Everyone fails. But not everyone knows how to fail forward. In this episode of What Really Works, Dr. Michelle Rozen sits down with Jacob Brown - former NFL athlete, keynote speaker, author, and coach - to talk about one of the most powerful mindset shifts you can make: turning your worst moments into your greatest fuel.

Jacob knows the mud firsthand. Cut from the NFL, a 15-year battle with alcoholism, and the loss of an identity built entirely around football. But instead of staying down, he built a framework around failing forward and now he helps others do the same.

This is a raw, real, and deeply human conversation about resilience, identity, and what it actually takes to get out of the mud.

In this episode:

• What "failing forward" really means and where the concept came from
• Faili ...