Welcome back to Sobriety, Spirituality, and Sales! In Season 2, Episode 5, Mike Curry sits down with Cruz Gamboa, CEO of ScalingCFO.io. In this episode, Cruz breaks down the essential bridge between high-performance sales, executive financial strategy, and personal alignment. Moving beyond just theory, Cruz shares actionable insights on how founders and sales leaders can scale their businesses to 8-figures, build sustainable systems, eliminate financial bottlenecks, and maintain core values while growing at elite levels. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ⏱️ CHAPTERS / TIMESTAMPS ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 0:00 - Introduction & Welcome to Season 2, Ep. 5 02:15 - Meet Cruz Gamboa & The Mission of ScalingCFO.io 08:40 - The True Connection Between Sales & Financial Strategy 15:30 - Common Financial Bottlenecks That Kill Business Growth 24:10 - How to Structure and Scale Your Revenue to 8-Figures 32:45 - Mindset, Alignment, and Leadership Under Pressure 42:10 - Executive Cash Flow Management & Predictable Scaling 50:35 - Practical Advice for Founders, Sales Leaders & Closers 57:15 - Where to Connect with Cruz Gamboa & Final Thoughts ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🤝 OUR SPONSORS ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ • ScalingCFO.io: Fractional CFO and financial scaling systems for modern entrepreneurs. Visit: https://scalingcfo.io • Mike Curry Alcohol Freedom Coaching: Break free from alcohol and unlock your highest potential in business and life. Learn more: https://go.mikecurrycoaching.com ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🔗 CONNECT & RESOURCES ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 📌 Connect with Mike Curry: • Website: https://go.mikecurrycoaching.com • Subscribe to the channel for weekly conversations on high performance, spirituality, mindset, and sales. 📌 Connect with Cruz Gamboa: • Website: https://scalingcfo.io 📌 Community & Support: • If you or someone you know is seeking guidance or support on their personal journey, reach out through the coaching links above. #MikeCurry #CruzGamboa #ScalingCFO #SobrietySpiritualityAndSales #SalesStrategy #BusinessGrowth #Entrepreneurship #FinancialClarity

Alan Stewart Jr. went from a full-blown heroin and crack addiction at 19 to becoming a top-producing real estate broker and author. This is his struggle-to-success story of sobriety, identity, and building a life his younger self couldn't imagine. In this powerful conversation, Alan Stewart Jr. opens up about childhood trauma, survival instincts, addiction, getting sober at 27, and the identity shift that changed everything. He shares how the same drive that once fueled addiction eventually became fuel for sales, entrepreneurship, real estate, and personal growth. Alan talks about building a real estate brokerage with 100+ agents and close to half a billion dollars in sales, becoming a national top producer, and eventually walking away from that success after realizing that true wealth is measured in free time and being present for his son. He also shares the story behind his book, Rock Bottom to Revenue, and explains how emotional intelligence, vulnerability, self-reflection, pattern recognition, honesty, and small daily behaviors can create massive changes over time. Subscribe to Mike Curry for more conversations about sobriety, spirituality, sales, business, personal growth, and real-life transformation. 0:00 Intro 1:28 Breaking Generational Patterns 2:39 Why Sobriety Comes First 4:07 Vulnerability as a Strength 10:28 Making Sobriety Relatable 12:03 Relate Rather Than Compare 19:18 Fatherhood, Sobriety, and Business 21:05 Fitness, Nature, and Spiritual Recovery 23:59 Small Behaviors Create Big Change 26:26 The Three Steps to Changing Patterns 27:56 Turning Addiction Drive Into Success 30:09 Heroin, Crack, and the Road to Sobriety 32:02 Becoming a National Top Producer 33:42 Building a 100+ Agent Brokerage 40:28 Facing Court With No Shoes 45:08 Your Identity Comes From Perception 46:06 How Perspective Changes Identity 47:27 You Can Become a Different Person 49:01 His Father's Final Words 50:46 Using Vulnerability to Give Others Hope 52:04 Confronting the Shame of His Past 53:22 The Road Map to Success 54:26 Goals Start With Knowing Where You Are 55:26 Identifying People, Places, and Things 58:08 Emotional Intelligence Under Pressure 59:28 Beyond Sobriety, Business, and Life 1:02:24 Why People Connect Through Stories 1:03:23 Outro #AlanStewartJr #MikeCurry #AddictionRecovery #RealEstate #Sobriety #SuccessStory #Entrepreneurship #PersonalGrowth #RecoveryJourney #BusinessSuccess #StruggleToSuccess #SobrietyJourney #RealEstateSuccess

