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Going Long Podcast with Billy Keels

Going Long Podcast with Billy Keels

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Are you a high-performing executive who wants to earn freedom while keeping your professional edge? Then the Going Long Podcast with Billy Keels is for you. This podcast shares the actionable insights you want to make more money, build more freedom, and maintain the career you've built. Whether you're building a business on the side, investing your capital, or identifying your passion project, you'll get real stories and tactical strategies from others who've done the same on their terms. Hosted by international advisor and founder of The Executive Edge Advisory™️ Program, Billy Keels, this is your blueprint for creating income optionality, growing with intention, and protecting the professional momentum you've earned. With over 550 episodes and more than five years of insights, this show delivers a mix of solo episodes and expert guest interviews. Economia Gestione e leadership Leadership Ricerca del lavoro Successo personale
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  • Navigating the Unknown: How to Use Calculated Risk to Reclaim Your Career Path - Kate Turner

    Navigating the Unknown: How to Use Calculated Risk to Reclaim Your Career Path - Kate Turner
    Oct 21 2026
    Are you a senior enterprise executive, VP, or elite sales director performing at the absolute top of your game, yet feeling an inner friction about what your next logical career step should be ? In this transparent guest conversation, host Billy Keels sits down with Kate Turner, a veteran sales leader with over a decade of corporate experience, including five years executing strategic goals at Salesforce and scaling tech firms like Glassdoor. Kate maps out the profound, direct correlation between professional poker mechanics and elite enterprise execution, showing how she used a cyclical path between multi-billion-dollar brands, scrappy startups, and live card tables to anchor her own definition of lifestyle harmony. Discover how to disarm the external pressures of mainstream career paths, utilize corporate educational resources to fund your skill development, and analyze any professional rut through a simple three-choice framework so you can navigate your career entirely by intention, not obligation. 🚀 Want to make your corporate role optional? Grab your FREE copy of Billy's 3-Step Process eBook here: https://www.makeitoptional.com/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=p2olm 📌 Questions Answered in This Episode: How do corporate professionals use advanced professional poker strategies to build self-awareness and negotiation skills? What does a healthy professional cycle look like when moving between massive brands and fast-growing startups? How can an enterprise sales director transition their focus from strict quota production to people management and coaching? Why is keeping your inner circle exceptionally small critical when planning a major professional shift? What are the 3 foundational choices an executive has when looking to solve any severe mid-career challenge? ⏱️ Episode Chapters: 00:00 - Playing the Person, Not the Cards: Merging Corporate DNA with Poker Mechanics 03:29 - The Three-Part Executive Cycle: Large Brands, Startups, and Live Cards 05:55 - Disrupting Mainstream Expectations: Choosing to Stand Out Over Forcing Compatibility 06:56 - The Multicultural Map: Blending Germanic Structure with Latin Flexibility 09:15 - Shifting From Corporate Sales Quotas to High-Impact Leadership Development 12:44 - Guarding Your Inner Circle: Filtering Prescriptive Advice From Outside Your Playing Field 16:15 - Reconnecting with Yourself: Shifting From a Corporate Persona to Authentic Traits 18:44 - Reclaiming Frameworks: Using Big-Brand L&D Structure for Personal Accountability 21:11 - Poker Immunity: Battling Rejection, Overwhelming Uncertainty, and the Corporate Mask 25:06 - Reinvesting Financial Capital: The Trap of Building Everything on Your Own 26:43 - The Shock to the System: Turning Layoffs and Reorgs into Strategic Action 30:25 - The Salesforce Sandbox: Leveraging Enterprise Educational Budgets to Master Transferable Skills 34:59 - Permission Slip Ups: Unpacking Strategic Failures with Impartial Advisors 39:07 - The Three Choices: Leave, Accept, or Change It Now 42:04 - Expanding Your Professional Network and Connecting with Kate Turner 📘 About Billy Keels & Corporate Optionality If you're a corporate executive who wants to make your role optional, learn how to achieve true control over your career and turn your corporate skills into personal assets. With 26 years of experience in corporate sales leadership, Billy Keels achieved true optionality through multiple income streams. Today, he has helped dozens of executives build a predictable path to take control of their time and start living their ideal day. This free ebook gives you everything you need to identify, plan, and take control of your career while building financial optionality, leveraging your skills, and starting to live your IDEAL day - today! Get the Free eBook: https://www.makeitoptional.com/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=p2olm How to Leave a Review for The Going Long Podcast: https://youtu.be/qfRqLVcf8UI Be sure to connect with Billy: Website: https://www.billykeels.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@billykeels LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/billykeels Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/billykeels Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BillyKeelsFanPage Twitter/X: https://www.twitter.com/billykeels
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    43 min
  • Redefining 65: Shifting from Traditional Retirement to Lifelong Contribution

