And we’re gonna bring you success stories, how to level up, how to overcome objections, and just kind of blast through life and shorten a learning. Here and there. So there are two sides to every [00:01:00] story and one side to facts. That’s Brian’s mantra. And he, and it drives him to beyond the headlines with daily stories driven by his relentless pursuit of the truth, a water bug by nature, and with a love for the beach and all its creatures.

iHeart brought Brian home here to South Florida where he fell in love with South Florida and his wonderful and talented wife, Ashley Brian host the morning show here in WJNO. And WZTA. He is also a guest host for Clay Travis and Buck Sexton, Mark Levine and Sean Hannity and has been seen on the BBC networks, Fox News, news Nation, and Newsmax tv.

When not working, he can be found with his wife Ashley, their main, main Koons button in Piper, which I gotta get into those ’cause I think they’re gonna be some big cats in a bottle of wine by the water in. Brian, thank you so much for coming on. Please introduce yourself to the varsity squad out there, but first, what’s your favorite color and why?

Blue.

Brian Mudd: Blue. Why is that Buddy? And Greenwood is right behind it. Right? And the reason? Water. Water. You mentioned I’m a water bug. I love the water. There’s something about blue [00:02:00] that just makes me happy that way and green to go along with nature right beside it. If I’m outside, I’m happy. Right?

L. Scott Ferguson: And we live the kind of the salted lifestyle down here.

So we get the, be able to get into those healing minerals in nature. And just have some fun and getting the good stuff on us. And again, squat out there listening. This is a show strictly about leveling up and again, getting you to the next level. I am a gap coach. Uh, gap coach is just picture where you wanna be and where you’re at, and we help you bridge that gap.

So I’m gonna bring on guests like Brian, here are their stories to be able to help you level up and, you know, take your life to the next level as well. So, Brian, let’s get to the origins a little bit. You know, I know that you mentioned before. Um, you started kind of accidentally, you know, in this, in this business, which you are super immensely respected about, but you accidentally fell on, like, maybe we’re kind of, kind of going through and heard a little bit about our good friend Rush Limbaugh.

Brian Mudd: So, there are a couple things that are pretty funny about my story. The first is a lot of people from a broadcasting [00:03:00] perspective, when they hear the name Mud, think of a distant cousin of mine, the late Roger Mud, who was. Of course with CBS news, he was an anchor after Walter Cronkite and before Dan Rather, he was one of the early members of Meet the Press on NBC um, afterwards, and then eventually the History Channel as well.

And truth be told, there are kind of two sides of the mud family. You’ve got that side, which would be the more famous side, and then you got the infamy side, which is. There was a Dr. Samuel Mud who was a co-conspirator in the assassination of Lincoln. Wow. He was the doctor who set boot’s leg. That’s actually my line.

The more infamous line. Uh, Dr. Dr. Mud, um, after setting booth’s leg, it was the only, uh, co-conspirator that was not sentenced to death. He was sent to the dry tortugas. The keys. Wow. And to this day, that national museum that is there, they have his cell, they [00:04:00] tell Dr. Mutts story. He ended up being a hero. He rescued hundreds of people there, including the guards, and ended up eventually becoming a member of Congress.

You talk about interesting things going full circle, but nevertheless, very full circle. Uh, that is my line, not the television side, but Roger was a bit of an inspiration to me in, in terms of what I might want to do now, like every guy who played sports.

L. Scott Ferguson: Sure.

Brian Mudd: I wanted to play professional sports.

Absolutely. I got a brother who is six four, an older brother. I got another brother who’s shade under six feet tall, and then there’s me, I’m five foot six, and I stopped growing at the age of 13. It’s like a bad joke with my mom because she said. Um, hey, it happened for your brothers all in in one summer.

It’s like it got to that 13, and I’m like, here we go, go. Nothing time to spurt, right? Yeah. I get to, I get to 14, nothing and it’s like, this isn’t gonna happen anymore. So about the point I realized that maybe I drank too much coffee or something, and while I was young and I stuck my brother, um, that’s when I started the thing towards broadcasting.