Dorian Wormsley fell from a fourth-story window while blackout drunk in 2014, breaking his spine, collapsing a lung, and spending a week in a medically induced coma. He kept drinking for seven more years before finally getting sober in 2021. In this episode of Sobriety, Spirituality, and Sales, Dorian shares the story behind his four-story fall, the years of drinking that followed, and what finally helped him change his life. Dorian opens up about growing up homeless, using alcohol to find identity and attention, surviving a near-death fall, relapsing just months after the accident, and eventually discovering a different way to live. Subscribe to Mike Curry for more conversations about sobriety, spirituality, personal growth, and building a better life. 00:00 Intro: Dorian's Sobriety Story 02:15 What Finally Made Him Stop Drinking 05:36 Growing Up Homeless and Building Resilience 08:17 "It'll Be Greater Later" 12:14 Choosing Peace Over Material Success 20:22 How Sobriety Changed His Life 23:06 When Drinking Became His Identity 26:53 The Night He Fell From a 4-Story Window 30:04 Injuries, Coma, and Waking Up 33:26 Why He Started Drinking Again 36:27 Spirituality, Self-Belief, and Recovery 41:51 Building Your Life Brick by Brick 43:11 The Bamboo Season Philosophy 49:06 Advice for Men Ready to Change #Sobriety #AlcoholRecovery #DorianWarmsley #AlcoholAddiction #RecoveryJourney

Ryan Penley woke up in jail with no memory of what happened, accused of trying to hurt his own mother during a blackout. This is the story of how he went from a Vegas bartender to homeless in Orlando to nearly a decade sober, now working as a fundraiser for a Christian nonprofit. In this powerful episode of Sobriety, Spirituality, and Sales, Mike Curry sits down with Ryan Penley to talk about addiction, recovery, homelessness, faith, sales, and redemption. Ryan shares what life was like growing up with addicted parents, spending more than a decade in Las Vegas, and how prescription pills changed the direction of his life. He opens up about the blackout that eventually led to him waking up in jail with no memory of what happened. The conversation also explores Ryan's experience with homelessness in Orlando, turning himself in across multiple states, and the small daily wins that helped him rebuild his life. Subscribe to Mike Curry for more conversations about sobriety, spirituality, personal growth, and building a better life. 0:00 Intro 2:30 Ryan Penley and The Next Fix 7:20 Ryan's Experience With Homelessness 9:10 Growing Up With Addicted Parents 10:46 Life as a Bartender in Las Vegas 14:24 Prescription Pills Change Everything 22:02 The Blackout: Waking Up in Jail 24:26 Turning Himself In Across Three States 28:20 Jobs Partnership and Helping Others 30:40 Working With Tony Robbins' Sales Team 34:20 The 3-Minute Jumping Jacks Strategy 40:42 Finding Scripture and Faith 48:40 Addiction, Sales and Helping Others 54:29 Fatherhood and Life Today #RyanPenley #AddictionRecovery #Sobriety #RecoveryStory #Addiction #Redemption #RockBottomRecovery #SobrietyPodcast #RecoveryJourney #MikeCurry #SobrietySpiritualityAndSales

In this episode of Sobriety, Spirituality, and Sales, Mike Curry sits down with David Mehler to talk about getting sober at 32, discovering a deeper sense of purpose, and learning to live from the heart instead of constantly proving your worth. David shares his personal journey with alcohol, the experiences that changed his life, and why he believes sobriety, self-worth, spirituality, and personal growth are deeply connected. David also explains how his experiences with alcohol, family, personal growth, and spirituality eventually shaped the work he now does with men. If you've ever felt stuck, disconnected from your purpose, or caught between who you are and who you want to become, this conversation may give you a different perspective. Subscribe to Mike Curry for more conversations about sobriety, spirituality, personal growth, and building a better life. 00:00 Intro & David Mehler Joins the Show 04:57 David Mehler on His Mission for Men 07:24 Finding Hope After Hitting Rock Bottom 09:36 Why Men Struggle With Pressure and Purpose 15:34 Why Information Doesn't Create Transformation 19:27 Self-Worth vs. Net Worth 22:04 David's Relationship With Alcohol 23:58 How David Quit Alcohol at 32 25:27 What Sobriety Changed in His Life 26:58 Finding Spirituality Beyond Religion 34:10 From Men's Retreats to Long-Term Transformation 38:47 Finding Purpose Instead of Living Someone Else's Life 40:36 Why Men Lose Their Sense of Purpose 41:54 The "Wheelchair" We Hide Behind 43:28 Finding a Path Back to Yourself 47:19 Advice for Men Ready to Change #Sobriety #QuittingAlcohol #SoberAt32 #DavidMehler #PersonalGrowth #DavidMehler #AlcoholRecovery #SobrietyJourney #PersonalGrowth #MensMentalHealth #FindingYourPurpose #Spirituality #SelfWorth #MikeCurry

