Rushing through life isn’t the same as living it. In this conversation, Paul sits down with author and speaker Carl Honoré—often called the evangelist of the Slow Movement—to unpack how “doing things at the right speed” unlocks better work, deeper relationships, and a saner mind. They explore monotasking vs. multitasking, why walking is a superpower, simple rituals that calm a frantic nervous system, and the surprising link between slowing down and aging boldly.

Key Takeaways

• Monotask to go faster: One thing at a time = fewer mistakes, better results.
• Set tech boundaries: Kill notifications; you choose when to engage.
• Adopt micro-rituals: 5 minutes of breath, walking, or sketching resets your day.
• Listen to the body: Fatigue, fog, and forgetfulness are red flags to slow.
• Nature heals speed addiction: Green time sharpens focus and reduces stress.

If this resonated, listen, share, and subscribe for more conversations that build both success and a life you love.

About the host:

Paul Ryan is an entrepreneur, 8 figure business owner, mentor, podcaster and creator of the 1-Hour CEO and Life Code Program. As a CEO, Paul has a depth of 'real life' experience of what it takes to be successful in business and life.

Connect with the host:

https://www.theonehourceo.com/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-ryan-9a98774/

In this bite-sized episode of The Inner Entrepreneur, Paul sits down with Olympic medalist, pro football player, coach, entrepreneur, and author Bob Molle to explore the secret to living with energy and purpose.

Bob shares why he’s always chased what excites him—from wrestling in the Olympics to coaching, business, writing, and speaking—and how this zest for life has kept him happy, fulfilled, and resilient. He reveals why doing what lights you up is more powerful than chasing money, and why strong relationships are the true measure of happiness.

You’ll also hear Bob’s philosophy on:

• Why retirement should never mean boredom.
• The difference between “rusting out” and “wearing out.”
• How to nurture long-term relationships that bring joy and meaning.
• The power of pushing yourself outside your comfort zone.
• Lessons from competing and training with the best in the world.

This episode is packed with wisdom on purpose, energy, and staying excited about life—no matter what stage you’re in.

👉 Listen now, and don’t forget to check the links below for the full conversation.

https://open.spotify.com/episode/2aifHBDQBffQrMFX23lW16?si=Ch2nOxkbTnaRneS5UftDsg

https://open.spotify.com/episode/2aifHBDQBffQrMFX23lW16?si=Ch2nOxkbTnaRneS5UftDsg

About the host:

Paul Ryan is an entrepreneur, 8 figure business owner, mentor, podcaster and creator of the 1-Hour CEO and Life Code Program. As a CEO, Paul has a depth of 'real life' experience of what it takes to be successful in business and life.

Connect with the host:

https://www.theonehourceo.com/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-ryan-9a98774/

In this episode Paul sits down former social worker turned performance pioneer Jack Black (MindStore).

Jack has spent 35+ years training founders and leaders to use both sides of the brain — pairing vision and intuition with rigorous execution — to create outcomes (including multi-million exits) without sacrificing health, family, or soul. Jack is a renowned international speaker, corporate consultant, author and coach and has shared his unique MindStore courses in over 27 countries.

We go deep on stress, the “gift & purpose” conversation, practical meditation/visualisation (for non-woo founders), attracting coincidences, and redefining success.

In this episode:

• Stress is lethal: the wake-up that started MindStore
• Left brain vs right brain: why founders need both
• Vision > Why > How: the sequence that actually works
• “Coincidence” and attraction (minus the magical thinking)
• The Wheel of Life: money AND a life you want
• Finding your gift & purpose through real conversations
• Building teams: hire left-brain killers to serve a right-brain vision
• Exits without regret: health, marriage, kids, legacy

Guest: Jack Black — Founder, MindStore. https://www.mindstore.com/

About the host:

Paul Ryan is an entrepreneur, 8 figure business owner, mentor, podcaster and creator of the 1-Hour CEO and Life Code Program. As a CEO, Paul has a depth of 'real life' experience of what it takes to be successful in business and life.

