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Monica's mostly anti-AI... so she challenged a futurist to change her mind ||⇢ WATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/6pkTn-J_9MQ In this episode, Monica sits down with Futurist, Emmy Award-winning media entrepreneur, and creator of AI Dream Team™, Natalie MacNeil, for a conversation on AI that covers ALL THE THINGS so many of us are thinking, but very few have been willing to ask out loud until now. Monica came into the conversation with mostly anti-AI sentiments and challenged Natalie to change her mind. Together, they explore what it actually looks like to work with AI ethically without losing your voice, your values, or your humanity, and where the ethical lines sit for anyone running a business and/or raising kids. If you've been shying away from AI because something about it feels off (because same!!), this is the episode for you.What you'll also learn about:✨ The fear versus hope of where AI is heading✨ Is AI actually buying back your time?✨ How to raise kids who can still think for themselves✨ What will always stay human when machines can out-think all of us✨ The MIT study everyone cites about AI being bad for your brain✨ How to train AI so it challenges your thinking instead of validating everything you put into it✨ Natalie's rule of thumb on when and when not to use AI✨ The environmental impact of AI (it's crazy more people aren't talking about this!?)✨ How to run AI locally so none of your information is shared with data centers✨ Why we're all underpaying for AI right now, and how that may change in the future✨ The jobs that will always be safe from being taken by AI+++++  As Mentioned In The Episode:⇢ Connect with Natalie — https://www.instagram.com/nataliemacneil/ ⇢ NEW! Free Secret Podcast — The High-Powered Woman Private Podcast Series: https://go.monicayateshealth.com/private-podcast ⇢ Applications are now open — Monica's new signature program, Soft and Ambitious: https://go.monicayateshealth.com/soft⇢ Join Monica's email list — Never Miss a Thing: https://go.monicayateshealth.com/joinmonicaslist⇢ Order the BOOK — Becoming HER: https://go.monicayateshealth.com/book⇢ Monica's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/monicayateshealth⇢ Full, SEARCHABLE Podcast Directory: https://monicayateshealth.com/blogs/podcast Remember to leave a written review on Apple Podcasts, screenshot it before you submit it, and email it to us at media@monicayateshealth.com to receive an exclusive meditation track as a 'thank you' from Monica. This podcast and its content is copyright of Monica Yates Health © and Feminine as F*ck ©. All rights reserved. || https://go.monicayateshealth.com/disclaimer

In this edition of the Iconography, Jack and Miles are joined by writer/comedian Ashley Ray to talk about the icon who walked so [pick a popstar] could run: Madonna! They’ll explore her very religious upbringing, rise to stardom, her many eras and much more!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Toby Wilkinson, Part Two: The Ptolemaic family's decline is driven by internal civil wars, incestuous marriages, and rising Roman influence. Highly ambitious queens like Cleopatra I and Cleopatra III emerge as central political forces. The narrative culminates with Cleopatra VII, who strategically allies with Julius Caesar, whose military forces accidentally burn down Alexandria's great library. Following Caesar's death, Cleopatra forms a powerful political and romantic union with Mark Antony. However, their coalition collapses after their defeat by Octavian at the Battle of Actium. Antony dies in her arms, and Cleopatra commits suicide to avoid Roman captivity, ending the three-century-long Macedonian dynasty. (2)

Back in 1988, CBS gave us Garfield: His 9 Lives, an anthology special where our favorite lasagna enthusiast got to be a caveman, a pampered Egyptian god-cat, and an honest-to-goodness astronaut fending off an interstellar war fleet. Ambitious! Mythic, even! Then in 2006, Lucky Jump Games and The Game Factory looked at that legacy, borrowed the exact same title for a Game Boy Advance platformer, and said: actually, what if his nine lives were a farm, a haunted house, a circus, a sewer, a tree, an alley, an obedience school, and a lab? No pyramids. No space combat. Just Garfield, freshly stuffed from an eating binge, suffering eight increasingly damp nightmares about locations you could reach on foot from his own kitchen. Climbing out of Garfield's nightmare to help us survey the damage is Derek B Gayle, who hosts or co-hosts what feels like an ever-multiplying stable of shows including Walloping Websnappers, Gimmicks, Skreeonk!, and, at this point, so many other podcasts that keeping an accurate list may violate several laws of podcast physics. If Garfield hates Mondays, Derek looked at that same feeling and apparently decided the correct response was to start four more podcasts to fill the time. So raid the fridge, settle in for a night you won't remember fondly, and let's find out if Garfield and His Nine Lives earned its spot next to the caveman, the pharaoh, and the astronaut, or if it should've stayed exactly the kind of dream you forget the second your alarm goes off. Learn such things as: Are names of things even really that important? Why would you ever try to save your mortal enemy? Can you be surprised by anything, or anyone, that Garfield runs across? And so much more! You can find Derek @DerekBGayle on Bluesky, Instagram, and other social media platforms that may or may not exist when this was posted, hear him on other podcasts on the Glitterjaw Queer Podcast Collective such as Gimmicks, Walloping Websnappers, Lee Carvallo's Podding Challenge, Skreeonk!, and Falling with Style. Also catch him on Twitch @misterdarebear and catch any future things on DerekBGayle.com. If you want to be a guest on the show please check out the Be a A Guest on the Show page and let me know what you're interested in. If you want to help support the show check out the Play Comics Patreon page or head over to the Support page if you want to go another route. You can also check out the Play Comics Merch Store. Play Comics is part of the Gonna Geek Network, which is a wonderful collection of geeky podcasts. Be sure to check out the other shows on Gonna Geek if you need more of a nerd fix. Play Comics is also part of Art Comedy Pop-Culture Network, which is a long-standing creative organization spawning from a love of Adult Swim. Be sure to check them out for all sorts of entertainment news, commentary, and just plain fun stuff. You can find Play Comics @playcomics.bsky.social on Bluesky, @playcomicspodcast on Threads, @playcomics on YouTube, or the Play Comics website. If you want to hear Chris talk with Karrington Martin about the lessons we learned from children's media and how crazy it is that we're supposed to just forget about that now that we're adults, then Sugar, Spite, and Everything is Fine is probably something you should check out. A big thanks to Checkered Past and Nerd Best Friends for the promos today. Intro/Outro Music by Backing Track, who would also go through Hell to save a teddy bear. Check out our podcast host, Pinecast. Start your own podcast for free with no credit card required. If you decide to upgrade, use coupon code r-89f00a for 40% off for 4 months, and support Play Comics.

Was James V of Scotland a beleaguered child king or a brilliant Renaissance ruler who mastered the performance of power?Crowned before his second birthday, James curbed powerful magnates, strengthened royal authority and secured Scotland's place in Europe, holding together a kingdom threatened by faction, England and religious upheaval.Professor Suzannah Lipscomb is joined by Dr Amy Blakeway to reassess a monarch who navigated politics, diplomacy and danger, while presiding over a dazzling court that embraced ceremony, humanist learning and spectacle.MORERise & Fall of James IV of ScotlandListen on AppleListen on SpotifyPrivate Life of King James VI & IListen on AppleListen on SpotifyPresented by Professor Suzannah Lipscomb. The researcher is Max Wintle, audio editor is Amy Haddow and the producer is Rob Weinberg. The senior producer is Anne-Marie Luff.All music courtesy of Epidemic Sounds.Not Just the Tudors is a History Hit podcastHistory Hit is part of Little Dot Studios, a Certified B Corp™Sign up to History Hit for hundreds of hours of original documentaries, with a new release every week plus ad-free podcasts, plus early access, ad-free podcasts. Sign up at https://www.historyhit.com/subscribe Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Does becoming a mom have to mean giving up your ambition? Dr. Anne Welsh — psychologist, Fair Play facilitator, and author of Ambitious Mother: From Surviving to Thriving in Your Career and at Home — joins Dr. Whitney Casares to make the case that motherhood doesn't kill ambition, it clarifies it.Learn more.Mentioned in this episode:New Book! Raising Body-Confident KidsYou want your kids to love their bodies. You're still trying to do both. My new book, Raising Body-Confident Kids, helps you do both. Releases Sept 1, 2026. Pre-order your copy here: https://www.raisingbodyconfidentkids.com/books

