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Today we talk to Brad Birnbaum, the CEO here at Kustomer, and we talk about the future of customer experience and the effects we have felt from the big events in 2020. We saw numerous changes last year, expected and unexpected, some of which being a boom in retail and an influx in customer inquiries. Remote work has been a large change that most companies have embraced and it seems companies across the board will keep this change and adapt moving forward. The customer's expectations have changed as the world has changed, and then we discuss how and what companies can do to adapt and start to win moving forward. Summarizing 2020 1:32Remote work 4:03The change in consumer expectations 5:45How companies can start to win in 2021 7:11Artificial intelligence and machine learning 9:24Multi and omni channels 11:22The mantra all companies should have 13:29“I think remote work has impacted the vast majority of us. I think you and I are both doing this from our homes right now, right? So remote working has impacted, kind of almost everyone, and I think the world was trending towards remote work, but wow did we just put that in hyperdrive.” 4:04

We have a bonus episode for you coming out today, with Al Ahly's two-time CAF Champions League winning coach Pitso Mosimane, who gives us the low down on his team's prep for their showdown with Kaizer Chiefs in Casablanca. Hear how Pitso is plotting the “conservative” Soweto-giants downfall, just why he thought the Amakhosi wouldn't make the final, and how his former boss Patrice Motsepe is his lucky charm. And with all the civil unrest currently in South Africa, Pitso shares his perspective from afar. Co-hosts: Zayn Nabbi and Courtney FreeseGuest: Pitso Mosimane (Al Ahly coach) WhatsAapp Get in touch on WhatsApp - +447908 790 474YouTubeWatch us here - On The Whistle Podcast: https://bit.ly/35gKucxSocialMediaFacebook: On The Whistle PodcastInstagram: @otw_podcast / @sportsguyzaynTwitter: @otw_podcast / @sportsguyzayn 00:00Intro 02:00Perspective on the recent rioting and looting in SA 07:00Emotions before the final 10:00Growing up a Chiefs fan 11:00Knowing the enemy from within and rating Chiefs chances 14:00What will give Al Ahly the edge? 19:45How different will it be playing in a one-off final? 23:00What's more challenging, FIFA Club World Cup or CAF CL? 25:00Is Patrice, Pitso's lucky charm? Duration: 27:15 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We have a bonus episode for you coming out today, with Al Ahly's two-time CAF Champions League winning coach Pitso Mosimane, who gives us the low down on his team's prep for their showdown with Kaizer Chiefs in Casablanca. Hear how Pitso is plotting the “conservative” Soweto-giants downfall, just why he thought the Amakhosi wouldn't make the final, and how his former boss Patrice Motsepe is his lucky charm. And with all the civil unrest currently in South Africa, Pitso shares his perspective from afar. Co-hosts: Zayn Nabbi and Courtney FreeseGuest: Pitso Mosimane (Al Ahly coach) WhatsAapp Get in touch on WhatsApp - +447908 790 474YouTubeWatch us here - On The Whistle Podcast: https://bit.ly/35gKucxSocialMediaFacebook: On The Whistle PodcastInstagram: @otw_podcast / @sportsguyzaynTwitter: @otw_podcast / @sportsguyzayn 00:00Intro 02:00Perspective on the recent rioting and looting in SA 07:00Emotions before the final 10:00Growing up a Chiefs fan 11:00Knowing the enemy from within and rating Chiefs chances 14:00What will give Al Ahly the edge? 19:45How different will it be playing in a one-off final? 23:00What's more challenging, FIFA Club World Cup or CAF CL? 25:00Is Patrice, Pitso's lucky charm? Duration: 27:15 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Today, Den gives a mini crash course in online marketing and gives plenty of battle-tested tips and tricks that video freelancers can implement immediately.Here's a sneak peek at what you'll hear:Why "thinking big" can screw up your entire marketing campaign. - 1:10When focusing on video "production" can hurt your freelance business. - 1:45The only REAL way to bulletproof your business from the pandemic and other business-killing threats that are lurking around the corner. - 2:15Why business owners should studying farming before marketing their business. I know this sounds strange, but all will make sense when you hear Den at 2:40A “2-second mindset tweak” that can potentially help all your marketing efforts a hundredfold. - 3:05Why most video production websites are about as useless as a pedal-powered wheelchair.A head-smackingly simple (and potentially very profitable) thing to put on your website's homepage that even experienced video production companies don't do. - 3:25What video production freelancers can learn from the gym industry that can help them win new business. (Many gym owners are savvy when it comes to marketing, and...  here's what they do better than most other industries. - 3:45Why posting content on LinkedIn and other social media platforms to promote your business is a complete waste of time, unless... you do what's mentioned at 4:45One of the single biggest factors in determining whether your marketing succeeds or fails is this... - 5:30A special “type” of book that video freelancers can use to potentially generate a tremendous amount of highly qualified prospects. (Full details at 6:35)The crafty "Little Box" secret to online lead generation. - 7:00When cold calling is a BAD idea, and when it can be extremely profitable. - 7:30Online marketing secrets nobody told you about. 7:45How to work with Den one on one. - 9:00What to do if you're a complete newbie when it comes to online marketing and you don't have the time to learn all the ins-and-outs. - 13:50Den's "out of the mouth of babes" moment. (Hear what one of Den's coaching client's children said that gave Den a real aha moment, and... how it can potentially help you, too. - 15:00)Connect with Den on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/denlennie/Get more great resources over at https://www.denlennie.com/Support the show (https://www.denlennie.com/free-training)

Welcome 1.32What is gray area drinking? We're not problem drinkers in terms of an alcoholic in that way. But we are drinking maybe a bit more than we should 2.00Work culture, boozy lunches and meetings in bars and pubs set the ball rolling for her drinking when she put her career on hold to become a mum 4.45How turning 40 brought bring changes to her reaction to a ‘big night' - anxiety, blackout, flashbacks 9.36Why moderation doesn't work but instead becomes more of a rollercoaster ride 11.53How to manage your relationship - will he still want to be with the non-drinking me? 19.42When we actually give up alcohol as women we gain confidence. Take up new hobbies, develop a deeper connection to ourselves 22.37Why the alcohol lobby, which is powerful, suppresses the health information around issues like breast cancer 34.27How a community can support you to quit drinking and why playing it forward it a good way to stay alcohol-free if you're going to an event (think massage the next day 39.02You can join Sarah's community here or contact Sarah regarding grey area drinking here. 

Today, Den gets down-n-dirty and talks about one of business's most unsexy, unglamorous, and sometimes deadly dull topics. But make no mistake, this is the one topic that if embraced, can truly move the needle in your business. Prepare to get some dirt under your nails with this episode.But first...Here's a sneak peek at what you'll hear:An eye-opening revelation into why so many freelancers struggle in business. (And... how to avoid being one of them. - 1:20)A 3-second mind "tweak" can potentially open the flood gates for your business's growth and profitability. - 2:25Den's disturbingly good "Pounding The Treadmill of Mediocrity" admonition. - 2:45How "specificity" can potentially boost your productivity, ratch up your focus, and goose your business's profits. - 2:405 hard-hitting business questions most freelancers avoid answering or flat-out can't answer. (Not knowing the answer to these 5 vital questions will keep you forever chasing your tail and fighting over the scraps left by bigger and stronger competitors. - 3:00)The #1 reason why many freelancers, when it comes to running their business, are more inept, disorganized, and inefficient than the Three Stooges repairing a leaky faucet. - 7:45The “P&M” secret to getting absolute clarity for your business. - 8:50The best-kept secret in the video production industry. (If more video freelancers knew about this, there would be a whole lot more successful video freelancers. Period. - 10:30)A BIG (but easily fixed) mistake many freelance videographers make on their website that damages their credibility. - 12:00How doing LESS work can make you more profit. - 13:05Hard-nosed insider advice on how to smash through financial ceilings. 13:35Connect with Den on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/denlennie/Get more great resources over at https://www.denlennie.com/Support the show (https://www.denlennie.com/free-training)

Today, Den interviews his pal Ryan Koral from Detroit Michigan. Ryan owns a successful video production company called Tell Studios and runs one of the most popular video podcasts on the planet. Den and Ryan talk all things video production and give up some of their most hard-won and battle-tested secrets to growing bigger and more profitable video business.But first...Here's a sneak peek at what you'll hear:Ryan stomps all over Den's intro leaving Den to pick up all the pieces. - 0:07Hear about Ryan's attitude towards business that's about as rare a rocking horse shit. - 4:45How to create win/win/win deals. That's right, there is a certain way to do business that goes one step further than your usual win/win deals. (But you must be willing to put your ego aside. Full details at 6:00)Why "collaboration" often gives "competition" a good ol' fashioned beatdown, especially in the business world. - 8:30Ryan's "Be okay with some prospects thinking you're not okay" lesson. Hear this liberating message at 9:35How to deliver your video production service with open hands and a big heart instead of a clenched fist and black heart. Easier said than done? Of course, but hearing what Ryan shares at 12:00 will certainly help.The life-changing decision Ryan made after his second child was born and while living in a bungalow the size of a London telephone booth. - 16:10A grizzly (and unnerving) thought that almost all freelance videographers have but are too scared to deal with. Yup, instead of facing it head-on, they just push it down into the basements of their soul and pretend it's not there. - 17:05Wanna know what would be every videographers' wet dream? It's landing a client like this... - 18:553 dead giveaways that a client will end up being a complete pain in the arse. - 22:10How some videographers are no different from a sugar daddy when choosing what clients they work with. - 26:00How embracing the word "NO" can save your business and your peace of mind. - 29:00Connect with Den on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/denlennie/Get more great resources over at https://www.denlennie.com/Support the show (https://www.denlennie.com/free-training)

On today's episode we talk about how you need to give yourself permission to dream. Rosie explains that she has big dreams, but also has to factor in giving our kids the best life we can give them. We discuss the type of vision you can have in your head and how you need to sometimes keep it to yourself to avoid being attacked, or avoid the negative people spouting their opinions. We talk about the definition of success, which is generally your ability to provide value and not necessarily how much money you make. The kind of thing that Rosie has learned 3:45How to deal with other people's opinions 8:14Why Adam loves that Rosie is a dreamer 15:24“If you do not believe that you can create, you will never dream because you will be afraid to dream in case it doesn't come into fruition. So most people are afraid, “Well if I dream and I get my hopes up–” I'd rather be a dreamer and have hope for the future and be excited day to day because it's about the journey. It's not about the outcome.” 7:24https://www.facebook.com/theirishmummy/https://www.instagram.com/the_irish_mummy/https://www.theirishmummy.comhttps://www.theirishmummy.com/ebook

Caitlyn works with dogs at a doggy day care and has a passion for them her whole life. Follow her border collies page on IG @finnabun_and_lordraiden as well as her doggy day care page that she runs @smilindogs Intro: 0.0-2.09Passion for dogs: 2.11-4.10Doggy Day Care:4.34-5.00Why get a dog?: 5.28-6.49Slowing life down with a dog: 6.46-7.11Domestication of dogs: 7.11-8.43Survival: 8.56-9.23Dogs sense of smell: 9.30-10.40Huskies: 10.40-12.50Resources for doggy edu: 12.55- 14.54Dogs learning words: 14.55-17.21"How dogs love us" by Gregory Burns: 17.22-18.46Dog language: 18.50-24.53A stare down: 25.02-28.12Correcting bad behavior: 28.14-30.28Negative Reinforcement (smacking): 30.28-33.20Correcting bad behavior tips: 33.42-38.45How to train and old dog: 36.42-38.45Collar or harness?: 38.47-40.47Things to consider before getting a dog: 40.57-42.15The $cost of being a dog owner: 42.17-45.06Breeds and health issues: 45.07-45.47Mutts and health/history of breeding: 45.48-48.05Speed Round, matching human lifestyles to dogs: 48.06-55.57My dog of choice (Norfolk Terrier): 55.57-59.28Caitlyn's dogs (border collies): 57.20-59.28After the pandemic with puppies now (When I go back to work): 58.29-1.02.17Dogs and separation anxiety: 1.02.17-1.04.45Last two questions/ conclusion: 1.04.46-end

Your strengths are the things that you are naturally great at. They’re the things that people come to you for, the things you excel at, and the things that make you such a brilliant creative. Your unique combination of talents, skills, and behaviours is what sets you apart from every other creative, but how can you use them to your advantage when it comes to branding? How can you use your strengths to stand out, speak up, and shine? In this week’s episode, I’m answering these questions and more!Read the accompanying blog post at https://www.blackandwhitestudios.nz/blogTimestampsIntroduction: 00:00Why build a brand around your strengths?: 01:45How this changed my business: 03:50My strengths: 06:00 Finding & understanding your strengths: 08:30How to use your strengths: 10:25Wrap up: 11:55Ready to turn your passion into a real-ass business? Take the free Stop Dreaming, Start Doing Challenge, the 3-day challenge for biz-ready creators:  https://blckwhtstudios.podia.com/stop-dreaming-start-doing-challengeTag me on Instagram and let me know you're listening: https://www.instagram.com/blckwhtstudios/

Athlete CEO Podcast  Skin in the Game Guest: Joe Schmidt, Former Notre Dame football captain, investor in Accel, a venture capital firm and he now runs strategy, sales and partnerships for Ethos Life.Twitter @joeschmidtiv 2:01Brandon Averill on Ethos Life disrupting the life insurance model and the need for disruption in the insurance industry.2:58Erik Averill on the transition for Joe on moving from being an investor to an operator within a company and how much skin in the game changes the approach.4:20Similar to working with consultants, you can only learn so much as an investor in a company. 5:20What exactly is Ethos, and what exactly are you doing there?  Ethos LIfe is a next generation life insurance company that flips the archaic way of buying and selling life insurance on its head. There is a massive coverage gap with people who should have life insurance, but don’t because the process is so archaic. The goal of Ethos is to help and protect the next million families looking for life insurance. 7:00The reason Ethos Life is attacking the life insurance market is to flip the current archaic model. Joe Schmidt: “When it comes to life insurance, you have these companies and distribution models that really have not changed in 150 to sometimes close to 200 years. 11:10What are the differences between the investing side of business and the operating side of business, and what are some of the challenges that Joe faces? 13:45How did Joe Schmidt end up at Accel and how did being an athlete work in his favor?  Listen and Subscribe to the Athlete CEO podcast with Brandon and Erik Averill from AWM Capital on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher or wherever else you listen to podcasts. For more information visit: https://awmcap.com/ 

