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The CJ Moneyway Show

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Every success story has a journey, and we’re here to uncover it! Join host Corwin “CJ” Johnson as he dives deep into the real-life experiences, challenges, and breakthroughs of entrepreneurs, leaders, and visionaries who’ve carved their path to success. From personal struggles to professional victories, *The CJ Moneyway Show* reveals the untold stories and key insights that can inspire you to take action and create your own success.

Tune in for engaging conversations, powerful life lessons, and behind-the-scenes moments that offer a blueprint to achieving greatness.

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  • #302
    Monday · 44 min

    Bill Blankschaen The story God gave you still requires your courage

    Bill Blankschaen joins CJ Moneyway to explain why your story becomes an advantage only when you have the courage to live it, examine it and share it in service to others. From leaving a leadership role with six children and no income to building StoryBuilders, Bill discusses calling, preparation, perseverance, the Confidence Trap, the Normalcy Trap and the difference between faith-led movement and fear-led delay.

  • #301
    Friday · 27 min

    Ben Cena A book is not the business - it is the bridge

    Publishing strategist Ben Cena joins CJ Moneyway to explain why a business book should be designed around a specific reader and measurable purpose. They discuss authority, client acquisition, audience research, titles, covers, Amazon advertising, bestseller claims and the legacy value of preserving your thinking for future generations.

  • #300
    October 21 · 46 min

    Kevin Rayner: The Choice That Saved His Life and Changed His Family

    Author Kevin Rayner joins fellow Gary, Indiana native CJ Moneyway to discuss the city that shaped them both and the decision that changed Kevin’s life. Kevin describes a dangerous confrontation during his youth and his mother’s choice to send him to Minnesota. Looking back, he believes she protected his future. Writing about the move also made him face the years with family he missed. Kevin wrote The Flight of a Home Town Son so younger readers could know the community he remembers and understan

  • #299
    October 19 · 49 min

    Aurora Winter: Why Your Expertise Is Not Enough Without the Right Message

    What if your product is valuable and your expertise is real - but people still do not understand why they should care? CJ Moneyway sits down with media strategist, author and former television writer-producer Aurora Winter to examine why clear communication can change the trajectory of a business. Aurora shares how an overwhelming 100-page presentation became a memorable seven-word message, what Silicon Valley and Hollywood taught her about storytelling and strategy and why authentic human exper

  • #298
    October 14 · 51 min

    Chef Don Bowie: From His Mother’s Kitchen to Building Taste

    Chef Don Bowie grew up with full, home-cooked meals that his mother prepared even after long days of work. He joins CJ Moneyway to explain how that experience shaped the welcome he wanted guests to feel at Taste Kitchen + Bar in Houston. Don reflects on initially resisting a culinary career, learning the front of the house at Red Cat Jazz Cafe, working with the Sweetie Pie’s brand in Houston and studying Flower Child’s operating systems before opening Taste in 2019. The work behind what others

  • #297
    October 12 · 47 min

    50 YEARS OF BRANDING TAUGHT HIM THIS

    Veteran brand strategist Brandon Coleman Jr. joins CJ Moneyway to unpack five decades of branding, the discipline he inherited from his father, the power of storytelling, faith, personal brands and his core principle: a brand is a promise wrapped in a delivery.

  • #295
    October 9 · 53 min

    LEADERS DON'T NEED MORE INFORMATION - THEY NEED BETTER RECALL

    Leaders consume more information than ever - but how much can they actually recall when it matters? Steve Kahle joins CJ Moneyway to explore memory, faith, leadership and his Capture-Catalog-Recall framework for turning valuable information into usable knowledge.

  • #296
    October 5 · 44 min

    Curtis Sprouse: A Breakthrough Is Not a Business Plan

    Curtis Sprouse joins CJ Moneyway to discuss a question that affects every founder and leader: how do you know that the solution you can build is the solution people actually need? Curtis is CEO and president of EurekaConnect and serves on the board of the Institute for Biomedical Entrepreneurship, where he works around leadership and the path from research to real-world application. Curtis reflects on growing up near Pittsburgh, receiving early support for dyslexia and learning teamwork throu

  • #294
    September 30 · 59 min

    Who’s Depending on Your Dream? Roger Gauthier on Vision and Responsibility

    Roger Gauthier joins CJ Moneyway for a faith-centered conversation about vision, responsibility and the people affected by our decisions. Roger shares how his relationship with his father shaped his search for purpose, while CJ reflects on owning the scars left by a decision in his own life. Together they explore Roger’s question: “Who’s depending on your dream?”

