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Today we're going to talk about photo management. And this is something that's just driven me crazy for years, and I'm finally getting a handle on it after all these years. I've got tens of thousands of photos to deal with and videos and everything. So I decided to dig in a little bit more and learn how to do it myself, but I'm getting a better handle over it than the past month or so. Launch Team - https://www.ScrewTheCommute.com/launchteam Please watch this short trailer to the end and leave a comment - https://www.facebook.com/AmericanEntrepreneurFilm/videos/558575401181955 AI Hacks - https://www.ScrewTheCommute.com/aihacks AI Hacks Video Masterclass - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miJed0mCFHQ Professional Speaking Masterclass - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFLR1MLTnf0 Email Marketing Masterclass - https://youtu.be/_wlvw073xP0 How Podcasting Got Me Invited to the White House - https://www.screwthecommute.com/pod Screw The Commute Podcast Show Notes Episode 1150 How To Automate Your Business - https://screwthecommute.com/automatefree/ Internet Marketing Training Center - https://imtcva.org/ Higher Education Webinar – https://screwthecommute.com/webinars See Tom's Stuff – https://linktr.ee/antionandassociates 00:23 Tom's introduction to Photo Management For Beginners 02:51 Using the Photos app and searching for photos 07:30 Types of Collections for your photos 11:36 Recents and Shared albums Entrepreneurial Resources Mentioned in This Podcast Higher Education Webinar - https://screwthecommute.com/webinars Screw The Commute - https://screwthecommute.com/ Screw The Commute Podcast App - https://screwthecommute.com/app/ Screw The Commute Podcast Producer - https://screwthecommute.com/larryguerrera/ College Ripoff Quiz - https://imtcva.org/quiz Know a young person for our Youth Episode Series? Send an email to Tom! - orders@antion.com Have a Roku box? Find Tom's Public Speaking Channel there! - https://channelstore.roku.com/details/267358/the-public-speaking-channel How To Automate Your Business - https://screwthecommute.com/automatefree/ Internet Marketing Retreat and Joint Venture Program - https://greatinternetmarketingtraining.com/ This is the shopping cart system Tom uses! Kartra - https://screwthecommute.com/kartra/ Copywriting901 - https://copywriting901.com/ Become a Great Podcast Guest - https://screwthecommute.com/greatpodcastguest Training - https://screwthecommute.com/training Disabilities Page - https://imtcva.org/disabilities/ Tom's Patreon Page - https://screwthecommute.com/patreon/ Tom on TikTok - https://tiktok.com/@digitalmultimillionaire/ Email Tom: Tom@ScrewTheCommute.com Internet Marketing Training Center - https://imtcva.org/ Related Episodes Software & SaaS - https://screwthecommute.com/1149/ More Entrepreneurial Resources for Home Based Business, Lifestyle Business, Passive Income, Professional Speaking and Online Business I discovered a great new headline / subject line / subheading generator that will actually analyze which headlines and subject lines are best for your market. I negotiated a deal with the developer of this revolutionary and inexpensive software. Oh, and it's good on Mac and PC. Go here: http://jvz1.com/c/41743/183906 The Wordpress Ecourse. Learn how to Make World Class Websites for $20 or less. https://screwthecommute.com/wordpressecourse/
https://teachhoops.com/ If you look at the modern grassroots basketball landscape, you will see a massive, high-pressure push toward year-round, single-sport specialization. Club directors, private trainers, and over-eager parents will tell you that if your athletes aren't holding a basketball twelve months a year, playing in seventy summer showcase games, and skipping the fall football schedule or spring baseball tracks, they are falling behind the developmental curve. But when you step into the "Truth Room," you realize that this intense, hyper-specialized model is introducing an enormous operational leak into youth sports. Year-round specialization doesn't build better basketball players; it builds physically burnt-out, mentally exhausted, and highly fragile athletes who are prone to overuse injuries and emotional fatigue long before they reach their varsity peak. In this episode, we tackle one of the most critical cultural debates in high school sports: The Multi-Sport Athlete. We look at why the absolute best program builders don't just tolerate multi-sport athletes—they actively actively recruit them out of their school's hallways. Discover how playing multiple sports accelerates an athlete's physical coordination, protects their mental health, and sharpens a high-volume Decision IQ that transfers perfectly to the hardwood when the winter schedule tips off. To evaluate whether your program's culture actively fosters versatile athletic development or is quietly contributing to the single-sport specialization trap, ask yourself this question: "Are your off-season training expectations and summer scheduling demands designed to accommodate and value the kid who is currently competing on the gridiron, soccer pitch, or track, or are you quietly penalizing them on your winter depth chart because they chose to own another room during the basketball off-season?" If your gym standard treats a multi-sport athlete like an outsider who has "missed too much time," your culture is stuck in a transactional leak. But if you embrace the overlapping traits of multi-sport competition, you unlock a diverse roster of resilient, battle-tested winners. An elite multi-sport athlete brings unique physical and psychological traits to your winter roster that cannot be replicated by spending twelve straight months playing standard 5-on-5 basketball: The Hardwood Transfer: A kid who spent their fall absorbing contact on a football field or navigating tight spatial vision constraints on a soccer pitch does not shrink when physical friction arrives on a Friday night basketball court. They understand how to establish a low center of gravity, anchor their stance in the low post, and play through heavy contact to secure an interior rebound. They naturally protect your defensive Effective Field Goal Percentage ($eFG%$) because they possess an inherent standard of physical toughness. The Hardwood Transfer: Track athletes understand baseline stride efficiency, linear deceleration, and explosive leaping mechanics. Baseball and softball players possess elite hand-eye coordination and kinetic rotational timing. When you jam these diverse movement profiles into a 120-minute basketball practice script, their physical Rep Density scales rapidly because their bodies are structurally balanced and resilient against overuse strains. The Hardwood Transfer: When a multi-sport athlete walks into your locker room in November, they are starving for basketball. They aren't carrying the psychological exhaust of playing one hundred meaningless summer showcase games. They bring a fresh, competitive energy to the floor. They are experts at adjusting to different coaching lenses—knowing exactly how to submit to The Antagonist's defensive demands or follow The Yoda's tactical schemes because they've operated under different leadership models all year. Coach's Note: "Stop listening to the multi-million dollar club circuits telling you your kids need to specialize at fourteen years old. Look at the data: the absolute best competitors, the ones who know how to close out games under extreme pressure, are the kids who have spent their entire lives competing in every arena possible. When an athlete is a quarterback in the fall, a point guard in the winter, and a shortstop in the spring, they spend all year learning how to lead, how to handle adversity, and how to win. Share the kids, cooperate with your fellow coaches, and let's build complete athletes." Title Ideas: Should Basketball Players Specialize or Play Multiple Sports? Why the Best Basketball Coaches Active Hire Multi-Sport Athletes The Hidden Danger of Year-Round Basketball Specialization How Other Varsity Sports Can Maximize Your Team's Game-Night eFG% Primary Keywords: The multi-sport athlete basketball coaching, sports specialization vs multi-sport, TeachHoops, Coach Collins, basketball team culture development, high school basketball athletic cross-training, standard of tolerance. Secondary Keywords: Next play speed resilience, own the room coaching language, active density practice scripts, Types of Coaches (3).pdf, effective field goal percentage focus, decision IQ constraints, player-led team autonomy, preventing athlete burnout. Description Snippet: "Are you forcing your basketball players into a year-round specialization trap, or are you leveraging the massive competitive benefits of the multi-sport athlete? In this podcast episode, Coach Collins breaks down why the absolute best coaches actively welcome multi-sport players into their programs. Discover the physical and psychological data behind athletic cross-training, and learn how to structure your off-season to build durable, high-IQ winners." Suggested Tags: #BasketballCoaching #TeachHoops #CoachCollins #MultiSportAthlete #CoachingPhilosophy #TeamCulture #SportsLeadership #HighSchoolBasketball #AthleteDevelopment Are you navigating this multi-sport dynamic to design a unified off-season workout schedule alongside your school's football and soccer coaching staffs to protect your athletes from physical overload, or are you looking for specific communication strategies to present to parents who are feeling heavy external club-circuit pressure to specialize their children early? Show NotesThe Diagnostic Question Every Varsity Leader Must AskThe Cross-Training Symmetry: How Other Sports Drive Basketball Efficiency [FOOTBALL / SOCCER] ───► Physical Friction & Spatial Vision ───► High-Hands Posture [TRACK / BASEBALL] ───► Explosive Footwork & Kinetic Timing ───► Next Play Speed 1. The Physicality & Contact Shield (Football/Soccer)2. The Multi-Angle Acceleration (Track/Baseball)3. The Psychological Clean SlateThe Program Audit: The Specialization Leak vs. The Versatile StandardProgram AttributeThe Year-Round Specialization Trap (Leak)The Multi-Sport Championship StandardOff-Season FilterMandatory summer demands; forcing kids to chooseCoordinated scheduling with other varsity head coachesPhysical ProfileOveruse patterns; chronic fatigue; soft-tissue issuesBalanced kinetic development; elite structural durabilityCompetitive MindsetBurnt-out; robotic compliance; low emotional varianceHigh-volume winner; thrives under pressure and frictionLocker Room VibeQuiet, single-track focus; individual stat huntingA dynamic, Player-Led shield focused on winningYouTube SEO Strategy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Financial freedom and the power of authenticity in the age of AI with Sam Vander Wielen. ----- Welcome to episode 580 of The Food Blogger Pro Podcast! This week on the podcast, Bjork interviews Sam Vander Wielen. Why Personality Is the New Competitive Advantage with Sam Vander Wielen This episode digs into the gap between the idea of entrepreneurship and what it actually takes to build a business. Sam shares how she was first drawn to food blogging and online business because they felt like a path to freedom, only to realize she was in love with the outcome, not the daily work required to get there. That realization led her to a better-fitting path: combining her legal background with the creator economy to build a business that helps online creators with legal templates and advice. From there, the conversation opens up into something deeper: success, "enoughness," and what actually creates fulfillment. Sam gets candid about major personal hardships, including brain surgery, caring for her father through leukemia, and losing both of her parents, and how those experiences forced her to confront a hard truth: business success and financial growth can solve a lot of problems, but not the personal ones. She and Bjork talk about protecting your time, building with intention, and why leaning into story, personality, and authenticity matters more than ever in an AI-shaped world where purely informational content is easier to replace. Three episode takeaways: The outcome you're chasing isn't always the work you love: It's easy to fall for the idea of freedom and flexibility that entrepreneurship promises, without realizing that the daily grind of running a business is a completely different thing to love or hate. Sam's pivot to serving creators with legal expertise came from getting honest about that gap. Financial success can't solve personal problems: Going through brain surgery, caring for a parent through illness, and losing both parents pushed Sam to separate the two. Business growth can build security and options, but it won't fix grief, burnout, or a sense of "enoughness" — that work has to happen elsewhere. Story and authenticity are your defense against AI: As purely informational content becomes easier to automate and replace, personality, voice, and lived experience are what keep creators irreplaceable. Protecting your time and building with intention isn't just a lifestyle choice — it's a competitive strategy. Resources: Sam's website Sam's book, When I Start My Business, I'll Be Happy The Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel Morgan Housel says he's met a half dozen billionaires — and his new book shows how you can be wealthier than all of them — Yahoo The 5 Types of Wealth by Sahil Bloom Sam's newsletter, Sam's Sidebar Craft + Commerce — Kit The U.S. Copyright Office This Week in Startups ElevenLabs Sam's podcast, On Your Terms Follow Sam on Instagram Join the Food Blogger Pro Podcast Facebook Group Thank you to our sponsors! This episode is sponsored by Raptive. Learn more about our sponsors at foodbloggerpro.com/sponsors. Interested in working with us too? Learn more about our sponsorship opportunities and how to get started here. If you have any comments, questions, or suggestions for interviews, be sure to email them to podcast@foodbloggerpro.com. Learn more about joining the Food Blogger Pro community at foodbloggerpro.com/membership.
