Podcasts about Athol

In this episode, we sit down with the "Young" gentleman, Young NDay who is from the Athol area. Nikki was unable to be a part of this interview, but we were able to have a guest host fill in for her, Raff the Ruler! Young NDay is an inspiring and talented rap artist with a positive, upbeat personality, full of love for the music he produces. Young NDay's passion for music is shown in his songs and music videos. When not spending time in the studio recording new tracks, he's out performing his music while getting everyone dancing to his songs. You can find his music on his YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@youngndayoa Also, if you're not already following us on all of our platforms, check out our linktree: https://linktr.ee/musicalchairsmass We hope you enjoy this one, we certainly did! #makingmondaysmusicalagain

Marlys, Judy and Jon try some entirely too small bottles of some excellent Scotch. The first of 3 (maybe 4) episodes tasting bottles of Scotch brought back from a trip to Scotland that Marlys recently took.

Happy Canadian Western Agribition travel day everyone! I hope the wind is still and the roads are dry making it a fast trip with the trusty truck and trailer headed into Regina.  Hereford content inbound! It was a treat to visit with Duncan Lees. A man of great standing in his community, his beloved Hereford Breed and for that matter across the Canadian Beef business. Duncan has been dedicated to his family, their generational legacy within ranching, improving the Hereford breed and volunteering in the Hereford Breed and local community.  Duncan and Val Lees raised their 4 children outside of Arcola SK. Blair Athol Farms have been in the Hereford breed for over 100 years. The 6 generations of their family have been dedicated to always improving their breeding stock and the land they utilized. Herefords are in Duncan's blood, his kids blood and now his grandkids blood! The Cattle industry afforded the Lee's family numerous opportunities with travel, trade missions, quality stock and most importantly life long friendships.  Duncan's dedication to building up youth and leading 4H or Junior Hereford projects has left a lasting impression on a generation of cattle men and women. When you ask others about Duncan you will hear it over and over that he is revered as one of the good ones, honest to the core and hard working.  Thank you to Season 4 sponsors: BoviGen Reproductive Services Klassen Industries  Angus World Thank y'all for listening. Please leave us a rating and review on your favorite pod catcher.  Please help to get us on the Sullivan's Best of the Barns list this year!  Kurtis Reid Contact us: Lifestockpodcast@gmail.com Facebook @LifestockPod Instagram @LifestockPod Twitter @LifestockPod https://thecliffsfarm.com/

Whistleblower living in exile Athol Williams joined Clarence Ford live from the UK. Athol was crucial in bringing Bain to book for their part in State Capture.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Athol Prior, seventy-five year old Australian Crucible Elder and Leader, joyfully shares about his journey into eldering with podcast host Martin Brooker.  His welcoming of diminishing energy and movement has given him peace as he leaves behind striving for achievement and moves toward serving and giving his wisdom to others.  Athol shares the benefits of holding space and not offering unsolicited advice.  He gives a glimpse into the early years of Crucible on the Australian continent.Here are some of the topics we cover in our podcast episodes:Radical honesty and graceSpiritual growthDiscipleshipMentorshipPersonal developmentLife transformationChristian men's ministryChristian women's ministryFaith-based retreatDiscover our other resources:Our Website: https://thecrucibleproject.org/Our Blog: https://thecrucibleproject.org/blog/Christian Men's Retreats: https://thecrucibleproject.org/crucible-weekend-for-men/Christian Women's Retreats: https://thecrucibleproject.org/crucible-weekend-for-women/

We were fortunate to have a visit from two of the team from Blair Athol distillery to The Vaults in February, for a special tasting of four expressions of Blair Athol whisky, along with a sample of one of the Society's own single cask offerings. Blair Athol distillery manager Derek Younie was joined by Peter Milne from Diageo's Whisky Specialist Team to talk members through the samples and provide insight into the history and working of the distillery, what to expect from Blair Athol's spirit character, and how it works with different casks and forms of maturation.

In today's episode, HeHe sits down with Lo Nigrosh, an IBCLC, to dive into what you need to know about hospital provided lactation support vs private lactation support! Lo is breaking down how to hire an IBCLC, why you may want to explore this option *before* your baby gets here, what to do if you are getting conflicting lactation advice and how hospital culture impacts the care you may be given in the hospital. We also dive into how your nurses own lactation and feeding journey with their baby impacts their lactation support they give to you!    Guest Bio: Lo Nigrosh lives in Athol, Ma in a log cabin on 5 acres with her husband Max, 2 children, 1 dog and 2 cats. It was her own intense struggle to breastfeed her oldest that led her to birth and lactation work, but it was listening to the struggles of so many others that has kept her here. As an IBCLC she focuses on helping each client feel proud of every ounce they make, and to recognize each hurdle they unfairly faced. The Milk Making Minutes Podcast explores baby feeding struggles and triumphs through the lens of systemic medical and cultural barriers so that you understands that your body did not fail and your successes really are the miracles you felt they were.   Connect with Lo in IG https://www.instagram.com/lonigrosh_ibclc_podcast_host/   Join The Birth Lounge!  https://www.thebirthlounge.com     In-Person Childbirth Education, Boston MA: https://www.thebirthlounge.com/cbe-baby-booty  

Anava and Joela Grundy, 5th grade students at Columbia River Gorge Elementary, competed at the USATF Junior Olympics Regional XC Meet in Athol, Idaho, on Nov. 18. https://tinyurl.com/37zr8jym #WashougalSchoolDistrict #AnavaAndJoelaGrundy #ColumbiaRiverGorgeElementary #USATFJuniorOlympicsRegionalXCMeeet #BoostersMileageClub #WhisperRunning #Washougal #ClarkCountyWa #ClarkCountyNews #ClarkCountyToday

Al Murray, James Holland and John McManus discuss the deadly battle on Tarawa. A close quarters and bloody fight for a small Athol in the central Pacific Why was it so brutal, and how did their leaders convince the counterparts to fight to the last man? A Goalhanger Production Produced by Joey McCarthy Exec Producer: Tony Pastor Twitter: #WeHaveWays @WeHaveWaysPod Website: wehavewayspod.com Members' Club: patreon.com/wehaveways Email: wehavewayspodcast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

S6E42 went out live on Rebel Rock Radio at 19h00 on 19 October 2023.  It was a tough one, those of you who listen regularly to TSORR will have heard me mention Athol Curtis on many occasions.  Athol has been a fan of TSORR since it started on Mix FM on 21 12 2017.  We were musical brothers and I considered him the TSORR Musical Director due to his many suggested tracks for the shows.  Athol sadly passed away Tuesday night 17 Oct.  His family and friends are devastated at the loss of this amazing human being.  Athol was born to rock, he was a uniquely charismatic individual, full of life and energy and always supporting and helping everyone around him.  He was a party animal with a heart of gold.  He was the 'effervescent antidepressant'.    This entire show was dedicated to Athol.  I wasn't sure how it would go, and I tried to keep it upbeat and focused on the good times and the power of the music rather than the sadness.  I will miss him forever and I hope I have done him justice in these 3 hours.  All of these tracks were favourites of ours and in most cases, I have vivid memories of discussing them with him over the last 6 years.  Rest in Peace my brother I will miss youFoo Fighters, Judas Priest, KISS, L.A. Rats. Audioslave, Type O Negative, Shinedown, Skid Row, Buckcherry, Danko Jones, Ozzy Osbourne, Motörhead, Billy Idol, Thin Lizzy, The Rolling Stones, ACDC, Def Leppard, Rammstein, Böhse Onklez, The Stranglers, Sex Pistols, Stiff Little Fingers, The Clash, The Pretty Reckless, Halestorm, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Scorpios, Quiet Riot, Cinderella, Mötley Crüe, Megadeth, Iron Maiden, Hinder, Kid Rock, The Distillers, The Cult, Tom PettyThe Story of Rock and Roll. TSORR - Your one-stop shop for Rock

As an antique dealer, Athol Salter has peddled in other people's stories for over sixty years. From humble beginnings in his Junque Shop in country New South Wales in the 1960s to Dirty Janes in the Southern Highlands, he has rummaged through ramshackle huts, dealt with dubious property from deceased estates and cleared grand country properties and crumbling mansions looking for pieces filled with stories to pass on. Beeswax and Tall Tales includes not just snippets from Athol's hilarious and poignant life, but the stories told in the antiques he trades and the enchanting people he meets along the way – from farmhands, colourful eccentrics and Italian migrants to long-lost relatives, British squires and a charming cockatoo…

On this episode of Grain to Glass, we are joined by Luke and Emily Black from Lone Mountain Farms and Brewery. Together, they made their farming dream a reality by evolving their business until it could provide them a good quality of life. Now, their farm and brewery in Athol, ID is one of the only estate breweries in the United States, featuring brews made with old and unique grains.

Athol featured on episode #448 of the Pacey Performance Podcast. This #bitesize episode takes a great clip from that episode where he discussed - What footwear features may increase the risk of injury and why? How do we mitigate injury risk on artificial surfaces? How do we safely transition athletes between surfaces? Check out the full episode with Nathan here - https://www.sportsmith.co/listen/understanding-the-impact-of-athlete-footwear-selection-on-performance-and-injury-risk/ This episode is supported by RockDaisy, the only FREE AMS on the market. AMS Lite features reporting capabilities, questionnaires and forms, alerts and communication, data sharing, data visualisation and calendar views.