On creating alignment so it feels easy (not exhausting) || ⇢ WATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/LOezmk20KC4 In the third and final part of the Rich, Happy & Healthy Series (go back and catch up on parts 1 and 2 if you missed them—linked below!), Monica covers what being in alignment actually looks and feels like in your body, your work, and your love life. She also explains why focusing on mindset work alone won't shift anything in your life, and what has to happen in your body first to get what you want. Here's what she covers: 

“The public library is our country's last truly democratic institution,” writes celebrated librarian and public historian Dorothy Lazard. In her 40-year career, half at Oakland's main branch, Lazard was on the front lines of libraries' mission to provide free access to all and to serve as a hub of civic life. She was also witness to book bans, financial crises and the many challenges that threaten the institution. Her new book, “Behind the Desk at the Main: A Librarian's Memoir,” offers a personal portrait of how libraries work and the people that keep them functioning, and a rousing call to protect them. Guest: Dorothy Lazard, author, Behind the Desk at the Main: A Librarian's Memoir; former head librarian, Oakland History Center; author, What You Don't Know Will Make a Whole New World Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The company behind the South Island's largest port has revealed an 800 million dollar upgrade plan it says will meet growing export demands and accommodate bigger ships Lyttelton Port Company's redevelopment involves an expansion of its container terminal and building a new deep-water wharf. But the union for port workers aren't happy, accusing company management of leaving them in the dark. Adam Burns reports

Leila Rahimi and Mark Grote were joined by Chicago Sports Network analyst Clay Harbor to discuss the latest Bears storylines and to react to head coach Ben Johnson revealing that he has really ambitious goals for his offense and team in 2026. Johnson wants his Bears to set the NFL record for points per game.

In the second hour, Leila Rahimi and Mark Grote were joined by Chicago Sports Network analyst Clay Harbor to discuss the latest Bears storylines and to react to head coach Ben Johnson revealing that he has really ambitious goals for his offense and team in 2026. Johnson wants his Bears to set the NFL record for points per game. Later, the crew held the Halftime segment.

Why you're stuck in a loop of goal → feeling nothing → hurry onto the next || ⇢ WATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/VrzhtodJ14o In part two of the Rich, Happy & Healthy Series (go back and catch up on part 1 if you missed it—linked below!), Monica covers why chronic productivity is blocking the dream life you're working so hard for, and what has to shift within YOU before manifestation, AI tools, or the next goal come into play.  Also inside the episode: 

Send us a Question!REBROADCAST MOVIE DISCUSSION: Melvin & Dan can only agree on one thing: Black Panther: Wakanda Forever is, in fact, a Marvel movie. To focus their attention, Melvin proposes four ambitions that he feels will make-or-break the film for audience members. (originally released November 16th, 2022)Topics:(PATREON EXCLUSIVE) 44-minutes discussing Kevin Conroy's passing, Video Rental store nostalgia, and media curation (PATREON EXCLUSIVE) Melvin liked that Black Panther: Wakanda Forever had a somewhat self-serious profile as opposed to the more flippant, light sensibilities of other Marvel fare. However, Melvin has four headers - ambitions - that he observed within Black Panther: Wakanda Forever that he felt prevented him from "buying in" to the fiction of the film but may actually be beneficial qualities to certain audience members. His first point covers the film's global stage for a political drama between potentially warring counties. His second point covers the personal character stories within the film. A brief aside from the points, Melvin and Daniel agree: the suits at the end of the movie aren't that good. Melvin's third point has to do with the film's metatextual pairing of T'Challa's fictional death and Chadwick Boseman's real-life death. Melvin's final point covers what he would consider inefficient pacing, such as scenes clearly setting up future movies, or scenes having only one purpose at a time rather than being dynamic in detail. Recommendations: Galatians: An Expositional Commentary by R.C. Sproul (Book) Amy (2015) (Documentary) The Decade-Long Quest For Shadow of the Colossus' Last Secret (YouTube)  Support the showSupport on Patreon for Unique Perks! Early access to uncut episodes Vote on a movie/show we review One-time reward of two Cinematic Doctrine Stickers & PinsSocial Links: ThreadsWebsiteInstagramLetterboxdFacebook Group 

In this episode of the Shared Practices Podcast, we explore what it truly means to step into the role of CEO of Your Dental Organization. As a dental provider scaling from a solo operation to a multi-practice group, your leadership leverage increases significantly as you multiply your impact across a larger team. However, elite dental leadership requires shifting your mindset away from strictly clinical work and focusing on three distinct horizons: long-term vision, medium-term strategic planning, and short-term execution.To achieve sustainable dental growth, your business vision must be rooted directly in your personal life goals. Because the CEO of Your Dental Organization ultimately serves the practice owner, every strategic decision should align with your desired income, clinical schedule, and vacation time.Here is your framework for mastering dental business strategy and leading your practice:Design Your Life First: Define your ideal schedule, target income, and preferred dental procedure mix (such as focusing heavily on surgical implants). Let those personal goals dictate your dental practice's long-term destination.Focus on the Bottleneck: Adopt an Elon Musk-style approach to daily dental management by identifying and spending your administrative time solving only the single biggest constraint facing your business each week.Play the "Whac-A-Mole" Game: Understand that solving one dental growth constraint—such as hiring a third hygienist to improve patient flow—will immediately trigger the next bottleneck, like needing to fill that new hygienist's schedule.Translate Vision to the Team: Convert your personal dental ownership goals into a team-centric mission. Emphasize how adding an associate doctor improves patient access to dental care and provides the staff with more flexible schedules.Enforce Core Values: Establish a shared set of actions to define your dental practice culture. Use these core values to ensure your team's behavior stays on course, allowing you to quickly identify and correct toxic team members.Ready to take the next step in your dental practice journey? Visit https://sharedpractices.com to learn more about our Buyer Representation and Coaching services, designed to help dentists buy, grow, and optimize profitable practices. You can also use our Free Look to evaluate dental practice opportunities with real data before making a decision. For daily Dental Moneyball insights, strategy tips, and updates, follow us across our social channels.

What if you stopped trying to be everywhere, do everything, and keep up with everyone—and started becoming much more intentional about where your energy goes? In this episode of Feminine and Ambitious, we're talking about the Joy of Missing Out, or JOMO, and why learning to miss out can actually be one of the most powerful things you do for your personal growth, relationships, business, and overall sense of self. As ambitious women, it's so easy to fall into the trap of thinking that the next opportunity, relationship, trend, launch, invitation, or experience is something we have to say yes to. But when you're constantly afraid of missing something, you can end up missing the most important thing of all: your own life. I'm sharing 7 ways to make your energy more "expensive"—not by becoming unavailable or playing hard to get, but by becoming more discerning about what gets access to your time, attention, energy, and presence. In this episode, we're talking about: Why FOMO can keep you stuck in comparison and scarcity How to tell the difference between intuition and urgency Why saying no can actually create more abundance in your life How to stop performing your life for other people Why protecting your attention is one of the most powerful forms of self-respect How to become less available for things that drain you The connection between JOMO, feminine energy, and self-concept Why you don't need to chase every opportunity to create the life you desire How trusting God and divine timing can help you release the fear of missing out Why the ultimate goal isn't to miss out on life—it's to choose your life The woman with expensive energy isn't the woman who has the most going on. She's the woman who knows what deserves her. If you're ready to stop living from fear, comparison, and urgency and start creating your life from intuition, self-trust, and alignment, this is the work I love helping women with.

Are you praying for a financial breakthrough, yet secretly defending the very habits keeping you bound to your current level? In this session, we unpack a powerful Divine Download revealing the 5 subtle ways high-achieving spiritual leaders unconsciously fight to stay small—and how to awaken your permission to grow. If you feel a persistent inner restlessness, it isn't a problem to soothe—it is a divine call to step out of your comfortable cage and into your true design life. In this audio, you will discover: • The hidden traps that keep capable leaders stuck in comfortable stagnation • Why you might be defending beliefs you secretly no longer agree with • How to stop using "patience" and "responsibility" as covers for fear • What to do when your inner call to higher things conflicts with the people around you ---

How motherhood changes your closest friendships, with Dr. Anne WelshYou're crushing it at work, you're showing up for your kids, and you're trying… really trying… to also be a good friend. But the pursuit of excelling in all three keeps leaving you depleted and falling short across the board. And that picture of the village you keep seeing everywhere? The tight-knit crew of women who are all magically available and deeply connected? It might be setting you up to discount the support you already have.In this episode, Danielle sits down with clinical psychologist and executive coach Dr. Anne Welsh, author of the forthcoming book Ambitious Mother, to talk about what happens when ambition, motherhood, and friendship all compete for the same woman's energy. They dig into the difference between healthy and unhealthy striving, why ambition works better as a web than a ladder, what most women get wrong about the village, and how to maintain friendships with child-free women when everyone feels underwater. Dr. Anne also shares what she sees ambitious women ignoring that costs them the most: their own wants.