Summer vacations mean something different depending on where you grew up, and in this episode, we look back on the childhood memories that shaped us—from playing outside in the rain in Mexico to biking through Minnesota during long summer days. We also talk about how owning a home and raising our son, Santi, has changed our relationship with travel, why we're trying to squeeze in a few more trips before he turns two, and the realities of traveling as parents. Along the way, we compare summer traditions in Mexico and the U.S., explain why “summer” doesn't always mean hot weather, share travel mishaps caused by unexpected climates, and discuss what an ideal vacation looks like for us today.Key Takeaways:How becoming parents and homeowners has changed the way we think about traveling.The differences between summer vacations, weather, and school breaks in Mexico and the United States.Why some of our favorite childhood summer memories had nothing to do with traveling at all.everyday cultureLinks And Additional Resources:326 – Viajar al Caribe en Temporada de Sargazo | Traveling to the Caribbean During Sargassum Season312 – Cómo Crear tu Propia Inmersión en Español Sin Viajar | How to Create Your Own Spanish Immersion Without Traveling294 – Español Útil para un Viaje a México | Useful Spanish for a Trip to Mexico292 – Aprendizajes de Nuestro Primer Viaje con Santi | Learnings From Our First Trip with Santi250 – Tipos de Viajes, ¿Cuál Prefieres Tú? | Types of trips, which one do you prefer?Join La Escala to practice Spanish, stay consistent, and connect with other learnersLevel up your Spanish with our Podcast MembershipGet the full transcript of each episode so you don't miss a wordListen to an extended breakdown section in English going over the most important words and phrasesTest your comprehension with a multiple choice quizSupport the show
Episode 446 of Grief and Happiness is for anyone who's wished a moment of grief or gratitude could last. Author Erica Gerard Di Bona shares how a typewriter and a thousand letters a year have helped her comfort grieving friends and reconnect with a stranger whose life her note changed. Her candid advice on condolences shows why a letter really is better.In This Episode, You Will Learn:(00:57) Erica's mission to bring back civility, one letter at a time(02:36) How grief after losing her husband led Emily to a year of weekly letters(09:44) Why a letter can reach people carrying hidden grief(10:49) Erica's advice to stop dancing around the word "death"(18:02) Small ways to stay connected — jokes, clippings, and horoscopes(21:02) The letter that resurfaced nine months later and changed a stranger's life(27:23) Erica's "secret weapon" for meetings: typed letters as a UC Santa Cruz "friend raiser"(29:23) What to say — and never say — in a condolence letter(34:14) The century-old letters that revealed hidden family history(39:46) How one letter can turn someone into a lifelong letter writerErica Gerard Di Bona is a lifelong letter writer and author of A Letter Is Better! The Art of Thank You, which makes the case for handwritten notes as tools for connection and healing. A former producer in network news, kids' game shows, and documentaries, she now works as a fundraising consultant for UC Santa Cruz. She types roughly 1,000 letters a year on one of her seven typewriters, connecting her with correspondents like Henry Winkler. Erica lives in Los Angeles with her husband, producer Vin Di Bona, and their daughter.Erica joins Emily to explore letter writing as an antidote to grief and isolation. She shares how her practice has helped her comfort grieving friends, thank strangers for small kindnesses, and stay close to loved ones far away — including a tattoo artist who called nine months after receiving her note to say it pulled him back from despair. She and Emily also swap stories about century-old letters that revealed hidden family history, showing how a letter can outlast the moment it was written. Erica offers guidance on condolence notes, encouraging people to name death plainly and skip empty platitudes in favor of personal memories — framing letter writing as a small act of kindness that can ease someone's grief.Connect with Erica Gerard Di Bona:WebsiteLinkedInInstagramFacebookBook: Erica Gerard Di Bona - A Letter Is Better!: The Art of Thank YouLet's Connect: WebsiteLinkedInFacebookInstagramTwitterPinterestThe Grief and Happiness AllianceBook: Emily Thiroux Threatt - Loving and Living Your Way Through Grief Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 208: The Life We Model: What Children Learn from the Way We LiveAs outdoor educators, we spend a great deal of time thinking about what children need—but how often do we pause to consider what they are learning simply by watching us?In this reflective episode, I explore the quiet lessons we teach through the way we live. As I prepare for an upcoming hut-to-hut trek through the Swedish Highlands and put the finishing touches on my new book, Outdoor Classrooms Unlocked, I've been thinking about growth, discomfort, curiosity, and the importance of continuing to learn throughout our lives.Children notice far more than our lesson plans. They watch how we respond to challenges, whether we embrace new experiences, and how we connect with the natural world. The life we model may be one of the most powerful forms of teaching we offer.In This Episode You'll Discover:Why children learn as much from our actions as our words.How lifelong curiosity shapes the educators we become.The difference between observing life and fully participating in it.Why stepping outside our comfort zone helps us grow alongside the children we teach.How outdoor classrooms invite both children and adults to reconnect with nature, wonder, and themselves.Key TakeawayThe most meaningful lessons we teach often happen without saying a word. When we choose curiosity, embrace challenge, and remain connected to the natural world, we show children what a life of lifelong learning and wonder can look like.Connect with Victoria: Resources & Links
Vous postez. Vous avez des vues. Mais aucun client ne signe.Dans cet épisode solo de Marketing Square, je vous livre les 7 types de contenusqui font vraiment Closer après 4 000 posts et des centaines d'entrepreneursaccompagnés chez Agence Personnelle.Pas le temps de tout écouter ? Le récap complet est dans ma newsletter :https://newsletter.carolinemignaux.comAu programme :• Les 3 types de contenus qui sabotent votre image (et que vous faites encore)• Famille 1 — Le clivant : le post que tout le monde évite qui ramène les vrais clients• Famille 2 — Les coulisses : montrez ce qui n'est pas normalement montré• Famille 3 — L'avant/après : le curiosity gap qui fait cliquer et crée la confiance• Famille 4 — Le décryptage : to-do manuscrite, infographies, quiz — l'autorité immédiate• Famille 5 — Le format signature : votre bold move qui crée la différence• Famille 6 — La levée des objections : "avant on pensait que... sauf que"• Famille 7 — Le earned media : podcasts, tribunes, collabs — la bombe atomique du reachPOUR ALLER PLUS LOIN☑ Audit de votre compte par Agence Personnelle : https://carolinemignaux.com/agence☑ Créer votre marque personnelle (le bundle) : https://carolinemignaux.com/bundle☑ Rejoindre la communauté The Square : https://www.carolinemignaux.com/communaute☑ Le récap de l'épisode dans ma newsletter Bankable! : https://newsletter.carolinemignaux.com/
Ever feel like gossip spreads faster than you can stop it? In today's episode, I am diving deep into the destructive nature of gossip. It's more than just idle talk—it's a heart issue that affects our spiritual health and community harmony. I also break down the biblical warnings found in Proverbs and James, helping us understand why our words carry such weight. I'm not just talking about the problem; I'm giving you practical, faith-filled tools to guard your ears, close your mouth, and protect your peace. In this episode, I cover: The Anatomy of Gossip: Understanding the different roles people play (power trippers, lightning rods, and more). Biblical Wisdom: What Proverbs and James have to say about the power of our speech. Practical Filters: Two questions you must ask before engaging in a conversation that feels like gossip. Heart Health: Why our mouths usually reveal what's going on in our hearts. Guarding Your Temple: Practical steps to maintain unity and spiritual health. If this episode spoke to your heart, please like this video, subscribe to our channel, and share this with a friend who needs a little encouragement today. Tag me @biancajuarezofficial to show your support and help us continue to grow this space together. Love you guys! B Resources & Links Bianca's Book: Grit Don't Quit: Developing Resilience And Faith When Giving Up Isn't An Option. https://amzn.to/3MO74OC Bible Study: Grit Don't Quit Bible Study https://www.biancajuaerzofficial.com/gdq All Resources: Learn more about books and other resources from Bianca. https://www.biancajuarezofficial.com/resources Chapter Timestamps 00:00 Introduction: The Reality of Gossip 00:30 Understanding Gossip and Its Dangers 01:28 The Visual Analogy of Feathers and Pillows 02:27 Biblical Warnings About Gossip 03:23 The Power of Words and Their Impact 04:48 Types of Gossip: Power Trippers, Haters, Processors, Lightning Rods 08:33 The Heart Issue Behind Gossip 14:22 Why Gossip Matters: Spiritual and Community Consequences 17:39 Practical Steps to Stop Gossip: Guard Your Ears and Mouth 20:30 Biblical Approach to Addressing Gossip and Conflict Support Subscribe + Leave a Review: Don't miss an episode! Find We're Going There on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Stay Connected: Join the community today. https://www.biancajuarezofficial.com/ WGT Email: podcast@inthenameoflove.org Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@BiancaJuarezOfficial Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/biancajuarezofficial/ Thank You to Our Sponsors! We're Going There is Sponsored by: HomeChef: Go to HomeChef.com/WGT for 50% OFF your first box and free dessert for life! Must be an active subscriber to receive free dessert. http://tinyurl.com/WGTHomeChef BetterHelp: Visit BetterHelp.com/GOINGTHERE today to get 10% off. http://tinyurl.com/WGTBetterHelp Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In this episode of the Lead Ministry Podcast, Josh Denhart and Vance Martin of Slingshot Group introduce the Ability vs. Likability framework — a simple chart that places every leader in one of four quadrants. They explore why the most effective leaders are both highly capable AND highly likable, offering ministry leaders a practical self-assessment for becoming the kind of influencer their team actually wants to follow. If you've ever wondered why your hard work isn't translating into team buy-in, this episode will equip and inspire you with the framework and the action steps to shift your leadership posture this week. Key Topics CoveredThe four quadrants of leadership – Influencer, Intimidator, Incompetent, Infamous.Why likability is a leadership superpower – the "benefit of the doubt" advantage.Invitation and challenge – the horse-whisperer model for leading people well. Key Quote"People are not a means to an end. They are the end. Focus on the people and you'll get more done than you ever thought possible." Scripture ReferencesProverbs 27:17 – "As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another."Philippians 2:3-4 – "Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves." TakeawayLikability gets you loved. Ability gets you respected. You need both. Run the honest self-assessment, pick one axis to grow on this quarter, and watch your influence multiply. Call to ActionWe hope this episode encourages and equips you. Share it with a friend and stay tuned for more resources each week. Stay Connected for More ResourcesVisit our website: http://leadministry.comFollow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LeadVolunteersFind us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leadvolunteers
On this episode of Run the Numbers, CJ sits down with Dave McClure and Aman Verjee of Practical VC to talk about the evolution of startup investing — from the PayPal mafia and Founders Fund era to 500 Startups, YC-style scale, and today's secondary market.—SPONSORS:Rillet is an AI-native ERP built for modern finance teams that want to replace NetSuite and close faster. With revenue recognition, close management, multi-entity support, and native Stripe and Salesforce integrations, Rillet helps scaling companies run their finance stack in one place. Hundreds of teams, including Windsurf and Mercor, use Rillet to make the zero-day close real. Book a demo at https://www.rillet.com/cjMaximor is an autonomous finance platform that runs order-to-cash, procure-to-pay, the close, cash management, and reporting on self-learning agents instead of a dozen disconnected tools. One PE-backed customer cut their close in half, took audit findings from seven to zero, and cut back-office costs by 70% in six months. You pay for outcomes, not seats. See it at https://www.maximor.ai/Brex is an intelligent finance platform with AI-powered agents that capture expenses automatically, enforce policy before the spend happens, and close your books in minutes instead of weeks. 35,000+ companies like OpenAI, Coinbase, Anthropic, and DoorDash already run on Brex. It's time to get Brex AF. Learn more at https://www.brex.com/metricsAnrok is the sales tax platform that watches your exposure everywhere, automates compliance, and flags risk before it turns into a surprise back-tax letter from a state you've never set foot in. Companies like Anthropic, Notion, and Vanta already trust Anrok to stay ahead of rules that move faster than any spreadsheet can. Talk to a sales tax expert for a personalized exposure estimate at https://www.anrok.com/rtnRightRev is an automated revenue recognition platform that lets your product team ship new pricing without asking finance for permission, and your sales team close deals without creating downstream chaos. Check out their free tool at calculator.rightrev.com It scores your rev rec process, shows what's exposing you to risk, and tells you exactly where to focus before it bites you in the rear end. Check it out at https://calculator.rightrev.comPulley is an equity management platform that lets you issue options, model dilution, and complete 409As without your cap table turning into a spreadsheet disaster. Founders raising, hiring, and scaling use Pulley to keep equity clean and stay focused on building. Learn more or request a demo at https://pulley.com/mostlymetrics—LINKS: Mostly Talent: https://mostlymetrics.typeform.com/to/cLTxtAsNGuests:https://www.linkedin.com/in/davemcclure/https://www.linkedin.com/in/aman-verjee/Company:https://practicalvc.com/CJ: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cj-gustafson-13140948/Mostly metrics: https://www.mostlymetrics.com—TIMESTAMPS:0:00 Preview and Intro3:00 Writing as a distribution strategy5:17 How Dave's blog led to Founders Fund7:24 Aman: writing at PayPal and law school9:29 PayPal: the red pen of David Sacks11:44 Sponsors — Rillet | Maximor | Brex14:59 500 Startups: the original thesis16:22 The volume strategy: more shots on goal18:44 Twilio, Lyft, Sendgrid, Credit Karma20:15 60x returns: right place, right time23:07 Sponsors — Anrok | RightRev | Pulley25:58 Accelerator ecosystem evolution28:42 500 vs. YC: scale as a weapon32:52 Globalizing the accelerator model35:04 Seed to secondaries: how it happened37:00 Scratching their own itch for liquidity38:10 The secondary market explained40:50 Types of secondaries43:29 Why would a VC sell a winner?46:07 Managing DPI as a late-stage manager47:02 The five horse framework49:15 Skipping the J curve51:44 Imperfect information as a feature55:22 Landmines: fraud, mismarked valuations57:00 VCs lie about valuations three ways57:58 Forward contracts and counterparty risk1:00:29 Credits
D&D and RPG news and commentary by Mike Shea of https://slyflourish.com Contents 00:00:00 Show Start 00:01:32 Sly Flourish News: Rise of the Lazy Game Master Articles 00:03:22 Patreon Spotlight: Reading Rise of the Lazy Gamemaster Chapters Aloud 00:04:48 Sly Flourish News: Mike on Lots of Podcasts and Videos 00:14:48 D&D & RPG News: Throne and Bones Bundle of Holding 00:15:37 Product Spotlight: Nimble Action Tracker 00:16:36 Kickstarter Spotlight: Limithron's Pirate Map Collection for Pirate Borg 00:19:04 Kickstarter Spotlight: Fingertip Isles by Jeff Stevens 00:19:59 Kickstarter Spotlight: Attack the Light — Avenge the White Mare 00:21:59 D&D & RPG News: Perkins, Stephens, Thompson on Star Wars Saga Edition History 00:25:57 Commentary: Adventure Types in Rise of the Lazy Gamemaster 00:44:07 DM Tip: The Value of Relics 00:53:29 Patreon Question: Components of a Campaign Frame Links Rise of the Lazy Gamemaster Visit Sly Flourish Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter Support Sly Flourish on Patreon Buy Sly Flourish Books: Subscribe to the Sly Flourish RSS Feed Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Podcast (Ad Free!) Prepping and Running Lazy Campaigns Adventure Types in Rise of the Lazy Gamemaster Mike on Morrus's Unofficial Tabletop Talk Mike on Kobold Press's YouTube Talk Show Mike on Tabletop Journeys (YouTube) Mike on Tabletop Journeys (Podcast) Mike on PAGE's Friday Night Talk Show Nimble action tracker Thrones and Bones Bundle of Holding Limithron's Pirate Map Collection Fingertip Isles by Jeff Stevens Attack the Light — Avenge the White Mare Reading D&D Aloud Podcast on Star Wars Saga Editon
Whether it's someone's personality, physical attributes, career or aesthetic - sometimes we lean into a “type” of person who we're attracted to and want to date. But can it ever be discriminatory, fetishisation or limiting to potential relationships? We hear your hot takes and discuss with special guest host Lauren French.SHOW NOTESScientists Found Evidence That People Really Do Have a Dating Type: https://www.vice.com/en/article/scientists-found-evidence-that-people-really-do-have-a-dating-type/I Found Love When I Stopped Dating My Type: https://www.vice.com/en/article/i-found-love-when-i-stopped-dating-my-type/Mate Value: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mate_valueWhat is Love? Attraction explained : https://youtu.be/9kaZ79MQWrM?si=ogGLk4tGc6kV1HrlHow to change your type: https://www.bustle.com/p/if-you-have-a-relationship-type-experts-say-these-7-surprising-things-can-help-you-change-it-18190193DM us your thoughts, questions, topics, or to just vent at @triplejthehookup on IG or email us: thehookup@abc.net.auThe Hook Up is an ABC podcast, produced by triple j. It is recorded on the lands of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin nation. We pay our respects to elders past and present. We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the First Australians and Traditional Custodians of the land where we live, work, and learn.