Connect with the host:

https://www.theonehourceo.com/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-ryan-9a98774/

In this bite-sized episode, Paul sits down with entrepreneur Brian Keegan to unpack the wild swing from “Park Lane Paddy” highs to receivership lows—and the gritty rebuild that followed. Brian shares how a perfect storm (9/11, the dot-com crash, Enron/WorldCom) halved his business in months, pushed him to the High Court, and nearly into personal bankruptcy.

He explains the turnaround: swapping ego for humility, refusing to “sign it all away,” assembling a circle of counsel, and rebuilding with proprietary software, global ops, and a shift from vanity growth to durable value—ultimately leading to a successful exit in 2018.

Highlights

• Tailwinds to turbulence: Late-90s hyper-growth meets the 2001–03 crash; revenue collapses and receivership follows.
• Humility unlocks help: A spouse’s truth bomb and a barrister-mentor change the path at the eleventh hour.
• Rebuild blueprint: .NET platform + India back office = faster cycle times and software-like margins.
• Upgrade your metrics: “Revenue is vanity, profit is sanity, cash flow is king—and valuation is emperor.”
• Counsel > solo heroics: Monthly cadence with legal/financial strategist, business mentor, coach, and spiritual director.
• Mindset shift: Stop tripping over the past; invest beyond “your own dollars” to fund the future.
• Second act clarity: Focus on profitability, cash conversion, and enterprise value laid the groundwork for exit.

Quotable

• “Every entrepreneur has a dark moment where they think, this might be it.”
• “Stop spending your own dollars—invest for the future in front of you.”
• “Don’t trip over what’s behind you.”

Links to full episode:

https://youtu.be/KJKR3KditoE?si=zFLEZfRP10NJaPG1

https://open.spotify.com/episode/3K1R285C3B4jyFABN4CFlt?si=el0i3OlFQAm3aqfsuYdwxw

About the host:

Paul Ryan is an entrepreneur, 8 figure business owner, mentor, podcaster and creator of the 1-Hour CEO and Life Code Program. As a CEO, Paul has a depth of 'real life' experience of what it takes to be successful in business and life.

Connect with the host:

https://www.theonehourceo.com/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-ryan-9a98774/

In this episode Paul sits down with Liz Hartke—founder of Luminary Leadership, creator of the Overflow CEO Mastermind, and host of Your Big Next—to explore what it really means to build with integrity. Liz shares the moment a trusted mentor told her she was “drastically underperforming” her potential (despite major wins), how that wake-up shifted her from forcing growth to leading from overflow, and why how you build is as important as what you build. They dig into integrating family and business, leadership bottlenecks, the “Visionary Matrix” (hard/light vs easy/heavy), and the life-altering story that birthed her upcoming book.

Quick Links

• Clarity Prompt Gift: DM Liz the word “clarity” on Instagram (handle in links) or visit /clarity on her Luminary Leadership site (we’ll link in the episode page).
• Liz’s podcast: Your Big Next (subscribe for deep-dive leadership episodes).

Key Takeaways

• Family first isn’t a slogan—it’s a design choice. Integrate business with family values; don’t compartmentalize.
• How you build matters. If the journey costs your marriage, health, or presence with your kids, the “win” isn’t a win.
• Leadership is the ceiling. When growth plateaus, the founder—not the funnel—is usually the bottleneck.
• Visionary Matrix: Aim for hard but light (calling-aligned challenges) and cut easy but heavy (low-friction work that drains you).
• From force to overflow. Scale the person first; then strategy compounds.
• Intention ≠ impact. Your family experiences the impact of your choices, not the intention behind them.
• Courage over fear. Fear often hides under “strategy.” Ask: What’s the alternative if I don’t change?
• Bring your inner circle. Liz’s mastermind invites spouses and right-hands to keep growth aligned and executable.