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The two codes you're running right now are inherited money beliefs, generational money trauma installed before you could even spell your own name, one that says never stop moving and one that says the moment you stop, you lose everything. Maybe your house wasn't tile floors and suitcases full of Levi's, but you've got your own version. A parent who never sat down, or one who disappeared into stillness after everything fell apart. You learned the sentence before you had a say, and it's still running today, in the way a good month makes you brace instead of exhale.Here's what's actually keeping you stuck: you think this is your personality. Ambitious, driven, a little intense, or maybe cautious, careful, waiting for the other shoe. It's not personality; it's programming, installed before your brain could analyze anything, only record. Familiar beats abundant every time your system reaches for what it recognizes, not what would actually serve you, until you catch the sentence and rewrite what familiar means.Episode Takeaways:Recognize the money sentence you inherited before age seven as recorded truth, not fact, and not something your brain ever choseNotice when a good month makes you brace instead of celebrate; that's your system defending the original code, not bad luckSeparate your personality from your programming; the hustle or the freeze was installed, it was never who you areTrust that money is a tool, not a judgment, not a god, and not your enemy eitherThe version of you who's already caught her sentence doesn't have to choose between hustling until she breaks or freezing until she loses everything. She knows the difference between a sentence and a prophecy. She still feels the old code whisper, but she doesn't hand it the wheel anymore. That's not a mindset shift; that's the whole story changing.  If this episode resonated, your first month inside the Manifesting Miracles Academy is completely free — link below.✨ MANIFESTING MIRACLES ACADEMY  ✨ Your first month is completely free.Join now: https://manifestingmiracles.thinkific.com/pages/memberships 

"Are you building your dream life, or someone else's?" ⇢ WATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/eA3uo9_aQU4 This is part one of the Rich, Happy & Healthy SERIES–yep, that means this is just the beginning! If you've been constantly chasing the next goal or achievement, and you're still feeling hollow when you get there, Monica's got some juicy nuggets for you in this episode. She dives into the real reason high-achieving women stay in this cycle, what science says about your happiness baseline, and why building your dream life means nothing if you can't actually feel it in your body. Here's a peek at what else she gets into:

EP323: You Can Let Yourself Be More Than One ThingWelcome to Your Quiet Moment. In this episode, we explore the pressure to be one thing — one way, one version — and why you don't have to pick a lane. You can be strong and soft. Ambitious and tired. Brave and fragile. These aren't contradictions. They are the full picture of who you are.SHOW NOTES:What if the people who truly love you don't need you to be one thing — they need you to be real? In this episode, we talk about the exhaustion of performing consistency, the beauty of contradiction, and why the people who matter will love all of you, not just the easy parts.TIMESTAMPS:00:00 — Opening: The pressure to be one thing02:00 — Settling In: Arriving in this moment03:30 — The Theme Part One: Why we flatten ourselves06:00 — The Theme Part Two: Being real is being complicated08:30 — Breathwork: 4-7-8 breathing09:30 — Affirmations10:00 — Closing & Network ShoutoutHOST: Your Quiet MomentTOPICS: self-compassion, identity, authenticity, contradiction, self-acceptance, gentle guidance, breathwork, affirmationsThis episode is a reminder that you are allowed to be more than one thing. You are allowed to take up space in all your dimensions.If you enjoy this show, check out our sister podcast Philippine Politics Now — your essential guide to the complex, fast-paced, and ever-evolving world of Philippine governance, policy, and power dynamics. Available on Spreaker.#YourQuietMoment #SelfCompassion #Authenticity #SelfAcceptance #GentleGuidance #Breathwork #Affirmations #MentalHealth #SelfLove #InnerPeace #PhilippinePoliticsNowDISCLAIMER

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! Money Making Conversations Master Class with Rushion McDonald is America's premier entrepreneurship, business leadership, financial literacy, and wealth-building podcast featuring successful entrepreneurs, executives, founders, celebrities, and industry experts sharing actionable insights for professional and financial success. Business Podcast Entrepreneurship Small Business Business Growth Financial Literacy Wealth Building Black Entrepreneurs Minority Business Leadership Executive Leadership Business Funding Marketing Strategies Personal Development Startup Advice Sales Training CEO Interviews Founder Stories Professional Development Economic Empowerment Business Success Networking Brand Building Innovation How to start a business Small business funding Entrepreneur success stories Business leadership podcast Wealth building strategies Black entrepreneur podcast Minority business development Marketing for small businesses Business growth strategies Startup funding opportunities Executive leadership training Financial literacy education Success mindset podcast Two-time Emmy and three-time NAACP Image Award-winning television Executive Producer Rushion McDonald interviewed Annie Yatch. A leadership and performance coach specializing in helping high-achieving entrepreneurs balance business growth with personal fulfillment. The discussion focused on leadership, relationships, and overcoming subconscious barriers to success.

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! Money Making Conversations Master Class with Rushion McDonald is America's premier entrepreneurship, business leadership, financial literacy, and wealth-building podcast featuring successful entrepreneurs, executives, founders, celebrities, and industry experts sharing actionable insights for professional and financial success. Business Podcast Entrepreneurship Small Business Business Growth Financial Literacy Wealth Building Black Entrepreneurs Minority Business Leadership Executive Leadership Business Funding Marketing Strategies Personal Development Startup Advice Sales Training CEO Interviews Founder Stories Professional Development Economic Empowerment Business Success Networking Brand Building Innovation How to start a business Small business funding Entrepreneur success stories Business leadership podcast Wealth building strategies Black entrepreneur podcast Minority business development Marketing for small businesses Business growth strategies Startup funding opportunities Executive leadership training Financial literacy education Success mindset podcast Two-time Emmy and three-time NAACP Image Award-winning television Executive Producer Rushion McDonald interviewed Annie Yatch. A leadership and performance coach specializing in helping high-achieving entrepreneurs balance business growth with personal fulfillment. The discussion focused on leadership, relationships, and overcoming subconscious barriers to success.

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! Money Making Conversations Master Class with Rushion McDonald is America's premier entrepreneurship, business leadership, financial literacy, and wealth-building podcast featuring successful entrepreneurs, executives, founders, celebrities, and industry experts sharing actionable insights for professional and financial success. Business Podcast Entrepreneurship Small Business Business Growth Financial Literacy Wealth Building Black Entrepreneurs Minority Business Leadership Executive Leadership Business Funding Marketing Strategies Personal Development Startup Advice Sales Training CEO Interviews Founder Stories Professional Development Economic Empowerment Business Success Networking Brand Building Innovation How to start a business Small business funding Entrepreneur success stories Business leadership podcast Wealth building strategies Black entrepreneur podcast Minority business development Marketing for small businesses Business growth strategies Startup funding opportunities Executive leadership training Financial literacy education Success mindset podcast Two-time Emmy and three-time NAACP Image Award-winning television Executive Producer Rushion McDonald interviewed Annie Yatch. A leadership and performance coach specializing in helping high-achieving entrepreneurs balance business growth with personal fulfillment. The discussion focused on leadership, relationships, and overcoming subconscious barriers to success.

