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The Stage of Business Almost Nobody Names and the Decision That Moves You Through It Only 1 in 10 female-owned businesses earning between $250K and $499K ever reach a million, according to the JPMorgan Chase Institute. Not the ones who didn't try hard enough. All of them. If you're in that range and the effort isn't adding up the way it should, here's what I want you to see: there's a stage between $100K and $500K that almost no one has named. I'm naming it the Quiet Climb. It's the most structurally demanding chapter of building an online business, and because nobody told you it existed, the years of effort that haven't matched your results have probably felt like a personal failure. They're not. They're the signature of the stage. What creates your next jump isn't more work. It's alignment between what you're doing and who you and your buyer have become. Getting there is harder than working harder. It means stopping long enough to look honestly at the business you've built. I close with six exercises you can run this week, including the one question to ask your best client that tells you more than any survey could. RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: Revenue highs are exciting. The unexplainable dips that follow? Not so much. If you are a female founder making multiple six figures or annually, the problem isn't that things aren't working. It's that you can't yet see what is. And you can't repeat what you can't see. My Free Live Training fixes that. Click here to join. High six figures is a ceiling for a reason. What got you here stops working here. If you're a female founder earning $500K or more annually and you've already tried it all, what you need next isn't another strategy. It's someone inside your business showing you the way forward. The Milly Club is my private six-month coaching program for women growing toward their first million. Apply here. MORE FROM ME Follow me on Instagram @amyporterfield SUBSCRIBE & REVIEW If you loved this episode, please take a moment to subscribe and leave a review on Apple Podcasts! Your support helps us reach more entrepreneurs who need these insights.

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Ramit Sethi of I Will Teach You To Be Rich talks to Maria and Andre, a married couple in their 50s navigating a difficult retirement gap. Maria has built nearly $500K in net worth, a strong pension, and a clear path toward retirement. Andre, who moved from Brazil and only recently received his green card, is rebuilding his career in the United States with just $16K saved for retirement. They earn around $187K a year combined, but their financial tension is not really about the numbers. Andre feels ashamed that Maria earns twice what he does, while Maria worries that she will have to carry their future alone. Ramit helps them unpack the pressure Andre feels to be the provider, the cultural beliefs shaping their relationship, and how they can build a retirement plan that gives them more time together not less. In this episode we uncover: • Why Andre feels ashamed that Maria earns twice as much as him • How Andre's recent green card changed his ability to build a career • Why $16K in retirement savings feels so frightening at age 50 • Why Maria's pension could transform their retirement future • Why Andre believes a man should earn more than his wife • How their finances are combined, but still feel separate • Why Andre's business expenses are creating confusion and resentment • The hidden cost of working six days a week • Why Maria wants more time with Andre, not just more money • Why Andre keeps defaulting to “work harder” instead of building a plan • How Ramit reframes retirement from fear into options • Why their future may be much stronger than they realize • The importance of acting like a team rather than competing with each other • How Andre could double his income after getting his HVAC licence • Why their Rich Life includes time in Brazil, leisure, and being present together Chapters: (00:00:00) “What would you do if your partner had no retirement plan?” (00:00:48) Meet Maria and Andre (00:02:12) Andre's career, green card, and starting over (00:03:32) Andre has just $16K saved for retirement (00:04:48) Building their Conscious Spending Plan (00:05:54) Their $496K net worth revealed (00:07:35) “She makes double what I make” (00:10:11) How Maria increased her income as a teacher (00:12:05) Learning to spend consciously (00:14:16) Maria wants Andre to have a retirement plan (00:20:03) Their fixed costs and uneven financial burden (00:25:43) How long their savings would last (00:29:20) The reality of rebuilding your life in a new country (00:39:43) Andre's childhood beliefs about work and money (00:45:17) What if Andre never earns as much as Maria? (00:52:07) Ramit's message to Andre (00:58:33) Rebuilding their Conscious Spending Plan (01:07:15) What their retirement could actually look like (01:11:11) “None of this means Andre has to work until 80” (01:12:09) “It's not a competition. It's a team.” This episode is brought to you by: Superpower | Head over to https://superpower.com and use code RAMIT for $20 off your membership. #sponsored Facet | As of the date of this recording, Facet is waiving the enrollment fee for new annual members, and for my audience, Facet is offering $300 into your brokerage account if you invest and maintain $5,000 within your first 90 days. Head to facet.com/ramit to learn more about which membership option is best for you. Offer has been extended to 12/31/2026. #FacetAd LMNT | Get a free LMNT Sample Pack with any order at https://drinklmnt.com/RAMIT Gusto | Try Gusto at http://gusto.com/ramit and get 3 months free when you run your first payroll Connect with Ramit • Get my new book, Money For Couples • Get Money Coaching with Ramit  • Download the Conscious Spending Plan • Listen to my book—now on Audible • Get my New York Times best-selling book • Get my no-numbers journal • Other episodes • Instagram • Twitter • YouTube Apply to be coached for free on this podcast at https://iwt.com/apply

At 21, Cody Berman appeared on ChooseFI as a college student discovering financial independence. Three years later, he retired at 26. Now 30 with a $5 million net worth, he's back to reveal exactly how he compressed a decades-long journey into a three-year sprint—and why the same principles work whether you're 25 or 55. The Journey from 22 to FI at 26 00:05:30 Cody's path to financial independence was methodical and aggressive. Between ages 22 and 25, he experimented with over 20 side hustles, scaling his income from $96K to more than $400K annually. The key? He kept expenses locked at just $24K per year—creating a massive gap of $625K over three years. That gap fueled three wealth-building engines: $500K in stock market investments (VOO, VTSAX, VTI) 13 rental properties generating $3,700/month in passive income Digital products businesses producing $10K/month By his 26th birthday, Cody had achieved "cashflow FI"—his passive income streams covered living expenses without touching his investment portfolio. The Psychology of Financial Independence 00:18:00 Brad and Cody explore why some people achieve FI while others with similar incomes stay stuck. The answer isn't math—it's psychology and awareness. Cody attributes his success to having a clear destination. When you know exactly where you're going and why it matters, spending $100 on something that doesn't serve that destination becomes harder than saying no. The infamous "second marshmallow" experiment demonstrates this: delaying gratification becomes easier when you're aware of what you're trading for. As Cody puts it: "Earn more, spend less, invest the gap. Very simple. That is financial independence in a nutshell." Passive Income Reality Check 00:28:00 Let's demolish the myth of truly passive income. Cody manages 13 rental properties—but spends just 4-5 hours per month on them. This represents the spectrum of passive income: not zero effort, but minimal effort relative to the returns. The secret? Working in seasons rather than constant hustle mode. Some months require more attention (tenant turnover, maintenance issues), while others are nearly hands-off. Cody's businesses also follow this pattern—periods of intense development followed by relative autopilot. Brad reinforces this with math: "Every $100 a month you can cut out of your budget is $30,000 less you need in your FI number." Over 20 years, that $100/month compounds to $60K invested. That's a $90K swing from a single optimization. Designing the Perfect Tuesday 00:42:00 Forget exotic vacations—FI is about winning on a random Tuesday. Cody and Lauren's ideal weekday reveals what financial independence actually looks like: Morning: Wake naturally, coffee together, workout (him: gym; her: Pilates), shower, work on creative projects they enjoy Midday: Lunch together, afternoon walk in their neighborhood, separate time for individual pursuits Evening: Dinner together, reading, quality time before bed Nothing dramatic. No yachts. Just complete autonomy over every hour of a normal day. They maintain this through monthly alignment meetings—typically at a restaurant over a nice meal—covering: Money and real estate Health and fitness Travel plans Relationships (with a safe space to address concerns) Friends and family A rotating category Goals for the next month They also record an annual video reviewing the year, creating a time capsule of their journey. Post-FI Life and the Book 00:58:00 What actually happens when you achieve FI? Cody shares the uncomfortable truth: "Anything that you say that you want to do and that you don't do is a Cody problem. Before FI, you can blame things on time. You can blame things on money." When those excuses disappear, you're left facing yourself. That can be liberating and terrifying. His new book, Retire by Thirty, addresses this and more. Like Tim Ferriss's The Four Hour Workweek, the title is provocative but the principles are universal. Whether you compress your FI journey from 50-55, 33…

Listen and subscribe to Money Making Conversations on iHeartRadio, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, www.moneymakingconversations.com/subscribe/ or wherever you listen to podcasts. New Money Making Conversations episodes drop daily. I want to alert you, so you don’t miss out on expert analysis and insider perspectives from my guests who provide tips that can help you uplift the community, improve your financial planning, motivation, or advice on how to be a successful entrepreneur. Keep winning! Two-time Emmy and Three-time NAACP Image Award-winning, television Executive Producer Rushion McDonald interviewed Charles Cofield. Thanks! The transcript from this episode of Money Making Conversations Masterclass features an inspiring and high-energy interview with CPA and financial educator Carter Cofield, co-founder of Melanin Money. Here's a breakdown of the key highlights and takeaways:

Listen and subscribe to Money Making Conversations on iHeartRadio, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, www.moneymakingconversations.com/subscribe/ or wherever you listen to podcasts. New Money Making Conversations episodes drop daily. I want to alert you, so you don’t miss out on expert analysis and insider perspectives from my guests who provide tips that can help you uplift the community, improve your financial planning, motivation, or advice on how to be a successful entrepreneur. Keep winning! Two-time Emmy and Three-time NAACP Image Award-winning, television Executive Producer Rushion McDonald interviewed Charles Cofield. Thanks! The transcript from this episode of Money Making Conversations Masterclass features an inspiring and high-energy interview with CPA and financial educator Carter Cofield, co-founder of Melanin Money. Here's a breakdown of the key highlights and takeaways:

