Brokers of Secrets

Step into a world where the hidden forces shaping your reality are revealed. Brokers of Secrets is your gateway to unlocking the untapped potential of your mind, your decisions, and your future. Each episode pulls back the curtain on the secrets relationship between your internal and external world, blending timeless wisdom with cutting-edge strategies to help you break free from limits, uncover blind spots, and master the art of designing your reality. If you’ve ever felt there’s more to life than what you’ve been told… you’re right. Question is - how far you’re willing to go?

Brokers of Secrets is a education podcast hosted by UPGRD®, with 57 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

UPGRD® hosts Brokers of Secrets, a education show with 57 episodes published.

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  Episode #49

  #49: Watch a $100 Million Entrepreneur Confront the One Thing He's Never Done Alone

  Aug 18, 202655 min

  Kevin Richards has spent 30 years building other people's companies to massive success, from taking Buy.com to over 100 million in revenue its first year, to his work with ClickFunnels, to ventures acquired by Motor Trend's parent company, yet when it comes to building something entirely his own, his self-trust drops to just 30 to 40 percent. That gap is not about skill. It is a subconscious confidence filter that determines which evidence your mind collects and which opportunities you actually notice. In this episode, William Lam sits down with Kevin to uncover the exact pattern behind it: a reticular activating system calibrated to trust himself only inside someone else's framework, which is why Kevin has spent three decades defaulting to partnerships over independence no matter how many times he has proven he can make anything work. William then performs a live intervention on camera, physically adjusting Kevin's internal confidence dial and removing a stored pattern of worry in real time. This episode is for high performers who keep choosing the safer, proven path despite knowing they are fully capable of building something entirely their own. Chapters: (00:00) Introduction (05:12) 30 Years of Marriage as a Pattern (09:29) Why He Keeps Saying Yes to Others (14:02) The Gap He Cannot Name (23:19) How Your Filter Selects Evidence (33:07) Why Visualization Is Data Not Fantasy (41:07) Changing the Filter Not the Behavior (51:04) Win or Win More: Eliminating the Old Path Kevin trusted 100% for others but only 30% for himself. Drop a comment: How would you rate your own confidence in your ability to lead a company? Take the Clarity Audit: https://upgrd.com/ Learn About UPGRD: https://upgrd.com/about Follow William on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/william.upgrd Connect with Kevin: Website: https://agelessfuture.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/krrichards/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kevinrrichards/

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  Episode #48

  #48: The Fundraiser Behind $100 Million in Causes Just Found His Next Vision

  Aug 12, 20261h 27m

  Subconscious programming, future pacing, and the hidden limits of high performer psychology do not always show up as fear or self-sabotage. For people like Austin J. Jack, a career fundraiser who has raised over $100 million for nonprofit causes and author of Funding Freedom, the final pattern is far subtler: an unconscious frame around how far into the future they allow themselves to plan. If you have done the work, built the discipline, and still feel like your vision has an invisible ceiling, this episode names exactly what is happening. William Lam sits down with Austin to explore what begins as a conversation about philanthropy and entrepreneurship and becomes a live demonstration of future pacing, where William progressively stretches Austin's stated endpoints until the real boundary surfaces. Not effort, not resources, but the time frame his mind unconsciously placed around his own vision. This episode is for entrepreneurs and high performers who sense there is more beyond what they have planned but have not yet given themselves permission to see it. Chapters: (00:00) Introduction (05:17) Causes vs. Startups (14:22) Obstacles and Market Size (16:38) The Funding Freedom Institute (26:40) What Comes After the Vision (29:07) Who Austin Wants to Be (33:07) Chasing Peace Not Happiness (37:22) The Future Self Blueprint Test (46:47) Why Austin Would Not Take a Shortcut (58:04) Nudging the Space and Time Boundary (01:05:31) Data From the Future (01:17:26) What Comes After Africa The only limit left for Austin was space and time. Comment below: How would your goals change if you knew you were not capped by time limits? Take the Clarity Audit: https://upgrd.com/ Learn About UPGRD: https://upgrd.com/about Follow William on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/william.upgrd Connect with Austin: Website: https://www.fundingfreedom.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/austin-j-jack-jds/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@theamericanconversationpod Website: https://www.jd-strategies.com