I Make $100k/Month at 36 - Here's What I'd Do Differently In My 20sLast week I talked to a 23-year-old making $13K/month profit from his agency - but he was stressed, overworked, and anxious about his future. As we talked, I realized he was making the same four mistakes that kept me stuck for years in my twenties.Today I run a $100K/month remote cleaning business, but I wasted years making these exact errors. In this video, I break down the four mindset traps that kill ambitious people's progress: working alone instead of building teams, "forever thinking" that paralyzes decision-making, idolizing terrible role models, and expecting unrealistic growth timelines. These lessons took me over a decade to learn and cost me hundreds of thousands in mistakes.If you're ambitious but feel stuck or capped in your growth, this will help you avoid the expensive lessons I had to learn the hard way.Connect with me • X (Twitter): https://x.com/NeelBParekh • MaidThis Franchise info: https://maidthisfranchise.com/ • MaidThis on X: https://x.com/MaidThis• My local business: https://maidthis.com

NASA is packed with brilliant people, high standards, and deep purpose and yet the Columbia disaster revealed something every leader needs to face: a culture can feel positive and still produce dangerous decisions. We sit down with Philip Mead, a 31-year NASA veteran who led cultural transformation work after Columbia, to unpack how high employee engagement can coexist with normalized risk, missed signals, and the quiet pressure to stay silent when you cannot “prove it with data.”We get practical about what's happening under the surface: cognitive biases triggered by identity threats, credibility fears, and the human need for belonging and competence. Philip explains why psychological safety is not just about avoiding yelling or conflict, but about whether people believe it is safe and worth it to raise concerns, challenge assumptions, or share difficult truths. You'll hear concrete culture change strategies NASA used, including normalizing dissent, building independent communication paths for safety issues, and teaching leaders to spot bias language and call timeouts before decisions drift.We also connect culture to strategy execution through a simple model: start with the few critical behaviors your strategy requires, clarify the beliefs behind those behaviors, then design shared experiences that reinforce them. We close with a direct leadership challenge that applies whether you lead five people or five thousand: what behaviors are you unintentionally rewarding or discouraging right now?Subscribe for more intentional leadership conversations, share this with a leader on your team, and leave a review so more people can find the show.Connect with Phillip: https://www.linkedin.com/in/philliptmeade/Book a coaching call with Cyndi: https://www.intentionaleaders.com/Questions? Episode Requests? Send us a message!Ambitious leaders know that real leadership goes far beyond titles—it's about developing the clarity and mindset to guide others with confidence. In this podcast, you'll explore what today's leaders truly need, from navigating everyday problem solving to handling tough moments of workplace conflict with steadiness and respect. Episodes dive into setting healthy workplace boundaries, strengthening workplace collaboration, and building the emotional intelligence and emotional agility that make leadership sustainable. Whether you're managing a growing team or refining your voice as a decision-maker, you'll find insights that help you cultivate a resilient growth mindset and elevate your impact.

Jia Jiang: Easy Discipline Jia Jiang is an award-winning speaker, entrepreneur, and the bestselling author of Rejection Proof. His TED Talk is among the top 1% most viewed of all time, and he has spoken to over 400,000 people worldwide. He is also the creator of Rejection Therapy, a platform designed to help people overcome fear and build resilience, and is the author of Easy Discipline: An Unconventional Way to Achieve Ambitious Things (Amazon, Bookshop)*. No pain, no gain. We've all heard that before – and it's true that one way to achieve is through a lot of pain. Good news: there are other ways, too. In this conversation, Jia and I explore how to harness the ambition you already have through easy discipline. Key Points Pain tolerance is admired and celebrated. When greatness comes through pain, our society cheers it. When greatness comes through loving work, we are suspicious. Hard discipline and easy discipline both produce results, but easy discipline does so with more joy and sustainability. Ambitious people often suffer from High Eyes, Low Hands Disease. Higher ambitions create higher expectations that make a gap seem harder to transcend. In the game of Catan, it's not the lucky players that win; it's the most active players. Professional learning follows the same pattern. The momentum loop is the practice of early action generating greater fuel for later action. Even wrong movements are almost always superior to standing still. Resources Mentioned Easy Discipline: An Unconventional Way to Achieve Ambitious Things by Jia Jiang (Amazon, Bookshop)* Jia Jiang's speaking Interview Notes Download my interview notes in PDF format (free membership required). Related Episodes How to Change Your Behavior, with BJ Fogg (episode 507) How to Get Out of a Rut, with Anne-Laure Le Cunff (episode 747) How to Help People Flourish, with Marcus Buckingham (episode 778) Discover More Activate your free membership for full access to the entire library of interviews since 2011, searchable by topic. To accelerate your learning, uncover more inside Coaching for Leaders Plus.

Psychologist and "Ambitious Mother" author Dr. Anne Welsh shares practical strategies for avoiding burnout, embracing rest and managing the pressures of modern motherhood.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Read transcriptLet's talk about Spider-Man 3, the movie where Sam Raimi looked at “menacing single antagonist” and said no thank you, I would like three, please, and also I would like Peter Parker to dance down the street like he's auditioning for a jazz-hands cult. It's a movie that tried to do everything, mostly succeeded at doing too much, and somehow still made enough money that Activision looked at it and thought: yes, this deserves not one video game, but two, spread across seven different consoles, so that literally nobody in 2007 could escape it. Ambitious! Chaotic! Extremely on brand for the source material! See, there's the fancy version, built by Treyarch for PS3, Xbox 360, and PC, where you get a whole open Manhattan to swing around in and the black suit shows up only when the story deems you emotionally ready for it, very mature, very earned. And then there's the completely different budget cousin, built by Vicarious Visions for PS2, Wii, PSP, GBA, and DS, where you can slap the black suit on whenever you feel like being a jerk, the Wii Remote gets to pretend it's a web-shooter, and the DS throws the D-pad in the trash entirely so you can beat up Sandman by poking a touchscreen like it owes you money. Same cover art. Same villains. Practically strangers. Swinging in to help me sort out how many wildly different versions of one questionable movie a single franchise can generate is Harry Steele, co-host of Games on Film, the podcast where he and his brother Rory spend their days grading movies based on video games! Which means Harry has built an entire professional skillset around asking “did Hollywood mess this up,” and today, for one glorious episode, we get to point that same energy directly back at a video game and ask if it managed to mess up the movie right back. Poetic justice! Content symmetry! Whatever you want to call it, it's happening! So grab whichever suit you're feeling today, pick a console, any console, apparently they all made their own decisions, and let's find out if the Spider-Man 3 games handled three villains and seven platforms with any more finesse than the movie handled three villains and one dance number. Learn such things as: How similar do games have to be in order to have the same title? Do movie tie in games really need to care about what happened in the movie? Isn't Spidey supposed to have friends? And so much more! You can find Harry on BlueSky @onlymanwhocan and of course his podcast Games on Film. If you want to be a guest on the show please check out the Be a A Guest on the Show page and let me know what you're interested in. If you want to help support the show check out the Play Comics Patreon page or head over to the Support page if you want to go another route. You can also check out the Play Comics Merch Store. Play Comics is part of the Gonna Geek Network, which is a wonderful collection of geeky podcasts. Be sure to check out the other shows on Gonna Geek if you need more of a nerd fix. Play Comics is also part of Art Comedy Pop-Culture Network, which is a long-standing creative organization spawning from a love of Adult Swim. Be sure to check them out for all sorts of entertainment news, commentary, and just plain fun stuff. You can find Play Comics @playcomics.bsky.social on Bluesky, @playcomicspodcast on Threads, @playcomics on YouTube, or the Play Comics website. If you want to hear Chris talk with Karrington Martin about the lessons we learned from children's media and how crazy it is that we're supposed to just forget about that now that we're adults, then Sugar, Spite, and Everything is Fine is probably something you should check out. A big thanks to Murderworld the game and the Glitterjaw Queer Podcast Collective for the promos today. Intro/Outro Music by Backing Track, who would let the Venom symbiote engulf him if given the chance. Check out our podcast host, Pinecast. Start your own podcast for free with no credit card required. If you decide to upgrade, use coupon code r-89f00a for 40% off for 4 months, and support Play Comics.