And so I thought [00:05:00] I wanted to do television and. The thing that happened with me in that realm in the early to mid nineties in TV is it wasn’t what it, what it is today. Sure. So you didn’t have editorial control over your content? I ended up netting a pretty prestigious internship in television. I graduated from high school early.

I, uh, had a You started 17, 18 kind of right? I did. 17 was when I started. Okay. And, uh, I did graduate from high school, early. I had a scholarship for, uh, for college academic scholarship. And I was gonna do all that. And I wish I, I did end up doing, but I, in, in that little in between time, was gonna start this internship that would put me on a career path.

Well, instead of a week, I learned, oh my gosh, if I do a good job, like in the field and the grunt work and everything else, if I get behind the anchor chair, I may not have any control over what’s on that teleprompter. And you want me to read that? And that, for me was a deal breaker. And that you mentioned Mr.

Limbaugh was what took me to the News talk side because I did. And [00:06:00] you know, take two, news talk. Very early on I was, you know, I always like to say that. Uh, you know, uh, Alex p Keaton, I’m that real guy. You know, Michael J. Fox was an actor. Absolutely. I’m the guy who really was such the kid with the Reagan poster

L. Scott Ferguson: and such, you know, kind of alignment with both sides,

Brian Mudd: right?

You got that. I, growing up in the eighties, I was that kid and I did, uh, one day in the late eighties accidentally, while I was looking for an Atlanta Braves game in Savannah in, uh, suburban Atlanta. Stumble upon the Rush Limbaugh show and that kind of got me started on the path to Nor News Talk and I listened to Sean Hannity when he is local, host and all that.

So as soon as I had that early life crisis where I’m like, it can’t be television because I wanna control my own content, that is when I sought out radio and that’s how I ended up setting towards my eventual path.

L. Scott Ferguson: That’s an amazing story when you always, like when you were young like that. The entrepreneurial mindset that kind of comes up like I was a A paper route kid.

Yes. In Detroit, right. Uhhuh. Where I remember Eric Wharton [00:07:00] was getting rid of his paper route and he’s like, who wants it, man? He was making 25 bucks a month. Dude. He was on fire. He was raking. Yeah. So he’s like, someone make me a deal. I was like, you know what? I’ll give you five bucks a month for the next year if you give me your route.

And then I ended up expanding the Detroit Furry Pro and ended one of the biggest routes in there. I kind of started young as well. Smart. Were you installed? In your mindset with, I mean you sounds like you probably had a competitive family Yes. You know, with brothers and stuff like that. Yeah. Were you installed with that kind of mindset and going, also going forward and being so young and getting into it, like was what kind of imposter syndrome did you kind of come across?

Brian Mudd: So I had, um, one very big driving force that was also an issue of mine for growing up. Uh, and, and that was, I’m the youngest of five and the youngest to me, six and a half years older. I always wanted to be doing what my big brothers and big sisters were doing. Oh, absolutely. And so that meant I needed to have money.

You talk about being an entrepreneur. Uh, one of the, the very first thing I [00:08:00] did, um, I was like four or five years old. I had my little red wagon. And I made paper airplanes, probably not even, especially good ones. And I went, did you put the, like, the little, what is it? The paperclips on the front. So they swipe.

I didn’t know, I didn’t even do the paperclips. I don’t think I knew about paperclips at that point, so I, they were not good ones. But I, I’m just like, I, I, I think, I thought this is something I can do. Sure. I’m gonna go sell it. And I put in my red wagon, I would do this, you know, several times a week. Paper airplanes and I’d go door to door selling them for a quarter.

And this is early eighties now, mind you sure. You a quarter wasn’t nothing. And uh, I would sell out and I did this for a bit until my mom found out from one of the neighbors, like, it’s so cute what your son is doing. And you’re like, she’s like, what? And it was horrifying. Yeah. And made me stopped. But to your point, I was always trying to find out.

How can I make money? How can I, uh, keep up with my, my brothers and sisters? What [00:09:00] are the things that I could do to try to get ahead? And that led to me wanting to even invest at a young age, ultimately. Wow. My, uh, my dad helped, uh, teach me how to invest starting at 11.

