This is the week no one respects.

It sits between Christmas and the New Year, when urgency disappears and excuses feel acceptable. Most people drift through it. Leaders should not.

In this episode, we’re talking about why this ignored week matters more than people realize and what it reveals about discipline, standards, and leadership.

Christmas is not a light season. It is a revealing one.

Beneath the music, the traditions, and the noise, this moment carries weight. It exposes what is real, what is disciplined, and what has only been decorated.

In this episode, we are talking about the weight of Christmas and what it reveals about leadership, faith, and responsibility.

Welcome to Here’s the Caveat... Today we are going to expose a truth most people avoid. Everybody wants the second floor. Everybody wants the view, the title, the confidence, the influence. But here is the caveat. Wanting the second floor does not get you there. The stairs do.

This episode is your wake-up call. If you have been waiting for an elevator that never arrives, it is time to step onto the staircase that actually builds leaders. The climb shapes you. The climb strengthens you. And the climb is where every great leader is formed.

Welcome to Here’s the Caveat, the podcast where leaders get the truth, not the fluff. Today’s episode is called “The MBA You Did Not See Coming.”

Most people think an MBA is earned in a classroom. Here’s the caveat… the real MBA shows up in the moment's life didn’t schedule for you. The setbacks that blindsided you. The decisions you had to make without a textbook. The lessons you learned the hard way, the ones you never saw coming.

This is the MBA that shapes great leaders: the one built on consistency, character, and courage. No tuition required… just the willingness to grow when it’s uncomfortable and lead when it’s inconvenient.

So buckle up. Today, we’re diving into the unexpected curriculum life uses to develop leaders who refuse to settle.

Let’s get started.

Welcome to another episode of Here’s the Caveat, the podcast that doesn’t just talk about leadership, but challenges you to live it. Today we’re diving into something deceptively simple, but incredibly powerful: the moments in life that become stamps in time.”

“You know the ones I’m talking about, those seemingly small, ordinary moments that end up marking you, shaping you, redirecting you. The moments you don’t recognize as significant until much later, when you look back and say, ‘That was it. That was the turning point.’”

“Today isn’t about big headlines or dramatic turning points. It’s about the quiet impressions God leaves on our lives, the ones that stay pressed into our memory, our character, and our calling. A stamp in time tells a story: where you were, who you were, and the moment everything started to shift.”

“So sit back, lean in, and let’s talk about how the smallest moments can leave the deepest marks and how recognizing those stamps can change the way you lead, love, and live. Let’s get started.”

Welcome to Here’s the Caveat!

Today we’re diving into a tough truth many avoid but every leader needs to confront:

Here’s the Caveat… Entitlement is the enemy of responsibility, gratitude, and growth — and it’s creeping into our culture, our workplaces, and even our homes.

Entitlement whispers, “I deserve it.”
Leadership says, “I’ll earn it.”

In this episode, we’re breaking down why entitlement is eroding our discipline, weakening our resilience, and sabotaging the very freedom we claim to value and what great leaders must do to push back.

Short. Direct. Uncomfortable. Necessary.

Let’s get started. America’s biggest problem is entitlement

Welcome to Here’s the Caveat!

Today’s episode is built on a truth far too many forget:

Here’s the Caveat… Everyone loves the benefits of freedom, but not everyone wants the responsibility that protects it.

Freedom isn’t free in our nation, in our businesses, or in our personal lives. It’s paid for through sacrifice, discipline, and the courage to do what’s right even when it’s costly.

Today, we’ll dive into:

• Why freedom requires responsibility

• How entitlement destroys what sacrifice builds

• And how great leaders preserve freedom for the people they serve

Short, direct, and needed.
Let’s get started. Freedom has a price — always.

Welcome to Here’s the Caveat! , where clarity cuts through noise and excellence refuses to settle.

Today we’re talking about The Caveat Standard™ , the benchmark for leadership that rises above mediocrity.

Here’s the Caveat… Excellence isn’t an act , it’s a standard.
It’s about living with clarity, leading with consistency, and standing firm in conviction when others compromise. If you’re ready to stop blending in and start standing out, you’re in the right place.

Let’s raise the standard.

Welcome to Here’s the Caveat! — where leadership gets real, excuses go to die, and wisdom wins every time.
Today, we’re talking about something that starts small… and ends in disaster. It’s called The Snowball Before the Avalanche.

You’ve seen it, that “no big deal” moment. The small compromise. The lazy decision. The “I’ll get to it later.” It doesn’t look dangerous. It doesn’t feel urgent. But here’s the Caveat… every avalanche starts with one careless snowball.

You see, failure rarely happens overnight. It builds, flake by flake, choice by choice, until one day, everything you’ve built is sliding downhill faster than you can stop it. In leadership, that’s where most people lose their footing, not in the crisis, but in the complacency that came before it.

Today, we’re going to talk about how to stop the snowball before it becomes the avalanche, in your business, your discipline, your thinking, and your leadership. Convenience doesn’t cause collapse, carelessness does. The good news is, with awareness, discipline, and wisdom, you can stop the slide before it starts.

Let’s get into it.

Welcome to Here’s the Caveat! — the podcast where fluff takes a back seat and real leadership steps up.
You can’t build consistency on convenience.

