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
348 episodes
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....
He believes losing is totally fine! Is it?
Two brothers working under the same roof sounds simple… until you hear what actually powers it. On this episode of The Anthony Amen Show, Anthony talks with guests Devin and Tyler about the shared family code that shaped who they ...
Is College Worth The Debt In 2026?
I’ve been thinking a lot about how the college question was never really about education—it’s about outcomes. Growing up, I constantly heard, “What school are you going to?” like there wasn’t even another path. Now I’m starting to challenge tha...
You Can Use Debt Without Letting It Use You
Credit card debt feels normal… until you run the numbers.In this episode, we break down the “money math” that determines whether you build wealth or stay stuck paying interest. From 22% APR and compounding debt to balance tran...
Purpose Creates Happiness
In this episode, we break down what happiness really is and whether it’s something you can actually build.We get into depression, bullying, and the moments where people feel like they don’t matter. This is a real conversation ...
From Sleeping On The Floor To Making A Feature Film
In this episode, I sit down with Ulysses to talk about what it really takes to chase filmmaking.From growing up with a single mother who immigrated from Mexico to building his own path in film, his story is about sacrifice, pr...
Trauma Can Become Fuel If You Let It
In this episode, I sit down with George to talk about how loss can either harden you or shape you.He shares what it was like losing his mom to cancer during his senior year and how that pushed him to understand health, pain, a...
Marriage Without An Exit
The wedding doesn’t magically upgrade your relationship. The real upgrade or the real collapse usually starts when the pressure hits: kids, sleep loss, money stress, business risk, and the moment you realize the help stops showing up.An...
A Basketball Injury Led Dr. Jeff Block To Chiropractic Care
A single bad fall can change everything, especially when the “standard” plan is pills and bed rest and you keep getting worse. That’s where Dr. Jeff Block’s story starts, and it quickly turns into a bigger conversation about what chiropractic c...
From Poverty To Film Director
In this episode of The Anthony Amen Show, Yaw steps into the spotlight to answer the question everyone keeps asking: who is he, and how did he get here so fast?Yaw shares his full story, from growing up in New York with Ghanai...
How To Get Hired Fast
Most job advice is polite. This one is practical, a little ruthless, and built from the employer side of the table. We walk through what actually separates the candidate who gets a call back from the pile of “easy apply” submissions. If you’re ...
Case Files: How Long Should You Chase a Dream Before You Quit?
Six years to break even sounds like failure on paper, but it can also be the moment your business finally tells the truth. We dig into one of the hardest questions in gym ownership and entrepreneurship: when is it worth staying in the fight, an...
The Freedom Myth Of Entrepreneurship
“Entrepreneurship gives you freedom” is the line everyone loves to repeat, but we put it on trial and the verdict gets complicated fast. We talk about the kind of freedom business ownership can actually buy: control of your time, control of you...
Rapid Fire: Discipline Beats Motivation
Motivation sounds great until it disappears on a random Tuesday. We kick off a rapid-fire game that quickly turns into a real, practical debate about discipline vs motivation, consistency vs skill, and why “starting” is often the only hack that...
Healthcare’s Quiet Monopolies And The Cost Of Care
Ever look at a medical bill and wonder who actually gets paid—and why the numbers make no sense? We sat down with Dr. Christopher Eamon, interventional pain physician, and Tim Groth, CEO of Groth Pain & Spine, to map the full journey from e...