Built by Mistakes Podcast Mon, 13 Jul 2026 23:19:52 -0400 https://www.builtbymistakes.com en-us © 2026 Built by Mistakes Podcast yes 5d07bdb2-1f51-5c8a-a15c-27592f1d5a24 Skip Thompson episodic false Built by Mistakes is a podcast hosted by Skip Thompson — a green industry veteran sharing raw, honest lessons in leadership, resilience, and growth. Your mistakes don't define you — they build you.

]]> Buzzsprout (https://www.buzzsprout.com) Skip Thompson https://storage.buzzsprout.com/p9q0qi5abmpyxfnz5ek2obxezyro?.jpg Built by Mistakes Podcast https://www.builtbymistakes.com Leadership Isn't About Being Right Leadership Isn't About Being Right What if the biggest shift you need to make as a leader isn’t about your strategy or your systems — it’s about your ego?

In this episode, Skip Thompson digs into a hard truth: leadership isn’t about being right. It’s about taking responsibility, listening to the people closest to the work, and being willing to change your mind when reality proves you wrong.

You’ll hear how “needing to be right” shows up on job sites and in offices, why it slowly shuts down honest communication, and how one moment of owning a mistake changed the way Skip’s team brought him ideas and concerns. This conversation is for leaders who are ready to trade pride for trust and control for better outcomes.

🌐 Website: builtbymistakes.com
📧 Connect with Skip: [your email or contact page]
🎙️ Built by Mistakes Podcast — Lessons in Leadership, 
Resilience and Growth

]]> What if the biggest shift you need to make as a leader isn’t about your strategy or your systems — it’s about your ego?

In this episode, Skip Thompson digs into a hard truth: leadership isn’t about being right. It’s about taking responsibility, listening to the people closest to the work, and being willing to change your mind when reality proves you wrong.

You’ll hear how “needing to be right” shows up on job sites and in offices, why it slowly shuts down honest communication, and how one moment of owning a mistake changed the way Skip’s team brought him ideas and concerns. This conversation is for leaders who are ready to trade pride for trust and control for better outcomes.

🌐 Website: builtbymistakes.com
📧 Connect with Skip: [your email or contact page]
🎙️ Built by Mistakes Podcast — Lessons in Leadership, 
Resilience and Growth

]]> Skip Thompson Buzzsprout-19490807 Mon, 13 Jul 2026 23:00:00 -0400 1099 4 full false Discipline Beats Motivation Every Time Discipline Beats Motivation Every Time Everybody wants to feel motivated. But what happens when the feeling runs out?

In Episode 3 of Built by Mistakes, Skip Thompson makes the case for the one thing that separates leaders who build something lasting from the ones who just stay busy — discipline.

After 43 years in the green industry, Skip has watched motivated people quit and disciplined people win. He breaks down why motivation is an unreliable foundation for any team or career, what discipline actually looks like in practice, and how leaders can build a culture of consistency that doesn't depend on how anyone feels on a given Monday morning.

🌐 Website: builtbymistakes.com
📧 Connect with Skip: [your email or contact page]
🎙️ Built by Mistakes Podcast — Lessons in Leadership, 
Resilience and Growth

]]> Everybody wants to feel motivated. But what happens when the feeling runs out?

In Episode 3 of Built by Mistakes, Skip Thompson makes the case for the one thing that separates leaders who build something lasting from the ones who just stay busy — discipline.

After 43 years in the green industry, Skip has watched motivated people quit and disciplined people win. He breaks down why motivation is an unreliable foundation for any team or career, what discipline actually looks like in practice, and how leaders can build a culture of consistency that doesn't depend on how anyone feels on a given Monday morning.

🌐 Website: builtbymistakes.com
📧 Connect with Skip: [your email or contact page]
🎙️ Built by Mistakes Podcast — Lessons in Leadership, 
Resilience and Growth

]]> Skip Thompson Buzzsprout-19490436 Mon, 13 Jul 2026 21:00:00 -0400 1176 3 full false Failure isn't the Problem- Avoiding it is Failure isn't the Problem- Avoiding it is What if the biggest mistake you're making as a leader isn't a bad decision — it's the decision you keep putting off?

In Episode 2 of Built by Mistakes, Skip Thompson gets honest about the leadership trap he fell into early in his career — putting his head down, grinding through the work, and avoiding the difficult issues until they became impossible to ignore. The problem with avoidance? It's convenient. But convenient doesn't make the problem go away. It just makes it bigger.

Skip shares the story of a crew leader who got the work done every day — but was quietly destroying team culture. Skip kept avoiding it. When he finally addressed it, the entire team's demeanor changed overnight. And the person who stepped up to fill that role had been there all along.