L. Scott Ferguson: Were you protected by your parents?

Because, you know, you always have the, the firstborn like myself that can get away with nothing. Right. And then you kinda have the middle child that’s kind of, I’m not gonna say forgotten, but you know, they kind of get away with what they want. Yeah. Were you protected? Um,

Brian Mudd: my brothers and sisters would probably tell you Yes.

Right? I mean, there’s a, there’s a yes and a no to that. Sure. And the yes is my mom is pretty protective over me. The, the no of it is, my dad was a big Papa Bear type of guy. Sure. Growing up, he still is actually. Right. You, you’ll never have a conversation with my dad without him teaching. Right. And you learning.

That’s the way it, and, but my dad, um, when everybody was young. Was working his way in, in corporate management in retail. And so he was still around on a daily basis. By the time I was starting to grow up, he ended up [00:10:00] traveling quite a bit for work and so he wasn’t, um, around quite as much. Sure though he always was amazing.

Anytime he was. So there, there was a a little bit of the yeah, but factor. So my dad, who really was kind of the big papa of bear, um, not as much. My mom, more so.

L. Scott Ferguson: So she got protect you a little bit with that. Did you get any flack from the brothers? Oh, I mean mine all the time. Right? Yeah. I mean, to this day, right?

So as you’re kinda like moving forward and you got into a very, very competitive business. Absolutely. I mean, it’s like people, you’re one of like in Palm Beach. Thousands of people tune into every morning here in Palm Beach, right? Very. Yes. And obviously there was a path to get there and I’m sure there was kind of like a lot of inch by inch, it’s a ci, right?

Like baby steps at a time. What do you kind of, would you drop advice on people out there for people that found out what they’re passionate about? Right? And back with that, you know, back it with a persistence that doesn’t recognize failure, but what was [00:11:00] it that came out in you that said, listen, this is my path.

I’m gonna do it and I’m never gonna stop.

Brian Mudd: One of the things for me was that I always felt like I was capable of, of doing what it was that I would dedicate myself to doing. So I first and and foremost, I believed in myself and would be willing to put myself out there. Which became hard when I didn’t grow and I couldn’t do sports the way I wanted to because I was actually very success even up to the end as a five foot six kid.

I was successful in sports and so, you know, there you reach physical limitations, but where there aren’t those kinds of limitations for me it was you, you have to figure out what the path is. So I’ll come, I’ll take, give you the example of the next step in, in that story. So the way I actually got into radio.

I’m like, okay, now I’m giving up this television internship. I thought I had things figured out. I’m not going [00:12:00] to let myself be a failure here. I’ve decided I want to do talk radio. How do I get there? And I just happened to be traveling. I did research on everybody locally in radio while I had started college.

And uh, I wanted to figure out what it was that I could do to get an in. They didn’t have a natural in and I knew one of the morning shows, this was like one of the top 40 morning shows with a whole stunt guy and doing silly things and everything else. I knew that one of the morning hosts was actually the program director of that radio station, and Mike, if I could have a conversation with him, helped me figure out what I needed to do.

So I’m on my way to class one morning and I hear the stunt guy saying, Hey, we’re gonna be doing a pickle pig speed and pickle eating contest. So I’m like, I, I can’t do the pig speed, but I’ll do the pickle. So I, I cut class, I go to the stunt Sure. And I get there and there’s like this one big dude [00:13:00] who’s over six feet, another biker guy that comes up and here’s a little mate.

Our, our contest was 60 seconds. Eat as many pickles as he could. My whole thing is I don’t care about this stupid contest and the prize. I’m just wanting this conversation, talk to the program director. I’ve got to, I’ve got to be good and I’ve got to win this thing. Sure. And I, and so we get through in 60 seconds, me, like the biker dude and all, almost all the pickles are gone.

And we got like a few seconds left. I took that jar and I drank the juice because that was the tiebreaker and the point, my point in mentioning this to this to you is whatever it takes. Absolutely. So I knew what, what I wanted to do. I didn’t know how to get there. Sure. But I did some research. I figured out a person I could have a conversation with, and then I waited for.