Send us Fan MailFor many post-hardcore fans, Hopesfall isn't just another band, they're one of the genre's most influential and underrated pioneers. From the atmospheric beauty of The Satellite Years to the heavier edge of No Wings to Speak Of, the melodic power of A Types, and their long-awaited return with Arbiter, Hopesfall has built a catalog that continues to inspire bands more than two decades later.Whether you've been listening since the Trustkill Records days or just discovered them, there's something special about the way Hopesfall blends riffs, soaring melodies, and emotional songwriting.Here's the Vulgar Display of Podcast chat with Josh of Hopesfall available everywhere podcasts are!This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp Everest Counseling Black Bayou Coffee Roasters Zymurgy Brewing Company and official peddlers of Liquid Death#Hopesfall #TheSatelliteYears #PostHardcore #Metalcore #TrustkillRecords #Emo #AlternativeMetal #HeavyMusic #VulgarDisplayOfPodcast #TheBarnMediawww.BetterHelp.com/TheBarnhttp://www.betterhelp.com/TheBarn http://www.betterhelp.com/TheBarnThis episode is sponsored by www.betterhelp.com/TheBarn and brought to you as always by The Barn Media Group. YOUTUBE https://www.youtube.com/@TheBarnPodcastNetworkSPOTIFY https://open.spotify.com/show/09neXeCS8I0U8OZJroUGd4?si=2f9b8dfa5d2c4504APPLE https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1625411141I HEART RADIO https://www.iheart.com/podcast/97160034/AMAZON https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/7aff7d00-c41b-4154-94cf-221a808e3595/the-barn
Chuck and Chris welcome Kathleen McKeon as our guest to discuss practice types, including: academicprivatePE-backed privatean employed positionsDr. McKeon has personal experience with PE and shares insights for us all to consider. We also learn a bit about her personal journey joining a well-known sports practice and succeeding in a "privatademic" environment. Dr. McKeon references Ben Schwartz' Substack called 'The Surgeon's Record' as a great resource.See www.practicelink.com/theupperhand for more information from our partner on job search and career opportunities.The Upper Hand Podcast is sponsored by Checkpoint Surgical, a provider of innovative solutions for peripheral serve surgery. To learn more, visit https://checkpointsurgical.com/.As always, thanks to @iampetermartin for the amazing introduction and concluding music.For additional links, the catalog. Please see https://www.ortho.wustl.edu/content/Podcast-Listings/8280/The-Upper-Hand-Podcast.aspx
Interview: July 5th, 2026 Episode Summary:In this episode, German Morales—talent agent, manager, producer, and founder of MGMT Artists—shares an inside look into the entertainment industry and what it truly takes to build a sustainable career as a performer. With over 20 years of experience, German walks through his unconventional journey from aspiring actor to becoming a leading talent representative, highlighting how his background in business and passion for entertainment ultimately shaped his career path.German breaks down the day-to-day role of an agent, from reviewing casting breakdowns and submitting talent to negotiating contracts and developing artists long-term. He emphasizes the importance of strong branding, professional materials—especially headshots and reels—and the value of persistence when seeking representation. A key takeaway from this episode is the power of being a multi-hyphenate performer. Dancers who can also act, sing, or model significantly increase their opportunities and marketability in today's industry.The conversation also explores the current audition landscape, where self-tapes dominate, along with practical advice on how to stand out, avoid common mistakes, and leverage tools like social media and AI. German also shares insights into iPOP, a global talent showcase that connects performers with industry professionals, and how opportunities like this can accelerate exposure and career growth. The episode concludes with a live Q&A, offering real-time guidance for dancers navigating representation, submissions, and long-term career strategy.Show Notes0:00 – Introduction to German Morales and career2:03 – From aspiring actor to talent agent6:08 – Inside an agent's daily responsibilities7:49 – Types of talent and notable clients11:31 – How to get signed by an agent13:33 – What iPOP is and how it works15:40 – Notable success stories from iPOP17:10 – How to apply and audition for iPOP20:06 – Importance of being a multi-hyphenate performer21:42 – How to become a talent agent28:00 – What makes a strong submission stand out33:24 – Why dancers should learn acting38:03 – When and how to submit to agencies50:07 – Self-tapes vs in-person auditions today53:00 – ClosingBiography:German E. Morales is a talent agent, manager, producer, and founder of MGMT Artists. With more than 20 years of experience in the entertainment industry, he has helped launch and develop the careers of actors, models, singers, and performers who have appeared in major television shows, films, national commercials, and even Academy Award-nominated productions.He is also a managing partner of iPOP!, one of the world's leading talent discovery events, connecting aspiring performers with top agents, managers, casting directors, and producers. A voting member of the Television Academy, German is passionate about helping the next generation of talent break into the entertainment industry and build lasting careers.Connect on Social Media:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/german_mgmtartists_/Website: https://mgmtartists.com/
https://teachhoops.com/ Welcome to 5th Quarter Studios in Madison, Wisconsin. In this episode of Coach Unplugged, we dive straight into an uncomfortable question that might just ruin your week: Why do your drills look great, but your games look bad? Be honest with yourself. You've lived this exact nightmare. Tuesday's practice was a masterpiece. The three-man weave was humming, the shell drill was textbook, and the baseline energy was electric. But when Friday night comes around, your team looks like a group of complete strangers who have never shared a floor. Here is the blunt truth: It's probably not your players. It's your drills. Most drills teach kids to execute a rigid pattern, while games demand that kids independently solve fluid problems. Those are two completely different skills, and the first one does not automatically translate into the second. We break down the absolute science of motor learning, expose the hidden trap of "clean" block practice, and reveal how corrupting your favorite drills with simple live variables will completely transform your program's game-night execution. Many coaches fall into the trap of prioritizing aesthetic compliance over functional retention. The motor learning research has been definitive on this dynamic for decades: When you run a traditional three-man weave, there is zero defense, zero decision, and the pass is predetermined before the ball is even inbounded. Your athletes can run it flawlessly for four years and never once make an actual basketball read. They didn't forget how to play when the weekend arrives; they never learned it. They just learned how to run the drill. Clean practice feels like great coaching, but it is often just comfortable compliance. Random practice—introducing messy repetitions packed with real friction and visual triggers—looks significantly worse on Tuesday afternoon. Turnovers spike, spacing breaks down, and your assistant coaches might look at you funny. But this exact friction is what builds authentic Resilience Equity. Messy training forces your roster to scan the floor, read defensive hips, and think on the fly, directly optimizing your team's collective Decision IQ. To evaluate whether your daily practice architecture is actually preparing your athletes to win under postseason pressure, you must put every single drill track through this unyielding filter: "If this drill features zero defenders, zero live choices, and zero competitive consequences, are my players actively learning how to play basketball, or are they simply practicing choreography?" While foundational block work has a place for raw mechanics and youth form shooting, an elite varsity practice cannot survive on choreography. If your athletes spend less than ten minutes of a 120-minute practice script making a live read against a live body, your team's Effective Field Goal Percentage ($eFG%$) and Next Play Speed will plummet the second a defender scrambles their rhythm. You don't need to throw away your playbook or hunt for hundreds of new drills on the internet. You just need to intentionally corrupt the drills you already use by injecting one of three elements: Add a Defender: Introduce an active body—even a lazy or restricted one—to force a visual closeout read. Turn your standard two-ball passing drill into a dynamic 2-on-1 puzzle. Add a Decision: Give the offensive player two fluid options instead of one scripted path. Force them to read whether the defender has High Hands or a dropped hip. Add a Consequence: Keep score on everything. Make the drills highly competitive, put a clock on the execution, and ensure that someone wins and someone loses. Coach's Note: "Let practice be ugly. An ugly Tuesday is exactly how you buy a clean, efficient Friday night victory. Stop trying to protect your ego by keeping your gym tidy and structured. Throw your kids into the tactical deep end, force them to make live reads through the exhaust of a competitive drill, and watch your program's ceiling skyrocket. Pick just one drill this week and corrupt it. Step back, put the whistle away, and force your players to own the room." Title Ideas: Are Your Drills Destined to Fail? Why Great Practices Lead to Bad Games Stop Doing Basketball Choreography! How to Fix Your Practice Drills Why Messy Basketball Practices Actually Win More Games on Friday Night How to Add Decisions and Constraints to Your Favorite Basketball Drills Primary Keywords: Why basketball drills look great and games look bad, Coach Unplugged, TeachHoops, Coach Collins, basketball practice organization, small-sided games basketball, basketball decision IQ drills. Secondary Keywords: Block practice vs random practice motor learning, effective field goal percentage analytics, next play speed resilience, standard of tolerance, high-hands closeout reads, corrupting basketball drills, Types of Coaches (3).pdf, The Championship Coaching Fellowship. Description Snippet: "Why does your team look like a textbook powerhouse on Tuesday afternoon but completely freeze up when Friday night arrives? In this episode of Coach Unplugged, broadcast from 5th Quarter Studios in Madison, Wisconsin, Coach Collins exposes the ultimate coaching trap: running clean, robotic drills that feature zero live decisions. Discover how to 'corrupt' your favorite practice tracks by adding defenders, choices, and competitive consequences to build a player-led powerhouse that thrives under game-night pressure." Suggested Tags: #BasketballCoaching #TeachHoops #CoachCollins #CoachUnplugged #PracticeDesign #MotorLearning #BasketballIQ #HighSchoolBasketball #TeamCulture Are you looking to corrupt a specific half-court shooting drill this week to help your team transition out of a robotic perimeter rhythm, or are you preparing your application for The Championship Coaching Fellowship to get direct, season-long masterclass mentorship on your actual team workflows? Show NotesThe Motor Learning Paradox: Clean Tuesdays vs. Clean Fridays [BLOCKED PRACTICE] ───► Repetitive/No Defense ───► Looks Clean Tuesday ───► Fails Friday Night [RANDOM PRACTICE] ───► Messy/Live Decisions ───► Looks Ugly Tuesday ───► Wins Friday Night The Illusion of "Clean" Block PracticeThe Reality of "Messy" Contextual PracticeThe Ultimate Drills Filter: Where is the Decision?Corrupting Your Playbook: The 3 Simple VariablesYouTube SEO Strategy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Blood sugar is the master dial. If your energy crashes at 3pm, if the cravings run you, if the belly weight will not move no matter how clean you eat, this is not a willpower problem. It is a blood sugar problem, and it is fixable. In this episode I break down blood sugar for women from the ground up: what glucose and insulin actually do, the six levers that throw them off, the full diabetes spectrum from prediabetes through Types 1 to 4 (including the lean, skinny fat Type 4 that surprised me), and the exact labs and CGMs to run. Then I give you my full stack across four pillars: nutrition, lifestyle, supplements, and peptides. I also get into how the GLP-1s and the growth hormone peptides move your blood sugar in opposite directions, PMOS (the newly renamed condition you have known as PCOS) where insulin is the real root, and how to actually get a CGM here in Canada now that the US apps like Levels do not ship north of the border. If you want me to build this protocol with you, you can book a free call here. Timestamps: 04:15 - What blood sugar is: glucose and insulin 07:38 - Lever 1: spikes, crashes, and cravings 11:31 - Lever 2: insulin, belly fat, and fat storage 15:45 - Lever 3: insulin resistance and HOMA-IR 19:17 - Lever 4: glycation and your HbA1c 24:04 - Lever 5: cortisol, how stress spikes sugar 26:29 - Lever 6: your hormones, cycle, and perimenopause 34:16 - The diabetes spectrum: prediabetes and Types 1 to 4 46:17 - Symptoms: how to tell your blood sugar is off 48:03 - Labs and CGMs, and how to get one in Canada 57:06 - Pillar 1: nutrition to flatten the spike 1:13:55 - Pillar 2: lifestyle, walking, muscle, sleep 1:18:45 - Pillar 3: supplements (magnesium, inositol, berberine) 1:25:43 - Pillar 4: peptides, GLP-1s, and PMOS Resources: Work with me one-on-one. The Her Stack Planner (digital or prints at home). My trusted Peptide Source Guide. Join The LongHer Life Longevity Community. Products mentioned: Run your labs with SiPhox Health (code BRITTANY20). Function Health full-body labs (US). NiaHealth labs (Canada). Baja Gold minerals and electrolytes. Code BIOHACKINGBRITTANY. Ovii Metabolic Sync. Code BIOHACKINGBRITTANY. Let's connect: Instagram, TikTok, Facebook Shop my favorite health products. Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube Music. This is for educational purposes only. This is not medical advice.