Message me your 'Takeaways'.Over the weekend I was called selfish and told my marriage would end in divorce.All because I went on a 3-hour run.My wife knew. She supported it. Because we have a system that most couples don't, and in this episode I'm sharing exactly what it is.It's called the Calendar Lock. One conversation, two calendars, three locks. And it's how Amy and I make sure we both chase big goals, invest in our marriage, and show up for our family, without anyone feeling like they're losing out.You'll learn:- Why "equal time" is the wrong goal — and what "agreed time" actually means- The one 20-minute conversation that plans our entire week- How to use two calendars to find time for personal goals, your marriage, and family- The 3 locks: personal time, spousal time, family time — and how to protect all three- Why one of you needs to lead while the other supports (and how to switch)- How Amy and I handle seasons where one person's goals take priority- Why you can't wait for perfect conditions to chase what mattersI also share what happened when I posted about my long run on the internet, and why the people who called me selfish didn't understand what Amy and I had already agreed on.Ready to lock in your week and stop choosing between your goals and your marriage? Apply to join the Locked-In Life group cohort → https://wkf.ms/4foUmo1Support the showTake the "Life Performance" Scorecard: HEREFollow Lachlan:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lachlanstuart/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@LachlanJStuartLINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lachlan-stuartmtc/Website: https://www.lachlanstuart.com.au/Newsletter: https://lachlan-stuart-tmtcp.ck.page/profileDo Something Today To Be Better For Tomorrow

“WEAKNESS IS STRENGTH” Upside-Down Kingdom Week 1 2 Corinthians 12:9-10 INTRODUCTION We start with weakness because it's where most of us are. If you're honest, there's something you feel inadequate about. Something you wish you were better at. Something you've tried to fix or hide or overcome, and it's still there. Maybe you struggle with anxiety. Maybe you're not as smart as you wish you were. Maybe you don't have the body you want. Maybe you battle depression. Maybe you're lonely. Maybe you feel like you're failing at parenting or marriage or work. And you feel weak about it. In our culture, weakness is shameful. We're taught to hide it, overcome it, we try to medicate it. We put on a brave face. We project confidence we don't feel. We work harder to compensate for what we lack. But Paul teaches something radically different. He says his weakness was the entrance point for God's power. “I am most content with weakness, with insults, with hardships, with persecutions, with difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong” (2 Corinthians 12:10). This is the Upside-Down Kingdom. Weakness is strength. THE CONTEXT: PAUL'S THORN To understand this passage, we need the context. Paul had an experience—an encounter with God that was so profound, so overwhelming, that he couldn't even talk about it directly. He mentions it in verses 2-4. “I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago was caught up to the third heaven…I know that this man was caught up to paradise” (verses 2-3). He's talking about himself, but using third person, like it was so incredible he can barely reference it. Maybe he was hesitant to brag. Maybe it was so sacred he could only speak about it indirectly. And then: “Because of the surpassing greatness of the revelations, for this reason, to keep me from exalting myself, there was given me a thorn in the flesh” (verse 7). Notice that phrase: “to keep me from exalting myself.” God gave Paul a weakness specifically to prevent pride. Specifically to remind him that he was not self-sufficient. That he was dependent. That all his power came from God, not from himself. A thorn. A weakness. Something painful. Something constant. Something Paul couldn't escape. We don't know exactly what it was. Throughout history, people have speculated: physical illness, chronic pain, spiritual attack, a limitation Paul felt deeply. Some scholars think it was vision problems. Some think it was physical ailment. Some think it was emotional or psychological. But Paul doesn't specify. And maybe that's intentional. Because we all have thorns. We all have something we can't seem to get past. Something that humbles us. Something that reminds us we're not in control. THE PRAYER: ASKING FOR REMOVAL Here's what Paul did: “Concerning this I implored the Lord three times that it might leave me” (verse 8). He prayed. He asked God to remove it. Three times. Which suggests he wasn't praying casually. He was earnest. Desperate. “God, please take this away. Please remove this thorn. I can't function at my best with this limitation. I can't do my ministry effectively. Please.” Do you know that prayer? Have you prayed it? Lord, remove this anxiety. Remove this pain. Remove this inadequacy. Remove this struggle. I can't do my best work with this. I can't be the person I'm supposed to be with this. It's a legitimate prayer. It's honest. It's something most of us have brought to God at some point. And then comes the answer. And the answer might surprise you, might disappoint you, or might transform you. THE ANSWER: “MY GRACE IS SUFFICIENT” Verse 9: “He has said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for power is perfected in weakness.'” Not “I'll remove the thorn.” Not “Don't worry, you won't even notice it after a while.” Not “Be strong and overcome this.” But “My grace is sufficient for you.” There's a massive difference between these responses. One response says, “I'll fix your problem so you don't have to experience it.” The other says, “I'll give you what you need to walk through it.” God didn't remove Paul's limitation. But He gave Paul something more valuable: access to divine grace. Access to a power that doesn't depend on Paul's strength, but on God's. And here's the key: “Power is perfected in weakness.” Not “power despite weakness.” Not “power if you overcome weakness.” But “power is perfected in weakness.” Meaning: weakness is the very condition in which power is most fully realized. The weakness itself becomes the vehicle for power. This is counterintuitive. This is the Upside-Down Kingdom. THE REVELATION: HOW WEAKNESS BECOMES STRENGTH Here's how this works practically. This is crucial to understand. When you're strong, when you have it all figured out, when you don't need help, when you're self-sufficient and confident, you're inclined to trust yourself. You believe in your own capability. You lean on your own understanding. You solve your own problems. You push through on your own power. And you never experience the need for God's power. You never access it. Because you never hit the limit where you have to. But when you're weak, when you've exhausted your own resources, when you can't do it on your own, when you've tried everything and nothing works, you're forced to trust something beyond yourself. You have to. You have no choice. And that's when God's power becomes available to you. Not because God wasn't available before. But because you weren't available to receive it. Your strength was in the way. I think of a man I know who built a successful career on his own strength. Self-made. Driven. Ambitious. Confident in his own ability. He worked eighty-hour and ninety-hour weeks. He achieved everything he set out to achieve. And by all external measures, he succeeded. And yet, he was miserable. No peace. Constant stress. Anxiety about maintaining it all. Empty victories. Success that tasted like ashes. Then his body gave out. Burnout. Panic attacks. Insomnia. His strength failed him. And he couldn't fix it. Meditation didn't work. Exercise didn't work. Pushing harder didn't work. Because the problem wasn't something he could solve through willpower. So in desperation, he stopped trying. He stopped fighting. He admitted: “I can't do this on my own.” And in that admission, something shifted. He got therapy. He started taking medication. He asked for help. He learned to rest. He learned to pray not from obligation, but from desperation. He learned to say “I don't know” and “I can't handle this” and “I need help.” And in that weakness, he found something he'd never had in his strength: peace. Real connection with God. Authentic faith. Deep dependence. Unshakeable stability. His weakness became the doorway to his deepest strength. APPLICATION: YOUR THORN IS AN INVITATION So here's the question for you: What's your thorn? What's the limitation you wish you didn't have? The struggle you keep trying to overcome? The weakness that embarrasses you or frustrates you or keeps you up at night? Maybe it's something internal: anxiety, depression, loneliness, self-doubt. Maybe it's something external: illness, disability, chronic pain, something you can't change. Maybe it's something relational: conflict you can't resolve, someone you love who won't come back, a relationship that's broken. Maybe it's something about yourself: your appearance, your intelligence, your talent level, your capacity. Whatever it is, you've probably tried to overcome it. You've worked on it. You've fought it. You've prayed about it. And it's still there. And here's what Paul is telling you: That thorn might be an invitation. Not an invitation to give up. Not an invitation to stop trying to grow or to accept harmful situations. But an invitation to stop relying on your own strength and start relying on God's. Because here's what's true: You were never designed to be strong enough on your own. None of us were. Our culture tells us we should be. Be self-sufficient. Be independent. Be strong. Take care of yourself. Don't burden others. Pull yourself up by your bootstraps. If you're struggling, it's because you're not trying hard enough. But Jesus never taught that. Jesus said, “Come to me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest” (Matthew 11:28). Weary. Heavy-laden. Weak. Tired. Burnt out. Those are the people Jesus invites. Not the strong. Not the self-sufficient. But the weak. And when we finally accept that invitation, when we finally admit we can't do this on our own, when we finally stop pretending and start being honest about our limits, something shifts. We stop performing. We stop pretending. We stop trying to be strong enough. And we discover that God's grace really is sufficient. It really is enough. More than enough. THE PRACTICE: NAMING YOUR WEAKNESS So practically, what do we do with this? First: Name your weakness honestly. Don't hide it. Don't minimize it. Don't pretend it's not there. “My anxiety is real. My loneliness is real. My inadequacy is real. My pain is real. My struggle is real.” Naming it is the first step to surrendering it. Second: Stop trying to overcome it through sheer willpower alone. You've probably tried that. If willpower could have fixed it, it would be fixed by now. So stop. Admit that your strength isn't enough. Third: Bring it to God. Really bring it. Not in a formal, churchy way. But honestly. “Lord, I'm weak here. I don't have the strength for this. I've tried and I've failed. But Your grace is sufficient. Your power is perfected in my weakness. So I'm going to stop trying to be strong and start trusting that You are.” Fourth: Live differently because of it. Maybe your weakness means you need to ask for help. Maybe it means you need to slow down. Maybe it means you need to be honest in community. Maybe it means you need to be honest in community. Maybe it means you need professional help—therapy, medication, coaching. Maybe it means you need to develop spiritual practices you've resisted. Do whatever it takes to stop pretending you're strong enough. And fifth: Watch for God to show up in ways you didn't expect. Because when you stop leaning on your own strength, when you stop white-knuckling through life, you create space for God's power to actually work. CONCLUSION Here's the paradox that closes this: The thing you're most ashamed of might be the thing that makes you most useful to God. Think about it. Paul's thorn—whatever it was—never went away. He carried it his entire life. But because he carried it, because he knew his own weakness intimately, because he had to depend on God's grace every single day, he became one of the most compassionate, most spiritually powerful leaders in history. Why? Because he didn't just believe that God's grace was sufficient. He lived it. Daily. He knew it in his bones. His weakness authenticated his faith. If you're sitting here today feeling weak, feeling inadequate, feeling like you're not enough, I have good news: That feeling might be the most honest thing about you. Because you're not enough. You were never meant to be. You were designed for dependence. For trust. For grace. And when you finally accept that, when you stop fighting it and start surrendering to it, when you stop trying to be strong enough and start receiving God's strength, you'll discover what Paul discovered: Your weakness isn't a liability. It's an opening. It's where God's power enters. This is the Upside-Down Kingdom. And it starts with weakness.