The Learning Leader Show with Ryan Hawk www.LearningLeader.com Order my new book, "The Price of Becoming." www.LearningLeader.com/Becoming This is brought to you by Insight Global. If you need to hire one person, hire a team of people, or transform your business through Talent or Technical Services, Insight Global's team of 30,000 people around the world has the hustle and grit to deliver. My Guest: Clark Lea is the head football coach at Vanderbilt University. He spent 14 years as an assistant coach, including three as defensive coordinator at Notre Dame, before returning to his alma mater in 2021 to inherit a program that had gone winless the year before. He's now the back-to-back SEC Coach of the Year and the architect of one of the great turnarounds in college football history. We recorded this conversation live at our 2026 Learning Leader Growth Summit in Nashville, surrounded by members of the Learning Leader Circle. Key Learnings Clark inherited a Vanderbilt program that went winless the year before. He says he probably screwed up 50% of his first year. The game is how quickly you can pivot. Losing is a powerful teacher. It cleanses and purifies you in ways you don't want but need. You can blame other people, sink into self-pity, or ask: "What am I meant to be learning right now?" Fast-forward 15 years. Look at this moment from a future place of breakthrough. What did you do now that allowed change to occur? "What do I wanna be proud of in the attempt?" Letting go of expected outcomes is what allows you to refine and simplify the way you see the world. Enter the building unguarded. The clearer you are about who you are and what you want, the more obvious it becomes who fits and who doesn't. Different ball, same problems. Clark spends time learning from the Milwaukee Brewers, the Baltimore Ravens, and others. Different industry, same human challenges. Sometimes the different ball is the gift, because you walk in without preconceptions. Knowledge is limiting. Questions illuminate. Once you know something, you stop pursuing it. The questions you ask are the first constraints you put on knowledge. Get past the touchy-feely. Ask: "Tell me what's screwed up here." Problems are always there. Your job is to be willing to look for them. Check the cabinets. Living in a 700-square-foot LA apartment with his wife, Clark would open the cabinets and find them swarming with roaches. The building was fumigated. Two months later, they were back. You can move the pots out and stop checking, or you can keep opening the cabinets. Leaders keep opening the cabinets. Tell people what TO do, not what NOT to do. Rick Neuheisel's lesson. Stop coaching against the bad thing. Manifest what you want to have happen. Hire bunker guys, not logo people. Logos are easy to change. Hire people who'll fight for you in the bunker when it's hard. The Michigan Reset. Before his first game as Notre Dame defensive coordinator, Clark told the team's mental performance coach: "We're gonna be down 50 to nothing at halftime. BK's gonna fire me on the spot. Jerome Bettis and Rocket Ismail will be screaming at me in the tunnel." She asked, "Why don't you trust your players? You think this is all about you?" Have more captains. Clark sits in a room each summer with around 25 players he identifies as leaders. If the people at the leadership table are good, the locker room will be good. The team votes. He draws the line wherever the vote naturally falls. When you try to go opposite of what you're trying to avoid, you eventually become it. Clark spent his first years at Vanderbilt rejecting the program's past. Going opposite. Then he realized it was just attaching his identity to the very thing he was trying to escape. Now he plots toward the vision instead. What got you here won't keep you here. As Clark has grown, the program has grown. Once he understood that, he could sit with a player and listen first, instead of looking to them for affirmation. The mission is winning. Clark scrapped a beautiful, eloquent, unclear mission statement and replaced it with three words. Now every dollar spent, every coach hired, and every player retained is measured against the same lens. Well-better-learned. Vanderbilt's after-action review for every game and every process. What did we do well? What do we need to do better? What did we learn? On Alabama week, Clark's team had the best practice he's ever been a part of. His job each week isn't to tell the team the challenges. It's to give them the plan to win. At halftime against the number one team in the country, he kneeled the team down and said, "It's on a platter for you. Go take it." They beat Alabama.  Stewarding 17-to-22-year-olds means helping them decouple their worth from outcomes. Clark cries in front of his team. His kids are around. His wife is there. His dad is at every practice. The players see a man. A human. A son. "An asshole in a Nike Tech Fit is still an asshole." In the NIL era, Clark fights to keep the locker room from splitting into a million-dollar club, a $500K club, a $30K club, and a $0 club. What you drive doesn't make a man. NIL value doesn't make a man. The grounding is the work. Reflection Questions What are you holding too tightly right now? Whose job are you doing because you don't trust them to do it themselves? Which cabinet have you stopped checking because you're tired of finding the same problem?  Fast-forward 15 years. Looking back at this moment from a place of breakthrough, what are you meant to be learning right now that you've been avoiding? More Learning #681: Clark Lea - Belief is a Practice #281: George Raveling - 8 Decades of Wisdom, from Dr. MLK to Michael Jordan #637: Tom Ryan - Chosen Suffering, Becoming Elite & Life & Leadership  Podcast Chapters 00:00 The Price of Becoming - Pre-Order Now! 00:47 Welcome Back, Clark Lea 02:38 Taking Over a Winless Vanderbilt Program 04:18 What Losing Taught Clark About Hiring 07:52 The Three Things That Light Clark on Fire About Coaching 10:27 Different Ball, Same Problems: Learning From the Milwaukee Brewers 13:14 Knowledge Is Limiting. Questions Illuminate. 18:09 The Introvert Who Had to Learn to Lead the Room 20:13 Brian Kelly and the Bet on Clark Lea 23:19 Why Clark Has More Team Captains Than Anyone in College Football 28:58 The Transfer Portal Pivot and the Culture Reset 33:58 The Mission Is Winning 34:51 "If We Don't Have $3 Million by December, We Won't Have a Program" 37:26 Why Candice Lee Took a Bet on Him 39:53 Inside Alabama Week: The Best Practice He's Ever Been a Part Of 44:03 The Bye Week Reset: Penalties, Third Down, and the Ball 46:11 Beating the No. 1 Team in the Country 49:50 Replacing Diego Pavia's Locker Room Leadership 51:39 Decoupling Worth and Identity From Outcomes 56:27 Hiring Bunker Guys, Not Logo People 01:01:47 "An Asshole in a Nike Tech Fit Is Still an Asshole" 01:04:47 EOPC

IDIQ contract strategy is one of the most underused paths to scaling federal revenue fast, especially when you have no past performance and no certifications to lean on. In this clip from the Federal Help Center, Eric Coffie breaks down exactly how IDIQ vehicles work in the real world, how he leveraged a single contract across multiple Navy bases, and why you do not need to be certified to get on one as a subcontractor. What you will learn in this episode: How to sub onto an IDIQ without any certifications — Eric Coffie explains that primes holding IDIQ vehicles are looking for capable vendors and contractors, not certifications, opening the door for new market entrants to reach 500K in revenue faster than traditional bidding. The IDIQ leverage playbook from Maine to Rhode Island — Eric shares the real story of how one IDIQ in Maine became the credibility stamp that got him vehicles in Connecticut and Rhode Island, including the honest setbacks and how he clawed back in. Why HUBZone price preference almost never happens automatically — The group unpacks the gap between what the FAR says and what actually occurs in competition, including a real case where a contractor had to file a protest just to get their price preference enforced. How to market your existing IDIQ to sister contracting offices — Rather than waiting for task orders to come in, Eric walks through how to use a current IDIQ as a capabilities briefing tool to open doors at neighboring commands and bases. What to do when your IDIQ sits dormant for months — Using Chris Facy's logistics IDIQ example (9 months of silence, then $2M in two months), Eric reframes slow IDIQs as normal and explains why patience combined with outreach is the winning formula. EPISODE CHAPTERS: 0:00 - Mindy AI federal opportunity platform overview 0:29 - Federal Help Center podcast intro and community welcome 0:55 - How Eric Coffie landed his largest sub contract through an IDIQ vehicle 1:28 - IDIQ task order marketing strategy and whether to approach the office 2:15 - Real example of Chris Facy's dormant logistics IDIQ that produced $2M 2:32 - How Eric leverages NAFAC mid-Atlantic IDIQs across multiple bases 3:50 - Episode topic introduction: 500K scale with no certifications needed 4:03 - HUBZone price preference in practice and why it rarely works automatically 5:24 - Using your IDIQ as a credibility stamp at sister contracting offices 7:46 - The honest story of getting kicked off IDIQs and bouncing back Mindy gives you the federal opportunities, agency signals, recompete intel, and pursuit briefs that tell you not just what contracts exist, but which ones to chase and how to win them. Sign up for free Daily Alerts and get opportunities delivered to your inbox before the day starts.