What I thought would be an opportunity to have that conversation in a way that might be beneficial to him by doing, in this case a stupid bit on his morning show. It worked, it, the whole thing actually worked. Now, I paid my dues on the music side for four and a half [00:14:00] years. Right. Um, until one day, Hey, everybody I knew I always wanted to get to News Talk.

I told them I, one of these times I’m really gonna tell the listeners what I think of the Britney Spears song. So you really have to get me to News Talk. But that did eventually happen. And so it’s the, it’s the. Legwork. It, it’s the hard work, it’s the perseverance, but it, it’s the, the, you know, just being willing to do what it takes a lot of TA lot of times people are their own worst enemies because the moment you, you’re met with that obstacle, you stop.

Absolutely. Or you slow down

L. Scott Ferguson: three feet from gold. Right? Squat, if you listen to what he just said out there is that he had a desire to do something. He backed that desire with that faith, and he backed that faith with a persistence that did not recognize failure, and he kept, he did what it took. To get ’em to go through.

So Brian, what are you seeing a little bit on, you know, people that are on the come up that you see a little bit of yourself in you, you actually wanna help ’em, but what do, what kind of blind spots do you think that they get caught up in to not want to progress?

Brian Mudd: I think we are conditioned these days to feel as though [00:15:00] we operate within certain limitations.

And I think some of that is imposed by society. I, I think, and I, I, I mean not to having, finding great teachers and great mentors. You coach Bergey great mentor, brilliant the way you just summarized that, by the way, better than I could ever do. Thank

L. Scott Ferguson: you, brother.

Brian Mudd: But a lot of times people are, are conditioned to be ex in school.

I had plenty of people who wanted to make me an attorney. It would’ve been a very easy thing to do. Sure, you’ll have people that say You’re good at this, or whatever else, and they will steer you. I think you have to take ownership of what it is you’re passionate about, what it is that you want to accomplish, and not let, let other find people that will help you achieve that, rather than have people impose their ideas of what you should be on you and, and maybe put certain limitations in your mind.

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L. Scott Ferguson: Hey squad, we are back in Bryan. Have you seen the movie Back to the Future? Of course. Alright, let’s get in that it’s 40 years old tomorrow, or no, in April. It’s 40 years old, right? I still

Brian Mudd: wanna take a ride in the car.

L. Scott Ferguson: Right? That’s what we’re gonna do. We’re getting to get in the DeLorean with Marty McFly.

We’re gonna go back to the double deuce, the 22-year-old Brian Mud. Okay. What kind of knowledge nuggets we call him here? What would you drop on ’em? Not to change anything because your journey has been pretty awesome, but to maybe shorten a learning curve. Level up or blast through, maybe just a little bit quicker.

Always find

Brian Mudd: a way to say yes if it achieves your end goal, what it is you’re trying to, uh, uh, do or, or what you wanna accomplish. Always say yes. Figure out a way to make it happen later. I’ll give you an example and you know, I, and I’ll very, I’ll be very candid with you. I love this format because it allows an opportunity.

I, I like to say I’ve lived on the periphery of people who are far more [00:18:00] impressive than myself.

L. Scott Ferguson: Those shoulders

Brian Mudd: of giant. Yeah. I mean, I have no re no idea to this day why it is that Sean Hannity took to me and, and mentored me a bit. Sure. Ditto Marco event. But they did. And, and I am blessed beyond belief for that.

I have always wanted to be that guy where they are. I am blessed to no end in a to do what I do. I take nothing for granted. I’m never moving for this audience. I’m never going anywhere. You know, if I do become that permanent national guy one day, I’m still gonna be right here in the Palm beaches doing it.

I love that. And I’ll be right here even on my home station of j and l where I do all my national shows from. Um, but one of the things that I did early on that I think was an inhibitor to. Me maybe even having missed out on some of those opportunities along the way. I was of the belief that maybe I wasn’t able to do something as well as needed to be done.

