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Kurt Wilkin

@KurtWilkin

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Husband, Father, Friend, Connector. Entrepreneur, Best-Selling Author, & Unlocking Moves podcaster with a passion for capitalism for good.

Austin, Texas
Joined April 2009
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Kurt Wilkin
2 days
When I asked Mike Aviles, Founder & CEO of Grow2day, about his first sabbatical, he hit me with a story every driven leader needs to hear. Three days in, he was ready to “optimize” the household like a business, with strategic plans, operating plans, the whole thing. His wife
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Kurt Wilkin
7 days
I love that my @Tesla unlocks when I approach with my cell phone and locks when I leave the vehicle. I love that it basically starts when I get in the car and shuts off when I leave the car. HOWEVER, it causes problems when I drive my wife’s suburban. I’ve left it unlocked
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Kurt Wilkin
8 days
Our offense seem to play with a sense of urgency when down — but if our defense gets a stop, we tend to let down for some F-ing reason.
@TreyBiddy
Trey Biddy
8 days
Texas 24, Arkansas 20 at halftime. 520 combined yards. Hogs have 157 rushing yards against a Texas D that allows an average of just 83.2 per game. Hogs have to capitalize on those two defensive stops but went 3-and-out both times #wps
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Kurt Wilkin
8 days
C’mon Hogs. Have some f-ing pride secondary
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Kurt Wilkin
9 days
Great leaders don't just talk vision, they live it! Kyle McGee, Founder & CEO of Sunchase Companies and host of the Legacy Builders Podcast,, breaks down what separates good leaders from great ones. Outstanding leadership starts with example: showing up first, staying
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Kurt Wilkin
12 days
In this episode, I sat down with Josue Rivas, an immigrant from Peru who literally walked out of a stable systems engineering job at Dell to chase food. He left the office, went straight to culinary school, built restaurants, lost it all, and had to start over, taking prep-cook
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Kurt Wilkin
17 days
He traded sweat for strategy and built on his father's dream Kyle McGee, Founder & CEO of @sunchasecompanies and host of the @legacybuilderskm , shares the lesson that shaped his career: "Use your head, not your back." Raised by a father and grandfather who embodied the American
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Kurt Wilkin
17 days
I promise I'm actually taking some time off!! To celebrate my own career transition, I wanted to re-share this amazing episode of Unlocking Moves featuring my friend Josue Rivas. Josue was a successful engineer at Dell who took a huge risk when he changed career paths and
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Kurt Wilkin
19 days
Kyle McGee, Founder & CEO of Sunchase Companies and host of the Legacy Builders Podcast, opens up about a turning point that reshaped his path. At 23, a DUI forced him to face himself and rebuild his life with discipline. Not long after, his father, his mentor and business
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Kurt Wilkin
20 days
Allison and Stephen Ellsworth quit oil & gas, were literally pregnant, and started selling an Apple Cider Vinegar-based drink at the Dallas farmers markets. It wasn’t a “we have a beverage company” moment but it was “THIS works or we give up the dream.” They rebranded from
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Kurt Wilkin
22 days
After selling @HireBetter , I'm trying to follow my own advice and take some time off before I jump into something else... take a quarter off. That includes time away from Unlocking Moves. So we're simply re-releasing some episodes this Fall - and what better way to kick off
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Kurt Wilkin
24 days
"I knew taking a sabbatical would make me a better father and a better husband... I didn't know it would make me a better CEO" - Mike Aviles As I begin my own attempt at a sabbatical after exiting HireBetter, I felt like I had to talk to an expert! Mike is an old friend who has
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Kurt Wilkin
29 days
Venables is an idiot. His RB did the right thing and purposefully didn’t score earlier — then he allowed Mateer to score. It shouldn’t have even come down to a second onside kick.
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Kurt Wilkin
1 month
Sleep is non-negotiable—and so is family time Dr. Tracy Gapin, men’s health expert and urologist, shares the two rules that anchor his life. ✅ Protect your bedtime. Aim for a consistent lights-out that gives you at least seven to seven-and-a-half hours of sleep. Build
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Kurt Wilkin
1 month
Is this official?
@TreySchaap
Trey Schaap
1 month
BREAKING: Arkansas and Texas A&M will kick at 4:30 and the gates will open at 3.
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Kurt Wilkin
2 months
He performed his own vasectomy. Seriously. Dr. Tracy Gapin, men’s health expert and urologist, shares the wild story of performing his own vasectomy—solo, in his clinic, one Friday afternoon. After years of doing the procedure for others, he decided no one could do it faster or
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Kurt Wilkin
2 months
Love this @thomsinger ! You’re an inspiration to leaders in all walks of life!
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Thom Singer, CSP 🌟
2 months
Over 50 - the best years of your life! https://t.co/yZiP4ytuvf #50to75
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Chris Low
2 months
Imagine somebody telling you in August that Indiana might be the best team in the country, FSU would beat Bama by two TDs and then start 0-3 in ACC, Mike Gundy would be fired three games into the season, Bobby Petrino would be coaching the Hogs again and Texas, Penn State and
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Kurt Wilkin
2 months
Graduates, your unfair advantage is rejection reps. Lexi Kaz, Founder of You Will Rock Books, shares hard-won advice for grads and interns. She went six months without a client in her first PR business and kept dialing through 200 calls. ✅ Treat rejection like training. Set a
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Kurt Wilkin
2 months
They copied her idea, but she kept going anyway. Lexi Kaz, the 20-year-old founder of You Will Rock Books, shares a real moment from self-publishing: once a book takes off, imitators appear. She’s learned to let it roll off, read it as proof of demand, and stay focused on her
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