Oct 8, 2026 · 1 hr 10 min · 15 segments
What keeps a small business from reaching the next level? In this episode of The Practical Wealth Show, Curtis May sits down with entrepreneur, business-growth strategist, and author Leahcim James to…
Curtis MayHost
Guys, if you're in business, you're interviewing, you, you want to listen for what I call the thread of success in one, in, in of life, right? So I like athletes, so we have a s- I d- I had, we're, we like, [laughs] right?
So, and, um, I read Rich Dad Poor Dad, it had just come out, so I didn't read it, so I was like, how old was I then? 28 or 30ish.
So I was like, wait, what I'm doing and what he's talking about is different, and it took me like a three years to deprogram myself from buy term investor difference and, you know, just kind of figuring out what I wanted to do.
But it does sh- it's not very tactical, but it does shift your perspective, right?
And then to be good at basketball, you know, you gotta, you gotta discipline, you gotta practice, drill and rehearse.
To me, all that, like, when I coach youth sports, the, the, it's when I coach the kids, it's like, most of y'all ain't gonna go pro in whatever sport you're playing, [laughs] right? But the, what would you say the discipline and the skill sets helped you to transition to your next, uh, venture?
Like, I, I knew that when I decided to quit playing basketball at 19, I'm like, "Bro, I'm, I'm 19.
And I felt my college coach did not give me the shot that I was looking for, so I was eager to prove that I'm better than what the opportunity was that I was presented with, and I just felt like I had a chip on my shoulder that I had to prove myself.
So I, I made a, that like the same, I was, when I was playing basketball in, in high school and college, I'm doing two-a-days, three-a-days-
Guys, if you're in business, you're interviewing, you, you want to listen for what I call the thread of success in one, in, in of life, right? So I like athletes, so we have a s- I d- I had, we're, we like, [laughs] right?
So, and, um, I read Rich Dad Poor Dad, it had just come out, so I didn't read it, so I was like, how old was I then? 28 or 30ish.
So I was like, wait, what I'm doing and what he's talking about is different, and it took me like a three years to deprogram myself from buy term investor difference and, you know, just kind of figuring out what I wanted to do.
But it does sh- it's not very tactical, but it does shift your perspective, right?
And then to be good at basketball, you know, you gotta, you gotta discipline, you gotta practice, drill and rehearse.
To me, all that, like, when I coach youth sports, the, the, it's when I coach the kids, it's like, most of y'all ain't gonna go pro in whatever sport you're playing, [laughs] right? But the, what would you say the discipline and the skill sets helped you to transition to your next, uh, venture?
Like, I, I knew that when I decided to quit playing basketball at 19, I'm like, "Bro, I'm, I'm 19.
And I felt my college coach did not give me the shot that I was looking for, so I was eager to prove that I'm better than what the opportunity was that I was presented with, and I just felt like I had a chip on my shoulder that I had to prove myself.
So I, I made a, that like the same, I was, when I was playing basketball in, in high school and college, I'm doing two-a-days, three-a-days-
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