Everyone wants success… until it gets uncomfortable. We love the idea of discipline until the alarm goes off at 5 a.m. We want results, but we also want our comfort.
And here’s the Caveat, you can’t have both. Convenience might make you comfortable, but consistency makes you credible. One builds comfort. The other builds character.
Only one creates leaders who last.

Today, we’re going to talk about what happens when convenience becomes your compass and how to get back to building the muscle that matters most: discipline. Great leaders aren’t born consistent. They become consistent when they stop making excuses.

Let’s get started.

Have you ever watched a leader go down with their own ship, pride first? Today, we’re talking about what happens when leadership becomes more about saving face than saving the crew.

Here’s the caveat… a great captain doesn’t abandon ship, but they also don’t pretend it’s not sinking. Too many leaders plug leaks with excuses, denial, and a smile for the camera. True leadership isn’t about staying on deck while everything falls apart—it’s about having the courage to face the storm, admit the damage, and start the repair.

In this episode, we’ll uncover what separates the leaders who survive the storm from those who sink with their own ego. Because in leadership, integrity isn’t tested when the seas are calm, it’s revealed when the water starts pouring in.

Get ready to challenge the myth that staying “in control” means staying silent.

Welcome to Here’s the Caveat, where wisdom meets action. I’m Bob Reish.

Today, we’re diving into one of the most overlooked skills in leadership, timing.
Say the right thing too soon, and it’s ignored. Say it too late, and it’s irrelevant.
Here’s the Caveat… Wisdom isn’t just knowing what to do — it’s knowing when to do it.

Let’s talk about the art of timing, where patience meets precision, and great leaders separate themselves from the rest.

Welcome back to Here’s the Caveat, where we don’t just talk leadership, we build it. I’m Bob Reish, your host and guide through the world where wisdom meets action.

In today’s episode, we’re cutting straight to the core of one of the biggest challenges in leadership and life, entitlement versus discipline. One demands comfort; the other requires character. One says, “I deserve it,” while the other says, “I’ll earn it.”

Here’s the Caveat... you can’t live by both. Great leaders understand that discipline doesn’t limit freedom, it creates it.

So grab your notebook, because today we’re talking about what separates those who expect results from those who produce them.

Leadership isn’t always about the position you apply for, the title on your door, or the plan you mapped out. Sometimes it finds you, ready or not.

n this episode, we’ll talk about the kind of leadership you didn’t sign up for. The interruptions, the unexpected responsibilities, and the weight that shows up when life doesn’t go according to your agenda.

Here’s the Caveat… leadership isn’t about what you thought you’d be doing, it’s about who you become when the unexpected hits. That’s where real leaders are forged.

Everyone thinks they’re different. Every company, every church, every leader claims, “We’re the exception.”

Here’s the Caveat: if you have to say it, you’re not. In this episode, we unpack why the need to announce your exception actually proves you’re part of the status quo. With humor, punch, and no-fluff wisdom, discover why true leaders let results, not excuses, speak for them.

Welcome back to Here’s the Caveat, where comfort ends and conviction begins. Today, we’re talking about abiding, not hiding, not retreating, but staying rooted when the world screams for you to bend.

It’s what keeps you standing when criticism comes, when culture pushes, and when truth gets costly.

If you want to outlast the noise… you’ve got to grow roots.
Let’s talk about how.

Balance is a lie. Faith, priorities, and prayer, that’s the truth that anchors leadership.

Leaders, anxiety is a choice. Prayer is a choice. And priorities will set you free.

In this week’s episode of Here’s the Caveat, we’ll talk about why balance will burn you out, how prayer will calm you down, and how priorities will set you up for lasting influence.

Stop carrying what you weren’t designed to carry. Trade anxiety for peace. Trade balance for priorities.

You don’t want to miss this one.

Welcome to Here’s the Caveat, the podcast where we cut through the fluff and get real about leadership, success, and life. Inal myth-buster when it comes to leadership clichés.

Everywhere you turn, someone’s preaching about “work-life balance” like it’s the holy grail. But here’s the caveat… balance is a lie. Balance suggests everything gets equal weight. That’s not leadership, that’s juggling until you drop something important.

The truth? It’s about priorities. Great leaders don’t chase balance, they establish priorities. They understand that clarity comes not from trying to do it all, but from knowing what matters most and having the discipline to act on it.

In this episode, we’ll break down why balance will burn you out, how priorities will lift you up, and why leadership that lasts is never about managing time, it’s about stewarding priorities.

Grab your notebook, lean in, and let’s dismantle the lie of balance and discover the power of priorities

Let me ask you something... if your kids can’t respect a stranger’s back at Applebee’s, why would you expect them to respect a boss, a marriage, or a nation?

Today, we’re tackling the lost art of discipline and respect and why laughing off bad behavior at the dinner table leads to chaos in the boardroom, in government, and in life.

This episode may sting a little… but it just might be the gut check we all need. Let’s dive in.”

Welcome to Here’s the Caveat, the show where leadership gets honest and excuses get evicted.
Today?

We’re exposing the mindset nobody talks about... but everyone has.
You’re doing all the right things, so why aren’t you seeing results?
Here’s the caveat… effort without endurance isn’t leadership, it’s wishful thinking.
Let’s talk about it.”