than my guest today, Brian Buffini.
0:15.0	He's a best-selling author and leadership expert who's built a multi-million dollar real estate coaching business.
0:21.6	Here's what Brian will tell you.
0:23.1	There's a pattern.
0:24.5	Most leaders slip into it without even realizing it.
0:27.7	And once you see it, you may realize that you have too.
0:31.1	And Brian's here to show us how to break that pattern and get back on track.
0:34.8	So let's get into it.
0:37.0	Well, Brian, thanks so much for being here today.
0:39.3	My pleasure.
0:39.9	You've spoken before, and one of the things that I thought was so applicable to our audience,
0:45.6	small business owners, is the conversation that we had about how leaders kind of drift,
0:52.3	how they lose their way, and maybe they run into some unintentional detours.
0:57.5	And I was hoping that we could talk about that today.
0:59.7	Well, you know my background.
1:01.0	I mean, I'm 40 years in this and 30 years in the coaching business.
1:05.5	Nobody wakes up on any given day saying, I'm going to screw up my life today.
1:10.8	I'm going to destroy my marriage today. I'm going to screw up my life today. I'm going to destroy my marriage today.
1:12.8	I'm going to get big and fat today.
1:14.7	I'm going to get broke today.
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