Come on in and check out this interview with the Clicks and Mortar Queen Donnalynn Riley. Donna tells an amazing story of how she went from being the CEO of a retail chain to becoming a Spiritual Coach who is helping entrepreneurs bring ALL of who they are to their businesses. Connect with Donnalynn here at her site: https://www.donnalynnriley.com/ Also, Donnalynn has a 5 Day Masterclass you can sign up for in order: Get Out Of Your Head, Embrace Your Imperfections & Get On Track With Your Business! https://www.donnalynnriley.com/5dc-reg brandon handley00:02All right, 54321 Hey there, spiritual dope. I'm on today with Donna Lynn Riley, who is a licensed spiritual health coach who helps people develop evolve and grow. 00:17The answers they find that their journey, bring them to a new level clarity and emotional adjustment to help them develop their expertise in business systems management and marketing. 00:25And addition to her 12 years as a licensed coach her background is the CEO of a multimillion dollar corporation. 00:31informs her ability to help her clients navigate the inner workings of business systems Operations Management and Marketing so they can successfully put it all together themselves. 00:42I'm going to cut it down because that, that's great. And I'm so excited because, as we're going back and forth a little bit here earlier. This is exactly what this podcast is about. So thank you for joining me today. Donnalynn Riley00:53Oh, it's my pleasure. It's great what you're doing. It's great that you're talking about this. It's really good. brandon handley00:58Thank you. Thank you. So you mentioned that you'd call it a couple of podcasts. So what I always like to say is you know you're here today. We're using this podcast as a vehicle to send somebody out there a message, what is it that they need to hear this coming through you today. Donnalynn Riley01:17Well, I always think people need to know that life can be a lot easier than we're making it. I think that that's a place where 01:29Almost invariably people don't believe that. Right. They just go like, nah, couldn't be that I got to work harder. I gotta do more. I gotta you know think more 01:43I have to put out more effort. It's got a cost more. There's got to be a big, you know, emotional or financial cost to the things that I want in life and really 01:54Life can be so much easier than we make it. And I think that that's the benefit of of this approach of a spiritual practice that supports. 02:06Business life and certainly family life, when I know lots of coaches who do that as well. And, you know, really kind of make it better, just make your life better. brandon handley02:16Yeah, no, absolutely. So the idea is that life doesn't have to be so hard. Donnalynn Riley02:21Really doesn't brandon handley02:23And and also throw out there. I think in the first person that I know that's worked on Broadway. Right. And this is this is a story that you tell 02:30In one of your one of your videos right and helping once you tell people use that story real quick here right now. I love that story about just what you said there. 02:41Do you remember so so I'll take it away. So you were around 19 your brothers like 10 years old or new 02:47Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah 02:50Yeah yeah Donnalynn Riley02:50Okay, okay. I gotcha. Sorry about that. 02:54I was like I was there a long time. I don't know. brandon handley02:58Just getting into it right and 02:59How easy how easy sometimes 03:01For you. Donnalynn Riley03:01Yeah. So what I love about that is that, um, so. Okay, so let me let me kind of lay it out here so I'm like 19 years old I 03:11You know, I'm just out the gate. Right. But I'm 10 foot tall and bulletproof because so was everybody when you're 19 brandon handley03:18Right. Yeah, absolutely. Donnalynn Riley03:19And so when you're not very dinged up 03:22You know, you just think like everything's okay and it's going to work out for me and I kind of lived my life like that really clearly I wanted, and I got things I wanted them and they lined up. 03:35So, um, I found myself on on Broadway, which I totally expected right because I wanted it. So, and I didn't know any better, and 03:46And my brother who's 10 years older than I am. He, he knew better. And he is a he is still actually a scenic artist. And so I was a sound designer. He was a scenic artist and 04:01He was working down the block. So I was working on Angels in America, and he was working on City of Angels, which I love that. But there were all these angel references. That's kind of brandon handley04:14Sure, yeah. Donnalynn Riley04:15And. And he said, Oh, let's, um, he was like down the block. And I hadn't seen him in months. It wasn't like, you know, we were spending Sunday night dinners together or something. 04:24And he said, Let's go for lunch. And I was like, yeah, this is great. Yeah, owning the town, you know, in my, in my own head, right. 04:32Sure. And he said, you, you. He's walking me to the to the place to get something to eat and 04:40He said, You just don't have any idea what it costs to get here. You don't have any idea what these people around you have had to do to get where they want to go and in typical sort of 19 year old fashion. I thought, nope. brandon handley04:59Right. Donnalynn Riley04:59I don't care. 05:00Sure, you know, really, for me, I realized that it is a story that's centered around entitlement. Right, so it's not very popular this moment, but 05:10Being able to see yourself. 05:13In the position that you want to be to be able to know that these are things that can happen for you as well as somebody else because 05:24You put the work in and you are talented and you did you know you met the right people and you were in the right place and you took the all the steps to get there. brandon handley05:32Right. Donnalynn Riley05:33There by choice. You don't get to be on Broadway. If you suck. 05:37You do not need. All right. 05:39All right, but they send you home. brandon handley05:42Well, you know, I think. 05:43I think that um I love how you're hitting on entitlement in this insane and in this way because why should it not 05:53Backup people like people bash millennials for kind of having like that kind of entitlement thing. Right. Well, what I admire about that, you know, I think that they would say you got Moxie kid right like kinda back in, but 06:07You know what you want and you're not settling for something that you don't. So is that entitlement, or is that knowing your worth. Donnalynn Riley06:17Right. It's really tricky. It's really tricky and it is a lot about alignment and I've been fortunate to hear you talk about alignment on the podcast previously and 06:28It's a really crucial step in that process. So, 06:34Of course, if we want to get kind of 06:37Cultural about it, then we can we can sort of back it up a little and say, Well, some people have a lot of things that support the belief already in their lives when they're born, and when they're, you know, one and two and three and so it, it becomes 06:55There becomes a divide, but it's a divide in belief. brandon handley07:00100% Donnalynn Riley07:00You know, so it's a it is a really tricky thing. And the important thing for me in the work that I do with people. 07:09Is to whether you've ever experienced that belief or not before is to help you to find that belief because without it is very, very, very difficult to get where you want to go. I, I know people who have done it. It's like they kind of stumbled into their success and that's okay. brandon handley07:25That's true, but it's not very reliable. Donnalynn Riley07:29And so, you know, doing the inner work to create a system of belief for yourself so that 07:36It doesn't sound crazy that you're going to have a successful business or that you're going to get a client that you want to or that you're going to get employees that work out well for you and things like that. I'm doing that inner work makes 07:51All the outer stuff kind of 07:52Line up real quick, like the story I just told where I went from two years or three years I spent in sound design, we're learning from the best in the business. I was already learning from the people who were there, right. 08:06And and and and so I was able to do that very quickly, where a lot of my classmates in college got there 1015 years later, and they worked a lot harder for something because they didn't believe 08:23They didn't know 08:23They thought, oh, I have to go out and do something else first brandon handley08:27Right. We listen, even me today, right now with this podcast. I love it so much. I want to put this, I want to put this 08:36Nice polish on, I want to make it feel so good. I want it to be inviting you know 08:40That, you know, and this isn't wrong to hire somebody in marketing, but I like I really want these pieces I wanted to look so I want it to be so accepted because it's so 08:48meaningful to me right so I'm putting these blocks in 08:53For myself, right. I'm just putting these. Oh, I gotta do this like nothing can happen until this happens and all these other things and and literally that is in my own mind, nobody else's. I mean, nobody nobody else cares. That's just me. Right. 09:07Right. So when you're out there. 09:11And your clientele and and you're working I do they seek you out for one or the other, do you introduce like you know 09:20To the business pressure, like, well, if you just loop in some spirituality, then this might be better for you, like, tell me a little bit how this process of working with you, looks Donnalynn Riley09:30Yeah, so I kind of stand between that space right I stand between entrepreneurs and small business people who are 09:40That's what they do. That's what they've learned. They have a strong background or they have a strong desire but they don't necessarily have any spiritual practice at all. 09:49And I sort of stand between that and the people who are very spiritually open but can't figure out how to turn the computer on right 09:59And rent like can't figure out the details of, like, how do I charge people. And why would they pay me and 10:06These kinds of like nuanced things that, of course, they have a lot of talent and they have a lot of 10:13Value in the world, but so I do kind of stand in between those two spaces, I would say that for the most part, most of the people that I work with are 10:26Are on the business side but are open. brandon handley10:30Okay. 10:31Because okay you can Donnalynn Riley10:32Sort of insert and this is not you know there are a lot of really involved spiritual practices. 10:39And they have value that is beyond what I'm about to express right so this is not to disparage any spiritual practices. I think they all have a lot of value and 10:51But you can in a very short period of time with with not a ton of work right. You don't have to go and study with the monks for 18 years right with with putting a practice into your life. You can attain a lot of result and a lot of ease in your life. 11:12A lot less frustration, a lot of movement forward right so you can start to assess your situation better and access yourself in moments that are stressful better and all of these things lead to better businesses. 11:30But aren't always they're not really taught too often. brandon handley11:35I mean, if you have the capability to kind of calm yourself down in the moment, or just realize what you're about to say or 11:43If you're feeling tense right so what I'm hearing you say is like you're giving them some of these tools to to really kind of ease into themselves and what they're about. Donnalynn Riley11:51Yeah, there's bigger work that we do in order to make lasting change. And that really happens inside one on one trainings that I do or or inside group work that I do with people, but 12:08There are so many little what we would call hacks right there, little, like, oh, if I do this, I feel a little better. 12:16Right. And those are emergency hacks, you know, and they're really useful. They're a great way to get started. I think because 12:26Getting a little relief reminds you that you're probably going to get more relief. If you keep going in that direction. And I think that's a great place to start, particularly for people who are 12:41Who don't have a strong spiritual background but know that like there's something going on in my mind set or those kinds of words are being used a lot recently. Right. brandon handley12:51Right I yeah for sure. For sure. Right. Well, I mean, it's funny because, you know, I think I started off in the mindset space right but now in this 13:01Next level space right where you do this practice, like you said, For doesn't have to be 18 years but you do it repeatedly and you start with like the mindset. You start with the small pieces and 13:13You keep just kind of growing into these other spaces and these other practices that are available to and sooner or later you like I guess they were all right. Donnalynn Riley13:26I love that. Right. brandon handley13:30Right. 13:31Right. So, I mean, I guess you know there's something in those things and what they're saying and what they're doing. 13:37But, you know, so what what led you into this pace yourself. Donnalynn Riley13:43Well, 13:45You know, that's a good question. I, when I look back at my life. I see all these moments like the one that I just described when I'm like very young. 13:54That fit into this kind of way of thinking and this way of being. But I was really pretty unaware of myself and my spirituality until actually my husband got a life threatening disease. 14:15And or problem he got a tumor in his brain cavity. 14:20And he when he was very young. He spent a lot of time in hospitals. And so we went to the first doctor and it was a big emergency and he said, I'm getting a second opinion. And then we went to the next doctor who you know we we finagle their way into the good doctors and all of that and 14:43We went and he described it. And he said, Oh yeah, you have a little time because I'm very good at this. But, you know, you got to get in here in the next month or something. So it was no longer like a huge emergency we have little time. 14:56Sure, and 14:59We were driving home. It was in New York City. We live in Massachusetts. It was a long drive home. We were driving home and my husband said to me. 15:06Yeah, no, I'm not. I'm not doing that I'm not doing that. I don't know what we're going to do, but I think you should find me another solution because I don't, I'm not going to do that. 15:17And that being that you just that just have him for you have been for me. I was like, oh, 15:23Wow, okay. That should be my job. 15:25Okay. Donnalynn Riley15:29No question. 15:31In fairness, I'm sure he was very overwhelmed in that moment. brandon handley15:35Right out Donnalynn Riley15:36Here and and so that was the beginning. That was the kickoff for me to really 15:45Take a look at what is possible. So, and be completely outside the box. Yeah. So once I sort of had to be completely outside the box. Then the possibilities became very, very different. 16:00So it kicked off a series of involvements with people who could help his health and who could do it in very untraditional ways 16:11And also, who required of both of us that we change drastically that we, the concept that we had gotten ourselves into this mess, and that we were going to get ourselves out of this mess was not one that I heard in the doctor's office. 16:31Was and it was really clear and so 16:34And within 16:37A few months, we were both licensed spiritual health coaches, we probably took, I don't know, six months, nine months, something like that for that process and we said, Okay, this is this, we're leaning in because we are not going where that other train was going 16:59Okay, so. So that's really the beginning of when I became a much, much more aware of myself of my thoughts of my 17:09Relationship to the world of my discomfort that I had become just completely accepting of right I had just said, Oh, well that's the way life is, you know and and really be in that awareness, I found new answers. brandon handley17:28So, um, you know what, I guess the one thing is right when you're we're 19 and your earlier years before you 17:37had developed an awareness, you would be, what would we call you know 17:43Was it 17:45Unconscious competence, right, like you and I were you, you were already aligning yourself and you weren't aware that you were doing it. And then once you kind of develop this newfound awareness. 17:56You were able to do this with intention and purpose. Donnalynn Riley18:00That's exactly right. brandon handley18:02Now, so, and also throw out like when you know so I was raised by a hippie mom grew up you know out San Francisco and she was always kicking the word awareness around right when I was growing up, I was like, I'm aware. You see me run into 18:15I've ever run into a thing. 18:18Right, I use it everything outside of me right everything outside of me. I was I was completely aware of. I didn't miss a beat. Yeah didn't miss a beat. But the awareness that I think that you're talking about today is the awareness inside. Is that fair Donnalynn Riley18:32That's exactly right. 18:33That is exactly right and very hard to articulate. You did that quite well that 18:39People, most of the time, feel like they are aware when they start working with me, they're like, Yeah, yeah, I got that part, I need the accurate assessment. Come on, let's get to the good stuff here. 18:49And and that awareness that inner awareness and that ability to kind of be with yourself for periods of time in order to deepen that awareness is very important to the next steps. And so you're absolutely right that people are like, I'm aware. Let's fix my landing page. brandon handley19:16It's all 19:17It's all marketing has nothing to do with what's happening. 19:19Right, right. 19:21Nothing internal happening fixed that. Donnalynn Riley19:23I just had that targeting right we would 19:25All set. So, what what is what is like when when somebody first brandon handley19:29Starts off what's uh what's like one tool that you like to start them off with to 19:35Begin to develop that inner awareness. Donnalynn Riley19:39One of my favorite 19:42Sort of 19:47Let me go back a second here in my thinking. One of my tools that is the easiest for me to sort of give in this kind of a space. 19:59Is actually 20:00A little bit of mirror work. Now some people will know mirror work from different varieties of, you know, mindset work and spiritual work. 20:10The mirror work that that I find is the fastest path to to becoming present 20:22Which is really that first goal is just start being in your body. 20:29Is a piece where you literally just sit with the mirror and look in the mirror in your eyes and say I am here. 20:42Over and over and over. You're sort of calling to yourself. Right. So there's a lot of work that we do after that that involves breath and 20:53Other types of awareness that we can 20:55We can bring in 20:57But 20:59But that's really the the space that I find people kind of are able to bring themselves into the room a little bit and say, oh, OK. I am actually here. Let me give this a shot. I'll be president now. brandon handley21:12Well, I mean, cuz it's, there's still the physical aspect of it right, they're still doing a physical activity, but then they're also acknowledging that it's them right right there in front of them and pulling themselves kind of gather right there. 21:27Right, so I love that. Yeah. Donnalynn Riley21:29And it's deliberate. It's deliberate. So even though a lot of times when people start that process, they don't know. It's deliberate 21:37They, they go like, well, I said the words and then I felt different. I don't know what happened. Right. But in fact it there. There is a deliberateness to it. That is really important that you are impacting you 21:53In that moment. brandon handley21:57Well, that, you know, being deliberate again, you know, intentional, knowing that you're making this choice. I know that I kind of 22:04laughed a little bit about it earlier, but you know, you get to wherever you are today. And I think this is what the spiritual coaches were probably telling you before you guys set the course that 22:13You guys made the decisions to be in that situation right as as a collective even and you you guys when you first heard that you were just like what that's done, nobody's ever said that, you know, kind of that way right to us before 22:29So, I mean, I'm assuming your husband still alive. Donnalynn Riley22:32Oh, yeah. brandon handley22:35Like I hope the story has a good idea. 22:37Because, you know, so 22:39What happens right i mean you go in and he jumped into all this stuff, how, you know, how does it clear up on it never gets checked out again and somehow he still is what happened. Donnalynn Riley22:48No, no. So what happens on that story is that we do the work we do the inner work and we do the emergency inner work and it is kind of emergency at that 23:02Maybe for a year or so as you still feel like what's happening. 23:07And we he gets checked out again. And it's shrinking. 23:12Okay, and we have do have, I will say a spectacular doctor who's actually a doctor. brandon handley23:20Sure, sure. And 23:22It's always handy to have one on standby. Donnalynn Riley23:25WELL KNOW WHO DOES THIS WORK. Oh. brandon handley23:27Okay, that sounds even better yet, Donnalynn Riley23:29He's a trained Western doctor but functions in an Eastern paradigm brandon handley23:35Love it. Donnalynn Riley23:36And so he his toolkit is very, very large. And he honestly I've seen. I've never seen a problem he hasn't been able to impact positively and I have seen him deal with a lot of stuff now. 23:53So, so we had the guidance we had long distance guidance, because he's not right here in our backyard and 24:01We had long distance guidance and we did the work. And that I think is the, the key to that is to sort of have somebody who's ahead of you who can say, yeah, no, no, no. You're going in a direction. You'll be all right. 24:14Sure, sure. And so eventually that tumor went away. brandon handley24:17That's amazing. I love it. And so 24:20You would attribute that almost all to the air work was there like a dietary change. Donnalynn Riley24:26There were other changes. Yeah, absolutely. There were dietary changes, and we think there was 24:35Well, in his particular case, it had a great deal to do with a inability to deal properly with pesticides and with wheat. brandon handley24:46In the Donnalynn Riley24:46On the dietary front. So there was that and 24:54I think there was juicing and there was a lot of things. brandon handley24:57Which are look at 24:59Things. Right. 25:00Body. Sure, absolutely. Absolutely. So, and I think that's, that's interesting. The two right you know so change a die with this practice. I'm the things that are inside of you are the things that are outside of you know that this 25:15Miracle doesn't kind of happen on its own. You gotta, you gotta put it together and you got to maintain it and you know the things that do happen to it. Your body's a miracle. Right. It's amazing. 25:28And it's something like that's happening in this story right you have the ability to change that without getting i don't know i'm guessing he was getting a laser to the back of the head or something right was Donnalynn Riley25:39Wasn't. No, no, they wanted to do full 25:41On surgery. 25:43can address and take goop out 25:47And put goop in from other part. brandon handley25:52Was Donnalynn Riley25:53Unbelievably scary. brandon handley25:55Sure, sure. So, but, I mean, the what's amazing too and your story is that a lot of people would have just gone ahead and gone that route. Right. Donnalynn Riley26:03And they would have tried to talk to your spouse into it. It's their spouse said no. And that I think is something that is I, I have been very fortunate to be able to have that reciprocal relationship with my husband, where if one of us says, No, no, this is how I really feel about the thing 26:20Yeah, even if the other one thinks like, ah, you're just scarred, we should get you over that. 26:26But there is enough space. And this is an important concept in in business in the way we live our lives in general. Right. 