A few things on the agenda today. First, RFK Jr. and the MAHA crew want medical schools to dedicate around 40 hours, roughly 20% of preclinical training, to nutrition education. I have some thoughts. We already have dietitians, med school is already a fire hydrant, and the Krebs cycle had it coming, but this isn't the way. Then a Mark Cuban appreciation segment, because he's out there on X dragging the entire healthcare system toward transparency. His latest pitch: someone buy a hospital, charge Medicare rates for every single thing, expose every dollar in and out, and prove whether Medicare for All can actually work. In theory, I'm in. In practice, you can't slash physician pay without first addressing the $500,000 in debt that gets people into the door. The Australian model, a real public safety net coexisting with a private system, makes more sense to me, but only if we fix the training pipeline first. After the break, ophthalmology. A young man got a bamboo shoot to the eye six months ago. Healed up fine. Now he's waking up at 2 AM in excruciating pain, no trauma involved. That's a recurrent corneal erosion. I walk through why it happens, why CPAP can make it worse, and the whole treatment ladder, ointment, bandage contact lenses, superficial keratectomy, corneal micropuncture. Also: don't let your cornea melt. That's the headline. Takeaways: RFK Jr. and MAHA are pushing medical schools to dedicate around 40 hours, or 20%, of preclinical training to nutrition, a shift that ignores the existence of dietitians and would crowd out essential physiology and disease education Mark Cuban has floated a real-world test case for Medicare for All: buy a hospital, charge only Medicare rates, and operate with complete financial transparency to show whether the model is sustainable Any serious move toward Medicare for All or an Australian-style public-private hybrid will require addressing the roughly $500K in training debt physicians carry; otherwise the math doesn't work and recruitment collapses Recurrent corneal erosion happens when an old abrasion never fully reattaches to the underlying stroma, patients typically wake up in severe pain because the eyelid scrapes loose epithelium across a dry cornea overnight, and CPAP without a good seal makes it worse Treatment escalates from aggressive nighttime lubrication (erythromycin ointment, Genteal gel) to a bandage contact lens, and in stubborn cases to a superficial keratectomy or corneal micropuncture to create a smoother, more firmly attached corneal surface To Get Tickets to Wife & Death: You can visit Glaucomflecken.com/live  We want to hear YOUR stories (and medical puns)! Shoot us an email and say hi! knockknockhi@human-content.com Can't get enough of us? Shucks. You can support the show on Patreon for early episode access, exclusive bonus shows, livestream hangouts, and much more! –⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ http://www.patreon.com/glaucomflecken⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  Also, be sure to check out the newsletter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://glaucomflecken.com/glauc-to-me/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ If you are interested in buying a book from one of our guests, check them all out here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.amazon.com/shop/dr.glaucomflecken⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ If you want more information on models I use: Anatomy Warehouse provides for the best, crafting custom anatomical products, medical simulation kits and presentation models that create a lasting educational impact.  For more information go to Anatomy Warehouse DOT com. Link: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://anatomywarehouse.com/?aff=14⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Plus for 15% off use code: Glaucomflecken15 -- A friendly reminder from the G's and Tarsus: If you want to learn more about Demodex Blepharitis, making an appointment with your eye doctor for an eyelid exam can help you know for sure. Visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://www.EyelidCheck.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for more information.  Produced by⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Human Content⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Marci Shimoff is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, featured teacher in The Secret, and the creator of Happy for No Reason and Your Year of Miracles. She has over 16 million books sold and spent decades inspiring millions around the world.Today, Marci joins me to talk about burnout, success, and the quiet moments that changed her life forever. She shares how she went from feeling empty after hitting the top of the bestseller list, to walking away from $500K offers. She opens up about what really happens behind the scenes, even when everything looks perfect on the outside.Marci shares the story of a single silent retreat and how it led to the idea that launched her bestselling career, and changed her life forever.We discuss how you can tap into your own inner clarity and purpose. You'll discover the surprising truth about happiness, how to create peace from the inside out, and the technique Marci followed to finally break free from burnout and overwork.Marci also shares simple, science-backed daily habits including a special meditation that can help you reset your mood, lift your energy, and help you stop dwelling on the negative.If you're feeling burned out, stuck, or just craving more calm and joy in your life, today's episode is your guide. You'll walk away with real tools, empowering insights, and the clarity to relaunch your life, starting today!Marci Shimoff's Social Media:https://www.instagram.com/marcishimoffofficial/https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcishimoff

Joe Wilson has spent 12 years in the trenches of real estate — as a top producer, national coach, and now Growth Director for eXp Realty's US West. He's the guy in the room that other top agents call when they want the real answer, not the generic one.In this episode, Joe gets direct about what's actually separating agents who are thriving from those who are quietly falling behind — and it has nothing to do with market conditions.We get into the AI conversation nobody's having honestly, why your database is at risk right now even if you think it's solid, and the dead-simple content strategy Joe's coaching clients are using to generate third-party validation on autopilot.If you've ever wondered what the difference is between a $250K agent and a $500K agent — Joe audited his own coaching clients and found the answer. It's not what you think.IN THIS EPISODE:Why "AI won't replace agents" is the wrong question entirelyThe one social media move generating 30–60 days of content from a single 10-minute Zoom callWhat the collapse of Zillow, CoStar and REA's share prices is really telling usWhy your database is more vulnerable than you think — and what agents with social media locked in are doing about itThe RAS principle: why consistency beats virality every timeJoe's "excavator vs shovel" framework for working smarter in this marketCONNECT WITH JOE WILSONInstagram: @joewilsonrealestatecoachFree community + training → hit his Linktree from Instagram

⚠️ Content WarningThis episode contains open discussions about gambling addiction, alcohol and drug use, domestic violence and suicide. Please take care of yourself first. If you're not in the right headspace, come back to this one when you're ready. There is no rush.If you need support, call Lifeline on 13 11 14 (available 24/7) or visit lifeline.org.auThis week I sat down with Luke Bateman, and this was one of those chats that covered so much ground I genuinely didn't want it to end.Luke played 71 NRL games for the Canberra Raiders before injury and his own mental health forced him to step away from the game. What most people don't know is that behind the footy career, Luke was fighting a serious gambling addiction that ended up costing him around $500,000 over four years, alongside struggles with alcohol and drugs. He's been incredibly open about how that addiction took hold, what it cost him, and what it actually took to get out the other side.We also got into something Luke is really passionate about right now. Ahead of State of Origin Games 2 and 3, Luke is using his platform to call out the link between alcohol, masculinity and violence, with research showing a 40% rise in domestic violence incidents on State of Origin nights. We talk about why he believes alcohol and gambling advertising in sport needs the same scrutiny we've seen applied to tobacco, and why this conversation matters so much to him.And then there's the part of Luke's story that surprised everyone. From hiding fantasy novels in the toilet as a tough country kid playing first grade footy, to becoming one of the biggest names on BookTok and signing a two-book fantasy series deal with Atria Books. It's a brilliant reminder that it's never too late to embrace who you really are.This one covers addiction, advocacy, masculinity and reinvention. Luke is honest, switched on, and using his voice for something that really matters.In this episode we cover:Luke's journey through the NRL with the Canberra RaidersThe gambling addiction that cost him around $500,000 over four yearsHis struggles with alcohol and drug use during his playing careerWhat recovery actually looked like for himThe culture in elite sport around gambling and drinkingThe link between alcohol, masculinity and domestic violenceThe 40% rise in family violence incidents during State of OriginCalls to tighten alcohol advertising regulation, similar to gambling and tobaccoHiding his love of fantasy novels as a kid on a cattle propertyBecoming a BookTok sensation and signing his Atria Books dealWhy storytelling and reading matter for boys and menThe numbers behind this conversation:Alcohol is involved in up to 47% of all police-reported family violence incidents47% of women sexually assaulted by a man in the past decade said alcohol or another substance contributed to the most recent incidentResearch shows a 40% increase in violence towards women and children in NSW on State of Origin game nightsState of Origin Game 3 — Wed 8th JulyIf this episode brought something up for you:

Jimmy MacMillan is the founder of Successful Bakery, a systems-driven consulting practice for established bakery owners in the $500K to $5M+ range. His signature engagement, the 90-Day Bakery Systems Reset, helps owners fix operational chaos, increase profit, and reduce owner dependency. With a background that includes a luxury hotel pastry career at Four Seasons and The Peninsula, international training in France, Switzerland, and Barcelona, and recognition from the James Beard Foundation, Jimmy brings both operator credibility and consultant authority. He works with bakeries, pastry shops, and bakery cafes across the U.S., building businesses that run without the owner standing in the middle of every decision.  Website: Successfulbakery.com Instagram: @chefjimmymacmillan In this episode, we discuss: How Jimmy pivoted from a career in music to the pastry industry How a lucky encounter landed him a job at The Four Seasons How he honed his craft in restaurants in France, Switzerland and Spain Why he decided to focus on consulting for bakeries Jimmy's 90-Day Virtual Bakery Systems Makeover What it takes to run a successful bakery, and common reasons why most fail How to avoid staff burnout And much more!

The tell-all you've been waiting for, straight from the man behind the stories After years of being the guy you only hear about, Hobie is finally in the studio, and his first order of business is telling on Amy. This is a no-strategy, no-homework hang that's just for fun. You'll get the story behind the wedding-ring tattoo he got before they were even married, plus the most ridiculous thing Amy's ever made him do for content. There's also a newlywed game that proves they still crack each other up after 18 years. It's a peek behind the curtain at the real Amy and Hobie, dorky karaoke picks and all. If you've been with the show for a while, you've earned this one. Meet the real Hobie Porterfield. RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: Revenue highs are exciting. The unexplainable dips that follow? Not so much. If you are a female founder making six figures or more annually, the problem isn't that things aren't working. It's that you can't yet see what is. And you can't repeat what you can't see. My Free Live Training fixes that. Click here to join. High-six-figures is a ceiling for a reason. What got you here stops working here. If you're a female founder earning $500K or more annually and you've already tried it all, what you need next isn't another strategy. It's someone inside your business showing you the way forward. The Milly Club is my private six-month coaching program for women growing toward their first million. Click here to apply.MORE FROM ME Follow me on Instagram @amyporterfield SUBSCRIBE & REVIEW If you loved this episode, please take a moment to subscribe and leave a review on Apple Podcasts! Your support helps us reach more entrepreneurs who need these insights.

