Unleash The Knowledge, LLC

• LinkedIn Growth Agency for Entrepreneurs, Executives, Coaches, Consultants, and Agency Owners to join the Top 1% of LinkedIn in their industry so they can close high-ticket deals.
• Digital community of 180,000+ readers promoting self-education through non-fiction books to create more lifelong learners. 
• Developing creative strategies to get books into more hands 
• Consulting with authors on how to turn their book and knowledge into a business.

Founder & CEO

Pavilion

Pavilion is the leading community for networking and learning with other GTM leaders worldwide.

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I help Agency Owners, Coaches, and Consultants Join the Top 1% on LinkedIn in 90 Days to Earn High-Ticket Clients | Feat. in Forbes | 500+ clients | 2x D1 Basketball Conference Champion

In March 2020, I left a $22,500/yr job working for UConn Men’s Basketball.

I bet on myself.

On paper, I was on track to build an incredible career with a championship program.

However, my heart wasn’t in it anymore.

6 months prior to leaving, I started a simple Instagram page.

I called it Unleash The Knowledge.

Most people thought I was crazy but I saw the long-term vision.

4 years later, I run a multi-6-figure business from anywhere in the world, all off my laptop.

My Instagram page is now at 127,000 followers, all from starting from 0.

I’ve worked with 500+ authors, coaches, consultants, and founders.

Some of my past well-known clients include: 

- Rick Ross, Grammy-nominated Rapper
- Jim McKelvey. Co-Founder of Square
- Kara Goldin, Founder of HINT Water
- Terry Virts, NASA Astronaut

Today, I help Founders, Consultants, and C-Suite join the top 1% on LinkedIn in 90 days.

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Thanks for reading this far.

To your success,

Owen “LinkedIn Growth Guy” Sammarone

Owen Sammarone 🚀

I sat on stage in Boston last weekend.

Nearly 200 people staring at me.

I was on a panel with 3 other guys who built massive audiences around non-fiction books.

And something clicked...

Most founders hide behind their content.
They post tips and frameworks but never share the story behind them.
They're terrified to step on a stage and speak their truth.

Here's what I realized: 

Your story is your unfair advantage.

No one else has walked your exact path.
No one else has your failures, breakthroughs, and lessons.
And when you share them, in person, on a stage, in front of real humans, everything changes.

The BookThinkers event in Boston proved this to me.

Here's four lessons I learned from speaking to nearly 200 purpose-driven professionals:

Lesson 1: The energy in the room is different than online.

You can't fake the immediacy of a live audience.
I saw it in their eyes when I shared my journey.

Lesson 2: Speaking on stage forces you to refine your message.

You can't ramble like you do in a post.
You distill fast and learn what actually lands.

Lesson 3: Sharing your journey builds deeper trust than any framework.

People didn't want my 5-step blueprint.
They wanted to connect with someone who's been where they are.

Lesson 4: This ignited a bigger vision for me.

I want to speak on more stages in 2026.
I want to connect deeply and refine my message until it's razor-sharp.

Your audience needs to hear your story, not just your advice.

If you've been thinking about speaking, sharing your journey, or showing up more publicly, do it.

The stage is waiting.

Thank you to Nick Hutchison and the BookThinkers team for putting on a killer event. I can't wait for BookThinkers LIVE 2026.

If you're an author, coach, speaker, or entrepreneur, you will want to be at this event.

Maybe they will let me speak again :)

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Premium LinkedIn Ghostwriter for C-Suite Leaders | Amplifying ideas, stories, & wisdom that transform industries | 500+ clients served | 2x Founder & Speaker

I flew out of the smallest airport I've ever been to this Thanksgiving.
New Haven, Connecticut.
And I found the best use of a vending machine I've ever seen.

Over the holiday, I traveled through 4 states: New Jersey, New York City, Newport, Rhode Island, and the Connecticut coastline.

Grateful for the journey. 
Grateful for the people. 
Grateful for the experiences.

But what stopped me in my tracks was this:

A vending machine. At the gate. Selling books.

Not chips. Not candy bars. Not overpriced sodas.