26:35Is that there is enough space for us to be scarred and still have full and wonderful lives. It's kind of I think of it a lot about 26:45How you know how certain trees grow and they get these scars in them. And then we cut them up and we make them into coffee tables and we call them beautiful world would 26:54Say. Isn't that spectacular right 26:57Well, that's what we're making yeah in ourselves, we have experienced life and things haven't gone right and we have changed the way that we deal with things F, day after day after day and tried new approaches and had new experiences. 27:14And all of those things are brought into this present moment. And if you allow them then finding a new answer that. That doesn't mean you have to like check out your whole personality becomes somebody else right brandon handley27:32Right, right. Donnalynn Riley27:32No, no, it's okay. You can go spend time in the hospital. 27:36Right show. You don't have to be someone else. You can be you and you can be successful. brandon handley27:41Right. Well, yeah. And in regards to write the 27:46Merging all this together. Right. 27:48But I'll say it. I love Maplewood like the birds. I'm April, right, that's kind of one of the one of the times, you're talking about right and it does become so beautiful. Right. I'm like, I'm over you're sitting right now we're turning ourselves into beautiful maple tables but 28:02I love, I love the story that you're telling about that. I think that that's great. 28:09So let's just I want is, what if some of that wasn't working at any point would didn't feel like, you know, because I don't want to get the impression that 28:19You shouldn't keep a doctor nearby. Right. I mean, because you guys kept the doctor nearby that right live as he was a Western medicine doctor that yes also specialize in this space. Donnalynn Riley28:29I think that the the message that should not be taken from my experience is, go do something extreme like I did right and that the message that should be taken, I hope people take from my experience is be true to yourself and find your own answers. 28:54Because they are there, but they're only there if you calm down long enough to allow them to sort of become revealed. They weren't there in the doctor's office right only the first step, which was no I know what I don't want brandon handley29:10To Donnalynn Riley29:11But there wasn't the step of, like, I know what I do want. Right. Yeah. 29:16Yeah. And in fact, I think that something very important happened there because it was life threatening. Right, it's not 29:23It's not the same as in business where things can go right or wrong and we can find our own alignment. Right. But in this scenario. I think one of the most 29:35impactful things that happened was that my husband had someone to turn to and say, You figure it out because he then could go about the business of lining up with becoming well 29:51He didn't know how, but he had faith. 29:53Yeah, leaf. He said, This person loves me and they're relatively smart. They'll figure it out. brandon handley30:02Well, I think you bring the other one up to which I always love you don't have to know how you don't have to know how you just have to know that that's what you want. That's right. Right. And us where they can just 30:16Move forward in that direction. You know, as if it's not Nestle like I i get i get a little caught up in between, like Law of Attraction with like, you know, 30:28Spirituality space, right. I don't think that they're one the same. I think they're very close, but I don't I don't I don't like to make a sandwich out of, I guess. 30:37Um, Donnalynn Riley30:38But so many ways to look at life you know 30:41It would be a shame to sort of collapse it into only one way 30:46Hundred percent I think that's one of the reasons that the concept of spirituality so appealing to me is that it's big. brandon handley30:53Right, it's yours. Donnalynn Riley30:54I can be a part of this energy and I can be a part of that energy and I don't have to really understand it intellectually. I just have to decide that I'm willing to be a part of that. brandon handley31:05Right. No, I see ideas. Do you even know how you're here. Right. I mean, we don't even understand how we're here to begin with, I mean. So where does that leave us so 31:19Let's talk a little bit more about the outside of the story. Thanks for sharing that. That was Donnalynn Riley31:22My pleasure. Thanks for bringing it up. I, I had 31:26Was I was gonna tell it. brandon handley31:27Yes. I mean you know that, but that's that's kind of how you got into this space. And then, you know, I'm guessing that you kind of incorporated. Now some of this spiritual practice modality. And you were seeing the benefits that it was having in the business space. 31:41So at Donnalynn Riley31:42That time 31:43I was actually the CEO of a corporation. 31:46Okay, so 31:49This was what my life was like, like my every day was going to work as the CEO of a corporation. 31:56Right, so, you know, to, to become to to shift perspective in this massive way and then go back to work the next day and be like, 32:08Oh yeah, I'm gonna do it, just the way I used to do it. 32:11Let them work out. 32:13Right, so there had to be for me a re assessing a real understanding of the business world so that and the end the specifics of my business involvement with people so that I could find peace with the 32:36The 32:38Pathway that we were on brandon handley32:40Okay. Donnalynn Riley32:40So I had many years to do that. I didn't leave that world until 32:452014 and I that the story I told. And when I got my licensure was well 32:55The story I told started in 2007 32:58Okay, so it was putting a time in their 33:02Right to Try concepts out to go to work and to feel differently about things and then see what happens. And now have to take action right away. 33:12To decide that your solution to this relationship problem with an employee with the board of directors with it. Whoever whoever you're dealing with with with the clients themselves. 33:27That you are going to shift that but not by going in and saying something different or doing something different and being like, I am different. Now, now you behave differently, right, which is how people love to approach it. 33:38Sure does not work doesn't work, just 33:42But to really be able to take the time to say okay I am willing to to try everything that I have learned out on myself and to teach it to my staff and to pass it along to people who come and ask for it. 34:02There was a lot of opportunity right now. I'm seeing a lot of people in a day. And there's a lot of opportunity and people will ask you the wildest things 34:10Sure. And so 34:14Yeah, so I had that I had that. And so that was a way for me to really shift the way that I saw business. And what I knew for a fact would work in business. 34:27I had a lot of knowing what didn't work. And some of what did work. I had attained a position and, you know, was filling that position. Well, and all of that. But I really was able to sort of AMP that all up by 34:40By being able to try these things and not know 34:45If they were going to work. 34:47And do them anyway. brandon handley34:49What would be an example of that. Donnalynn Riley34:55Well, there was at one point there was a time when the board of directors was not happy with me. 35:04Man I know, it doesn't mean it doesn't even make sense. 35:06No, it doesn't. It kind of in this world. 35:09And and was not happy with anyone in my 35:15In my purview at all like not like there was no one. And so there was one particular board member who would come in and 35:24Kind of create difficulty. Right. It was a time of change. And I was directing the, the company in a direction that was scary and different and new 35:36And that was not really okay for that board and so that member would come in and and sort of undermine what was happening or stand in the way of what was happening. 35:49And I don't think that was the intention, but I think that it was really to look out for the company and to like really well founded. But really bad idea. And so this went on for 36:05Several weeks several weeks and different members of my staff kept coming to me and saying, what are we going to do this can't go on and I would have a chat and, you know, it still went on and that was the way it was. And I had tried a lot of business solutions for this. 36:23But one day I decided that I was going to just focus on the inner work and I spent all of my off time 36:34Doing that inner work and it was a process it. A lot of times people like me to sort of distill it down into one thing that I did. And certainly, I could name some things that you can do in that scenario but 36:48Really, the important thing was that I was no longer tied to the outcome based on yesterday. 36:56So that we had been through it right. This has been going on for weeks, we had tried everything we know what didn't work. We know. No, no. Right. But we didn't really we didn't because today is a new day. 37:09And this is a new moment. 37:11Right. And so once that happened once there was a disassociation with the past, then 37:19The process of becoming holy present and allowing the other people to become wholly present other this person in particular. 37:29Then the, the issues that are around, it can be dealt with and the attitude can shift. And there can no longer be. It doesn't have to be an aggressive situation, which is what had developed 37:41Right. But once that all dissipates. Then you can have the real conversations about the work that really should be being done in those in that scenario. 37:52Right, I should be held accountable for that in my position and that person should be able to say what they have to say. But there was no space for 38:00Any of that. 38:02And to east and east and east and about two weeks later, one of the gentlemen that work for me came to me and said, What did you do 38:13What did you do 38:14Well you fixed it for you, but you didn't fix it for me. 38:19And I said, Well, I could teach you what it was like, why can't you just fix it. brandon handley38:26That's funny. That's funny. So one of the things that you kind of, you start out there to with the is not having to take action right away, right, because we feel that 38:36We need to take this action immediately to for some type of corrective measure like 38:42Where the like where the savior of whatever is happening, they're like, well, there's no we got to fix this. Right. But you're saying though, you just kind of step back. Yeah. But some of the things just play out on their own and right Donnalynn Riley38:55Yeah, that's exactly right. That's exactly right. There's actually a three step process that I teach that 39:02Is a called the triple a method of transformation and that three step process is really important. Some people get one step. 39:12Some people get two steps, but rarely do we hear people talk about the third, the middle step right 39:18Right. So the first step in that is awareness and we've talked a lot about that today, which is 39:23Wonderful. And the third step in that is the action stage right the adaptation. What are you going to do, usually people kind of jump from one to the other and they go, they go like, yes, I'm aware there's a problem. Now I have a solution. 39:38And it's the middle step that is the most important and that really isn't an accurate assessment, you can't make an accurate assessment, unless you're in a receiving mode you're in a 39:58Listening period. A watching period a learning period right it's you can't assess something. If you think you know everything about it already. 40:09So you have to do the exploration that is that middle stage that's between Awareness. Awareness of yourself awareness of your situation and then 40:21Learning so that you can be accurate in your assessment. And that's, I think, really where most of the time it all falls apart is that the assessment is not accurate. 40:33Hmm. And so that's how you jump from the one step to the other step is that you go like now I got this move on. 40:43But you don't know yet. But there's like a guy behind the curtain run and my thing. You know what I mean. 40:48Sure. 40:49So that's brandon handley40:51That's more than you know awareness of your thought process awareness of the, you know, conscious choices awareness of doing these things. 41:00With purpose and intention, but also, you know, I like how you bring up this you know accurate assessment piece because it was just yesterday as matter of fact I sat down with a transformational coach and 41:14It was what you're saying here is you can assess, but kind of like a and I feel like this is what I had done right I assess the situation quickly. 41:24And felt that was good enough. Right. And then he goes, Well, I think, actually, you need to go one more layer deeper. Yeah. And he took me one more layer deeper. And I was like, Oh my gosh, you know, Donnalynn Riley41:35Totally different answer to. Right. brandon handley41:37Well, totally different answer. Totally different feeling totally different space in place and you know 41:44Therefore, ergo my assessment initially was not accurate. Yeah, that's right. Right. 41:53And you know we're here. We keep learning and this, this is even has to do with just, you know, if you're working with a client, they feel like they know who they are. All right. And you've got it you what you're doing is you're helping them to slow down and 42:07Truly learn who they really are. Yeah. Donnalynn Riley42:09That's exactly right. That's exactly right. And I think that was true for me. So I think that one of the things that makes it easier for me to 42:18To talk to people is that I've stood someplace. Very, very similar to where they're standing and so that feeling like I know especially having some early success. 42:30Right, sure. No, I do. No. 42:33No, I did it. I know how to do it. No, no, actually you don't 42:39Because you did it, but you didn't know how you did it. 42:41Yeah, you did it, but you can't repeat it, and 42:46Source, all of that. brandon handley42:48Sure, yeah. 42:50But it's looking those steps and and and i think that we've been fortunate, right, like a laughed at the beginning how there's, you know, 43:00There's pathways for us to take you know that the plenty of people have done this before us. We're not the first people to show up like I got this. 43:08Follow me like there's no whole whole society is built on this and 43:13We're lucky that we've got that available to us right that framework, the possibility to kind of 43:18Go to even you right or you know your spiritual coaches to run them in the first time, like there's a whole nother way. 43:25And it fits into this and, oh, I can get the same results by but but by doing it this way instead of this other brash like I'm going to take the bull by the horns and crush everybody mentality. Right. Yeah. Donnalynn Riley43:40Yeah, I, I, actually, when I first kind of got that there was another way and that it was actually more effective I so I had been into herbs, my whole life where I felt like I i liked spices in my food, and I 43:54I knew some of the properties of things. And I would you know give myself cold medicine by eating the garlic or whatever it was. Right, sure, and and 44:03I got that there was, I knew about herbs and spices that there were in different parts of the world, they would do the same things, but be totally different plans. 44:13And I was like, 44:14Oh, I don't really get why that's true, that you can take turmeric from India and you can take, you know, yarrow from North America and you're going to get a similar thing and happening for you. 44:29And I, I knew that it was possible, but I couldn't make any sense of it until we got to this concept, this concept of being present and being aware 44:44And showing up in a new way and then taking action. Then I got, oh, there are just so many ways, right. I could have said 10 different things in that moment. 44:57And gotten a really similar response to that, or maybe my relationship problem, like I've, I've worked with people a lot with 45:07business relationships where they're particularly with employees, where they're not getting the results they want with the employees and they feel like it's the employees problem. 45:18And that works. The first or second or third employee, but it does not work after that. 45:23To face a few things. 45:26And you can try all the techniques you want, right, there's a lot of management techniques and those i'm sure can be effective in under certain circumstances. 45:37But really when you're willing to do that work inside you and the technique, doesn't matter anymore because 45:45The result can happen regardless of the technique that you're using, sort of like that plant it's planted in a, you know, different sides of the earth, but it's helping your body because the world is meant to support us for sure that's what that's what is here for brandon handley46:01At least from our perspective. Hundred percent hundred percent Donnalynn Riley46:05Plant feels like it's there for them. brandon handley46:08But what I just I just saw like you know I think somebody talk. I think I was listening to Wayne Dyer right and he's talking about like if you lift the seeds or whatever and you plant them that they take in that your DNA, and they grow to to you. 46:21Yeah, so 46:22So I'll always always something interesting. 46:26Always something interesting. Geez, you said something there that I wanted to hit on but uh what you know. 46:34So what are some. What are some that's what's gonna say, so you're, you know, the techniques become 46:42More like a again a vehicle for what's inside of you, right, and that's your focal point, you're like, All right, you know, 46:49It's the techniques, not working. It's because I look I take to jujitsu right and oftentimes the, the deal is, I'm using a technique, but I'm also trying to put all this force power behind like 47:04Running grown in 47:06But it's when I relax and just simply apply the technique. 47:11That it works. I'm like, why, what this doesn't make any sense. Right. So again, it sounds like you know if you do the inner work and you figure out kind of what's in you just you just kind of let that out, Masha, but you focus it gently on the technique, it works. Donnalynn Riley47:23Yeah, we're back where we were when we started right life can be a lot easier than we make it brandon handley47:30And and so you know what what are 47:34What are some of the other things that you're finding with your clients right. How are they, what's their reception been to their new selves. Donnalynn Riley47:44Reception to their new cells. Fantastic question. 47:48Wow. I like I'm pretty good. brandon handley47:54Sure. Donnalynn Riley47:55You know, it feels a lot better to be not frustrated and not irritated and have a new way to accept your imperfections and to say I can be whole and I can show up and I can shift my life in these ways where I get the result that I want and still be may brandon handley48:18Not have to Donnalynn Riley48:19Turn into somebody else. I mean, I think these are the kinds of things that a lot of times people really feel like, all right, I want to go there. So I'll just be someone else for a while. 48:33They 48:34Got themselves off from themselves, right. brandon handley48:36So, Donnalynn Riley48:37And this is how people end up to be older and more bitter. 48:43And then eventually at some point they say I'm not doing that anymore. And sometimes that's at retirement age sometimes that's a lot earlier. 48:52You're really lucky if you don't have a lot of patience for that kind of thing in your life. brandon handley48:57Well, you know, you know, recently, my wife, she she hit that point right she just said this is enough. This is too much and and she's now you know we come from two different types of backgrounds. Right. 49:08Where she came from, you know, the you work hard, you get a job you keep that job for as long as you can, it's safe. It's good. They watch out for you. 49:16But at what cost, right, I think you'd mentioned that to like what costs like you're the costs. 49:22Is you your life, your, your whole, you know, they call it grind it out for a reason. You're losing each day to the grind. So I don't want to keep you too long, but this has been, I've had a lot of fun with this conversation. 49:35A lot of fun with this conversation. 49:37Where, where should and we did talk about you do have something coming up. I want to make sure people know that you've got this, you've got this challenge come out to us talk on that. Donnalynn Riley49:45You. I do. I have a five day 49:49Workshop, or I'm 49:53Just loving the words just scramble away from you. brandon handley49:56Absolutely, it says all day every day. 49:59To Donnalynn Riley49:59Day challenge coming up and it, it is called get out of your head. Embrace your imperfections and get on track with your business. 50:10And so that's what we're going to do for five days, we're going to go through the process and we're going to really delve into that process. We talked a little bit more 50:19Earlier about the AAA method of transformation and get to apply some of that and really see what kind of 50:29changes we can make in such a short period of time for lots and lots of people to to quiet the noise to to find that space that we've been talking about and to still be wholly yourself to really embrace that you're okay, as Your imperfections and then apply that process. 50:51It's a very interesting process, I think. 50:53It will be really great to see how everybody does. brandon handley50:56That's awesome. So what type of people should be attending this event. Donnalynn Riley51:00Anyone who's interested in business. 51:05Who is open. Yeah. 51:07Yeah, so this is this work is not easy. It's not like, you know, kind of, you were talking about this with talking about your wife's background and a lot of people come from a background where it's kind of supposed to be hard. And when life is not fun. They say, what is it they say they say brandon handley51:27Oh my lemonade. 51:31Life's not supposed to be fair, I don't know. Donnalynn Riley51:33Yeah, all that brandon handley51:34All that stuff. Donnalynn Riley51:35So what, like, I get that. And there are people who need that kind of structure in their life, and they're not ready to let go of that that's okay with me. brandon handley51:43Yeah. Donnalynn Riley51:43Don't come to mind. 51:47But anyone everyone. I hope Pro has a business involvement writing particularly I work for the most part with entrepreneurs. 51:57So you're the driver of your business boat, it makes it much easier. And who wants to work on something and knows that the answer is somewhere in them might they're willing to do some work for it. That is personal. That is development personal development work. 52:20And and really you show up with willingness and I'd be happy to guide you all the way through the process that would be great. brandon handley52:30Awesome and listen. 52:32You know, you've had you been a successful CEO, you started off successful businesses you sold businesses. 52:41And, you know, for anybody, which website. Again, Donald in Donnalynn Riley52:46Donnellan Riley calm. brandon handley52:48Down. So head over to the site shine house or for videos yourself, you will be able to see 52:53That she knows what she's talking about. So I think that that's really exciting. And, you know, we didn't dig too deep into the business aspects of today. We just had a really great. I felt like conversation. 53:03But you clearly know you know what it is that you're doing. You've done the work you contains to do the work. And you know what you're putting out. I think there's no top notch really really quality stuff. Donnalynn Riley53:13Thank you so much. It was really a pleasure to be here and to get to talk about this topic in such depth. So that's really nice. It's great that you're talking about this in a in a really deep way this sort of spirituality and business and in that space. brandon handley53:28You know what, you got to be able to like you keep saying, and that's what it means to bring all of who you are right, they're not two separate things. If you keep your spiritual self over here and your material or reality over here, you're missing out on the one, two punch you know 53:44You really you've really got the opportunity to kind of blend you're you're working at 50% of capacity. Yeah, right. So he can 53:51You know blend those two which which I know you can teach how to do what you get to bring to your workplace or wherever you decide to show up after you learn about who you are. It's just, it's that much more powerful. Yeah. Donnalynn Riley54:04It really is. brandon handley54:05Yeah. Hundred percent. Thanks again. Donnalynn Riley00:59:18Thank you.

