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If you went to prison, what luxury would you bring?Steven Pressley of Talking to Dead Celebrities joins Sandy, JB, and Tricia to unpack Diddy's reported jailhouse perks, then the studio answers get weird: weapons, Sydney Sweeney, weighted blankets, and dogs from the prison-training program. They pivot to Dolly Parton's new Bono song, Amazon coffee delays, and the etiquette of booking dead celebrities through a heavenly Calendly.If you love The JB and Sandy Show, subscribe, leave a review, and share it with a ThunderPop fan.

In this episode of the Ecomm Breakthrough Podcast, host Josh Hadley interviews Michael Maher, founder of Cartology, an Amazon brand management agency. Michael shares his journey from managing a Starbucks to becoming an Amazon seller and agency owner. They discuss key strategies for scaling on Amazon, including the importance of product reviews, compelling visual content, and diversifying product offerings. Michael also recommends Gap Selling and My Utmost for His Highest, highlights Zapier as a productivity tool, and praises Brett Bohannon as a respected Amazon expert. The episode offers practical, actionable advice for e-commerce sellers looking to grow their brands.Timestamps:Introduction to the Ecomm Breakthrough Podcast (00:00:00)Host Josh Hadley introduces the podcast, his consulting service, and today's guest, Michael Maher from the agency Cartology.Michael Maher's E-commerce Journey (00:03:07)Michael shares his story of hating his job, starting with reselling on eBay, and eventually launching on Amazon.Early Challenges and Lessons on Amazon (00:06:11)Michael discusses his initial struggles on Amazon, including a near-suspension, dealing with inaccurate negative reviews, and learning by doing.Impact of Chinese Sellers and Business Failure (00:08:18)Michael explains how Chinese manufacturers entering the market led to the downfall of his first Amazon business due to competition.Actionable Takeaway 1: Product Reviews (00:09:03)Dissect customer reviews to improve your product. Fixing defective inventory is more important than short-term cash flow for long-term success.Actionable Takeaway 2: Creative Content (00:10:58)Use images to visually convey the solution your product provides. Add keyword-rich text to images for better organic ranking.Actionable Takeaway 3: Product Diversification (00:13:09)Focus on bringing new products to market to avoid dependency on a few items and ensure long-term business growth.Final Thoughts on Actionable Takeaways (00:14:28)Michael adds the importance of cutting losing products to free up cash and mental energy, and embracing controlled experimentation.Most Influential Book (00:16:10)Michael recommends "My Utmost for His Highest" for personal challenges and "Gap Selling" for improving his business sales process.Productivity Tool Recommendation (00:17:44)Michael highlights Zapier for automating tasks between different software, saving significant time on administrative work like scheduling and lead management.Respected Figure in E-commerce (00:19:37)Michael recommends following Brett Bohanon ("The Amazon Cowboy") for his practical knowledge and live learning cohort, "Amazon with Brett."How to Connect with Michael Maher (00:21:18)Michael shares the best ways to contact him, including his email, LinkedIn, and the Cartology agency website for more information.Links and Mentions:"Ecomm Breakthrough Consulting": "00:01:00"  "Ecom Balance": "00:02:00"  "Outsource School": "00:02:00"  "TierPeak": "00:05:00"  "Zapier": "00:17:54"  "ClickUp": "00:17:54"  "Calendly": "00:18:50"  "SquadCast": "00:18:50"  "Make (formerly Integromat)": "00:19:32"  "Amazon with Brett": "00:20:52"  Books  "My Utmost for His Highest": "00:16:21"  "Gap Selling": "00:16:21"  Additional Mentions  "The Longer Game Podcast": "00:02:00"Transcripts:Josh Hadley 00:00:00  Welcome to the Ecomm Breakthrough Podcast. I'm your host, Josh Hadley, where I interview the top business leaders in e-commerce. Past guests include Kevin King, Michael E Gerber, author of the Emmett and Howard Ty. Today I'm speaking with Michael Maher, the owner and visionary for Cartology, a custom done for you services agency that provides full spectrum management for brands on Amazon. And we're going to be talking a lot about the experience he has in seeing what is actually working today to help scale brands on Amazon, and we're going to dive into those specific strategies. This episode is brought to you by Ecomm Breakthrough Consulting, where I help seven figure companies grow to eight figures and beyond. Listen, Michael, I started my business back in 2015 and I grew it to an eight figure brand in seven years, but I made a lot of mistakes along the way. That made the path of getting to eight figures take a lot longer than it needed to. There were times where I had self-doubt in myself as a leader, where whether I could actually run and lead a team of people, or whether my business could actually survive on the Amazon Marketplace, or if we would have the cash flow to be able to purchase new products in order to continue to grow.Josh Hadley 00:01:11  I wish I would have had a guide along the way that would have made getting there a lot quicker and easier to help me navigate around those stumbling blocks I ran into. So to our listeners, those of you who are running into similar obstacles or you're hitting plateaus and you want to know the next steps to t...