A founder does the hard work — she diagnoses her underpricing, she reverse-engineers better numbers, she raises her rates, and it works. And then eighteen months later, she's drifted right back. Costs crept up. New offers got priced with old logic. The fear quietly returned. She treated pricing like a pothole to patch once and move on — but pricing was never a pothole. It's a road you have to maintain.In the final episode of The Pricing Problem, Sheena zooms out and answers the question that decides whether everything from the first three episodes actually lasts: how do you make pricing an ongoing discipline of leadership instead of a one-time project? The episode covers why pricing is genuinely a leadership decision — because it determines who your clients are, your capacity, your team's sustainability, and whether your business funds its mission or just barely funds itself — and then how to build a real pricing practice into your rhythm as a CEO.The second half of the episode turns to the inner game: how to keep your nerve when pricing keeps testing you. Sheena reframes the flinch as information, not a problem; explains how the work you do on calm days steadies you on hard ones; and reminds you that pricing well isn't selfishness — it's what lets you stay genuinely present for your clients, pay a team fairly, weather a hard quarter without panic, and fund the mission you started this business for in the first place.Profit matters. But what your business makes possible matters more. Pricing well is one of the clearest expressions of how you lead your business — and you get to make that choice again every quarter.Key Topics CoveredWhy pricing belongs under leadership, not financeThe connection between pricing and the bottleneck — and why underpricing forces overcommitmentWhy mission-driven businesses need healthy pricing in order to fund their missionsFour practices that turn pricing into an ongoing CEO discipline: scheduled reviews, tracked signals, deliberate pricing on new offers, and current dataPricing signals to watch in your own businessThe inner game: holding your nerve, letting your numbers carry you, and choosing the right environmentA recap of the full Pricing Problem seriesKey TakeawaysPricing is one of your most powerful bottleneck levers — and the one founders most often ignore.Anchored leadership isn't the absence of fear. It's holding your price because you trust your reasoning more than your feelings.Every new offer is exactly where old pricing fears sneak back in. Price each one deliberately.Pricing well is what lets you stay genuinely present for your clients instead of overextended across too many.Profit matters — but what your business makes possible matters more. Both halves of that sentence are required.Pricing is a decision you make, and re-make, for as long as you run this business.Resources MentionedStrategic Discovery Audit Full TDC service ladder: Optimize Leadership, Optimize Operations, Elevate & Lead VIP Day, Leadership Sprint, Impact CoachingProgramming NoteThis closes The Pricing Problem series. Next week we open a new arc focused on what happens after the yes — starting with client onboarding, and why the first thirty days quietly determine whether an engagement becomes a great one.Connect with The DeVain Collective:LinkedInInstagramWebsite: thedevaincollective.comConnect with Sheena:LinkedInInstagramConnect with The DeVain Collective:LinkedInInstagramWebsite: thedevaincollective.comConnect with Sheena:LinkedInInstagramAbout Beyond Founder-LedBeyond Founder-Led is the podcast for mission-driven founders — primarily women scaling service-based businesses from $500K to $5M — who are ready to move beyond being the bottleneck in every decision. Hosted by Sheena Hunt, founder of The DeVain Collective, each episode delivers frameworks, honest reflection, and practical tools for building a business that grows without sacrificing the founder or the mission.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/beautifullycomplicated-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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What Every Founder Gets Wrong About Growing a Personal Brand Nobody got rich from multiple streams of income. They got rich from one amazing stream, and then they diversified. Bezos had Amazon. Sara Blakely had Spanx. Yet the advice you keep hearing is to build seven of everything, and it's keeping you smaller, not bigger. My guest Rory Vaden, New York Times bestselling author and co-founder of Brand Builders Group, explains why every new revenue stream isn't just more money, it's eight more jobs you have to fill.  In this episode you'll learn what your brand actually is (it's not your logo or your colors), the one-word question that clarifies your entire business, and why the reason you feel busy but stuck has a name: priority dilution. If you've been adding offers and wondering why nothing's gaining traction, this conversation will change how you decide what to say yes to. RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: Revenue highs are exciting. The unexplainable dips that follow? Not so much. If you are a female founder making six figures or more annually, the problem isn't that things aren't working. It's that you can't yet see what is. And you can't repeat what you can't see. Find the blind spot that's keeping your revenue stuck. My Free Live Training is built for six-figure female founders who are ready to fix it. Click here to join.  High-six-figures is a ceiling for a reason. What got you here stops working here. If you're a female founder earning $500K or more annually and you've already tried it all, what you need next isn't another strategy. It's someone inside your business showing you the way forward. The Milly Club is my private six-month coaching program for women growing toward their first million. Apply here.  Take the Stairs by Rory Vaden Free Brand Strategy Call with Rory's Team Rory Vaden on Instagram MORE FROM ME Follow me on Instagram @amyporterfield SUBSCRIBE & REVIEW If you loved this episode, please take a moment to subscribe and leave a review on Apple Podcasts! Your support helps us reach more entrepreneurs who need these insights.

Ana Bozovic is the founder of Analytics Miami and one of the most data-driven voices in South Florida real estate. In this episode, she explains why the wealth migration away from high-tax states is a structural shiftnot just a passing trendand why most people still underestimate the scale of what's happening in Miami.We cover:The IRS data revealing where millionaires are movingWhy active listings under $500K are down 85% since pre-COVIDWhy Miami's highest-end transactions are now overwhelmingly all-cashAna's take on quantum computing and its impact on BitcoinAmerica's deepening political polarizationWhy the loneliness epidemic could become the most overlooked challenge—and opportunityof the next decade◾️ Timestamp00:00 Is Miami still underestimated? 02:47 The great wealth migration what the IRS data actually shows 04:53 Why high-tax states keep doubling down 06:20 The affordable housing crisis and the Live Local Act 07:39 Are condos overbuilt in Miami-Dade? 09:22 What happens to New York and California in 10 years12:06 Wellness real estate the next big trend 13:28 All-cash buyers and what they reveal about the market15:56 Miami in 10 years where the tri-county region is going 17:57 Quantum computing and the threat to Bitcoin 18:47 AI, polarization, and where America is headed 22:29 There's no going back why the migration forces keep building 24:47 New York was the capital of the 20th century. What's next? 28:23 Solving for loneliness Moshe's fractional wellness project 29:49 Jiu jitsu, community, and the human need for real connection

Is your boutique fitness business growing in revenue but still feeling chaotic, stressful, and exhausting behind the scenes? In this episode of the Female emPOWERed Podcast, Christa Gurka breaks down the real reason so many Pilates studios, PT clinics, yoga studios, and wellness businesses get stuck between $500K and $1M in revenue.Christa shares the biggest operational mistakes that keep owners trapped in overworked operator mode, including poor delegation, low schedule utilization, lack of systems, unclear leadership structure, and unprofitable service offerings. She also explains how to identify whether you truly have a revenue problem, profit problem, or capacity problem — and what to do next.If your business is making more money than ever but still feels overwhelming, this episode will help you build a more profitable, scalable, and sustainable business without burning out.In This Episode, Christa Covers: Why more revenue doesn't automatically create more freedom  The “Seven Figure Fallacy” most business owners believe  The 5 biggest reasons boutique wellness businesses plateau  How to identify revenue vs. profit vs. capacity problems  The key metrics every studio owner should track weekly  Why poor schedule utilization quietly kills profitability  What to delegate, automate, and stop doing immediately  How leadership and middle management change everything  The hidden cost of staying the bottleneck in your business  Why systems and SOPs are essential for scaling sustainably Free Download + Resources

I sat down with Malte Landwehr, who left VP of SEO at Idealo to become CPO and CMO at Peec AI, the platform that tracks what ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Google AI Overviews actually cite. We open on the strangest finding of the year. GummySearch, a Reddit analytics tool that shut down last November, now sits behind about 0.1% of all ChatGPT citations. From there we get into why clicks are the wrong way to measure AI search, why your local brand keeps losing to US ones, why scaled AI content rockets then crashes, and why Malte says SEO is dead as a default growth channel.Guest ProfileMalte Landwehr is CPO and CMO at Peec AI, an AI search visibility platform that runs daily prompts across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Google AI Overviews, Claude, and Grok. He spent more than twenty years in search and product, including five years as VP of SEO at Idealo and five years as VP of Product at Searchmetrics. In his first six months at Peec AI, the company grew from roughly $500K to $5M in ARR.Chapters[0:00] Intro[1:15] Leaving one of Europe's best SEO jobs for AI search[5:07] Why clicks are the wrong way to measure ChatGPT[8:22] Which answer engines actually matter[12:34] GummySearch: a dead product winning ChatGPT citations[18:33] Listicles and the English-language fan-out bias[23:48] Advertorials, local results, and Mount AI content[33:50] Digital PR over technical SEO[36:27] ChatGPT Shopping is scraped Google Shopping, and the MCP contest[42:16] SEO is dead as a default channel, and the chunking moveKey TakeawaysStop measuring AI search by clicks. In an LLM, clicking is optional, so ChatGPT can look like 1% of your traffic while shaping most of your buying journeys. Measure the influence on the decision, not the visit.What gets written about you offsite now matters more than your own technical SEO. Grounding pulls from Reddit, G2, Wikipedia, YouTube, and news, so digital PR is the bigger lever for how AI describes and recommends you.One citable paragraph beats a chunked article. Put your main claim near the top in two or three declarative, self-contained sentences that name the entities. Do not shred a whole article into one-line bullets.Notable Quotes"In a web search, clicking is part of the intended user journey. In an LLM, clicking is completely optional." Malte Landwehr"They didn't gain visibility as a brand. They now have power over what brands are recommended by LLMs." Malte Landwehr, on GummySearchResourcesPeec AI: https://peec.aiPeec AI research blog: https://peec.ai/blogMalte Landwehr's website: https://www.maltelandwehr.deFuture of AI Shopping webinar with Malte Landwehr (Peec AI): https://peec.ai/webinars/future-of-ai-shoppingConnectMalte Landwehr on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/landwehr/Peec AI: https://peec.aiNo Hacks is a publication about the agentic web. Articles, a weekly podcast, and a newsletter for SEO, CRO, and web professionals who want to stay visible, trusted, and findable as agents take over. Hosted by Slobodan "Sani" Manic.Subscribe at https://nohacks.co/subscribe

  What if charging less for your best work is exactly what's been keeping you broke?  In this episode of That Will Nevr Work, Maurice sits down with Joel Miller — co-founder of The Sky Floor, leap-day identical twin, and one of the most quietly contrarian voices in the digital agency world. Joel and his twin brother Alan have grown their two-person agency 15%+ every single year since 2008, hitting $500K+ in revenue without hiring a single junior team member, taking outside funding, or following the scale-fast playbook everyone else was running. What they did instead? They charged for outcomes, not hours. They chose partnerships over projects. And they said no to the clients, deals, and growth tactics that would have made them bigger but not better.  In this conversation, Joel breaks down:Why hourly billing punishes your best work — and how to escape the trapThe philosophy of staying small on purpose and why restraint is a strategyHow "outcomes over deliverables" completely changes what you're sellingThe leap-day twin origin story and what building with a lifelong partner really takesWhy strategy before execution isn't just a tagline — it's the difference between expensive wallpaper and a digital asset that actually works  This one is for every creative, freelancer, and service-based entrepreneur who knows they're worth more than their hourly rate will ever show.  