Sobriety and Sales are at the center of this powerful conversation with Ian Koniak, who shares how sobriety and personal transformation changed the way he approached sales, business, discipline, and success. Ian Koniak spent 20 years in technology sales before building Untap Your Sales Potential. In this episode of Sobriety, Spirituality, and Sales, Ian and Mike Curry explore the connection between recovery and sales performance, including mindset, habits, integrity, consistency, personal development, and learning to focus on the controllables. Ian explains how getting sober helped him become more disciplined, consistent, and focused, while also allowing him to build his business from a stronger personal foundation. The conversation also explores the integrity gap, purpose, spirituality, relationships, and why personal growth can influence professional success. Subscribe to Mike Curry Alcohol Freedom Coach for more conversations on sobriety, spirituality, sales, leadership, and living with purpose. 00:00 Introduction 00:50 Ian Coniac's Sales Background 02:00 What Led to Sobriety 04:00 The Connection Between Sobriety and Sales 07:00 Recognizing the Integrity Gap 10:00 Addiction, Shame, and Secrecy 14:00 Why Successful People Still Struggle 18:00 Recovery and Personal Responsibility 22:00 How Sobriety Changed Ian's Work 27:00 Mindset, Habits, and Sales Skills 31:00 Controlling the Controllables 35:00 Detaching From the Sale 39:00 Spirituality and Personal Values 43:00 Recovery, Relationships, and Trust 47:00 Advice for Someone Struggling 51:00 Ian's Final Message 53:00 Closing #SobrietyAndSales #Sobriety #SalesSuccess #SalesPerformance #SalesMindset #AddictionRecovery #RecoveryJourney #PersonalRecovery #RecoveryAndGrowth #SalesCoaching #SalesLeadership #SalesMotivation #BusinessGrowth #PersonalDevelopment #IntegrityGap #SalesMindset #PersonalTransformation #SpiritualGrowth #IanKoniak #MikeCurryAlcoholFreedomCoach

How to build a successful real estate team is one of the biggest challenges for real estate professionals who want to grow beyond individual sales. In this conversation, Adam Craft and Mike Curry discuss what it takes to build a successful real estate team through leadership, team culture, coaching, systems, processes, and business growth. Adam Craft shares lessons from his experience in real estate and explains how building the right people, developing strong relationships, creating accountability, and implementing effective systems can help a real estate team grow. This conversation explores how to build a successful real estate business, how to grow a successful real estate team, and how strong leadership can create a better team culture. Subscribe to Mike Curry Alcohol Freedom Coach for more conversations on sobriety, spirituality, sales, leadership, and living with purpose. 03:12 — Building a Successful Real Estate Team 04:25 — The Power of Relationships in Real Estate Sales 22:23 — Why Adam Started His Real Estate Team 23:57 — The Secret to Building the Right Team 25:04 — Building a Strong Real Estate Team Culture 29:52 — How Systems Create Real Estate Business Growth 31:26 — Real Estate Team Systems, Operations & Onboarding 34:04 — Accountability, Goals & Building Better Agents 37:24 — From Ego to Systems: The Real Growth Secret 39:09 — How Systems Created Freedom 41:46 — Creating a High-Performing Team Culture #RealEstate #RealEstateTeam #RealEstateBusiness #RealEstateAgent #RealEstateSales #RealEstateLeadership #TeamBuilding #SalesLeadership #BusinessGrowth #Leadership #SalesTeam #realestateinvestingwithnomoney

Kyle Hunter's addiction recovery story is a powerful journey from homelessness and addiction to becoming a successful business leader. In this conversation, Mike Curry sits down with Kyle to discuss his life, recovery, sales career, faith, and the transformation that changed everything. Kyle shares how he went from being homeless to becoming a top BMW salesman, while later struggling with serious addiction, incarceration, and a destructive lifestyle. He opens up about the experiences that eventually led him toward recovery, faith, community, mentorship, accountability, and a completely different way of living. Subscribe to Mike Curry Alcohol Freedom Coach for more conversations on sobriety, spirituality, sales, leadership, and living with purpose. 00:00 — Kyle Hunter's Addiction Recovery Story 01:38 — From Addiction to Business Leadership 03:39 — Top BMW Salesman and Addiction 04:45 — Why Salespeople Struggle With Addiction 05:15 — The Cycle of Stimulants and Alcohol 10:08 — Kyle's Childhood and Homelessness 13:13 — Prison, Sales and Starting Over 14:03 — From Homeless Shelter to BMW Sales 16:16 — Addiction, Consequences and Prison 21:03 — Why Hitting Bottom Can Change Everything 23:31 — Addiction Recovery for High Achievers 24:55 — Death to Ego, Pride and Victimhood 29:30 — Addiction, Empathy and Sales Performance 33:45 — Relearning Strength and Leadership 36:05 — Sobriety, Spirituality and Sales 40:59 — Early Sobriety and Recovery Challenges 42:19 — Building Guardrails for Sobriety 44:45 — Why Recovery Is a Team Sport 45:21 — Three Keys to Addiction Recovery 46:30 — Final Advice for Men Struggling With Addiction #AddictionRecovery #AddictionRecoveryStory #KyleHunter #RecoveryJourney #RecoveryStory #OvercomingAddiction #LifeAfterAddiction #Sobriety #AddictionAwareness #PersonalTransformation #BusinessLeadership #BusinessLeader #HighAchievers #RecoverySupport #RecoveryCommunity #FaithBasedRecovery #SpiritualRecovery #SalesProfessionals #MikeCurry #MikeCurryAlcoholFreedomCoach