What’s Your Problem? with Marsh Buice
Most podcasts talk about ideas. What's Your Problem? starts with problems.Hosted by Marsh Buice, What's Your Problem? tackles the real challenges people face every day—from adversity and uncertainty to confidence, communication, sales, leadership, and personal growth.Each episode focuses on one problem and delivers practical solutions you can apply immediately.No fluff. No hype. Just real problems, real conversations, and actionable insights in around 10 minutes. New episodes weekly.
1027. Do You Have Sales Balls 🍒
Do you have sales balls?
Sales is full of risk. Asking for the sale, following up, standing on price, challenging an objection, prospecting, cold calling—all of it requires you to risk rejection, embarrassment, wasted time, or feeling like you pushed too far.
But here’s the shift:
Most salespeople spend too much time focused on the risk they feel instead of the risk the customer feels.
Your customer is weighing uncertainty too.
Can I afford this?
Is this the right decision?
Can I trust this salesperson?
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1026. If You Fill Your Current Position, You'll Find Your Next One
You don’t have to wait for a promotion to move up.
You can move up right now—in your discipline, decision-making, communication, problem-solving, responsibility, and ability to lead.
In this episode, I share an idea I heard from Jason Rasti, president of Louisiana Dealer Services, on the No Box Checking podcast: you can move up without changing positions.
That hit home for me because I’ve always said, “Play to the opportunity, not the position.”
Too many people wait until they see the next opportunity before they start preparing...
1025. Your Words Say One Thing. Your Tone Says Another. Your Text Says Nothing.
In this episode, I’m talking directly to you about something that can quietly cost you sales: the difference between what you say, how you say it, and what gets lost when you hide behind text.
This idea came from Napoleon Hill’s Law of Success, where he writes about enthusiasm, sincerity, and belief—and how customers can hear when you genuinely believe in what you’re offering.
You can have the right numbers, the right product, and the right argument, but if your customer can’t feel your conviction, something is missing.
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1024. 5 Ways To Be More Creative. (Even If You Think You're Not)
Most people don’t think they’re creative.
I disagree.
Creativity isn’t something you either have or you don’t. It’s a skill—and like any skill, you can develop it.
In this episode, I’m giving you five practical ways to become more creative: learn to observe without immediately judging, collect ideas throughout your day, build an environment that feeds your thinking, study creative people and pioneers, and most importantly—actually do something with what you’re learning.
Because creativity feeds your imagination. And imagination is what helps you take what you...
Why You’re Not Getting What You Want | Napoleon Hill’s Simple Rule for Success
Today's Random Reading is from Napoleon Hill's Law Of Success. He wrote that “the battle for the achievement of success is half won when you definitely know what you want.”
In this episode, I break down why the what matters more than the how or when, and why “until” may be the only timeframe you need. Get definite about what you want, commit to a handful of simple actions, and stop disrupting your momentum by constantly looking up to see if it’s working.
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EP 1022: Why You Keep Sabotaging Your Own Success | 3 Forces Working Against You
Success isn’t only threatened by failure—it’s threatened by the forces that quietly convince you to stop doing the work. In this episode, inspired by Steven Pressfield’s Do the Work, I break down three forces that can sabotage your progress: resistance, rational thought, and friends and family. Learn how to recognize when you’re negotiating with yourself, giving in to comfort, or allowing other people’s expectations to keep you where you are—and why staying committed to your process is the way forward.
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1021. "AND" Is The Price You Pay For The Life You Want
What if the thing keeping you stuck isn’t your circumstances—it’s your buts?
“I want to get in shape, but I’m too busy.”
“I want to get out of debt, but I still want to eat out.”
“I want to make more money, but I don’t want to do all that extra work.”
In this episode, I unpack an idea from Seth Godin that I love: you can either live with your buts and accept the consequences, or turn those buts into ands.
“I wan...
