The Nick Burns Show · Episode #003

Why Energy Executives & CEOs Still Struggle with Imposter Syndrome and How To Combat It

Name: Why Energy Executives & CEOs Still Struggle with Imposter Syndrome and How To Combat It
Uploaded: 2026-05-19T06:00:06-07:00
Duration: 46 min 15 s

With JP Warren, founder of Crew Club, 21 years in oil and gas · May 19, 2026 · 46 min

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JP Warren has spent 21 years in oil and gas, from sorting mail at Noble Drilling to working offshore to building Crew Club. He sits at tables with ten CEOs and says eight of them struggle with imposter syndrome. Including him.

JP opens up about the COVID stretch of 11am vodka sodas and self-sabotage, and the two friends who pulled him onto a jiu-jitsu mat. Nick shares his own turning point: a DUI at Fort Bragg and the first sergeant who saw his potential anyway, and who is now one of Nick's PetroFit clients.

They also get into why motivation runs out and only systems hold, how body language does 55 percent of your selling before you speak, faith for high performers, and the empty-nest math nobody warns you about.

Chapters

0:00 Cold open
0:49 Meeting JP in person for the first time
2:15 How JP fell into oil and gas (the Noble Drilling mix-up)
4:38 The "house of cards" loop and JP's hard reset
8:16 Imposter syndrome at the table with 10 CEOs
20:10 Nick's military years and the gym that saved his life
22:32 Jiu-Jitsu Jesus: JP's faith journey
26:28 11am vodka sodas: JP's COVID stretch and the reset
30:08 Body language: 55% of selling happens before you speak
33:01 Stop negotiating with yourself: systems over motivation
35:14 The Fort Bragg DUI and the first sergeant who saw him
38:41 Hyper-connected, deeply disconnected: the case for vulnerability
41:50 The phone moment and the empty nest math

Topics: Guest Stories, Mindset & Discipline, Energy Executives, Systems

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