The Anthony Amen Show
"I take accountability for everything, because it gives me something to fix. It isn't anyone's fault but my own."
That's the show.
The Anthony Amen Show is for founders, operators, and CEOs who are tired of the soft version of business advice. Some episodes are interviews — founders and operators talking about what actually worked, what nearly broke them, and what they leave off LinkedIn. Other episodes are me and Yaw — also a founder — going at the questions most podcasts won't touch honestly.
Every episode has a real belief, a real tradeoff, and a point where the belief breaks. No motivation. No top-5-tips. No safe takes.
I've built and run a premium fitness company for 9 years — through every version of hard you can imagine, and a few you can't.
Accountability is leverage. Most people won't pick it up. The ones who do are who this show is for.
New episodes Mondays.
Episodes
362 episodes
The Program Was Free So Why Did She Quit
Somebody getting a scholarship should be a win for everyone, so why does it sometimes turn into the most frustrating kind of loss? We sit with a tough moment on the Rebuild Scholarship: a recipient takes the free 12-week transformation, cancels...
Your Business Can't Grow If Everything Still Depends on You
In this episode of The Anthony Amen Show, Anthony Amen and Yaw dive into what it really takes to step away from the day-to-day operations of a business without losing the relationships, culture, and client experience that made it succe...
The Tesla Way: How to Simplify Your Business & Build a Better Team
What if the biggest thing slowing down your business is how complicated you've made it? 👀In this episode of The Anthony Amen Show, Anthony Amen and Yaw break down the lessons they learned from The Tesla Way and how...
The Employee Mistake That Cost Me Millions
Trusting your employees is important. But can trusting them too much actually hurt your business? 👀In this episode of The Anthony Amen Show, Anthony Amen and Yaw have a raw conversation about employees, accountability, toxic employees...
How To Get Your Gym Past $1M
You hit a million. What did you pay yourself?This episode is what an outside operator sees in the first three seconds inside a gym doing a million a year. Finance. Marketing. Operations. No fluff, no ego, and no hiding from the real prob...
Fire Fast
You usually know before you actually fire them.The missed deadlines. The repeated mistakes. The excuses. And eventually, the best people start feeling the impact.In this episode, we break down when it's time to let someone go, how...
The Real Economics Of Physical Therapy
Insurance might cover the visit, but is it covering the care?In this episode, Dr. Mike Aguino breaks down what really happens behind the scenes of physical therapy clinics, from insurance reimbursements and burnout to why great patient o...
Divorce-Proof Habits
A strong marriage isn't built by simply staying together. It's built by continuing to notice, communicate, and choose each other even after the honeymoon phase is over.In this episode, we break down the red flags that can damage a relati...
Pricing With Scarcity
When a client says, "You're too expensive," the worst thing you can do is lower your price.In this episode, Anthony and Yao break down how to handle price objections, communicate value instead of cost, and attract clients who resp...
Self-Made Or Selfish
The biggest lie you can tell yourself is that someone else is responsible for your life.Your environment matters. The people around you matter. But at the end of the day, you're the one making the decisions.In this episode, we bre...
What If Your Niche Is Who You Live As
Your life can change because of one conversation.For Shane Wend, it started with a simple comment and became a lifelong commitment to health, discipline, and helping others perform at their best.In this episode, we talk about buil...
Money Discipline
You can't fix what you refuse to look at.Checking your bank account, tracking your spending, and knowing where your money goes sounds basic. But awareness is where financial accountability starts.It doesn't matter how much you mak...
So You Want To Be A Trillionaire Anyway
Everyone wants to become a trillionaire.Almost nobody wants to pay the price.Extreme success demands extreme sacrifice. It costs time, comfort, relationships, and years of relentless focus that most people will never see.In...
How Fitness Creates Leverage For Success
Most people chase money while neglecting the one thing that makes earning it possible.Your health isn't a luxury. It's your foundation.If your energy is low, your sleep is broken, and your habits are falling apart, your business, ...
If Nobody Pays Your Price, Build Proof
Most people don't have a pricing problem. They have a value problem.If your first instinct is to discount, you're training people to buy based on price instead of results.Free work can build trust. But if you keep giving away what...
Stop Trying To Fix Everyone Else
Most people think accountability means admitting when you're wrong. It doesn't.Real accountability is taking ownership and changing your behavior. That's where growth happens.In this episode, we discuss why accountability is lever...
The Hiring Boundary That Protects Your Business
Hiring your friends feels like loyalty until the first time you need to correct them, cut their hours, or fire them. We talk through the real cost of mixing friendship and payroll, why it almost always backfires, and how we learned to set rules...
Accountability Creates Leverage
Blame feels like relief for about five seconds, then it quietly steals your power. Yaw and I are taking this show in a sharper direction by focusing on accountability and how personal responsibility creates real leverage, in your business, your...
Happy Birthday Anthony, Now Hurry Up!
A birthday can be a party, or it can feel like a receipt that shows exactly where your time went. That tension is where we start. I’m turning 36, and I’m honest about the part I hate: birthdays remind me that time is moving, goals still feel fa...
The Raise Playbook
Most raise advice I hear is built on hope: work hard, wait long enough, and eventually somebody notices. I don’t buy that.I believe if you want more money, you need leverage and leverage comes from measurable value. In this episode, I b...
Accountability Built This Dojo
In this episode, I sit down with Andrew to hear the real story behind building a martial arts studio that has survived for 31 years. We talk about the setbacks that shaped him first, from pursuing criminal justice and trying multiple times to b...
Keep Or Fire?
In this episode, I talk about how you can learn more about leadership from one tough question than from a hundred motivational quotes: would you keep this employee, or fire them?I put myself on the spot with ten rapid scenarios that eve...
Entrepreneurship Gets Lonely Until You Build The Right Circle
Yaw and I break down the reality of entrepreneurship and the loneliness that can come with it. Even when you’re surrounded by people and things look like they’re working, it can still feel like you’re carrying everything on your own....