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Burnout isn't just feeling tired after a hard week, it's the slow, chronic drain that changes how you think, how you react, and how your body recovers. We talk candidly about how many leaders confuse overwork with dedication, and how “wearing commitment like a badge” can quietly push us into an unsustainable rhythm.We break down the difference between short-term stress and true burnout, then map the three major ways burnout shows up: cognitively (lower capacity, foggier thinking, decision fatigue), emotionally (less regulation, more irritability, that constant “jangly” feeling), and physically (sleep disruption, digestion and immunity issues, and reduced recovery). If you've felt detached from work or the people you care about, or you can't prioritize because everything feels overwhelming, we explain why those signals matter and why other people may notice them before you do.From there, we dig into what actually drives leadership burnout: unsustainable workload at work and at home, a lack of control when demands exceed resources, boundaries that get crossed over and over, and the isolation that can come with senior roles. We close with practical next steps to prevent and recover, including recovery mode that fits your situation, stronger delegation, building a real support system, healthier boundaries, and getting help when you need it. Subscribe, share this with a leader who's carrying too much, and leave a review so more people can find the conversation.#LeadershipBurnout#BurnoutRecovery#LeadershipDevelopment#IntentionalLeadership#SustainableLeadership#EmotionalIntelligenceQuestions? Episode Requests? Send us a message!Ambitious leaders know that real leadership goes far beyond titles—it's about developing the clarity and mindset to guide others with confidence. In this podcast, you'll explore what today's leaders truly need, from navigating everyday problem solving to handling tough moments of workplace conflict with steadiness and respect. Episodes dive into setting healthy workplace boundaries, strengthening workplace collaboration, and building the emotional intelligence and emotional agility that make leadership sustainable. Whether you're managing a growing team or refining your voice as a decision-maker, you'll find insights that help you cultivate a resilient growth mindset and elevate your impact.

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Jia Jiang explains his four-step framework for making discipline and success easier.— YOU'LL LEARN — 1) The problem with hard discipline 2) How to make your goals feel easy and enjoyable 3) Two handy tips to defeat procrastinationSubscribe or visit AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep1170 for clickable versions of the links below. — ABOUT JIA — Jia Jiang is an award-winning speaker, entrepreneur, and the bestselling author of Rejection Proof. As a keynote speaker, Jiang has spoken at corporate and industry events and in front of 400,000+ live audiences. His TED talk has millions of views and is ranked in the top 1% among all TED talks. Jiang is also the owner of Rejection Therapy, which helps people overcome their fear of rejection and develop mental resilience. His work has been featured in Time, CNN, Today, Business Insider, The Guardian, Wired, and more.• Book: Easy Discipline: An Unconventional Way to Achieve Ambitious Things• TED Talk: What I Learned from 100 Days of Rejection | Jia Jiang | TED• Video series: 100 Days of Rejection Therapy• Substack: Easy Ambition— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW — • Book: How to Win Friends & Influence People by Dale Carnegie• Book: Go for No! Yes is the Destination, No is How You Get There by Richard Fenton and Andrea Waltz• Book: Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die by Chip Heath and Dan Heath• YouTube: Caroline Girvan• Game: Slay the Spire II• Past episode: 016: Going for No with Andrea Waltz• Past episode: 1167: Mastering the Three Elements of Charisma with Olivia Fox Cabane— THANK YOU SPONSORS! — • Shopify. Sign up for your free trial at Shopify.com/awesomepod• Monarch. Get 50% off your first year with code AWESOME at Monarch.comSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

SEASON: 7 EPISODE: 1Episode Overview:Welcome back to Becoming Preferred, the podcast designed to help ambitious business professionals and entrepreneurs build unshakeable client trust, scale their impact, and become preferred in the markets they serve.If you run a professional services firm, an agency, or a consulting practice, you've likely fallen into a very common trap: you try to win clients by being the smartest person in the room. You show up to pitches armed with deep expertise and immediate answers, only to wonder why the client chose someone else.Our guest today says that over-indexing on your own 'smartness' is the fastest way to kill a deal. Scott Armstrong is a marketing veteran, global agency founder who scaled his business to over twenty-two million dollars, and the mastermind behind Win The Question.He is also a self-reformed 'expert' who learned how to build trust the hard way. His upcoming book, From Asshole to Ally, is a field manual on how highly qualified professionals accidentally lose trust and exactly how to get it back. Today, we're unpacking how to stop relying on rare 'rainmakers,' how to coach trust as a tactical skill across your entire team, and how to shift from pitching answers to truly winning the question. Please join me for my conversation with Scott Armstrong.Guest Bio: R. "Scott" Armstrong has spent 38 years learning what most ambitious professionals figure out the hard way: it's not about you. Scott is the founder of Win The Question, where he teaches ambitious professionals how to build trust by reducing their natural self-orientation and working to win the question before the answer.Scott's book "From Asshole to Ally: How Ambitious Professionals Lose Trust and How To Get It Back" is the field manual and it will be launch in the fall. He lives at the end of a dirt road in Creemore where he trusts his neighbors and his motorcycle.Resource Links:Website: winthequestion.comProduct Link: https://www.winthequestion.com/bookInsight Gold Timestamps:02:20 I hadn't really learned yet how to build trust, I just learned how to hustle04:27 Trust has a math to it, or professional services trust at least has a math to it05:15 Trust is really the shift from about me to about you07:31 Your upcoming book has a brilliantly provocative title, From Asshole to Ally10:30 What does it mean to win the question in a high-stakes client meeting?12:12 Stephen Covey's fifth habit, "Seek first to understand, then seek to be understood."14:23 Often the managing partner or the leader of the firm doesn't even really know what skills they're using successfully to build trust16:28 Ask before you answer17:05 You should be learning from my mistakes rather than my successes20:28 At the top of my page, I just put a little reminder, "Shut up," that's my first prep note22:38 Using that methodology, we lost a $10 million account in a review, and won it all back and more 12 months later25:08 Give me 45 minutes to come and have a conversation, and then we'll craft a perfect solution for you based on that conversation27:52 He was better at asking questions than I was, and his big win question's a real simple one31:30 One of the things I like about your podcast is how much research you all do34:05 Bottom line is if you're putting deposits into that relationship bank account on an ongoing basis, they don't divorce you when the proverbial hits the fan37:49 The tagline for that company is not go fast, don't die, it's really go fast, go far39:47 You might have a weather forecast, but it can change42:10 You can literally these days run Otter on a call or in the meeting itself... after the meeting is over, will tell you not only how often did you speak versus when your client spoke...42:49 The book is From Asshole to Ally: Why Ambitious Professionals Lose Trust and How to Get It Back by Scott Armstrong. (available Q4)43:33 Scott Armstrong at winthequestion.comConnect Socially:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rscottarmstrong/Email: scott@thewtq.comSponsors: Rainmaker LeadGen Platform Demo: https://calendar.summit-learning.com/widget/booking/JKItVP7WErmCBjU2cCIxRainmaker Digital Solutions: https://www.rainmakerdigitalsolutions.com/