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  Episode #47

  #47: He Cared So Much About His Clients' Money, It Was Costing Him His Own

  Aug 4, 202634 min

  Over-empathy is rarely talked about as a subconscious pattern that blocks income, but for high performers who genuinely care about their clients, it becomes an invisible ceiling. If you have ever talked yourself out of charging what you are worth this episode names exactly what is happening beneath the surface. Michael R. Hunter is the founder of PersonalBrand.com and co-founder of Spiffy Checkouts, a bootstrapped fintech company that has processed over $1 billion in payment volume. In this conversation with William Lam, Michael uncovers the subconscious loop where caring about someone else's money more than they do sabotages roughly 25% of his own deals. William walks him through an NLP reframe that collapses the illusion of "being liked" as unmeasurable and installs a new internal association between receiving money and delivering genuine impact. Built for entrepreneurs and service providers who know their work delivers results but still feel resistance around getting paid. Chapters: (00:00) Introduction (04:09) The Plateau That Keeps Returning (09:02) Why Impact Alone Is Not Enough (13:43) Caring About Their Money More Than They Do (19:57) Money Equals Attention (25:02) Reversing the Money and Likability Loop (32:23) Awareness Is Not Transformation Michael sabotages 25% of his sales because he cares about their money more than they do. Comment below: have you ever talked yourself out of getting paid? Take the Clarity Audit: https://upgrd.com/ Learn About UPGRD: https://upgrd.com/about Follow William on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/william.upgrd Connect with Michael: Instagram: https://instagram.com/michaelrhunter Website: https://michaelrhunter.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelrhunter Let's make your brand impossible to ignore. Learn more about PersonalBrand.com exclusive private client services at: https://personalbrand.com

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  Episode #46

  #46: Watch Adam Kifers Fear of Money Drop From 100% to Zero in One Conversation

  Jul 21, 20261h 33m

  Subconscious identity programming determines what you chase and why nothing feels like enough when you get it. If your sense of worth was wired early to performance and external validation, every achievement reinforces the loop without ever producing real fulfillment. This episode exposes how that pattern works and what it takes to finally break it. William Lam sits down with Adam Kifer, martial artist, multi-business owner, and consultant who scaled companies to seven figures before losing nearly everything in a public crisis. The conversation maps how Adam's identity was coded to performance from childhood, how empathy and mirror neurons can cause you to unconsciously replicate a mentor's trauma pattern, and why stored fear of financial loss becomes the invisible wall blocking your next chapter. William performs a live NLP subconscious pattern removal on Adam's stored money fear. Built for entrepreneurs and high performers who sense that the thing holding them back is Chapters: (00:00) Introduction (04:04) How Your Mental Map Controls Your Life (08:14) Writing the Book on Hearing God (17:11) Reticular Activation and Self-Fulfilling Resistance (29:09) Taylor Welch and the Size of the Problem (36:16) The Fear of Going All In (49:29) The Crisis That Stripped Everything (55:38) Performance as Love: The Root Code (01:06:15) Mirror Neurons and the Mentor Trap (01:23:49) The Stored Fear of Money (01:26:23) Live Subconscious Pattern Removal William removed a stored fear of money in under five minutes. Comment below: what would you remove if you could? Take the Clarity Audit: https://upgrd.com/ Learn About UPGRD: https://upgrd.com/about Follow William on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/william.upgrd Connect with Adam: Website: https://www.relentlessmediaagency.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adam-kifer-3a37b199/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/adamkifer/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@adamkifer

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  Episode #45

  #45: Former Lockheed Martin Engineer: "There's No Reason To Be Limited Anymore"

  Jul 14, 20261h 21m

  Most high performers are not blocked by a lack of skill, discipline, or hard work. They are blocked by an outdated map. When your internal construct was built around earning through struggle, it has a ceiling baked into it. And no amount of grinding will get you past it. William Lam sits down with Justin Cross, Navy veteran and former F-35 lead flight test engineer at Lockheed Martin, for a real time deconstruction of why someone can win at everything they attempt and still never cross into that last 10 to 20 percent. They work through Justin's decade long entrepreneurial journey after leaving aerospace, the unconscious reasons capital keeps not showing up, and the moment Justin realizes he has been living the hero's journey long past the point where it was serving him. If you have ever felt like you are doing everything right but something invisible keeps pulling you back just before the finish line, this episode was made for you. Chapters: (00:00) Introduction (01:32) F-35s to Entrepreneurship (10:03) What Is the Right Next Step (22:13) The Hesitation to Go All In (30:22) The Presupposition Trap (39:15) First Move as the Emperor (49:15) Building the Band, Not the Brand (58:03) Capital Restriction as Protection (01:13:07) Simulated Hero's Journey for Kids (01:17:20) The Arrival Signal Justin realized his "earn it" identity was restricting his own capital. Drop a comment: what belief about hard work might be holding you back right now? Take the Clarity Audit: https://upgrd.com/ Learn About UPGRD: https://upgrd.com/about Follow William on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/william.upgrd Connect with Justin: Website: https://earnyourbooze.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/justin-cross-514611251/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/justin.j.cross/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@justinjcross

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