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Transcription:James Linder 0:03Every health system is looking at their labor stack if you will. Who does what work? How is work getting done? How's the care provided? So I do believe we will get to a different care delivery model than we had in December of 2019. And hopefully, that will be better for the patients and be more efficient economically.Gary Bisbee 0:23That was Dr. James Linder, CEO of Nebraska Medicine, discussing how the COVID crisis will lead to a new delivery model to provide more convenient and efficient care for the patient. I'm Gary Bisbee. And this is Fireside Chat. Dr. Linder has a storied career at the University of Nebraska, including being interim president, a long term faculty appointment as Professor of pathology and microbiology, and his current appointment as CEO of Nebraska Medicine. Dr. Linder is a long-standing entrepreneur with a broad range of interests. Let's listen to Dr. Linder respond to a question about the public health infrastructure and its importance to national security.James Linder 1:05The pandemic has illustrated the fact that robust public health infrastructure is essential for not only the health of individuals but the health of the economy. It's not nice to have, you really need a strong public health infrastructure. And I think every city-state and the federal government has underfunded that for many years because it's not a glamorous activity. Hopefully, people have learned from this pandemic that proper investments and public health are essential.Gary Bisbee 1:37Our conversation includes Dr. Linder discussing a leader's most important characteristic in times of crisis, Nebraska medicine, economics, what he likes most about Nebraska, and the role of the Nebraska medicine biocontainment unit that received early COVID patients from the west coast. I'm delighted to welcome Dr. James Linder to the microphone.Well, good afternoon, Jim, and welcome.James Linder 2:03Thank you very much, Gary, I'm delighted to be with you on this podcast.Gary Bisbee 2:06We're pleased to have you at the microphone for sure. It's always interesting to learn about our guests. You're Midwesterner born in Nebraska and have been at the University of Nebraska in one form or another for quite a while. What do you like best about the Midwest?James Linder 2:21As you say, I was born and raised here. And I guess I could say I like the seasons to some extent, and I certainly like working with the people. I've had just great professional interactions since I joined the faculty here in Nebraska in 1983.Gary Bisbee 2:37For those of us that aren't familiar with Nebraska, how would you describe Nebraskans?James Linder 2:43Well, I would say we're the well-deserved brunt of many jokes. You know, it's like a study, in contrast, it's a very agricultural state with expanses of land with very few people. So we've been practicing social distancing since 1869. Then we also some major metropolitan areas with huge businesses with Fortune 500 companies. So it's a nice contrast that appeals to many people.Gary Bisbee 3:12What would be the distinctive feature of Omaha as a city other than there are these four companies and Nebraska medicine and so on, but how would you describe Omaha to somebody that was not familiar with it?James Linder 3:25I'd probably still describe it as a big town as opposed to a city, which is a little unfair since the metropolitan area has close to seven or 800,000 people, but it's a community I think, where people do still know each other, they interact a lot of farmers markets, cultural events, and everything is accessible. And I lived in the Boston area for a while for work. It was very hard to go to a show because of just the logistics of traveling and parking, whereas in Omaha, you can still enjoy those things.Gary Bisbee 3:57Now our listeners wouldn't forgive me if I didn't ask the obvious question. Do you know Warren Buffet? And do you run into him at all?James Linder 4:05I do know, Mr. Buffett. We have run into each other on a few social events. And he's a very private individual. And I think everyone in Omaha respects that. I've been in restaurants where he's been at a table and no other people walk up to him to start conversations. They're very grateful for what he's done for the community and for all the investors in Berkshire Hathaway, but he enjoys his private life. And a favorite story about Mr. Buffett, I actually when I was a younger person, saw him in a hardware store looking for a part on his own, and walked around some aisle and there's Warren Buffett. I didn't have the foresight then to ask him for investment. My wife Karen actually did write a book on the women executives who served Berkshire Hathaway for many years. And in doing that, we learned quite a bit about the company and its success.Gary Bisbee 4:59That sounds like a must-read and maybe the next podcast interview would be with Karen, but on to you. When did you decide on medicine?James Linder 5:07Well, I was an undergraduate biochemistry major Iowa State and was actually pursuing a PhD program in the 1970s. And unfortunately, that time, getting a PhD in biochemistry was a ticket to the unemployment line. And I decided that I could be a very good researcher with a MD degree, as well as a PhD degree. So that really drove my choice of medicine. And some of you may know that I'm a pathologist by training. And pathology is more of basic science. So that was kind of in line with my research interests.Gary Bisbee 5:40You've held a variety of positions at Nebraska, including interim president in the university and certainly been a professor of pathology microbiology for quite a while and currently CEO in Nebraska medicine. What were the circumstances that resulted in your being appointed interim president?James Linder 5:58I was working in the university prior to that time leading to technology development. And that was because I had worked in industry for about 12 years. And so I had a good sense of tech transfer. And when the president of the university took a position at the City University of New York, he recommends that I'd be one of the candidates for that consideration, simply because we had worked together at the system level. The University of Nebraska has four different campuses. So it has quite an expanse throughout the state.Gary Bisbee 6:31How long were you interim President, then?James Linder 6:33So luckily, I had to get out of jail free card. My agreement specified that I could not be a candidate. The search concluded after one year, and so I had a full year of all the things that you would have as a university president, including an occasional athletic department, controversy or two, but then when the year ended, they had a good candidate who followed me who was dedicated to being a university president. He took that job on.Gary Bisbee 6:58If you could focus on one thing that you learned as President of the University of Nebraska during that year, what would it be?James Linder 7:05I would say that it is a learning that I've tried to carry all my life is that if you have people who are working for you or with you, let them do their jobs, don't try and do their jobs. Because the reason that they are a dean or department chair or Chancellor is to lead their faculty and their employees. And I think that's always been a valuable lesson. I've applied in different roles. I was the Dean of medicine for a while and I left the chairs to do their job. And as CEO, I let my chiefs and divisional leaders do their jobs, that's why they're there to do the best job possible.Gary Bisbee 7:43That's a good transition to the current role you're holding, which is CEO of Nebraska Medicine. What were the circumstances, Jim, to your being appointed to Nebraska medicine? You were sitting on the Nebraska medicine board at the time. But what were the circumstances underlying your appointment?James Linder 8:01I was on the Nebraska medicine board and clearly had no aspiration or even concept that I was qualified to be the CEO of the health system. But the board asked me to assume that leadership role and I talked to my wife and she thought I was being a little underutilized at that time since I had finished the university presidency. And I thought it'd be a good experience.Gary Bisbee 8:26So you agreed to do it. And you've been CEO now for about two years. What have you learned as CEO that you didn't realize when you were sitting on the board of Nebraska medicine?James Linder 8:39I think the greatest thing I came to realize both as a board member and as a physician practice at this hospital for decades, was how incredibly complex it is to deliver patient care at a high level. It's really, as all the other CEOs listening know, you're running basically a hotel, restaurant, Critical Care Service and emergency room. It's a very complex business. And each day when we have our daily shout out here 30 different departments report. And if anyone of them has a problem, say pharmacy, it dramatically impacts the rest of the health system.Gary Bisbee 9:17Most people don't realize that you're also a highly successful entrepreneur. When did that interest develop?James Linder 9:25It probably grew mostly out of my experience in the industry. I began working for a company part-time, and in the mid-90s. That was based on some of the academic work I'd done. And at the same time, I retained my faculty employment. But in doing that, we were forced to innovate new products, we had the opportunity to look at partner companies for either acquisition or other relationships. And it really gave me direct exposure to business and business development. So when I came back to Nebraska. I was actually leading the technology transfer office at the Medical Center for a while. And in doing that was active and trying to build commercial activities out of some of our intellectual property.Gary Bisbee 10:14So what are your current entrepreneurial interests, Jim?James Linder 10:17Well, for 10 years my wife and I have operated an angel investment fund called Linseed capital. And I think we invested in about 30 companies. And all of those have been great experiences because we live vicariously through the founders. Clearly, not all of them have been successful. But we've had great learnings from dealing with those people. And then for about the last five years, my wife and I have been operating, she more than me, a company that does ceramic 3d printing. And we were attracted to that because of potential medical applications. And that's been true, but then there are also great uses for ceramics and other industries.Gary Bisbee 10:59A very Interesting life you live, Dr. Linder. Why don't we move to Nebraska Medicine? Can you describe Nebraska medicine?James Linder 11:07Well, at Nebraska medicine we are the primary teaching hospital for the University of Nebraska Medical Center. We are a free-standing entity that has its own governing board. We don't report directly to the state of Nebraska. We operate to hospitals, approximately 800 licensed beds. And during the course of a typical year, we'll have around 34,000 visits, 95,000 emergency room visits, and 74 clinics that accommodate probably a million clinic visits. So we're small compared to many larger academic medical centers and health systems, but really ethically share some of the same opportunities and problems.Gary Bisbee 11:47What about the culture? How would you describe the culture of Nebraska Medicine?James Linder 11:51I would say it is targeted toward getting things done doing the right thing. Innovation, teamwork, the pursuit of excellence. wants courage and healing which are embodied in our values. People work really well together.Gary Bisbee 12:05Nebraska medicine received one of the early COVID patients, as I recall, share with us why Nebraska medicine would have received those early patients?James Linder 12:15It's a very good question. And it underscores a comment that Steve Jobs made and a commencement address at Stanford, that you can only connect the dots backward. And if you look back to 2004, a decision was made to establish and biocontainment unit at the University Nebraska Medical Center. It sat unused for 10 years, but every month, the staff in that unit practiced donning and doffing and taking care of highly infectious patients. Then in 2014, we had of course, the Ebola crisis that led to people receiving care in the US, and Nebraska medicine took care of the majority of those patients. After that, experience it was recognized that the country in the world needed training and dealing with highly infectious diseases. So over the next five years, we participated in training thousands of military and civilian personnel in the country and actually established the global center for infectious disease on our campus. And it was that center that was activated when the patients from the diamond princess cruise ship, were returned to the US who were COVID positive. And we monitored some of those who are not too ill in isolation and then provided care for the others.Gary Bisbee 13:35Definitely an interesting story. Let's move to COVID a little bit more in a moment. There's been obviously social unrest around the country. Sounds like Omaha has had its share. How would you describe that Jim and how has it affected Nebraska Medicine?James Linder 13:53Omaha has had a share of an appropriate share, I would add of concern over the disparities that exist both economically for people of color and in healthcare access. And our physicians and nurses have stood with those individuals. There was an event just on Friday, where hundreds of healthcare professionals knelt in a moment of silence to recognize the problems that our country is now dealing with. When I communicate to our staff, I emphasize that we cannot solve problems on a national level. But locally, we can do a lot to impact in a positive way the lives of people who would like education and healthcare, would like to add this as a career. And certainly dealing with the healthcare disparities, making sure that everybody has access to screening and care in the state.Gary Bisbee 14:47Well said let's turn if we could to the COVID crisis, how has the surge progressed in Nebraska and particularly for Nebraska Medicine?James Linder 14:57if I had to use a term, I would say a Rising Tide as opposed to a tidal wave. We began preparing for a surge, probably in February, maybe March. And that was based on some of the modelings we had seen, that could affect our estate. And either because of social distancing or other factors, we didn't see that spike in impatience. But we've seen a steady climb and the number of COVID-19 patients we're caring for, typically 10% to 15% of our inpatient census, I pointed out to people that during this entire preparation for the surge, more than 90% of patients that we care for either in our ambulatory clinics or the hospital are the routine issues of heart attacks and cancer and neurologic disease that require our attention. So you're ramping up to do something totally different taking care of patients, while at the same time you have to deliver excellent care for everyone else.Gary Bisbee 15:55Shortage of PPE has been all around the country, particularly those in the midst of the surges, how has PPE been for Nebraska medicine?James Linder 16:07In general, we had adequate supplies. And that is partly because of the position we sat in the country of being prepared to take care of large numbers of patients who might be ill with an infectious disease. We did pioneer early on the UV decontamination of N95 masks, which allowed an individual to use his or her mask over say three times. We also thought a lot about innovation. Our teams put together ways for droplets that might arise from having nasal canula in place, using shields that could protect anesthesiologists and a lot of environmental controls to make sure that health care workers are not affected.Gary Bisbee 16:52There's been a lot of discussion about the role that the federal government ought to play for stockpiling PPE. How do you think about that, Jim?James Linder 17:02Well, it's a question of when you're doing it. If you're doing it prior to a pandemic, it's a wonderful thing. That way, health systems can equitably access those resources. Yes, the federal government is competing against health systems to buy PPE during a time where you're trying to secure for your own patient care needs, and there isn't a system to equitably distributed and that can cause problemsGary Bisbee 17:29How about the state of Nebraska? Is the state of Nebraska have any stockpiling of PPE?James Linder 17:35The state of Nebraska has been a very good partner for Nebraska medicine from the onset of the pandemic. Our staff here at UMC have worked with the six different regions in the state to try and make sure that people were educated on protocols and as much PP was available as possible. So we did have some state resources we drew on some of the resources that existed at Nebraska Medicine to make sure that the hospitals and nursing homes could actually deliver the care in a safe way. pp is just an amazing tool for controlling the pandemic. We have had no health care workers that have become infected when properly using PPE that's since January of this year. Now I'm knocking on wood here because we could always have a mistake tomorrow. But we made use of PPE extenders to make sure that our individuals were in the care setting or properly putting on and taking off their PPE so that did not accidentally contaminate cells.Gary Bisbee 18:39Jim, how about telemedicine? It has exploded in virtually every health system in the country. How about Nebraska Medicine?James Linder 18:47It has likewise seen a dramatic increase. In the last month, we had some days where there were more telemedicine visits than there were in-person visits. And so if there is ever a silver lining from this pandemic It is illustrated that patients like telemedicine. Physicians can practice high-quality telehealth remotely. And it is a real plus for healthcare Also consider the fact in a rural state like Nebraska, it can enable care to populations that otherwise may not get it. So I think that organized medicine should work hard with the federal government and insurance carriers to make sure that the reimbursement for telehealth services is appropriate.Gary Bisbee 19:29If the reimbursement is appropriate, do you think that this increased usage will continue or even grow?James Linder 19:35I think it will continue. I think it will require our health systems to rethink how they engage patients. So we may have diagnostic centers where blood draws could happen. And imaging studies could be done here, before or after the telehealth visit. So all that information is there. And then I think you'll see some services that have not been adequately served in the country such as in-cancer screening, that will grow tremendously because the paucity of dermatologists and many communities has led to a deficit in screening for skin cancer. And I think that can be resolved by telehealth. So the CMS and the states issued waivers pretty early on. Was that particularly helpful? I think that the waivers that were issued were helpful, and I think that we should look carefully at how that has impacted care. And when it's improved care, we should look for those waivers to be made permanent so that it is part of the ongoing provision of care. how do you think about social distancing with let's say your amatory care,Gary Bisbee 20:40How do you think about social distancing with let's say your ambulatory care, waiting areas will there need to be new planning to accommodate social distancing?James Linder 20:51The point you bring up is very important. A lot of the ambulatory care areas if you think of how they were historically patients would come in, they would be given a clipboard and they'd fill out several pages of answering questions. And that does not lend itself to good social distancing. So with the digital front door, if you will, that we've developed with our Nebraska medicine app, which is similar to what many other health systems use, those questions can be answered before the patient comes in. So literally, they show up for their 10 o'clock appointment can be seen immediately in the exam room where they're scheduled to be seen. We've taken the position that all of our providers in the ambulatory setting do wear masks. We provide masks to patients when they come in if they don't have their own. We think that the physical barrier the mask is essential for limiting the spread of the virus.Gary Bisbee 21:45How about rebooting surgeries Have you begun to institute surgeries now?James Linder 21:52We began doing "elective surgeries" when it was permitted by the state surgeries that were required for life and limb, even during the onset of the pandemic we did. The things that could be postponed for four to six weeks were postponed. And we began doing those largely limited by the availability of staff as opposed to our time. Then we found, as I'm sure many other CEOs have taken care of patients who have COVID-19 infections as a significant burden on your critical care, faculty, and staff, whether they're anesthesiologists or pulmonologists and that has limited our ability to staff some of those procedural areas. But we're gradually getting back up to the neighborhood of 80%.Gary Bisbee 22:42COVID has accelerated the timeline for discovery in many cases, vaccines, drugs, devices, as you've pointed out innovations that Nebraska medicine will that accelerate to provider delivery cycles in a commencer Why do you think Jim?James Linder 22:59I think every health system is looking at their labor stack if you will. Who does what work? How is work getting done, how's the care provided? So I do believe we will get to a different care delivery model than we had in December of 2019. And hopefully, that will be better for the patients and be more efficient economically.Gary Bisbee 23:20Let's go to the economics of this, which is not a pretty picture for any of our health systems. How will this COVID outbreak affect and Nebraska medicines finances in 2020?James Linder 23:33Well, for fiscal year 20, we will incur probably a modest financial loss. We were in a fairly strong position, coming into say April this year, but April, May, and June will all be actual negative, if you will. We made the decision early on to not furlough any of our employees. And we had the luxury of doing that because we had sufficient days of cash on hand that we felt we could absorb that law. We also thought that those colleagues would be essential for the recovery of our activities in June, July, and August. But still, it's going to be a difficult year. And it will require some innovation and work on part of everyone to make sure that we can deliver care in an efficient way and make sure patients feel comfortable coming back to the clinics in the hospital.Gary Bisbee 24:23There's a lot of fear out there. Probably 40% of individuals are reluctant to come into a healthcare setting. How are you dealing with that? Are you trying to communicate with the community about that, Jim?James Linder 24:35I believe that the most effective way is direct conversations with the individuals who normally would schedule those patients, making sure that they are aware of the safety precautions in place for their well being. And I make the point that Nebraska medicine was one of the most advanced facilities in the country or the world in dealing with the patient who had an infection. Likewise, the safety protocols we put in place, I think are strong, supportive, and safe for the patient. Fear is fear though. And it does take repeating that message many times over.Gary Bisbee 25:11Yeah, I'm sure. Well, let's hope we don't have another wave in the fall as some are predicting. How are you expecting the payer mix to change?James Linder 25:19Well, I think the payer mix will change in a couple of different ways. In Nebraska, we're finally getting to a point of Medicaid expansion. So we will be reimbursed for Medicaid from sources we did not have access to before. And then I think on the national scene, there will probably be the ongoing juggling of different payers. They probably had a very strong third and fourth quarter because of the fact that many elective procedures were postponed, but there'll be rethinking about how they want to support healthcare and there could be federal legislation as well that affects the payment of services.Gary Bisbee 26:00Turning to leadership. I think we all agree leadership is always important, particularly in times of crisis. What characteristics do you think a top leader ought to have during a crisis?Jim Linder 26:12Calm. That answer may be too brief, but I think it's essential. I think you have to analyze the situation you're in, get input from people who are at the front line and be calm as you'd help guide people through the decision making.Gary Bisbee 26:25Yep. As I've asked other CEOs, that's a frequent answer. So you all have that experience. Let's go to the health infrastructure, it seems clear that public health is more part of the national security than we might have thought in the past. How do you think about that, Jim?James Linder 26:45I think that the pandemic has illustrated the fact that a robust public health infrastructure is essential for not only the health of individuals but the health of the economy. It's not nice to have. You really need a strong public health infrastructure. And I think every city, state and federal government has underfunded that for many years because it's not a glamorous activity. Hopefully, people have learned from this pandemic that proper investments and public health are essential.Gary Bisbee 27:17I totally agree with that. And it seems like it's up to us to continue to push that ball forward, or it runs a risk of being forgotten. Again, Jim, this has been a terrific interview. I'd like to ask one last question if I could. We've been talking about the new normal, off and on now for a couple of months. What do you think would characterize a new normal?James Linder 27:40I think we have to acknowledge the fact that the diseases that plague people before the pandemic continue to exist. And we have to figure out a way to deliver care to those individuals in a way that's safe, while at the same time meeting our challenging requirement of providing care for Cova 19 patients for at least the next year. We think that probably 10% of our hospital occupancy will be of that realm. Then, relative to your public health question, I think the more that we are engaged in communities, making sure people are healthy, making sure that there are not health disparities and access and care. I will have a healthier community overall, and just make the country a better place.Gary Bisbee 28:25Jim, excellent interview. Thanks so much for your time today much appreciated.James Linder 28:29My pleasure.Gary Bisbee 28:31This episode of Fireside Chat is produced by Strafire. Please subscribe to Fireside Chat on Apple Podcasts or wherever you're listening right now. Be sure to rate and review fireside chat so we can continue to explore key issues with innovative and dynamic healthcare leaders. In addition to subscribing and rating, we have found that podcasts are known through word of mouth. We appreciate your spreading the word to friends or those who might be interested. Fireside Chat is brought to you from our nation's capital in Washington DC, where we explore the intersection of healthcare politics, financing, and delivery. For additional perspectives on health policy and leadership. Read my weekly blog Bisbee's Brief. For questions and suggestions about Fireside Chat, contact me through our website, firesidechatpodcast.com, or gary@hmacademy.com. Thanks for listening. 