Books.

Here's why this matters.

Most vending machines sell you something to pass time.
This one sold you something to spend time well.

Think about it.

You're about to sit on a plane for 2 hours. Maybe more.

You could scroll. You could snack. You could zone out.

Or you could read.

Someone at that tiny airport in New Haven thought about that moment.

They asked: What do people actually need right now?

And instead of defaulting to junk food, they chose knowledge. Story. Connection.

That's thoughtful innovation.

It's not flashy. It's not complicated.
It's just someone paying attention to what serves people better.

I didn't buy a book. I had one with me. Actually, two, but who's counting.

But I stood there for a minute just appreciating it.

Because small decisions like that one add up.

They signal that someone cared enough to reimagine what a vending machine could be.

Not every innovation needs to be a breakthrough.
Sometimes it's just putting the right thing in the right place at the right time.

So here's to the person who decided to put books in that vending machine.

And here's to noticing the small, creative ideas that make life a little better.

What's a small innovation you've seen recently that made you stop and appreciate it?

I was going to write a post about Jensen Huang and how he built NVIDIA around pain tolerance.

But then I saw today’s headline:

“SoftBank sells entire NVIDIA stake for $5.83B to fund AI bets.”

And it hit me…

Jensen and his team are probably completely unfazed.

Because they’ve lived this cycle before.
Booms, busts, hype waves, crashes.
They’ve built muscle memory for volatility.

Jensen once said:
“People with very high expectations have very low resilience… and unfortunately, resilience matters in success.”

That’s why NVIDIA doesn’t flinch when others make short-term plays.
They’ve been thirty days from going out of business before.
Now, they’re the backbone of the AI revolution.

Meanwhile, SoftBank is moving money to further fund OpenAI.

Maybe they’re right. Maybe they’re early.
But there’s a difference between betting on AI and becoming essential to it.

That’s what Jensen mastered:
He didn’t just invest in the wave, he built the board.

And that’s the real lesson for founders and leaders right now:

Don’t get swept up in the next AI headline.
Build something that survives the next one.

This door changed everything.

Last week I went back to URI to speak to students.

The night before I went to the basketball game.

And I saw this door again.

Back then it didn't have the branding.
Just a door with a light on.

I was 18.
Scared.
Looking for my shot.

I walked in.
Rang a diner-style bell on the desk.
No one was there.

A woman popped out from around the corner, startled.

I now realize it was her day off.
She was probably just grabbing something quick.
And there I was an 18-year-old kid interrupting her day off.

But I didn't leave.

I asked: "Are there any opportunities in sports where I can get involved?"

That question changed my life.

She gave me a shot. She connected me with the director of basketball ops.
Soon after, I became a student manager for URI men's basketball.

4 years with the Rams.
Then 2 years at UConn as a graduate assistant.

All with Coach Hurley; learning what it takes to be a champion.

He exposed me to self-development.
Books.
Podcasts.
Personal growth.
The idea that you could design your life.

Basketball led to books.
Books led to business.
Business led to me standing in front of students last week, teaching them what I learned.

All because I walked through a door and asked.

Here's what I know:

Life doesn't hand you opportunities.
You create them.

You set a vision.
You take action.
You get in the right rooms.

You open doors.
You ring bells.

Most people wait.
They hope someone will notice them.
They think success happens to them.

It doesn't.

You make it happen.

I was an 18-year-old kid with no connections.
No resume.
No experience.

Just a question.

6 years in basketball.
5 years in business.
A full life of growth, all from one decision.

Don't wait for handouts.
Don't wait for life to happen to you.

Set the vision.
Take the action.

Ring the bell.

This week, a prospect asked me how to find speaking leads.
I told him that wasn't his problem.

Here's what actually is 👇

He came to me worried about two things: not knowing how to find leads and getting his content to resonate with the right people.

I had to be honest with him.

There is no shortage of leads.

LinkedIn alone has over 1 billion users.
The average household income? $124,000.
And compared to every other social platform, it has the fewest people posting content.

It's the least noisy platform for professionals.