DAY 3 of **40 Days to PMP Exam Success 2026** focuses on one of the most important responsibilities of a project professional: **leading the project team**.Everything rises and falls on leadership. In today's session, we examine what effective leadership looks like across predictive, Agile, and hybrid project environments—and how these concepts may appear on the 2026 PMP exam.Today's breakdown covers the seven key enablers of leading the project team:✅ Establish expectations at the team level✅ Empower the team✅ Solve problems collaboratively✅ Represent the voice of the team✅ Support varied experiences, skills, and perspectives✅ Determine the appropriate leadership style✅ Establish clear roles and responsibilitiesYou will also learn:• How team charters, social contracts, and ground rules establish the operating culture• How to use RACI to clarify ownership and decision-making authority• The difference between an issue, problem, impediment, obstacle, and blocker• How to apply the DIGIVE problem-solving framework• Why leadership is based on influence—not merely position or authority• How leadership differs across predictive, Agile, and hybrid environments• The role of the project manager as the organizational bridge in hybrid projectsWe also break down several major leadership and motivation models, including:
Are you a vessel God can use for His honor? In this opening devotion of a brand-new series, Pastor Roderick Webster of Good News Baptist Church walks us through 2 Timothy 2:20-26 (KJV) to help us understand what it means to be a useful vessel unto honor in God's service.You might be asking... What does it mean to be a vessel of honor versus a vessel of dishonor? Why does my usefulness matter to God? How do I purge myself so I can be prepared for every good work? What does God actually call me as a believer?Key points from this devotion:- The great house in 2 Timothy 2 represents the whole body of Christ, the church of God- Vessels of gold and silver represent honorable, useful believers- One's usefulness is the determining factor of honor in God's house- Believers are called saints, lights, soldiers, disciples, and Christians — each name carries purpose- To be meet for the master's use, we must purge ourselves from what contaminates and makes us uselessIf this devotion encouraged you, please like, leave a comment, and share it with a friend or loved one. Subscribe so you never miss a devotion from the Words From The Word series.#WordsFromTheWord #KJV #BibleDevotion #ChristianLiving #GoodNewsBaptistChurchStay connected with GNBC:
https://teachhoops.com/ You can devour every single podcast episode on this channel, fill up a dozen legal pads with advanced multi-ball drills, and spend hours analyzing spatial cutting geometry. But at the end of the day, passive consumption will only get your program so far. Every single gym ecosystem faces its own highly specific, highly isolated operational leaks. Maybe you are staring at a roster trapped in a robotic rut of coach-fed compliance and you can't figure out the exact socratic constraints needed to jumpstart their Decision IQ. Maybe your assistant coaches have grown passive, and you need an exact blueprint to realign their organizational lenses. Or maybe you are heading into an intense winter stretch and you are wrestling with how to protect your team's Next Play Speed under heavy community pressure. In this episode, we step directly into the "Truth Room" to talk about the power of direct, personalized mentorship. We break down why the absolute best program builders never coach in a vacuum. Discover what happens when you stop guessing through the off-season and instead lock in a private, 1-on-1 Coaching Call with Coach Collins to audit your practice scripts, maximize your gym's Activity Density, and map out a definitive, level 4 championship workflow. When you jump on a private consulting call, we bypass empty generalities and immediately put your entire program through a sharp, analytical filter: The Filter: We pull apart your current 120-minute practice timeline down to the exact second. We find the hidden time leaks where players are standing in lines or listening to long lectures, and we inject high-transfer Multi-Ball architectures and Small-Sided Games ($SSGs$) that force players to read defensive hips through the exhaust. The Filter: We map out your staff's unique DNA. I will show you exactly how to weaponize your assistant coaches by deploying them through distinct lenses—empowering your Organizer to command the transitions and utilizing your Antagonist to fiercely police your closeouts and vocal habits. The Filter: We evaluate your offensive entries and defensive coverages to ensure they are engineered to maximize your Effective Field Goal Percentage ($eFG%$): Coach's Note: "The loneliest place in sports is sitting in an empty gym office late at night trying to solve all your program's cultural and tactical puzzles by yourself. The best coaches I've ever been around aren't lone wolves—they seek out direct, high-signal mentorship to sharpen their edge. Don't waste another season running into the exact same operational bottlenecks. Let's get on a call, unpack your tape, audit your standard of tolerance, and build an unshakeable blueprint to take your program to the next level." Title Ideas: Are You Ready to Lock In a 1-on-1 Coaching Call With Coach Collins? Stop Guessing Your Strategy! (The Power of Personalized Basketball Mentorship) How to Audit Your Basketball Program With a Private Consulting Call The Missing Piece in Your Leadership: Finding a Masterclass Coaching Mentor Primary Keywords: Coaching call with Coach Collins, basketball coaching mentorship program, TeachHoops, The Championship Coach, basketball program consulting, high school basketball practice design audit, standard of tolerance. Secondary Keywords: Effective Field Goal Percentage analytics, next play speed resilience, own the room vocabulary, rep density basketball drills, coaching staff lenses, decision IQ constraints, socratic coaching method, Types of Coaches (3).pdf. Description Snippet: "Are you tired of feeling stuck in a coaching vacuum, trying to solve your team's spacing problems, staff alignment leaks, and cultural bottlenecks all on your own? In this episode, Coach Collins outlines the massive, transformational impact of locking in a private, 1-on-1 coaching consultation. Discover how a personalized program audit can completely clean up your practice activity density, optimize your game-night eFG%, and establish an unyielding standard of excellence." Suggested Tags: #BasketballCoaching #TeachHoops #CoachCollins #TheChampionshipCoach #CoachingMentorship #ProgramBuilding #TeamCulture #SportsLeadership #PracticeDesign Are you looking to schedule your 1-on-1 strategy call right now in July to completely revolutionize your offensive cutting geometry and masterclass practice scripts before the intense winter season arrives, or are you hoping to use a private consulting session to design a highly specific leadership curriculum that will empower your returning upperclassmen to step up and own the room? Show NotesThe Executive Diagnostic Audit[YOUR GYM SCRIPT] ───► Audit Activity Density & Rep Bottlenecks [YOUR PLAYBOOK] ───► Optimize Spacing Geometry & eFG% Return [YOUR LEADERSHIP] ───► Establish an Unyielding Standard of Tolerance 1. Practice Architecture Deconstruction2. Staff & Culture Alignment Mapping3. Mathematical Efficiency Optimization$$eFG% = frac{text{FGM} + (0.5 times text{3PM})}{text{FGA}}$$The Mentorship Divide: Isolated Guessing vs. Collaborative BlueprintingProgram Overhaul ElementIsolated Guessing (Level 2 Leak)Direct 1-on-1 Coaching Call (Level 4)Problem SolvingSifting through random internet drills; trial-and-errorTargeted, immediate diagnostic solutions built for your rosterPractice DesignCopying standard layouts that allow conversational lazinessTailored scripts engineered for elite Rep Density and flowCulture ExecutionHoping your players eventually step up to Own The RoomA concrete communication workflow to drive player-led autonomyStaff ManagementAllowing unaligned assistant voices to create a passive benchClear, structural delegation strategies for your entire staffYouTube SEO Strategy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Feeling the summer slump? This episode shares a handpicked YouTube playlist and short, practical tips to jumpstart your days—especially when the heat, kids, and looming back‑to‑school tasks make productivity feel impossible. Joy gives a simple back‑to‑school checklist (calendar, shoe and clothing sizes, backpacks, drop‑zone cleanout, and reusable supplies) and highlights creators and videos that focus on realistic, brain‑friendly organizing and decluttering strategies. Links to every video are in the show notes. Joy invites listeners to share at joylovinghome.com/podcast their favorite finds or suggestions to fuel each other's progress. Summer YouTube WatchList Minimal Mom - I Studied Every Mess in My House. Here is What I Learned https://youtu.be/3iXpBeUuO-4?si=kB6PL29NMVKA1rES That Practical Mom - Organization Content is Getting Delusional https://youtu.be/Xcqx-_tNb4s?si=hNwG4ppOrg4PA3Ni Clutterbug - I Decluttered My Home & Fixed My Life (In 3 Days) https://youtu.be/RcMWTgPY-2w?si=u0seejEPWtMZYRr0 There are 4 Types of “Messy” People (which one are you?) https://youtu.be/1GapRdPePh4?si=AxTixESy_9vG-YrT A Slob Comes Clean - How to Value Space Over Stuff https://youtu.be/XlbxMrgZxTc?si=pdIqfSuFt_toZIVn KristiDoingThings-7 ‘normal' habits that are ‘actually' survival mode - decluttering helped me see them all https://youtu.be/e6uoBqW48oU?si=x7u_dR4iu3nEaAzu I WISH someone told me this when I started decluttering https://youtu.be/WQTgPOUQTtQ?si=i07kQh169eZeeoPp Connect with Me! Website: https://joylovinghome.com Free Community: https://bit.ly/joylovinghomecommunity Membership: https://joylovinghome.com/membership Email: joy@joylovinghome.com IG: https://instagram.com/joylovinghome
Have you ever left a hangout with a friend and felt like 95% of the hangout was normal, but the other 5% was just… off?Maybe it was a comment that surprised you, or a value that seemed to come out of nowhere. And suddenly you're wondering, wait, is this still the person I thought I knew?!That's what I'm talking about in today's episode. Notice this isn't about friendship breakups or big fights. But rather, the strange grief of realizing a friend might be changing in a way that no longer feels aligned for you.I'll walk through why this can feel so disorienting, how old friendship roots can keep us connected even when something important has shifted, and the 3 options I think you have when a friendship still exists, but the person inside it feels different.This episode is sponsored by Slowly, a digital penpal app used by over 10 million people worldwide! If you've been looking for a low-pressure way to connect with someone completely outside your normal friendship circle, this is it. Exchange letters at your own pace, no small talk panic required. Download Slowly free and get 30% off Slowly Plus using my link: https://open.slowly.app/miXL/l8ei5iw6.In this episode you'll hear about:What those tiny “wait, what?” moments can reveal, especially when most of your friendship still feels normalThe difference between a friend simply changing and a friend shifting in a way that no longer feels alignedHow friendship roots explain why old friendships can feel both familiar and disorienting at the same timeWhen to consider a friendship demotion, a friendship pause, or ending a friendship altogetherResources & LinksOrder my book, Are We Friends Yet?and get immediate access to the Less Lonely Club Community and the 10-Day Connection Reset Private Podcast.Learn more about The Friendhood on their website and on Instagram.Episode 12: Digging Into the 3 Types of Friendship RootsEpisode 45: Friendship Demotions (and How to Build Even Better Friendships)Episode 136: The Surprising Benefits of a Friendship PauseLike what you hear? Visit my website, leave me a voicemail, and follow me on Instagram and TikTok!Want to take this conversation a step further? Send this episode to a friend. Tell them you found it interesting and use what we just talked about as a conversation starter the next time you and your friend hang out!This episode is sponsored by Are We Friends Yet?, Alex's book on building the support system you've been wanting. Buy the book and submit your receipt before July 16th to get The Connector's Toolkit free: a private pep talk podcast for the moments that feel hardest, a full year in The Less Lonely Club, and more. Grab your bonuses at alexalexander.com/are-we-friends-yet This episode is sponsored by Slowly, a digital pen pal app used by over 10 million people worldwide. If you've been looking for a low-pressure way to connect with someone completely outside your normal friendship circle, this is it. Exchange letters at your own pace, no small talk panic required.Download Slowly free and get 30% off Slowly Plus using my link: https://open.slowly.app/miXL/l8ei5iw6WANT MORE? My book, Are We Friends Yet? is here. Order your copy today!Dive into The Connection Reset. A 10-day private podcast to help you see the abundance of connection that already exists in your day-to-day (Yes. Really. I promise you have more than you realize). Start today.