Fans are the lifeblood of the sport, and during our first ever fan forum we discuss Africa’s most underrated players, debate how to rejuvenate local crowds, and share about the moments that made us believe football is so much more than a game.Panel: Zayn Nabbi (host), Francis Nkwain (Sports media executive), Ahmad Yousef (Kingfut.com Editor) and Courtney Freese (former PSL winner).SOCIAL MEDIAFacebook Group: On The Whistle PodcastInstagram: @otw_podcast / @sportsguyzaynTwitter: @otw_podcast / @sportsguyzaynWHATSAPP Send us a message here and we can add you to our Broadcast List - +447908 790 474EPISODE NOTES06:20Part One of our African Football Quiz - do play along!08:25Who is the most underrated African football player of all time?15:25How do we attract crowds to local football games on the continent?33:00Part Two of our African Football Quiz38:45Kelechi, an Arsenal superfan, ranks the greatest Africans to play in the Premier League41:10Do footballers have it easier now than they did before?49:45How should CAF's $10.8 million Relief Grant be spent?59:30Part Three of today’s quiz01:05:30Defining football memories01:21:40Final quiz question, and we have a winner…Duration: 1 hour 26 mins See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Fans are the lifeblood of the sport, and during our first ever fan forum we discuss Africa’s most underrated players, debate how to rejuvenate local crowds, and share about the moments that made us believe football is so much more than a game.Panel: Zayn Nabbi (host), Francis Nkwain (Sports media executive), Ahmad Yousef (Kingfut.com Editor) and Courtney Freese (former PSL winner).SOCIAL MEDIAFacebook Group: On The Whistle PodcastInstagram: @otw_podcast / @sportsguyzaynTwitter: @otw_podcast / @sportsguyzaynWHATSAPP Send us a message here and we can add you to our Broadcast List - +447908 790 474EPISODE NOTES06:20Part One of our African Football Quiz - do play along!08:25Who is the most underrated African football player of all time?15:25How do we attract crowds to local football games on the continent?33:00Part Two of our African Football Quiz38:45Kelechi, an Arsenal superfan, ranks the greatest Africans to play in the Premier League41:10Do footballers have it easier now than they did before?49:45How should CAF's $10.8 million Relief Grant be spent?59:30Part Three of today’s quiz01:05:30Defining football memories01:21:40Final quiz question, and we have a winner…Duration: 1 hour 26 mins See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Paul and Emily Massey, two dear believers who worked for Joyce Meyer's, have decided that they would rather have Jesus. You can learn more about that over on their website, beautifully named WeWouldRatherHaveJesus.com or you can reach out to them on social media:Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/wewouldratherhavejesus/Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/we.would.rather.have.jesus/?hl=enTwitter for Emily - https://twitter.com/emilyrosemassey and Paul - https://twitter.com/PaulMas07797558We are so thankful that this couple was able to come on our program and discuss Joyce Meyer's theology. As two former employees, they both have a unique understanding of the concerns surrounding the teachings of Mrs. Meyers. With love, and sympathy, they are working hard to expose the dangers of the false teaching coming from her ministry. We hope that this episode will be edifying, and educational. Below is a timestamped outline for anyone who wants to skip around.Paul and Emily OutlineTestimonyEmily TS 00:01:55Paul TS 00:06:05 How can pastors/elders/congregations feed a starving believer who has been without discipleship? TS 00:09:05What should the sheep do once they realize they are not being fed Biblical doctrine?How did y’all meet and get married, and did that change how you thought about theology? TS 00:13:40When and how did you both end up working for Joyce Meyers? TS 00:17:35How many volunteers worked there? TS 00:21:20How many employees?Are you seeing any red flags while you’re working there? TS 00:22:00Did the recent Benny Hinn apology shake anyone up? TS 00:27:35Jesus Culture teamed up with Joyce Meyer? TS 00:28:15Who else? Bands? Artists?Any other colleges like CFNI?What would you say to a believer who finds themselves in a church that is compromising, and locking arms with false teachers? TS 00:34:0010.Becca went to a Joyce Meyer conference in Phoenix TS 00:36:00Does that happen often?Most people coming to these events are the unsaved or deceived…She’s being ministry for over 33+ years…I’m about to turn 33 and this is heartbreaking.She is unrepentant Someone punched one of the ushers and had to make announcement. What was the theological issues that caused you to leave? TS 00:41:00Sermon, scripture, book? What would you say to Joyce Meyer’s if you were able to sit down with her? TS 00:45:45How did your families respond? TS 01:01:00What is the Gospel? TS 01:05:25Joyce Meyer last year stated she "out of balance." In regard to prosperity gospel? TS 01:07:40https://www.christianpost.com/news/joyce-meyer-admits-her-views-on-prosperity-faith-were-out-of-balance.htmlShenanigans TS 01:16:00Pineapple PizzaLauren Question Becca QuestionIf you’d like more information about Tulips & Honey Hub please visit our website: 5Solas.Online  You can shop the gals store at: inktale.com/tulipshoneyhub  The Tulips and Honey blog can be found at: biblicalbeginnings.wordpress.com  We also now have a Patreon page, which you can find here: https://www.patreon.com/Tulipshoneyhub 

