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Barn New Year 2026

Scott Mulvaney — Sat, 10 Jan 2026 21:00:00 +0000

Happy New Year from FUEL HQ aka The Man-Zone Barn:

Happy New Year 2026 from the barn aka FUEL HQ. Your host, Scott Mulvaney, reflects on the progress and future plans for his personal and professional life. He discusses his recent projects, including installing a new heating system in his barn, acquiring a high-quality salt spreader, and setting up a gym with new equipment. He also mentions his now 10 years of podcasting, the launch of his Boots Refuel Fund from his charity, Fuel Foundations, and his goal to pay off his house by age 50. Additionally, he plans to record an audio version of his book, “So You Want to Be a Hotshot,” and encourages listeners to support his charity by donating to the Boots Refuel Fund.

Quote: Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve.” – Napoleon Hill

Today’s Top 3 Takeaways:

After 10 years of podcasting, continue your own Personal and Professional development!
Health and Fitness FUELS everything, especially your own Health, Business, and Lifestyle.
Find and embrace your own Freedom Trifecta of Time Freedom, Location Freedom, and Financial Freedom.

Today’s Links:

Visit to donate or learn more at https://fuelfoundations.org/
Visit HotshotBook.com to find the book on Amazon

Mentioned Influencers:

Michael Michalowicz, Profit First, https://mikemichalowicz.com/profit-first/
Jim Collins, BHAG – Big Hairy Audacious Goals, https://www.jimcollins.com/concepts/bhag.html
Dave Ramsey, Ramsey Solutions, https://www.ramseysolutions.com/

Watch us on YouTube:

https://youtu.be/8ZDfJq4_ye8

Show Highlights:

New radiant heating system is now tested and live in the barn.
Reflecting on the evolution of the barn from an empty canvas to a bustling workspace.
2026 is 10 years of podcasting.
Reflecting on the Wildland Firefighting history that birthed the FUEL Foundations and the Boots Refuel Fund.
The importance of Health and Fitness being integrated into everything in life while staying committed for success.
New Financial Goals with a BHAG of owing nothing and owning the home by age 50 in less than 2 years.
Learning and implementing the Freedom Trifecta which is Time, Location, and Financial freedom.
The power of learning Psychology, developing a bulletproof mindset, with ongoing commitents to Personal and Professional development.
Committing to finally recording the audiobook of “So You Want To Be A Hotshot” to help increase fundraising.

Final Words of the Show:

If I commit to a book chapter for each podcast episode, I know I can get the audiobook done finally. So I’m going to be releasing the chapters here in the LIVETHEFUEL world as I get each one done, and then hopefully loyal fans go and buy the audio book and or the physical book and share. So thank you in advance. That’s just a little snippet for the future here in 2026 thanks for listening again. Thank you for subscribing.

Go check out HotshotBook.com that takes you directly to the book listing on Amazon for “So You Want To Be A Hotshot”. If you’re big fans of wildland firefighters and the sacrifices that first responders make, you can go visit FuelFoundations.org and go donate to the Boots Refuel Fund. I appreciate that too. It’s a legit 501-c3, fully tax exempt. I take no money out of it. As I said earlier, 5% of my own business activities goes into it. So as I make more money, that means more donations are going in. So that being said, thanks for tuning in, and remember you too can live the fuel. We’ll talk to you guys again soon.

Positive Action Forward:

Submit a 5-Star Review

Get Scott’s Charitable Book! – HotshotBook.com

Check out the Boots Refuel Fund – FuelFoundations.org

Needs Strategy and Execution – FuelUpMarketing.com

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Men of Mindset 4

Scott Mulvaney — Sat, 14 Jun 2025 18:00:00 +0000

Welcome Back to Another Men of Mindset Evening!