https://teachhoops.com/ https://teachhoops.com/ If you look at the grassroots basketball ecosystem during the month of July, you will see a massive amount of repetitive, rigid basketball. Coaches treat mid-summer tournament games with the exact same tactical intensity as a regional final in February. They shorten their benches, scream at their players to run their standard winter sets flawlessly, and pull their hair out over a single missed recovery on a Tuesday afternoon. They treat July like a final exam instead of a research and development lab. But when you step into the "Truth Room," you realize that locking your team into a rigid, familiar structure during the summer is an operational leak. If you aren't using July to stretch your roster's boundaries, test your staff's unconventional ideas, and experiment with high-friction constraints, you are completely wasting a premium developmental window. In this episode, we unpack why July is the ultimate sandbox for an elite program builder. We discuss how to use this warm off-season block to try entirely new offensive spaces, install aggressive defensive variations, and challenge your roster's independent Decision IQ when the scoreboard doesn't matter. Discover how to transform your summer calendar into a creative laboratory that expands your program's ceiling before the real winter grinding begins. To accurately audit whether your summer schedule is serving as a progressive incubator for growth or just a comfortable holding pattern for old habits, evaluate your bench through this lens: "Are you utilizing your July tournament minutes to actively stress-test new tactical concepts, unconventional lineup structures, and alternative defensive shells, or are you retreating into your old, comfortable playbook just to secure a meaningless summer win?" If you spend July running the exact same offensive patterns you ran last winter, your culture is leaking value. But if you turn the floor over to experimental, socratic trial-and-error, you build deep Resilience Equity across your entire depth chart. July is the perfect window to expand your team's tactical playbook because the consequences of failure are exactly zero. Here are three ways to weaponize your summer minutes: If your program has historically relied on a traditional, slow, set-heavy half-court offense, July is your window to completely open up the floor. Try installing a fluid, read-and-react philosophy like the Princeton Offense or a high-velocity Dribble Drive shell. The Constraint: Remove your standard set plays entirely from the clipboard. Force your players to share the space, read the defender's hips, and hunt the paint through continuous cutting geometry. This spikes your team's autonomous Decision IQ and forces them to discover how to maximize their Effective Field Goal Percentage (eFG%) without a joystick instruction from the baseline: Don't wait until January to find out if your roster can handle an aggressive, high-friction trapping system. Use July to roll out a hyper-extended 1-3-1 Zone Press or a dynamic Match-Up Zone. The Constraint: Challenge your perimeter defenders to play with unyielding High Hands on every catch, and use The Antagonist on your staff to fiercely police the communication hand-offs. Even if your players give up straight-line drives or blow a coverage, let them play through the exhaust. You are using the summer friction to find your team's absolute Standard of Tolerance before the real stakes are introduced. Summer league is the perfect laboratory to put your players in high-stress, unfamiliar tactical situations. Take your primary ball-handlers and force them to operate off the ball as cutters. Take your interior post threats, drag them to the perimeter, and force them to play as high-low passing hubs. The Return: Inverting your positions builds multi-angle versatility across your depth chart. It forces your 8th, 9th, and 10th rotational players to step up, speak loudly, and Own The Room while your star options learn how to affect the game without dominating the basketball. Coach's Note: "July is not the time to be safe, and it's certainly not the time to care about what a bunch of summer league spectators think about the scoreboard. If you enter the winter season with the exact same tactical boundaries you had last spring, you didn't coach this summer—you just babysat. Use these weeks to stretch your kids. Throw them into the tactical deep end, let them make mistakes, let them play through the friction, and align your staff lenses to audit the data. Build a bigger, bolder version of your program standard right now." Title Ideas: Are You Wasting Your July Basketball Scrimmages? (The Summer Lab Blueprint) Why the Best Basketball Coaches Intentionally Make Mistakes in July How to Use Summer Basketball Tournaments to Test New Defensive Systems Stop Chasing Summer Wins! How to Experiment With Your Roster in July Primary Keywords: Trying new things in summer basketball, coaching basketball in July, TeachHoops, Coach Collins, basketball offensive spacing adjustments, small-sided games basketball, basketball defensive press installation. Secondary Keywords: Effective Field Goal Percentage analytics, next play speed resilience, match-up zone defense installation, 1-3-1 zone trapping rules, standard of tolerance, decision IQ constraints, socratic coaching method, Types of Coaches (3).pdf. Description Snippet: "Are you letting your fear of losing meaningless summer league games stop you from expanding your program's playbook? In this podcast episode, Coach Collins explains why the month of July must be treated as your program's ultimate creative laboratory. Learn how to implement new read-and-react offensive spaces, test aggressive trapping zone defenses, and invert your roster's roles to build elite decision IQ and deep resilience equity before the winter season arrives." Suggested Tags:#BasketballCoaching #TeachHoops #CoachCollins #SummerLeague #PracticeDesign #BasketballTactics #ChampionshipMindset #HighSchoolBasketball Are you utilizing this July experimental framework to test out a brand-new, fast-paced transition offense with your returning varsity squad during your upcoming weekend shootouts, or are you looking to design a specific set of defensive press constraints to see which of your incoming underclassmen can handle high-friction trapping responsibilities under fatigue? Show NotesThe Diagnostic Question Every Masterclass Innovator Must AskThe July Lab: 3 High-Leverage Summer Experiments1. Shift Your Offensive Spacing GeometryeFG%=FGAFGM+(0.5×3PM)2. Stress-Test Aggressive Defensive Variation3. Invert Your Roster RolesThe Summer Mindset: The Win-Chaser vs. The Masterclass InnovatorJuly VariableThe Transactional Win-Chaser (Leak)The Transformational Innovator (Standard)Playbook ExecutionRelies on old, familiar sets to guarantee summer winsInstalls new cutting shells and experimental spacing geometryRotational DepthShortens the bench; rides starters into physical exhaustDeepens the bench; tests untried lineups in high-stress spotsHandling MistakesScreams from the baseline; panics over bad turnoversUses socratic "drive-by" corrections; demands Next Play SpeedDefensive PhilosophyStays in a safe, passive shell to prevent easy bucketsExperiments with trapping angles and aggressive zone pressesYouTube SEO Strategy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
In this episode we share our lessons learned and a-ha moments about the 4 Types of Protagonists and the Premise statement. The ability to summarize your story in one sentence is an absolute must and over the course of the season, Melanie explored several different methods for doing just that. Which one was her favourite and why? This week, she reveals all. And for my part, I explored the 4 different types of protagonists and was happily surprised to have found three such different examples of the anti-hero — a protagonist type that, I think, is both misunderstood and under used. What do you think? -V. Submit your query letter and first 10 pages writing sample at storynerd.ca.For access to writing templates and worksheets, and more than 70 hours of training (all for free), subscribe to Valerie's Inner Circle.To learn to read like a writer, visit Melanie's website.To subscribe to Kat's Keynotes (Substack), click here.Watch us on YouTube!
Send us Fan Maila comprehensive comparison of legal business structures, detailing the unique characteristics of entities like C corporations, S corporations, LLCs, and partnerships. They explain critical distinctions regarding owner liability, specifically contrasting the limited protection of shareholders and members with the unlimited personal risk faced by sole proprietors and general partners. The materials also highlight taxation frameworks, differentiating between double taxation at the corporate level and pass-through (flow-through) treatment, where profits and losses are reported on individual returns. Beyond legal definitions, the texts provide suitability guidance for financial professionals to help them recommend the appropriate structure based on a client's ability to raise capital or their need for operational simplicity. Furthermore, the documentation addresses the regulatory requirements for investment advisers, clarifying when professional advice on these entities necessitates official registration with state or federal authorities. Overall, the collection serves as both a technical reference for organizational formation and a study guide for navigating complex business and investment regulations.Support the show
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What if the most misunderstood role in business is also the one deciding whether your company scales?In this solo episode, Cameron Herold, founder of the COO Alliance and author of Second in Command, tackles the question every growth-minded CEO eventually faces: what exactly is a COO? Drawing on Bennett and Miles' research and his own years as second in command at 1-800-GOT-JUNK?, Cameron explains why no two COOs on the planet have the same job, and why the search for a great one starts with the CEO's own strengths and gaps.He walks through the seven types of COO: Executor, Change Agent, Mentor, Other Half, Partner, Heir Apparent, and MVP, with stories from Shopify, Oracle, Dell, and Facebook, plus the common roles a COO plays as adult in the room, integrator, and moderator.Get this hire wrong, and the person meant to fix the chaos only adds to it. Listen now.Timestamped Highlights[00:00] – The question-asking habit that separates growing companies from stuck ones[00:52] – Why most CMOs are interchangeable, but no two COOs share the same job[01:40] – The only non-negotiable requirement for any COO[02:31] – The research that uncovered the seven main categories of COO[04:30] – When a change agent should come from outside the company[05:34] – Why changing a company's culture is like dealing with teenagers[07:30] – The mentor move that shaped Facebook's earliest years[08:30] – The marriage test every CEO-COO pairing has to pass[13:18] – The leadership meeting comment that earned Cameron the COO title[18:57] – The homeowner and contractor rule for splitting the what from the how[23:20] – Why the CEO, not the COO, should be the tiebreakerMentioned ResourcesRiding Shotgun: The Role of the COO by Nate Bennett and Stephen A. MilesSecond in Command: The Misunderstood Role of the Chief Operating Officer by Nate Bennett and Stephen A. Miles (Harvard Business Review)Double Double by Cameron HeroldHigh Growth Handbook by Elad GilRocket Fuel by Gino Wickman and Mark C. WintersTraction: Get a Grip on Your Business by Gino WickmanImportant LinksConnect with Cameron: Website | LinkedInExplore the COO Alliance - The World's Leading Community for Seconds in CommandGet Cameron's book: Second in Command: Unleash the Power of Your COO BookClaim your FREE* copy: Second in Command: Unleash the Power of Your COO BookTake his course: Invest In Your Leaders Online Course (Use promo code PODCAST10 before the end of the month for 10% off)Chat or video call with AI Cameron via Delphi*Valid only for CEOs or COO/Second in Command based in the US or Canada at companies wih $2M + revenue.The Second in Command Podcast is an original production hosted by Cameron Herold. Brought to you by COO Alliance. Production and editing by Podcast Your Brand.
https://teachhoops.com/ Every single coach in the country is sitting on one. One conversion they know they absolutely need to have, but continue to push off. A player who needs a heavy dose of the truth regarding their body language. An assistant coach who is quietly slipping below the program's operational standard. A parent whose unrealistic expectations need an immediate, firm boundary reset. A team leader who has quietly drifted away from the collective vision. And yet, the conversation waits. Tomorrow becomes next week, next week becomes next month, and a minor operational leak slowly turns into an unmanageable crisis. In this episode, we step directly into the "Truth Room" to confront the psychology of delayed candor. We pull back the curtain on why coaches avoid these high-friction moments. It isn't a communication problem; it is a fear problem. We unpack how hiding from discomfort under the guise of "protecting the relationship" is actually an act of self-preservation that destroys your culture. Discover how to balance personal care with direct challenge, and learn why unspoken truth quietly becomes accepted behavior inside a level 4 championship program. True, transformational program building requires a leader to navigate the tight space between supporting an individual and demanding adherence to the program's unyielding Standard of Tolerance. The Fallout: When you prioritize an athlete's short-term comfort or fear their defensive reaction, you choose silence. This passive avoidance creates a massive cultural drift. Your silence actively teaches the rest of the roster that your stated standard is flexible when the confrontation becomes uncomfortable. The Execution: The absolute best coaches do not look at a difficult conversation as an act of criticism; they view it as an investment of Trust Capital and an act of absolute belief. If you challenge an assistant or a player through the exhaust, it is because you care too much about their long-term growth to let them settle for mediocrity. When you step into the room to address a boundary line that has been crossed, bypass emotional lectures and utilize this high-signal, socratic framework to maintain absolute control of the environment: Step 1: State the Objective Observation ───► "I see this specific behavior occurring on the floor..." Step 2: Define the Functional Impact ───► "It is actively hurting your development and stalling our team's Next Play Speed..." Step 3: Mandate the Explicit Correction ───► "This is the exact structural adjustment that needs to change immediately..." Step 4: Reaffirm Unshakable Belief ───► "I am holding you to this line because I know you are capable of leading this program." Coach's Note: "Delayed candor always increases the cost. Every single day you choose to look the other way because a conversation feels too heavy or uncomfortable, you are actively training your gym to accept a lower standard. Stop letting fear manage your program's ceiling. Step up, look them in the eye, care personally, but challenge directly. Speak the truth through the exhaust, and let your culture carry the weight." Title Ideas: Are You Delaying the Conversation Your Basketball Team Needs Most? Why Avoiding Hard Conversations is Silently Destroying Your Culture How Elite Basketball Coaches Deliver Honest Feedback Without Losing the Team The Hidden Danger of Delayed Candor in a Basketball Program Primary Keywords: Handling difficult conversations in basketball, building a basketball program culture, TeachHoops, Coach Collins, basketball coaching staff communication, standard of tolerance, coach-player accountability workflows. Secondary Keywords: Next play speed resilience, own the room coaching language, active density practice scripts, Types of Coaches (3).pdf, effective field goal percentage focus, decision IQ constraints, socratic coaching method, player-led team autonomy. Description Snippet: "Are you holding back from having a difficult, honest conversation with a shifting player, a passive assistant, or an overreaching parent? In this podcast episode, Coach Collins breaks down why avoiding tough feedback is a fear problem, not a communication problem. Discover how unspoken truth quickly becomes accepted behavior inside a gym, and learn a simple 4-step candor framework to challenge your roster directly while building unshakeable trust capital." Suggested Tags:#BasketballCoaching #TeachHoops #CoachCollins #CoachingPhilosophy #LeadershipTips #TeamCulture #SportsLeadership #HighSchoolBasketball #CoachingCommunication Are you preparing to have this critical candor conversation with a key varsity player whose poor body language has been creating an environmental leak during your July tournament workouts, or are you looking to realign your assistant coaching staff before your official pre-season onboarding schedule begins this fall? Show NotesThe Leadership Balance: Care vs. Candor [HIGH CHALLENGE] │ │ Championship Standard Harsh & Abrasive │ (Care Personally + (Truth Without │ Challenge Directly) Care) │ │ ───────────────────────┼─────────────────────── [HIGH CARE] │ Passive Avoidance │ Weak Compliance (The Fear Trap) │ (Care Without │ Truth) │ 1. The Danger of Care Without Truth (The Compliance Leak)2. The Power of Truth Delivered with Care (The Championship Standard)The 4-Step Candor FrameworkThe Candor Audit: Delayed Fear vs. Immediate StandardLeadership VariableThe Delayed Fear Trap (Level 2 Leak)The Immediate Candor Standard (Level 4)Primary MotivationProtecting yourself from temporary relational discomfortProtecting the long-term integrity of the program's brandCultural ResultUnspoken truth quietly becomes accepted behaviorAccountability forces a rapid Next Play Speed resetStaff AlignmentAllowing an assistant's low edge to slide; passive frictionAddressing slipping metrics early to maintain a unified staffLocker Room VibeCoach-Fed frustration; athletes sensing a double standardPlayer-Led clarity; the roster knows exactly where it standsYouTube SEO Strategy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