In this podcast, John Logar, a marketing consultant and international speaker and coach, indulges us in his journey throughout all the companies he’s worked with and imparts innovative ideas and strategies that could help aspiring businessmen and entrepreneurs put up their work out there today. He also shared about the referral systems in the industry and how to go global with your business with the right platforms.  John tells us that in order to have a friend, you have to be a friend first. Investing in your own business and growing with it could be the best thing you could do for yourself. You get to see yourself improve in all aspects possible and you carry this independence in managing your platforms and systems towards the vision you intend to achieve while expanding it with others who share the same goal as you. In order to attract partners to say yes to you, you have got to lead by example and passion. In this podcast, we also cover: 08:21 Being happy with what you do 12:45 How to engage with people 14:50 Building on your experiences 19:44 Learning through teaching 24:10 Paying back 29:40 Highlighting your strengths 37:40 Opening doors 40:53 Generating opportunities Money is important in business, true, but it is only a buy-product to it, what matters more is the progress you’ve made with yourself and with the people you work with. It is also important to stress enough providing proper managerial teams that will help you run your business smoothly by improving your weaknesses and empowering your assets. Growing with your business could take so much from you - time, effort, ideas, money - but it can also return so much more.

In this podcast, John Logar, a marketing consultant and international speaker and coach, indulges us in his journey throughout all the companies he’s worked with and imparts innovative ideas and strategies that could help aspiring businessmen and entrepreneurs put up their work out there today. He also shared about the referral systems in the industry and how to go global with your business with the right platforms.  John tells us that in order to have a friend, you have to be a friend first. Investing in your own business and growing with it could be the best thing you could do for yourself. You get to see yourself improve in all aspects possible and you carry this independence in managing your platforms and systems towards the vision you intend to achieve while expanding it with others who share the same goal as you. In order to attract partners to say yes to you, you have got to lead by example and passion. In this podcast, we also cover: 08:21 Being happy with what you do 12:45 How to engage with people 14:50 Building on your experiences 19:44 Learning through teaching 24:10 Paying back 29:40 Highlighting your strengths 37:40 Opening doors 40:53 Generating opportunities Money is important in business, true, but it is only a buy-product to it, what matters more is the progress you’ve made with yourself and with the people you work with. It is also important to stress enough providing proper managerial teams that will help you run your business smoothly by improving your weaknesses and empowering your assets. Growing with your business could take so much from you - time, effort, ideas, money - but it can also return so much more.

How Man talk startedLeon Going through depressionMale friend groups, sharing, and vulnerabilityWhat is depression?Dad diagnosed as schizophrenic & keeping it as a secret for 12 yearsTelling friends for the 1st time at 16Calling people “crazy” / skitsLooking after your mental health & Understanding issues that come upChanging the term Mental healthMan Talk Event, 350 males in a safe spaceSuicide being number 1 cause of death for males under 45How do you Approach friends who are experiencing MHI? Breaking through WhatsApp groupsLow friction touch points.. easy to check in but not really find outAccountabilityAdding ingredients to your life to improve your stateWater fastingStarting new habits, being rubbish at the startChasing happiness, finding your meaningWhyThe easy route isn't the easy routeWhy do men commit suicide?Conversations bring us closerImagining your dreams in 'real' termsRethinking vision boardsReading vs Audiobooks. Being kicked out of schoolYou can change som bodies life with a sentenceChanging the voices in your headWe can healThe Man Talk 2020Why Accountability makes you betterClichés bring trueBooks-- More episodes:Starting Where You Are:https://link.chtbl.com/start Sudden Grief & Being A Solo Parent:https://link.chtbl.com/beckford Imposter Syndrome - Ed Skrien:https://link.chtbl.com/edskrien Mental Health - The Man Talk:  https://link.chtbl.com/mantalk Therapy - Dreamers Disease:https://link.chtbl.com/dreamers Forgive Yourself:https://link.chtbl.com/forgive Making Valuable Contributions - Jeron Ward:https://link.chtbl.com/jeron £100k in Debt - Imelda Fossu:https://link.chtbl.com/imelda Knowing Your Why:https://link.chtbl.com/why Being an Outsider - Alya Mooro:https://link.chtbl.com/alya 