    Redefining 65: Shifting from Traditional Retirement to Lifelong Contribution
    Oct 20 2026

    Are you an overachieving director, VP, or enterprise executive who has been told your entire career to climb the ladder, hit age 65, and magically "retire" to a quiet beach?

    In this provocative solo episode, host Billy Keels breaks down a recurring, honest realization that surfaces during client onboarding: high achievers are simply wired differently. Traditional retirement—sitting around sipping mai tais—is a myth built for someone else's definition of success. Drawing examples from legendary contributors like Warren Buffett and 80-year-old industry leaders who show up to work every day by choice, Billy explains that true career optionality isn't about stopping work. It's about reaching your "Optionality Number" so you can redirect your high-level skill capital into projects, independent assets, and community causes that give you deep personal energy and financial returns entirely on your own terms.

    🚀 Want to make your corporate role optional? Grab your FREE copy of Billy's 3-Step Process eBook here: https://www.makeitoptional.com/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=p2olm

    📌 Questions Answered in This Episode:

    • Why is the traditional age-65 retirement myth completely misaligned with high-performing corporate leaders?

    • What is the difference between "stopping work" and redirecting your executive skill capital?

    • Why do multi-millionaires in their 80s and 90s continue to show up and contribute every day?

    • How does reaching your "Optionality Number" give you total agency over where you apply your energy?

    • How can you build independent assets today without waiting for an arbitrary corporate timeline?

    ⏱️ Episode Chapters:

    • 00:00 - The Heartbreaking Relief: Why You Are Never Going to Retire at 65

    • 01:30 - The High-Achiever DNA: Useful Service vs. Sitting on a Beach

    • 03:55 - The Warren Buffett Example: 96-Year-Old Drive and Lifelong Contribution

    • 05:00 - The Optionality Number: Redirecting Your Energy into Assets You Own

    • 06:35 - Wired Differently: Embracing Your Need for Impact and Meaningful Work

    • 08:10 - Operationalizing Contribution: Getting Compensated into Your 80s and 90s

    • 09:30 - Moving From Theory to Practice Today

    📘 About Billy Keels & Corporate Optionality

    If you're a corporate executive who wants to make your role optional, learn how to achieve true control over your career and turn your corporate skills into personal assets.

    With 26 years of experience in corporate sales leadership, Billy Keels achieved true optionality through multiple income streams. Today, he has helped dozens of executives build a predictable path to take control of their time and start living their ideal day.

    This free ebook gives you everything you need to identify, plan, and take control of your career while building financial optionality, leveraging your skills, and starting to live your IDEAL day - today!