Chapter Guide

• 00:00–02:00 — Opening & why family moments beat business milestones
• 02:00–04:40 — Liz’s multigenerational family roots & entrepreneurship as a vehicle
• 04:40–08:10 — The mentor’s gut-punch: “You’re underperforming your potential”
• 08:10–10:40 — Numbers vs. becoming the leader you’re called to be
• 10:40–14:30 — Freedom, scale, and the cost of the journey
• 14:30–18:15 — From strategist to leadership scaler: unlocking the founder
• 18:15–21:10 — Awareness, patterns, and moving from force to overflow
• 21:10–24:35 — Living one integrated identity—at work and at home
• 24:35–27:05 — Book launch vs. baby due date: choosing alignment over optics
• 27:05–31:35 — Wake-up calls, fear, and shifting the ladder to the right wall
• 31:35–35:20 — Potential creates new mountains; climb with joy, not sacrifice
• 35:20–40:30 — Doing the right thing: intuition, moral code, and mentors
• 39:17–41:33 — Visionary Matrix: easy/heavy vs hard/light decisions
• 41:33–45:10 — Scheduling thinking time; getting off the treadmill
• 45:10–50:48 — The loss, the haemorrhage, and the genesis of Your Big Next
• 50:48–54:20 — Tools: Visionary CEO Schedule & living your legacy now
• 54:20–56:41 — Overflow CEO Mastermind (bring spouse + right-hand) & closing

Notable Quotes

• “How you build the thing is as important as the thing you build.” — Liz
• “The business had outgrown their leadership.”
• “Hard but light beats easy but heavy. If it’s heavy, it’s a signal.”
• “Intention doesn’t matter—impact does. That’s what your family feels.”

About Liz Hartke

https://luminaryleadershipco.com/

Founder of Luminary Leadership, Liz mentors established entrepreneurs to shift from operator to visionary, scale from force to overflow, and build companies that honour family and values. She leads the Overflow CEO Mastermind, blending leadership work with practical business strategy, and hosts the podcast Your Big Next. Her forthcoming book distils these principles into actionable frameworks.

Connect with Paul Ryan:

https://www.theonehourceo.com/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-ryan-9a98774/

In this bite-size episode of The Inner Entrepreneur, we dive deep into the hidden cost of hustle culture, the sacrifices many high achievers make, and the redefinition of what true success looks like.

From the raw honesty of rushing back to work after childbirth to stories of children craving time over material success, this conversation explores the tension between ambition and presence. We discuss how society’s narrow definition of success—measured only in wealth and milestones—leaves even the most accomplished entrepreneurs feeling unfulfilled.

You’ll learn why children spell love T-I-M-E, how to uncover your Unique Personal Drivers, and why fulfilment is always multi-dimensional. We unpack the role of balance, presence, meditation, and even simple breathing as tools for alignment and energy renewal.

This is an invitation to rethink success—not as endless milestones—but as a life designed with purpose, joy, and connection at its core.

🔑 What You’ll Learn in This Episode

• Why hustle culture leaves even successful people unfulfilled
• The deeper cost of sacrificing family and presence for work
• How children define love, and what it teaches us about priorities
• The power of redefining success through your Unique Personal Drivers
• Why fulfilment is always multi-faceted & wealth alone will never be enough
• Practical tools to restore balance: meditation, breathwork, and “joy anchors”.
• How to rewire your brain for gratitude, energy, and presence

Links to full Episode:

https://youtu.be/-IxolA_HDSU?si=b-GL5wIX0vTt9AwU

https://open.spotify.com/episode/0mrG26gxsZu01TAGOn1tpP?si=ERIgIrMoRZOrTDvrn3N5tg

About the host:

Paul Ryan is an entrepreneur, 8 figure business owner, mentor, podcaster and creator of the 1-Hour CEO and Life Code Program. As a CEO, Paul has a depth of 'real life' experience of what it takes to be successful in business and life.

Connect with the host:

https://www.theonehourceo.com/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-ryan-9a98774/

Guest: Joey Klein — author of The Inner Matrix and Relationship Alchemy; founder of Inner Matrix Systems.