In this episode of the Pacey Performance Podcast, Rob is speaking to Podiatrist & Research Scientist at Aspetar, Athol Thomson. Athol is on the podcast to speak about the impact of athlete footwear on performance and injury risk but also about playing surface and how that affects injury risk. But not only that, he is hear to give recommendations for what practitioners can do to reduce these risks. In the first half of the episode Athol discusses what impact footwear can have on injuries from a global perspective. He then dives into the detail when it comes to footwear that is made for soft ground, hard ground and artificial ground. This leads to him discussing rotational forces and why its important to consider these forces when advising on footwear. In the second half of the episode he discusses if we can mitigate some of the unresearched (but well discussed) issues when transitioning between different surfaces. And can practitioners get a better, more detailed idea about the playing surface prior to his/her players running out so more objective decisions can be made on footwear selection. This is an under discussed area among the sports science and S&C community but it could have a huge impact on our athletes injury risk should we understand more. Give it a listen! Main talking points - Population specific footwear "Pink it and shrink it" philosophy of boot manufactuers Guidance for practitioners on understanding their playing surfaces better Shoe selection and playing surface The importance of understanding rotational forces and footwear Training the foot - this could be a big topic if you're up for going deeper on it? Boot selection and injury risk  

Athol Turner was a 60 year old from Nelson, New Zealand . . . yes, New Zealand. He had several siblings and was a father. On the evening of July 11, 2017, Athol was exiting a hospital while his sister was entering. She and Athol talked about meeting some time soon. He was never seen again. Map Analysis: https://youtu.be/4q6pwInOsrA Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/127715758/homeless-nelson-man-declared-dead-after-disappearing-four-years-ago If you have any information concerning the disappearance of Athol Turner, please contact New Zealand police at (04) 474 9499. Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCz4bh2ppqACeF7BdKw_93eA/join --Unfound plays on Spotify, iTunes, Stitcher, Instagram, Twitter, Podbean, Deezer, Google Play and many other podcast platforms. --on Monday nights at 9pm ET, please join us on the Unfound Podcast Channel for the Unfound Live Show. All of you can talk with me and I can answer your questions. --Contribute to Unfound at Patreon.com/unfoundpodcast. You can also contribute at Paypal: paypal.me/unfoundpodcast --email address: unfoundpodcast@gmail.com --the website: https://theunfoundpodcast.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Miss JB For Breakfast this morning? JB had Athol from Tamworth Regional Council in the studio to chat about the Youth Radio Program which the Tamworth Youthie are starting up in April. To coincide with the Youth Radio Program - JB reached into the archives and found some of his own, Youth Radio Programs from years past. Have a listen here! Plus, we had a chat about Famous People You Went To School With..including a tale from Jenny, who not only went to school but DATED a famous person! All that and more in this edition of the JB For Breakfast Catch Up!

 Philip and Simon chat with Athol Guy as the Seekers celebrate their 60th anniversary with a new release.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sara-Jayne speaks to the founder of Read to Rise and Cape Flats Book Festival, Athol Williams.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode of the Solutions With David Ansara podcast, I speak with Athol Trollip of ActionSA about making coalitions work in South Africa. We discuss: - Athol's background and how he got involved in politics - Athol's assessment of the state of SA politics in the run-up to the 2024 elections - Making coalitions work: Athol's experience as Mayor of Nelson Mandela Bay - The potential for a broad opposition front to defeat the ANC/EFF - The role of business in fixing South Africa - Non-racialism - The benefits of political devolution and decentralisation Note: this episode was recorded on Tuesday 27 September 2022.

In this Q&A from BNC#4 Athol Trollip discusses the state of politics in South Africa, how young people should get more involved and much more.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In his insightful presentation at the fourth BizNews conference, South African politician and provincial chairman of ActionSA in the Eastern Cape, Athol Trollip details his extensive political background from his early days in a new and infant democracy post 1994. Skirmishes with the self-serving, corrupt and inept politicians. His tenure as mayor in 2016 all the way to his resignation in 2020 and eventual comeback under ActionSA in 2022. Trollip believes that well governed and dependable coalitions have a large part to play in the future of South Africa, a future he thinks needs to happen now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Whistleblower for Bain & Company Athol Williams responds to the company's apology by claiming it is an insult to South Africa and that it still views the nation's efforts to uphold the law with disdain. He continued by refuting the managing partner at Bain Stephen york who claimed Williams' testimony before the Zondo Commission was based on hearsay. He claimed he could provide details about the phony investigations Bain and Company conducted, their cover-ups, and the document the company produced as part of its state Capture activities.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Whistleblower Athol Williams believes the UK government's three-year ban imposed on controversial global consultancy firm Bain and Company should be an embarrassment to the South African government and its inaction. Following sustained pressure from former UK cabinet minister Lord Peter Hain, the UK government banned Bain from tendering for any public sector work for the specified period due to "grave professional misconduct" emanating from its work at SARS. Despite two commissions of inquiry having found Bain - working in concert with former SARS Commissioner Tom Moyane and former President Jacob Zuma - deeply implicated in the repurposing and evisceration of South Africa's tax collector, the South African government has done nothing. The Zondo Commission recommended that all Bain's prior contracts with the state should be investigated with a view to prosecution. Williams tells BizNews he's yet to receive an iota of support or a response to numerous requests for assistance from both the business community and the state after he fled the country last year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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In the geographic center of Scotland, Blair Athol has plenty of history to go with its great tours and now famous mash tun bar.

The Eastern Cape farm boy who was fluent in Xhosa before speaking his home language, says he has finally found a political home that is truly South African. Former DA parliamentary leader and then the party's federal chairman, Athol Trollip, was coaxed out of retirement by Action SA leader Herman Mashaba and joined the new party in February. In this fascinating interview with Alec Hogg of Biznews.com, Trollip says he is energised by his new surroundings and like his colleagues, is hard at work to ensure there is a new government in South Africa after the 2024 National Election. Describing himself as a 'conviction politician' rather than someone who makes a living from the trade, Trollip says it is liberating to be a member of a political party perceived as a home for all South Africans, rather than having to continuously defend the 'whiteness' of his past establishment. Athol will be at the fourth BizNews Conference, to be held from August 30 to September 2, at Champagne Sports Resort in the Drakensberg. Details at https://www.biznews.com/biznews-investment-conference. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Glenn Bleakney sits down with Dr. Kim Maas as she shares her journey into ministry and the message of her recent book, The Way of the Kingdom: Seizing the Moment for a Great Move of God. For many believers, times of unrest simply mean that darkness is on the rise. But what if the growing violence in the world today means something different? What if our "signs of the times" mean that the Spirit of God is on the move? Author and trusted prophet Kim Maas reveals one of the mysteries of the Kingdom: When light breaks through the gates of darkness, the result is violence. This is spiritual warfare, and it signals a fresh awakening. It means that the Kingdom of God is advancing and that you are advancing! Engage in Kingdom violence the way Jesus taught - with violent love, violent forgiveness, violent healing, violent deliverance, violent peace. If answering violence with violence sounds like war, it is. You are already in position. Overturn the works of darkness in every area of your life, and watch for a great move of God! About Dr. Kim Maas Kim Maas is a sought-after international speaker, author, and Christian minister. Her passion is to inspire, encourage, and equip God's people to move forward in the call of God on their lives. This passion comes through in her preaching, leadership, writing, and everyday life. Kim has trained and equipped churches, ministries, and individuals to operate in the gift of prophecy in several nations and the United States. She is the president and CEO of Kim Maas Ministries, the founder and director of Women of Our Time (WOOT), host of the Move Forward with Dr Kim Maas podcast, and author of Prophetic Community: God's Call for All to Minister in His Gifts and The Way of the Kingdom: Seizing the Moment for a Great Move of God published by Chosen Books. She can be heard each month live on social media with the Voice of the Shepherds. Kim is ordained with the Apostolic Network of Global Awakening. She earned a Doctorate in Ministry at United Theological Seminary and a Master of Divinity at King's University. Kim and her husband Mike live in Athol, ID. They have three children and a growing number of grandchildren. You can connect with Kim at www.kimmaas.com, on Instagram @kimmaasminitries, on FaceBook @MoveforwardNowKimMaas, on Twitter @pkmaas, and by email hello@kimmaas.com.

