The Drive

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  Ep 33: Think Bigger: With Connor Hassoun 14.09.2026 25min

  Craig once asked his business partner Chad for a million dollars to get their company off the ground, and Chad said yes without hesitation. That moment kicks off a wide ranging conversation with Connor Hasson about why so many people, even successful ones, end up thinking smaller than they should. They talk about the three tells that someone has stopped growing: the way they talk about the past instead of the future, where their money actually goes, and whether their circle still challenges t...
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  Ep 32: FORGE: With Connor Hassoun 07.09.2026 45min

  Connor Hassoun built his own conference at 23 years old and turned his keynote into FORGE, an acronym for Faith, Obsession, Resilience, Gratitude, and Endurance. On this episode of The Drive, Craig sits down with Connor to unpack that talk piece by piece and dig into what it actually takes to build something from nothing. They cover stories that stick with you: a brother training basketball drills alone in the snow at midnight, the true story behind Lone Survivor, a 1,000 pushup challenge on ...
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  Ep 31: The P.A.T.H. to Success: Passion, Attitude, Teamwork, Honor 31.08.2026 20min

  Craig Harvey breaks down his P.A.T.H. framework, passion, attitude, teamwork, honor, using stories from raising his son, building a company from scratch, and watching Jack Nicklaus visualize a Masters win before it happened. He gets real about controlling your own attitude instead of blaming everyone else for it, and why the people around you either build you up or quietly drain you dry. Then it gets personal: the story of Alfred Nobel reading his own obituary while still alive, realizing th...
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  Ep 30: The Story of Craig Harvey: Co Founder of NASB Author of DRIVEN 24.08.2026 44min

  Craig Harvey built one of the largest final expense insurance brokerages in the country, and for his 50th birthday, he finally gets grilled about how he did it. His business partner Jordan flips the script and puts him in the hot seat, digging into the trailer parks, the broken bones on the football field, and the week he got fired and had almost nothing left. From there it's a straight line to a company doing nine figures a year, told with zero filter. Harvey doesn't hold back on what it act...
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  Ep 29: Uphill Dreams Downhill Habits 17.08.2026 16min

  Ever notice how some people have all the talent in the world and still find a way to blow it? This episode gets into why that happens and what separates the ones who actually make it from the ones who keep falling back into the same traps: giving up too soon, screwing up once success brings new temptations, refusing to keep looking up to mentors, and never growing up enough to handle what they've built. Craig Harvey sits down with Evan Proch for a real conversation about what actually worked...
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  Ep 28: Blisters + Calluses With Blair Ollendorf 10.08.2026 31min

  The advice that sold a million books and launched a thousand motivational posters might also be the worst career advice you ever took to heart. Joseph Campbell famously told people to follow their bliss, but later admitted he got it wrong. People took it to mean chase what's easy and comfortable. What he really meant was find something worth the struggle. That idea becomes "follow your blisters" and it turns into one of the most practical frameworks for business growth you'll hear on The Driv...
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  Ep 27: Balance Is Bullshit With Max Graham 03.08.2026 20min

  Balance Is Bullshit | The Drive ft. Max Graham Chasing balance while trying to grow is a losing game, and this episode gets into why. Max Graham has been to 73 countries, all seven continents, and built a serious career in life insurance before 40. Not by doing everything at once, but by going all in during the seasons that called for it and accepting the cost of that. This conversation gets into why chasing balance during a season of growth is quietly killing your results, what it actuall...
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  Ep 26: Success Leaves Clues: With Connor Elzerman 27.07.2026 32min

  What separates people who succeed once from people who stay successful? The answer might be simpler than you think. Craig Harvey sits down with 29-year-old Connor Elzerman, who earned $630,000 last year and is on track to hit his first million, to break down the six habits he tracks every single day to stay at the top of his game. In this episode, they get into why sleep is part of the grind (not a reward for it), how your bank statement reveals your real priorities, why most people are measu...
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  Ep 25: Here Vs. There 20.07.2026 10min

  Welcome back to The Drive. This episode is a little different. I recently gave this talk at a convention in Mexico and got so many comments on it that I had to bring it here. It's about something most driven people never slow down long enough to think about: the relationship between where you are and where you're trying to go. We're all chasing a "there." A bigger income, a nicer house, a better version of ourselves. And I'm not telling you to stop chasing it. But what I've learned after bui...
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  Ep 24: The Four Pillars of Closing: With Alex "King Kong" Cromie 13.07.2026 25min

  Most salespeople wait for objections to show up before they try to handle them. King Kong Cromie says that's already too late. In this episode, Alex Cromie breaks down the King Kong Closing Table, a four-pillar framework built from years of studying his own wins and losses in the field. The idea is straightforward: a table needs four legs to stand. Pull one out and the whole thing falls. The same goes for your close. The four pillars are Value, Urgency, Likability, and Trust. Cromie walks ...
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  Ep 23: Achieving Impossible: With Heka the Great 05.07.2026 38min

