In this episode of the 30 Day Year podcast, Dave and Jacq Conway reflect on the past year and discuss the importance of finishing strong, both in business and in life. They share personal stories about their own growth, highlighting how 2025 was a year of learning, self-discovery, and professional development. Jacq talks about her focus on mastering her craft and building consistency, especially around content creation, while Dave opens up about overcoming his own challenges with producing content, even seeking counseling to move past creative blocks.

Dave and Jacq stress that finishing what you start, no matter the obstacles, is a core part of the Conway Team culture and personal philosophy. Dave shares that excellence is a commitment to completion and that sticking with goals, even when progress is slow, builds self-respect and sets the stage for future success. They also emphasize that momentum is earned, and stress the power of consistency. This is a powerful episode that will ignite a fire inside of you! And it comes at the perfect time, as the final week of 2025 arrives, so tune in now!

Timestamps:

0:00:00 – Introduction & Episode Preview
0:00:18 – Jacq's Daily Schedule Memory Trick
0:00:50 – Integrity, Dignity & The Need To Finish What You Start
0:02:10 – Ringing In The New Year & Honest 2025 Reflection
0:03:25 – Blind Spots, Embarrassment & Growing Up
0:04:12 – Dave's Content Block & Going To Counseling
0:04:34 – Jacq's Year Of Mastery, Skill-Building & Business As A Game
0:05:49 – Dave's Biggest Win: Discovering The Power Of Content
0:06:53 – Jacq's Biggest Win: Weekly Long-Form Content & Consistency
0:07:21 – Conway Culture: "If We Do It, We Do It" & Finishing Strong
0:08:07 – Biggest Challenge: Overcoming Resistance To Content Creation
0:08:53 – Jacq's Challenge: Balancing Today's Tasks With Future Planning
0:10:04 – Handwritten Schedules, Focus Rituals & Staying On Track
0:11:05 – Mentors, Comparison & The Endless Game Of Getting Better
0:12:34 – The Two-Part Formula: Get Better & Don't Quit
0:13:30 – The Habit Of Finishing Strong & Dave's 100K Month Story
0:17:00 – Freedom Fridays, Earning Your Weekend & Momentum Mindset
0:19:17 – Quitter's Mindset vs Stick-To-It-Ness: Who You Surround Yourself With
0:20:12 – Intentions For 2026: Content, Focus & Consistency
0:21:32 – Wrap Up & Subscribe

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In this episode of The 30-Day Year Podcast, Dave and Jacq Conway pull back the curtain on perfectionism: Where it comes from, how it shows up in high achievers, and what happens when high standards quietly turn into self-sacrifice, nervous system overload, and stalled dreams.

Jacq shares stories from her childhood, her dance career, and her years running big marketing projects, while Dave unpacks the difference between healthy and unhealthy perfectionism, shares the famous pottery class experiment on quantity versus "one perfect pot," and challenges listeners to stop using perfectionism as a socially acceptable excuse for inaction.

As a funny side note: Jacq actually really did struggle with recording this episode. As she admits on air, this episode on "perfectionism" literally sat in her project management board labeled "Not Done," for a long time, because her "perfectionist brain" decided this one had to be flawless! The irony is not lost on her or Dave. 😂

If you are the kind of person who always wants it "just a little better" and you secretly beat yourself up when things are not perfect, this conversation will help you turn perfectionism into a strength instead of a cage. You'll even discover how Jacq ultimately turned toxic perfectionism into one of her greatest superpowers… and how YOU can too! Tune in to episode 45 now!

Timestamps:

0:00:00 – Introduction & Episode Preview
0:00:05 – Jacq's Confession: Making the Perfectionism Episode "Perfect"
0:02:08 – What Perfectionism Is: The Illusion of Getting It Right Before You Start
0:03:53 – High Standards From Childhood: Tidy Rooms and Tight Dance Routines
0:04:30 – Perfectionism in Dance, Marketing, and Business
0:06:14 – Healthy vs Unhealthy Perfectionism: Standards vs Self-Sacrifice
0:06:59 – When Pressure Peaks: Deadlines, Overwork, and Nervous System Overload
0:09:07 – Refinement Obsession: Why "Rinse and Repeat" Feels Impossible
0:10:40 – The Fear Underneath: Criticism, Disappointing Others, and Not Being Enough
0:12:06 – Managing Perfectionism: Getting Help Without Lowering Standards
0:15:17 – The Pottery Class Analogy: Quantity, Iteration, and True Excellence
0:16:18 – How Jacq's Perfectionism Helps Dave (and Where He Balances Her Out)
0:17:42 – When Perfectionism Becomes a Problem: Inaction and Hidden Fear
0:19:06 – Everyone Has a Bit of It: Snobs, Sound Quality, and Shared Standards
0:20:49 – Don't Let Perfectionism Slow You Down: Action, Iteration, Freedom
0:21:45 – Jacq's Core Advice: Develop Faith and Confidence to Balance Fear
0:22:43 – Wrap Up & Subscribe

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In this episode, you'll discover why FAITH is the number one value for Dave and Jacq's company, the real difference between hope and faith, and why that distinction can completely change how you move toward your goals.

