232: The Patterns Running Your Life With Dr. Kevin Mays

FINE is a 4-Letter Word · Jun 11, 2026 · 38m

You're not failing because of lack of skill or effort. You're failing because of patterns you picked up before you were old enough to choose them. Dr. Kevin Mays, leadership coach and author of Lead Yourself First, built a career helping executives see that the behaviors driving their success are often the exact same ones quietly sabotaging what they're trying to build.

What You'll Learn

Why childhood patterns like people-pleasing and humor as a deflection tool show up in the boardroom decades later

How to shift from being run by unconscious programming to making intentional choices from a…