So what's the real problem?

Most professionals expect the world to run to them with their credit card out.

That's not how this works.

You need to give people a reason to:
• Follow you on social
• Read your content regularly
• Connect with you privately
• Trust you enough to invest

Without that reason, they won't.
And no amount of posting will fix it.

Here's where most authors and speakers blow it.

They believe their ideas are the best thing ever.

And sure, maybe they are.

But pride doesn't connect with people.
Relatability does.

If your content is all about YOU and YOUR ideas without marrying it to a lesson the reader actually cares about, well...

They won't read it.
They won't follow you.
They won't engage.

The shift required is simple but brutal.

You have to put your pride aside.

Use your core ideas. 
Use your experiences. 
But anchor them to something the reader can apply, feel, or learn from in their own life.

Make it about them, not you.

That's the connection.

When your content speaks to the reader's problems, challenges, and outcomes...they start to trust you.

When they trust you, they follow you.
When they follow you, they reach out.
When they reach out, you close deals.

But it all starts with making your content about the READER.

Not you.

This is much easier said than done. 
This is how we help founders, C-suite, authors, and speakers.

We turn their wisdom into growth content that builds authority, trust, and opportunity on LinkedIn.

We have a couple spots open before we wrap up for the year.

If you're interested in leveraging LinkedIn to become your deal-closing machine without lifting a finger in 2026, book a call with me through the link in the comments.

Don't waste another day posting into the void.

18 years old: Lost. Insecure. Graduated high school with a 2.8 GPA and no clue who I was. Got into college, fortunately. 

19 years old: Found identity through basketball. Still unsure of my purpose, but learning discipline, and replicating success.

20 years old: Showing up every day for the basketball team. Wanted to become Mr. Reliable. Busting my butt in the classroom. Joined social fraternity for “balance” 

21 years old: Won a college basketball championship. Felt on top of the world. 

22 years old: Graduated with honors. Two-time basketball champion. Started my own honors society. Got into UConn’s business school and landed the men’s basketball graduate assistant job. 

23 years old: Worked 80+ hour weeks. Earning $22,500/yr. Going to graduate business school 3x a week for 3 hours each day. Started a book Instagram page that would quietly change my life. 

24 years old: Made my first $200 through the book page. Covid hit. Left basketball for good. Moved back home with Mom. Went all in on that book page. Burned the boats on a “safe” career to chase freedom. 

25 years old: Turned that page into a business. Learned how to sell, fail, and rebuild from scratch. Made $100k. 

26 years old: Kept reading. Kept learning. More mistakes and failures but continued to grow. Said yes to a ton of opportunities. Focus was scattered. 

27 years old: Still running book promotion campaigns. Started ghostwriting for business owners on LinkedIn. Started coaching authors and coaches on scaling on Instagram.  Hit my first $30k/month.

28 years old: Still feeling scattered with focus and energy but pressing forward. Scaled to my first $40k/month. Started a podcast on book marketing and recorded 160+ episodes in one year. Leaning further into LinkedIn ghostwriting than book promotions. 

29 years old: Partnering with major CEOs and authors. Building a 7-figure agency and writing the book I wish I had at 18.

Still in the arena. Still learning.

To everyone trying to figure it out, your early chapters don’t define you. 
They prepare you.

Keep building. Keep believing. 
Your future self is already proud of you.

Elite High Performance

I specialize in building high-impact leaders who turn their teams into happy, engaged high performers that achieve their goals.  Rather than traditional leadership coaching, we blend neuroscience, mindset coaching, high-performance leadership strategies,  technology & data that provide a clear path to building a high-performing team - or to turn around an under-performing team. It’s the same way professional sports combines high-performance coaching and analytics to build a winning sports team.

High-Performance Executive Coach

Rob's Reliability Project

A podcast for reliability and maintenance people looking to better themselves both at work and at home and be entertained!  Check Rob's Reliability Project out on your favorite podcast platform (Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, etc.).

Senior Reliability Engineer

Enbridge

Managed a portfolio of large pipeline valves.