You'll learn:

• Why hope has disappointment and doubt baked into it, and why, as Jacq Conway puts it, "Hope wishes, Faith knows."

• How persistence is the child of faith, and why you only continue when you believe…

• How to think about risk and intelligent decision-making in business without freezing…

• A simple three-step framework to build faith as a daily habit: study, autosuggestion, and reflective observation...

• How to use your own life as proof that you can trust yourself and create new results… and much more!

You'll find this episode both spiritual and practical. You'll walk away with a clearer definition of faith, a clear path out of worry and indecision, and a powerful reminder that every big result began as an idea someone chose to believe in before there was any proof.

Remember, hope will get you started. Faith will get you across the finish line. If you're ready to move from wishing to knowing, this episode is your next step! Listen to episode 44 now!

Timestamps:

0:00:00 – Introduction & Episode Preview
0:00:16 – Faith, Serenity, Safety & Freedom
0:01:05 – Welcome to The 30-Day Year Podcast
0:01:39 – One-Year Anniversary & Conway's #1 Value: Faith
0:03:40 – What Faith Really Is: A State of Mind Filled With Belief
0:05:08 – Hope vs Faith: "Hope Wishes, Faith Knows"
0:06:45 – Persistence: The Child of Faith
0:07:48 – Applying Faith Before Results Show Up
0:10:43 – Faith, Risk & Intelligent Decision-Making in Business
0:13:06 – Faith as the Hidden Power Behind Every Miracle
0:14:40 – Building Faith Like a Muscle: Study, Safety & Serenity
0:16:01 – Studying Worry, Confidence & Mindset Vigilance
0:18:01 – Doubt as Faith Moving in the Wrong Direction
0:20:14 – Step 1: Study to Understand, Not Memorize
0:22:22 – Step 2: Autosuggestion & Reprogramming Paradigms
0:26:00 – Step 3: Reflective Observation: Evidence From Your Own Life
0:36:41 – Final Thoughts: Defining Faith for Yourself
0:38:11 – Wrap Up & Subscribe

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In Episode 43 of The 30-Day Year Podcast, Dave and Jacq Conway open the door to the most defining conversation of a person's life: finding the energy, identity, and defined direction behind your purpose.

This episode isn't simply about "finding your why." It's about learning to recognize that electric sensation inside you… the one that tells you when you're alive, when you're useful, and when you're finally doing the work you were meant to do!

Dave and Jacq take listeners through the search, the pivot, the awakening, and the service that defines a life of purpose. Their conversation is real, vulnerable, and deeply relatable… because almost everyone has lived through the "tortured soul" phase without realizing it.

Whether you're in a season of searching, a season of redefining your identity and purpose, or a season of stepping into something bigger, Dave and Jacq Conway will give you the roadmap and the questions to begin living with clarity. Listen to episode 43 now!

Timestamps:

00:00 – Introduction & Episode Preview
01:57 – Purpose, Passion & the Universal "Meant for More" Call
03:44 – Misaligned Work: Jacq's Secret-Shopper Fail & Job Dread
05:06 – Clients in Alignment vs. the Tortured Soul
06:06 – Life Before Purpose: Numbness, Routine & Work Without Meaning
08:19 – Escaping Through StarCraft & Co-Ed Soccer
09:22 – The Dissatisfaction Begins: Searching for an Out
10:18 – January 2017: The Decision That Changed Everything
11:26 – Seeing Bob Again & Realizing This Could Be a Real Profession
13:21 – The Energy Shift: Enthusiasm, Fascination & Identity Awakening
14:18 – New Identity: "World's Best Educator of This Material"
15:33 – When Purpose Takes Hold: Old Habits Fall Away
17:28 – Two Layers of Purpose: Defined Purpose vs. the Deeper Feeling
18:41 – Enthusiasm as the Compass: Mind, Service, Money, God
21:45 – Study, Visualization & Purpose Deepening Over Years
23:50 – Step 1: Do I Want to Know My Purpose?
24:16 – Step 2: If I Had a Purpose, What Would It Be?
26:46 – When You Feel Most Alive: Stage Expression vs. Beauty & Harmony
28:08 – Dave's Purpose Statement
30:13 – Jacq's Soul-Mission Purpose
31:17 – How Purpose Shapes Decisions, Boundaries & Time
32:06 – Wrap Up & Subscribe

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Your environment is more important than you think. In fact, it could be the hidden factor keeping you stuck, even if you are doing everything else right.

