In this power-packed episode, Mark Jewell is joined by Christine Jewell—his wife and the head of executive coaching at The Momentum Company—for a raw, timely, and perspective-shifting conversation. Sparked by a single encouraging text that resonated deeply with a CEO navigating difficult times, this episode dives into the emotional, mental, and strategic battles leaders are facing across the ag industry and beyond.

Christine challenges leaders to stop white-knuckling their way through hardship and start rising with clarity, intention, and a renewed identity. If you’ve found yourself saying “it’s just hard right now,” this episode is your wake-up call. Because thriving leaders don’t fight for victory—they lead from it.

Key Takeaways:

🧠 Mindset Is Everything – Your internal state is affecting your performance, energy, and influence far more than you realize. Fear-based survival strategies will burn you out. It's time to upgrade the way you think, speak, and act.

⚡ Your Reality Follows Your Focus – What you focus on multiplies. Leaders who focus on pressure and scarcity attract more of it. Those who focus on opportunity, vision, and alignment unlock innovation and possibility.

🚪 Hardship or Opportunity? You Choose. – Christine introduces multiple powerful metaphors—from rollercoasters to Spartan races—that reveal how your mindset determines whether you struggle or soar during challenging seasons.

🛠 Practical Steps to Shift State – Leaders need structure, discipline, and space to shift. Learn why getting out of the familiar is critical for creating lasting change and why discipline is the delivery system for transformation.

🏔 This Is the Era of Discernment – The market is pruning. Leaders must cut what’s dead weight and double down on what’s aligned. That takes discernment, courage, and clarity about who you are and where you're going.

📌 Notable Quotes:

“If you’re white-knuckling your way through this season, you’ll miss the innovation, the alignment, and the opportunity it’s trying to hand you.” – Christine Jewell

“Thriving leaders don’t fight for victory—they fight from it.” – Mark Jewell

“You don’t need more tactics. You need a new way of being.” – Christine Jewell

“The battle isn’t won by doing things the old way. This is the time to lead different.” – Mark Jewell

🎯 Action Steps:

🔹 Take Inventory – Where are you operating from fear or scarcity? Where are you white-knuckling the old way instead of opening up to what’s new?

🔹 Create a Daily Discipline – Your structure determines your state. Infuse each morning with powerful focus, energy, and truth before you engage the world.

🔹 Get in a New Room – If you’re ready to think different, act different, and lead different… you need to be around other people doing the same.

🚨 Special Invitation: Thriving Leader Roundtable | Sioux Falls, SD

📅 August 18, 2025 – Invite-Only Executive Roundtable

CEOs, VPs, and strategic leaders are invited to apply for this private evening of challenge, collaboration, and clarity.

Come for the relationships. Leave with renewed purpose, powerful insights, and perspective that will shift your organization.

📩 Apply by emailing [email protected] for details.

🎧 Tune in now and share this with a leader who needs a mindset shift—effective immediately.