  Heka The Great has been doing magic since he was 9. First paid gig at 11. By 26 he's performed for celebrities, built a real career out of something most people would've called a hobby, and on this episode he shows up to The Drive and does things that genuinely can't be explained. We're talking cards, fire, a light bulb shattering, and then pulling a specific word out of someone's head from a random page in a random book. On camera. Unedited. The reactions say everything. The conversation tha...
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  Ep 22: DRIVEN: The 5 Love Languages of Leadership 29.06.2026 13min

  Craig Harvey rides solo on this episode of The Drive to walk through the five R's inside his book Driven — a framework he has seen change the trajectory of careers, teams, and lives across the board. FREE BOOK GIVEAWAY The first 100 people to leave a comment below sharing which R speaks to them the most will receive a signed copy of Driven shipped directly to them. Craig will sign it personally. How to enter: Leave a comment below — tell us which R hit home for you and why Fill out the fo...
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  Ep 21: From Felony to $2M: The Alstin Vanderford Story 22.06.2026 37min

  Austin Vanderford grew up in a one-stoplight town in Rockwell, North Carolina. Single mom, abusive father, a broken femur in eighth grade, a best friend killed in a car accident at 16, a felony charge, and a year of house arrest. By every measure, the odds were stacked against him. Today he runs the fastest growing agency at one of the fastest growing insurance organizations in the country, going from $800K to over $2 million in a single year. In this episode of The Drive, Craig Harvey sits d...
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  Ep 20: Thermodynamics Of Sales With Blair Ollendorf 15.06.2026 30min

  What if everything you knew about sales momentum was actually a physics problem? In this episode of The Drive, Craig Harvey sits down with Blair Ollendorf to break down what they're calling the Thermodynamics of Sales, and once you hear it, you won't be able to unsee it. It starts with something Blair's dad used to say whenever a window was left open with the AC running: "You're letting the cold out." Turns out, he had it backwards. Heat travels to cold. Cold doesn't travel anywhere. And that...
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  Ep 19: The Recruiting Playbook: With Max Graham 08.06.2026 39min

  What separates the recruiters who build empires from the ones who stay stuck? In this episode of The Drive, Craig Harvey sits down with Max Graham, one of the top recruiters in the country and a 3-time developer of the #1 rookie of the year, to break down the exact mindset, process, and philosophy behind building a high-performing team from scratch. From his time at military boarding school to becoming a full partner, Max pulls back the curtain on how he finds elite talent, how he runs his re...
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  Ep 18: Outgrowing Average: With Dusty Todd 01.06.2026 26min

  Most people say they want to grow. But wanting it and actually doing the work are two very different things. In this episode, Craig Harvey sits down with $3 million earner Dusty Todd to break down the three real indicators that a growth spurt is coming. They've seen these patterns repeat themselves over and over, in top earners, in struggling agents, and in themselves. The three signs: 1. Your appetite increases. Hungry people don't skip calls or make excuses. If you're truly hungry, you e...
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  Ep 17: The Art of Building Leaders: With Alstin Vanderford 30.05.2026 25min

  Craig Harvey has made over $60 million in insurance. Alstin Vanderford leads one of the fastest-growing teams the company has ever seen. In this episode, they sit down and just talk. Just two guys who came from nothing, built something real, and are telling you exactly how they did it. They get into the mistakes that kill most young builders before they ever get started, why being great at sales doesn't mean you can build a team, and what Craig actually looks for when he's deciding who to in...
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  Ep 16: Trucks vs. Trailers: Why the Best Leaders Start as Followers 18.05.2026 25min

  What separates those who reach their goals from those who don't? Two words: mentors and mistakes. In this solo episode of The Drive, Craig Harvey shares one of his most requested talks — Trucks vs. Trailers — and why the best leaders in the world started out as great followers. Drawing from the ancient origin of the word "mentor," Bill Belichick's coaching tree, Frank Lucas's 15-year apprenticeship under Bumpy Johnson, and his own experience leading 20,000+ agents, Craig makes the case that...
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  Ep 15: The Three Doors of Leadership 11.05.2026 23min

  What separates the highly successful from those who just want to be successful? It's not talent. It's not luck. It's not who your daddy is or where you went to school. In this episode of The Drive, Craig Harvey breaks down the 3 Doors of Leadership — a framework he discovered on a trip to his son's basketball game at Prince Avenue Christian School. What he found walking through those three doors changed how he sees success, business, and the grind forever. 🚪 Door 1 — The Manual Door: This is ...
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  Ep 14: The Closers Mentality Pt II: With John Rocker 04.05.2026 28min

  There are two versions of John Rocker. The one you think you know from the headlines, and the one who sat down for this conversation. In Part 2, John takes us back to a cheap hotel room off I-295 in Jacksonville, Florida. He was demoted, pitching scared, and counting ERA percentages in his head mid-inning just to cope. Most people would want to forget a moment like that. John built his whole career on top of it. Not because a coach pulled him aside. Not because he discovered some magic pitc...