This week on Red Time, JB and Coxy discuss Fremantle's use of charter flights, unpack the Tribunal's decision to uphold Paul Curtis' three-match ban, and praise Jy Simpkin for publicly backing his teammate. They also debate AFL rule clarifications, discuss reports of tension at the Suns and why a bit of friction inside a football club isn't always a bad thing, and they tackle trade secrecy and whether the AFL is ready for players to declare their intentions earlier in the season.  INTRO 0:00 COXY'S NEW CLUBS 0:56 FREO'S CHARTER FLIGHTS 1:57 SHOULD AFL COPY NRL? 7:52 STOP CLARIFYING RULES! 11:46 SIMPKIN DEFENDS HIS TEAMMATE 18:35 WHAT'S HAPPENING IN GOLD COAST?  24:05 AFL FIXTURING BLUNDER  26:15 HOT STAT CHECKLIST 30:00 DON'T BE SURPRISED IF… 34:35 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

What 23 Multimillionaire Founders Have in Common The women doing eight and nine figures? They started exactly where you are. I just spent a weekend with 23 of them and came home with three things I've been too polite to say.  If you've been putting in the hours and the results still don't reflect it, at least one of these three is going to explain why. RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: Revenue highs are exciting. The unexplainable dips that follow? Not so much. If you are a female founder making six figures or more annually, the problem isn't that things aren't working. It's that you can't yet see what is. And you can't repeat what you can't see. My Free Live Training fixes that. Click here to join. High-six-figures is a ceiling for a reason. What got you here stops working here. If you're a female founder earning $500K or more annually and you've already tried it all, what you need next isn't another strategy. It's someone inside your business showing you the way forward. The Milly Club is my private six-month coaching program for women growing toward their first million. Apply here.  Leanne Lopez Mosley on Instagram Leanne Lopez Mosley's websiteMORE FROM ME Follow me on Instagram @amyporterfield SUBSCRIBE & REVIEW If you loved this episode, please take a moment to subscribe and leave a review on Apple Podcasts! Your support helps us reach more entrepreneurs who need these insights.

In this episode, Natalie sits down with Keren Eldad — coach to some of the world's highest achievers and author of Gilded and the new Gilt Free — to unpack why external success never delivers the safety it promises. Keren shares the three core wounds beneath achievement addiction, the "gilded cage" so many high-achieving women are trapped in, and the surprising income threshold where what you want out of life finally starts to change. You'll learn how to recognize the wound driving your hustle, why "assume everyone likes you" became her most viral piece of advice, and the riptide rule for holding onto success without letting it consume you. If you've ever achieved everything you set out to and quietly wondered why it's still not enough, this episode is the reframe and the way out. Time Stamps:  03:50 The gilded cage: when the shiny life is the trap 07:50 "Yes, we're addicts" — achievement as addiction 15:30 The 3 core wounds behind every overachiever 18:18 The success coach who still spirals when business slows 21:34 The $500K line that changes what you actually want 27:50 "Assume everyone likes you" — the rule that went viral 38:11 The riptide rule for holding onto success 48:28 Why scaling might be the wrong goal entirely 53:46 What real credibility in coaching actually looks like Links & Resources:  Pre-Order The Freedom-Based Business Method. Follow Keren: @coachkeren  Grab a copy of Keren's book - Gilded: Breaking Free from the Cage of Ambition, Perfectionism, and the Relentless Pursuit of More Listen to Natalie on COACHED by Keren Eldad Sign Up For Our Free Weekly Newsletter & Get Insights From Natalie Every Single Week On All Things Strategy, Motherhood, Business Growth + More.  Drop Us A Review On The Podcast + Send Us A Screenshot & We'll Send You Natalie's 7-Figure Operating System Completely FREE (value $1,997).

An Arizona woman who doesn't know how streaming works, was rushing home for ‘Love Island', then was busted going 108 mph in a 65 mph zone.German cyclist race erupted into chaos, as an elderly woman on an electric mobility scooter decided to try and cross the road with a bunch of riders in her way.A daredevil adventurer known as “The Spider-Man of Yemen” has died after falling into a volcano crater while attempting to climb vertical rock faces without safety equipment, authorities said.Also, a lady in Brazil was tossed to her death because the workers didn't tie her - to anything!!GROSS: More than 100,000 illegal cockroaches were seized from an Australian breeder.Police in North Western Territories in Canada say someone reported an intoxicated person had stolen a kayak and was paddling it around with a snow shovel.A month-old pony moves to a 4th-floor apartment in Croatia.A German man assembled 65,000 Lego bricks into the shape of a bratwurst and bun to break the Guinness World Record for the largest Lego brick sausage.T. rex leather purse is going up for auction — and it could fetch $500K.

I have to be honest with you, this conversation almost did not happen. The first time Dawn Andrews and I sat down to record, my tech had other ideas. But as I said at the top of the episode, I saw it as a bonus, because any excuse to spend more time with Dawn is a good one.Dawn is an executive leadership consultant, business strategist, and host of the She's That Founder podcast. She works with female founders running businesses from $500K to $5 million, and she has one of the clearest, most practical frameworks for using AI in business relationships that I have ever come across.What I love about her approach is that she is not selling AI as a magic fix. She sees it as a tool that gives you back the most precious thing in business; time to show up fully for the people who matter most.We talked about the biggest relationship mistake female founders make, why so many of us become the bottleneck in our own follow-up, and how to start using AI in your business relationships without needing to be remotely technical.One thing Dawn said that I keep thinking about: AI informs, and you decide. AI drafts, and you finalize. That is it. That is the whole philosophy in two sentences.Key TakeawaysThe biggest relationship mistake female founders make is going quiet, assuming the people in their network will always be there, without consistently showing up for them.Dawn's three-bucket AI framework divides the work clearly: what AI handles, what humans own, and what LinkedIn does. Knowing which bucket something belongs in changes everything.An AI manifesto, a set of living guidelines for how your business uses AI, does not need to be perfect. It just needs to be a starting point that grows as you learn.The fastest way to start using AI in your relationships is to find your friction point. Where are you spending too much time, or avoiding spending time, because it feels like too much effort?AI is the single greatest tool for giving leaders back time they did not think they could ever reclaim -- and that time is what allows you to be your best self for the people around you.You can reach Dawn at: dandrews@freerangethinking.com or on LinkedIn at: linkedin.com/in/freerangethinkingIn appreciation for being here, I have some gifts for you:A LinkedIn Checklist for setting up your fully optimized Profile:An opportunity to test drive the Follow Up system I recommend by checking this presentation page - you won't regret it. AND … Don't forget to connect with me on LinkedIn and be eligible for my complimentary LinkedIn profile audit – I do one each month for a lucky listener!Connect with me:http://JanicePorter.comhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/janiceporter/https://www.facebook.com/janiceporter1https://www.instagram.com/socjanice/Thanks for listening!Thanks so much for listening to our podcast! If you enjoyed this episode andthink that others could benefit from listening, please share it using the socialmedia buttons on this page.Do you have some feedback or questions about this episode? Leave a note inthe comment section below!Subscribe to the podcastIf you would like to get automatic updates of new podcast episodes, you cansubscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts or your favorite podcast app.Leave us an Apple Podcast reviewRatings and reviews from our listeners are extremely valuable to us andgreatly appreciated. They help our podcast rank higher on Apple, whichexposes our show to more awesome listeners like you. If you have a minute,please leave an honest review on Apple Podcasts.

If you're running a painting company and still handling your own scheduling, emails, social media, and back-office tasks — this episode is for you.In this episode of the Elite Business Advice Podcast, host Chris Moore, founder of Elite Business Advisors, tackles one of the most common and costly mistakes painting contractors and painting business owners make: waiting too long to hire administrative help.What You'll Learn:·      Why every painting contractor needs admin support — and why most wait far too long to get it·      Creative ways to hire admin help at every stage of your business — from virtual assistants and part-time help under $500K, to a network hire between $500K–$1M, to full-time staff at $1M+·      How to use AI tools (including tools like Manus) to handle graphic creation, redesigns, and repetitive tasks·      How to build your admin task list — the work they take off your plate and the growth work they can drive for you (social posting, Google My Business updates, email campaigns to past clients, marketing coordination, and more)·      The systems that make admin hires actually work — Trello, SOPs/Admin Playbooks, Loom videos, and building processes as you scale·      The ROI question every painting business owner needs to answer: What would 5 to 7 hours back per week do for your company?Interested to learn more about what we do to help Painting Contractors all over North America? Schedule a free business analysis meeting with us at www.elitebusinessadvisors.com!