In this episode of the 30-Day Year Podcast, Dave and Jacq Conway unpack what they call The Environment Advantage and show you how to design a "habitat" that actually supports your goals instead of fighting them.

In this conversation, you will discover:

• The 7 core environments that shape your income, attitude, and inner peace...

• The sneaky way your environment is making over 90 percent of your decisions for you… while you still think you are in control…

• The surprising reason why tough cultures, high standards, and even extreme conditions can work in your favor…

• The morning visualization and prayer practice that has completely transformed the Conway Mentorship team…

• The spiritual side of decluttering and how Jacq's "rat's nest" story cracked open a whole new life…

• A simple accountability hack to help you stay on track with whatever you want to stick with…

And much more!

"Environment is everything, and if you want to change your outside environment, understand that your outside environment is being generated from your inside environment. - Dave Conway

If your environment does not currently match your vision, this episode will help you start rebuilding it from the inside out. Tune in now!

Timestamps:

00:00 – Introduction & Episode Preview
01:26 – The Environment Advantage: 7 Types + Habitat
04:09 – Neighborhoods, Friends & How Environment Shapes Us
06:25 – Almost Every Decision Is an Environmental Decision
07:19 – What a Healthy Environment Feels Like: Harmony & Standards
08:28 – Dave's Purpose: "Harmonious, Productive Environment"
09:27 – Proctor Gallagher Story: Tough Culture & the Herd Analogy
12:26 – High Standards: Navy SEALs, Construction & Extreme Conditions
16:00 – When Your Environment No Longer Fits: Cutting Everything but Family
17:28 – Inner vs. Outer: Thoughts, Feelings & Chaotic Results
19:58 – Conway's Morning Practice: Visualization, Prayer & Team Frequency
23:53 – Decluttering, Design & the Spiritual Side of Physical Space
31:54 – Digital Environment: Phone Boundaries & Creator vs. Consumer
38:41 – Social Standards & Building a High-Accountability Culture
40:04 – Accountability Hack: Become the Leader of What You Want
42:28 – Prosperity with Purpose: Saying Yes When Fear Says No
45:31 – Lucky Luke: Hard Work Without Inner Change
49:04 – Designing Your Growth Environment
50:15 – Wrap Up & Subscribe

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In episode 41 of the 30-Day Year, "Team Building: Wins, Losses, and Learning," Dave and Jacq Conway unpack what really happens behind the scenes when you're trying to build a strong, reliable team, and Jacq spills the beans and reveals her secrets for building a high-performing team! She breaks down the Conway values and expectations framework, and walks through her recent hiring process that filtered 130 applicants down to one great fit.
If you've ever said, "I can't find good people," or felt frustrated with hiring, and you want to protect your brand and design a small but mighty team, this episode is for you! Dave and Jacq will give you the mindset and the tactical steps.

You'll discover:

• The strange "leadership blind spot" that causes entrepreneurs to sabotage their own team… without ever noticing they're doing it…
• The one tiny sentence Jacq heard in a MasterClass years ago that has quietly shaped every hire she's made since…
• Why trying to "fix" your team almost always fails… and what great leaders do instead…
• How two stylish girls at a perfume truck accidentally revealed the real secret to brand equity… and why most founders never see it coming…
• The rarely-discussed danger of a fractional team… and why it can stall your income even if everyone is "good."

And much more!

Ready for Jacq Conway's insider playbook for building a Dream Team? Tune in now!

Timestamps:

00:00 – Introduction & Episode Preview
02:03 – Team Building: Wins, Losses & Lessons
02:33 – Why Jacq Loves People (Stories, Skills, Potential)
03:12 – "I'm Nothing Without My Team" — Leadership Identity
04:35 – The Art & Science of Managing People
04:59 – Building Capacity: Growing Junior Talent
06:30 – The Framework: Values, Vision, Mission & Expectations
08:45 – Startup Reality: Change, Empathy & Stability
09:57 – Hiring Missteps: When They Don't Know Your Industry
10:33 – Founder Accountability: 90% of Failures Are Leadership
11:26 – Brand Equity Explained
12:08 – Case Study: The NOYZ Perfume Experience
15:33 – The Team Makes the Brand
17:59 – Where to Invest: Marketing, Sales, Delivery & Support
20:43 – Jacq's Hiring Process (From Job Posting to Offer)
21:28 – The Skill Test Filter
22:36 – Final Checks: Interviews, References, Culture Fit
24:41 – How the Wrong Hire Damages Your Brand
25:16 – Team Size for $100K Months (The Power of Four)
26:40 – Why Full-Time Commitment Matters
27:20 – Wrap Up & Subscribe

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In this special role-reversal episode, Dave Conway turns the tables and interviews his wife and CEO of Conway Mentorship, Jacq Conway. Get ready for a lively Q&A and a deeper conversation about leadership, fearlessness, higher standards, and what really drives the growth of Conway Mentorship. This is the side of Jacq you rarely see, and she really opens up.