MMI interviews don't have to feel intimidating or unpredictable—in this episode, we'll break down the two types of MMI questions and exactly how to strongly answer each one with confidence! Mock Interview - don't blow your big day because you didn't 100% prepare for the most important interview of your life - do a Mock Interview before your first interview so you know exactly how to answer PA school interview questions strongly so you can get accepted and start your dream career!Keep up the great work!Katie + Beth
In this episode, I sit down with my husband, Rabbi Yonasan Reiser, to explore four personality elements—fire, air, water, and earth—focusing on the complexity of Earth types: deep thinkers and feelers who often hold onto experiences long after others have moved on . I explain why Focusing is uniquely effective for Earth types. Unlike rigid modalities, Focusing is client-led; when a therapist misses the mark, the Earth type's deep internal attunement allows them to immediately identify the mismatch and correct it, creating a powerful sense of being understood . We conclude by discussing the "felt shift," what happens in the nervous system when words finally match our pre-verbal sense, and the Earth identity paradox, where non-Earth types often claim the label while many Earth types struggle to recognize themselves . ------------------------------- If this episode resonated with you, I recommend Get Along With Everyone: Especially Those You Find Most Challenging by Rabbi Shimon Gruen. This is the book I referenced when talking about the four element types — it's the framework that shaped how I think about fire, air, water, and earth, and why certain people seem so different from everyone around them. If you're a practitioner and you're starting to see your clients through this lens, or if you recognized yourself as an Earth and want to understand that more deeply, this is where to go next. Order a copy here — this is an affiliate link which doesn't cost you anything extra and helps support my work. https://www.amazon.com/Get-Along-Everyone-Especially-Challenging/dp/1981221999?tag=towardsahealt-20
What happens when we trust children, trust nature, and trust ourselves enough to do education differently?In this episode of the Outdoor Classrooms Podcast, Victoria Hackett sits down with Mel Merchand, founder of Oro-Medonte Forest School, to explore what it really takes to build a thriving forest school and nature-based learning community.Going beyond the basics, Mel shares the behind-the-scenes realities of leading a forest school—from mentoring educators and building a strong culture to partnering with families, embracing thoughtful risk, and continually evolving as a nature-based educator.In this episode, we discuss:What most people misunderstand about forest schoolsThe behind-the-scenes work that creates meaningful outdoor learningHiring and mentoring exceptional forest school educatorsHelping families embrace child-led learning and risky playHow nature continues to shape Mel's own journey as an educatorThe future of forest schools and outdoor educationWhether you're just beginning your outdoor teaching journey or have been leading outdoor classrooms for years, this conversation will inspire you to think more deeply about what it means to trust children, trust nature, and grow alongside both.Learn more about Oro-Medonte Forest School: https://oromedonteforestschool.caExplore professional development, certification, workshops, and the CIRCLE Membership at: https://www.outdoor-classrooms.comIf you enjoyed this episode, please follow the Outdoor Classrooms Podcast, leave a review, and share it with another educator who believes children thrive when they learn in nature.Outdoor Classroom Resources & Links:
If you're a coach, consultant, or service professional struggling to generate leads on LinkedIn, your content strategy may be the real problem. Posting more isn't the answer. Posting the right mix of content is what builds visibility, trust, conversations, and qualified opportunities.In this episode, I break down the four types of LinkedIn content that every service professional, coach, and consultant should create to attract the right audience and turn visibility into business growth.You'll learn how to create authority content that positions you as the expert, story content that builds trust, proof content that builds credibility, and conversation content that encourages meaningful engagement.When you consistently combine all four, LinkedIn becomes more than a place to post. It becomes a platform that helps you build relationships, generate conversations, and create more opportunities.Don't forget to register for our FREE Connections Into Clients LinkedIn Workshop here:https://www.thetimetogrow.com/LinkedInContentRoadmap
Have you ever left your ADHD brain a note that made complete sense in the moment — and then come back to it hours (or weeks) later with absolutely no idea what it meant? Same. In this episode, we're talking about one of the most practical things we can do to support our ADHD brains: leaving ourselves breadcrumbs. We cover three types of breadcrumbs that help us pick up where we left off, make sense of our to-do lists, and stop relying on anxiety and panic to keep things front of mind. In Episode 363, You Will Discover: Why ADHD working memory causes our notes and to-do lists to lose meaning over time Three types of breadcrumbs that help us pick up where we left off How to start using this approach this week Work With Me: Learn more about private coaching here Join We're Busy Being Awesome (group coaching) Enroll in Overwhelm to Action - step by step course for ADHD Brains Resources From This Episode: Discover Your ADHD Overwhelm Type - Free Quiz! What Is The ADHD Burnout Cycle? 6 Different Stages 7 Steps To Recover From ADHD Burnout Using 'Low Power Mode' 7 Types of Rest to Recover from ADHD Burnout ADHD New Year Goals: How to Start Fresh Without Burning Out The Zeigarnik Effect and ADHD: How to Stop Spinning on Unfinished Tasks Wall of Awful Video from How to ADHD More ADHD Resources: Get the I'm Busy Being Awesome Podcast Roadmap Discover my favorite ADHD resources Learn my Top 10 Tips to Work With Your ADHD Brain Access the I'm Busy Being Awesome Planning System Free course: ADHD Routine Revamp Support your brain with Wispr Flow.* Speech-to-text on your phone or computer. Stay focused with brain.fm and get a 30-day free trial* This post contains affiliate links, meaning I may earn a small commission if you make a purchase through my links, at no extra cost to you. Disclosure info* here*.* Leave IBBA A Rating & Review! If you enjoy the podcast, would you be a rockstar and leave a review? Doing so helps others find the show and spreads these tools to even more people. Go to Apple Podcasts Click on the I'm Busy Being Awesome podcast Scroll down to the bottom of the page, where you see the reviews. Simply tap five stars; that's it! Bonus points if you're willing to leave a few sentences sharing what you enjoy about the podcast or a key takeaway from the episode you just heard. Thanks, friend! Chapter Outline 00:00 ADHD Notes Gone Wrong 01:50 The Squeegee Reminder Story 04:17 Working Memory And Missing Context 05:28 When Anxiety Stops Working 08:45 What Breadcrumbs Mean 10:12 Breadcrumb One Scene Setter 15:41 Coaching Break 16:50 Breadcrumb Two The Handoff 22:22 Breadcrumb Three Look Ahead 25:56 Try It This Week 27:31 Wrap Up And Next Steps
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LinkedIn content is what separates a feed full of polite likes from one that actually books calls, and in this episode we break down exactly how to fix the gap. If you are a service professional posting consistently but still hearing crickets when it comes to real clients, this one is for you.We walk through the 4 types of LinkedIn content every service professional needs in their rotation:Authority content that teaches and earns the followStory content that makes you human and builds trustProof content that shows you actually get resultsConversation content that sparks replies and reachThen we give away the part most people miss... the simple monthly mix that turns quiet followers into paying clients, plus a copyable five-day posting plan you can start running on Monday. No more staring at the post box wondering what to say.You will walk away knowing what to post, when to post it, and why each piece moves someone closer to working with you.Ready to actually build this into your week? Join us for our free 3-day LinkedIn workshop, July 27 to 29 at 12 PM EST, where we show you how to turn posts, polls, and newsletters into clients. Register for the free workshop here.Follow the show so you never miss an episode, and share this one with a fellow service pro who needs it.
Welcome to episode #1044 of Thinking With Mitch Joel (formerly Six Pixels of Separation). Steve Brown has spent more than twenty-five years helping organizations prepare for the future of technology. A former Senior Director and in-house futurist at Google DeepMind during the launch of AlphaFold, former Chief Evangelist and Futurist at Intel, entrepreneur and advisor, Steve has worked with global brands including Nike, JPMorgan Chase, Samsung, Disney and more to navigate digital transformation and the rapidly evolving AI landscape. His latest book, The AI Ultimatum - Preparing For A World Of Intelligent Machines And Radical Transformation, argues that AI is not another technology deployment but a fundamental organizational transformation that will reshape business over the next decade. In this episode, Steve explains why simply licensing AI tools is only the beginning, outlining the three stages organizations must navigate as they evolve toward becoming truly AI-first. We discuss the growing role of AI agents and digital employees, why leaders must rethink workflows instead of simply automating existing processes, and how organizations can prepare employees for a future where humans and intelligent machines work side by side. Steve also explores the importance of data strategy, change management, and responsible AI governance, while tackling difficult questions about surveillance, workforce anxiety, human creativity, and whether AI represents another technology cycle or something fundamentally different. Throughout the conversation, he makes the case that the real challenge is not adopting AI for efficiency alone, but reimagining how organizations create value in a world where intelligence itself has become programmable. Enjoy the conversation… Running time: 1:01:14. Hello from beautiful Montreal. Listen and subscribe over at Apple Podcasts. Listen and subscribe over at Spotify. Please visit and leave comments on the blog - Thinking With Mitch Joel. Feel free to connect to me directly on LinkedIn. Check out ThinkersOne. Here is my conversation with Steve Brown. The AI Ultimatum - Preparing For A World Of Intelligent Machines And Radical Transformation. Steve's Blog. Follow Steve on LinkedIn. Chapters: (00:00) - Navigating the AI Transformation. (06:06) - The Three Steps of AI Adoption. (08:47) - AI in Journalism: The Human-Machine Collaboration. (12:02) - Consumer Perception of AI-Generated Content. (18:03) - The AI Ultimatum: Embrace or Be Left Behind. (21:10) - The Role of Responsibility in AI Adoption. (24:00) - The Future of Digital Employees. (29:42) - The Future of Remote Work and AI Avatars. (30:05) - Managing Digital Employees: A New Paradigm. (32:35) - Types of AI Agents and Their Impact on Work. (34:34) - Evolving Roles: From Accountants to Financial Advisors. (37:09) - The Burnout Dilemma: Technology vs. Human Capacity. (39:11) - Involving Employees in AI Design Processes. (41:03) - Resistance to AI: Fear of Replacement and Identity. (44:42) - Leadership Perspectives on AI Integration. (46:36) - Creating Super Teams: The New Managerial Role. (48:04) - Case Study: Nvidia's AI Workforce Strategy. (50:10) - Early Successes in AI Deployment. (52:19) - Surveillance vs. Performance Measurement in AI. (56:25) - The Need for a Healthier Work Ecosystem. (58:24) - A Shift in Thinking: The Rise of OpenClaw.
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In this episode, we review the high-yield topic of Amnesia Types from the Psychiatry section.Follow Medbullets on social media:Facebook: www.facebook.com/medbulletsInstagram: www.instagram.com/medbulletsofficialTwitter: www.twitter.com/medbullets
https://teachhoops.com/ If you spend enough time around the grassroots basketball ecosystem, you will inevitably hear coaches, parents, and directors argue over a seemingly endless debate: Winning vs. Player Development. The traditional crowd tells you that if you aren't cutting down nets and chasing trophies, you are failing your program's legacy. The developmental crowd argues that rings don't matter if your bench players aren't getting equal minutes and your stars aren't showcasing individual isolation packages for scouts. In this episode, we step directly into the "Truth Room" to expose this debate for what it truly is: a false dichotomy. In a level 4 championship program, winning and player development are not competing interests—they are two sides of the exact same coin. We break down how to escape the trap of transactional, short-sighted tournament chasing without sacrificing your program's competitive edge. Discover how to build an elite ecosystem where individual skill growth directly drives your team's collective winning percentage. When a program sacrifices development in the short-sighted pursuit of a weekend trophy, they fall into the "Joystick Coaching" trap. They run rigid, over-scripted sets that hide their weaker players' limitations rather than forcing them to grow. True, transformational program building focuses on a different math. Our ultimate goal is to optimize our team's Effective Field Goal Percentage ($eFG%$): If your player development workflow is weak, only your top one or two options can generate an efficient shot. When postseason defenses take those options away, your offensive efficiency plummets. By utilizing your entire coaching staff—leveraging The Yoda to design high-transfer, small-sided game constraints and The Antagonist to demand defensive edge through the exhaust—you turn your 8th, 9th, and 10th players into high-IQ decision-makers. True player development expands your depth, elevates your collective Decision IQ, and acts as the ultimate engine behind sustainable, long-term winning. Coach's Note: "If you only focus on winning the next game, you will find yourself micromanaging every single possession, treating your players like chess pieces, and destroying their confidence. But if you focus relentlessly on daily player development—holding an unyielding standard of tolerance for laziness while building up their skills and decision-making—winning becomes a natural, inevitable byproduct of your daily habits. Stop chasing trophies and start building an unshakeable system." Title Ideas: Winning vs. Player Development: The Ultimate Basketball Coaching Trap Why Short-Term Winning is Silently Destroying Your Basketball Program How to Build a Championship Team Culture Through Player Development The False Choice: Balancing Individual Skill and Team Success Primary Keywords: Basketball winning vs player development, building a basketball program, TeachHoops, Coach Collins, high school basketball team culture, small-sided games basketball, player development workflows. Secondary Keywords: Effective Field Goal Percentage analytics, rep density practice design, Types of Coaches (3).pdf, next play speed resilience, standard of tolerance, joystick coaching method, level 4 championship culture carriers. Description Snippet: "Are you catching yourself sacrificing your players' long-term development just to chase a short-term win on a Tuesday night? In this episode, Coach Collins tackles the ultimate coaching paradox: Winning vs. Player Development. Discover why tracking transactional trophies leads to an empty culture, and learn how to implement an elite development framework where individual skill progression and high-IQ decision-making naturally translate into a championship standard on the scoreboard." Suggested Tags: #BasketballCoaching #TeachHoops #CoachCollins #PlayerDevelopment #TeamCulture #ChampionshipMindset #SportsLeadership #HighSchoolBasketball Are you navigating this winning-versus-development balance for a varsity program where you are facing heavy external booster and community pressure to produce immediate postseason results, or are you looking to establish a developmental template for your program's feeder system to ensure youth coaches are prioritizing foundational habits over winning games with zone presses? Show NotesThe Analytical Symmetry: Individual Growth Drives $eFG%$$$eFG% = frac{text{FGM} + (0.5 times text{3PM})}{text{FGA}}$$The Program Audit: Transactional Winning vs. Transformational DevelopmentProgram MetricTransactional "Winning-Only" (Leak)Transformational Development (Standard)Offensive DesignRigid, over-scripted sets; players are robotsDynamic spacing geometry; players read defender's hipsPractice StructureLow Rep Density; starters get all the live repsHigh activity density; multi-ball drills maximize touchesAdversity ResponseBlaming players; high emotional hang-timeImmediate player-led huddle; elite Next Play SpeedRoster CultureCoach-Fed compliance; bench feels isolatedPlayer-Led autonomy; entire roster owns the standardYouTube SEO Strategy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