Welcome to Season 2 Episode 6 of the Creative Business Success Podcast! I'm psyched about today's episode because we're going to be talking about something you don't hear a lot in creative business circles: how working for exposure can be GOOD for your business! Elizabeth, the artist behind By Elizabeth Hope, is joining me today to share how and when exposure can be truly beneficial for your business's bottom line and how to figure out when it's okay to work for exposure.Here's a cheat sheet of some of the episode highlights:Elizabeth's intro, 1:03"Exposure is the bad guy!" 2:05Elizabeth's experiences with working for exposure, 2:45How to find the right opportunities to work for exposure, 5:29Know your audience before working for exposure, 6:57Working for exposure when starting your creative business, 10:13Working for exposure as practice for working with clients, 11:06Should you get paid for other work before working for exposure? 12:41One of the most effective digital marketing methods, 15:17NEVER PAY TO WORK FOR EXPOSURE, 15:53Get creative with the value from working for exposure, 17:51How to use working for exposure as marketing, 18:26How to use working for exposure as business networking, 21:02Presenting yourself professionally while working for exposure, 21:41Improving your creative business through working for exposure, 22:23Choosing when and who to work for exposure, 24:22Finding GREEN flags before working for exposure, 25:53Other times to work for exposure, 27:01Vetting someone before working for exposure, 28:47Elizabeth's closing thoughts on working for exposure, 31:34Where to connect with Elizabeth, 33:15Let's dive deeper into a few of these key takeaways...1 | Know your value when working for exposureIf you're working for exposure simply because you don't think anyone will pay you for your creative work - STOP. That is the worst time to work for exposure and it'll only degrade your confidence as a creative entrepreneur. We mentioned this several times in this episode because it's such an important point.Some folks are confident enough in their creative work before they make a sale that it's okay for them to work for exposure before that. If that's not you, though, wait until you make a few sales before you seek out or accept exposure work. Knowing your own value will help you communicate that to your work-for-exposure clients and keep you from getting suckered into a bad experience.Working for exposure can be good for creative entrepreneurs, but you have to know yourself. Give yourself a self-evaluation to determine if you're mentally ready to work for exposure or if you should wait.2 | Vet your clients before working for exposureYou may have heard Elizabeth mention that SHE sought out her work-for-exposure clients, not the other way around. This is the opposite of most work-for-exposure stories. By seeking out her clients, Elizabeth was able to validate the opportunity before accepting it.One of Elizabeth's key criteria for accepting a work-for-exposure project was the charities the project would support. When she and her client have a mutual goal for the project, it helps Elizabeth know they share some of the same values and that they aren't in it to take advantage of her.Another good way to vet a client before working for exposure is to ask if they have a plan for marketing. If you can create a marketing plan with them before starting the project, you'll both be more likely to get good returns from the project. If they aren't willing to create a marketing plan with you, you may need to re-evaluate the project to make sure the client is in it for the right reasons.By vetting your clients before working for exposure, you're setting yourself up to be a success story instead of a horror story! Look for the green flags just as much as the red flags, like we talked about in this episode, before accepting a work-for-exposure project.3 | Find other value in working for exposureWhile we've all heard horror stories about other creative entrepreneurs who worked for exposure, it doesn't mean that's the case for everyone. Elizabeth is a great example of this! At the time of this recording, she was working on two projects that she was doing for exposure.The key difference in Elizabeth's story is that she knows exactly what value SHE is getting from these projects. Yes, she's giving value to the businesses she's working with, but she also has a solid plan to get a monetary return for her investment of time. If you go into a work-for-exposure project with a plan in place to get a financial return, you'll be in a much better place than many creative entrepreneurs.Whenever you work for exposure, there should be a solid plan in place for you to get a monetary gain in the end. It may not be directly from the project, but it could be from referrals or marketing opportunities that you receive from the project. Regardless, you need to get something out of the project in the end!Want to connect with Elizabeth?You can find her on her website, and on Instagram @artistshope, on Facebook @artbyelizabethhope, and Pinterest @byelizabethhope. Don't forget to subscribe to the Creative Business Success Podcast for more episodes and share your biggest takeaways in the comments! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Why re-read? This is a question we get a lot at RAR, and I'm not going to beat around the bush...I'm convinced there is a lot to gain from rereading. Today, I'm going to tell you why. If you have a child who re-reads the same book over and over, we're going to talk about it. And if you or someone you love has recently read the same picture book to a little one every night for months, I've got some good news for you. In this episode, you'll hear: why re-reading may just be the very best kind of readingwhat's to gain from re-reading?how our kids benefit from revisiting their favorite books (and the rewards are huge!) Click the play button below: Listener Guide Use the time stamps below to skip to any part of the podcast: 1:45How often do you rewatch your favorite movie?4:37Knowledge and vocabulary6:21Reading comprehension7:57Reading for plot11:20How we change14:30 Kate DiCamillo and Charlotte's Web15:59 A challenge for you17:04How to log re-reading18:58Let the kids speak What's the deal with re-reading? Consider: how often do you re-watch your favorite movie or re-listen to a favorite album, a favorite song? I asked this question on Facebook, and the responses surprised me. "10 times" was one of the lower responses. And I could not believe how many people said "over 100 times". Nobody even thought it was a weird question. We expect to revisit our favorite stories again and again. So what's the deal with revisiting our favorite stories, movies, songs, and books? There's more here than meets the eye, so let's dig in. Reward #1: Books become lifelong companions I bet we can all agree on this: we want books to become some of our children's lifelong companions. I want my kids to see the Laura Ingalls Wilder books or The Chronicles of Narnia or S.D. Smith's Green Ember books on a bookshelf 20 years from now and feel like they're bumping into old friends. I want them to remember who they are and remember where they came from when they see those book covers. But friendship isn't instantaneous. Friendship takes time. You wouldn't feel like someone you had a single conversation with at a coffee shop was one of your closest friends or life companions, right? Relationships with books and with book characters take time as well. If we want books to become our children's lifelong companions, then they need to spend some quality time with those characters and those stories. They do that by re-reading. Reward #2: Better retention of knowledge & vocabulary A recent study found that children are more likely to retain knowledge of new vocabulary if they're exposed to words through repeatedly reading the same book than if they're encountering those new words in different books. New knowledge and better vocabulary are two academic gains all kids get from reading, even on a first-go-round. Re-read that book, and the retention of vocabulary goes up. This is really good news for anyone with kids who like the same book to be read over and over and over again. Pro Tip: Generally speaking, you'll find the best, most beautiful language in picture books. Picture books tend to be crammed with beautiful language (yes, even more than novels), so when in doubt, grab a picture book and read it as many times as your kids will listen! Reward #3: Improved fluency & comprehension What we really mean by fluency is this: how accurately your child can read a text with the correct expression while also understanding what he/she is reading. This is probably obvious, but the more often you read a picture book, the better you get at reading aloud that picture book. You know this is true. If you've read a picture book a number of times, you know where to slow down, where to speed up, where to pause. It's familiar territory. It's like walking a well-worn path instead of blazing a new trail.

On this edition of the Bulls Talk podcast, Jason Goff is joined by Will Perdue and Kendall Gill to recap a rollercoaster week.2:45 On an up and down week for the Bulls 4:45 How to build consistency individually and as a team9:00 On Otto Porter Jr and his importance to the Bulls10:45 On Wendell Carter emerging into a leader14:40 On how to grow and develop a team leader18:40 Kendall on the best leader they played with19:45 On the Rockets and the Harden/Westbrook dynamic25:35 Who would you take in a Rockets-Jazz playoff series?27:45 Best team in LA?

0:00 Devil with the Blue Dress 0:30 Sam and Donald are celebrating the Nationals World Series title 2:25 Duke’s second exhibition game was a big win as Joey Baker came to play! 5:50 Jason likes Matthew Hurt’s form on his long-distance shooting 8:00 Sam says there are a lot of possibilities of the rotation this year 9:10 Jason on Duke not having any sure-fire NBA prospects on the team 11:30 Previewing the Kansas Jayhawks - Jason says they have a dynamic duo who could cause us big problems 17:10 Donald talks about the tremendous big man depth for Kansas 19:00 Sam talks about Kansas’s experience versus Duke’s youth 20:50 Jason is pessimistic about the early season schedule 21:45 Recruiting news- Sam welcomes 7-0 center Mark Williams to the Brotherhood 28:00 Our sponsor, Byrd Campbell has a message for former Dukie Bruce Bell 29:00 Duke legend Jim Spanarkel with a quick message for his former teammate Bruce Bell 30:00 The annual Duke Basketball Stats Prediction Game! 31:10 Most points, we all expect a certain Dukie to put a Hurting on the opposition 31:40 Most rebounds, who will Carey Duke in that category? 31:55 Blocked shots, finally a disagreement! 32:25 Most assists, we are just Jonesing to pick the same guy 32:50 Most steals, Donald is mining for Gold here 33:45 Highest FG percentage 34:45 Highest 3-point percentage 35:40 We attempt to predict Tre Jones’ 3-point percentage this season 37:45 How many games will Jordan Goldwire start this season? 39:00 Time to project Joey Baker total minutes 40:15 Vernon Carey made three pointers (in honor of Jason thinking Bolden would hit a dozen three pointers last season) 41:45 Total points scored by walk-ons this season 43:45 We predict how deep K will go this season by projecting how many players will play 150 minutes this season 45:00 How many games will Duke win this season? 45:50 How many true road games will Duke win this year? 46:45 How many ACC teams will make the Big Dance? 48:05 The Donald Wine Category – How many 100 point games will Duke have? 49:35 The tie breaker… What will be Duke’s defensive ranking on KenPom? 52:45 Parting shot – We all talk about the NCAA decision on allowing players to get money for their name and image (endorsements). This will not be a short conversation! 1:07:05 We are so excited for the season to start as we say goodbye!! 1:08:25 Donald announces that we are now on Spotify! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There has been a lot of talk recently about people with narcissistic tendencies and this behaviour is absolutely on the rise. Shona and Pia discuss their experiences with narcissistic people they have been in relationship with. After listening you will be able to pick out narcissistic behaviours and understand what's happening in these relationships.Today you will discover....02:13 What do we mean by "healing with connection'?03:53 What is a narcissist?06:25 Narcissists are attracted to empaths.10:45 How a relationship with a narcissist impacts our intuition?12:17 How an empath approaches relationships?14:45 How a narcissist loves?16:36 What to look for to learn to protect yourself from a narcissist.18:42 What Shona learnt dealing with narcissists?21:33 What Pia sees her mentoring clients have in common?22:40 What happens when we try to make a relationship with a narcissist work?24:42 How a narcissist keeps you in relationship.26:47 What is "narcissistic love bombing" and "narcissistic supply"?

This is the audio from our vide here: https://youtu.be/Yp61VmZM3q8 In this episode we dip a very tentative toe into the deep waters of ‘ambient’ sounds in guitar. As we discuss, putting labels on music is problematic from the off… but to us ‘ambient’ guitar is about building textures using combinations of delay and reverb, then manipulating those further with anything from modulation to pitch shifting to synthesis to looping etc etc etc… anything you can think of, basically. Soundscapes, textures, ambience, mood.  Covering a whole movement in a hour seems at best foolish but this is That Pedal Show after all, where our sole intention is to spark some inspiration and questions in your minds for things you might like to try. So let’s see if that happens… If you like the backing track used in this video (we’ve called it ‘Ambiphoria’ and it was made by Fraser our assistant, predominantly with the Chase Bliss Audio Mood and Empress Zoia), it is available from That Pedal Show Store. https://www.thatpedalshowstore.com/collections/downloads Enjoy the episode! Pedals & stuff in this episode… TheGigRig Three2Onehttps://www.thegigrig.com/three2one Boss Dm-2w Waza DelayUK & Europe: http://bit.ly/2lGaoBwAustralia: http://bit.ly/2vT8ulc EHX Deluxe Memory ManUK & Europe: http://bit.ly/2WbQLhG Boss RV-6 ReverbUK & Europe: http://bit.ly/2Q6NFw5 Red Panda TensorAustralia: http://bit.ly/2URKYlb Chase Bliss Audio MoodUK & Europe: http://bit.ly/2lJWgXQAustralia: http://bit.ly/2m1wwq5 Empress ZoiaUK & Europe: http://bit.ly/2lJWQ7YAustralia: http://bit.ly/2k7bCFD Keeley D&M DriveUK & Europe: http://bit.ly/2oTblU1Australia: http://bit.ly/2pUDUAEhttps://www.thatpedalshowstore.com/products/d-m-drive-pedal?variant=41892490067 TheGigRig G2https://www.thegigrig.com/g2 * Why do we have preferred retailer links? Find out here: http://www.thatpedalshow.com/partners Interesting bits and go-to sections…Intro playing: 0:00Welcome… and what are we doing today?: 01:31Back in semi-geriatric land: 3:13What’s on the board, and today’s amps: 3:39 (4:30)What can you do? Textures… 4:54Does texture mean loads of delay and reverb? 5:30Who’s that on the phone? 6:20Let’s get started with delay and overdrive: 6:48What can we do with one delay?: 8:30Now let’s add another delay…: 10:20Now let’s add reverb…: 11:45How do ambient guitars fit with a band?: 14:12Putting an effect in the loop of a delay:15:34 (17:00)Now let’s pitch shift that delay!: 19:55 (20:35)What is the Chase Bliss Audio Mood?: 24:05This isn’t normal looping: 25:28Now we have a loop, let’s mangle it: 27:04More Mood exploration: 29:12Who’s that on the phone? 31:50Mick isn’t thick. And remembers when computers came out, tangent: 32:35What is Zoia?: 35:40 (37:30)What on earth was that???: 37:40Dan builds a modulated delay in 4 minutes…: 39:40Some more questions from Mick 43:50So who or what is the Zoia for?: 45:08Mick laments his busy schedule: 50:25Will we learn more about Zoia?: 54:30Let’s try to be ambient and jam: 56:13 Guitars in this episode:Fender American Vintage ’62 Stratocaster – Mick’s video at http://bit.ly/2cQv3yTFender American Original 60s Jaguar – no video yet Amps in this episode• Marshall 1987x with 1960AX cab / Celestion G12M Greenback speakers • Matchless HC-30 with Hughes & Kettner Vintage 212 / Celestion G12M Greenback We hope you enjoy this episode. Please subscribe to our channel. You can buy TPS merch to support our efforts https://www.thatpedalshowstore.com We are on Patreon – crowdfunding for creativeshttps://www.patreon.com/ThatPedalShow Please visit our preferred retailers!UK & Europe: Andertons Music http://bit.ly/2cRvIvtAustralia: Pedal Empire http://bit.ly/2mWmJQf