This week, we cover how Starship Flight 13 finally prepares to launch amid a legal battle over SpaceX's proposed land swap at Starbase, plus a Chinese Long March 3B rocket gets struck by lightning during liftoff, yet still delivers its satellite safely. Then, guests Dr. Pascal Lee and astrobiologist Dr. Penny Boston join the show to mark the 50th anniversary of Viking 1's landing on Mars and revisit the mission's groundbreaking life-detection experiments and the decades-long controversy over what they actually found. The conversation traces Mars exploration from the earliest Mariner flybys through Viking's ambiguous, still-debated results—later explained by perchlorates in the Martian soil—and the fierce scientific rivalry the findings sparked. Join us! Headlines: SpaceX Starship Flight 13 faces engine and weather delays ahead of launch SpaceX land swap proposal sparks conservation group lawsuit over Rio Grande Valley wildlife preserve Chinese Long March rocket survives dramatic lightning strike during launch Main Topic: 50th Anniversary of Viking Mars Landers—Search for Life on Mars The evolution of Mars exploration from telescopes to Viking lander Early Mars missions: Mariner flybys, Soviet attempts, and breakthroughs in orbital imaging Viking 1 and 2: Ambitious design, life-detection experiments, and landing impact Mixed public and scientific reactions to Viking's first iconic Mars surface images Technical overview of the Viking biology experiments and their controversial results The unresolved debate: Did Viking detect life or chemical reactions on Mars? Personal accounts of key scientists, scientific disputes, and the "Wolf Trap" experiment that never flew Lessons from Viking: Limitations of technology, extremophile discoveries, and shifting strategies for detecting life The scientific case for seeking life in Martian caves and subsurface environments Critique of current and future Mars missions: Perseverance rover findings and value of Mars Sample Return Exploring planetary protection, contamination risks, and the challenges of certifying Martian samples= Key takeaways for future missions—bold searches, new technologies, and the ongoing quest for answers Hosts: Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik Guests: Pascal Lee and Dr. Penelope Boston Download or subscribe to This Week in Space at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-space. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free audio and video feeds, a members-only Discord, and exclusive content. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsor: rippling.ai/twis

This week, we cover how Starship Flight 13 finally prepares to launch amid a legal battle over SpaceX's proposed land swap at Starbase, plus a Chinese Long March 3B rocket gets struck by lightning during liftoff, yet still delivers its satellite safely. Then, guests Dr. Pascal Lee and astrobiologist Dr. Penny Boston join the show to mark the 50th anniversary of Viking 1's landing on Mars and revisit the mission's groundbreaking life-detection experiments and the decades-long controversy over what they actually found. The conversation traces Mars exploration from the earliest Mariner flybys through Viking's ambiguous, still-debated results—later explained by perchlorates in the Martian soil—and the fierce scientific rivalry the findings sparked. Join us! Headlines: SpaceX Starship Flight 13 faces engine and weather delays ahead of launch SpaceX land swap proposal sparks conservation group lawsuit over Rio Grande Valley wildlife preserve Chinese Long March rocket survives dramatic lightning strike during launch Main Topic: 50th Anniversary of Viking Mars Landers—Search for Life on Mars The evolution of Mars exploration from telescopes to Viking lander Early Mars missions: Mariner flybys, Soviet attempts, and breakthroughs in orbital imaging Viking 1 and 2: Ambitious design, life-detection experiments, and landing impact Mixed public and scientific reactions to Viking's first iconic Mars surface images Technical overview of the Viking biology experiments and their controversial results The unresolved debate: Did Viking detect life or chemical reactions on Mars? Personal accounts of key scientists, scientific disputes, and the "Wolf Trap" experiment that never flew Lessons from Viking: Limitations of technology, extremophile discoveries, and shifting strategies for detecting life The scientific case for seeking life in Martian caves and subsurface environments Critique of current and future Mars missions: Perseverance rover findings and value of Mars Sample Return Exploring planetary protection, contamination risks, and the challenges of certifying Martian samples= Key takeaways for future missions—bold searches, new technologies, and the ongoing quest for answers Hosts: Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik Guests: Pascal Lee and Dr. Penelope Boston Download or subscribe to This Week in Space at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-space. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free audio and video feeds, a members-only Discord, and exclusive content. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsor: rippling.ai/twis

This week, we cover how Starship Flight 13 finally prepares to launch amid a legal battle over SpaceX's proposed land swap at Starbase, plus a Chinese Long March 3B rocket gets struck by lightning during liftoff, yet still delivers its satellite safely. Then, guests Dr. Pascal Lee and astrobiologist Dr. Penny Boston join the show to mark the 50th anniversary of Viking 1's landing on Mars and revisit the mission's groundbreaking life-detection experiments and the decades-long controversy over what they actually found. The conversation traces Mars exploration from the earliest Mariner flybys through Viking's ambiguous, still-debated results—later explained by perchlorates in the Martian soil—and the fierce scientific rivalry the findings sparked. Join us! Headlines: SpaceX Starship Flight 13 faces engine and weather delays ahead of launch SpaceX land swap proposal sparks conservation group lawsuit over Rio Grande Valley wildlife preserve Chinese Long March rocket survives dramatic lightning strike during launch Main Topic: 50th Anniversary of Viking Mars Landers—Search for Life on Mars The evolution of Mars exploration from telescopes to Viking lander Early Mars missions: Mariner flybys, Soviet attempts, and breakthroughs in orbital imaging Viking 1 and 2: Ambitious design, life-detection experiments, and landing impact Mixed public and scientific reactions to Viking's first iconic Mars surface images Technical overview of the Viking biology experiments and their controversial results The unresolved debate: Did Viking detect life or chemical reactions on Mars? Personal accounts of key scientists, scientific disputes, and the "Wolf Trap" experiment that never flew Lessons from Viking: Limitations of technology, extremophile discoveries, and shifting strategies for detecting life The scientific case for seeking life in Martian caves and subsurface environments Critique of current and future Mars missions: Perseverance rover findings and value of Mars Sample Return Exploring planetary protection, contamination risks, and the challenges of certifying Martian samples= Key takeaways for future missions—bold searches, new technologies, and the ongoing quest for answers Hosts: Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik Guests: Pascal Lee and Dr. Penelope Boston Download or subscribe to This Week in Space at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-space. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free audio and video feeds, a members-only Discord, and exclusive content. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsor: rippling.ai/twis

This week, we cover how Starship Flight 13 finally prepares to launch amid a legal battle over SpaceX's proposed land swap at Starbase, plus a Chinese Long March 3B rocket gets struck by lightning during liftoff, yet still delivers its satellite safely. Then, guests Dr. Pascal Lee and astrobiologist Dr. Penny Boston join the show to mark the 50th anniversary of Viking 1's landing on Mars and revisit the mission's groundbreaking life-detection experiments and the decades-long controversy over what they actually found. The conversation traces Mars exploration from the earliest Mariner flybys through Viking's ambiguous, still-debated results—later explained by perchlorates in the Martian soil—and the fierce scientific rivalry the findings sparked. Join us! Headlines: SpaceX Starship Flight 13 faces engine and weather delays ahead of launch SpaceX land swap proposal sparks conservation group lawsuit over Rio Grande Valley wildlife preserve Chinese Long March rocket survives dramatic lightning strike during launch Main Topic: 50th Anniversary of Viking Mars Landers—Search for Life on Mars The evolution of Mars exploration from telescopes to Viking lander Early Mars missions: Mariner flybys, Soviet attempts, and breakthroughs in orbital imaging Viking 1 and 2: Ambitious design, life-detection experiments, and landing impact Mixed public and scientific reactions to Viking's first iconic Mars surface images Technical overview of the Viking biology experiments and their controversial results The unresolved debate: Did Viking detect life or chemical reactions on Mars? Personal accounts of key scientists, scientific disputes, and the "Wolf Trap" experiment that never flew Lessons from Viking: Limitations of technology, extremophile discoveries, and shifting strategies for detecting life The scientific case for seeking life in Martian caves and subsurface environments Critique of current and future Mars missions: Perseverance rover findings and value of Mars Sample Return Exploring planetary protection, contamination risks, and the challenges of certifying Martian samples= Key takeaways for future missions—bold searches, new technologies, and the ongoing quest for answers Hosts: Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik Guests: Pascal Lee and Dr. Penelope Boston Download or subscribe to This Week in Space at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-space. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free audio and video feeds, a members-only Discord, and exclusive content. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsor: rippling.ai/twis