That’s right, this is Scott’s 4th Men of Mindset event at his home casa! Tonight we featured manly guests discussing various aspects of life, business, and personal growth. Scott introduced the theme, emphasizing the importance of mindset. Nick shared his transition from corporate to entrepreneurship, highlighting the need for male connections. Rob discussed the challenges of balancing work and family, while Andre focused on leadership and personal development. Brian emphasized the importance of time management and delegation. Dave recounted his journey from fitness to construction, underscoring the value of mentorship. The conversation concluded with reflections on success, happiness, and the significance of personal values. The discussion centered on the concept of financial freedom and its impact on personal and professional life. Scott shared his journey from corporate life to Wildland Firefighting, emphasizing the importance of time, location, and financial freedom. He highlighted his charity, Fuel Foundations, which he donates 5% of his income to. This was inspired by the book “Profit First” and the Cole Hatter events “Thrive Make Money Matter”. Brian also shared a story of donating $500 to a fellow Hurricane Helene volunteer, which led to significant impacts in North Carolina. The conversations also touched on the importance of resilience, problem-solving, and the value of entrepreneurial mindsets in achieving success. They also welcomed a new face, a lifelong entrepreneur, Dave Intini, who joined in on the fun with brisket, cigars, and manly growth conversations.

Quote: The Meaning of Good and Bad, of Better and Worse, is simply Helping and Hurting. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Today’s Top 3 Takeaways:

Learning to and executing on fostering higher-level conversations among men.
The power of male camaraderie, which is necessary in life, both personally and professionally.
Family, Work-Life Balance, and Personal Successes outweighing professional.

Today’s Guest Co-Host + Links:

Andrew Young – https://youevolvingnow.com/
Brian Strauser – https://strauserhomeimprovements.com/
Rob Eschbach – https://f13performance.com/
Dave Intini – http://intiniconstruction.com/
Nick Goblirsch – https://www.instagram.com/iheartpaintingnj/

Watch us on YouTube:

https://youtu.be/5vdH1an91so

Timestamped Show Notes:

34:00 – Well, the gamble becomes, given your tolerance for risk, given your personality, like you said, the gamble became pretty clear. For one, my former career was mental health. So I was 20 years as a mental health therapist, master’s degree, and making $45,000 a year. That’s poverty, that’s a crime. Even if you make $250-500,000 a year, it doesn’t matter like when you’re in corporate and you have a title that goes along with it, at some point, you’re signing your soul away for you to make that money, you’re gonna have to work more. You have to do all those things. But as an entrepreneur, you can make infinite money without always having to work harder.

40:10 – Let me full serve that real quick. One thing I love about this is like you’ve given me a lot of props over the years since I met you over running chainsaws, volunteering, building mountain biking trails, and hearing those horror stories and just me telling you, like, bro, start easy. Just start listening to podcasts. Get into the audiobooks, start geeking out. That was just some of the earlier shit we discussed. But technically, what I loved full circle tonight was what you just said a few minutes ago, before the word vomit, is the fact that actually Dave’s one of your earlier mentors, before you met me.

64:50 – I’m the same person, but because I have more financial freedom, I can fix most problems and help build most dreams, most of which are for other people that I care about. Therefore, that’s when I say money matters.

73:00 – I worked for one person my whole life, my dad. I moved on, I went on, I kept going. I saw my own thing, but that’s the family, but again, the lightest, most laid back guy here. He taught me everything.

82:00 – Final Words

Our Final Words of the Show:

Congratulations to Arnoldo Moreno of Phoenix Crew 63, our newest Wildland Firefighter to receive a new pair of wildland firefighting boots. This is supported by Scott’s Boots Refuel Fund through his nonprofit, FUEL Foundations. Learn more and visit FUELFoundations.org/Boots

Positive Action Forward:

Submit a 5-Star Review
Get Scott’s Charitable Book! – HotshotBook.com
Check out the Boots Refuel Fund – FuelFoundations.org
Needs Strategy and Execution – FuelUpMarketing.com

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063: Live at Isagenix University with the Nozek Dr’s and Jennifer Smith #ISAU

Scott Mulvaney — Mon, 03 Apr 2017 14:00:00 +0000

Isagenix University Live Event Co-Hosts:

Catching up with Jennifer Smith after our first introduction in a blizzard at another Isagenix University, years ago in Boston. We also get to meet and chat with Dr. Ina Nozek and Dr. Glenn Nozek who retired themselves from their brick and mortar practice by using the business systems from Isagenix. We discuss how working with a company with a higher purpose impacts more than our own lives, it helps us all continuously and positively impact all lives around us. True success is built and attained through bringing others up and along the journey with you. We can’t do it all alone.

