Episodes
Jan. 28, 2026
How Founders Can STOP Self-Sabotaging Their Growth
In this candid and deeply reflective episode of the BeTheCEO Podcast, Tom and Adam unpack how founders unknowingly sabotage their own growth. The conversation explores the internal habits, identity conflicts, and emotional pa...
Jan. 7, 2026
The Standards Problem Killing Businesses
In this episode, we explore how unclear, uncommunicated, or unenforced standards quietly destroy businesses, teams, and cultures. While most people blame execution or motivation, the real issue is often the absence of clear e...
Dec. 31, 2025
The Hidden Beliefs Killing Progress
In this episode, we uncover why progress stalls even when effort is high and why the real issue is rarely behavior. Instead, it’s the hidden beliefs quietly shaping how you act, decide, and show up in your business and life. ...
Dec. 24, 2025
How To Choose Your Next Chapter In Life
In this reflective and honest episode, we explore what it really means to choose your next chapter in life — especially when certainty is missing. Through personal stories, business decisions, and long-term commitments, this ...
Dec. 17, 2025
Why Smart Leaders Make Unpopular Decisions
In this episode, we explore why the best leaders are willing to make decisions that aren’t popular but are necessary for long-term success. Using real-world examples from business, leadership, sports, and history, this conver...
Dec. 10, 2025
The Hidden Skill That Fixes Your Focus, Energy, and Productivity
In this unexpectedly deep episode of The Atomic Business Coaching Podcast, Tom and Adam unpack the real reason entrepreneurs lose focus, drain their energy, and struggle to stay productive — even when they’re in their zone of...
Dec. 3, 2025
How To Find Your Rhythm Again (And Get Unstuck Fast)
In this grounded and introspective episode of Be The CEO , Tom Marino and Adam Hurd explore what it really means to lose — and then rediscover — your rhythm during seasons of transition. What begins with a story about unexpec...
Nov. 26, 2025
The Hardest Skill in Business (Nobody Teaches This)
In this episode of The Atomic Business Coaching Podcast, hosts Tom Marino and Adam Hurd dive deep into the real engine behind business success: meaningful connection. What begins as a light conversation about Thanksgiving tra...
Nov. 19, 2025
The Hardest Part of Leadership (and How to Survive It)
In this emotionally powerful episode of The Atomic Business Coaching Podcast, hosts Tom Marino and Adam Hurd open up about one of the most difficult realities of leadership: how to survive when life hits harder than your work...
Nov. 12, 2025
The Lonely Chapter: How Music, Mindset, and Meaning Fuel Business Growth
In this episode of The Atomic Business Coaching Podcast , hosts Tom Marino and Adam Hurd dive deep into the real conversations that inspire growth, creativity, and purpose in business and life. What starts as a light chat abo...
Oct. 31, 2025
The Work Is the Goal: Stop Overthinking and Start Doing
In this episode of the Be The CEO Podcast, hosts Tom Marino and Adam Hurd dive into two powerful ideas shaping business and mindset today: Loving the process more than the destination Why confidence is a decision backed by ac...
Oct. 24, 2025
Commitment, Effort, Obsession
In this insightful episode of Be the CEO , hosts Adam Hurd and Tom Marino dive deep into what it really means to “be the CEO” — not as a title, but as a mindset. They redefine CEO as Commitment, Effort, and Obsession , explor...
Oct. 17, 2025
Work-Life Harmony & Failing Faster
In this episode of Be the CEO , Adam Thomas Hurd and Tom Marino dive deep into two powerful ideas that define what it really means to be the CEO of your business, your time, and your life. They tackle the long-debated concept...
Oct. 10, 2025
Turning Fear Into Fuel & The Power of Listening
Turning Fear Into Fuel & The Power of Listening In this episode of Be the CEO, Tom Marino and Adam Hurd explore two of the most overlooked yet powerful drivers of success for self-employed people: fear and listening. Whether ...
Oct. 3, 2025
All In or In the Way
In this episode, Tom Marino and Adam Hurd dive deep into what it really means to step out of self-employment and into true CEO leadership —at work and at home. What We Cover in This Episode: The trap of self-employment : Why ...
Sept. 26, 2025
Do Less, Better & Start Small
In this episode of the Be the CEO Podcast , Tom and Adam dive into two powerful ideas that every business owner needs to hear: working less but more effectively, and the importance of small beginnings. Drawing inspiration fro...
Sept. 19, 2025
From Skills to Systems: Why You Can’t Do It Alone
In this episode, Tom and Adam take a new direction with Be the CEO Podcast . Each week they’ll bring you content from top voices in entrepreneurship and leadership—posts they love, disagree with, or find thought-provoking—and...
Sept. 12, 2025
From Growing a Business to Leading One: Shifting Mindset, Scaling, and Staying Present
In this episode of Be The CEO , Adam and Tom dive into the mindset shifts required to go from simply growing a business to truly leading one. They answer questions posed by their assistant, Gary, based on real conversations w...
Sept. 5, 2025
The Intentional CEO Podcast: From Accidental to Intentional Leadership
In this first episode of the Intentional CEO Podcast, Tom and Adam reintroduce their mission: helping entrepreneurs move from being accidental CEOs—overworked and reactive—to intentional CEOs who lead with clarity, agency, an...
Aug. 29, 2025
Burnout, Boredom, and Building Systems: Becoming the CEO Your Business Needs
In this episode, Tom and Adam dive deep into one of the biggest challenges new and accidental CEOs face—confusing burnout with boredom. They unpack why hustle isn’t a badge of honor but a warning sign, how being the bottlenec...
Aug. 22, 2025
Stop Firefighting, Start Forecasting: The CEO Shift That Changes Everything
In this episode, Tom and his co-host dive deep into the real challenges entrepreneurs face when running their businesses — from burnout and chaos to flimsy business models and the trap of being “busy.” Fresh off their recent ...
Aug. 15, 2025
Accidental CEO? Here’s How to Take Back Control
In this episode, Tom and Adam tackle one of the biggest challenges small business owners face — getting stuck in the role instead of stepping into the CEO mindset. They share real-world client stories, personal insights, and ...
Aug. 8, 2025
The Quiet Cost of Control: Breaking Free as an Accidental CEO
In this episode, Tom and Adam dive into a challenge most entrepreneurs don’t even realize they’re facing—the quiet tax of control. From refusing to delegate to fearing the business will collapse without them, accidental CEOs ...
Aug. 1, 2025
From Accidental CEO to Intentional Leader: Calculating Risk, Celebrating Wins & Staying Focused
In this real and raw episode, Tom and Adam peel back the curtain on the behind-the-scenes journey of creating a podcast as accidental CEOs—and why it’s okay to still be figuring things out after 130+ episodes. They dive deep ...