In this episode, Trey and Micah sit down with David Steenstra of Christensen Group, a commercial insurance producer who wrote over $900K in new business in 2.5 years entirely through drop-ins.If you've been wondering whether face-to-face prospecting still works in today's world, this one's for you. David breaks down his entire drop-in playbook: how he structures his days, what he says when he walks in the door, how he handles gatekeepers, and how he wins business on coverage and service, not price.........Resources & Links:

Spencer sits down with Jen from Wives of the Armed Forces to talk about the real side of deployment no one prepares you for: how to build your support system, spend money without guilt, avoid resentment, and actually come out the other side stronger as a couple and a family. Topics Covered The Two Deployment Mindsets — Grind mode vs. survival mode, and how to figure out which one fits your season Giving Yourself 24 Hours — Why you need to sit in the hard feelings before jumping into action mode Buying Back Your Time — House cleaners, grocery delivery, nannies, and why paid help is sometimes the smartest financial decision you can make Combat Zone Tax Exclusion — How a deployment can increase take-home pay and where that extra money should go Per Diem Conversations — How to have the "how much of this is yours vs. ours" talk before resentment builds up The Slam Clicker Problem — Balancing crew culture and going out with budgeting as a team Leaning on Neighbors — Why asking for help actually builds stronger relationships, and how to get comfortable saying yes Reserve vs. Active Duty Deployment Differences — How the experience differs and how to tap into the broader civilian community for support On-Base Resources — MWR childcare hours for deployed families, on-base playgrounds, and the new children's museum at JBLM Give Parents a Break (GPAB) — $40/month per child in childcare support for families with a deployed service member SGLI and VRED — Making sure life insurance is maxed ($500K) and all documents are copied before departure TRICARE Changes on Activation — How Reserve TRICARE costs drop when a service member activates MLA Database & Credit Card Fee Waivers — Step-by-step: how to check eligibility and apply for annual fee waivers on Amex, Chase, Citi, US Bank, and Bank of America cards SCRA Benefits — How to get annual fees waived on cards opened before active duty, including the Capital One Venture X timing trick The Monthly Money Meeting — Ramit Sethi's approach to keeping finances connected across the distance Lifestyle Inflation — Why income level doesn't determine financial health, and the trap of spending expanding to match earnings Freezer Meal Strategy — How Jen prepped 32 meals for under $2.50 each to avoid convenience food spending during solo parenting Military Spouses as CFO — Reframing the home front role as a financial contribution, not just a sacrifice Resources & Tools Mentioned wivesofthearmedforces.com — Community, blog, and Instagram for military spouses; free deployment checklist available (search "Wives of the Armed Forces deployment checklist") Military OneSource — Benefits, counseling, and support resources for military families care.com — Vetted nanny and caregiver search; free or discounted for military families Walmart Plus — Grocery delivery; Amex Platinum travel credit can cover the membership Rocket Money — Budgeting and spending tracker (Jen's go-to for daily financial check-ins) MLA Database (DMDC) — Search "MLA database single record search" to check eligibility for credit card annual fee waivers militarymoneymanual.com/umc3 — Free Ultimate Military Credit Cards course covering MLA and SCRA fee waivers shop.militarymoneymanual.com — The Military Money Manual book (use code PODCAST for a discount) Books Mentioned Money for Couples by Ramit Sethi — How to have productive money conversations as a team; includes the monthly money meeting framework The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work by John Gottman — Relationship exercises that work great done remotely during deployment Find Jen and the Wives of the Armed Forces community on Instagram and Facebook. Download their free deployment checklist at their website.    Spencer and Jamie offer one-on-one Military Money Mentor sessions. Get your personal military money and personal finance questions answered in a confidential coaching call. militarymoneymanual.com/mentor Over 22,000 military servicemembers and military spouses have graduated from the 100% free, Ultimate Military Credit Cards Course available at militarymoneymanual.com/umc3 If you want to maximize your military paycheck, check out Spencer's 5 star rated book The Military Money Manual: A Practical Guide to Financial Freedom on Amazon or at shop.militarymoneymanual.com. If you have a question you would like us to answer on the podcast, please reach out on instagram.com/militarymoneymanual. Spencer and Jamie offer one-on-one Military Money Mentor sessions. Get your personal military money and personal finance questions answered in a confidential coaching call. militarymoneymanual.com/mentor Over 22,000 military servicemembers and military spouses have graduated from the 100% free, Ultimate Military Credit Cards Course available at militarymoneymanual.com/umc3 If you want to maximize your military paycheck, check out Spencer's 5 star rated book The Military Money Manual: A Practical Guide to Financial Freedom on Amazon or at shop.militarymoneymanual.com. If you have a question you would like us to answer on the podcast, please reach out on instagram.com/militarymoneymanual.

Once you've done the math from part two, you run straight into the fear that stops most founders cold: your best clients will leave if you raise your rates. In this episode, Sheena takes that fear apart — carefully and honestly — and replaces it with an actual process for moving your existing clients to new pricing in a way that protects the relationships that matter most.The episode opens with mindset, because clients read how you feel about your price far more than they read the number itself. A rate increase carried with calm confidence lands very differently than one delivered with apology and over-explanation. From there, Sheena walks through her four-part framework: deciding who to raise (and how to think carefully about grandfathering), deciding when (the natural anchors and the mistakes to avoid), how to communicate it clearly and personally for the clients who matter most, and how to handle the range of responses you'll actually receive.The honest conclusion: a well-handled rate increase rarely costs you your best clients. The clients getting real transformation — the ones who respect how you run your business — very rarely walk over a respectful, well-timed increase. The clients a rate increase tends to surface are the ones who were never quite the right fit. When one of those clients leaves, what usually walks away is a mismatch that was only working because it was underpriced — opening capacity for the right fit.Key Topics CoveredWhy mindset comes before mechanics — and how clients read your toneThree groups of clients to think about: new leads, existing clients, and grandfathering candidatesHow to use grandfathering as a deliberate, time-bound gift — not a fear in disguiseThe natural timing anchors: renewals, quarters, year-end, and scope expansionsTiming mistakes to avoid: mid-crisis announcements and pressure-tested rolloutsThe four traits of a strong rate-increase message: clear, brief, confident, and personalHow to handle the four most common responses: acceptance, questions, pushback, and departuresKey TakeawaysA rate increase is a normal business decision. Every healthy business makes them.Apology in a price announcement signals that even you don't believe the new number is fair.Raise new-client pricing immediately. If you do nothing else, do this.Grandfathering should be a gift you can comfortably afford, never a silent forever.A clear question from a client isn't pushback — it's diligence. Answer plainly.A client who leaves over fair, well-communicated pricing is usually a mismatch making room for a better fit.Resources MentionedStrategic Discovery Audit Beyond Founder-Led Episode 79: Pricing for the Business You Actually WantProgramming NoteNext week we close the series. Part four: Pricing as a Leadership Decision — making pricing an ongoing CEO discipline instead of a one-time fix, and the inner game of holding your nerve over the long run.Connect with The DeVain Collective:LinkedInInstagramWebsite: thedevaincollective.comConnect with Sheena:LinkedInInstagramAbout Beyond Founder-LedBeyond Founder-Led is the podcast for mission-driven founders — primarily women scaling service-based businesses from $500K to $5M — who are ready to move beyond being the bottleneck in every decision. Hosted by Sheena Hunt, founder of The DeVain Collective, each episode delivers frameworks, honest reflection, and practical tools for building a business that grows without sacrificing the founder or the mission.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/beautifullycomplicated-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As the conversation continues, Diamond Card Collector opens up about life after the loss, why he refuses to walk away from the hobby, and the steps collectors can take to protect themselves when pursuing high-end cards. The discussion turns to accountability, trust, and the real-world impact these situations can have on collectors and their families. Steve also addresses the person he believes is responsible and shares why he remains committed to pursuing justice. The panel explores resilience, social media negativity, and the challenge of moving forward when a hobby that once provided an escape suddenly becomes something very different. Sports cards is a lifestyle. Follow Jeremy on Instagram:@jlee_sportscardslive@jlee_cards Subscribe to Sports Cards Live on YouTube. Take the Hobby Spectrum assessment:thehobbyspectrum.com Buy Pops & Comps: Insights, Truths and Psychology Behind the Numbers that Drive the Sports Card Market on Amazon. Listen to Sports Cards Live on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeremy Lee and David Chase discuss a record-setting Wayne Gretzky and Gordie Howe card sale, the psychology of collecting grail cards, and the prices collectors would demand for pieces they never intended to sell. The conversation then shifts as Diamond Card Collector joins the show to revisit the Tom Brady card deal that stunned the hobby. Steve shares how the opportunity first came together, the trust that had been established beforehand, and why this particular card was impossible for him to ignore. The story is just getting started. Sports cards is a lifestyle. Follow Jeremy on Instagram:@jlee_sportscardslive@jlee_cards Subscribe to Sports Cards Live on YouTube. Take the Hobby Spectrum assessment:thehobbyspectrum.com Buy Pops & Comps: Insights, Truths and Psychology Behind the Numbers that Drive the Sports Card Market on Amazon. Listen to Sports Cards Live on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Listen and subscribe to Money Making Conversations on iHeartRadio, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, www.moneymakingconversations.com/subscribe/ or wherever you listen to podcasts. New Money Making Conversations episodes drop daily. I want to alert you, so you don’t miss out on expert analysis and insider perspectives from my guests who provide tips that can help you uplift the community, improve your financial planning, motivation, or advice on how to be a successful entrepreneur. Keep winning! Two-time Emmy and Three-time NAACP Image Award-winning, television Executive Producer Rushion McDonald interviewed Charles Cofield. Thanks! The transcript from this episode of Money Making Conversations Masterclass features an inspiring and high-energy interview with CPA and financial educator Carter Cofield, co-founder of Melanin Money. Here's a breakdown of the key highlights and takeaways:

Daniel started like most owners, working a 9 to 5 at Climate Pledge Arena and scrubbing toilets until 9pm to get his cleaning business off the ground. Today, he runs a $500K company built on move-out cleans and Airbnb turnovers from the beach in Playa del Carmen, Mexico, while the business runs without him.See where your business stands —Take the free Growth ScorecardListen to the full audiobook free — Get Off The TruckFollow HSBC Social's:Facebook | Instagram | YouTube | HSBC Accelerator | Jobber | Home Service Business Coach Email: info@homeservicebusinesscoach.com

“There are three ways you’re going to get compensated from your business. One is W-2 Salary. Two is K-1 distributions. Three is other benefits.” – RJon Robins, author of Profit First for Lawyers How profitable is your law firm? The answer might be more complicated than what shows up on your P&L statement. In this third part of our seven-part financial literacy series, we revisit a topic from season one: Total Owner Benefits. A topic of such importance that it has an entire chapter devoted to it. Listen in as RJon takes a law firm owner through an exercise to calculate the true value they are receiving from their firm. Beyond the Bottom Line RJon poses a powerful question: Would you rather own Firm A (making $1M but working 70-hour weeks doing work you hate with no vacations) or Firm B (making $500K working 50 hours doing meaningful work with real time off?) Your banker might say Firm A is more profitable, but which would contribute to your family’s happiness more? The Real Math In the 2019 workshop, RJon shows how a business that appears to have a 20% profit margin actually delivers 38% in Total Owner Benefits when you account for all three components (W-2 Salary + K-1 distributions + Other benefits). The difference is dramatic and changes everything about how you evaluate your firm’s true profitability. Understanding Total Owner Benefits reveals the value your business is actually providing you with. Action Steps Follow along with your numbers during the exercise to discover your Total Owner Benefits Then ask yourself: What is my law firm actually giving back to my life? If you don’t like the answer, pick one small thing to change Next Time: Join us for Part 4 where RJon walks law firm owners through normalized salary calculations. This is an eye-opening episode you won’t want to miss. So be sure to subscribe to the Profit First for Lawyers podcast. Resources Mentioned Financial Literacy Series: Part 1 – You’re Not Bad with Numbers Part 2: Understanding the Stages of a Law Firm’s Growth Chapter 9: Total Owner Benefits (pages 73-87 in the Profit First for Lawyers book) Season 1: Total Owner Benefits episode Connect Subscribe to the Profit First for Lawyers podcast Watch episodes on YouTube And most importantly, order your copy of Profit First for Lawyers today!

*Timestamps are approximate* TIME TOPIC 0:00 Podcast intro with Dave & Chuck "The Freak"0:01 - - - AD MARKER - - -0:01 EMAIL: A recommended video from us has destroyed her algorithm0:09 EMAIL: How our most recent Uncut episode embarrassed her0:11 EMAIL: Had an intense reaction to maple syrup pee0:16 National Iced Tea Day0:21 Motorized wheelchair that can go as fast as cars0:24 Would you rather get $500K up front, or money every time you run a mile0:28 NEWS0:28 FAST FOOD FREAKOUT0:28 2 sisters stabbed a restaurant worker over a wrong food order0:35 Got attacked by shark when he went for a swim on his lunch break0:38 Missing boaters finally return home0:41 Pilot accused of flying 900 flights with a fake license0:44 Dangerous weather events across the country0:48 Truck full of fireworks went up in flames0:50 3 high schoolers save a guy whose kayak overturned 0:47 A 72-year-old woman grandmother finally graduated from university0:59 - - - AD MARKER - - -0:59 Dave is being driven nuts by the Puerto Rico A.I. song1:07 Cop helped a family of geese walk through a city1:08 CELEBRITY DIRT1:08 NHL and NBA playoff update1:10 Americans' interest in the World Cup1:12 Betting against your team if you think you could make money1:13 Dog going viral for its soccer skills1:16 Celebrities who have colonoscopy parties1:23 MGK's skin turned yellow during a major tattoo project1:24 Highly anticipated new Spielberg movie1:26 Matt Damon rapping under an alias1:32 Cover band that has surpassed 1B views online1:36 - - - AD MARKER - - -1:36 BITCH'S TRIPPIN'/HOT OR NOT1:36 Woman walking around in public without pants after she pooped herself1:47 MUG SHOT OF THE DAY1:47 Guy stole minivan from a rehab center1:50 A guy tried to break into an RV in women's clothing1:54 Guy tried to choke a co-worker for getting promoted over him2:04 Perv fell for one of his nurses, stalked her2:07 Guy's gator got loose2:12 Woman had her dog's ashes mixed in with her eye liner2:18 BITCH'S TRIPPIN'/HOT OR NOT2:18 Lady busted stealing strange things from grocery store2:27 - - - AD MARKER - - -2:27 Guy burned himself after a vape battery exploded in his pocket2:39 62-year-old guy woke up with a truck on top of him2:43 Travelers trapped in car during a mosquito swarm2:46 Woman defends her kid after she flipped off an old man2:50 Garbage truck crew saved a puppy from a trash can, adopted him2:55 - - - AD MARKER - - -2:55 NEWS2:55 Teens caused a traffic jam after climbing a suspension bridge3:00 Hot air balloon crash landing3:02 New disorder linked to drinking too many hard seltzers3:05 - - - AD MARKER - - -3:05 1/10 adults admit they have missed a once in a lifetime event because they were on their phones3:08 Backwards beach day3:12 Woman baked bread for her nephew, turned out looking like a dong3:16 - - - AD MARKER - - -3:16 DOUCHEBAGS OF THE DAY3:16 What a group of golf loving content creators were busted doing END OF SHOWSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Welcome back to the Messy Success Podcast, and this one is a good one. If you've ever struggled to show up online the way you show up in a room full of people, this episode is going to feel like a direct answer to that problem. Elizabeth sits down with Will Harris, founder of Fitness Beyond 40 and one of TikTok's most compelling live creators, to talk about the TikTok live strategy that took him from three viewers to over 250,000 followers and half a million dollars in revenue in just six months.   Will is not just dropping theory here. He breaks down exactly how he built his daily live format, how he thinks about casting a wide net while still attracting the right audience, and why going live every day at the same time is the single most important thing you can do right now. Elizabeth is 12 days into her own 30-day TikTok live experiment as they record, so you're getting real questions, real coaching, and real results in real time.   This episode is for creative entrepreneurs and small business owners who know they have something powerful to offer but keep hitting a wall when it comes to translating that in-person magic into something that works online. Whether you've been curious about TikTok or completely skeptical, you're going to walk away with a clear picture of why live content is changing everything and a simple framework to start today. Go live. Be consistent. Build your tribe.

She built a $500K business from a podcast most platforms try to shadow ban, and she's here to show you exactly how she did it. Danielle Bezalel, host of Sex Ed with DB, built a $500K+ podcast sponsorship business as an indie podcaster averaging around 1,200 downloads per episode. She just launched Monetize Your Indie Podcast, a self-paced resource hub with her exact masterclass, sponsor ad deck, and pitch email system to help indie podcasters land real brand deals, without a network, agent, or massive audience. She shares/breaks down: ◼️ How she landed her first $5,000 sponsorship deal in season two, with zero prior experience ◼️ Why she requires a minimum six-month contract from every brand she works with ◼️ The exact outreach system she uses to find and cold pitch sponsors (including how ChatGPT fits in) ◼️ How she builds monthly and quarterly reports that keep brands renewing year after year ◼️ The biggest mistake indie podcasters make with sponsorship pricing, and how to fix it ◼️ Why health and wellness creators especially need to stop undercharging for their work ◼️ Her advice for anyone who's never had a paid partnership and doesn't know where to start   Follow Danielle Bezalel: ◼️ Sex Ed with DB: https://www.sexedwithdb.com/  ◼️ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sexedwithdbpodcast/  ◼️ Podcast: https://pod.link/1286811573   ◼️ Monetize Your Indie Podcast course: Want to turn your podcast into a sustainable income stream? Danielle Bezalel, MPH helps indie podcasters build real revenue through her Monetize Your Indie Podcast course and private consulting (see her prices here). Reach out at sexedwithdb@gmail.com and read How an Indie Podcaster Made Six Figures to see how she built a six-figure indie show.   Want to grow your visibility through podcast guesting? Explore how PodWritten can help: https://podwritten.com/services/   Bonus tips and resources: ◼️ Blog: https://podwritten.com/blog/ ◼️ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/podwritten/ ◼️ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/podwritten   Questions or want to say hey? Email us at sam@podwritten.com   Please leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.

