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#507 Brett Penager: How Do You Build Success Beyond Yourself?
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- Mar 10, 2026
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Brett Penager is an entrepreneur, former wrestling coach at Olympic level, and co-builder of a multistate healthcare business that grew beyond $100 million, and we spoke about what it actually takes to fail repeatedly, learn precisely, and eventually build something measurable at scale. His story starts unusually early: in sixth grade, after hearing Earl Nightingale ask, “Why do people become who they become?”, he decided he wanted to own a business, serve millions, and create extraordinary f...