Then Skip sits down with a guest who has lived this from a completely different angle — and together they dig into why the fear of failure is the real failure, and what it actually takes to lead through it.

🌐 Website: builtbymistakes.com
📧 Connect with Skip: [your email or contact page]
🎙️ Built by Mistakes Podcast — Lessons in Leadership, 
Resilience and Growth

]]> What if the biggest mistake you're making as a leader isn't a bad decision — it's the decision you keep putting off?

In Episode 2 of Built by Mistakes, Skip Thompson gets honest about the leadership trap he fell into early in his career — putting his head down, grinding through the work, and avoiding the difficult issues until they became impossible to ignore. The problem with avoidance? It's convenient. But convenient doesn't make the problem go away. It just makes it bigger.

Skip shares the story of a crew leader who got the work done every day — but was quietly destroying team culture. Skip kept avoiding it. When he finally addressed it, the entire team's demeanor changed overnight. And the person who stepped up to fill that role had been there all along.

Then Skip sits down with a guest who has lived this from a completely different angle — and together they dig into why the fear of failure is the real failure, and what it actually takes to lead through it.

🌐 Website: builtbymistakes.com
📧 Connect with Skip: [your email or contact page]
🎙️ Built by Mistakes Podcast — Lessons in Leadership, 
Resilience and Growth

]]> Skip Thompson Buzzsprout-19381711 Sun, 21 Jun 2026 22:00:00 -0400 1199 2 full false "I Expected Everyone to Be Me " "I Expected Everyone to Be Me " What happens when a high-performer becomes a leader — and never adjusts their expectations?

In Episode 1 of Built by Mistakes, host Skip Thompson takes you back to a pivotal moment in his career — a Sunday afternoon alone in the office, grinding away, getting madder by the minute that nobody else was there. What he didn't realize yet was that his frustration wasn't his team's failure. It was his.

It wasn't until a leader at a motivational event he almost didn't attend said something that stopped him cold:

"I fired and lost a lot of good people because I expected them to be me."

That line changed everything.

In this episode Skip gets honest about what it really means to lead people — and why the most dangerous thing a high-performer can do is become a leader without ever adjusting their standard.

🌐 Website: builtbymistakes.com
📧 Connect with Skip: [your email or contact page]
🎙️ Built by Mistakes Podcast — Lessons in Leadership, 
Resilience and Growth

]]> What happens when a high-performer becomes a leader — and never adjusts their expectations?

In Episode 1 of Built by Mistakes, host Skip Thompson takes you back to a pivotal moment in his career — a Sunday afternoon alone in the office, grinding away, getting madder by the minute that nobody else was there. What he didn't realize yet was that his frustration wasn't his team's failure. It was his.

It wasn't until a leader at a motivational event he almost didn't attend said something that stopped him cold:

"I fired and lost a lot of good people because I expected them to be me."

That line changed everything.

In this episode Skip gets honest about what it really means to lead people — and why the most dangerous thing a high-performer can do is become a leader without ever adjusting their standard.

🌐 Website: builtbymistakes.com
📧 Connect with Skip: [your email or contact page]
🎙️ Built by Mistakes Podcast — Lessons in Leadership, 
Resilience and Growth

]]> Skip Thompson Buzzsprout-19340899 Sat, 13 Jun 2026 11:00:00 -0400 1072 1 full false Built by Mistakes - Official Trailer Built by Mistakes - Official Trailer Have you ever looked back at a mistake, a failure, a moment 
you'd do differently — and realized it was the thing that 
actually made you?

Welcome to Built by Mistakes — a podcast about leadership, 
resilience, and growth hosted by Skip Thompson.

With 43 years in the green industry, Skip has led teams, 
built companies, navigated mergers, and made every mistake in 
the book. Now he's sharing the real lessons — not the 
highlight reel. The hard-won truth about what it takes to 
lead, fail, get back up, and grow.

New episodes dropping soon.

🌐 Website: builtbymistakes.com
📧 Connect with Skip: [your email or contact page]
🎙️ Built by Mistakes Podcast — Lessons in Leadership, 
Resilience and Growth

]]> Have you ever looked back at a mistake, a failure, a moment 
you'd do differently — and realized it was the thing that 
actually made you?

Welcome to Built by Mistakes — a podcast about leadership, 
resilience, and growth hosted by Skip Thompson.

With 43 years in the green industry, Skip has led teams, 
built companies, navigated mergers, and made every mistake in 
the book. Now he's sharing the real lessons — not the 
highlight reel. The hard-won truth about what it takes to 
lead, fail, get back up, and grow.

New episodes dropping soon.

🌐 Website: builtbymistakes.com
📧 Connect with Skip: [your email or contact page]
🎙️ Built by Mistakes Podcast — Lessons in Leadership, 
Resilience and Growth

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