There are plenty of external factors that often negatively influence our chances of having a successful retirement. But often, failure comes from within. On this episode, we'll talk about some of the common ways people get in their own way when it comes to financial planning. Helpful Information: PFG Website: https://www.pfgprivatewealth.com/ Contact: 813-286-7776 Email: info@pfgprivatewealth.com Disclaimer: PFG Private Wealth Management, LLC is a registered investment adviser. All statements and opinions expressed are based upon information considered reliable although it should not be relied upon as such. Any statements or opinions are subject to change without notice. Information presented is for educational purposes only and does not intend to make an offer or solicitation for the sale or purchase of any specific securities, investments, or investment strategies. Investment involve risk and, unless otherwise stated, are not guaranteed. Information expressed does not take into account your specific situation or objectives and is not intended as recommendations appropriate for any individual. Listeners are encouraged to seek advice from a qualified tax, legal, or investment adviser to determine whether any information presented may be suitable for their specific situation. Past performance is not indicative of future performance. Transcript of Today's Show: For a full transcript of today's show, visit the blog related to this episode at https://www.pfgprivatewealth.com/podcast/ ----more---- Mark: Hey, everybody. Welcome into another edition of the podcast. It's Retirement Planning Redefined with John, and Nick, and myself. And we're going to talk about the secret to retirement success. Here, it is. Get out of your own way. Typically, we are the success or the reason for failure, one of the two, because we tend to muck up the works ourselves by often injecting our emotions and thoughts into these things. And rightfully so, because that's part of it, which I think, again, we're going to talk about the value of working with a team and some professionals like John and Nick, because we tend to get in our own way. And I think we all realize that we do that in many aspects of life, and certainly money is one of those. What's going on, guys? How you doing this week, Nick? What's up buddy?   Nick: Everything's great. Perfect.   Mark: Yeah. Rock and rolling?   Nick: Yep.   Mark: Feeling good?   Nick: Yep. It's great.   Mark: That's fantastic. John, how you feeling my friend?   John: Doing all right. A little upset over the weekend. The Celtics lost game three to the Miami Heat, but there's another game tonight. So-   Mark: Another chance.   John: Hoping that they could tie up the series.   Mark: There you go. Fantastic. Well...   Nick: Yeah. I'll throw in a good gold [inaudible 00:01:01] lightning, our own fire.   Mark: Okay.   Nick: Free nothing as we record this.   Mark: Nice. Very nice. So what do you think about my statement there, getting out of our own way? There's lots of external factors obviously, that negatively influenced stuff in our retirement world. Right? We can't control the markets, but we can control how we react to them. Do you feel like that's a fairly accurate assessment of finding some keys to success sometimes is, getting out of your own head?   John: Yeah. Yeah. I would 100% agree with that. And we're seeing that right now where the market is, it's down year to date. There's a lot of negative news out there and, there's always negative news out there. But there's a lot of things happening in the world and it's creating a lot of fear. And what that does is it really eats into people's perceptions of what's going on with their portfolios. So naturally what's happening is, hey, when is the bleeding going to stop? Do I need to pull out of the market? Do I need to get more conservative? What should I do? So this is really a period of time where, important to get out of your own way and just stay the course.   Mark: Yeah.   John: And we harp on it quite a bit in all of our podcasts, but this is where the plan is essential, because we've had some reviews and people are nervous and rightfully so. But when they see the plan, it's like, how does this 10% pull back, whatever it is at the time, affect your overall plan? And they look at it and they say, oh, it doesn't really affect that much, just yet.   Mark: Right.   John: And when they see that, it's like, oh, okay, that makes you feel a little bit better. See where I'm at. So yeah, 100%, stay the course and definitely get out of your own way so you make good decisions.   Mark: And I think if we're talking with the market being the first one on the list, fear and greed, that's the normal stuff, jumping in and jumping out. And we tend to feel like it's the only thing we can do are these two things anyway. A lot of people, we're going to touch on that in a minute as well, but often it's well, all I can do is the market are cash and the market's scaring, the pa jeepers out of me so let me just jump out, and that's typically when we're making the wrong decision, especially if you don't have a plan. So having a strategy in there, because yes, it stinks when we're losing, we talked a little bit about on the last episode. Everybody's fine with risk when the markets have been on fire for 12 and a half years or whatever, but when they get real shaky for a few months, that's when people tend to get in their own way and allow that fear or greed to jump in there.   Mark: So since we covered that one on your initial part there, John, I'm going to jump to number two. No, go ahead. If you've got something else.   John: Yeah, yeah. One, actually you mentioned greed there and actually, it plays into the fear thing as well-   Mark: Okay.   John: Because, we've talked about the markets running up and when that's happening it's, I only got X percent this year. If I was more aggressive, I would've got a little bit more. So we have had those conversations where it's like, hey, should I get more aggressive? And the answer is no. Go to the plan, look at your risk tolerance, stay the course because when you try to get greedy and then all of a sudden, let's say you do go to a more aggressive portfolio.   Mark: Right.   John: And we have a big pullback in the S&P and in equities and all of a sudden, you're more nervous than you should be because you're taking more risk. And now you start to jump out and you get to that fear stage and you just make bad decisions.   Mark: Yeah. Great point. Great point. Well, Nick, talk to me a little bit about getting in our own way, when it comes to picking an investment or doing something solely because we think it's a tax help, right. It's not part of the plan, it doesn't make sense in other arenas. The idea is, no I'm doing this simply for the tax advantage. Is that a bad move?   Nick: Yeah. A really good example of this would be towards the end of last year, early this year, we made a pretty big cycle in client's portfolios from the growth side of the market to the value side of the market. And so that did cause some capital gains and probably a bigger capital gain shift than we typically have for clients that are in taxable portfolios. But again, the premise was that we felt strongly that moving forward, it was going to be something that benefited them from a performance standpoint, which is the number one priority. And that's really turned out to be the case where really the value markets are down closer to 3% or 4%. The growth markets are down close to 30%. So that's kind of a perfect real world, real life example of, yes, nobody likes taxes, but sometimes taking some gains and recycling the portfolio and shifting to where we think things are going to look better moving forward, is something that makes sense.   Mark: Yeah.   Nick: Taxes are again, something that people don't like and when we want to, we avoid it, but it should rarely ever be the number one priority in any sort of financial decision making.   Mark: Yeah. Don't let the tax tail wag the dog, as the saying goes, don't do something solely for the tax advantage, especially if it doesn't fit well into the overall strategy. And I'm glad that you brought up that point there where, looking at that and saying, hey, we do things, they all work together. There's a lot of these puzzle pieces that ebb and flow and move in and out together. So sometimes you do one thing and it has a ripple effect to another. And that's a great point. So I'm glad you brought that up.   Mark: John, another one on here is the cash conversation. I mentioned a minute ago, people tend to think there's only two options, the market or cash. And when it gets choppy, we go heck with this, I'm getting out and going to cash. And then we can even, maybe even just right now, we might even find this need to justify it by going, well, the Fed's ticking the rates up so I'll get a little bit more in cash, right. Even though it's nothing compared to inflation, but anyway, that can be a bad decision. You're getting in your own way. And then you might wind up just sitting there too long. And I mean, what if you jumped out in April of 20, when the pandemic was happening, we're down 30%, you jump out, you sell, you get your losses locked in and you stayed in cash the rest of 20. Well, you missed a heck of a second half.   John: Yeah. That that's accurate. And that's why it's always important to stay the course, because timing to get back in is almost impossible. Because the rallies up happen really within, if look at historically, it's always a couple of days or a week or two.   Mark: Right.   John: And if you miss it, you miss a majority of it. So important to stay the course. Be in the right risk tolerance so you don't go to cash or something like that. And then we have seen this quite a bit as well with cash in the sideline. And it can happen in an upmarket where we're hitting all time highs constantly, because it's like, hey, I don't want to put this money in because we keep hitting highs, it's going to come down at some point. And then now where it's the reverse, where we're having a pull back and it's like, well I don't want to put the money in because it's currently going down. So strategy against that would be dollar cost averaging into the market. Just piecemealing it and that typically will help some people get back into it with less risk.   Mark: Yeah.   John: And there are other strategies involved, but definitely you got to put your money to work [inaudible 00:08:15] pace inflation and especially nowadays.   Mark: That's a great point for sure. All right. So Nick helped me out here, buddy. I don't want to fall to fear. I don't want to necessarily fall to greed. I don't want to make bad choices from a tax standpoint. I don't want to go to cash and do nothing. Well now I don't know what to do, I'm just stuck. That's number four on my list. We overthink it to the point where we just freeze and we do nothing. And as the song says from the great Canadian rock band Rush, if you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice. So doing nothing is just as bad sometimes as doing something in the wrong way.   Nick: Yes. The overthinking side of things is definitely something I have empathy for people with. It takes me about a month to book a trip and probably sitting down five different times with 20 tabs open each time. So I get the process issue.   Mark: Well, humans procrastinate. Doesn't make you bad, it just-   Nick: Yes. Yeah.   Mark: We all do it. Yeah.   Nick: For sure. But what this does and people hear this a lot from us because we talk about it a lot is, it's the importance of the plan. So a lot of times what ends up happening is, the reason that people are frozen with indecision is because they're worried about their process. They're worried about the outcome and usually the fear of the unknown is more fragile and worse than actually knowing, having some certainty on what things look like, even if they're not ideal. So when we have people that are overthinking things or are really fretting about a certain decision, usually what we try to do is go back to the plan. So hey, let's re-review the plan. Let's look and see what things look like. And one of the things that we emphasize with clients that work with us from a planning perspective, is trying to help them start to make decisions differently.     Nick: And so the way that we do planning, the way that we're able to model out different situations and scenarios, we'll joke with people, let us tell you no. Because a lot of times what happens is people are limiting themselves out of concern of the unknown. And so, let us be your guardrails a little bit, let us be the bumpers in the lane to use an analogy and we'll help you work through these decisions, but instead of worrying about what the outcomes are. It's almost impossible for people to figure out all the outcomes on their own.   Mark: Yeah.   Nick: And so let us help you figure out, let's see the potential outcomes, let's see what we can do to mitigate some of the risks associated with it. And we can really narrow down. And so having that open door policy with clients and having them work with us, to work through these sorts of decisions where, we're a team member versus them trying to figure it out on their own is really important.   Mark: Nah, I like that. And I'm a heck of a bowler with the bumpers up. I'm just saying, so.   Nick: Yeah. Yeah. For sure. It definitely increases the average.   Mark: It did a little, just a little bit. So to check this out, John, let's do one more here on this conversation about getting in our own way. So a friend of mine, super nice guy, we're chatting the other day and this is what he says to me. Tell me what your reaction to this. So he says, Hey, my neighbor and I, we're good buddies. We're the same age. And our house costs the same amount of money, roughly that, where we live here. He's going to cash. And he's like, and I know you talk about stuff on podcast and stuff all the time. He's going to cash and he's advising me to do the same thing. I think it's a good move. And I said, why? Because you're the same age and your house costs roughly the same? Don't you think there's like about a million more things you could base this on?   Mark: So my point being is, is getting advice from people who really don't need to give you advice. I'm sure his friend and his neighbor didn't have any ill intention, but that just seemed like a goofy scenario to me. It's water cooler talk, so many of us do that.   John: Yeah. Yeah. We see that quite a bit where people are, my friend's doing this or like you said, my neighbor's doing this, but we have to constantly remind [inaudible 00:12:20] everyone that every situation's completely different. Something that might be good for someone else isn't good for you. And that's the importance of really getting the plan and making sure all your decisions are based on your plan.   Mark: Yeah.   John: And not your neighbor, not your cousin, not whoever-   Mark: Cousin Eddie. Yeah. Right.   John: Yeah. What we typically find with this is everyone always tells you about their good decisions. Like, oh yeah. I went for cash and this is what happened. They don't tell you when they didn't make a good decision.   Mark: Yeah.   John: It's not exciting to talk about when you lost money or lost an opportunity. So definitely want to leave it to the professionals and not a neighbor, a buddy that really doesn't have much experience in navigating these environments.   Mark: Yeah.   Nick: Yeah. It's the whole wins in Vegas scenario.   Mark: Exactly. Exactly.   Nick: People always talk about the wins and I just want to jump in on this one-   Mark: Sure. Go for it.   Nick: Because one of the things that I've been trying to emphasize with clients as well, especially those that are new to maybe, having an advisor or a planning relationship is that the advice that we're giving for them is the advice that we're giving at that set place and time. And so meaning, people tend to feel more comfortable when there are like general rules of thumb or those sorts of things. And so maybe it's a question like, a basic one that happens all the time is extra payments towards the mortgage or not. And so one of the things we've been trying to really get through people's heads is that, hey, we may be telling you to not do that right now, but it's because we have goals over the next one to three years that we're trying to hit because of X, Y, Z factors. And that might be something that we target three years down the road, but right now, it's more important for you to do these other things, to put yourselves in a better position to be able to do that.   Nick: And so what having that kind of conversation with people have seen the light click on quite a bit, because giving them the situation where, Hey, let's take you and your friend, and let's say that nine out of ten factors are the same, but that one factor can dramatically change-   Mark: Yeah.   Nick: The advice. And so even though you might feel like you have a twin in so many different ways, that one factor can be a huge differentiator on the sort of advice or the sort of strategy that you should have in place from a financial perspective. And really, you hear people talk about, each situation's unique, but really being more specific in helping them realize that has been something that has been helpful for some people lately, especially with the choppy waters that we've been in the last four or five months.   Mark: Oh, absolutely. I mean, you listen to this podcast and there's three guys on here having a conversation, but the three of us need different things for the time of life that we're in and whatever's going on. You two might be similar in age for example, but one's got kids, one doesn't.   Nick: Exactly.   Mark: I'm older than exactly you guys. So there's a million variations could go into what you need individually. So again, I don't think that the neighbors or coworkers or cousin Eddie or whatever it might be mean any ill will, but it's just not the best advice. So again, getting in our own way sometimes is listening to those people who really we shouldn't be listening to. So that's going to wrap it up this week for the podcast. So the secret to retirement success is you and how willing you are to not get in your own way, to make sure that you realize the things that you know, and the things that you can do, and then turning to those people to help you in those shortcoming areas.   Mark: I don't pretend to try to rebuild my car from the ground up, because I have no idea how to do that. Sure, I can change some spark plugs and change the oil, but that's the limit of my knowledge. So I'm not going to tear the whole thing apart and start from the ground up. Same kind of idea. So that's the conversation, make sure that you reach out to John and Nick. If you've got some questions, if you're worried about sabotaging yourself, doing some things you shouldn't be, especially in these choppy waters, as Nick mentioned, it's easy to do. It's easy to let that little fear monster jump up and nibble in our ear. So reach out, have a conversation with the team at PFG Private Wealth, before you take any action, especially if you feel like you need to make a change.   Mark: I think that's a fundamental thing that we do as humans as well. Sometimes we feel like if we're not doing something, we're doing something wrong and often not doing anything could be a good move for your situation, but you need to find out through the process of getting a plan put together or just reexamining the plan that you may already have in place. So pfgprivatewealth.com is how you make it happen. That's where you can find John and Nick and the team at PFG Private Wealth. Again, pfgprivatewealth.com. Pretty easy to remember and reach out to him if you got some questions or concerns, get on the calendar, hit the subscribe button for whatever platform you like to use. Athol, Google, Spotify, so on and so forth. For John and Nick. I'm your host Mark. We'll see you next time here on Retirement Planning Redefined.