So I’ll give you an example. I got a call at midnight one time and, and said, Hey, we need you to do a national show tomorrow. And I had to do my [00:19:00] morning show. I had appointments that day. It, I, it did not fit in my schedule and not prepared at all. I said, I just don’t think I can make that work. Now, some of that was probably it being midnight, me waking up and, and not really thinking this thing through.

I regretted that for so long afterwards. I don’t wanna let anybody down. Sure. And rather than realizing if there’s any kind of an opportunity out there, I need to run through that door no matter what that means. And if it’s not perfect, that’s okay. Because they’re not looking necessarily for Perfect in that moment anyway.

Right. They’re looking for a good solution. And so me to my 22-year-old self. Is never try to rationalize or think through or evaluate, you know, opportunities take every opportunity when that presents itself.

L. Scott Ferguson: And, and I love that. And squad, if you, if you’ve heard me talk on stage or if you’ve heard me, if you’re blessed, that something that I’m blessed to have as a coaching client, a lot of you guys out there, they will attach.

Their confidence to their abilities, right? Brian didn’t [00:20:00] feel that his abilities were gonna match with that confidence, but I think what he did, ’cause he knew his end game, what he wanted is he attached his confidence to his intentions. His intentions is to go to the next level. If you, who am I to speak in front of 3000?

Who am I as coach? Fergie to coach an NFL football player for PGA golfers? Who am I? Well, my intention is to get them to where they wanna go and the confidence blooms, right? So Brian. How do you want your dash remembered? That little line in between the incarnation date and the expiration date, life date, and death date.

Hopefully it’s way down the line, but that little line in between there. How does Brian Mud want his dash remembered?

Brian Mudd: I’m gonna give you two answers. One is the way that I am known by, you mentioned two sides of stories, one side of facts that is love that brother, that always goes, that is my, my mantra has also been passion plus talent is unstoppable.

So passion plus talent is unstoppable. So those are the kinda like overt, [00:21:00] you know, like mission statements that I have out there. I’ll give you another one though. And I don’t do a good job of this right now, but I pray about it every single night. Actually. I pray to God every single night. That I do his will and using my platform, the various ways that I am able to help do his work.

And ultimately, uh, hopefully to, to bring other people to him and for most people to listen to me in the day-to-day, given the topics I cover. Sure. How, let’s say passionate I can be in the delivery. It might sound odd. Sure. But ultimately. I would want to be remembered for, you know, being a person who, uh, helped people find themselves and find their place with God and, and was part of that community, part of a faith-based community of, of people that made a difference.

Um, I’ve got a lot of work to do there.

L. Scott Ferguson: Sure. And we all do. And I thank you for being transparent about that. Brian, [00:22:00] what do you feel people then might misunderstand the most about Brian Mudd?

Brian Mudd: People think I’m. Who I, they want me to be politically, uh, I am stereotypes. Absolutely, brother. I see. I’m stereotype.

L. Scott Ferguson: Yeah.

Brian Mudd: Um, uh, and, and one of the things that, um, people who, who know me well know is that I don’t fit in stereotypical boxes. Sure. For any number of reasons. Right. Um, but, you know, right down to, uh, to, to bean. Plant-based, uh, in, in my diet and everything there. Okay. Uh, very, um, very different things with me and, and the stereotype that, that precedes me.

Uh, so yeah, I would say I’m commonly, um, typecast by people who, who haven’t necessarily given me a chance.

L. Scott Ferguson: Absolutely. They gotta get, kind, get to know you there a little bit. So anything keep you up at night? Whew. Where to begin? You must get up early. Like my lady. I gotta give a shout out to my lady, Susan, my fiance out there, because she gets up at two 40.

She’s at the [00:23:00] restaurant by five eight every morning. God bless her. Morning at two

Brian Mudd: 40.

L. Scott Ferguson: Yeah. So, whoa. Like you’re, I know that you’re, that’s a game right there, right? Getting ready to rock and roll. By 5:00 AM Yeah. They get on the mic and you sound like you’ve been up all day, bro.

Brian Mudd: So

L. Scott Ferguson: it’s like, well,

Brian Mudd: I haven’t, but, uh, yeah, I get up at three 30.