In this podcast episode you'll discover:

• The surprising season that completely recharges Jacq's energy, and what it reveals about her personality....
• The single event that "shook her up like nothing else"... and how it changed the way she plays the game of life!
• What Jacq secretly notices first when she meets someone (hint: it's not what you think).
• Jacq's honest admission about fearlessness that every high-achiever needs to hear…
• The "rapid fire" round of questions that revealed Jacq's secret obsession...
• The truth she wishes she'd known before hitting seven figures... and how it would've saved her years of frustration…
• The three surprising words Jacq uses to describe herself... and the hidden reason one of them makes her unstoppable…

And much more!

Go behind the scenes and learn more about her "Leslie Knope" energy, learning from Bob Proctor, and how she balances preparation with intuition.

Timestamps:

00:00 – Introduction & Episode Preview
01:51 – Role Reversal: Dave Interviews Jacq
02:01 – Favorite Season: Spring-Meets-Summer
03:26 – Biggest Shift: Matrix with Bob
04:34 – Vice to Drop: Coffee (Sleep vs. Cappuccino)
05:22 – The Knope Standard: Prepared, Passionate, Thorough
06:49 – Favorite Curse Word (Keeping It Classy)
07:15 – Comedy First: Parks & Rec, Seinfeld, Friends, SNL
08:11 – Aisle Seat Life: Freedom to Move
08:34 – Three Words: Creative, Tenacious, Organized
09:10 – When Inspiration Hits: Fusion Calls & Mental Flossing
10:20 – Best "Advice": Intuition, God, and Choosing Marriage
11:26 – First Impressions: From Shoes & Style to Attitude
12:12 – What's Playing: Kids' Takeover & Tate McRae
12:55 – Rapid Fire: Board Game, Sport, Food-Periwinkle Nails
13:57 – On the Nightstand: Untamed & Current Conway Study
14:05 – Talent Wish: More Fearlessness
15:03 – Surprises? Hard Pass-Let Me Prepare
15:48 – Greatest Strength: Tenacity & Standards
16:30 – Learned the Hard Way: Fewer, Better Jokes
18:08 – Top Error: Not Enough Urgency
19:35 – Wish I Knew Earlier: Hire A-Players Faster
20:29 – Wrap Up & Subscribe

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Ready to go behind the scenes and get to know Dave better?

In this playful and rapid-fire episode of The 30-Day Year Podcast, we get the real, human, funny side of the man behind the mindset.

No preparation. No script. Jacq Conway starts this episode with a sly grin and asks… smiling, "Hey Dave… want to play a game?"
What followed was 15 rapid-fire questions that revealed:
His one vice he wishes he could quit (and no, it's not coffee)...

• His controversial airplane seat choice…
• The only compliment that ever truly landed…
• The decade of music he swears is the greatest of all time…
• The hobby he dreams of mastering…
• One of the BIGGEST life lessons he ever learned from his mentor Bob Proctor…

And much more!

It's fun, surprising, sincere, and the kind of episode that makes you feel like you're actually in the room with Dave and Jacq, laughing, nodding, and thinking, "Okay, I actually like this guy."
Get ready to meet Dave… without the coach hat on.

Most of our 30-Day Year Podcast episodes are designed to educate, stretch your thinking, and expand your identity. But in this episode, we invite you to pull up a chair and just hang out with us, and get to know Dave a little better. You'll love this episode!

Timestamps:

00:00 – Introduction & Episode Preview
01:47 – Rapid Fire: "Get to Know Dave"
02:59 – Summer Guy for Life
03:11 – The Moment Everything Shifted
03:28 – Sugar, the Vice That Survived
03:52 – The Greatest Compliment: "Consistent in Every Room"
06:04 – Keeping It Classy (Even When Swearing Helps)
07:01 – Favorite Show: Curb Your Enthusiasm & the Comedy of Life
07:58 – Window or Aisle? The Truth About Frequent Flyers
08:40 – Morning Inspiration & the Best Advice He's Ever Received
09:16 – The Soundtrack of a Generation (2000–2014 Vibes)
11:12 – Always Studying: Entering the Spirit of It by Thomas Troward
12:09 – Sushi, Indian Food, and the Art of Regret
12:57 – Hidden Talents: Pool, Poker & the Drive to Win
15:02 – Greatest Strength: Honesty (and a Positive Mental Attitude)
15:55 – Hard Lesson: Go Where People Want It, Not Where They Need It
17:16 – Marketing Mistakes & The Creator Economy Trap
18:36 – Finding Flow: Why This Podcast Just Works
19:45 – The #1 Skill Every Coach Needs: Learn to Sell
20:04 – What Dave Loves Most About Life
20:29 – Wrap Up & Subscribe

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