How to Solve Problems When You Feel Stuck
Episode 1020: In this episode, I want to challenge the way you think about imagination.
Most people hear that word and immediately think of artists, filmmakers, inventors, or people who are naturally creative. And because they don’t see themselves that way, they assume imagination just isn’t one of their strengths.
I don’t believe that.
Napoleon Hill calls imagination “the workshop of the human mind.” That definition changes everything. Imagination isn’t fantasy. It’s the ability to take old ideas, established facts, past experiences, mistakes, skills, and lessons and put them toget...
The 30 Minutes That Saved My Life
Episode 1019: The Best Investment I've Ever Made Takes 30 Minutes a Day
What if the biggest change in your life didn't require more money, more time, or another productivity hack?
In this episode, I share the simple 30-minute habit that has shaped my thinking every single day since 2017—and why I believe it literally saved my life.
This isn't about reading more books. It's about discovering ideas you never would have searched for, thinking more deeply, and applying one lesson every day. I explain why random reading unlocks creativity, strengthens focus, connects id...
The Nvidia Leadership Principle That Changed How I Give Feedback
ep. 1018: The Nvidia Leadership Principle That Changed How I Give Feedback
What if the biggest leadership mistake isn't giving too much feedback—but giving it to too few people?
In this episode, I share one of the most powerful leadership lessons I took away from The Nvidia Way. As Nvidia grew into one of the world's most valuable companies, Jensen Huang realized that one-on-one coaching no longer scaled. His solution challenged the way I think about leadership, accountability, and building a learning organization.
We explore why one person's mistake can become ev...
Why You Lost Your Initiative (And How to Get It Back)
Episode #1017: Initiative Is the Greatest Underrated Superpower
What if one of the biggest reasons people stay stuck isn't a lack of talent, intelligence, or opportunity—but a lack of initiative?
In this episode, I explore why initiative may be the most underrated superpower we have. It's permissionless. It's simply doing the right thing without being told what to do. More importantly, it's the starting point for boldness, courage, creativity, curiosity, faith, and ultimately leadership.
You'll discover why complacency begins the moment we stop exercising initiative, why initiative is like a muscle th...
What's The Use? (It Won't Make A Difference Anyway.)
Have you ever caught yourself asking, "What's the use?"
What's the use of saving money if it's not enough? What's the use of working out if you don't see results? What's the use of reading, practicing, or making one more attempt when it feels like nothing is changing?
In this episode, I challenge one of the biggest lies we tell ourselves: that effort is only worthwhile if it produces immediate results.
I share a different way to think about progress. You're not in the results business—you're in the elimination business. Ev...
Three Words That Close More Deals
Ep. 1015.
Sales has gotten faster, but people still buy the same way—they need confidence.
In this episode, I share an old-school sales technique that’s become underutilized today: the Feel, Felt, Found method.
I’ll show you how these three simple words keep you from taking objections personally, help you uncover what’s really causing customer hesitation, and allow you to guide people instead of reacting emotionally.
It’s timeless technique that builds trust, reduces unnecessary concessions, and helps you close more deals.
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My Biggest Sales Mistake: Are You Negotiating With Yourself?
Ep. 1014. Are you negotiating with your customer... or negotiating with yourself?
In this episode I'm talking about Wallet Share—one of the biggest psychological mistakes we salespeople make.
Too often, we assume a customer won't buy because we wouldn't. We project our own financial comfort level onto the customer, mistake silence for rejection, and start offering discounts or concessions before the customer has even objected.
That's not negotiating with the customer. That's negotiating with yourself.
In this episode, you'll learn:
What Wallet Share is Why s...How to Change Your Life: The Confrontation You're Avoiding
How to Change Your Life: The Change You're Seeking Is the Confrontation You're Avoiding | Ep. 1013
Most people don't change their lives because they keep changing everything except themselves.
A new job. A new relationship. A new city. A fresh start.