Okay. Get up and get going at the station by four. And, and yeah, I, I hit the air by five, so, uh, yeah. I, I’m in bed by eight o’clock. Okay. So I, I, uh, I am an early hour in terms of staying up though. No, I, I have always had a hard time sleeping and, um, I’m always thinking through, I’m analytical to a fault.

L. Scott Ferguson: Right.

Brian Mudd: So I will sit there and think about what the world’s problems are and, and how theoretically I might try to solve them. I’ll think about what I’m going to present the next day for a show. Maybe I have a new idea that I hadn’t put down yet and I wanna make sure that I’ve got it, you know, kind of together so I can go ahead and, and use it in the morning.

That’s one

L. Scott Ferguson: thing, buddy. That, or Brian, that. Brother, you like the, your preparation, like I’m a big believer with [00:24:00] my professional athletes and I’m blessed to coach. You know that the, the separations and the preparation. Okay. Your prep, what you showed me the other day with like going down the lines and what’s on your computer screen.

I was like, man, this guy’s rated rock no matter what. And that, that was so impressive to me. And again, squad, you’re talking to one of the number one. Talk shows here, talk show hosts in the Palm Beaches. And he’s also sits in for Hannity and it just, he’s super immensely respected, but he prepares like no other.

I’ve seen it, I’ve witnessed it. It’s amazing. And Brian, what would you say? Your definition of a life well lived is

Brian Mudd: doing God’s will. Love that.

L. Scott Ferguson: Love that it,

Brian Mudd: it’s in that book, uh, in, in walking, in, in, in those ways, that’s what matters most. Really. The only thing that matters in the end. Are you in the word pretty much every day?

Yeah. So my wife and I, we do a couple different things. Like, you know, right now it’s Lent and so we’re doing the Hallow app and kind of going through the lens. Okay. Uh, program there. It’s nice. We do the bot bible in a year, which has taken us [00:25:00] well over a year because we’re not. We, we will do the Hello app every day, but the Bible in the year, um, we don’t do every day.

Our schedules don’t always meet up Sure. Um, long enough that we can do it to get, so we try to catch up on the weekend. But yeah, we do the Bible in the year with Father Mike Schmitz. Um, and, uh, we did for a long time just read the Bible ourselves. Sure. That’s actually where we got into the Bible. And, and your stuff because we needed help with interpretation.

Yeah. Because they’re like, we don’t understand this. We need somebody Help, help explain it to us. So,

L. Scott Ferguson: yeah. And what I am big on is, um, Proverbs, there’s 31 chapters in Proverbs. Okay. Most months have at least 30 days, 31 days. So if you read a chapter a day, at least a proverbs. The wisest men in that’s ever lived in King Solomon and Hezekiah, you know, they’re in there, they’re dropping serious knowledge nuggets on you.

That’s a point on a daily basis, you know, so you just read a chapter day, you know, for that part. And I’ve did the Bible in year a few times, um, and I always find myself having to catch up as well too. Right.

Brian Mudd: I like you saying a few times too, because already, right. And we’re like halfway through. [00:26:00] Right.

We’re like, we’re doing this again. Right.

L. Scott Ferguson: Exactly. Exactly. Brian, like you and I have met and talked about a few of these questions, you know, at length. But today you’ve got five seconds with no explanations. Oh boy. And they can all be answered that way, I promise you. You ready to level up? Yeah. See, let’s do this thing.

See if I can do it. Put him on the spot here. I’m trying to level up. Brian, what is the best leveling up advice you’ve ever received?

Brian Mudd: Oh gosh. Five seconds or less. I’ve already failed.

L. Scott Ferguson: You got this, I promise.

Brian Mudd: Be yourself.

L. Scott Ferguson: Love it. Share one of your personal habits that contributes to your success. You mentioned preparation.

For me, it’s all preparation. Love it. You see me kind of like walking down the street or at a networking function, or even here in studio, you’re like, man, Fergie’s in his D gyms a little bit. Other than the good book, the Bible, what book might you hand me that you’ve read that really flipped a script in your mind?

