Description

What does it actually take to win the "championship" of your life? In this episode, David Zemanek sits down with serial entrepreneur Paul Pluschkell to deconstruct a career built on intense energy, radical unlearning, and a refusal to sacrifice the things that matter most.

Paul isn't your typical tech executive. He’s a builder who admits that if he weren't in software, he’d be a carpenter—someone who finds soul-level satisfaction in looking back at the end of the day to see exactly what he created. From the "back nine" of his career, Paul shares the hard-won wisdom of a life lived at the intersection of high-stakes execution and deep humanity.

Inside the Episode:

• The Family Time Boundary: How Paul structured a decade of his career to pause work every afternoon from 3-6pm to coach his four children, proving that professional success doesn't have to come at the cost of being a present father.
• The Courage to Unlearn: Why the "playbooks" of yesterday are becoming obsolete in the age of AI, and why leaders must be willing to "forget 80% of what they know" to avoid getting "Checked" by the future.
• The Anatomy of a Loss: Why Paul remembers every pitch of a lost World Series game with perfect clarity, and how he uses the pain of failure to fuel a "quick-learning" nature that identifies the truth before it gets expensive.
• Culture is Earned, Not Installed: A raw look at why company culture is simply a reflection of how you act every day, and why there are no shortcuts to building a team that holds up under pressure.
• The Athlete’s DNA: How growing up in team sports taught a self-proclaimed "average athlete" that over-preparation and durability are the ultimate equalizers in any arena.

How To Contact David Z

Website: https://zenten.io

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidzemanek/

Email: david@zenten.io

How To Contact Paul

Website: epicdx.com

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/paulpluschkell

Email: paul@epicdx.com

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