On This Episode You Will Hear:

[spp-timestamp time=”01:25″] State of emergency, blizzard, our Miami team never seeing snow before.
[spp-timestamp time=”2:30″] My big bad jeep is worth nothing when the roads are legally closed. Meeting Uncle Richard and him saving the day when I had no place to sleep or stay.
[spp-timestamp time=”3:05″] Dr. Ina Nozek got to meet Uncle Richard in Belize while on the private island owned by David Woods and the famous Jack Canfield. It was like being on Gilligan’s Island.
[spp-timestamp time=”3:30″] This is more than a nutritional solutions company. When you’re new, this is a self-help and self-development platform. I relate Jack Canfield back to meeting him when he spoke at a different event that I attended in June 2016 called THRIVE: Make Money Matter in San Diego, CA.
[spp-timestamp time=”5:15″] Dr. Glenn Nozek helps us know and learn about the famous David Wood. How David Wood is all about authenticity and how this impacted them for their chiropractic business growth.
[spp-timestamp time=”08:50″] When people’s insurance coverage ran out, Glenn didn’t have a solution to help with people’s financial deprivation.
[spp-timestamp time=”16:25″] Our bodies should be detoxing on a regular basis but we’re too overloaded with toxins these days.
[spp-timestamp time=”19:30″] How I met Jennifer Lambert Smith.
[spp-timestamp time=”22:20″] Learning about the importance of a circadian rhythm and the importance of sleep for proper rest and recover.
[spp-timestamp time=”26:10″] Old lady bikini contests.
[spp-timestamp time=”29:00″] How to find and follow Jennifer Lambert Smith.
[spp-timestamp time=”29:00″] Ina is our product expert for our company, Isagenix.
[spp-timestamp time=”32:20″] Defining the point on “Trusting Your Inner Physician” with Dr. Glenn Nozek.
[spp-timestamp time=”40:00″] It’s okay to just do this part time and build it as another side hustle.
[spp-timestamp time=”40:57″] Learning how Jennifer Smith’s “WHY” has transformed from the beginning. We discussed this topic a lot this weekend at the Isagenix University. Plus how to follow Jennifer Lambert Smith on Facebook, noted below.
[spp-timestamp time=”43:00″] Learning how Dr. Glenn’s “WHY” has changed from just Time Freedom in the beginning.
[spp-timestamp time=”45:25″] Learning Dr. Ina Nozek’s “WHY” and how it’s transformed from just finding better ways to help her patients.
[spp-timestamp time=”51:00″] Final Words

Trusting Your Inner Physician – Dr. Glenn and Ina Nozek

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Live from Isagenix University

Links and Resources

People Mentioned

Final Words

A 3-way Final Words segment to end the show today:

Ina Nozek: Take responsibility for every single aspect of your own life. No one is going to do it for you. Take responsibility and get it done.
Glenn Nozek: Don’t wait because you’ll blink your eye and you’ll be 10 years older and wonder why you didn’t make the changes you wished you made. Don’t wait, do it for yourself. When you feel great about something, you can’t help but share.
Jennifer Lambert Smith: If you want it, desire it, then go after it. Don’t wait for someone else to do it for you. Prove it to yourself and to the world that anything is possible.

Action Steps

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048: Paying Yourself Profit First with Mike Michalowicz

Scott Mulvaney — Fri, 10 Feb 2017 17:45:00 +0000

Profit First Accounting and Paying Yourself:

This episode is about stepping out of your comfort zone and flipping your finances and accounting on its head. In business we have been following the same formula for generations, Sales-Expenses=Profit. This means profit comes last, which ultimately means you come last. It is time to flip that formula and enjoy your profit now with today’s co-host. Mike Michalowicz is the author of the book Profit First, a book that I have mentioned many times on LIVETHEFUEL. Mike has launched three multi-million dollar businesses and sold the second to a Fortune 500 company. Mike is also the author of three other great books, The Toilet Paper Entrepreneur, The Pumpkin Plan and the most resent Surge. This is a great episode for anyone who wants to have a little more financial freedom in their life/business.