Brian Mudd: I can picture it, but I don’t remember the name now. It’s so bad. I, I, I can see

L. Scott Ferguson: the book. How about about your favorite book ever read?

Brian Mudd: Probably on Rand. That’s even

L. Scott Ferguson: Alice,

Brian Mudd: actually. Alice Shrug, you know, [00:27:00] it’s funny. It’s one of mine, buddy. That’s where I was going. I, I’ve also got 1984 that I, I keep around at all times there.

Not necessarily favorite because I enjoy it, but just reminder because of the reality of it. Yeah. But no, it’s funny you mentioned Alice Shrugged. We actually went back and, uh, started watching the, uh, the trilogy of movies they made too. Yeah. But yeah. I can, Atlas Shrugged is a good call. I’ve, I’ve answered that way with a little, one of my favorite

L. Scott Ferguson: books.

My mentor made me read it when I was 24 years old. Uh, but here I’m breaking my own rule here. Squat on the, the lightning round. But it was the most enlightening. Although the movies, they had different actors kind of come in and I didn’t like it in Atlas Shrugged, part two and three. How they had different actors in part one and a little bit.

Yeah, they weren’t done as well. Yeah, right. Brian, your most commonly used emoji when you text.

Brian Mudd: Definitely a, uh, smiley face.

L. Scott Ferguson: Love it. Nicknames growing up. Mud Speedy. Mud speedy. Nice. Any hidden talent and or superpower that you know, that you have that nobody knows about? Well, until now,

Brian Mudd: I, I think the biggest thing for me is people are surprised how short I am.

[00:28:00] I have a big mouth and then they meet me and I’m five six. Chest Tuckers a monopoly.

L. Scott Ferguson: Monopoly. Gotcha. Goche ice cream flavor. Vanilla. There’s a mine too. Actually, there’s a sandwich called the, the speedy mud. Build that sandwich for me. What do we eat?

Brian Mudd: You ready? Let’s go. Avocado and papao. Nice. Love it.

Please. There’s some mushrooms in there.

L. Scott Ferguson: Love it. You’re because you’re a veggie, right? I am, yeah. Awesome. Good work. Favorite charity and organization you like to give your time and or money to? Ooh, that is very difficult. I bet it is for you. That’s why I asked it. I actually work with

Brian Mudd: multiples. Okay. Uh, so that’s a challenge.

But, um, salvation Army. The Miami Rescue Mission are the, uh, the two that I’m most active with. Thank you.

L. Scott Ferguson: Appreciate that. Last question, we can elaborate on this one a little bit, but the best decade of music. Sixties, seventies, eighties, or nineties. Eighties,

Brian Mudd: by far.

L. Scott Ferguson: Love it. And Brian, how

Brian Mudd: can we find you, my friend, the Brian Mud Show?

You search for me. You’ll find me at Brian Mud Radio. Socially in squad. I just had

L. Scott Ferguson: kind of a, a free masterclass [00:29:00] on how a journey. They can get you to where you wanna be. It was instilled, you know, a little bit by his father at a young age, talking a little bit on investing and respecting. He always felt capable about what he wanted, so he just really went out there and got after it.

He did a deep dive on what could set himself apart from and getting in front of the right people, and it ended up in the pickle juice and got him going. Got him going forward. He wants you to stop operating within your limitations. Get out there, get after it. Always find a way to say yes if it aligns with your values.

And if you don’t know how, get your, like my good friend Leah Woodford would say, get your asking gear. Get out there, ask the questions. There are people, ’cause Brian brought up the Giants that he stood on the shoulders of. Like Kennedy, like Levine. He still went out there with imposters. And why did these guys want to have help me?

But. His intentions are to serve you and to get you the facts right? Two sides to every story, one side to every fact. That’s what my good friend Brian does. He levels up his health. He levels up his wealth. [00:30:00] He’s absolutely handsome devil when you meet him in person and I’m so blessed to be immensely. And by the way, Scott, he is producing my show, so I’ll talk about like goal bucket list moment.

So Brian, thank you so much for coming on. Let’s go level up. Been a pleasure. Thank you so much.