The Success or Excuses Podcast
You can have success, or you can have excuses, but you can’t have both. This isn’t just another business podcast. This is for those who are done with the fluff, the motivational soundbites, and the sugar-coated stories. This is for the ones who want the real conversations about what it actually takes to succeed, no shortcuts, no excuses, just raw, unfiltered truth. James Fleming is a multi-seven-figure business owner who’s been in the trenches, built from the ground up, and knows first-hand the discipline, resilience, and mindset needed to make it happen. But this isn’t just about his story, he’s sitting down with the people who have really been through it. The self-made entrepreneurs, the industry disruptors, the ones who have had it all, lost it all, and fought their way back. Expect straight-talking interviews with high-level business leaders and extraordinary individuals who have mastered their mindset, faced failure head-on, and come out stronger. The kind of people who don’t just talk about success, they live it. No fluff. No sugar-coating. Just real conversations, real lessons, and the reality of what it takes to build something that lasts. If you’re ready to stop making excuses and start taking action, hit subscribe. Success or Excuses, you decide.
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Monday Apr 07, 2025
Monday Apr 07, 2025
Some people crumble under pressure. Others use it as fuel. Billy Farrell is in the latter camp.
In this straight-talking conversation, James Fleming and Billy get real about what it takes to keep moving forward when life throws its hardest punches. No sugar-coating, no empty motivation, just raw insights on resilience, mindset, and why excuses will never get you where you want to be.
Billy has seen the highs, faced the lows, and come out the other side with a mindset that refuses to break. This episode is for anyone who’s ever felt knocked down and needed a reminder that the next move is always in their hands.
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Key Moments:
✔️The real difference between success and excuses
✔️Why mindset is everything when facing challenges
✔️Lessons from risk, business, and personal growth
✔️How to navigate setbacks without losing yourself
✔️The mentality shift that separates the doers from the spectators
This one is all about taking ownership, blocking out the noise, and doing what needs to be done. No fluff. No nonsense. Just the truth about what it takes to level up.
Subscribe to Success or Excuses for more real conversations with people who get it.
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Follow James Fleming:
LinkedIn → https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamesflemingtpwtd/
Success or Excuses Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/successorexcusespodcast?igsh=OW51MzlrazkwMXc%3D&utm_source=qr
YouTube → https://www.youtube.com/@SuccessorExcusesPodcast
Website → https://thepowerwithintraining.com/
Follow Billy Farrell:
Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/iambillyfarrell
Mayhem Marketing → https://www.instagram.com/mayhemmarketinghq?igsh=YjliNG96cjNma3B3
Monday Mar 31, 2025
Monday Mar 31, 2025
To kick things off, James Fleming, the man behind the Success or Excuses podcast steps into the hot seat.
If you don’t know James, you’re about to. And if you think you do? Get ready to hear the story behind the man, the mindset, and the mission.
For once, James isn’t the one leading the conversation. Instead, Ellie McKay, host of the On a Mission podcast sits down with him to flip the script. Because before he starts interviewing other people about their journeys, it’s time to talk about his own.
And trust me, it’s not your usual “rags to riches” story.
James didn’t have a golden ticket to success. There was no safety net, no lucky break, no easy route to the top. Everything he’s built has come from fighting through failure, taking the hard hits, and refusing to let excuses win.
He grew up learning how to scrap, not just in business, but in life. Arrested as a teenager, thrown into situations that could have defined him, he had to make a choice: stay on the same path or rewrite his story.
He didn’t have money. In fact, at one point, he was drowning in six figures of debt. He risked everything sometimes recklessly to build something bigger than himself.
And at multiple points, it could have all fallen apart.
But it didn’t. Because excuses don’t build empires, taking action does.
This podcast isn’t about sugar-coating things or pretending the journey is easy. It’s about cutting through the noise, exposing the real lessons, and proving that the only thing standing between you and success is the story you’re telling yourself.
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Key Moments:
✔️The real reason James launched this podcast, why Success or Excuses is different
✔️The moment everything changed, from fighting and getting arrested to making a choice
✔️The brutal lessons that shaped him, why pain is a better teacher than success
✔️Overcoming six figures of debt, how he went from struggling to scaling
✔️The mindset shift that separates those who make it from those who don’t
✔️Why most people fail and how to stop being one of them
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Follow James Fleming:
LinkedIn → https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamesflemingtpwtd/
Success or Excuses Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/success.or.excuses?igsh=OW51MzlrazkwMXc%3D&utm_source=qr
YouTube → https://www.youtube.com/@SuccessorExcusesPodcast
Website → https://thepowerwithintraining.com/
Follow Ellie Mckay:
Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/ellie_mckay_official?igsh=bDV3YW4wZzlhcWhq
On a Mission Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/onamissionpodcast2.0?igsh=MXBrYW1wNWl1NGMxZQ==
On a Mission Podcast → https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/on-a-mission-podcast-2-0/id1769641828
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Success isn’t about luck. It’s about resilience, mindset, and taking action when everything seems stacked against you. If you’re ready to stop making excuses and start moving forward, hit play.
Listen now. Take notes. Then go make sh*t happen.