In this episode of The Art Biz, host Alyson Stanfield makes the case that waiting isn't ambition — it's longing. She unpacks why so many artists organize their careers around a big break that rarely comes, names the three kinds of openings available to every artist, and offers a simple five-step cycle for building real momentum on your own terms. She covers: Why waiting has no relationship with ambition Why hustling isn't the alternative most artists think it is The 3 kinds of openings, and the one most underused What "building a career on someone else's schedule" actually costs you The 5 A's that turn intention into follow-through Why doing this alone is exhausting and often uninspired Read more and see featured artists   The Next Opening is a small coaching group for ambitious artists who are done waiting for the big break and ready to make their next move. A year of aiming, acting, assessing, adjusting, and doing it again, with support and accountability. Application only. Next cohort starts in September. artbizsuccess.com/next   Email me to discuss strategic consulting for your long-term career goals. Think you'd make a good guest on The Art Biz? Read This The Art Biz is recorded on the traditional land of the Cheyenne, Arapaho and Ute tribes.  

Spoiler Alert: Burnout actually doesn't have to do with how much you work. ⇢ WATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/3OJWronjhG4 Today, Monica sets the record straight on what burnout actually is, and why it has nothing to do with how hard you're working. She's diving deep into what's really draining your life force energy, why healing burnout isn't about just doing less, and what the research says about happiness that the personal development world doesn't talk about. If you're feeling exhausted even though you're doing everything "right," this is the episode you didn't know you needed. Here's what she covers: 

Bob and Brad drop a bonus episode to react to Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey — Bob's seen it twice and lays out a full theory of late-period Nolan as a career-long meditation on deception scaling from the individual (Memento) to the civilizational (Oppenheimer, now this), landing at 8.5/10. Brad went on a friend's fifteen-minute-notice invitation the night before, having just reread the poem, and comes in at 7/10 — arguing Nolan strips the Odyssey of its color and intimacy in service of a theme he calls narcissistic (that my generation broke the world for the next one). Both agree the cast is stacked but not showcased, that Circe's body horror rules, and that Hoyte van Hoytema's desaturated house style has now officially become a problem. Brad sips an Ardbeg Uigeadail in honor of Odysseus; Bob is drinking coffee because the movie kept him up too late.For longer episodes and special bonus content, consider joining our Patreon for as little as $3/mo!Film & Whiskey InstagramFilm & Whiskey FacebookFilm & Whiskey TwitterEmail us!Join our Discord server!For more episodes and engaging content, visit Film & Whiskey's website at www.filmwhiskey.com.

Alan Mikhail describes how the couple settled in Manhattan as ambitious farmers but faced friction with neighbors who used "the Turk" as a xenophobic insult. Their contentious behavior led to their banishment to Gravesend, Long Island. Mikhail highlights the clash between Dutch property rights and indigenous use-rights. (11)1650

Your work matters to God. See how you can be ambitious to serve with God while you work as Brett Andrews shares.Share your stories, prayer requests, or your response to this devotional in the comments below.If you would like to know more about New Life, who we are, what we believe, or when we meet, visit http://newlife.church. Or you can fill out a digital connection card at http://newlife.church/connect - we would love to get to know you better!

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In this episode, I introduce a kind of couple I don't think we talk about nearly enough: The Relationally Ambitious Couple.These couples aren't driven by problems.They're driven by possibility.They believe there's always another level of connection, partnership, friendship, and joy waiting to be created.If you've ever wondered what it looks like to intentionally build a marriage that continues growing year after year, this episode is for you.In this episode, you'll discover:Why waiting until something is wrong may be one of the biggest mistakes couples make.The surprising difference between couples who maintain their marriage and couples who continually grow it.Why relationship ambition is just as important as career, financial, and health ambition.The mindset shift that changes the questions you ask about your marriage.Five experiences Relationally Ambitious Couples intentionally create to keep growing closer over time.Why this way of thinking is available to every couple—not just a select few.I invite you to take my new Relationally Ambitious Couple Assessment—a simple way to discover the mindset and habits currently shaping your marriage and identify your next opportunity for growth.Take the 5-minute Assessment HERE

The Contenders: FDR, Coolidge, and Herbert Hoover Guest: David Pietrusza This segment introduces the rising stars of the 1920s: Franklin D. Roosevelt, Calvin Coolidge, and Herbert Hoover. At age 38, FDR was an ambitious Assistant Secretary of the Navy who, despite his famous name, was considered "not ready for prime time" due to early political mistakes and a strained marriage following an affair with Lucy Mercer. Conversely, Governor Calvin Coolidgegained national fame for his decisive handling of the Boston police strike. Known for his Vermont-bred rectitude and "upstanding" persona, Coolidge was viewed as a man of few words but great reliability. Meanwhile, Herbert Hooverwas the "great engineer" and humanitarian who had fed millions in Europe. His popularity was so immense that FDRonce proposed a joint Hoover-Roosevelt Democratic ticket. Though Hoover eventually identified as a Republican, his systematic, modern approach to government made him a formidable figure for either party as the 1920 conventions approached. (3)1919

✨ Ready to attract dream clients + sell in a way that feels natural, authentic + in service? Register for my free live workshop, Confidence That Converts: https://www.alyssanobriga.com/webinar-natalie   ==== What if the success you're chasing isn't the thing that will set you free?   In this episode of The Healing + Human Potential Podcast, I sit down with entrepreneur, bestselling author, and BossBabe co-founder Natalie Ellis to explore what it really means to build a business without losing yourself in the process.   Natalie shares the inner work that transformed the way she approaches ambition, relationships, leadership, and success. Together, we unpack why so many entrepreneurs unknowingly self-abandon, how unresolved childhood patterns show up in business, and why true freedom comes from regulating your nervous system, not simply reaching the next milestone.   We also explore people-pleasing, resentment, boundaries, burnout vs. functional freeze, delegation, AI, building systems that create freedom, and why the most successful entrepreneurs learn to separate their identity from their outcomes.   If you've ever felt torn between building a meaningful business and protecting your peace, this conversation will help you redefine success from the inside out. ==== Guest Bio:   Natalie Ellis is a mom, CEO and serial entrepreneur. Most notably, she founded Bossbabe, a community of over 4 million women, is host of the chart-topping bossbabe podcast, writer of a weekly entrepreneurial newsletter and an angel investor in a portfolio of female founded companies.    She's also the founder of CEO Mama, a private network for entrepreneurial mamas. She lives by the belief that we can build wildly successful freedom-based businesses that support versus sacrifice the things you most care about in life. Natalie's expertise lies in online marketing, social media, community building and systems for running your life and business with harmony.   Website: bossbabe.com, https://www.natalie-ellis.com/   Social Media Handles: @iamnatalie @bossbabe.inc ==== Website: alyssanobriga.com Instagram: @alyssanobriga TikTok - @alyssanobriga Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/6b5s2xbA2d3pETSvYBZ9YR Apple Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/healing-human-potential/id1705626495 ==== Alyssa Nobriga International, LLC - Disclaimer This podcast is presented solely for educational and entertainment purposes. It is not intended as a substitute for the advice of a physician, professional coach, psychotherapist, or any other qualified professional. We shall in no event be held liable to any party for any reason arising directly or indirectly for the use or interpretation of the information presented in this video. Copyright 2023, Alyssa Nobriga International, LLC - All rights reserved.

Rick Fisher explores China's ambitious plans for a successor space station and lunar presence. He highlights their goal of total domination over the Earth-moon system, utilizing dual-use technology to secure a new permanent celestial foothold. (3)19581