In this episode, Athol Foden, President at Brighter Naming, talks about growing your business exponentially with fine rebranding and naming. Athol Foden has a high-tech background, as compared to most agencies with linguistics or communications arts background. He believes in the power of meaning. Half of his team is in Europe and they help in establishing a systematic naming process for various fields that include consumer and reports. His fascination for names and word patterns allows him to help many companies in coming up with their own, systematic way.If you've got a product or service, and you don't want to make a mistake on naming, you will want to reach out to Athol Foden by going to his website at https://www.brighternaming.com/ or visiting his profile at https://www.linkedin.com/in/atholfoden/.   Mitchell Levy is the Global Credibility Expert at AHAthat, the first AHA leadership (Thought Leadership) platform on the market for thought leaders, experts and companies to unleash their genius to the world. His passion is helping entrepreneurs, business owners and C-Suite Executives get known as thought leaders & become best-selling authors with the AHA platform. He is an accomplished entrepreneur who has created 20 businesses in Silicon Valley including four publishing companies that have published over 800 books. Mitchell is an international best-selling author with 60 business books, has provided strategic consulting to over 100 companies, has advised over 500 CEOs on critical business issues, and has been chairman of the board of a NASDAQ-listed company.Visit https://www.credibilitynation.com to learn more about the Credibility Nation community.Visit https://www.ahathat.com/author to learn how you can become an Amazon best-selling author in 4 months.

We join our first Australian nurse, Athol Hann, in his quest to prevent nurse burnout. Athol is a nurse innovator and entrepreneur who built the app Fwards and more recently, Burnout No More courses. Athol has held a variety of rolls in nursing and describes what his experience was like with burnout. As this can occur to many nurses and nurse students, a hightened awareness for burnout is important to learn about from all perspectives. More about Fwards: Fwards: https://www.fwards.com/ Burnout No More: https://www.fwards.com/#burn-out-no-more

As the 2022 Idaho legislative session nearly closed last week, librarians continued to be the late session wedge du jour for the far right, which made the state library budget an arbitrary bargaining chip for the session's close. In this week's episode, The Idaho 97 Project team discusses the end game for the session, Boise's amazing Treefort Fest, action you can take for your own mental wellness in these trying times, action you can take with Gov. Brad Little over the coming days (see The Idaho 97 Project Blog for the latest action alert), and, of course, the far-right Idaho actor of the week, Rep. Chad Christensen of Ammon (though he should be from Athol). This podcast was recorded on March 25, 2022 and is available on Apple, Google & Spotify podcasts as well as on our website, where you can sign up for our juicy email alerts and find all the ways to follow us @theidaho97. Thanks for listening and for TAKING ACTION against extremism in Idaho.

In this roundtable discussion with Adv Erin Richards and Bain whistle-blower Athol Williams, the actions of Bain's lawyers Baker McKenzie are in question. Did the global legal heavyweight justifiably shield its client from scrutiny, or criminal prosecution, by invoking legal privilege? All this while also being tasked with "independently" and “transparently” investigating Bain's conduct at the South African Revenue Service? The report from Baker McKenzie's investigation has never seen the light of day despite promises by Bain to the contrary, and Williams' best efforts. Michael Appel's guests discuss the limits of legal privilege arising from this scenario.

This week ActionSA will reveal that former Democratic Alliance leader Athol Trollip will be joining the party founded by fellow former DA leader Herman Mashaba. I can confirm that this is the news which the party has beencoy and playful about on social media, ahead of a press conference on Wednesday 9th February.In this episode of In The Ring With Eusebius, I take a close look at the implications of this development. Will this move strengthen the new party? How might it impact the party's prospects come 2024? What, too, of differences between Trollip, Mashaba and other leaders like former Midvaal Mayor Bongani Baloyi who recently joined ActionSA also? And, crucially, what challenges must Action SA be aware of and address if it truly wants to play a serious role in dislodging the electoral hold of the governing African National Congress?I explore all of these issues in this latest instalment of In The Ring. [Don't forget to subscribe to the podcast, and kindly also rate us, and leave a comment.]

In this episode, I have a fascinating conversation with Athol Hann. He's a Clinical Emergency Nurse, Founder of AtholTech, and fwards app and known for his Burnout No More courses.Athol experienced first-hand what burnout feels like for healthcare professionals and started questioning if he can stay with his profession in the long run. Surprisingly, he wasn't aware that he was experiencing burnout until he had hateful feelings towards work. He went from someone who loves the nursing profession to someone who hated it. All the little stress in the workplace piled up, and he knew that something needs to be done otherwise he might end up harming himself or others.He eventually developed a process that allowed him to better deal with burnout and this gave rise to the Burnout No More Courses. He encourages nurses to tune in with themselves, write journals and ask for colleagues' help. Nurses share the same stress and problems in the workplace, it's a powerful strategy to learn how others are coping with burnout. They have to realize that they're not alone and doing so helps boost their morale and guides them out of the burnout pit. WHAT YOU'LL DISCOVER IN THIS EPISODE:Athol's journey into his nursing profession (01:41)Advantages of going against the traditional nursing route (05:38)How he built the fwards app (08:08)Realizations that led to fwards development (13:59)Athol's biggest lessons from his tech venture (16:25)How did non-clinical training help Athol's clinical practice (20:50)How Athol handled his burnout phase (24:37)The Burnout No More Course (30:25)Rapid-fire questions with Athol Hann (32:18)Thanks for listening!Loved the episode? Leave us a review!Want to dive deeper into this episode and search for something particular? Use our AI to search here!5 Ways we can support you in your nursing career ✅Join our Free Nurse Career Growth Hub and access our free nursing application, interview and career growth guides here!Join our Nurse Career Academy and work with us to help guarantee your next nursing role!Book a free Career Clarity Call with Liam to discuss your career situation!Join our private FB community to surround yourself with like minded nurses!Check out our Youtube Channel for more nurse career support!Looking for awesome comfy Scrubs? ❤️ We are so grateful to BizCare for sponsoring the High Performance Nursing Podcast!Click here to snag some scrubs! PS: this is NOT an affiliate link, meaning I do not make money if you use this link and the...

Director and Co-Writer Clark Burnett and Co-Writer a.k. payne discuss their short film, Athol Park, with NFFTY Senior Programmer, Robert Bojorquez. Athol Park won the Audience Award for and screened in the Growing Pains screening during NFFTY 2020. Keep up with Now, In Color: Now, In Color Website: https://www.nowincolor.org Now, In Color Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nowincolor Keep up with Clark Burnett: Website: https://www.klarkstyle.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/klarkstyle Keep up with a.k. payne: Website: https://www.akpayne.com More from Partyfish Media: https://instagram.com/partyfishmedia "NFFTY Podcast Theme" composed by Kurtis Skinner

In this no-holds-barred interview with Bain & Co whistle-blower, Athol WIlliams, he explains how the global consultancy firm assisted a local cast of characters, including Jacob Zuma and Tom Moyane, in eviscerating SARS. Williams fled South Africa in November 2021 fearing for his life after blowing the whistle on his former employer, Bain & Co, in 2019.

In this episode of the BizNews Power Hour, whistle-blower Athol Williams, who fled South Africa after going public about Bain & Co's strategic destruction of SARS in collaboration with former President Zuma and former SARS Commissioner Tom Moyane, on what has to happen now; fund manager Piet Viljoen shares his thesis on energy stocks from which he's been profiting handsomely; more problems looming for Russia as nations pledge to impose sanctions on the Kremlin if it invades Ukraine.

What is the cost of telling the truth in the face of overwhelming pressure? Poet, philosopher and author of 'Deep Collusion: Bain and the Capture of South Africa', Athol Williams is the State Capture whistleblower who testified about massive corruption allegations and had to flee the country in fear of his life. Gareth Cliff speaks to him about his fascinating story. The Burning Platform

Testimony from whistle-blower Athol Willaims at the State Capture Commission of Inquiry has directly implicated scores of people and corporates. This, as you can imagine, has led to Williams being ostracised, his bona fides and credentials being attacked, and much more. Last night he released a statement to the effect that he is no longer in South Africa. Due to growing safety concerns, he had left the country after saying goodbye to his worried family. I asked him why he had left, what the impact of whistle-blowing has been on his life, what kinds of protection ought to be provided to whistle-blowers generally and, lastly, we explored the true extent of criminality within South Africa - both within the state and the private sector - beyond the myth of the "lone rogue". 

In episode 10 of the Nursing Strategies for Success Podcast  – I have the pleasure of interviewing Athol Hann who is a nurse educator, critical care and emergency nurse with over 10 years experience in the acute healthcare system, as well as the founder of the Fwards App and the digital course, Burnout No More with a passion for workplace well-being, high performance healthcare and improved team cohesion. To connect with Athol, check him out on the following platforms:—> LinkedIn – Athol Hann | LinkedIn—> Website – fwards.com

Atholl Duncan is the chair of the leadership development business Black Isle Group. He worked for the BBC as a journalist for over 20 years and been head of the BBC News Scotland, he's a certified coach and author of Leaders in Lockdown. In this episode you can learn hacks galore from Athol including: The new mindset, habits and behaviors to cope with demands of the post COVID world. The new definition of being an entrepreneur - people who are addicted to opportunity. The seven themes for leadership in a lockdown The LEADING model – enabling people to move to the next level Join our Tribe at https://leadership-hacker.com Music: " Upbeat Party " by Scott Holmes courtesy of the Free Music Archive FMA Transcript: Thanks to Jermaine Pinto at JRP Transcribing for being our Partner. Contact Jermaine via LinkedIn or via his site JRP Transcribing Services   Find out more about Atholl below: Atholl on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/athollduncan/ Atholl on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AthollDuncan Black Isle Group Website: https://blackislegroup.com Atholl's Book: https://www.bookdepository.com/Leaders-in-Lockdown-Atholl-Duncan/9781911671015   Full Transcript Below: ----more----   Steve Rush: Some call me Steve, dad, husband or friend. Others might call me boss, coach or mentor. Today you can call me The Leadership Hacker.   Thanks for listening in. I really appreciate it. My job as the leadership hacker is to hack into the minds, experiences, habits and learning of great leaders, C-Suite executives, authors and development experts so that I can assist you developing your understanding and awareness of leadership. I am Steve Rush and I am your host today. I am the author of Leadership Cake. I am a transformation consultant and leadership coach. I cannot wait to start sharing all things leadership with you. Today special guests on the show is Atholl Duncan. He's the chair of the leadership development business Black Isle Group. He's also worked for the BBC as a journalist for over 20 years and been head of the BBC News Scotland. He's also a certified coach and author, but before we get a chance to speak with Atholl, it's The Leadership Hacker News.   The Leadership Hacker News Steve Rush: I just love it when emerging technology and entrepreneurial-ism come together. In a press release this week, Warner Music and Accenture Interactive announced, “Saylists”, new playlists exclusively to Apple music. And they're designed to augment the speech therapy experience for young people through the power of music and technology. There are 173 tracks in these playlists, including Dua Lipa: Don't start now, and Lizzo: Good as hell, the BBC reported that some, 1 in 12 children across the United Kingdom experienced some form of speech disorder or SSD, and it's also common across the globe. Stammering or stuttering as it's often referred to affects at least 1.5 million children in the UK alone. Using an algorithm, Apple analyze the lyrics of its catalogs, 70 billion songs to identify the sounds and most commonly repeated in speech. As such the playlist centered on the sounds of ‘CH', ‘D', ‘F', ‘G', ‘K', ‘L', ‘R', ‘S', ‘T' as an example. The frenetic sounds that you and I just take for granted. Warner's press release, includes comments from speech and language psychologists, all of whom say that these Saylists are an innovative form of therapy. Every speech and language therapist wants to keep children engaged during therapy sessions, as well as help them generalize their target sounds, both at school and at home said, Anna Biavati Smith. Saylists provide fun, new ways to practice sounds without feeling pressured or getting bored and having fun of course, it's first step on the rung of learning. So, for those that are listening, these new playlists are available to Apple music subscribers worldwide now. And I just wanted to call out what a great piece of innovation that was. That's been The Leadership Hacker News. If you have any interesting news, stories or facts that you'd like our listeners to hear, then please get in touch.   Start of Podcast Steve Rush: Atholl Duncan is a special guest on today's show. He's a chair of leadership development business Black Isle Group. He's worked as a journalist, TV producer and as an ex-executive of the BBC for over 20 years. He's now the author of Leaders in Lockdown. Atholl welcome to the show.   Atholl Duncan: Thank you, it's a pleasure to be here and looking forward to the chat.   Steve Rush: Now we're going to get into the Leaders in Lockdown very soon. And I should imagine the 12 months of having pen the book to kind of where we are now has been a really interesting one. But for those listeners that haven't had the chance to maybe experience your work before. Perhaps you can give us a sense of what it is you've done in the past, how you are now?   Atholl Duncan: Sure, well Steve, my life has really in three acts. Act number one is, you were explaining there. I worked at the BBC for a couple of decades, covering the world's main stories, really, the world's big stories. Then act number two, hired an executive career as a bit of a transformation experts. And I worked in the utility sector, worked in the media sector and I worked in professional services. Trying to transform businesses and then act three is where I am now. Hopefully not my final act. And that's really with a portfolio of non-executive roles. Sitting on a few boards and also as an executive coach. And as you say, now rather scarily as an author.   Steve Rush: And did you find that as part of your career evolution and your various different acts of your career? I thought that there was perhaps a specific trigger or event that caused you to move from one direction to another.   Atholl Duncan: Well, I think the trigger in the most recent events was, you know, coming to together or myself as a business leader and as a storyteller. And there was one particular morning when I was walking on the beach, near my house in Scotland, the previous day I had seven emergency board meetings because of COVID. And I was pretty stressed to say the least, but I realized that this was a remarkable period of history that we were going through, probably the defining months of this century. And I wanted to capture it and capture it in this book, Leaders in Lockdown. By spending time with 28 global business leaders and asking them, how they cope with the crisis and how the world was going to change? Because of the scary events we were all going through.   Steve Rush: And delightful that you did. And we're going to get into some of those lessons that you found from some of those leaders shortly. I think it's quite an interesting moment in time. When you look back on the world that we're in at the moment to recognize that we are probably at a very pivotal stage in our global history. And I think not only will, the way that we behave change, the way that we interact across businesses will change, but lots of other dynamics that we haven't even experienced yet will be become apparent over the next few years. What's your view on that?   Atholl Duncan: I couldn't agree more. I mean, you know, part of the theory of the book is that every long-held belief in business has been thrown out the window by COVID. And I think, you know, we see that many trends in behaviors and consumer behaviors and business behaviors have really moved on probably a decade in a summer. So, the change is massive and how we cope with that as leaders is something that deserves thorough introspection and great debate.   Steve Rush: So, what's the focus of the work that you're currently doing with Black Isle Group?   Atholl Duncan: Well, Black Isle Group is really picking up from the challenges of COVID. And we've kind of set ourselves a purpose of changing the face of leadership development. A few of us have been on the other side, have been on the receiving end of a leadership development throughout our careers as business leaders. And we came to the conclusion that quite a lot of what is done in the leadership development world is not fit for the future. So, we've created a new approach. We call it the “Big Approach” and it essentially brings together a new coaching culture in businesses, a new methodology, and it marries that up with some technology that we've created, which is called nudge technology. And through this new big approach, we've set ourselves the purpose of trying to help businesses create a new mindset, a new piece of change, and really embed new habits and new behaviors, which set them up to cope with the fairly new and high-paced and agile demands of the post COVID world.   Steve Rush: So, you used the word mindset there, and I wholeheartedly concur that in order to face into our future, I suspect we're going to have a very different mindset than perhaps when we did before the COVID pandemic. But if you think about your portfolio of clients that you work with and businesses that you support in your non-exec roles, how have the different firms responded to the various different impacts on the pandemic.   Atholl Duncan: Well, if you take my non-executive portfolio. If you look at the leadership development world, you know, within 72 hours of the pandemic hitting the UK, we saw most of our clients canceling or postponing their work. Fortunately, when we got a few months into the pandemic. The more enlightened realize that there was never a more important time to have people helping you with the challenges of leadership and performance. I chair the Scottish Salmon, which is the UKs largest food exports, that sector was very disruptive because about 60%, we make about a billion pounds worth of Scottish salmon every year. And the vast majority of it goes to export. And of course, the markets were closed, the borders were closed, the restaurants were closed and that sector was really faced grinding to a halt.   I'm also the audit chair in our cinema business. And I think the cinema industry might be one that may never be the same again, may never indeed recover. The whole model may change, and the curtains fail in our cinemas in late March, 2020, and they've not risen again since, and then in the executive coaching world. Again, I think that was a moment for that sector because the enlightened leaders never needed executive coaches more. They needed the time to take a breath, to reflect, to have someone to hold a mirror up to what they were doing. So, it Fastly different experiences, and I think that's what most business leaders have experienced has been a land of opportunity, and there's been a land of desperation.   Steve Rush: And do you think mindsets got a lot to do with that as well?   Atholl Duncan: Well, mindset was absolutely fascinating in the 20 leaders that I met. I tell you about one of them is, a 28-year-old venture capital was called Pocket Sun who's based in Singapore, was born in China. Went to university in the States, and discovered that only 2.8% of venture capital goes to female entrepreneurs in the States, and she pledge to change that. Created a fund, which supported solely female entrepreneurs, and then pointed that fund at opportunities in the crisis from a health care, home testing healthcare company in Texas to an online wedding dress company, to a death care company and to a company that helped young people with their mental health. So, her mindset was all about opportunity and the great entrepreneurs who I interviewed for the book, even though their businesses sat in cutters, roundabout them, they weren't despondent. They were working out how to build back, use that phrase, hope to build back better. And they were looking at where the opportunities were that were coming out of the crisis.   Steve Rush: And I guess that's what sets entrepreneurs aside from those who are just content and happy to be working in corporate jobs versus driving their own agenda, driving their own thoughts and Pocket Sun is one of those people, you quote quite a bit during the book in terms of how she's approached her work and her teams and taking advantage of the opportunity.   Atholl Duncan: Yeah, and maybe another definition of being an entrepreneur, isn't it? It's people who are addicted to opportunity.   Steve Rush: Hmm. It's the old adage, isn't it? It's not about the event. It's how you react and respond to the event that gives you your outcomes.   Atholl Duncan: Absolutely. And, you know, in that year of opportunity, I worked a lot in the past with the Sir Brian Souter, who was the founder of the Stagecoach transport empire. And he talks very passionately about the dynamics and mechanics. Dynamics being the ideas, the vision, and the creativity of the entrepreneur, but how it always needs to be balanced with the mechanics of process and compliance and conformity and rules. And that is one of secrets to successfully growing an organization into the scaling of the one stage stagecoach was a billion pound plus business. It's that balance between dynamics and mechanics and constantly getting that in the right place.   Steve Rush: I like that. It's a nice lens to look through. So, we're now a year into the pandemic. And when you first penned the book, Leaders in Lockdown. It was just as we were emerging through that first wave, if you like, of what the pandemic brought to us. And when we last met, we had the anticipation that we'd be sat here a year in almost, and on a new trajectory, in a new direction, but we kind of  still seem to be not too far further forward than where we were before, or bit of course, we got the vaccination, we have some light at the end of the tunnel. So how have folk responded to the book? Atholl Duncan: Well, people have been very kind about the book. The reviews have been very kind about it and I've kind of moved. It's been shortlisted in the business book awards which was very been nice, but rather surprising. But I've kind of moved in a way from being an author, to being a bit of an evangelist around the themes in the book. And you're right in what you say about, we thought we would be in a different place by now. I share one secret with you, Steve, when we decided to do this book, our biggest concern was that people would have forgotten about COVID. Would it still be current and relevant when it was published in the autumn of 2020? And here we are in the spring of 2021 and lockdown is still going strong in the UK. And as you say, was not really a marriage perhaps, and seen the full impact, particularly in terms of unemployment and businesses going bust, because there've been propped up by government money in the private sector, all over the place.   Steve Rush: Yeah, and throughout the book you interviewed senior executives, thought leaders from around the world and then doing so you found that there were about seven broad themes that were consistently present. I thought it might be useful just to maybe spin through those seven themes and we can maybe dig into a couple as we go?   Atholl Duncan: Sure. So, the seven themes were really a bringing together of the commonalities between the 28-business leader's theme. Number one, is the new age of purpose because there was a common view that purpose has never been a more important time for purpose. And you saw businesses who were very purpose focused, really flourishing, but leaders thought that coming out of covid, purpose would no longer be just a line or two to emblazoned on your website and forget about. So, they're predicting a new age where purpose really matters and purpose really counts in terms of engaging your employees and your clients and customers. Theme number two is, the new world of work. And obviously the piece that has been most discussed and written about there was moving many, many millions of people from offices to home, but the new world of work's going to be far more than that. It is going to be, hey, we cope with this hybrid and way of working, which most people predict so will come out of it.   And also, I think it's made people ask themselves, people of all generations, ask themselves what is work? And I think that will result in a complete redrawing of the psychological contract between employer and employee theme. Theme number three was tackling inequality because at every level COVID exposed them inequality, not just through the inequality of homeschooling and the inequality of the vaccine and the inequality of who the COVID killed and coming out of it. You're going to see inequality weighed in all areas of society. And this was really a feeling from business leaders that they had to play their part. What were they doing about tackling the black hole of unemployment? Were they really serious about the varsity and inclusion? Where they just making people redundant or were, they considering a new mindset towards re-skilling people?   Steve Rush: It's really been stark, hasn't it? This one particular, because it's really shined a light on where companies were focused around diversity inclusion and inequalities and where they haven't, and that void has just become bigger in my experience.   Atholl Duncan: Yeah, absolutely. Absolutely. And all of these things, you know, the theory is that it's up to the corporate world and it's up to leaders in the corporate world to try and move in and take a list because frankly a lot of our politicians and our governments are not doing a good enough job in these issues. And that was very strong in the fourth theme, which is global cooperation. And at a moment that we wanted our politicians to be looking across boundaries, to be working together with other nations to tackle this terrible pandemic. They turned inwards, they set nation against nation. And this wasn't just China and the U.S., I think you saw this in many, many governments around the world. You saw it across Europe, and a feeling really from, particularly from the leaders of big corporates, that it was the big corporations in the future who had a strong and effective role in tackling the global problems, because we can't rely on our politicians to do it.   Theme Number five was resilience, not just financial resilience or operational resilience, not just the personal resilience of how we as individuals got through a crisis, which has gone on for so long. Theme number six was all about resetting the supply chain and the principle that we need to move away. I mean, the global supply chain grown to halt, and we need to move away from just-in-time and moved to just in case and the belief that we can do that and save money and that the pandemic expose weaknesses and supply chains, which really developed over decades and those weaknesses are there because supply chain decisions were made about efficiency and the lowest cost. And that didn't stand up to scrutiny when we had the global pandemic that closed borders.   Steve Rush: And interestingly also it's in that whole kind of efficiency, lean management call it what you will in terms of squeezing that supply chain has proven also to stifle innovation and creativity in doing so   Atholl Duncan: Absolutely, and you know, it wasn't very efficient when the supply chain had grown to a halt. One of the other areas in there, which I just touch upon, but I find quite fascinating is the suggestion that as a result of the pandemic, you could see a lot of manufacturing moving back from Asia to Europe and to the U.S., but it wouldn't be carried out by human beings. It would be being carried out by robots. And then the final theme, which is very much in our world, Steve, we described as a maximizing potential. And this was the bit where Leena Nair, who's the Chief HR officer of Unilever suggested that we'd seen the end of the Superman leader. And she did mean the Superman leader and the start of a new area era of empathetic listening and compassionate leadership. And that was the most effective way to lead in the pandemic and after the pandemic and a number of other themes just running in there about executive preparedness, you know, we were confronted with no longer was an option to look after ourselves physically, because we couldn't get through this, unless we did. No longer as an option to take her leave, the issue of mental health for executives and for the rest of workforce. And it also explores that where leaders did have executive coaches or mentors who gave them time to catch breath, they made better decisions. They made better decisions if they had someone who could hold a mirror up to them. So those were the seven themes. There's so much to unpack in each one, but that's what the leaders in lockdown was telling us.   Steve Rush: And what you also found as part of your research and your conversations was a new way to help leaders think, and you created a model called LEAD. Maybe you could just tell us a little bit about that?   Atholl Duncan: Yes, So the LEAD or LEADING model I've played with quite a bit, and I suppose it comes back to maybe a bit of my journalistic background. And we created the leading model really by asking executive coaches, where are the areas that you find yourself, coaching executives most? And they described these as being the blockers to people moving to the next level and also the enablers to people moving to the next level and the area leading is for looking like a leader. So, the behaviors, the gravitas, the persona, the actions of a leader. The E was round about empowerment and empathy and emotional intelligence. The A was awareness and particularly self-awareness. The D was delivery, getting things done. The I is impact, your communication style, your brevity, your clarity, your impact. The N is for nurturing, and the G is for game changing. Do you, as a leader really change the game or do you only create incremental change?   Steve Rush: Given the fact that the pandemic has changed the game for all of us, this is a perfect opportunity for all leaders to reframe and rebase their game, right?   Atholl Duncan: Absolutely. Absolutely. I mean, I think if it calls into question everything that has gone before and the way that we run our businesses. I think it calls into question the way that we lead and, you know, in the environment that the piece of change that will come now and will not slow down in the future, the agility that's required in leadership. We need to reframe the behaviors of the leaders that we have.   Steve Rush: Thinking about the examples shared with you, by the leaders that you interviewed, as well as your own experiences. You kind of captured this in the last chapter of your book called maximizing potential. So now a chance for us to do that, but what's the reason in your expense, some will grab the opportunity and run into the uncertainty and the ambiguity, but others will maybe avoid it.   Atholl Duncan: The reasons leaders do things. And, you know, we know this from executive coaching, is it comes back to past experience and to leader, know yourself, doesn't it? And you know, we work a lot with psychometric analysis of Black Isle Group and assured that's a place where you probably start with a lot of your coaching.   Steve Rush: Absolutely.   Atholl Duncan: So, if you look for the reasons why particular leaders do a particular thing, or don't do a particular thing, then you have to go to the inner game to get your answer. And quite often, when you go to the inner game of the leader, the answers are really quite startlingly, obvious.   Steve Rush: Yeah, call it the voice in your head.   Atholl Duncan: Absolutely.   Steve Rush: The one that you wake up with. It's the one you go to bed with. It will the last voice you hear when he leaves the planet as well. So, it's got to be an empowering voice.   Atholl Duncan: Yep. Steve Rush: So, the next part of the show, we'd love to hack into your years of experience and diverse experience to kind of try and distill some top tips and ideas for our listeners. So, if you had to distill them, what would be your top three leadership hacks?   Atholl Duncan: Well, number one, top hack for me, very apparent during the pandemic. You need to create the space to think and to reflect. If your agenda is absolutely packed full, you will be denying yourself one of the most important things about leadership, which is the time to think, and the team to reflect. Leadership number two, you must have someone who will tell you the uncomfortable truths. There's a Scottish poet called Robert Burns, and I won't do this bit of poetry in Scottish. I'll translate it into English.   Steve Rush: Go for it.   Atholl Duncan: And it basically says, would someone the power to give us, to see ourselves as others see, it would from many, our blunder, Frias and foolish notion. And we're surrounded by leaders, I'm afraid who live in a hall of mirrors with people telling them what they want to hear in an echo chamber, which leads to narcissistic and blind leadership. So, anyone who's listening to this who aspires to further leadership, get yourself someone who will be your conscience.   Steve Rush: Love that.   Atholl Duncan: Who will see yourselves as others see us, and we'll challenge you. And, you know, I had this, I'll give you a good example of this with one of the people I was coaching through the pandemic whose automatic reaction was at the start was to act very quickly and make a large number of people redundant. And I got that person to stop in their tracks by asking, what is your responsibility to society right at this moment? And will that help by making a large number of people redundant, or will it just mean that they can't pay their mortgages? And they default, the economy goes into further downward spiral. So, he went to the people and he said, what solutions do you have to this issue? And they put their hands up and they say, we'll job share, you know, we'll take a reduction in our salary. Some of us will take temporary leave, and you know, that to me is the result of someone who is telling you the uncomfortable truth as a leader.   Steve Rush: Yeah, and how powerful is it that you having that conversation managed to help that individual reframe and actually give control to the people who could make those right decisions?   Atholl Duncan: It is, but it's a relatively easy for us because we are not in the center of the dog fight of trying to save the business, you know, I'm walking on the beach thinking, you know, what on earth is going to happen here? I have that time to reflect, and I'm here to challenge. I'm no longer a player in the game. I'm an observer from the sideline.   Steve Rush: Your right, however, part of creating the space to be a great leader is creating the space to think.   Atholl Duncan: Absolutely.   Steve Rush: And however busy we are it's about reprioritizing and giving us that freedom and that room to kick the leaves about metaphorically.   Atholl Duncan: Yeah, and, you know, first thing I would do as an executive coach is to ask to see the leader's diary. And if there's no thinking time in it, I challenge that. The next thing I would do is to try and see is the time in diary actually aligned to the objectives, the main objectives and the main aims of the leader and most of the team isn't.   Steve Rush: Exactly, exactly right.   Atholl Duncan: So, you know, the lead leader will tell you that they want to do A, B and C and say, well, actually, you've got no time in that because you're doing operational stuff, you're doing stuff that one of your directors could do, you know, and you're spending team doing stuff which you shouldn't be doing at all.   Steve Rush: So, hack number three?   Atholl Duncan: Number three, be purpose late. And again, I think the pandemic underlines the importance of purpose. So, find your purpose as an individual and ensure that your business has find its purpose, and that the people in your business know what that purpose is and believe in that purpose, because, you know, I think COVID remains as that without purpose we're empty vessels.   Steve Rush: Yeah, very much so. And it's interesting, and I don't know if you've found this in the work that you've done, but the purpose always seems to be the one that is most alluring for folk, but yet most under-invested in, in terms of just granularity and understanding.   Atholl Duncan: Absolutely, and I think that is hopefully something that will come out of COVID. I mean, I worked with somebody the other day who was from an extremely well-known brand. And they told me with a bit of pride that yes, we were on the case with purpose, and this has helped them through the pandemic, but then revealed that they got on the case with purpose about 12 months before the pandemic started. And I was fairly shocked. So, it's that underlines your theory that, you know, real understanding and real embedding of purpose in the corporate world is still pretty sadly lacking.   Steve Rush: And also, purpose can change slowly given the environment and experiences. And you need to reevaluate that just as you do what your strategy   Atholl Duncan: Absolutely. I mean, I chair UK Coaching, which works with sports coaching and community coaches, essentially as a learning and development. Business that champions coaches and in a way COVID has helped to crystallize our purpose because the nation will not recover. And the health of the nation will not recover. Unless we protect and increase activity, movement, exercise and sports, and all of a sudden that organization has become the catalyst through which that has done because it isn't done without coaches.   Steve Rush: That right.   Atholl Duncan: So, the purpose has been crystallized and indeed the purpose is much clearer hopefully for the people in that business.   Steve Rush: The next part of the show our listeners have become familiar with is called Hack to Attack. So, this is where something typically hasn't gone well. It could have been catastrophic, it could be in your personal life or your work, but as a result of the experience, that's now helping us in a positive way. What would be your Hack to Attack? Atholl Duncan: Well, my Hack to Attack is based in catastrophic failure. And I go back a long time, but I was asked to speak at a convention of local counselors. And I said, the people who was organizing, you know, what you want? or we want to kind of business thing, you know, are you sure you've got the right person? Yes, we've definitely got the right person. When I turned up on the night, the person who was chairing the event said, well, you're going to be funnier than that Dara or Breon. So, what do you mean? Well, we had Tim last year and he, wasn't very funny. I did not have a comic speech prepared. So, I tried to think of a comic speech while I'm eating my beef or chicken. And I think I probably went then pretty well, like a lead balloon. Managed to just escape with my life. And it was pretty, how can I put it? I was pretty down about the whole thing would be an understatement. So, it did impact quiet badly on me.   Steve Rush: I can imagine, yeah.   Atholl Duncan: And to become a more competent communicator, performer, presenter, speaker. And now one of my specialties is helping other people to communicate with brevity, clarity, and impact, but it could have gone either way. And, as quite interesting, I quite like biopics and I was watching a bio pic the other night about Audrey Hepburn and the failure that Audrey Hepburn had in her early life were quite marked. And as we see a thing with all good leaders, good stars, that is the way you bounce back from that.   Steve Rush: Totally.   Atholl Duncan: Failure is what make the woman or the man.   Steve Rush: And that's a whole premise of Hack to Attack is that, you know, there always will be adversity, there'll be failures, but if we reframe them as learning, it helps propel us forward.   Atholl Duncan: Yeah, you know, we all want to be good though. I think we all want to be a good an influential performer, presenters, communicators. So, my Hack to Attack is see, you will bomb. You will bomb several teams and just learn from it and crack on.   Steve Rush: Awesome. Well, one of my favorite parts of the show is the next bit we get to do with you, which is to do a bit of time travel. And you now get to go to bump into Atholl 21 and give them some advice. So, what's it going to be? Atholl Duncan: I think two bits of advice. I think whatever your ambitions are at 21 you're not being ambitious enough because I think when you're 21, you have no idea what you're actually capable of. And I think leaders seem to be, depending on what your background is. Leaders seem to be people who are in positions that perhaps you wouldn't achieve. So early imposter syndrome at 21. And certainly, when you get into the latter part of your career, that you realize that while there are obvious key skills in leadership, many, many, many people who never imagined life and leadership are actually extremely capable of doing them. And, you know, Sir David Behan, who's the executive chair of HC One care Homes. A thousand people died in his care homes in the first hundred days of lockdown. He's brilliant on this and how he sees leadership at every level in his care homes, and leadership's not a title.   So, I think that that would be one thing that I would definitely say to Atholl at 21. I think the other thing I would say, which came a little bit mid-career for me is to think international, to get yourself an international outlook, because the way that we do business globally now, I think is the key for many, many people and the opportunities of that. So, I would get a global outlook early on, so think big, think global and crack on.   Steve Rush: Awesome. I love that. So, what's next for you and Black Isle Group?   Atholl Duncan: Well just in the immediate future, you know, I was thinking I've become a bit of an evangelist for these messages and the leaders in lockdown book. So, we've developed leaders in lockdown workshops, and we're taking them out to businesses and out to business groups. And it's more about leading out of lockdown and we're trying to help individuals and to help organizations. We're doing quite a lot of this free of charge because I honestly think that there's so much that businesses have to cope with in the next 12 months and beyond. That the business community needs to rally around together and help each other. So short term, it's leaders in lockdown workshops. I'm doing one tonight with global chief information officers. I'm really enjoying and doing them, and then beyond that, and we maybe thinking about what the next book is that we can write.   Steve Rush: Leaders out of lockdown?   Atholl Duncan: [Laughter]leaders out of lockdown. Well, I'm quite drawn. I must've met, there's two places that I'm quite drawn to. I'm quite drawn to learning more from the world's most interesting leaders. So, they're not necessarily the leaders who have the most prominent positions, but the ones who are challenging what we're doing across the business. So, I think that might be quite an interesting book. And I also have a bit of a fascination about the narcissistic leader and not because I like them, but because I think more and more, we want to be able to identify them and make sure that we learn from them and we try and stop their rise to the top. Because the shareholder damage, the damage of value, the damage of society from narcissistic political leaders is utterly colossal over time. And It's a failure of all of us not to spot these people and weed them out.   Steve Rush: And they're still present in our communities and in our workplaces. And it's spotting some of those traits that will help us call them out.   Atholl Duncan: Slowly.   Steve Rush: Yeah, love it. So as folk have been listening to this, they probably been thinking, how do I get myself a copy of Leaders in Lockdown? And where can I find out a bit more about Atholl work? Where should we send them?   Atholl Duncan: Well, Leaders in Lockdown is available on Amazon. I would say it's available in all good bookshops, but most good book shops are closed at the moment. So, the great Amazon is probably the best place to go. Book Depository if you're elsewhere in the world, because I think they're deliver free of charge. If you want to find out more about Black Isle Group, just check out blackislegroup.com. And there's a little bit more about me on athollduncan.com. That's Atholl with two L's. And the great thing about having a slightly unusual name like Atholl is, if you stick it in Google, you find me quite quickly.   Steve Rush: Can't be many, Atholl Duncan's around.   Atholl Duncan: Not too many.   Steve Rush: Excellent. Well, it's been a super pleasure talking to you. I'm grateful for you taking time out of a busy schedule to be with us. And we're delighted that your part of our Leadership Hacker community, so Atholl Duncan thank you very much for being on the show.   Atholl Duncan: Steve, Thank you. It's been a pleasure.   Steve Rush: Thanks Atholl.     Steve Rush: I genuinely want to say heartfelt thanks for taking time out of your day to listen in too. We do this in the service of helping others, and spreading the word of leadership. Without you listening in, there would be no show. So please subscribe now if you have not done so already. Share this podcast with your communities, network, and help us develop a community and a tribe of leadership hackers. Finally, if you would like me to work with your senior team, your leadership community, keynote an event, or you would like to sponsor an episode. Please connect with us, by our social media. And you can do that by following and liking our pages on Twitter and Facebook our handler there @leadershiphacker. 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In today's episode I interview Zack Bowers about his career at Monty tech. Including his struggles with diabetes and going from Athol to Monty tech --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

In our effort to bring insightful, relevant reporting on local issues and connecting the dots between local, state and national politics, we continue our regional guest features by premiering our conversation with Athol's Mitch Grosky. Our conversation focused on various Economic Development projects for Athol, including new residential opportunities created using former public school buildings and other positive assets that comprise the town's urban core. We also spoke about important issues coming before the Selectboard in the recent future. Public Education matters for the Athol-Royalston School district rounded out our conversation with Mitch Grosky. Mitch is a retired school administrator and educator with a career that spanned more than 40 years in Gardner and Athol.  He is currently on the school committee for the Athol-Royalston school district and is running for Selectboard in 2021.  Mitch is a highly engaged citizen, having served in various voluntary capacities and is a past member of both the Athol-Orange Rotary Club and the Lions Club. You can find Mitch on his very popular Worldview with Mitchell Grosky.     

Today Sam and Dave discuss Lysander Spooner on the Resistance Library Podcast.    Lysander Spooner is an important – and not exactly obscure – figure in the history of the liberty movement. He's an idiosyncratic figure from the 19th century with no small cheerleading section in the 21st century. A bit of a throwback to a very different time, Spooner was a champion of the labor movement and was even a member of the First International at a time when socialists and anarchists coexisted peacefully within that movement.   Perhaps one of the most interesting things about Spooner is that he ran a private company in direct competition with the United States Post Office. This endeavor predictably failed not because the American Letter Mail Company couldn't compete, but because Spooner was hamstrung by lawfare.   Spooner was born in Athol, MA, in 1808, a descendant of Mayflower pilgrims and the second of nine children. His career as a lawyer set the template for the rest of his life's work: Spooner had studied under a number of prominent lawyers (a practice known as “reading law,” which was much more common at the time). However, he did not have a degree and state law required that he study further under a lawyer. He considered this legal discrimination and went ahead and started practicing law anyway.   In 1836, the state legislature got rid of the requirement. Indeed, Spooner was against any legal requirement for licensure of any profession, something that would come up again later on in his battle against the United States Post Office. This was part of Spooner's belief in a natural law, whereby any act of coercion was ipso facto illegal.   Spooner's law practice was not a success, nor were his attempts to dabble in the real estate market. He moved back onto his father's farm in 1840. It was here that he hatched the plan for the American Letter Mail Company.   You can read the full article “Lysander Spooner: The Forgotten History of the Man Who Started the First Private Post Office” at Ammo.com.   For $20 off your $200 purchase, go to https://ammo.com/podcast (a special deal for our listeners).   Follow Sam Jacobs on Twitter: https://twitter.com/SamJacobs1776   And check out our sponsor, Libertas Bella, for all of your favorite 2nd Amendment apparel and Libertarianism shirts at LibertasBella.com.   Helpful Links:  Lysander Spooner: The Forgotten History of the Man Who Started the First Private Post Office Freedom, Individualism, and Anarchy: Great Lysander Spooner Quotes Resistance Library  Sam Jacobs

This week on “Unpacking the Grain Shed,” we will break down what it means to be vertically integrated.  Don Scheuerman, co-owner of The Grain Shed and Palouse Heritage in Endicott, WA, and, Luke Black, founder of Lone Mountain Farms in Athol, ID explain how vertical integration impacts the bottom line and makes cultivating landrace grains and brewing craft beer viable enterprises.