    • Get the Free eBook: https://www.makeitoptional.com/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=p2olm

    • How to Leave a Review for The Going Long Podcast: https://youtu.be/qfRqLVcf8UI

    Be sure to connect with Billy:

    • Website: https://www.billykeels.com

    • YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@billykeels

    • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/billykeels

    • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/billykeels

    • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BillyKeelsFanPage

    • Twitter/X: https://www.twitter.com/billykeels
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    11 min
  • Beyond Coin-Operated Career Steps: Finding Purpose Outside the Corporate Ladder - Tim Lockyear

    Beyond Coin-Operated Career Steps: Finding Purpose Outside the Corporate Ladder - Tim Lockyear
    Oct 15 2026
    Are you a high-performing corporate leader or tech executive sitting on decades of valuable skill capital, wondering how to channel your energy into projects that create a profound, real-world impact? In this inspiring guest conversation, host Billy Keels sits down with Tim Lockyear—two-time "Zoogler," former Google global founder advocate, and founder of the Supporting Kids Foundation. Tim shares his 30-year journey through enterprise tech giants like IBM, Sprint, Accenture, and Google, detailing how facing a scary health diagnosis for his young son prompted him to confront survivor's guilt and co-found a 501(c)(3) charity. Discover how the Supporting Kids Foundation raised over $5.6 million to assist more than 1,100 families dealing with pediatric cancer. Learn why true growth always lives on the other side of difficult, how to recognize when a corporate promotion isn't aligned with your personal motivations, and how to build independent, option-driven endeavors by leveraging the execution skills you master in corporate life. 🚀 Want to make your corporate role optional? Grab your FREE copy of Billy's 3-Step Process eBook here: https://www.makeitoptional.com/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=p2olm 📌 Questions Answered in This Episode: How can a corporate executive leverage enterprise skill sets to build a high-impact non-profit organization? What does it look like to turn personal family challenges and survivor's guilt into a $5.6M community foundation? How do you evaluate whether a corporate leadership promotion actually aligns with your personal definition of success? Why is financial independence essential for giving leaders the confidence to take calculated risks? How can modern AI platforms help under-resourced non-profits scale their impact and streamline operations? ⏱️ Episode Chapters: 00:00 - Broadcast Recording Setup: Tuesday, September 15, 2026, with Tim Lockyear 03:37 - 30 Years in Enterprise Tech: IBM, Sprint, Accenture, and Two-Time Zoogler 04:47 - The Catalyst: A Son's Diagnosis and the Origins of Supporting Kids Foundation 07:26 - $5.6 Million and 1,100 Families Impacted: Scaling a Community Mission 09:19 - The Corporate Advantage: How Enterprise Leadership Fosters Confidence and Resilience 12:30 - Embracing the MVP: Why Failing and Stumbling Is Essential to Personal Growth 14:45 - Turning Down Promotions: Recognizing That I Want to Be Where the Action Is 19:46 - "I'm Not Coin-Operated": Defining What Really Drives Your Executive Execution 24:18 - Financial Independence as a Tool for Career Options and Risk-Taking 26:55 - "Growth Is on the Other Side of Difficult": Learning Through Scars and Challenges 30:52 - The $19,000 Investment: From a Small Company to an Accenture Acquisition 35:10 - Leveraging AI for Good: Helping Non-Profits Scale and Do More with Less 42:20 - Sharing the Blueprint: How Tim Helps Other Volunteers Start Foundations 45:16 - The Trough Principle: "It's Never as Bad as You Think, and You're Never as Great as You Think" 50:03 - Connecting with Tim Lockyear and Supporting Kids Foundation 📘 About Billy Keels & Corporate Optionality If you're a corporate executive who wants to make your role optional, learn how to achieve true control over your career and turn your corporate skills into personal assets. With 26 years of experience in corporate sales leadership, Billy Keels achieved true optionality through multiple income streams. Today, he has helped dozens of executives build a predictable path to take control of their time and start living their ideal day. This free ebook gives you everything you need to identify, plan, and take control of your career while building financial optionality, leveraging your skills, and starting to live your IDEAL day - today! Get the Free eBook: https://www.makeitoptional.com/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=p2olm How to Leave a Review for The Going Long Podcast: https://youtu.be/qfRqLVcf8UI Be sure to connect with Billy: Website: https://www.billykeels.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@billykeels LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/billykeels Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/billykeels Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BillyKeelsFanPage Twitter/X: https://www.twitter.com/billykeels
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    51 min
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