  • #292
    September 23 · 46 min

    Mark J. Silverman: When Success Became the Armor

    Mark J. Silverman tells CJ Moneyway how he went from living out of his truck in his twenties to recovery and a successful career in sales. Yet achievement did not end the fear that followed him. Years later, he found himself struggling with panic, isolation and the pressure of maintaining the life he had built. Mark reflects on the brother who offered him a way forward, the uncomfortable feeling of being an imposter among other successful people, and the work it took to stop using appearance as

  • #293
    September 21 · 46 min

    You Get the Behaviors You Reward: Jon Read on Leadership, Healthcare, and Human Outcomes

    Organizations do not get the behavior they say they value. They get the behavior they reward. Healthcare technology founder Jon Read joins CJ Moneyway to trace a journey from constant childhood moves and a motorcycle crash in Brazil to building Keet Health and co-founding Confidant Health. Jon explains why the journey mattered more than the exit, how grief created responsibility, and why leaders must redesign incentives, recognition, and workflows if they want better human outcomes.

  • #291
    September 21 · 25 min

    When the Founder Becomes the Bottlene

    The same ego and control that help a founder build a company can eventually prevent it from growing. CJ Moneyway sits down with serial entrepreneur and How To Founder co-host Anthony Franco for a candid conversation about the realities behind launching, scaling and selling businesses. Anthony explains why profitable customer acquisition must remain the priority, how Shark Tank changed his understanding of earned media, and why a buyer evaluates the company’s future risk rather than the founder’s

  • #290
    September 18 · 34 min

    You Don’t Have to Scale Your Business

    Entrepreneurs are constantly told to grow, scale, hire and build bigger. But what if bigger isn’t actually what you want? CJ Moneyway sits down with entrepreneur and ScaleUpExec founder Ashish Gupta for a conversation about the difference between growth and fulfillment, why founders must separate ambition from ego, and how vision becomes executable through focus, systems and the right people. Ashish also explores how his spiritual practice influences his leadership, why internal stability matter

  • #289
    September 16 · 43 min

    AI Only Knows the Past: Anya Cheng on Unique Data, Fashion, and Building Taelor

    After graduating into the 2008 financial crisis, Anya Cheng could not find a job - so she studied a company's customers, proposed a new business line, and positioned herself to build it. Years later, after leadership roles connected to Sears, Target, McDonald's, eBay, and Meta, she founded Taelor: an AI- assisted menswear rental and styling service. Anya joins CJ Moneyway to explain why AI only knows the past, how unique data becomes a competitive moat, why human stylists still matter, and why t

  • #288
    September 11 · 48 min

    When the Pink Slip Became the Playbook: Ann Pells on Money, Faith, and Financial Recovery

    When Ann Pells' husband brought home a pink slip in 2001, her family's only income disappeared. That shock began a twenty-year journey through real estate, business ownership, financial loss, faith, and rebuilding. Ann joins CJ Moneyway to explain why 'I can't' must become 'How can I?', how the right people can shorten the learning curve, and why the ten years fear stole after a setback may have cost more than the money itself.

  • September 10 · 22 min

    Failure Is Not Your Identity: Daniel Lubetzky on Building, Self-Worth, and Grace

    KIND founder, investor, Shark Tank investor, and Build or Break host Daniel Lubetzky joins CJ Moneyway for a candid conversation about what keeps a builder moving after success. Daniel explains why leaders must release their ego, how adversity can become an advantage, what failure teaches that growth can hide, and why no financial loss should be allowed to define a person's worth. The conversation closes on family, kindness, grace, and the responsibility to go back to build.

  • #286
    September 8 · 50 min

    Deep Story: Bob Rogers on Creating Experiences That Change People

    BRC Imagination Arts founder Bob Rogers joins CJ Moneyway to explain why attention is not transformation, how leaders should define change before choosing creative tools, why every experience needs one central idea, and where human judgment still matters in the age of AI.

  • #285
    September 4 · 33 min

    Clarity Beats Cleverness: Amber Gaige's Four C's of Marketing

    Marketing does not have to be complicated - but it does have to be clear. Third-generation entrepreneur, international bestselling author, Certified StoryBrand Guide, and Far Beyond Marketing founder Amber Gaige joins CJ Moneyway to break down her Four C's of Effective Marketing: Clear Copy, Consistent Branding, Customer Demographics, and Channel Management. She also shares what family business taught her, why systems make a company sellable, and how entrepreneurs can use AI without surrendering

  • #284
    September 2 · 50 min

    When Every Choice Has a Cost: Brad C. Anderson on Wisdom, Power, and Uncertainty

    What do you do when the facts are incomplete, valid priorities conflict, and every option carries a cost? Dr. Brad C. Anderson joins CJ Moneyway to explain why knowledge alone cannot produce wise action—and how values, rationality, power, humility, and probabilistic thinking help leaders make better decisions without perfect certainty.

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