Asset Management Specialist

Fluid Life

My Role Includes:

•	Providing Lubrication & Oil Analysis Audits for customers ranging in industry from mining, oil & gas, energy, manufacturing, pulp & paper and shipping
–	Training customers in reliability topics: Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM), Failure Modes & Effects Analysis (FMEA & FMECA), Root Cause Analysis (RCA), Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA), Five Why’s, Criticality Analysis, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), Maintenance Philosophies (Predictive, Reactive, Preventative, Proactive), Maintenance Cultures and Change Management, Asset Management and ISO 55000

•	Applied Machine Learning to increase efficiency of reviewing oil analysis samples by 78%
–	Presented findings at the RELIABILITY Conference and the SMRP Symposium - 2018

•	Investigating the impact of environmental regulations (Environmental Protection Agency’s Tier 1, 2, 3, 4 Interim & 4 Final) on exhaust gases on oil analysis results of diesel engines and the impact on diesel engine reliability
–	Article about project in International Mining Magazine: 
–	Presented findings at the International Maintenance Conference - 2015

Teck Resources Limited

Spare Parts Optimization & MRO Management – Reliability Engineer & Project Manager

•Major proactive reliability improvement project is resulting in multimillion dollar savings
•Article written in CIM Magazine about Spare Parts Optimization project in conjunction with University of Toronto:
http://magazine.cim.org/en/2013/March-April/upfront/Spare-necessities.aspx 
•	Presented findings at the International Maintenance Conference (IMC) - 2012

Component Risk Project – Reliability Specialist & Project Manager
•This major proactive reliability improvement project is resulting in multimillion dollar savings

Reliability Engineer - Mining

•	Developed cost-benefit analysis models valuing the possible construction of a female psychiatric prison in reducing recidivism rates of mentally ill female offenders
•	Constructed cost-benefit analysis models forecasting freight rail projects and environmental initiatives

Economist

Helping high-achieving leaders unlock their highest levels of performance | World-Renowned Leadership Coach | TEDx Speaker | Top 100 Most Dynamic Leader | Podcast Host | Former College Athlete

I specialize in helping leaders become high-impact individuals who turn their teams into happy, high-performing units that achieve their goals. I believe that traditional leadership coaching methods are not always enough to bring about the change that today's dynamic work environment demands. That's why I've taken a unique approach, blending together neuroscience, mindset coaching, high-performance leadership strategies with cutting-edge technology & data to provide a clear path to building a high-performing team. My goal is to provide leaders with a clear path towards building a successful and high-performing team or turning around an under-performing one. Just like how professional sports teams use a combination of high-performance coaching, technology, and analytics to build championship-winning teams, I use a similar approach to help leaders achieve their goals and lead their teams to success.

Rob Kalwarowsky

I lit myself on fire.  This picture is real.  No AI was hurt in the making of this photo.

I needed to ignite my fears, my chaos, my masks that were holding me back.

This year, I started out on my own.  No clients, no revenue, nothing but a track record of coaching my previous clients to succeed.  

The hardest part?  I started out into the most chaos that the world has ever seen.

Everyone was cutting costs; businesses cut development budgets, events cut speaker fees, people weren’t spending on coaching.

Not to mention, the investments I was making in my book, marketing, branding and my own development.

Lots of money going out and none coming in.

It was f**king hard.

You know that already.  That’s entrepreneurship.

The hardest part wasn’t watching my savings decrease, it was the inner chaos.  The parts of me that wanted me to quit, saying that I couldn’t do it, saying I needed to hold onto my money and the people saying that I wasn’t cut out for entrepreneurship.

As a coach, I live what I teach.  I’m not one to tell you what to do when I don’t do it myself.  That’s not leadership, that’s bullsh*t.

Just like in my book and my most popular keynote, I had to take Mooji’s words to heart.  

“Step into the fire of self-discovery.  This fire will not burn you.  It will burn what you are not.”

I’m not fear.  I’m not someone who quits.  I’m not someone who lets others control what I can do.

You aren’t either.

I stepped into that fire, for real, so I could burn off the non-sense.  I could ignite my fears, ignite the inner chaos, ignite the words of others.