But if you bring the same mindset, habits, fears, and excuses with you, you'll eventually recreate the same life in a different place.
In this episode, I share one of the most powerful stories from Napoleon Hill's The Law of Success—the story of the man who lost everything an...
Why Is It So Hard To Break Old Habits?
In episode 1012, I dive into one of the most powerful passages from Napoleon Hill's The Law of Success and explore why breaking bad habits feels so difficult—and why it's so easy to fall back into old ones.
Most people think they're negotiating with a decision. I believe they're actually negotiating with their former self.
We'll talk about why old habits never completely disappear, how your environment and senses shape your subconscious, and why Hill's idea of following a "desired line" may be the missing piece to lasting change.
You'll learn:
W...Why you feel stuck even when you're working hard
WYP Episode #1011
Most people never skip a meal.
But they'll go days, weeks—even months—without deliberately feeding their minds.
In this episode, I share a lesson from Zig Ziglar that stopped me in my tracks. We make time to feed the part of ourselves with limited earning potential, yet neglect the part with unlimited potential—our minds.
If you've been working hard but still feel stuck, frustrated, or complacent, this episode might explain why.
You'll learn:
Why effort alone isn't enough How a starved mind creates s...1010. I Have No Idea What I Want to Do With My Life
Have you ever caught yourself thinking...
"I have no idea what I want to do with my life."
If so, you're not alone.
For most of my life, I didn't know my purpose either. It wasn't until my 50s that I finally realized my purpose wasn't something I had to *find*—it was something that had been revealing itself through every job, every setback, every frustration, and every lesson along the way.
In this episode, I share the mindset shift that changed everything.
You'll learn:
Why it's oka...
1009. How To Stop Reacting & Start Thinking
Most people think they're thinking.
They're not.
They're reacting.
Reacting to work.
Reacting to bills.
Reacting to stress.
Reacting to whatever problem showed up this morning.
And when you're constantly reacting, it's easy to wake up two years later feeling like you're still dealing with the same problems, just wearing different clothes.
In this episode, I'm going to share a simple system that helped me break out of that cycle when I hit rock bottom in 2017. After bankruptcy, a demotion, and rebuilding my life from the...
1008. Why Do We Make Things So Much Harder On Ourselves?
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Why do we make things so much harder on ourselves?
That's the question we're tackling in Episode #1008 of What's Your Problem?
Most people have been taught that knowledge is power. I disagree.
Organized knowledge is power.
There's a big difference between consuming information and actually understanding it.
In this episode, I share one of the biggest lessons I've learned from Napoleon Hill's Law of Success: there are two ways to gain knowledge.
The first is through other people's knowledge—the...
1007. How much thought do you give thought? | Napoleon Hill The Law Of Success
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Most people spend their entire lives thinking, but very few ever stop to examine the thoughts they're allowing to shape their lives.
In this episode, I unpack a powerful lesson from Napoleon Hill that completely changed the way I think about thinking. We dive into the difference between auto-suggestion—where you intentionally select the material that shapes your mind—and suggestion—where you allow other people, circumstances, media, gossip, fear, and limitations to do the thinking for you.
You'll discover why your thoughts are the one thi...
1006. Are You Creative? | Rick Rubin's "A Creative Act"
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Do you consider yourself a creative person?
Most people think creativity is something you're born with. I don't. I believe creativity is a practice. It's not something you are—it's something you do.
In this episode, I share lessons from Rick Rubin's The Creative Act and show you how creativity isn't reserved for artists, writers, or musicians. It's available to anyone willing to make space for it. I'll walk you through my simple daily practice for becoming more creative, more curious, and more receptive to the ideas that can he...
1005. The Only Easy Day Was Yesterday.
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Most people think the goal is to make life easier.
I don’t. I'm scared of it.
Because the moment you think you’ve arrived, complacency creeps in.
In this episode, I break down the powerful lesson, “The only easy day was yesterday,” and why preparation is the price you pay for an uncertain future.
