Real people. Real conversations. Bigger tomorrows. Dreamers & Winners Podcast with TR Burns explores entrepreneurship, faith, life, and purpose through honest conversations and practical lessons. From building a business and overcoming setbacks to strengthening your mindset and pursuing your calling, TR Burns brings encouragement and insights to help you turn dreams into action. Building people. Building businesses. Building a better tomorrow.
How to Properly Deal with Failure (It Failed, But I'm Not a Failure)
"It failed, but I'm not a failure."
After 20 years in the restaurant business, I'm closing my last location. A partnership that broke its word, a landlord battle, insurance that didn't pay, and a season so heavy I had to sit down with a therapist. On this episode of Dreamers & Winners, I'm getting personal about what that did to me, and teaching you how to meet the F word, failure, with the other F word: faith.
In this episode:
• Separate what was useful from what was useless
• Separate who is useful from who is useless
• Refuse to be discouraged, and use head faith when you don't have heart faith
• Why many components of your success are hidden in your failures
• It failed, but you are not a failure
• Students of failure become masters of success
• Sometimes it's not the devil. Sometimes God lets it fail so you'll pivot
• Don't fail at failure: fail forward, fail with faith
If you're an entrepreneur, a dreamer or a person of faith walking through a setback, this one is for you.
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Chapters
0:00 It failed, but I'm not a failure
0:10 Welcome to Dreamers & Winners
0:36 The other F word: faith
1:12 My season: closing the restaurant
7:34 1. Separate what was useful from useless
9:12 2. Separate who is useful from useless
10:14 3. Refuse to be discouraged
11:05 Head faith vs heart faith
11:55 4. Success is hidden in your failures
13:27 5. It failed, but I'm not a failure
14:42 6. Your foundation is faith and obedience
15:43 7. Commit to finish, even if you fail again
16:41 8. Students of failure become masters of success
17:55 9. Don't lose your sight and hearing
19:05 10. Don't be afraid to be pushed
20:05 Sometimes it's not the devil
21:24 11. Don't fail at failure
22:04 Wrap-up
22:48 AI Business Makeover Summit
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15 Oct 2026
Income-Producing Assets: Create Once, Get Paid Over and Over
Renew your mind, then build things that pay you again and again. TR Burns teaches from Proverbs 23:7 on turning what’s in your mind and in your hand into income-producing assets.
“For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he.” — Proverbs 23:7
Before you can change what you produce, you have to examine how you think. In this episode, TR Burns shares the transition he’s walking through, from 20+ years in hospitality into tech, and what it’s teaching him about income-producing assets: books, software, content and teaching you create once that keep paying you.
In this episode:
• Renew your mind before you build
• What makes something an income-producing asset
• Your exposure shapes your belief
• Time is material: stop trading all of it for money
• You have value in your wisdom — start charging for it
• What’s in your hand right now?
Books: The Mogul Bible for Business · Build Big Build You
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Watch the full video on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jElTPZSK6_M
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CHAPTERS
0:00 You’ll never build what you won’t believe
0:12 Welcome to Dreamers & Winners
0:50 A divine season of transition
2:34 Proverbs 23:7: as a man thinks
3:27 Renew your mind
4:29 What is an income-producing asset?
5:43 Your exposure shapes your thinking
7:16 Examine how you think
8:43 Challenge your mindset
10:01 See it built in your mind first
10:44 Create once, get paid repeatedly
12:10 How I started: the beauty salon
14:14 Stop trading time for money
16:25 Know your value
17:38 Thoughts must lead to action
18:54 Build what sets you free
19:43 Proverbs 23:7 in context
21:27 What’s in your hand?
22:12 Wrap-up
22:55 AI Business Makeover Summit
13 Oct 2026
It's Hard Selling to the Wrong People
You can have an incredible product, a powerful vision, and a business that solves real problems—but selling to the wrong people can leave you feeling like you're fighting an uphill battle.
In this episode of Dreamers & Winners Podcast with TR Burns, we explore why finding the right audience matters, how to recognize the people your business was created to serve, and how to stop exhausting yourself trying to convince people who don't need what you offer.
In this episode:
• Why selling to the wrong people drains your energy and resources
• The difference between supporters, followers, and paying customers
• Why lowering your prices won't fix an audience problem
• How to identify customers who need and value your product or service
• Why rejection doesn't always mean your business is failing
• How to protect your confidence while building your business
The biggest takeaway: You don't need everybody to believe in what you're building. You need the right people to recognize its value.
Have you ever spent too much time selling to people who didn't see your value? Share what that experience taught you in the comments. Follow the show and share this episode with an entrepreneur who needs this message.
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TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@trburnstv
Website: https://guruboxztech.com
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