https://teachhoops.com/ If you audit a standard, average basketball practice, you will witness a massive amount of invisible time leaking out of the gym. You will see a coach blow the whistle, call the players over, and lean against a wall for seven minutes lecturing about a new entry action while twelve athletes stand completely still, watching their physical core temperatures drop. Then, they split into a single-file line where one player executes a repetition while eleven others watch passively from the sideline. Time is the ultimate currency for a program builder. If your practice design is slow, loose, and lecture-heavy, you aren't just wasting gym time—you are actively coding sluggish habits, mental passivity, and zero-signal noise into your roster. In this episode, we step directly into the "Truth Room" to break down how to use your practice time with absolute precision. We move past basic time-blocking and dive into the analytics of Activity Density and structural design. Discover how to leverage your staff lenses to eliminate dead time, maximize repetitions, and build a high-transfer learning environment that slides your team out of coach-fed compliance and into a player-led championship standard. To squeeze every ounce of development out of your clock, your script must be treated as a rigid, chronological engine. The Organizer on your staff polices the clock down to the exact second, completely eliminating long huddle transitions or slow water breaks. The Setup: Banish quiet stretching lines from your vocabulary. Players immediately execute high-tempo dynamic activation sequences across the full layout of the hardwood. The Velocity: This block is used to set the environmental tone. Players must continuously shout out defensive alerts through their physical movements, forcing high vocal energy into the rafters before a basketball even bounces. The Setup: High-speed handling, spatial passing, and finishing tracks. The Constraint: Traditional lines are an operational failure. Every drill track must feature a Multi-Ball design. If you have twelve players on the floor, at least 70% of them must be moving, catching, or passing concurrently across multiple baskets. The Return: High rep density completely eliminates boredom leaks and forces your players to communicate through the exhaust to keep the gears turning. The Setup: Instead of running 5-on-0 scripted walkthroughs where players act like robotic pieces on a chessboard, you break the floor into contextual 2-on-2, 3-on-3, or 4-on-4 structural shells. The Constraint: Put tight, socratic constraints on the game play (e.g., maximum 2 dribbles per touch, or the ball must touch the high-low paint seam within 4 seconds). The Goal: This forces your players to read the defender's hips independently. It spikes their independent Decision IQ and Next Play Speed under pressure without a coach using a joystick from the baseline. The Setup: 5-on-5 half-court and full-court system alignment. This is where you implement your primary cutting geometry or your defensive coverages (such as an aggressive match-up zone or a trapping shell). The Rule: You must hold an unyielding Standard of Tolerance. If a defender fails to close out with High Hands or a player displays bad body language after an error, The Antagonist on your staff stops the clock instantly. You address it in the "Truth Room," execute a quick "drive-by" technical correction on the move, and demand an immediate reset. The Setup: Full-court situational scrimmage puzzles (e.g., down 4 with 45 seconds remaining and zero timeouts). The Filter: Never run your critical shooting blocks or execution scripts at the beginning of practice when everyone is perfectly fresh. We intentionally place them at the absolute end when legs are heavy and lungs are burning. This builds authentic Resilience Equity, forcing players to lock into their mechanics and maximize their Effective Field Goal Percentage (eFG%) under extreme fatigue: Coach's Note: "You don't build an elite basketball program by the length of time you spend in the gym; you build it by the focus and intensity you jam into the minutes you have. If your practice script allows for conversational laziness, silent shells, or long blocks of standing around, you are actively training your kids to fade under pressure on Friday night. Clean up your clock management, unleash your staff lenses, maximize your rep density, and demand that your players own the room." Title Ideas: How to Structure a High-Efficiency Basketball Practice Plan Stop Wasting Gym Time! (The 120-Minute Practice Blueprint) How to Design Basketball Drills for Maximum Rep Density Are Your Practices Efficient or Lazy? (The Activity Density Audit) Primary Keywords: Using basketball practice time effectively, high school basketball practice script, TeachHoops, Coach Collins, basketball practice organization, small-sided games basketball, practice activity density. Secondary Keywords: Effective Field Goal Percentage analytics, rep density basketball drills, coaching staff roles, Types of Coaches (3).pdf, standard of tolerance, decision IQ constraints, next play speed resilience, player-led team culture. Description Snippet: "Are your basketball practices slow, disorganized, or packed with long lectures that drain your team's energy? In this podcast episode, Coach Collins breaks down the definitive masterclass blueprint for maximizing your practice time. Discover how to eliminate line bottlenecks using multi-ball architectures, how to boost your team's independent decision IQ with socratic small-sided games, and how to structure your drills under fatigue to ensure your habits transfer directly to game night." Suggested Tags:#BasketballCoaching #TeachHoops #CoachCollins #PracticePlanning #PracticeDesign #BasketballDrills #HighSchoolBasketball #CoachingTips #PodcastForCoaches Are you evaluating your practice time efficiency to retool your upcoming off-season summer training workflows where you want to focus heavily on fast-paced transition spacing, or are you looking to adapt this exact chronological script for a youth basketball camp layout to ensure your younger players stay continuously active and engaged? Show NotesThe Architecture of an Elite 120-Minute Script[00:00] ─── Dynamic Activation & Communication Triggers (10 Min) ───► [10:00] [10:00] ─── Multi-Ball Rep Density Skill Blocks (20 Min) ───► [30:00] [30:00] ─── Small-Sided Decision IQ Games (30 Min) ───► [60:00] [60:00] ─── Tactical System Shell Alignment (40 Min) ───► [100:00] [100:00] ── Fatigue-Phase eFG% Under Pressure (20 Min) ───► [120:00] 1. 00:00 to 10:00 | The High-Signal Launch2. 10:00 to 30:00 | The Multi-Ball "Rep Density" Formula3. 30:00 to 60:00 | Small-Sided Games (SSGs) over Lectures4. 60:00 to 100:00 | Tactical System Shell & The Standard of Tolerance5. 100:00 to 120:00 | Fatigue-Phase ExecutioneFG%=FGAFGM+(0.5×3PM)The Efficiency Audit: The Time Leaks vs. The Championship StandardPractice AssetThe Level 2 Compliant LeakThe Level 4 Championship StandardWhistle TransitionsCasual walking; players slowly drifting to grab waterSprinted transitions policed fiercely by The OrganizerCoaching Voice5+ minute whiteboard lectures while players stand60-second socratic corrections on the flyRoster Touch RatioOne player shoots while eleven watch from the baselineMulti-Ball spacing; continuous concurrent actions across courtsLocker Room PulseCoach-Fed compliance; waiting to be told to talkPlayer-Led autonomy; athletes owning the environmentYouTube SEO Strategy Learn more about your ad choices. 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Hey hey beautiful human! Let's settle this once and for all: Do you need to eat before a workout? You've probably heard all kinds of answers, some people swear by fasted training, others won't touch a dumbbell without a snack first. So what's the truth? I'm giving you real-world tips you can use starting today, plus snack ideas that are quick, effective, and easy to digest. Bottom line? Fueling is personal, but there's also a strategy behind it. And I'm walking you through both. Want to feel better in your workouts and get the results you're working for? This episode is your guide. In today's episode, we're breaking it all down based on your schedule, your goals, and your body. I walk you through: When fasted workouts are fine—and when they might backfire What to eat before training (without needing a full meal) Why afternoon and evening workouts require fuel What happens when you under-eat before a lift (and how to fix it) And how to simplify your approach so your body feels strong and steady—without overthinking it
https://teachhoops.com/ If you spend enough time around the grassroots basketball ecosystem, you will inevitably hear coaches, parents, and directors argue over a seemingly endless debate: Winning vs. Player Development. The traditional crowd tells you that if you aren't cutting down nets and chasing trophies, you are failing your program's legacy. The developmental crowd argues that rings don't matter if your bench players aren't getting equal minutes and your stars aren't showcasing individual isolation packages for scouts. In this episode, we step directly into the "Truth Room" to expose this debate for what it truly is: a false dichotomy. In a level 4 championship program, winning and player development are not competing interests—they are two sides of the exact same coin. We break down how to escape the trap of transactional, short-sighted tournament chasing without sacrificing your program's competitive edge. Discover how to build an elite ecosystem where individual skill growth directly drives your team's collective winning percentage. When a program sacrifices development in the short-sighted pursuit of a weekend trophy, they fall into the "Joystick Coaching" trap. They run rigid, over-scripted sets that hide their weaker players' limitations rather than forcing them to grow. True, transformational program building focuses on a different math. Our ultimate goal is to optimize our team's Effective Field Goal Percentage ($eFG%$): If your player development workflow is weak, only your top one or two options can generate an efficient shot. When postseason defenses take those options away, your offensive efficiency plummets. By utilizing your entire coaching staff—leveraging The Yoda to design high-transfer, small-sided game constraints and The Antagonist to demand defensive edge through the exhaust—you turn your 8th, 9th, and 10th players into high-IQ decision-makers. True player development expands your depth, elevates your collective Decision IQ, and acts as the ultimate engine behind sustainable, long-term winning. Coach's Note: "If you only focus on winning the next game, you will find yourself micromanaging every single possession, treating your players like chess pieces, and destroying their confidence. But if you focus relentlessly on daily player development—holding an unyielding standard of tolerance for laziness while building up their skills and decision-making—winning becomes a natural, inevitable byproduct of your daily habits. Stop chasing trophies and start building an unshakeable system." Title Ideas: Winning vs. Player Development: The Ultimate Basketball Coaching Trap Why Short-Term Winning is Silently Destroying Your Basketball Program How to Build a Championship Team Culture Through Player Development The False Choice: Balancing Individual Skill and Team Success Primary Keywords: Basketball winning vs player development, building a basketball program, TeachHoops, Coach Collins, high school basketball team culture, small-sided games basketball, player development workflows. Secondary Keywords: Effective Field Goal Percentage analytics, rep density practice design, Types of Coaches (3).pdf, next play speed resilience, standard of tolerance, joystick coaching method, level 4 championship culture carriers. Description Snippet: "Are you catching yourself sacrificing your players' long-term development just to chase a short-term win on a Tuesday night? In this episode, Coach Collins tackles the ultimate coaching paradox: Winning vs. Player Development. Discover why tracking transactional trophies leads to an empty culture, and learn how to implement an elite development framework where individual skill progression and high-IQ decision-making naturally translate into a championship standard on the scoreboard." Suggested Tags: #BasketballCoaching #TeachHoops #CoachCollins #PlayerDevelopment #TeamCulture #ChampionshipMindset #SportsLeadership #HighSchoolBasketball Are you navigating this winning-versus-development balance for a varsity program where you are facing heavy external booster and community pressure to produce immediate postseason results, or are you looking to establish a developmental template for your program's feeder system to ensure youth coaches are prioritizing foundational habits over winning games with zone presses? Show NotesThe Analytical Symmetry: Individual Growth Drives $eFG%$$$eFG% = frac{text{FGM} + (0.5 times text{3PM})}{text{FGA}}$$The Program Audit: Transactional Winning vs. Transformational DevelopmentProgram MetricTransactional "Winning-Only" (Leak)Transformational Development (Standard)Offensive DesignRigid, over-scripted sets; players are robotsDynamic spacing geometry; players read defender's hipsPractice StructureLow Rep Density; starters get all the live repsHigh activity density; multi-ball drills maximize touchesAdversity ResponseBlaming players; high emotional hang-timeImmediate player-led huddle; elite Next Play SpeedRoster CultureCoach-Fed compliance; bench feels isolatedPlayer-Led autonomy; entire roster owns the standardYouTube SEO Strategy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
https://teachhoops.com/ If you walk into a basketball facility in the dead of winter on a freezing Tuesday afternoon in January, you can instantly feel the energy deficit. Lungs are heavy, legs are burning from a multi-game weekend stretch, and the gym is completely quiet. In a typical basketball program, the head coach reacts to this quiet atmosphere by pacing the baseline and screaming at the top of their lungs, desperately trying to inject excitement into a flat group of athletes. But if you are a masterclass program builder, you know that trying to force empty excitement from the sideline is a losing battle. Fake enthusiasm introduces an operational leak into your culture. It keeps your roster trapped in a model of robotic, coach-fed compliance. In this episode, we step directly into the "Truth Room" to flip this dynamic entirely on its head by analyzing a critical diagnostic question. We break down how to transition from an exhausting model where you are the sole source of motivation into an elite, high-transfer ecosystem where Activity Density, structural constraints, and player-led accountability naturally generate a high-velocity workspace every single afternoon. To accurately audit whether your practice energy is sustainable or merely a superficial, coach-driven illusion, you must evaluate your environment through this specific lens: "If you completely locked your vocal cords, put your whistle in your pocket, and stood silently on the baseline for an entire two-hour practice, what level of intensity, vocal communication, and competitive friction would your players actively sustain on their own?" If the energy in your gym immediately drops to zero the moment you close your mouth, your program is stuck in Level 2 compliance. Your players are Coach-Fed actors waiting for a joystick instruction. If the gym stays at a roaring, high-hands championship standard, you have successfully built a Level 4 player-led powerhouse that brings its own "gym juice" to the hardwood. You cannot simply demand energy; you must build a high-transfer practice environment that naturally extracts it through the following structural pillars: When players stand in a single-file line of eight people waiting to take a casual finishing shot, their core temperature drops, their focus drifts, and their energy plummets. The Blueprint: Your practice script must feature a mandatory Multi-Ball architecture. Ensure that at least 70% of your roster is actively catching, moving, or passing concurrently across all available baskets. High rep density leaves zero room for conversational laziness. You should never carry the burden of being the only high-energy signal in the gym. Allocate specific