Mentally.
Physically.
Financially.
Spiritually.
Because life does not care how comfortable you’ve become.
One day, it’s going to test you.
An...
1004. You Have Not Because You Ask Not.
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This episode is a republish from episode 697 of What’s Your Problem? Podcast — and I wanted to bring it back because the message is too important to get buried. A lot of you are new listeners now, and even if you heard it the first time around, there’s a good chance you forgot some of the lessons that matter most.
This episode is about the power of asking.
Not just asking for a sale, a chance, an opportunity, or help — but learning how to push through the fear of rejec...
1003. The Formula For Self-Confidence by Napoleon Hill pt. 1
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Who would have ever thought there was actually a formula for self-confidence? And if there’s a formula, that means you can work it and develop your own self-confidence.
The problem is, most people think self-confidence comes from someone else, some outside validation, or a result. But self-confidence has nothing to do with anyone or anything else. Self-confidence is an inside job. It comes from you working the formula.
In this episode, we’ll break down formulas one through three from Napoleon Hill’s The Law of Succes...
1002. Which Is Better? Experience or Naivety.
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What’s actually better—experience or naivety?
Most people think experience is the ultimate advantage. But the longer I sat with it, the more I realized experience can also make you rigid, judgmental, and closed off to new possibilities. At the same time, naivety—when used correctly—isn’t weakness. It’s openness. It’s curiosity. It’s creativity.
In this episode, I break down why some of the biggest breakthroughs in life, sales, business, and creativity happen because people were naive enough to try before they knew they “couldn’t.”
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1001. James Dyson's Philosophy of Design & Invention For Your Life.
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This episode is about taking James Dyson’s philosophy of design and invention—and applying it to your life.
You’re not here to just live life as it comes. You’re here to design it. You’re the product. You’re the invention.
We get into how most people get stuck in their own heads, overthinking everything, instead of getting out, pulling from what’s around them, and actually doing something with it. How you don’t need a brand new idea—you just need to take what already exists and...
1000. You Don't Have Too Much To Do, You Have Too Much To Blame.
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What looks like a breakthrough is usually just consistency nobody saw.
If you’re not getting results right now—in sales or in life—it’s not because you don’t have what it takes.
You’re overwhelmed.
And the reason you’re overwhelmed isn’t that you’ve got too much to do… it’s because you’re blaming too many things.
In this episode, I break that down.
Why everything feels off when your perspective shifts.
Why most people try to fix everyth...
#999 There Are More Than Two Sides In Life.
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Have you ever felt like life only gives you two options?
Follow the path…
or say screw the path.
That’s what most people think.
Side A says do what you’re told—school, college, job, retire.
Side B says forget all that—do it your way, no rules.
But here’s the problem…
One side leaves you stuck.
The other leaves you lost.
In this episode, I’m breaking down the side nobody talks about—
Side C.
T...
998. You Have Everything You Need To Take The Next Step
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You have everything you need… to take the next step.
Today, I’m walking you through a simple yet powerful truth inspired by Matthew Kelly: life doesn’t give you everything at once —it gives you just enough.
Enough to move.
Enough to learn.
Enough to grow into who you’re meant to become.
We talk about why life unfolds the way it does, how adversity and uncertainty are actually your greatest teachers, and why the “know-how” you’re building right now is more valuable than...
997. "Find Out Who's The Best And Outwork Them."
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If there ever was a “hack” to success, this is it.
From Jay Glazer’s first pillar of an Unbreakable Mindset:
Find out who the best is… and do more than them.
That’s it.
Life isn’t complicated.
It’s simple.
Not easy—but simple.
In this episode, I break down what that really means:
• Why most people stay stuck (even with unlimited access to greatness).
• The one question you have to answer before anything change...
996. Resist The Urge To Become A Narrow Person.
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What if the reason you feel stuck… isn’t your situation—but how narrowly you’ve defined yourself?
