Episodes

Stop waiting for your employer to notice you and start building your own future. Gen X has the perfect combination of experience, time, and assets to start a business. In this episode, Ben Walters breaks down how to fund a st...

From stuck in the mud to building momentum, SuperPumped Business is the podcast for professionals ready to launch. Looking for conversations on mindset, resilience, and intentional living? Continue your SuperPumped journey on...

Feeling overlooked at work? Maybe you’ve played by the rules, stayed loyal, and watched others leapfrog ahead. In this episode, Ben Walters unpacks why so many professionals—especially Gen X—are being passed over for promotio...

How to scale a trades company to $8 million through leadership and culture. Mike Rogers details how Jags Mechanical went from a small startup to a booming multi-million dollar business. Learn about the innovative partnership ...

Optimism, tenacity, and the hunger to improve — the keys to leadership success. In part 1, Mike Rogers shares candid insights on how a mindset of constant improvement and realistic optimism fuels his ability to lead effective...

The Fall Grind Is Coming. Here's How to Stay Human As we gear up for the post–Labor Day grind, Ben shares a personal and timely message about why it’s dangerously easy to let work overtake everything — and what you can do to ...

What Teachers Wish Parents Knew About School If you’ve ever wondered what really goes on behind the scenes at your child’s school, this episode pulls back the curtain. Ben sits down with Kristen, a former educator turned pare...

For when you think you're doing everything right and you're still veering off course. A personal journey — literally — kayaking off Cape Cod, where a perfect metaphor for business, life, and self-sabotage unfolds. Discover ho...

The flight plan every parent needs for stress-free travel Have you ever tried flying with a baby, or a toddler, or three, or more? It can feel like a full-blown survival mission. But after hundreds of flights with young kids,...

Do canceled flights keep throwing off your travel plans? Battle-tested tips to help you stay calm, flexible, and maybe even come out ahead when your flight is delayed, overbooked, or rerouted. Learn how to score travel perks,...

Do airports stress you out? Do delays, security lines, and chaos bring out the worst in you? Expert tips to help you go from dreading travel to actually enjoying it. Ben covers how to book smarter, pack lighter, navigate dela...

Do you keep thinking, “My team just isn’t working?” Ben challenges the myth that great managers constantly hire better people and offers a radically more effective mindset. If you’re in middle management, today’s strategy cou...

Are you stuck in a role that leaves you squeezed between the people you manage and the ones managing you? In this third episode of the SuperPumped Middle Management series, Ben Walters shares three strategies to lead with con...

Are you in a middle role—VP, assistant manager, executive director—where you're stuck between pressure from above and responsibility below? In this second episode of the SuperPumped Middle Management series, Ben Walters revea...

Are you stuck in the middle, managing people below while answering to people above? In this first episode of the SuperPumped Middle Management series, Ben Walters shares why so many people feel squeezed, stuck, and burned out...

Many executives and high performers land in top-tier roles — but not the top role — and feel stuck, undervalued, or exhausted. In this solo coaching episode, Ben lays out the five most common reasons professionals resent thei...

What does it mean to live a life of meaning, service, and connection — especially in a world increasingly shaped by grades, screens, and artificial intelligence? In this powerful episode, award-winning teacher Merle Black ref...

What do you do when the foundation of your identity begins to crack — or even collapse entirely? In this conversation, Glen Beasley opens up about navigating the complex intersections of work, purpose, and belonging after the...

Do you feel immense pressure to grow up? Are you pressuring (subtly or overtly) a young person to get their stuff together? Did life force you to grow up before you were ready? Are you unsure if the path you chose as a younge...

Have you ever felt like life suddenly derailed your plans? Ben Walters recounts how a broken engagement and a canceled flight reshaped the direction of his life — leading him to new opportunities and eventually, to the love o...

Can you build a real business before you're legally allowed to toast its success? Meet William Fuchs, co-founder of A&W Handyman, a full-time college student who launched a growing home services business while juggling classe...

Bryan and Sylvia Nelson had everything—great jobs, great pay, great benefits. But something was missing. In this inspiring episode, they share how they left Procter & Gamble to run their own real estate business, built a succ...

It’s easy to scroll past someone’s pain. In this episode, Ben challenges us to pause, look closer, and take small steps toward deeper connection in a world that desperately needs it. Find out more at podcast.superpumped.com ⁠...

In this episode of SuperPumped Business and Life, host BenWalters interviews Ryan and April Berg as they share how they started the Aruna Project, an initiative aimed at freeing, employing, and empowering victims of human tra...