In this week's Esoteric Modulation we talk to Robin Rimbaud AKA Scanner. We have a great in-depth conversation about his music practises, how he traverses multi-faceted projects, his career journey, and the importance that visual art takes within his life. We also talk about his latest Bandcamp release 'The Great Crater'Sit Back and get ready for a really interesting show! Episode 006 The Art of ScannerShow Note Timings Into: 0.00Show Run-Down: 0.40Guest into: 1.17Robin explains his practice 2.45How he has managed to bring together a diverse career 5.23Bringing different projects together 12.00Challenging himself with uncertainty and forced risk 14.20Up and coming projects 22.40How to move forward with improvisation 37.56The importance of visual art in life 45.30Tackling minimal sound projects and music 54.00Bandcamp Album 'The Great Crater' 57.40Show NotesListen Sound Art: Other People's Storieshttps://www.listensoundart.co.uk/sound.htmlSemibreve Portugal 2019https://www.festivalsemibreve.comLatest Bandcamp album, The Great Crater https://scanner.bandcamp.com/album/the-great-craterShoutouts Tim’s podcast Pod Mod https://podularmodcast.fireside.fm/suzannecianipodmodWaveform Magazine - https://www.waveformmagazine.comKyle Swishers new ‘Source of Uncertainty’ podcast:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/source-of-uncertainty-a-buchla-podcast-4u/id1467860041?ign-mpt=uo%3D4Our Pre-show special, check it out https://www.esotericmodulation.com/episodes/001-the-pre-show-specialHosts and Guests Ed Ball Website: https://www.edwardball.co.ukBen Wilson aka DivKid: https://www.youtube.com/user/DivKidVideoRobin Rimbaud Scanner on Bandcamp https://scanner.bandcamp.com

“The Innovation Olympics can be a transformative program for participants. Many students who have completed the Innovation Olympics say that it’s better than any other academic course or program they have ever taken.” This is the first of three podcasts featuring Ron Jonash, senior partner at the IXL Center and chairman of the board of the Global Innovation Management Institute. We’re excited to have Ron share his insights today on the IXL Innovation Olympics, which he currently leads. The Innovation Olympics is a global 8 week consulting competition that started in 2006. It is co-sponsored by IXL Center and the non-profit Global Innovation Management Institute. In the Innovation Olympics, 5 graduate-student teams tackle a strategic growth challenge that is set by a corporate or non-profit sponsor. There are up to 10 challenges per edition of the Olympics, which are held four times a year. Sponsors get up to 25 new business concepts and 5 mini business plans, along with access to a diverse and highly motivated talent pool. All of this is offered for a small fraction of the cost and time required for a traditional consulting engagement. 3:45 How did the Innovation Olympics begin? 5:15 Clients soon demanded a broader base of competing teams. 5:50 The Olympics soon became a truly international competition and attracted students from a wide array of schools (after it had started as a capstone program at Hult International Business School). 6:00 The program then turned into more like a consulting competition with a novel second phase. The first phase focused on specifying opportunity areas that aligned with clients’ needs; the second phase entailed clients working more closely with students to get closer to an actual implementation of ideas. 9:05 Students love this program because it offers the them real practical experience. 9:25 Clients love the Olympics because the innovation process gets done much more quickly than what is possible at their own companies. 10:10 Now, the Olympics start out with collaboration and then it turns into a competition (which is similar to most successful business innovation programs that companies employ). 12:10 How is the Innovation Olympics different from other innovation platforms? 14:05 What’s the best kind of student for this competition? 15:50 It’s easier to work across silos and disciplines with these student teams (this represents a significant value to the client). 16:10 Teams have software tools and methods to help them cross silos and disciplines. 16:50 Democratizing innovation so people can easily and rapidly work together. 17:05 Establishing common approaches and tools overcomes bickering about what approaches to take. 18:10 GIMI standards and tools are crucial in getting results/solutions in only 8 weeks. 19:00 What are the best kind of companies to participate in the Olympics? 21:10 What has been the impact of the Innovation Olympics on participating students and companies? 24:55 Many graduating students say that it’s better than any academic course or program they have ever taken.

The season is upon us! Listen to the guys make predictions about what will happen and hear their thoughts on the upcoming game against Kentucky. 0:00 Time for some predictions… brought to you by Byrd Campbell 0:30 We are time travelers, recording in the past to make predictions about the future 2:50 It is the prediction episode, Sam’s favorite time of the year 3:55 We begin with our guess at who will score the most points this season 5:10 Most rebounds… we are all in on Zion 5:40 Most blocked shots, Donald goes out on a limb 6:45 Most assists, like there is any choice other than Tre here 7:15 Most steals, which gets us into a short discussion of Duke’s D will be like 8:45 Field Goal percentage, we finally have truly different opinions 10:10 Highest 3 point percentage and total 3 pointers made 12:00 How many games will Duke win this season… time for us to be wildly optimistic 13:30 True road wins, Jason did some research 15:45 How many ACC teams will make the NCAA tourney? 17:20 Sam introduces some fun categories: Total number of slam dunks for Zion Williamson 19:35 We guess at Jack White’s total minutes played this year which gets us into a conversation about the depth and rotation 22:05 Donald’s favorite category - How many times will Duke score 100+ points in a game? 23:00 How many times will Duke have a 30 point scorer in a game this season? Our guesses will shock you! 24:35 How many combined points per game for RJ + Zion, Donald goes insane. 26:00 Last category—how many total 3-pointers will Marquis Bolden make this season? Jason talks himself into a stupid answer. 29:00 We get some predictions from our two sponsors, Byrd Campbell and DominateTestPrep.com 32:20 We preview the big game with Kentucky, Donald starts with a look at what Kentucky will do on the perimeter 34:55 Jason talks about the Kentucky big men, the strength of their team 38:20 Sam is interested in seeing how Duke plays D in this game 40:00 Donald makes a crazy bold prediction about the game… overtime! 41:25 Sam says goodbye and urges you to email us at DBRPodcast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

0:00 Thanks to Byrd Campbell 0:30 Jason welcomes Donald to this NBA Draft pod. The theme is “Free Fallin’” 1:40 We are joined by a special guest, one of the DBR posters when it comes to the NBA, CDu (Mickey Wilson). 2:45 How the NBA shunning Trevon Duval messed up our podcast plans. 3:40 Marvin Bagley goes #2. We are not surprised and wonder what this might say about Harry Giles’ future in Sacto. 5:55 Jason wants to talk about interviews and outfits. 7:55 Mickey celebrates his Chicago Bulls getting Wendell Carter and talks about how well Carter fits on the Bulls. 10:05 Jason continues talking about really important stuff as he focuses on Carter’s clothes and other silliness. 11:30 Jason gives us some amazing stats about how well K has done producing high draft picks. 13:05 Grayson gets to play for Quin. Donald likes the way Donovan Mitchell embraced Grayson. 18:20 Final thoughts on round #1 – Mickey says Carter may be the steal of the draft. 19:30 Round #1 thoughts – Jason talks about Jerome Robinson and Josh Okogie, two ACC guys who had a much better than expected night… and also reflects on the dramatic fall of Michael Porter. 22:10 Round #1 thoughs – Donald is impressed with the pick of Kevin Huerter. 23:25 We move on to round 2 and Gary Trent landing in Sacto… I mean Portland. Mickey says this is a really good fit for Gary. 26:40 Donald talks about how being a 2nd rounder is going to motivate Trent. 29:30 Duval goes undrafted… it is both stunning and also makes a lot of sense. 35:30 Jason lays out the myriad of Duke connections to NBA front-offices, which means Duval had to know his stock was not great. 40:40 Donald says the two most important words for Trevon Duval are, “Summer League!” 41:20 Jason talks about all the guys who entered the NBA early and then didn’t get drafted… it is quite a list. 43:20 Goodbye and Duke band Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Who is Mike Campbell? Mike Campbell is the author of the book Unleash Your Alpha and has been a Man Coach for 12 years. He specialises in supporting men to find significance, worth and personal power. By challenging the broken model of manhood, he helps men to get out of their own way, and in doing so become their own perfect mix of James Bond, Nelson Mandela & Batman.Why did I bring Mike onto the show? Mike recently launched a web TV series called Beyond the Beers which encourages men to have conversations that go beyond sports, booze and sex. I wanted to talk to Mike about what motivated him to launch this series and to find out what he feels is holding men back from having more open, vulnerable conversations. We also discuss how he helps clients reconnect with their sense of purpose and why Mike believes that the model of manhood is broken in today's day and age. The first episode of Beyond the Beers went live last week and you can watch it here.What will you learn? How to find personal power and take ownership of your storyWhy is masculinity broken in today's day and age?The steps you can take to be more present and vulnerable in conversationsHow to reframe vulnerabilityThe importance of expanding your emotional vocabularyHow Mike supports men to reconnect with their purposeAbout Mike's Kickstarter campaign for Beyond the Beers and the challenges he had"To fear vulnerability, because we fear showing weakness, is weakness." - Mike CampbellReach Out and Connect with Mike: Mike's Facebook Mike's website Beyond on the Beers TV Series Show Notes: Challenges his clients to take ownership of their narrative @ 9:00Why is masculinity broken? @ 9:45Allowing women to be powerful in their feminine @ 15:15How do you make your clients more comfortable with opening up? @ 16:45It all starts when we're young... the longer you wear a mask, the harder it is to know what's underneath @ 21:00The importance of expanding your emotional vocabulary @ 23:15Project Me - make yourself your purpose. We neglect ourselves. The goal becomes solving you. Everything else in your life will improve as a byproduct of focusing on yourself @ 24:30Men's love language @ 28:45How did you get started as a Man Coach? @ 29:45Beyond the Beers and Mike's Next Chapter @ 33:00Having more challenging conversations @ 39:25My favourite Mark Twain quote @ 41:00The importance of self intelligence (self awareness) @ 41:45You're going to screw sh%t up, be easy on yourself @ 42:45How was the experience of launching a Kickstarter campaign? @ 43:00The internal self-talk Mike faced during Beyond the Beers  @ 45:30The inspiration behind the show @ 50:30Mike's willingness to listen to feedback, especially playing in a field he's new in  52:45Think about the conversations you're not having or want to have @ 55:15Mentioned in this episode: Connor Beaton - ManTalksJuVan LangfordMarianne WilliamsonDavid Deida

With No Fear going out the door, we wanted to get FarSight back on to talk with us about all things Digital Pinball.As you can see from the show notes, nary a thing is left untouched. What was most interesting was to hear about what Mike actually does as Community Manager.So sit down, and enjoy the chat. And buy a T-shirt. C'mon, you know you want to.Links:Blab.im: https://blab.im/BlahCadeT-shirts: https://represent.com/blahcade-logo-tee (hurry, while stocks last!)SummaryIntro and SponsorsIntroductions (Hello Mike from FarSight) - 0:45Will we get a table for December? - 2:10Would a bigger Dev remove release blockers? - 3:45How do you manage all the IRL tables you have? - 5:20What's the FS Routed tables revenue going towards? - 6:20Where do you get parts? - 8:00How is 3D printing helping the pinball industry? - 8:20Could delicensing open up other opportunities? - 9:50Table designers using product placements? - 12:30Coming clean about the leaked table list? - 13:55How did you do Goin' Nuts without owning the table? - 15:45RFE: Please fix the DMD windown in 3D - 17:00How is the feedback from the UI 2.0 Beta? - 18:20Old UI differences between Android and iOS - 20:20Twelve Days of Christmas Discounts? - 22:20Highlights and lowlights of Community Management - 23:40Metadata is hard. Let's go to the mall! - 25:00T-shirts and Merch - 31:40Sponsors and Outtro - 33:50

Spoilers Contained! Game of Thrones "The Wars to Come" Cersei and Jaime adjust to a world without Tywin. Tyrion and Varys arrive at Pentos. In Meereen, a new enemy emerges. Jon is caught between two kings.-IMDB Starring: Peter Dinklage, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Lena Headey, Emilia Clarke, Kit Harington, Aidan Gillen, Charles Dance, Natalie Dormer, Liam Cunningham, Stephen Dillane, Carice van Houten, Alfie Allen, John Bradley, Jack Gleeson, Isaac Hempstead-Wright, Rory McCann, Sophie Turner, Maisie Williams, Gwendoline Christie, Jerome Flynn, Conleth Hill, Iwan Rheon, Pedro Pascal, and Iain Glen Jessica and Dean's Discussion Notes We know nothing...Flashback opening made Dean nervousMean little CerseiThe prophecy of Maggy - 06:31Shrouds and crownsA red herring?Jaime and Cersei - 10:45How does one break up with their brother?Cersei's part in Tywin's deathThe Sept (and set) of Baelor - 14:26Lancel's returnThere goes the neighborhoodTywin's downfallLoras Tyrell - 21:05Stay classy HBONo pillar or stones for JessicaMargaery TyrellMereen - 24:10Sons of the HarpyA queen's burdenLeadership learning curvesA plea for the fighting pits - 32:55Respecting the culture of MereenDaario not pulling punchesMad dragonsPentos - 39:25Dr. Bashir I presume?Just another holodeck fantasy - 41:08Varys doing the dirty workDean geeks out - 45:17Dynamic VarysA titanic set-upLIttlefinger's secret messagesThe Wall - 53:00Salty Alliser, wimpy Sam, annoying GillyMelisandre the creepMen's rights!Gaming table sex has grown boring - 56:10The Charles Manson of WesterosStannis proclaims - 58:37Stannis/Snow dynamicKit Harington's strong startStannis' offerMance's decision - 1:03:59Wildings and their loyaltyHe who passes judgement - 1:09:58Listener comments - 1:12:03Final thoughtsScheduling and release date update ContactEmailSpeak Pipe Subscribe to LSG's "Game of Thrones Podcast"iTunesStitcherRSS: http://gotonlsg.libsyn.com/rss(Cut and paste RSS address into podcasting app search function) Subscribe to LSG's "The Walking Dead Podcast"iTunesStitcherRSS: http://twdonlsg.libsyn.com/rss(Cut and paste RSS address into podcasting app search function) Subscribe to LSG's "The Science Fiction Film Podcast"iTunesStitcherRSS: http://sciencefictionfilmpodcast.libsyn.com/rss(Cut and paste RSS address into podcasting app search function) SupportPatreonWebsite