The Systems Behind a $2.2M Maternity Leave Natalie Ellis took three months completely offline after her second daughter was born. No Slack, no email, no podcast. Her team did $2.2 million in revenue during that window with zero ad spend. Natalie is the founder and CEO of BossBabe, she's crossed $40 million in lifetime revenue on under $3 million in total ad spend, and her brand-new book The Freedom-Based Business Method is out now. In this conversation, Natalie walks me through the exact systems she built so her business could run on its own. She also gets honest about the moment she realized her million-dollar business had quietly become a job she couldn't quit. We dig into the alignment audit she has every founder run before touching a funnel, the "one number" that makes revenue predictable, and why she's never been willing to burn out her audience for a sales spike. Natalie pulls back the curtain on all of it, including the Walmart licensing deal she rarely talks about and the exact rhythm her team runs when she's nowhere near her laptop. RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: Revenue highs are exciting. The unexplainable dips that follow? Not so much. If you are a female founder making six figures or more annually, the problem isn't that things aren't working. It's that you can't yet see what is. And you can't repeat what you can't see. My free live training, The Revenue Consistency Formula, fixes that. Click here to join. High-six-figures is a ceiling for a reason. What got you here stops working here. If you're a female founder earning $500K or more annually and you've already tried it all, what you need next isn't another strategy. It's someone inside your business showing you the way forward. The Milly Club is my private six-month coaching program for women growing toward their first million. Apply here.  The Freedom-Based Business Method by Natalie Ellis BossBabe Natalie Ellis on Instagram HERE ARE THE 3 KEY TAKEAWAYS FROM THIS EPISODE: 1️⃣ Hitting a million doesn't mean the business is built — Natalie made her first million with one $29 membership and a single webinar funnel, then made the mistake most successful founders make. She stopped doubling down on what was working and chased new offers and channels instead. Crossing a revenue milestone is the signal to deepen what's working, not the permission to take your attention off it. 2️⃣ Predictable revenue starts with knowing your one number — Every business has one metric that drives the rest. Webinar sign-ups, sales calls booked, email opt-ins. Once you know yours and build your daily activities around it, revenue stops spiking and lulling. Most founders are running 40 things at once and tracking none, which is why their months look so different from each other. 3️⃣ Your audience's trust is the asset, and you can't get it back once you burn it — Natalie has crossed $40 million in revenue on under $3 million in ad spend because she's protected that trust at every turn. She's said no to sponsorships and promo pushes that would've spiked short-term cash. Founders who treat their audience like a one-time spike machine end up rebuilding their list every year and wondering why nothing converts.MORE FROM ME Follow me on Instagram @amyporterfield SUBSCRIBE & REVIEW If you loved this episode, please take a moment to subscribe and leave a review on Apple Podcasts! Your support helps us reach more entrepreneurs who need these insights.

Tim Conway Jr Show Hour 3 (6.8) Conway kicks off the hour with the latest on Primm casino resorts, as LV Petroleum emerges as a leading potential buyer and operator trying to save the properties before a possible July 4 shutdown. The desert drama continues as the Primm family looks for a new partner to keep the casino town alive. Then the news turns global and wild: a plane headed to pick up MLB legend Yadier Molina and his family crashes on its way to Texas, a massive 7.8 earthquake strikes the southern Philippines, and a rare 6.1 earthquake rattles off the coast of Cuba. The crew jumps into NBA Finals fever with Knicks vs. Spurs, Game 3, and the insane ticket prices surrounding New York’s run — from thousands just to get in the building to courtside seats going for hundreds of thousands. Later, Conway gets into new weight-loss drugs, changing body sizes, and how GLP-1s are creating chaos for retail returns as people keep swapping clothes while trying to find their new size. Plus, Bellio’s yacht wedding, Conway trying to escape a cruise, strange things spotted on walks, and one beard that was apparently a total turnoff. The hour wraps with the sad wave of Southern California restaurant closures, including memories of Gulliver’s in Newport Beach, as rising food costs, labor costs, regulations, and changing spending habits put pressure on longtime local favorites. Primm casinos, LV Petroleum, Yadier Molina, Philippines earthquake, Cuba earthquake, Knicks vs Spurs, NBA Finals, Knicks tickets, weight loss drugs, GLP-1, Ozempic, retail returns, yacht wedding, restaurant closures, Gulliver’s Newport Beach, Southern California, Conway Show See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Jerry went back in time and played audio of Boomer & Gio's take when Mike Brown was hired. The Moment of The Day: Imagining Eddie & his wife sitting in $500K tickets for the Knicks.

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Most executives know something is wrong years before they do anything about it. They have the title, the income, the team, and still feel stuck inside the corporate burnout and golden handcuffs that come with high-performing careers. Drained, distracted, and quietly miserable for 40 to 60 hours a week. In Part 2 of our Executive Career Change series, you'll hear from two real executives, Hayley and Katie, who finally made the move they'd been putting off for years, without blowing up their income or their lives. The question isn't whether to leave. It's how to stop rationalizing your way into roles that look great on paper but feel wrong in practice. What you'll learn: Why high-performing executives tolerate the wrong situation longer than everyone else, and what finally forces the breaking point The hidden cost of staying that most people never see until they're already on the other side of it Why generating activity like updating your resume, calling recruiters, and jumping into interviews is not the same as making progress How Hayley co-created a role built around her strengths instead of just finding the next available job What Katie had to figure out before she could move forward, and why it changed everything about how she searched   Our book, Happen To Your Career: An Unconventional Approach To Career Change and Meaningful Work, is now available on audiobook! Visit  happentoyourcareer.com/audible to order it now! Visit happentoyourcareer.com/book for more information or buy the print or ebook here! Want to chat with our team about your unique situation? Schedule a conversation   Free Resources What career fits you? Join our free 8 Day Mini Course to figure it out! Career Change Guide - Learn how high-performers discover their ideal career and find meaningful, well-paid work without starting over.   Related Episodes Executive Burnout: Making A Midlife Career Change (Spotify / Apple Podcasts) An Overthinker's Guide To Making Better Career Decisions (Spotify /Apple Podcasts)   Mentioned Episodes What Executive Career Change Actually Looks Like at $200K–$500K: Beyond Draining and Unfulfilling Work (Executive Series Part 1) (Spotify /Apple Podcasts)

The Real Reason More Offers Means Less Revenue 92% of the people I thought I was preparing for my signature offer never bought it. For years, I sold List Builders Society as the on-ramp into Digital Course Academy. Only 8% of them made it there. The program I'd built specifically to bridge my buyers into my biggest offer was actually a dead end for the other 92%. You may have a version of this in your business right now. The course came first. The membership came later. The coaching program came in when your most committed buyers wanted more access to you. Every decision was right when you made it, and now they're all on the menu at once, quietly competing for the same buyer. In this episode, I'm walking you through the three signs your offers are working against each other, the four-question audit that shows you your entire offer ecosystem in under an hour, and the one repositioning move that brings every program in your business back into a clear path your customer can follow. RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: Revenue highs are exciting. The unexplainable dips that follow? Not so much. If you are a female founder making six figures or more annually, the problem isn't that things aren't working. It's that you can't yet see what is. And you can't repeat what you can't see. My free live training, The Revenue Consistency Formula, fixes that. Click here to join. High-six-figures is a ceiling for a reason. What got you here stops working here. If you're a female founder earning $500K or more annually and you've already tried it all, what you need next isn't another strategy. It's someone inside your business showing you the way forward. The Milly Club is my private six-month coaching program for women growing toward their first million. Apply here. HERE ARE THE 3 KEY TAKEAWAYS FROM THIS EPISODE: 1️⃣ Offers Built One at a Time Will Quietly Compete With Each Other — Most six- and seven-figure businesses weren't designed. They were stacked. When you can hear yourself describing two of your offers in nearly identical language with slightly different price tags, you've found a competition point. A buyer staring at two doors to the same room walks away with neither. 2️⃣ A Healthy Bridge Offer Converts at Least 20% Forward — Pull the conversion rate from your entry-level offer into your bigger program. Twenty percent or higher means the bridge is working. Anything under that is telling you the gap lives in the path between them. 3️⃣ Your Signature Offer Gets 80% of Your Focus — Your signature is the one program you'd keep if you could only keep one. From the moment you name it, every other offer answers one question: does it bring people in or give them somewhere to go after? If it can't do either, retire it.MORE FROM ME Follow me on Instagram @amyporterfield SUBSCRIBE & REVIEW If you loved this episode, please take a moment to subscribe and leave a review on Apple Podcasts! Your support helps us reach more entrepreneurs who need these insights.

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Join the Social Proof community:TheSocialProofCircle.comIn this episode, David and Donni dive into real conversations around money, entrepreneurship, risk, freedom, and the psychology behind financial decisions. From “Would you spend 2 years in jail for $20 million?” to “Would you rather make $500K working from home or $1M in the office?” — David asks a series of wild “This or That” questions that force you to really think about how you view money and success.They also break down:Fear vs confidence when investing moneyWhy some entrepreneurs never leave their jobsPaying cash vs financing propertyThe mindset behind high income skillsContractor vs employee cultureMoney trauma, foreclosure, and financial freedomThe book “Happy Money” and how your beliefs affect your bank accountThis episode is packed with entrepreneur mindset gems, honest stories, and deep conversations about wealth building.

What if, today, you could “buy” a $500K/year income stream? You could replace your salary. You could become the boss immediately and reach financial freedom faster. It's not a gimmick, it's not a scheme, it's something much more boring than that.  In this episode, we're talking about how to buy a business, especially small businesses, with Acquiring Minds' Will Smith. Will spends his days interviewing the overlooked, but highly profitable, business owners who do exactly what we're talking about today—find a boring business, buy it, improve it, profit, and repeat. Even the small businesses Will mentions can earn their owners hundreds of thousands of dollars per year.  So, how do you get in on it? Will breaks down who should buy one of these businesses, where to find businesses for sale, how much they sell for, the returns you can expect, and the best business types to buy.  Dave is heavily considering buying a business to complement his real estate portfolio. And after this episode, you'll probably be feeling the same.  In This Episode We Cover DON'T build a business, buy instead: entrepreneurship through acquisition (ETA) explained  How much small businesses make (they can replace your salary!) The best business types to buy that have consistent, safe revenue  What any beginner can do right now to find businesses for sale  Who should (and should not) buy a small business, and how much they sell for  And So Much More! Check out more resources from this show on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BiggerPockets.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠h⁠⁠t⁠t⁠ps://www⁠.biggerpockets.com/blog/real-estate-1281. Interested in learning more about today's sponsors or becoming a BiggerPockets partner yourself? Email ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠advertise@biggerpockets.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices