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As Erik and the team continue to learn more and more about selling effectively through the partnership of Cardone University, one of the things highlighted is that they need to offer alternatives to the prospect instead of pitching one thing to them. In this episode, Erik shares the reasons why and how they introduced alternatives. — Erik J. Olson is an award-winning digital marketer & entrepreneur. The Founder & CEO of Array Digital, he is also the host of the Journey to $100 Million Flash Briefing and daily podcast, and the organizer of the Marketers Anonymous monthly meetups. — Kevin Daisey is an award-winning digital marketer & entrepreneur. He started his first company when he was just 23, and is the Founder & CMO of Array Digital. Kevin is also the co-host of the Journey to $100 Million Flash Briefing and daily podcast, and the co-organizer of the Marketers Anonymous monthly meetups. — For more information on the show, and to check out past episodes, go to journeyto100million.com!

As Erik continues interviewing other entrepreneurs, one of the people that he recently interviewed was Todd Palmer. Todd is the author of the book From Suck to Success and also a member of the Entrepreneur Organization (EO). One of the highlights of their discussion is how you can align your vision with others who may not have the same vision as yours. — Erik J. Olson is an award-winning digital marketer & entrepreneur. The Founder & CEO of Array Digital, he is also the host of the Journey to $100 Million Flash Briefing and daily podcast, and the organizer of the Marketers Anonymous monthly meetups. — Kevin Daisey is an award-winning digital marketer & entrepreneur. He started his first company when he was just 23, and is the Founder & CMO of Array Digital. Kevin is also the co-host of the Journey to $100 Million Flash Briefing and daily podcast, and the co-organizer of the Marketers Anonymous monthly meetups. — For more information on the show, and to check out past episodes, go to journeyto100million.com!

As Erik continues to interview other entrepreneurs, today he is featuring Todd Palmer. Todd is the author of the book From Suck to Success and also a member of the Entrepreneurs' Organization (EO). While bad leadership is something they have both experienced, there is opportunity for improvement for every leader. Listen to this episode and see if you are a 'good' or 'bad' leader. — Erik J. Olson is an award-winning digital marketer & entrepreneur. The Founder & CEO of Array Digital, he is also the host of the Journey to $100 Million Flash Briefing and daily podcast, and the organizer of the Marketers Anonymous monthly meetups. — Kevin Daisey is an award-winning digital marketer & entrepreneur. He started his first company when he was just 23, and is the Founder & CMO of Array Digital. Kevin is also the co-host of the Journey to $100 Million Flash Briefing and daily podcast, and the co-organizer of the Marketers Anonymous monthly meetups. — For more information on the show, and to check out past episodes, go to journeyto100million.com!

As Erik is looking through the list of podcast ideas, he came across a question asked by his friend Zack Miller over a year ago. In this episode, Erik answers Zack's question: How do you know when it's time to hire an expert? — Erik J. Olson is an award-winning digital marketer & entrepreneur. The Founder & CEO of Array Digital, he is also the host of the Journey to $100 Million Flash Briefing and daily podcast, and the organizer of the Marketers Anonymous monthly meetups. — Kevin Daisey is an award-winning digital marketer & entrepreneur. He started his first company when he was just 23, and is the Founder & CMO of Array Digital. Kevin is also the co-host of the Journey to $100 Million Flash Briefing and daily podcast, and the co-organizer of the Marketers Anonymous monthly meetups. — For more information on the show, and to check out past episodes, go to journeyto100million.com!

"It's not the kind of job where you can show up and go through the motions and do well-- particularly at a high-roller event. There are plenty of amateurs today that would have been dominant players fifteen years ago." Star poker player Erik Seidel is here, talking poker and much more. Far from just a simple “how to” conversation about poker, Erik and Daniel delve into many subjects surrounding the world of poker. They discuss the complex history of the game, its rapid developments, and the major changes technology has brought to the poker world. An interesting point Erik highlights is how much the level of play has improved with the huge influence of technology as a tool for studying the game. As Erik puts it, his study used to take place while playing, but now a huge amount of preparation must be done before the game begins. In addition to his expertise in poker, Erik is a great music lover and passionate traveler—- things for which he and Daniel share a passion. Support Talking Beats with Daniel Lelchuk on Patreon. Erik Seidel is an American professional poker player from Las Vegas, Nevada, who has won eight World Series of Poker bracelets and a World Poker Tour title. Seidel was born in New York City. He played professional backgammon in his youth. He eventually became a trader on the American stock exchange stock market, and then moved on to poker. Seidel was one of the group of now famous players from the former Mayfair Club in New York City, including Stu Ungar, Jay Heimowitz, Mickey Appleman, Howard Lederer, Jason Lester, Steve Zolotow, Paul Magriel, and Dan Harrington. In May 2015, Seidel won the 2015 European Poker Tour Grand Final €100,000 Super High Roller for €2,015,000. Seidel mentored journalist Maria Konnikova, starting in 2018, teaching her poker and the mindset that it requires. Seidel taught Konnikova Texas Hold'em and eventually she participated in tournaments and won $350,000. In 2020, Konnikova published a book about her experience: The Biggest Bluff: How I Learned to Pay Attention, Master Myself, And Win. Seidel lives in Las Vegas and New York City.

As Erik recovers from the second dose of the vaccine, Justin, Patrick, and Dom are joined the one and only Cyrus Blot for a general discussion on what we're watching on TV.

What helps you better focus on the present moment? Is it meditation? Breathing exercises? Or deepening your spirituality? Our guest this week shares his recovery journey and how focusing on the present has helped him find a deeper meaning in life.   This week, we are speaking with Erik Howerbush, Founder & Creator of Meditate Awake, an app that helps you “transform your life through meditation, insight, and action”. Erik is a Mindful Life Advocate, Seeker, Way-Shower, Entrepreneur and a 9-5er. Over 11 years of helping others wake up their world and recently launched a mindful living app, Meditate Awake, for everyone to benefit from meditation, insight, and daily action.    Meditate Awake focuses on the 6 areas of intention, or aspirations, that make up an awake life and are the most commonly sought: Better Sleep, Closer Connection, Deeper Purpose, Mindset, Fitness, Stress Relief.   In our conversation, Erik shares with us how he came from a volatile homelife and masquerading who he needed to be growing up, finding identity and validation in sports, to finding alcohol and drugs at the age of 14. As Erik shares how he has always been a “seeker”, finding awe and wonder in the immaterial world, he helps others break old habits, take action, and change their life.     Topics Discussed:   Recognizing the “Dark Passenger” off addiction The power of accountability in addiction recovery  Willingness to let go of who we thought we were  Operating with a spirit of service and serving others Training the mind and the body without focusing on control Anchoring breath as a constant observation of the present moment  Connect with Erik Howerbush: Website: meditateawake.com  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meditate.awake/    Download the Meditate Awake App on iTunes!https://apps.apple.com/us/app/meditate-awake/id1433328436    Connect with Positive Recovery MD Podcast Website: https://www.positiverecoverymd.com  Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/577870242872032  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4JcDF1gjlYch4V4iBbCgZg Connect with Positive Recovery Centers Online: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/positiverecoverycenters/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PositiveRecoveryCenters/  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/positiverecoverycenters/   Contact Positive Recovery Centers:If you or someone you know needs help, visit the website, or call the number below to schedule an assessment. We are here to help. Call: 877-476-2743 Address: 902 West Alabama Street Houston, Texas 77006 Website: https://positiverecovery.com  Services: https://positiverecovery.com/services/  FAQ: https://positiverecovery.com/faq/  --- About Positive Recovery MD Podcast: The Positive Recovery MD podcast is hosted by Dr. Jason Powers, Addiction Medicine Specialist, and creator of Positive Recovery.    This podcast will not only inspire and motivate its listeners, it will provide the tools and foundation needed to thrive and flourish on their addiction recovery journey. Each week the Positive Recovery MD podcast community will come together to have authentic conversations around addiction, recovery and what matters – growth & progress, not perfection, all while developing positive habits for your life.    To join the community, visit https://www.positiverecoverymd.com to sign up to receive the daily Positive Intervention that we’ll review, as well as gain access to EXCLUSIVE Positive Recovery content available only to Positive Recovery MD listeners. About Positive Recovery Centers: Positive Recovery Centers is a strengths-based addiction treatment program with locations across Texas. We offer a full continuum of care, from medical detox to sober living all supported by an ever-growing alumni community network.    Our evidence-based curriculum blends the best of the old with the new, all supporting our mission: that Recovery is best pursued when meaningful, intentional positive habits are formed through empowerment and resilience instead of negativity and shame.   What is Positive Recovery?Empathy and compassion drive our mission. Positive Recovery uses strengths as a pathway to help others flourish in recovery, at work, and at home. This is our core purpose, our “why.” We creatively apply science in order to improve outcomes. Positive Recovery is not wishful thinking, it is not a magic pill, and it is not self-help.    Positive Recovery is an evidence-based addiction curriculum that links the best of the old with the new, integrating existing effective approaches to treatment with interventions that enhance well-being by cultivating its components: positive emotions, engagement, relationships, meaning, and achievement.

For this week's Feature Discussion, please join authors Erik Näslund, Mehran Anvari, Editorialist Philip Schauer, and Associate Editor Ian Neeland as they discuss, in a panel forum, the articles: "Association of Metabolic Surgery With Major Adverse Cardiovascular Outcomes in Patients With Previous Myocardial Infarction and Severe Obesity: A Nationwide Cohort Study," "Bariatric Surgery and Cardiovascular Outcomes in Patients With Obesity and Cardiovascular Disease: A Population-Based Retrospective Cohort Study," and accompanying editorial "After 70 Years, Metabolic Surgery has Earned a Cardiovascular Outcome Trial." Dr. Carolyn Lam: Welcome to Circulation on the Run, your weekly podcast summary, and backstage pass to the journal and its editors. We're your co-hosts. I'm Dr. Carolyn Lam, Associate Editor from the National Heart Center and Duke National University of Singapore. Dr. Greg Hundley: And I'm Dr. Greg Hundley, Director of the Pauley Heart Center in Richmond, Virginia with VCU Health. Well, Carolyn, another double feature this week and investigating the world of metabolic, or as we also know, bariatric surgery and the impact of bariatric surgery on cardiovascular outcomes. Dr. Greg Hundley: But before we get to that double feature discussion today, how about we grab a cup of coffee and we jump into some of the other articles in the issue. I'll go first this week, Carolyn. The first article comes from Professor Andreas Schuster from University Medical Center in Göttingen. Carolyn, as you know, right heart catheterization using exercise stress represents a key method for the diagnosis of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction but carries the risk of that invasive procedure. These authors hypothesized that real time cardiovascular magnetic resonance exercise imaging with pathophysiologic data at excellent temporal and spatial resolution may represent a contemporary non-invasive alternative for diagnosing HFpEF. Dr. Carolyn Lam: Wow, Greg, you know how I love talking about HFpEF? I actually managed this paper. Could you just describe what they found? It's so exciting. Dr. Greg Hundley: Yeah, Carolyn. Even the methods are interesting here, where these authors created a situation where you're riding a bicycle and obtaining an MRI scan at the same time. Let's get to the results. The HFpEF stress trial, prospectively recruited 75 patients with echocardiographic signs of diastolic dysfunction and dyspnea on exertion with E to E primes greater than eight, New York Heart Association class greater than or equal to two. To then, undergo echocardiography, right heart catheterization and then this real time pedaling a bicycle CMR exam at rest and during exercise stress. And so what they found Carolyn, the real time CMR allowed a highly accurate identification of HFpEF during physiological exercise and qualifies, perhaps, as a suitable non-invasive diagnostic alternative to the invasive procedures. So Carolyn, I think these results will need to be confirmed in a multicenter prospective approach, but really interesting innovation here, in this particular study. Dr. Carolyn Lam: So Greg, the paper I want to talk about, actually, is the first indicative critical role of cardiac macrophages in pressure overload-induced cardiac fibrosis and dysfunction and reveal macrophage micro RNA-21 as a key molecule for the pro-fibrotic role of cardiac macrophages. Now, this comes from Dr. Engelhardt from Munich, Germany, and colleagues who show that within the myocardium, micro RNA-21 has the strongest expression in cardiac macrophages. Where it is also the single strongest express micro RNA among all micro RNAs. Targeted genetic deletion of micro RNA-21 in macrophages of mice prevented their pro-inflammatory polarization and subsequent pressure overload-induced cardiac fibrosis and dysfunction. Analysis of intercellular communication using cell sequencing identified the cardiac fibroblasts as the primary recipient cell of intercellular signals that emanate from activated cardiac macrophages and that are controlled by micro RNA-21. Dr. Greg Hundley: Oh, Carolyn, really interesting findings. What are the clinical implications? Dr. Carolyn Lam: Ah, glad you asked? What this implies is that interference with the activation of cardiac macrophages represents a promising therapeutic strategy in myocardial remodeling and dysfunction. In fact, synthetic oligonucleotide inhibitors against micro RNA-21 are currently undergoing clinical testing against fibrotic disease. This is really, really fascinating. Dr. Greg Hundley: Well, Carolyn, my next paper also comes from the world of basic science and it's from Dr. Anke Tijsen from Amsterdam University Medical Center, University of Amsterdam. Carolyn, as you know, titin, the largest protein in human, forms the molecular spring that spans half of the sarcomere to provide passive elasticity to cardiomyocytes. Mutations that disrupt the titin transcript are the most frequent cause of hereditary heart failure. These investigators evaluated the role of titin and specifically a class of circular RNAs for regulating splicing of key muscle genes in the heart. Dr. Carolyn Lam: Fascinating. Tell us what do they find. Dr. Greg Hundley: Yeah, Carolyn. In this study, the authors found that the back splice junction formed by circular RNAs creates a unique motif, which binds SRSF10, to enable it to regulate splicing. And furthermore, they show that one of these circular RNAs, cTTN1, distorts both localization of, and splicing of, RBM20. Carolyn, the authors demonstrate with this work that circular RNAs formed from the titin transcript are essential for normal splicing of key muscle genes by enabling splice regulators, RBM20 and SRSF10. This shows that the titin transcript also has regulatory roles besides its well-known signaling and structural function. So, really interesting new work involving titin. Dr. Greg Hundley: Well, Carolyn, as we transitioned to the other articles in the issue, I want to tell you about Dr. Maskoun. He has a cardiovascular case series entitled, A Plumbing and Electrical Problem: An Unusual Cause of Syncope. Dr. Carolyn Lam: I like that title. Well, there's also a perspective fees by Dr. Lindman on unloading the stenotic path to identifying medical therapy for calcific aortic valve disease, talking about its barriers and opportunities. Dr. Carolyn Lam: Tracy Hampton reviews the literature and fascinatingly highlights papers like how DNA base editing treats Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome in mice, how some researchers have identified the protein involved in cardiac repair, which is the ZEB2 protein and more information on mapping early heart formation in the embryonic mouse heart. Dr. Carolyn Lam: We've got a research letter by Dr. Levine. This one is so fascinating. It's about the cardiac effects of repeated weightlessness during extreme duration swimming and how that compares with spaceflight. Is that cool? Dr. Greg Hundley: Yeah. Dr. Carolyn Lam: Anyways, this was just such a power-packed issue. Now, let's just go to our feature discussion. Shall we? I can't wait, Greg. Dr. Greg Hundley: You bet. Dr. Greg Hundley: Well listeners, we have got another exciting feature discussion today on this April 13th issue. We have with us Erik Naslünd from Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Ari Doumouras from McMaster Institution in Ontario, Canada, Ian Neeland our own associate editor from Cleveland, Ohio, and Phil Schauer from Pennington Biomedical Research Center-LSU. Welcome gentlemen. Let's start with you today, Erik. Could you describe for us, what was the hypothesis that your study wanted to address and what were your study population and design? Dr. Erik Naslünd: Well, what we want to study was if metabolic surgery affects the outcome in patients with previous myocardial infarction. And in Sweden, we are lucky that every Swede has their personal identification number, which is connected to essentially anything that we do, including all healthcare and we then have several registries. One is in a metabolic surgery registry, and then we also have one for cardiovascular disease called SWEDEHEART. What we did was, we went into these registries and we found patients who had undergone metabolic surgery. And then, we went to the SWEDEHEART registry and we looked at those patients who'd had a previous myocardial infarction. And then, we were able to get a match cohort, the same BMI and so on, in the SWEDEHEART registry. We were able to compare these two. We got a cohort then of roughly 500 patients who'd had metabolic surgery without a prior myocardial infarction and 500 who'd had a myocardial infarction. We then, assessed to see what the outcome was. Dr. Greg Hundley: Very nice. And can you describe for us your results? Dr. Erik Naslünd: Yeah, what we found was... Our main outcome measure was in the major adverse cardiovascular event and we found that, that was lower in the group that underwent metabolic surgery. We also then looked at death, which was also lower. We also looked at the risk for new onset of heart failure, which was also reduced. We also then assessed the risk for a major complication of the surgery in the group that had undergone metabolic surgery. We compare that to our surgical registry and we found that that was essentially the same. There was not really difference in terms of outcomes in terms of severe complications after the surgery. Dr. Greg Hundley: Excellent. Now, Ari, you also have a study that is involving bariatric surgery or metabolic surgery. Could you describe for us your hypothesis and your study population and design? Dr. Aristithes Doumouras: Yes. Thanks, Greg. Our hypothesis, first and foremost, was very similar to Erik's that patients who underwent metabolic surgery, who already had a history of heart disease when compared to a group that didn't receive bariatrics or metabolic surgery would decrease the future cardiovascular risk through a MACE outcome. Our secondary hypothesis we had, that was that those with heart failure would actually have a greater effect of metabolic surgery because of the decrease in obesity compared to those without heart failure or patients with ischemic, just ischemic heart disease with no heart failure. Dr. Aristithes Doumouras: The setting of the study was Ontario, Canada, where we have a centralized bariatric surgery network called the Ontario Bariatric Network. Like Erik, in Ontario, we're able to have multiple databases that are connected. They have one unique identifier for each patient. And so we looked at all patients who underwent bariatric surgery in Ontario during a timeframe. To note, we have a very large private system. Most bariatric surgeries, more than 95%, happen in the public system so we're able to track a lot of our bariatric surgery patients and don't lose a lot. We tracked all of our bariatric patients and matched them, on a one-to-one ratio, with very similar patients who also had heart disease and access to cardiology care, access to family physician care and followed them over 10 years. And so the design was a retrospective matched cohort in this way, comparing these two groups. Dr. Greg Hundley: Thank you, Ari. And Ari, what did you find? Dr. Aristithes Doumouras: Once again, like Erik, we found that there was a lower rate of MACE outcomes in the patients who underwent metabolic surgery and the absolute values were actually quite high. The absolute risk difference between the two groups was 8% and actually that went up to almost 19% in patients with heart failure. There was no action causing interaction between ischemic heart disease and heart failure, so they were the same. And the risk was about 40% lower for future MACE events in the surgery group. Dr. Greg Hundley: Wow, a large difference. Ian, as an editorialist for Circulation, the American Heart Association, you see a lot of papers come across your desk, what attracted you to these two manuscripts?   Dr. Ian Neeland: When I first read these excellent papers, I thought that first of all, it was globally diverse. One study was in Europe, the other one in North America. And nevertheless, they showed strikingly similar relative risk reductions in MACE. One of them showed between 40 to 50% and so did the other. That was one really striking thing, was the consistency of a risk reduction despite being globally diverse with different systems in each country. Second of all, the absolute risk reduction was astounding. Assuming you could translate the absolute risk reduction to a clinical trial, to real-world experience, you're looking at a number needed treat between five to 12 for MACE, which is astounding and much greater than many of the evidence-based therapies we have today. The magnitude of the findings were striking and the ability to generalize globally were really interesting. Dr. Greg Hundley: Thank you, Ian. Well listeners, we also have an editorialist that can help us put all of this in context of what we known previously about bariatric surgery or what we are calling metabolic surgery. So we're going to turn to Phil. Phil help us put the results of these two studies in the context of cardiovascular medicine specialists or even family practitioners, internists that are managing patients with cardiovascular disease that happened to be morbidly obese. Dr. Phillip Schauer: Yeah, Greg. Well, these are both outstanding observational studies. And congrats to Erik and Ari and their teams for putting these studies together. Now, what's unique about these studies, is that I think these are the first to actually look at metabolic surgery for secondary prevention. Now, there are nearly 30 studies looking at metabolic surgery as primary prevention. These are all observational. They're not prospective randomized trials, but they all show, nearly all of them, show mortality reduction and MACE event reductions. These two studies are the first to show that metabolic surgery is good for secondary prevention. This is really important because I think, up till now, cardiologists have been very reluctant to refer patients to metabolic surgery. Patients who've already had a heart attack because of the least perceived operative risk and surgeons have been reluctant to operate on these patients. And both Erik and Ari have showed that the perioperative risks were remarkably low for this population, operative mortality way below 1%. Dr. Phillip Schauer: And so within a very short period, within a year or two, the mortality reduction, by far, supersedes any perioperative risk. I think this is really very good news. We now have quite a large amount of observational data in the primary prevention side. These two studies, nearly identical, showing mortality, MACE event reductions, as Ian pointed out, 40 to 50%. That's a lot. That rivals almost anything else out there in terms of mortality reduction, whether it's an SGLT2 inhibitor, a GLP-1, or a statin, I mean, people dance in the street when you see a five and 10% reduction. With surgery, it looks like we're seeing 40 to 50%. So, this is remarkable news but we do have a little more work to do. Perhaps we can talk about that, your next question. Dr. Greg Hundley: What a great lead-in Phil. So listeners, striking results with this surgical intervention for patients with cardiovascular disease that have morbid obesity. Erik, let's start with you, but we'll go through all of our expert panelists here. Erik, what do you think is the next study that needs to be performed in this sort of area of research? Dr. Erik Naslünd: Well, I mean, the obvious answer to that is that we need to do a randomized control trial to verify these results. That's the number one. Number two, I think, we also need to tease out, if we can, which are the most suitable patients. And is there a difference between the most commonly performed metabolic surgery procedures. That's where I would suggest that you need to do next. Dr. Greg Hundley: Ari, how about you? Dr. Aristithes Doumouras: I agree with Erik. I think everyone's going to say the same thing. That I think a randomized trial is the next step when looking at bariatric surgery and the role of secondary prevention-based patients, as these are all observational studies. And they just need to be confirmed. We're starting on a pilot study for this exact randomized trial at our institution and obviously looking for more partners later on, but yeah, that's definitely the next step in the process for sure. Dr. Greg Hundley: Ian, what would you like to add? Dr. Ian Neeland: No, I definitely agree an RCT is needed. I think one that combines both primary and secondary prevention patients is important to try to understand that the difference. One could imagine that secondary patients may actually derive much greater benefit than prime prevention patients given their baseline risk. And if one can show that the operative morbidity, mortality is low in both populations, as both papers showed observationally, then I think there's a lot of benefit there. I also think it's important to try to randomize people to different procedures, to really try to understand is it the gastric sleeve? Is it the bypass? And which one has greater benefit in the setting of a RCT as well as how do the risks and safety outcomes differ between those two in the real-world RCT setting. Dr. Greg Hundley: Very nice. Well, Phil we've heard randomized trials, maybe also, do we need longer follow-up? Dr. Phillip Schauer: Yeah, Greg. In the title of my editorial, and I hope that the listeners actually do read it, is after 70 years, metabolic surgery has earned a prospective randomized trial, and it's true. This field is 70 years old, there's not a single prospective large randomized controlled trial. There are quite a few small studies that were powered for biomarkers, but not hard clinical end points. We need this and it is doable. For example, for coronary artery bypass surgery, there's over a hundred prospective randomized controlled trials. So we definitely need this type of study. It needs to be long follow-up, probably five years or more. As Erik and Ari pointed out, it should have a mixture of primary and secondary prevention. Dr. Phillip Schauer: I'll share with you right now, I'm working with a group in the US. Along with Steve Nissen, a very noted cardiologist, Bob Eckel, who's currently the president of the American Diabetes Association and a number of other experts. David Aterburn, Sonia Thomas, who are working together to try to develop a study. The question is who will fund this? And frankly, we've been talking to various funding organizations. And frankly, we need the help of the cardiology community to help us support this. This information is very important. Dr. Phillip Schauer: If I may say one more thing, it's interesting the entire field of obesity treatment, everybody who has obesity gets treatment to cause weight loss. Yet in 2021, we do not have data that shows that weight loss actually reduces morbidity and mortality. The closest thing we have is a look ahead trial, and it looked at weight loss via a lifestyle intervention. After 10 years, they got 6% weight loss, 6% weight loss is not enough. With metabolic surgery, we can get 25 to 30% weight loss. So we need to do this study, not just to show that metabolic surgery is effective, but to show that weight loss itself could actually reduce morbidity and mortality. And frankly, it's not just cardiovascular. The second most common cause of death in these studies is cancer. And that's the other interesting thing that should be looked at. Hopefully, we can get organizations like NCI to come in and support this initiative. Dr. Greg Hundley: Thank you. Well, listeners, what a wonderful discussion today, really a feature symposium. And we want to thank Erik Naslünd, Dr. Aristithes Doumouras, Ian Neeland and Phil Schauer for their time and expertise and sharing that with us today. Especially on this topic of bariatric, but now maybe more commonly called metabolic surgery, where these two studies have been demonstrating efficacy of these procedures now in patients with cardiovascular disease and even those post myocardial infarction. Dr. Greg Hundley: On behalf of Carolyn and myself, I want to wish you another great week ahead and we will catch you in that next week, on the run. Dr. Greg Hundley: This program is copyright of the American Heart Association, 2021.  

As Erik wraps up the writing for his book Million Dollar Journey documenting the process of going from $0 in revenue to a $1 million company, he was going through acknowledgments and people he wants to thank. That includes all of his former bosses whom he learned a tremendous amount from along the way. He acknowledges each in this episode. — Erik J. Olson is an award-winning digital marketer & entrepreneur. The Founder & CEO of Array Digital, he is also the host of the Journey to $100 Million Flash Briefing and daily podcast, and the organizer of the Marketers Anonymous monthly meetups. — Kevin Daisey is an award-winning digital marketer & entrepreneur. He started his first company when he was just 23, and is the Founder & CMO of Array Digital. Kevin is also the co-host of the Journey to $100 Million Flash Briefing and daily podcast, and the co-organizer of the Marketers Anonymous monthly meetups. — For more information on the show, and to check out past episodes, go to journeyto100million.com!

As Erik puts the finishing touches on his book Million Dollar Journey, his editor told him that he needs an acknowledgments page. He talked about these people throughout the book but he wrote more specifically on these pages how these different groups helped him in writing this book and getting to this point. It started with his father who started a video store where Erik worked nights and weekends. It taught Erik so much in leadership, deadlines, making, and keeping promises to your boss. He picked up so much wisdom on how to interact with people. And more recently, he wants to thank his wife Lia who has to deal with the ramifications of all the initiatives Erik does. He also went into business with her and it was a tough time but they learned so much going through it together. — Erik J. Olson is an award-winning digital marketer & entrepreneur. The Founder & CEO of Array Digital, he is also the host of the Journey to $100 Million Flash Briefing and daily podcast, and the organizer of the Marketers Anonymous monthly meetups. — Kevin Daisey is an award-winning digital marketer & entrepreneur. He started his first company when he was just 23, and is the Founder & CMO of Array Digital. Kevin is also the co-host of the Journey to $100 Million Flash Briefing and daily podcast, and the co-organizer of the Marketers Anonymous monthly meetups. — For more information on the show, and to check out past episodes, go to journeyto100million.com!

In today’s episode of Story of a Brand, we’re talking to Erik Christiansen, CEO & Co-Founder, about his Hero’s journey into starting and growing Justuno.   Starting off at a snowboarding company, Erik noticed the impact that building an online community would have in starting a brand. Although his first company didn’t make it, he took this knowledge to enter the next part of his journey.    Along with his buddy, Travis Logan, the two started Justuno which is a conversion optimization platform. As Erik mentions, Justuno was created to perfect the last mile and help “get that customer across the finish line.”   With Justuno, companies could use their software to stay creative with their marketing strategy and keep their customers engaged. Listen in as Erik gives us the inside scoop.    In part 1, Erik discusses The Hundred-Foot overview of JustUno; Working on the last mile - Getting your customer over the finish line; Erik’s Hero’s Journey to creating JustUno; Creating an online community; Depending on your support system; Engaging with your customers during their shopping experience; and much more.   Join Ramon Vela and Erik as they discuss Justuno on The Story of a Brand.   For more on Justuno, visit: https://www.justuno.com/   *   OUR ENTIRE PODCAST IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY ATTN Agency.    ATTN Agency is a full-funnel growth and performance digital marketing agency with proven strategies to scale and optimize direct to consumer brands through tactical media buying, data-driven analysis, and unrivaled creative services.   If you are looking back on this year wondering what went wrong or what could have gone better, or if you're starting to put together your game plan for 2021, I have one piece of advice: you need to talk to ATTN Agency.   I’ve interviewed several of their clients, and I can say that they are the best in the business. ATTN represents some of the fastest-growing direct to consumer brands, delivering month over month results.   Go to https://www.attnagency.com/storyofabrand/ for a comprehensive, no-obligation, 14 point audit of your social, search, shopping, email, and SMS channels.   *   This episode is brought to you by TryNow.   Do your shoppers love your products once they've had a chance to try them? Is it hard for you to convey the quality of your product digitally?    Well, there is a secret strategy that many of the fastest-growing Shopify brands use to get their products in more shoppers' homes.   They use TryNow to automate a Try At Home program.    With TryNow, 1) shoppers can check out with a zero dollar cart, 2) get items shipped right to their home, and 3) only pay for what they keep.    DTC brands like Hammit, Myles Apparel, Solid + Striped, Tamara Mellon, Universal Standard, and Girlfriend Collective... use TryNow to increase conversion rates and average order values.    If you want to say to your shoppers, don't trust us, trust our products then go to https://www.trynow.io/ to learn if a TryNow program is right for you.

Filipino-American chef Erik Idos recounts his path into the culinary world, beginning with his rebellious childhood in L.A. and how he decided to pursue culinary school in San Francisco. It is in this sensorial world of cuisine that Erik found his vocation, which led to an amazing career at the prestigious Nobu 57. He started as the line cook, eventually working his way up to Executive Sous Chef at Nobu 57 San Diego, and finally to Executive Head Chef at Nobu Intercontinental Hong-Kong. Even after a decade into his successful career, Erik took a leap further by opening his very own restaurant chain Chino in Hong-Kong, and eventually in Manila. As Erik can attest, the job of a chef is exhausting and unglamorous; but if one truly loves their craft, everything is a blessing. Follow Erik on IG at @erikidos.

In Part I of two episodes about GROMACS, one of the world’s most widely used open source molecular dynamics (MD) applications, Erik Lindahl, Biophysics Professor at Stockholm University & KTH Royal Institute of Technology, and Roland Schulz, Parallel Software Engineer at Intel, unpack the mysteries of MD. As Erik explains, MD helps us understand “everything […] The post Understanding Our World through GROMACS (Part I of II) first appeared on Connected Social Media.

In Part I of two episodes about GROMACS, one of the world’s most widely used open source molecular dynamics (MD) applications, Erik Lindahl, Biophysics Professor at Stockholm University & KTH Royal Institute of Technology, and Roland Schulz, Parallel Software Engineer at Intel, unpack the mysteries of MD. As Erik explains, MD helps us understand “everything […]

In Part I of two episodes about GROMACS, one of the world’s most widely used open source molecular dynamics (MD) applications, Erik Lindahl, Biophysics Professor at Stockholm University & KTH Royal Institute of Technology, and Roland Schulz, Parallel Software Engineer at Intel, unpack the mysteries of MD. As Erik explains, MD helps us understand “everything […] The post Understanding Our World through GROMACS (Part I of II) first appeared on Connected Social Media.

Todays’ guest is Erik Townsend, host of the Macro voices podcast. Erik has an unusual background, as he had a very successful career as a technology entrepreneur before turning his hand to commodity trading. His background gives him a different perspective to many in the financial world, as we discovered in our conversation. Our discussion explored the possible consequences of the action taken by central banks in the last and current crisis; including rampant inflation, social unrest, and the overthrow of the dollar as the worlds reserve currency. As Erik said towards the end of our conversation “Put your seatbelt on, there could be some rough turbulence ahead”! Topics Discussed in this Episode MMT Inflation outlook & inflation hedging QE "Most of that money that was conjured out of thin air by central banks didn't go to Main Street to provide more money in the pocket of the average consumer, it went to put more money in the pocket of the average investment banker to buy more assets." China & Russia “If you are China and Russia, first of all, you don't care about votes because you rule through fear and intimidation, not through democracy. What you care about is shifting power from the west back to the east.” Civil unrest & revolution "The current system, which is more cronyism than capitalism, the people of the world are pissed off. They're sick of it. I think that what we'll see over the next ten years is a major change." Digital global reserve currency " I think that we'll eventually see the emergence of a digital currency that really gives the U.S. dollar a run for its money for the title of Global Reserve Currency. That's going to be what changes the Fed's ability to get away with what it has been doing." Coronavirus Links Catch up with Erik Townsend and learn more about his work: MacroVoices Book: Beyond Blockchain Follow Niels, Moritz, & Rob on Twitter: Niels Kaastrup-Larsen Moritz Seibert Rob Carver Subscribe on:

A baseball team has nine players that must play well individually and as a team to succeed. As Erik details, each trademark application has at least nine critical ingredients that also must work in harmony to be effective. Listen to Podcast The post The Trademark Application Baseball Team appeared first on Erik M Pelton & Associates, PLLC.

It’s time to get naked, get real & get raw with David & Erik Frank! A former failed drug dealer who turned his life around, Erik is now a successful entrepreneur, a Petra Coach & President of EO New Orleans. Erik’s burning desire for health & wellness started at a young age. This passion inspired him to start Your Nutrition Delivered. YND grew massively providing 25,000 healthy meals to entrepreneurs around the United States. As Erik’s success continued to grow, he was named Entrepreneur of the Year in New Orleans in 2015 & led Your Nutrition Delivered to a successful exit in 2016. Be sure to listen to the end to hear Erik’s raw and unfiltered advice for CEOs.IN THIS EPISODE, YOU WILL LEARN: [00:01:17] Erik’s First Realization of Entrepreneurship[00:03:45] What Did Businesses Think of the Health Care Reform?[00:04:28] Psychology of Success[00:07:37] What Company Did Erik Start?[00:11:21] Advice for CEO’sConnect with Guest Name:1. Follow Erik on Facebook, LinkedIn & Twitter2. Check out Erik’s website & schedule your FREE Introductory Coaching Call!Connect with David Asarnow:1. Find David on his website2. Find David on his Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn & FacebookAbout Get Naked PodcastWelcome to the Get Naked In Business video podcast. So the big question is… how do entrepreneurs like us, who built our businesses from the ground up, who spend our own capital, who want to make a huge impact on this world, how do we do all that and create a great income? My mission for this podcast is to interview amazing entrepreneurs who are willing to get naked in front of the mirror, jump up and down, and let the real, raw insights all hang out. Insights to help accelerate your business growth. My name is David Asarnow and welcome to Get Naked In Business. I’m glad you're here… now it's time to get naked! GetNakedInBusiness.com

As Erik was reflecting on his 20 years of being in business he realized the importance of learning over the years. What are your resources for learning new skills and gaining new insights? Listen to this podcast and gain some … Continue reading → Listen to Podcast The post Never stop learning appeared first on Erik M Pelton & Associates, PLLC.

Erik retells a story of how he flew all 472 employees to Las Vegas for the holiday party. The company finally broke $100 million and they've been saying they'll throw a huge party when they do. There's a large room with many round tables that seat 8, there's a dance floor and a band, and people dancing and having fun. The emcee, Zack Miller, grabs the microphone, tells a few jokes, and then he introduces me and calls me to the floor. As Erik walks out to the middle of the floor, he sees many employees he's known for a long time. But there are many new faces too because the company has grown so fast. He then proceeds to tell the story of the long journey to get to where they are at that point. The Journey to $100 Million. By the time this happens it's Dec 7, 2030. Erik's story is about a future event that hasn't occurred yet, and it's told in the present or past tense. The concept is called a Painted Picture. The more details that you can provide in a painted picture, the more realistic it is that the event will come to pass. This journey to $100 million in revenue will take a long time, and it will be harder than even Erik anticipates. To accomplish such a challenge, you have to visualize it and tell yourself the story of what it will be like when you succeed. The more detail, the better. If you can visualize what success will be like - if you can see it, hear it, smell it - then there's a much better chance that you can actually make it happen. — Erik J. Olson is an award-winning digital marketer & entrepreneur. The Founder & CEO of Array Digital, he is also the host of the Journey to $100 Million Flash Briefing and daily podcast, and the organizer of the Marketers Anonymous monthly meetups. — Kevin Daisey is an award-winning digital marketer & entrepreneur. He started his first company when he was just 23, and is the Founder & CMO of Array Digital. Kevin is also the co-host of the Journey to $100 Million Flash Briefing and daily podcast, and the co-organizer of the Marketers Anonymous monthly meetups. — For more information on the show, and to check out past episodes, go to journeyto100million.com!

As Erik deals with his haunted apartment and Ben finds alternate book covers, the bearded bros "constructively" criticize the backsummaradvert of Skukuza: An African Adventure by Anthony Ivins.

As Erik destroys his voice, Ben uses his soothing tones to discuss love, the Renaissance Faire, and Well Met by Jen DeLuca.

As Erik continues to do more speaking engagements, he realized the need for some sort of contract for these extra business ventures. In episode 188, listen in as Erik explains the contractual process he has created for these engagements, and his reasoning behind it. Erik felt the need for a speaking engagement contract because he wanted to set expectations for the customers he plans on speaking for. Erik wants zero ambiguity between him and the customer, and aims to make it clear what the customer will receive from him. Within this contract, Erik lists out all the different things the customer should expect from Erik based on the conversations he has had with them. Things like how Erik will promote, when he is going to arrive, and the talk he plans to give are included in this contract. Erik's goal is to handle these speaking engagements the same as any business transaction. This contract is about one or two pages, has a signature block, and that's about it. Erik wants to keep these contracts simple for now. All that is done, is Erik sends the contact as a PDF by email and gains a signature from the customer, and countersigns as well to ensure what was talked about is agreed upon by both parties. Once he gets the contract back, he then knows everyone understands what the commitment is, and must stick by it. If you're doing extra activities where you have to commit to something, especially when there is money exchanged, Erik encourages you to come up with a simple engagement contract. This has helped Erik already, because someone that Erik spoke to about a speaking engagement never signed the engagement, thus Erik did not block off his schedule, and no time was wasted. These contracts help confirm that people are serious about hiring Erik for speaking engagements, just like any other business opportunity! — Erik J. Olson is an award-winning digital marketer & entrepreneur. The Founder & CEO of Array Digital, he is also the host of the Journey to $100 Million Flash Briefing and daily podcast, and the organizer of the Marketers Anonymous monthly meetups. — Kevin Daisey is an award-winning digital marketer & entrepreneur. He started his first company when he was just 23, and is the Founder & CMO of Array Digital. Kevin is the also the co-host of the Journey to $100 Million Flash Briefing and daily podcast, and the co-organizer of the Marketers Anonymous monthly meetups.

As Trish flashes back through her life John and Derek fly through their Jessica Jones 311 Review to discuss their Top 5 moments about AKA Hellcat. This is a Spoiler Filled review of Jessica Jones. Those Krav Maga classes are paying off in spades for Trish, maybe not for Hogarth. https://open.spotify.com/episode/2IgsLdo70Y7IaHpDZka5C7 Listen to the latest episode on Spotify Jessica Jones 311 Review "AKA Hellkat" Spoiler Filled Synopsis Written By: Jane Espenson Directed By: Jennifer Getzinger Trish Walker revisits her memories of her troubled childhood with her Mom, Dorothy Walker, as she grieves for her death. As a young child Trish is forced by Dorothy to take up acting. A series of calculated plans from Dorothy sees Trish earn a coveted leading role for a prime time sitcom. With your talent proclaims Dorothy to Trish “...you don’t owe me anything, you owe the world!". As the funeral plans take shape Trish plots to kill Sallinger, but is stopped by Jessica Jones, who tries to comfort her. Meanwhile, Jeri blackmails Trish to help her go after Dimitri Patseras. With Sallinger off-limits (for now) Trish aims to use her powers to stamp out evil across New York City. She approaches Erik about helping out with catching criminals, and they go after Nussbaumer. While trying to record his confession, Trish accidentally kills him in a rage. This puts Jessica in the cross-hairs of the police but also makes Erik's headaches go away. To take the pressure off Jessica, Trish and Erik plot to divert the investigators and attack Jace Montero, but an enraged Trish ends up murdering Montero. As Erik’s headache recedes again and the world feels that little bit lighter, Trish is convinced killing is more effective and decides on her next target! Getting in Contact with Us Thanks so much for listening to our Jessica Jones 311 Review Podcast. Our Jessica Jones reviews have only just begun so if you would like to send any of your thoughts in please send them to feedback@defenderstvpodcast.com join us on facebook at Facebook.com/groups/defenderstvpodcast or follow us on Twitter @defenderscast and you can also record your thoughts for the podcast directly from our website defenderstvpodcast.com by clicking the “Send Voicemail” button. We will return on later this week with our review of the penultimate episode of Jessica Jones Season 3 Episode 12 "A.K.A A Lotta Worms" talk to you then. Thank you so much for listening John, Chris and Derek Defenders TV Podcast Date recorded: 14/07/2019Date published: 16/07/2019MP3, 50.03 mins, 112kbps, 40.3 MB All images and audio clips are copyright of Marvel and Netflix no infringement is intended. The intro and outro music for our show is provided by Mississippi MacDonald you can find more of his music at his website MississippiMacdonald.com .

As Trish flashes back through her life John and Derek fly through their Jessica Jones 311 Review to discuss their Top 5 moments about AKA Hellcat. This is a Spoiler Filled review of Jessica Jones. Those Krav Maga classes are paying off in spades for Trish, maybe not for Hogarth. https://open.spotify.com/episode/2IgsLdo70Y7IaHpDZka5C7 Listen to the latest episode on Spotify Jessica Jones 311 Review "AKA Hellkat" Spoiler Filled Synopsis Written By: Jane Espenson Directed By: Jennifer Getzinger Trish Walker revisits her memories of her troubled childhood with her Mom, Dorothy Walker, as she grieves for her death. As a young child Trish is forced by Dorothy to take up acting. A series of calculated plans from Dorothy sees Trish earn a coveted leading role for a prime time sitcom. With your talent proclaims Dorothy to Trish “...you don’t owe me anything, you owe the world!". As the funeral plans take shape Trish plots to kill Sallinger, but is stopped by Jessica Jones, who tries to comfort her. Meanwhile, Jeri blackmails Trish to help her go after Dimitri Patseras. With Sallinger off-limits (for now) Trish aims to use her powers to stamp out evil across New York City. She approaches Erik about helping out with catching criminals, and they go after Nussbaumer. While trying to record his confession, Trish accidentally kills him in a rage. This puts Jessica in the cross-hairs of the police but also makes Erik's headaches go away. To take the pressure off Jessica, Trish and Erik plot to divert the investigators and attack Jace Montero, but an enraged Trish ends up murdering Montero. As Erik’s headache recedes again and the world feels that little bit lighter, Trish is convinced killing is more effective and decides on her next target! Getting in Contact with Us Thanks so much for listening to our Jessica Jones 311 Review Podcast. Our Jessica Jones reviews have only just begun so if you would like to send any of your thoughts in please send them to feedback@defenderstvpodcast.com join us on facebook at Facebook.com/groups/defenderstvpodcast or follow us on Twitter @defenderscast and you can also record your thoughts for the podcast directly from our website defenderstvpodcast.com by clicking the “Send Voicemail” button. We will return on later this week with our review of the penultimate episode of Jessica Jones Season 3 Episode 12 "A.K.A A Lotta Worms" talk to you then. Thank you so much for listening John, Chris and Derek Defenders TV Podcast Date recorded: 14/07/2019Date published: 16/07/2019MP3, 50.03 mins, 112kbps, 40.3 MB All images and audio clips are copyright of Marvel and Netflix no infringement is intended. The intro and outro music for our show is provided by Mississippi MacDonald you can find more of his music at his website MississippiMacdonald.com .

As Trish flashes back through her life John and Derek fly through our Jessica Jones 311 Review to discuss our Top 5 moments about A.K.A. Hellcat. This is a Spoiler Filled review of Jessica Jones. Those Krav Maga classes are paying off in spades for Trish, maybe not for Hogarth. Jessica Jones 311 Review "AKA Hellkat" Spoiler Filled Synopsis Written By: Jane Espenson Directed By: Jennifer Getzinger Trish Walker revisits her memories of her troubled childhood with her Mom, Dorothy Walker, as she grieves for her death. As a young child Trish is forced by Dorothy to take up acting. A series of calculated plans from Dorothy sees Trish earn a coveted leading role for a prime time sitcom. With your talent proclaims Dorothy to Trish “...you don’t owe me anything, you owe the world!". As the funeral plans take shape Trish plots to kill Sallinger, but is stopped by Jessica Jones, who tries to comfort her. Meanwhile, Jeri blackmails Trish to help her go after Dimitri Patseras. With Sallinger off-limits (for now) Trish aims to use her powers to stamp out evil across New York City. She approaches Erik about helping out with catching criminals, and they go after Nussbaumer. While trying to record his confession, Trish accidentally kills him in a rage. This puts Jessica in the cross-hairs of the police but also makes Erik's headaches go away. To take the pressure off Jessica, Trish and Erik plot to divert the investigators and attack Jace Montero, but an enraged Trish ends up murdering Montero. As Erik’s headache recedes again and the world feels that little bit lighter, Trish is convinced killing is more effective and decides on her next target! Getting in Contact with Us Thanks so much for listening to our Jessica Jones 311 Review Podcast. Our Jessica Jones reviews have only just begun so if you would like to send any of your thoughts in please send them to feedback@defenderstvpodcast.com join us on facebook at Facebook.com/groups/defenderstvpodcast or follow us on Twitter @defenderscast and you can also record your thoughts for the podcast directly from our website defenderstvpodcast.com by clicking the “Send Voicemail” button. We will return on later this week with our review of the penultimate episode of Jessica Jones Season 3 Episode 12 "A.K.A A Lotta Worms" talk to you then. Thank you so much for listening John, Chris and Derek Defenders TV Podcast Date recorded: 14/07/2019Date published: 16/07/2019MP3, 50.03 mins, 112kbps, 40.3 MB All images and audio clips are copyright of Marvel and Netflix no infringement is intended. The intro and outro music for our show is provided by Mississippi MacDonald you can find more of his music at his website MississippiMacdonald.com .

Erik Rind, the founder and CEO of ImagineBC, delivers an informative overview of blockchain and the new technology that is helping users control their data.   As an experienced technology executive, Erik is passionate about the digital community and the technology tools that enhance it. Erik talks about the ImagineBC experience. In the ImagineBC community, users are able to have control over their personal information in ways they may not have imagined possible. The ImagineBC platform is built on blockchain security, and thus empowers people to shop how they want, safely and securely. Essentially, they are innovators in the space and as such, they aspire to do for blockchain what “You've got mail” did for the internet.    Erik talks about his background as a technologist writing software in the HCM space (human capital management) such as payroll, HR, and benefits administration. Erik's love for history combined with his skill in software development was the foundation for his company, ImagineBC. After some initial doubts about the power of blockchain, then copious amounts of research, Erik came to the conclusion that blockchain's potential for peer to peer commerce was enormous, “game-changing,” as he describes it. Erik talks about bitcoin and currency, but he stresses that ImagineBC is not a ‘crypto play,' but is, in fact, a US dollar-based community.   The technology expert talks about their upcoming launch, and where ImagineBC is in their launch process. He discusses some potential clients who are interested in the ImagineBC platform, and how they can get more bang for their buck in advertising leads. Erik explains their community and how they interact with information, and how ads can become targeted, precisely connecting with real leads that are worth the time to pursue.    The technologist discusses some of their partners in the health field, and how data is utilized in a secure manner. As Erik recounts some companies betray the trust of their clients by selling their data, but ImagineBC seeks to help users control their personal information, to control how it is used, and be free to monetize it for their own benefit, not some big corporation's benefit. As the ImagineBC website touts, “The status quo says it's okay that Facebook and Google profit from your data. We say that money should go in your pocket.”

Koichiro Kobayashi, known as “Koba,” is a “paraclimbing legend.” Koba went blind at age 28 from a degenerative eye disease and at age 31 decided to take up climbing. He has since racked up a number of gold medals around the world! Koba envisions a world where various groups of people can live together without being worried about their handicaps. To pursue his vision, he established a Tokyo-based non-profit organization called Monkey Magic that promotes free climbing among those with visual impairments. Koba believes climbing “is a lifetime sport that people with disabilities can enjoy throughout their lives which increases exercise opportunities, promotes self-reliance and social participation by empowering, and improves quality of life.” Koba is joined today by his guide, Naoya Suzuki. Erik and Skyler speak to Koba and Naoya about their journey into paraclimbing and how they work together in this adaptive sport. They speak about all the different techniques they use together on a technical level to communicate and get Koba up the rock face. One example is that Naoya uses the “clock method,” and explains which hold to grab by saying 1 o’clock or half past 2 etc. They have traveled the world together and discuss the challenges of entering the World Championships and what being on that level of competition means to them. Koba also reflects on how he heard of Erik back when he was beginning to go blind and the inspiration that meeting provided. In Japan, the blind people he had met stayed away from sports and being active. But, Naoya bought Koba Erik’s first book about his ascent of Everest and he was blown away. So, he reached out. Naoya and Koba came to the U.S. and met Erik together and they have all been close ever since. Trust is an integral part of their relationship. Naoya reflects on times Koba has lost competitions, essentially on bad calls he has made, and how Koba never blames him. They make mistakes together but: “I trust him. No matter how much he makes mistakes, I feel big passion from him, so I trust him.” After Koba climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro with Erik and other blind people in 2005, he was inspired to start a climbing gym in his home country of Japan for folks with disabilities. The climbing is an essential service he offers but Koba recognizes that the social aspect is almost even more impactful. Going blind can lead people to isolate and stop going out but Koba realizes how important it is to meet new people and be connected with others. Koba talks about how climbing has become like a friend in his life and his pursuit of the sport has led him to find satisfaction. He does not need his sight to feel fulfillment in his life and to have the love of his community around him. From his climbing community to his wife to Naoya, Koba has met so many supporters in his life since going blind that he has discovered that: “blindness made him big.” As Erik puts it, “sometimes even hardships end up giving us gifts we might never have gotten otherwise.” In Koba’s case, going blind led him to tdiscovering the climbing community building and building deeper relationships with the people in his life.

Justin Fraser is an entrepreneur and real estate investor. He is the owner and operator of 88 Real Estate Capital, Liberty Property Investing, and partner in On Air Brands. As Erik tips the food delivery guy, Justin talks to us about how he and Erik became business partners through the Bigger Pockets community, and how human capital is the the most essential component to any business. Justin also gives us tips on networking, finding the energy to go to meetings, and how to maintain professional relationships beyond starting a new venture. Reference links: Justin on social: Instagram: @justin_88realestate Facebook: justin.m.fraser YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCY-7an_oDZfzYARORGigovA Bigger Pockets https://www.biggerpockets.com Real Estate Guys Radio Podcast https://realestateguysradio.com/ Grant Cardone’s 10X Growthcon https://10xgrowthcon.com/

Tim Rhode is a real estate entrepreneur and a non-profit organization founder. As Erik looks for the escalator, Josh talks to Tim about his troubled life growing up and how he achieved financial freedom by age 40. He opens the secret to hacking horizontal income and how to create revenue that far exceeds expenses. He also discusses his organization, One Life Fully Lived, a non-profit that helps people from all walks of life achieve their goals. Reference links: One Life Fully Lived https://1lifefullylived.org Gobundance http://www.gobundance.com/ The Dream Manager Book https://www.amazon.com/Dream-Manager-Matthew-Kelly/dp/1401303706 Cashflow Board Game https://www.richdad.com/apps-games/cashflow-boardgame

As Erik eats his dinner, Josh reminisces how he first learned to capital hack and adversity hack while purchasing his investment property Renault Winery. Reference links: 4 Hour Work Week by Tim Ferriss https://www.amazon.com/4-Hour-Workweek-Escape-Live-Anywhere/dp/0307465357/?tag=offsitoftimfe-20 Entrepreneurs Circle Podcast https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/entrepreneurs-circle/id1400472715?mt=2 Renault Winery Resort NJ https://www.renaultwinery.com/

As Erik and Kris prep for Season 4’s discussion of The Beastie Boys’ Paul’s Boutique, Erik is tossing out two shows dedicated to the ass-kickers and people who keep the spirit of punk in their hearts all year round. Now is the time to fight and here’s the soundtrack...   Oh Bondage! Up Yours! - X-Ray Spex Ha Ha Ha Armageddon - The Julie Ruin Reign of Fear - Alice Bag All Women are Bitches - Fifth Column  Bad Reputation - Joan Jett and the Blackhearts  No One's Little Girl - The Raincoats Somebody - Dream Wife I'm in the Band - Bratmobile Rich Man's Dreams - Neo Boys Strong White Male - Mecca Normal  Predator in Chief - War on Women  Combat Rock - Sleater-Kinney The American in Me - The Avengers  Standing in the Way of Control - Gossip Sheela-Na-Gig - PJ Harvey It's Common (But We Don't Talk About It) - Bratmobile Deep Heat - Dream Nails What Kind of Monster Are You? - Slant 6 Suck My Left One - Bikini Kill Dead Men Don’t Rape - 7 Year Bitch Touch Me Again - Petrol Girls 

How do you make email marketing a relevant part of your marketing mix? We find out from Aweber’s head of overall strategy, Erik Harbison. With 20 years of experience in marketing and advertising behind him, Erik really knows his way around. Although we hear horror stories of open rates down below 10%, Erik shows us what you can do to engage your email lists and achieve open rates of up to 80%.   See some of Erik’s top tips below: **  Don’t be scared of email marketing. It’s a lot more simple than people think. **  If you are sending the right email to a targeted segment of your database, you can achieve up to 80% open rates. Segmentation is key! **  The deliverability of your emails is driven by many different factors. A key factor is the history of engagement on your email lists. Always make sure EVERY email is relevant, or you’ll be marked down. **  Always think about the end action you want your readers to take once they read your email. Don’t just stop at open rates. **  Set the expectations of your users from the beginning, i.e. “you’re signing up to a monthly email”   In this episode of Business Brain Food you will learn: **  Where is email marketing right now? **  The fear factor of email marketing **  Open rates **  Good ‘signals’ and bad **  When to use a CRM **  How best to place images in emails **  How to monetise your subscribers   Resources mentioned in this episode: **  Do you have what it takes to be a Business Excelerator at Max My Profit? Find out more here: http://www.maxmyprofit.com.au ** Go to http://www.aweber.com for a fully functional 30-day free trial **  The Business Brain Food Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/businessbrainfood **  All previous BBF episodes & show notes can be found at http://www.businessbrainfood.com.au **  Twitter: https://twitter.com/bfewtrell   Call to action: As Erik says, “begin with the end in mind”. Each email and each campaign behind it will only work if you focus hard on the end goal. Also, if you are enjoying these Business Brain Food podcasts, then make sure to share them via social media sites or email the links to family and friends. A lot of time and effort goes into producing each of these podcasts with the goal in mind of the more people we can inspire about business the better. You can help us do just that! Until next time, have a profitable day! Cheers, Ben Fewtrell (02) 9111 5000

Ray Hoffman introduces Mobile Mini Solutions and its CEO, Erik Olsson. Between 1980 and 2000, the metropolitan population of Phoenix grew by 45%. As amazing as that might seem, consider the growth in the exurban city of Chandler, Arizona — 22 miles from downtown Phoenix — it grew by 460%. Peoria, Arizona — 14 miles out — grew by 740%. This formed perfect conditions for the growth of a company called Mobile Mini to provide contractors and other jobbers with mobile secure space for storing their stuff on-site. Thirty-five years later, Mobile Mini is doing $500 million a year in sales, and not only is it a national brand but under CEO Erik Olsson, it’s also become less dependent on the ups and downs of the real estate cycle. Today, it’s known as Mobile Mini Solutions, offering not only job site storage space but also mobile office rentals and containment systems for water and other fluids. Erik Olsson grew up in Sweden. What brought him to Phoenix? You might say capitalism.     Key Takeaways: [1:28] At the University of Gothenburg, Erik’s impression of American capitalism was of freedom and choice, free markets, private ownership, entrepreneurship and innovation, small government, and robust institutions. Erik compared that to his home country of Sweden, and found Sweden sorely lacking in these concepts. [2:16] After managing businesses on three continents, Erik understands even more about it today. He sees now the value or importance of incentives. Everybody reacts to incentives, whether they’re negative or positive. Erik’s biggest learning since school is that everything governments and companies do impacts people and has consequences. [3:03] Erik agrees that giving people individual freedom, opportunity, choice, and innovation, capitalism shows a better understanding of human nature than socialism, which stifles all of those things. [3:29] In Europe, management is regulated to a higher degree and there are more laws. They are much more unionized. It is more difficult than in the U.S.. In South America, the workers do what the manager tells them to do. Managers have to be careful how they express themselves because what they say is what they will get. [4:10] In the U.S., the incentive is to better themselves and better their lives. Employees generally contribute to a much greater degree to the betterment of the company and the relationship between management and employees. [4:31] The can-do attitude is part of the American dream. It is very hard to find in Europe. [5:08] Erik talks about the metrics of his prior company, RSC Holdings, the number one player in terms of growth rates. The people wanted to show the rest of the world that they can do this; they’re much better than everyone else in this industry. That attitude in large part led to their success. [5:42] Atlas Copco, the Swedish maker of mining equipment, was Erik’s first employer after school. He credits them with his success. He calls them a very decentralized organization with crystallized levels of responsibility. Very early on, you get the accountability of the position you are in. Learning that on a global scale was great. [6:46] Atlas Copco sent Erik to Brazil at age 28 or 29, right in the middle of the hyperinflation. It was very turbulent, trying to manage a P&L in hyperinflation, but he counts all he learned as a blessing. He found much he could take back to the U.S. [8:13] RSC Holdings rented heavy equipment. 2008-2009 was not a good time for renting heavy equipment. At Mobile Mini Storage, they are constantly on the watch for the rate of growth. Their products are less cyclical. Customers will always have to store their stuff somewhere. [9:02] At Mobile Mini Solutions, they focus on national accounts, with a strong team signing them up. This leads to stability regardless of the local economy. Individual offices sign up local accounts. With a national account, there is a single point of contact, wherever the storage is needed. National accounts provide 30% of their revenue. [10:12] On the tank side, national accounts provide over 50% of the revenue stream. [10:26] Mobile Mini’s Net Promoters 2016 customer loyalty and recommendation score was above Costco, Starbucks, Amazon and Apple. [11:00] Erik discusses how the culture of service was created and maintained. They constantly discuss it and measure the Net Promoter score down to a branch level, so they can see who is contributing to the number and who is dilutive to the number. They hold people accountable and provide training. They coach salespeople on calls. [11:44] Erik started at Mobile Mini when there were about 120 locations. Today, there are 150 locations. Erik sees room for 50 more locations in North America over the next years. [12:12] All locations are company-owned. They maintain direct contact with their customers and want to be in charge of their Net Promoter Score. They don’t want to outsource great customer service. [12:27] Mobile Mini is the largest player in their market, so they can afford to invest in technology. They are using a portal where the customer can manage their entire relationship, from placing an order, paying an invoice, looking at their history, seeing on a map where they have mobile units, and creating a report. That technology keeps them in the lead. [13:11] Mobile Mini’s Ideal Client Profile is a builder on a job site, keeping stuff in a storage facility on site, overnight during the construction season. [13:27] Erik has a vision for the ideal growth path for Mobile Mini. As the largest player, Mobile Mini has around a fifth of the market. Going forward, they can get much larger than what they are. [13:49] Erik really enjoys the speed and competitiveness of the business, where things can change in a day. [14:28] Erik started as a finance guy and became a customer service guy. Those were requirements for becoming a CEO: knowing the customers and the people. [14:54] As Erik will tell you, those Net Promoter Scores and good customer service in general, are increasingly important in a free, competitive marketplace. This is capitalism.     Mentioned in This Episode: Mobile Mini Solutions RSC Equipment Rental (Now United Rentals) Atlas Copco Net Promoter Stephens.com This Is Capitalism

Erik Fisher is the host of Beyond the To Do List, a show that covers all aspects of productivity, getting good work done, and living a good life. Erik sits down with me on today's show to talk about a little bit of everything, really. We dive into topics that have nothing to do with podcasting, but on top of that, we also learn about Erik's process, how he selects his guests, some of his favorite podcasts, and much more! 04:15 - I wanted Erik on my show long before I personally met him. 04:25 - We're both excited for Podcast Movement. 07:35 - What does Erik think of Marc Maron? 09:40 - What podcasts has Erik listened to that made him rethink how he produces his show? 11:45 - Erik has never missed an episode of Back to Work. 13:15 - Long time listeners have already developed a connection with the host. 14:40 - I really wish iTunes had more insight as to who is subscribed to our podcasts. 15:40 - Has Erik changed someone's life due to his productivity podcast? 16:25 - Why did Erik start his podcast? 19:45 - Has Erik finally made it beyond the to-do list? 21:40 - As Erik started his podcast, who was he following/listening to? 23:15 - Did you know Erik is an introvert? But by being a podcaster, he gets to put on the iron man suit. 23:40 - When Erik was a young kid, he used to pretend to be an interviewer. 25:40 - Are Erik's childhood friends surprised by Erik's career path? 26:30 - Which guests who have appeared on Erik's show have made him nervous? 27:40 - Erik talks about winging it for a particular episode despite prepping heavily for it. 30:00 - Erik had someone come on his show for the third time and he didn't prepare for it at all, on purpose! 31:55 - The podcast is Erik's baby. Erik talks on how he handles people who pitch Erik and how he chooses his guests. 34:25 - By not being picky with your guests, long-time listeners can get turned off by the bad quality. 40:55 - Erik talks about Facebook's algorithm. 43:50 - What does Erik think about newsjacking? 47:15 - Erik does the podcast because he loves it, even when it's hard. 49:15 - What kind of platforms/mediums will exist in the next couple years? Will I be doing videos in the future? 50:30 - Who are some of Erik's comedy heroes? 52:45 - What's left for Erik? 54:25 - Erik is excited to go to conferences like Podcast Movement, because he gets to see his podcast friends! 55:55 - How important is family to Erik? 57:25 - What has Erik changed his mind about recently? 58:50 - The last episode of Game of Thrones was rated 10/10 on IMDB. What? 01:00:25 - What is the most misunderstood thing about Erik? FULL SHOW NOTES: http://www.podcastjunkies.com/erik-fisher-interview/★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

343 brave New York City Firefighters died on 9/11, this episode of Visibility 9/11 is dedicated to them!   If you have not heard the name Erik Lawyer it is one to remember. Erik is a full time Firefighter and is a new shinning light in the 9/11 Truth Movement. He has been impressing all he meets with his simple message demanding a thorough criminal forensic investigation of the 9/11 World Trade Center catastrophe. He and his fire-fighting comrades want the authorities to do their job and carry out an investigation in accordance with fire scene investigation protocols, that he and all US fire fighters adhere to religiously.  On 9/11 so many things happened for the first time and the one that is of greatest concern to Erik and his group, Firefighters for 9/11 Truth  is the near complete destruction of evidence at this fire crime scene and the subsequent monumental cover up and obfuscation of the little remaining evidence.  Independently gathered evidence clearly demonstrates that incendiaries and explosives were used to facilitate the three WTC buildings destruction.  For more information, see the Visibility 9-11 Special Report, Thermite Fingerprint- The Loaded Gun of 9-11.  In this latest interview John and Erik talk about the future plans for Firefighters for 9/11 Truth and their achievements so far and we also talk about the strong bond being formed between "Firefighters for 9/11 Truth" and the highly successful "Architects and Engineers for 9/11 Truth". Soon an exciting new video is to be produced by both groups providing an even better and broader video resource for public education than the current "9/11 - Blue Print for Truth"; while still sticking to a careful non-conspiratorial fact based approach.  Visibility 9/11 congratulates Erik and Firefighters for 9/11 Truth for their commitment to truth and justice in the face of personal attack and ridicule. As Erik has demonstrated in his Seattle Fire Station, ignorance is no match for hard evidence. It is a simple truth that all who dare to look at that evidence will concede there is a clear and present danger to the American public and the world if we do not find the real reasons for the three building collapses on 9/11. It is also very reassuring to see another group of professional 9/11 Truth Advocates being careful with what they say and do in the name of 9/11 Truth. Firefighters for 9/11 Truth will always put the victims and the first responders concerns and welfare first!     To assist the suffering first responders a "Firefighters for 9/11 Truth" T'shirt can be bought here: http://firefightersfor911truth.org/?p=530