On This Episode You Will Hear:

[spp-timestamp time=”03:45″] What book should I be reading now? The answer, what is your biggest challenge right now? You will then find the right book to read.
[spp-timestamp time=”05:23″] Where the book, Profit First came from. Mike had start a lot of different businesses and lost a lot of money. Building those companies was not profitable, he was surviving check by check. He sold two companies and one to a fortune 500 company. He thought this was the way to make money and became an angel investor to try and repeat the process but he lost money fast. This was the necessary wake up call he needed. The mentality of being profitable one day in the future is wrong. The classic accounting formula of Sales – Expenses = Profit, which means your profit comes last, is archaic.
[spp-timestamp time=”11:46″] Afraid of change. Mike has literally flipped the accounting formula and put Profit First. It’s the pay yourself first system for your business.
[spp-timestamp time=”15:07″] Parkinson’s Law: As the supply of the availability increases, our demand for it increases, but as it decreases we become more frugal, innovative and use less of it. Mike uses a cookie to describe Parkinson’s Law. When we force ourselves to use less money in our business our behavior changes.
[spp-timestamp time=”21:35″] “Money to brains ratio” and “Keeping up with the Jones’s”. The 401K. When you first adapt to Profit First, it can be painful to begin with. Very quickly, when you see those profits stacking up, it makes it all worth while.
[spp-timestamp time=”25:24″] Dividing up your income into different accounts.
[spp-timestamp time=”32:46″] If you don’t know what you are doing, get help. There is no shame in asking. Scott is visiting Profit First HQ.
[spp-timestamp time=”35:38″] Profit First Professionals: Experts that maximize companies profits permanently.
[spp-timestamp time=”37:01″] Profit First Professionals launched 2 years ago. Profit First Professionals came from people who had read the book but wanted help implementing it and someone to hold them accountable for it. Now they have 160+ bookkeepers and accountants supporting it.
[spp-timestamp time=”38:11″] 99% of Accountants that have come across Profit First have converted to the philosophy. The ones that don’t are the ones that are not willing to change the way they do things. Profit First accountants apply logic and overlay that with behaviors. A lot of accountants just can not make that leap.
[spp-timestamp time=”40:08″] Some people want to go all in when they read Profit First and set aside huge percentages but that’s like putting a frozen mug into a hot oven, eventually it will shatter. One of the important steps of Profit First is to take small steps.
[spp-timestamp time=”42:42″] Taking small incremental steps and relating accounting to the fitness world. Profit First is a Dial not a Switch.
[spp-timestamp time=”45:18″] Quarterly Distributions.
[spp-timestamp time=”47:02″] When the profit comes out, it is for you to experience financial freedom. This is not to be used to reinvest in your business, that’s a whole different envelope aka account. If you are putting it back into the business you are defeating the system. If you cannot pay your expenses, you cannot afford your expenses, so you have to find a better way.
[spp-timestamp time=”48:43″] Final Words

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Profit First Links and Resources

People Mentioned

Final Words

Mike’s life purpose is to eradicate Entrepreneurial poverty, that’s why he does what he does. It’s about stepping into the un-comfort zone. Progress is made when people do something new when something has impeded their progress, what impedes progress is doing what is familiar. Get comfortable with being uncomfortable. That is where growth is. That is where the opportunity is.

Action Steps

Please Submit an iTunes Show Rating & Review, we need more reviews to increase our ranking and appearance. We love 5 Stars!
Join THE FUEL TANK our community on Facebook! – “You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with.” ~ Quote by Jim Rohn
Be sure to check out our Resources and a reminder to “Keep Living The Fired Up Epic Life everyone!” #livethefuel

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