And emerge as who I am.

I’m Human.  

You are too.

We all feel fear, self-doubt, and the impact of our toxic relationships.

But, I don’t let that hold me back.

I ignited those internal and external voices, I connected with who I am and I moved forward with what’s right for me.

You can too.

And no, you don’t need to hire a stunt team to light you on fire.

Want to start?  You can send me a DM.  I coach entrepreneurs, executives and high-achieving people to do this every day.  

What makes me different?  Because just like you, I live entrepreneurship and I live my coaching too.

I don’t just talk the talk.  

I walk the walk and I walked through fire to prove it.

Are you willing to let fear, chaos and other people hold you back?  

You don’t have time to waste on waiting for the perfect time, waiting for other people’s permission or wasting time on a coach/program that doesn’t work.

Let’s talk now.

Robin Daniels I can't let you be the only one doing epic stuff!

How to go from chaos to clarity

Over the last month, clarity has been the biggest challenge for my clients.
Chaos and uncertainty are ramping up the internal noise. That voice telling you you're not good enough. The part pushing for more achievement. The one feeling like an imposter.

You have many internal parts. Just like managing your company.
That's where the Inner Boardroom exercise comes in.

You gather the misaligned executives (your internal parts) in a boardroom. You're the CEO. You facilitate a discussion between them. Then you, as the leader, choose the right direction.

I've used this with entrepreneurs and executives facing decisions like:
• How to navigate tariffs
• What to do about underperforming team members
• Whether to take a new job
• What goals to set for 2026

In all cases, internal chaos was preventing clarity.

The Inner Boardroom exercise gives you clarity and inner tranquility. Usually in one session.

Stop losing time and energy flip flopping on decisions.

Turn chaos into clarity and make better decisions more quickly.

The numbers are clear: Business uncertainty just hit levels 330% higher than in late 2024—surpassing the peak of the pandemic.

Most leaders react by doing what their brain tells them: They freeze.
They cut budgets, they hoard cash, and they wait for stability. This is the amygdala hijack—a simple threat response that shuts down logic and hands your competitors a massive, once-in-a-lifetime advantage.

Did you know the few companies that substantially increased profits during downturns did so at a rate 47% higher than during stable periods? (Think Kellogg's in the Great Depression or Domino's during the Great Recession).

The winners aren't smarter. They're just calmer.

The chaos isn't going away. The real threat isn't external; it's internal. You can't control the market, but you can control your response.

My new article breaks down the neuroscience of the "freeze response" and the simple, 30-second action you must take to interrupt it and join the 11% who win.

The NFIB Small Business Uncertainty Index hit 104 in February 2025. That's the second highest reading ever recorded. The Economic Policy Uncertainty I

Open article: 330% More Uncertainty: The Data-Backed Reason 89% of Leaders Will Freeze (and How to Be the 11% Who Win) by Rob Kalwarowsky • 4 min read

330% More Uncertainty: The Data-Backed Reason 89% of Leaders Will Freeze (and How to Be the 11% Who Win)

Why isn't every day mental health awareness day?  David Walsh and I had a THE REAL Mental Health Foundation walk on Tuesday.

We talked about the REAL stuff that's truly happening in our lives, the changes that we're driving and how we can bring all men on this journey.

Thanks Shawn Lesser for bringing us together and driving the impact into the world!

I watched leaf cutter ants in Costa Rica for an hour.

Every single ant knew exactly where to go. The path through the jungle was worn smooth from thousands of trips. No confusion. No competing directions. Just pure alignment.

In business, I'm seeing the opposite in teams.

Leaders pulling in different directions. Departments missing goals because nobody's supporting each other. Communication has gone silent.

The chaos isn't coming from the market. It's coming from misalignment.

When your team can't agree on the direction, everything gets harder. Decisions take longer. Trust erodes. People burn out trying to figure out which way to go.

The ants get it. They align on the goal, they support each other, and they execute.

That's how work gets done.

My wife's garden can confirm the ants are effective. Maybe too effective.

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