In this episode, I share a simple idea that hit me hard: most of us don’t need a new life—we just need to stop becoming a narrow version of ourselves.
We get comfortable. We lock into an identity. We do the same things, think the same way, and slowly lose our curiosity, creativity, and edge.
I’ll walk you through how to recognize when that’s happening, why it leads to...
995. FAILURE Is The Fuel Most People Are Afraid To Use
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People fear failure.
But what if failure isn’t something to avoid…
What if it’s the very thing you need?
In this episode, I riff on Eight Lessons on How to Fail Better by Tito Beveridge and break down what his journey really shows—success isn’t built in spite of failure… It’s built because of it.
If you’re trying to figure things out…
If you feel stuck or behind…
If you’re frustrated with where you are…
You don’t need a perfect plan...
994. Imagine If?
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What if two words could begin to change your situation?
What if they could shift you from a fixed, limiting mindset… into wonder, curiosity, and possibility?
In this episode, I break down a powerful idea from Marc Champagne’s Personal Socrates — how simply asking “Imagine if…” can open up your thinking, ignite your creativity, and help you start seeing solutions where you once only saw problems.
No fluff. No whoo-whoo. Just a shift in how you think — and everything begins to change.
Give it a listen… a...
993. What's Your Number?
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Most people think they know their number — the amount of money that would finally make life feel secure.
But what happens when you reach it… and want more?
Maybe it shouldn't be a number after all. Maybe it should be "enough."
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992. REJECTION Isn't Personal. It Is An Opinion & Has A Number.
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Rejection isn’t personal.
It’s an opinion.
And it has a number.
In this episode, I’m breaking down a powerful idea from Jia Jiang’s book Rejection Proof: How I Beat Fear and Became Invincible Through 100 Days of Rejection.
Most of us treat rejection like a verdict on our worth.
It isn’t.
And in this episode, I’ll explain why people respond the way they do—what their “no” is actually based on—and the surprising truth behind rejection that most people neve...
991. Whether You're Young At Heart or Young In Age-Stop Waiting.
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Episode 991 is a punch-in-the-mouth reminder that sometimes the safest thing you can do… is go for it.
In this episode, I share a note Steve Jobs emailed to himself before his Stanford commencement speech — back when he and Steve Wozniak were just two guys with no wives, no kids, no house payments, and nothing to lose. They weren’t investing in better apartments or fatter bank accounts. They were investing in themselves.
And that’s the heartbeat of this episode.
If you’re young — I’m talking high school, c...
990.You’ve Been Thinking About Self-Discipline All Wrong
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What if self-discipline isn’t punishment?
What if it’s not about rigidity, suffering, or going full David Goggins on yourself?
In this episode, I unpack a powerful idea from Roxy Nafusi’s book Confidence.
Self-Discipline is not a weapon… It’s a practice of self-love and self-respect.
Instead of using discipline to dig yourself out of self-created jams, what if you saw it as casting a daily vote for the person you’re becoming?
I break down:
Why I’ve used self-disciplin...989. MOMENTUM Only Works If You Do
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Momentum is one of the most powerful forces in your life — and one of the most dangerous. In this episode, I break down the power of momentum, the path it takes from unknown to sought-after, and why most people lose it right when it starts working.
We’ll talk about how to build it silently, how to protect it once it’s visible, and why momentum only works if you do.
If you’ve ever felt stuck, invisible, or on the verge of complacency, this episode will show you exactly wh...
988. Use Tension To Your Advantage. ~ Cash Nickerson
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Today, I'm going to show you how to use tension to your advantage instead of running from it. Tension is always present—in conversations, negotiations, relationships, and decisions—and where most people freeze, get aggressive, or flee, you can learn to sit in it and work inside it. I break down the two forces that are always at play—timing and leverage—and why neither one is ever static. Even when you don’t have the advantage in the moment, awareness changes everything. Learn how to spot tension, p...