Topic: Rewiring your “inner matrix,” emotional mastery, and the fundamentals of thriving relationships.

Summary

Paul and Joey dig into how unconscious emotional conditioning drives our thoughts, choices, and results—and how to retrain it. Joey outlines a practical path: awareness → nervous-system regulation → conditioning future-aligned emotions and beliefs. In the back half, they shift to Relationship Alchemy: taking responsibility for your feelings, managing attention, and creating a 20-year vision for your relationship.

Key Takeaways

• Your “inner matrix” = emotional patterns + thought strategies + nervous system conditioning that run (mostly) outside awareness.
• Start with awareness & ownership: “How am I feeling right now?” (no story, no blame).
• Train the nervous system (e.g., gentle box breathing) to move from sympathetic to parasympathetic; then install new patterns.
• Emotions drive thoughts (not the other way around). Access and train future-aligned emotions first.
• Transformation can be fast; mastery takes repetition (immersion + daily reps).
• In relationships: 1) You’re responsible for your feelings. 2) Manage attention toward a shared future vision.

Chapter Markers

• 00:00 – Intro & Paul’s context on The Inner Matrix
• 01:20 – Joey’s story: pain → mentors → 22 years of practice
• 05:28 – What is the Inner Matrix? Conditioning: emotion → mind → nervous system
• 10:18 – Awareness & ownership vs. blaming circumstances
• 14:30 – The simple daily check-in practice (3–4x/day)
• 16:14 – State setting before performance (breathing, intent)
• 18:10 – Mindfulness vs. emotional body; using stillness as a tool
• 19:00 – Train the mind to think for you (not quiet forever)
• 21:37 – Three pillars: intensity (immersion), consistency (daily), cadence (in-day)
• 24:48 – Parasympathetic access; conditioning while suggestible
• 26:29 – 60k thoughts/day, <3% conscious; why emotions come first
• 28:24 – Build emotions of your future self; align actions
• 31:38 – Natural emotions vs. trained reactions
• 39:07 – Transformation vs. mastery; immersion matters
• 41:18 – Ski-slope/neuronal-rut analogy
• 44:17 – Comfort = familiar; awkward = often correct (golf vs. baseball swing)
• 46:00 – Difficulty is a signal you’re changing the pattern
• 48:07 – Relationship Alchemy: why self-training still comes first
• 51:26 – Two big keys: responsibility for feelings; manage attention/vision
• 55:00 – Joey’s program structure (weekends + weekly + app)
• 58:30 – Links, contact, close

Guest information:

https://joeyklein.com/

https://innermatrixsystems.com/

About the host:

Paul Ryan is an entrepreneur, 8 figure business owner, mentor, podcaster and creator of the 1-Hour CEO and Life Code Program. As a CEO, Paul has a depth of 'real life' experience of what it takes to be successful in business and life.

Connect with the host:

https://www.theonehourceo.com/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-ryan-9a98774/

In this bite-size episode of The Inner Entrepreneur, we explore the psychology and practice of selling with Sean Weafer —and why it’s the foundation of every successful business. Sean breaks down complex ideas into practical steps, weaving together lessons from engineering, psychology, and spirituality.

We discuss why being an expert isn’t enough, why most professionals struggle to sell themselves, and how rejection in childhood often shapes our adult fears of selling. You’ll also hear why sales is 95% emotional, how to reframe “no” into opportunity, and why selling is life itself.

Links to full Episode:

https://youtu.be/iLWLEEXJxcY?si=tjMD92OsfqaRXduN

https://open.spotify.com/episode/3MRGJQhwlUXkleJvXdO3qP?si=qzrFDEMGQlWvoM4aGa6kQA

About the host:

Paul Ryan is an entrepreneur, 8 figure business owner, mentor, podcaster and creator of the 1-Hour CEO and Life Code Program. As a CEO, Paul has a depth of 'real life' experience of what it takes to be successful in business and life.

Connect with the host:

https://www.theonehourceo.com/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-ryan-9a98774/