Fulfillment Project

About Fulfillment Project

Trying to figure out the secret to life, one question at a time. Join the conversation at fulfillmentproject.substack.com. fulfillmentproject.substack.com (https://fulfillmentproject.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast)

Publisher

Fulfillment Project with: Andy Leonard

Category

business · education

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

25 Mar 2025

Latest episode

12 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

69 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   12 Oct 2026

   The end of the world is subjective

   What if the end of the world looks like heaven to one person and hell to another? Vincent Rylan spent his career as an attorney and corporate strategist advising Fortune 100 companies on market research, military defense planning, and global product development. Now he writes fiction. His novel, Memoirs of the End, tells the story of Adam, the first truly sentient AI, through first-hand accounts from the people who lived through his rise. Vincent and I get into how the same technology can feel like a gift or a threat depending on your job, your faith, your age, and your fears. In this episode: > Why the end of the world is subjective > How a quiet coup could happen through convenience and dependence > The moment you stop using AI and start working for it > Should a computer ever fire the shot, and why nobody can quit the AI race > AI relationships, kids, and why the butterflies matter > Simulation theory, faith, and Genesis > The backlash to the backlash, and why people turning on each other scares Vincent more than AI does > Vincent's hot take on data centers and a brain that runs on vegetables and cheeseburgers > What is the purpose of life? Find Vincent Rylan: Memoirs of the End on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Memoirs-End-Vincent-Rylan/dp/B0GQ6NRTLT (https://www.amazon.com/Memoirs-End-Vincent-Rylan/dp/B0GQ6NRTLT) Website: https://memoirsoftheend.com (https://memoirsoftheend.com) If this one got you thinking, follow Fulfillment Project on YouTube, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts and leave a quick rating or review. It helps more people find the show. Subscribe on Substack for the companion article and reflection guide that lands 2 days after each episode: https://fulfillmentproject.substack.com/ (https://fulfillmentproject.substack.com/) Got an AI person in your life, on either side? Send them this episode. I want to know what they think. Listen and watch: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6709cKjw4GWkTTzbu7xPJM (https://open.spotify.com/show/6709cKjw4GWkTTzbu7xPJM) Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fulfillment-project/id1804384788 (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fulfillment-project/id1804384788) YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@fulfillmentproject (https://www.youtube.com/@fulfillmentproject) Substack: https://fulfillmentproject.substack.com/ (https://fulfillmentproject.substack.com/) AMDG Get full access to Fulfillment Project at fulfillmentproject.substack.com/subscribe (https://fulfillmentproject.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4)

2. 

   14 Sept 2026

   Dr. Jim Polk can name all 5 people who refused to let him quit

   Dr. Jim Polk was supposed to spend his life on a Flint assembly line. A car threw him 120 feet at 14 and ended his running. Bad eyes grounded his flying at 16. At 20 his parents' marriage came apart and he went home to raise his sister and clean a bar at night. At 3 in the morning, on his hands and knees scrubbing a toilet while guys he grew up with laughed at him, he decided he was done. He ended up in the back seat of an F-15 at 65,000 feet working with NASA, where he watched the engine stall and the aircraft tumble over. Today he is a neuropsychologist and peak performance coach who has trained 25,000 people on 5 continents. In this conversation he gives away the entire method he uses with clients: The one question he opens with every time, and why almost nobody has written down an answer. The 5 year and 10 year vision exercise, including why the list has to reach 50 items before it gets honest. Why he refuses to coach anyone who will not spend 10 minutes a day doing nothing. The Navy captain who came off 2 blood pressure medications in 3 months and later made 2 star admiral. The attorney who walked away from $300,000, took a $35,000 internship, hated every day of it, and came out free. How to tell the difference between changing your goal and quitting. Why nobody under a CEO will bring them bad news, and what that costs. If this one lands, follow the show and leave a rating. It genuinely helps this reach the person who needs it. DR. JIM POLK https://drjimpolk.co (https://drjimpolk.com) Also on Substack and on LinkedIn as Dr. Jim Polk. FULFILLMENT PROJECT Substack, including the free weekly reflection guide: https://fulfillmentproject.substack.com (https://fulfillmentproject.substack.com) Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6709cKjw4GWkTTzbu7xPJM (https://open.spotify.com/show/6709cKjw4GWkTTzbu7xPJM) Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fulfillment-project/id1804384788 (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fulfillment-project/id1804384788) A written reflection guide for this episode drops on the Substack 2 days after this video. It's free, and it turns everything below into questions you can actually answer. Subscribe so you don't miss next week. Like the video if one thing in here was worth your time. Get full access to Fulfillment Project at fulfillmentproject.substack.com/subscribe (https://fulfillmentproject.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4)

3. 

   26 Aug 2026

   Why Most Dads Fail (and how to fix it)

   Jeff Wickersham spent 10 years at American Express before walking away 8 years ago to found the Warrior Dad Experience. His mission: help 1 million dads become better men and impact 2 million kids by 2053. But his path there ran through his mother's death, a failed gym business, a $30,000 gambling bet he hid from his wife for years, and a battle with alcohol he finally won 4.5 years ago. In this conversation, Jeff and Andy talk about the fragility of life, the courage it takes to confess your worst moments to the people who love you, and the simple morning system Jeff has run for 3,155 straight days. This is a raw, honest look at what it actually takes to become a better man, husband, and father, told by someone who's lived through the worst of it and came out the other side. IN THIS EPISODE: - Why Jeff calls himself a guide instead of an influencer - Carrying his mother down the stairs after she passed away from breast cancer - The deathbed exercise Jeff uses to help men find their purpose - Why he walked away from a stable 10-year career at American Express - The $30,000 bet he hid from his wife, and the courage it took to confess it - How that confession made his 20-year marriage stronger - Quitting alcohol 4.5 years ago and never looking back - The 15-minute morning system: 7 wins, 3,155 days and counting - Why perfection is the enemy of progress, and what to do on your worst days - Answering every bid: the simple habit that keeps his teenage sons still asking him for time - Why he's open with his kids about his failures instead of hiding them - The John D. Rockefeller story about the power of small, repeatable improvements LINKS: Warrior Dad Experience: warriordad.com (http://warriordad.com) "Rise, Fight, Love, Repeat" by Jeff Wickersham: available on Amazon and Audible FOLLOW FULFILLMENT PROJECT: Substack: https://fulfillmentproject.substack.com/ (https://fulfillmentproject.substack.com/) YouTube: @fulfillmentproject Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6709cKjw4GWkTTzbu7xPJM (https://open.spotify.com/show/6709cKjw4GWkTTzbu7xPJM) Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fulfillment-project/id1804384788 (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fulfillment-project/id1804384788) If this episode hit home, share it with a dad who needs to hear it, and leave a review wherever you listen. It helps more than you know. Get full access to Fulfillment Project at fulfillmentproject.substack.com/subscribe (https://fulfillmentproject.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4)

Who has been a guest on Fulfillment Project

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• Nick Graf
• Mary Azar
• Colin Stroud
• Rachel Krentzman
• Andy Ellwood

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YouTube views

31,644

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.7 / 5

13 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

17 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 44 / 100

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Quality

46

Social presence

0

YouTube

72

Engagement

32

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