structural roles to your assistant coaches based on their unique DNA to keep the floor moving at a rapid clip. The Blueprint: Empower The Organizer to completely command the practice clock, managing sprinted drill transitions to eliminate dead time. Unleash The Antagonist to act as your bad-cop culture enforcer—the voice that stops the clock instantly the second a player soft-recovers on a closeout or drops their hands through fatigue. When your players face extreme physical exhaust or a tough, high-friction scrimmage deficit, they will naturally want to retreat into quiet isolation. The Blueprint: Mandate a streamlined, high-signal language. Replace passive, empty apologies ("My fault, coach") with an immediate physical reset command: "Next Play Speed." When the focus starts to fracture, banish sideline coaching lectures and demand that your athletes step up to "Own The Room." This simple linguistic boundary forces your players to become the ultimate enforcers of the energy standard. Coach's Note: "Stop trying to be a cheerleader for your basketball team. If you have to bring all the juice to the gym every single afternoon, you are going to be completely burnt out by February, and your players will crumble the second they play a tough road game in a hostile environment. Stop over-coaching effort. Clean up your practice clock, maximize your rep density, implement small-sided socratic constraints, and force your players to own the room. Build a self-policing powerhouse." Title Ideas: Does Your Basketball Team Pass This Critical Energy Test? Stop Screaming at Your Players! How to Build a Self-Policing Basketball Practice How to Keep Basketball Practice Energy High Without Saying a Word Are Your Practices Coach-Fed or Player-Led? (The Ultimate Culture Audit) Primary Keywords: Bringing energy to basketball practice, high school basketball team culture, TeachHoops, Coach Collins, basketball practice rep density, building player-led teams, coaching staff alignment workflows. Secondary Keywords: Next play speed resilience, own the room vocabulary, active density practice design, standard of tolerance, decision IQ constraints, socratic coaching method, Types of Coaches (3).pdf. Description Snippet: "Are you exhausted from having to constantly yell, clap, and scream to get your basketball players to talk, sprint, or lock in on defense? In this podcast episode, Coach Collins reframes the entire concept of practice energy into an unyielding diagnostic question. Discover how to transition away from coach-driven excitement and implement a high-density, structural practice design that forces your players to generate their own championship energy every single day." Suggested Tags:#BasketballCoaching #TeachHoops #CoachCollins #PracticeDesign #TeamCulture #PlayerLed #SportsLeadership #HighSchoolBasketball #CoachingTips Are you evaluating your practice energy dynamics to prepare your varsity staff for a rigorous mid-winter tournament schedule where you need your players to remain emotionally steady during exhausting back-to-back game layouts, or are you looking for a specific sequence of small-sided game constraints to naturally inject competitive friction into your program's youth development camps? Show NotesThe Diagnostic Question Every Program Builder Must AskEngineering the Practice Engine for Automatic Energy1. Maximize Your "Rep Density" to Eliminate Boredom Leaks2. Deploy Your Staff Lenses to Balance the Friction3. Establish a Shared Linguistic ShieldThe Energy Balance: Coach-Fed Noise vs. Player-Led JuiceEnvironmental ElementThe Level 2 Compliant Gym (Leak)The Level 4 Transformational Gym (Standard)Primary Sound SourceThe head coach screaming instructions from the sidelineFive players on the floor shouting coverages through exhaustDrill TransitionsSluggish walking; players casually grabbing water bottlesSprinted transitions driven by The Organizer and player huddlesAdversity ResponseHeavy emotional hang-time; looking to the bench for energyImmediate player-led huddle; elite Next Play Speed resetHandling FatigueHands on hips; quiet focus on individual exhaustionHigh-hands posture; players actively pulling up lagging peersYouTube SEO Strategy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Welcome Back to the WHOOP Podcast's Science of Human Performance Series! This week, WHOOP Global Head of Human Performance and Principal Scientist Dr. Kristen Holmes sits down with WHOOP SVP of Research, Algorithms, and Data Emily Capodilupo for a deep dive into the science behind the WHOOP Sleep Score and the habits that have the biggest impact on restorative sleep.Emily explains why sleep consistency is one of the strongest predictors of performance, recovery, and long-term health, and walks through the four metrics that make up your WHOOP Sleep Score: sleep duration, consistency, efficiency, and sleep stress. Together, Dr. Holmes and Emily unpack how nutrition, exercise, alcohol, stress, and your daily routines influence sleep quality, share practical strategies for falling asleep and staying asleep, and discuss how poor sleep can sometimes be an early signal of underlying health issues.Whether you're looking to better understand your WHOOP data or simply wake up feeling more rested, this episode offers a science-backed framework for building healthier sleep habits that last.01:11 How WHOOP Built The Sleep Algorithm02:17 The 4 Pillars of Sleep: Duration, Consistency, Efficiency, & Stress03:20 The Secret To You Best Night's Sleep: Sleep Consistency08:06 Sleep Efficiency Explained11:38 Impact of Alcohol on Sleep Quality18:01: How Your Day Shapes Your Night19:34: Exclusive Offer For WHOOP Podcast Listeners20:07: How Sleep Stress Impacts How Rested You Feel24:08: Is Your Sleep Normal?25:48: Why Sedatives Don't Actually Make You Sleep Better26:59: Defining and Combatting The 2 Types of Insomnia28:57: Light Timing: Benefits of Red Light Therapy on Sleep 30:57: Winding Down Before Sleep: Breathwork & Stress Reduction34:07: Understand Your Health with WHOOP Advanced Labs34:41: Impact of Exercise on Your Ability to Fall Asleep 42:40: How to Prepare for Sleep & Stay Asleep44:28: What Your Lab Results Can Tell You About Sleep 53:40: Creating Contrast Between Day and NightSupport the showFollow WHOOP:Sign up for WHOOP Advanced LabsTrial WHOOP for Freewww.whoop.comInstagramTikTokYouTubeXFacebookLinkedInFollow Will Ahmed:InstagramXLinkedInFollow Kristen Holmes:InstagramLinkedInFollow Emily Capodilupo:LinkedIn
https://teachhoops.com/ If you build a coaching staff based entirely on comfort, friendship, or a collection of yes-men who look at the floor the exact same way you do, you are introducing a massive structural leak into your organization. Most head coaches hire assistants to act as glorified drill-monitors—quiet observers who stand along the sideline, wave a hand during transition breaks, and hold a clipboard while the head coach exhausts their vocal cords micro-managing fifty different details. In a level 4 championship program, your staff is an integrated, high-signal engine. You do not need assistant coaches who mimic your personality; you need a diverse group of distinct alchemical lenses designed to divide and conquer every square inch of the gym ecosystem. This episode steps directly into the "Truth Room" to pull back the curtain on staff architecture. We break down the three non-negotiable coaching archetypes—The Organizer, The Yoda, and The Antagonist—and detail exactly how to delegate absolute autonomy to your staff so your program transitions from a coach-fed dictatorship into a self-policing powerhouse. An elite coaching staff must operate like a singular, high-functioning Voltron. Instead of every coach watching the ball, each assistant is assigned a specific, uncompromised structural lens to police the gym's Activity Density and cultural standard. The DNA: Methodical, unyielding, hyper-disciplined, and hyper-organized. The Practice Lens: This coach is the absolute master of the practice clock. They do not watch the mechanics of a drill; they watch the timeline. They enforce sprinted water breaks, police smooth drill transitions, and ensure that your 120-minute practice script never stalls out for a long coaching lecture. They are the engine behind your high Rep Density and Activity Density. The DNA: Stoic, observant, deeply tactical, and data-driven. The Practice Lens: While the rest of the gym is moving at a hundred miles an hour, The Yoda sits quietly in the macro-view. They are tracking spatial cutting geometry, screening angles, and entry schemas. The Analytical Return: During a game or scrimmage, they aren't riding the emotional wave of a tough whistle. They are tracking the math behind your Effective Field Goal Percentage ($eFG%$), spotting structural gaps in the opponent's defensive shell, and formulating the zero-second counter to tip the tactical scale. The DNA: Intense, vocal, uncompromising, and deeply gritty. The Practice Lens: This coach is your ultimate line enforcer. They do not allow a single loose standard to seep into the gym. If a perimeter defender soft-recovers on a closeout, fails to play with High Hands, or displays poor body language after a turnover, The Antagonist blows the whistle and stops the clock instantly. They take the burden of daily confrontation off the head coach's plate, protecting your program's unyielding Standard of Tolerance through the exhaust. Coach's Note: "If you are the only person screaming, correcting, and driving the energy in your gym every afternoon, you haven't built a staff—you've just hired a group of spectators with front-row seats. Elite program building demands that you check your ego at the door. Trust your people. Give your Organizer the clock, give your Yoda the clipboard, give your Antagonist the license to protect the culture line, and step back so you can actually lead. Build a shield, not a one-man show." Title Ideas: How to Build a Championship Basketball Coaching Staff (The 3 Lenses) Stop Hiring Yes-Men! How to Structure Your Assistant Coaches The Ultimate Coaching Staff Blueprint: Organizer, Yoda, & Antagonist How Elite Basketball Programs Aligned Their Bench for Postseason Runs Primary Keywords: Building a basketball coaching staff, delegating to assistant basketball coaches, TeachHoops, Coach Collins, basketball staff organization, high school basketball team culture, practice activity density. Secondary Keywords: Effective Field Goal Percentage analytics, Types of Coaches (3).pdf, standard of tolerance, next play speed resilience, own the room vocabulary, coaching staff roles, high-hands closeouts. Description Snippet: "Are your assistant coaches standing around like quiet spectators during your practices, or are they actively driving your program's championship standards? In this podcast episode, Coach Collins breaks down the definitive organizational blueprint for building an elite coaching staff. Discover how to align the three essential coaching lenses—The Organizer, The Yoda, and The Antagonist—to eliminate time leaks, boost your team's decision IQ, and enforce an unyielding standard of tolerance." Suggested Tags: #BasketballCoaching #TeachHoops #CoachCollins #CoachingStaff #AssistantCoaching #TeamCulture #SportsLeadership #HighSchoolBasketball #PracticeOrganization Are you evaluating your staff architecture to onboard a set of brand-new assistant coaches before your upcoming pre-season training workflows begin, or are you trying to realign an existing staff that has grown a bit quiet or passive during intense, high-stakes tournament environments? Show NotesThe Championship Staff Architecture [THE HEAD COACH] (Macro Conduct; Game-Night Pivot) │ ┌─────────────────────┼─────────────────────┐ ▼ ▼ ▼ [THE ORGANIZER] [THE YODA] [THE ANTAGONIST] (The Practice Clock) (The Tactical Reads) (The Culture Enforcer) 1. The Organizer (The Chief of Staff)2. The Yoda (The Analytical Architect)3. The Antagonist (The Bad-Cop Culture Carrier)The Staff Audit: The Fragmented Bench vs. The Championship VoltronBench Operational VariableThe Fragmented Bench (Level 2 Leak)The Aligned Voltron (Level 4 Standard)Drill SupervisionAll coaches watch the ball; zero secondary trackingDivided eyes; one tracks clock, one tracks mechanics, one tracks effortWhiteboard LecturesHead coach speaks for 10 minutes while staff stands quietly60-second "drive-by" adjustments delivered concurrently by roleIn-Game HuddlesMultiple assistants shouting separate directives at once15-second staff huddle first; head coach delivers unified clarityAdversity ManagementCoaching staff panics, shifts blame, or shows frustrationStaff remains anchored; The Antagonist demands immediate Next Play SpeedYouTube SEO Strategy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
https://teachhoops.com/ If your player development strategy consists entirely of players cones-drilling down an empty floor, executing predefined double-crossover pull-ups without a single defender in sight, you are missing a massive piece of the basketball puzzle. Isolated skill workouts look beautiful on camera. They are comfortable, structured, and predictable. But block-practice skill isolation does not teach a single kid how to actually survive a dynamic game when the defensive shell scrambles. In this episode, we step into the "Truth Room" to break down the critical division—and necessary marriage—between raw mechanical skill development and Teaching Players How to Play. We unpack why "robotic skills" drop off a cliff on Friday night and how to leverage your staff's diverse coaching lenses to fix it. Discover how to use small-sided game constraints to elevate your team's collective Decision IQ, turning mechanical repetitions into functional, game-ready weapons. A player can have a flawless, high-probability jump shot. But if they lack the environmental scanning habits to recognize when a closing-out defender has High Hands or when a weak-side gap is collapsing, they will settle for a contested, low-efficiency look in the mid-range desert. Our program's goal is to maximize our Effective Field Goal Percentage (eFG%): To protect this metric under postseason pressure, your staff must shift from a "Joystick Coaching" model to a Socratic model. The Yoda archetype on your staff tracks tactical geometry and advanced reads, while The Antagonist demands that every single read is met with absolute physical edge and defensive friction. If you only train block skills without visual triggers, your players will possess great mechanics but a sluggish Next Play Speed when things break down. Coach's Note: "Skills give a player the tools to step onto the floor, but understanding how to play is what allows them to cut down nets. Don't let your trainers turn your players into robotic actors who look great in an empty gym but panic the second a defender flies into their airspace. Introduce constraints, build multi-ball architectures to drive your Rep Density, force them to read the game, and watch your program's ceiling rise." Title Ideas: Are Your Drills Destined to Fail? Skill Development vs. Teaching How to Play Why Your Players Look Great in Workouts But Struggle in Games How to Teach Independent Basketball Decision IQ (Small-Sided Games Blueprint) The Missing Piece in Your Basketball Player Development Strategy Primary Keywords: Teaching players how to play basketball, basketball skill development vs IQ, TeachHoops, Coach Collins, small-sided games basketball, basketball decision IQ drills, player development workflows. Secondary Keywords: Effective Field Goal Percentage analytics, rep density practice design, Types of Coaches (3).pdf, next play speed resilience, standard of tolerance, high-hands closeouts, socratic coaching method. Description Snippet: "Why do players who hit 50 shots in a row during individual workouts freeze up during live 5-on-5 game scenarios? In this masterclass episode, Coach Collins breaks down the vital difference between isolated skill development and teaching players how to actually read the game. Learn how to transform block-style cone drills into high-transfer, contextual small-sided games that sharpen your roster's decision IQ and maximize your team's game-night eFG%." Suggested Tags:#BasketballCoaching #TeachHoops #CoachCollins #PlayerDevelopment #BasketballIQ #PracticeDesign #SmallSidedGames #HighSchoolBasketball Are you looking to use this conceptual framework to retool your upcoming pre-season workouts for a group of experienced varsity players who need to transition from set-play reliance to dynamic read-and-react execution, or are you trying to adapt your youth camp structure to ensure your youngest players are learning foundational spacing rules through play rather than long, static lectures? Show NotesThe Analytical Gap: Skill Execution vs. Decision IQPDFeFG%=FGAFGM+(0.5×3PM)PDF+ 1The Program Balance: Block Skills vs. Spatial ConstraintsTraining VariableIsolated Skill Development (Block)Teaching How to Play (Contextual)The TargetFoundational mechanics, footwork, and muscle memory.Spatial awareness, reading defensive hips, and timing.The EnvironmentClosed ecosystem (cones, chairs, empty gym).Open ecosystem (Small-Sided Games, live triggers, visual cues).Decision LoadZero choices; the pattern is scripted ahead of time.High Decision IQ; constant read-and-react load.Gym VibeCoach-Fed compliance; quiet focus.Player-Led communication; high vocal activity through exhaust.YouTube SEO StrategyPDF+ 1 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices