
Bonus Episode: Being Authentic, Featuring Shannon Plumb
In this episode, Paul sits down with Shannon Plumb, Founder and CEO of PURL Advisors, globally recognized mentor, leadership advisor, and creator of the Real T newsletter. Shannon is known for helping leaders stop pretending to be someone else—and start winning as themselves.
They unpack:
What authentic leadership actually means beyond the buzzword
The difference between polish and presence
Why vulnerability builds trust (but performative vulnerability breaks it)
The real emotional work behind entrepreneurship
How to avoid losing your “why” when the world tells you to go faster, harder, more…
The skinny
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