 What good is living longer if we're not living well while we're here? That's pretty much the whole idea behind my Wellness Wednesday show, Keeping the 'Live' in Alive! Every week I go poking around for interesting things that might help us feel better, stay stronger, keep our brains working, have more fun, connect with other humans — and maybe learn something we didn't know yesterday. And this past week? I covered everything from fat bears in Alaska to creatine, younger brains, cellular "battery swaps," cold calls and why we all need a little more adventure. Fat Bear Week Is Down to the Final Two — and I'm Following This Yes, this is actually a thing — and I love it. Every year, Alaska's Katmai National Park celebrates its brown bears as they bulk up before hibernation. People around the world follow the bears on live cameras at Explore.org and vote during Fat Bear Week. Millions of people have gotten hooked on watching these magnificent creatures catch salmon, raise their cubs and basically eat like there's no tomorrow — because for hibernation purposes, there kind of isn't. September 29, is the Fat Bear Week 2026 FINAL. The final two are Bear #89 "Backpack" vs. Bear #910. Backpack narrowly beat #164 "Bucky Dent," while #910 defeated #132 and her three cubs in yesterday's semifinals. My engineer Bob pulled up the live bear cam while I was on the air and suddenly, we were watching bears fishing for lunch during my radio show.  Too bad it isn't that easy for humans to pick up some salmon for dinner. LOL    HOW DO YOU WARM UP A COLD CALL WHEN NOBODY GIVES YOU A NUMBER TO CALL? Remember when you actually called somebody you wanted to do business with? Now we have LinkedIn, email, texts, DMs, WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook, contact forms, Calendly links — and somehow with ALL these ways to communicate, it sometimes feels harder than ever to actually connect. My conclusion? Relationships are everything. And being older has an advantage: we've had more time to put good people "in the bank." But you still must make new relationships. My advice: Be human. Be warm. Have some personality. Use somebody's name. Tell them why you thought of them. And for heaven's sake, if you're pitching somebody, include your full name, company, phone number and website! Please don't make me conduct a small FBI investigation to figure out who you are. LOL. And if somebody doesn't respond? Give them the benefit of the doubt and follow up. Your brilliant message may simply be sitting in their junk folder.   A RARE GLP-1 VISION CONCERN WORTH KNOWING ABOUT One health story really caught my attention. A 66-year-old woman who had been taking Wegovy reported suddenly losing vision in one eye and was diagnosed with a rare condition called NAION, sometimes described as a type of "stroke" of the optic nerve. The possible connection between semaglutide drugs and NAION is being studied, and the show discussion noted that researchers have not established that GLP-1 medications caused this individual case. The condition has been described as a very rare potential risk, and the overall benefits of these medications may still greatly outweigh the risk for appropriate patients. Still, it's information worth knowing — and worth discussing with your own doctor, especially if you experience any sudden vision changes. CAN EXERCISE ACTUALLY HELP KEEP YOUR BRAIN YOUNGER? We know exercise helps the heart, muscles, bones and waistline. But what about your brain? I talked about new research involving postmenopausal women suggesting that regular aerobic exercise may improve executive function and measures associated with brain health. So maybe we need to stop thinking about exercise only as something we do to look younger. Maybe we should be moving to help our brains stay younger. Now that motivates me.   CREATINE ISN'T JUST FOR BODYBUILDERS ANYMORE This one surprised me. I've always associated creatine with my daughter, son-in-law and people pumping iron at the gym. Apparently, I need to update my thinking. Research is increasingly looking at creatine in connection with muscle preservation, strength, healthy aging and potentially brain health. And maintaining muscle becomes incredibly important as we get older — particularly during weight loss, when we don't want to lose valuable lean tissue along with the fat. My takeaway? Creatine has officially made it onto my "I need to learn more about this" list.  CELLS GIVING OTHER CELLS NEW "BATTERIES"? This may have been the coolest science story of the show. Stanford Medicine researchers have been studying how healthy cells from bone marrow transplants can transfer mitochondria — essentially the energy-producing machinery inside our cells — to unhealthy neighboring cells. Think of it as one cell saying: "Hey, your battery is dying. Here — take mine." Obviously, the actual science is a whole lot more complicated than that, LOL, but the research could have implications for certain rare mitochondrial diseases. Every time I read something like this, I'm reminded how many brilliant people are out there trying to solve problems that once seemed impossible.   "MOVEMENT LONGEVITY" — NOW THERE'S A PHRASE I LIKE Jennifer Aniston has been talking about something called movement longevity — shifting the conversation about fitness away from punishment and appearance and toward something much more important: Staying capable. Strength. Mobility. Stability. Being able to get up, get out, travel, carry things, bend down, play with the grandkids and keep doing the things that make your life YOUR life. I've changed my own thinking about exercise lately. Some days I just tell myself: MOVE. Get away from the computer. Get outside. Walk. Stretch. Do something. Because the goal isn't simply looking better. The goal is staying in the game.  WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU HAD AN ADVENTURE? I believe adventure belongs in the wellness prescription. There's growing interest in the connection between outdoor adventure, nature, physical challenges, social connection and our physical and psychological well-being. And adventure doesn't have to mean climbing the Matterhorn. Although one of my best friends seems to be somewhere around the world doing exactly that every time she sends me another photo. LOL. It could mean riding your bike on a trail. Going somewhere you've never been. Taking the longer drive. Making a left instead of the right you always make. Trying something that pushes you just a little beyond your comfort zone. We even talked about Survivor. Strip away the TV drama and think about what's happening: unfamiliar environments, problem-solving, teamwork, physical challenges, adapting under pressure and figuring things out with other human beings. That's a pretty good recipe for keeping your brain — and your life — engaged.   THE DAILY TOAST I ended the show with this thought: Here's to never getting too old to try something new, go somewhere different or surprise yourself. You don't need to be on Survivor to have an adventure. You just need to keep saying YES to life. Here's to Keeping the 'Live' in Alive! Cheers, my friends. Onward! Debbie  

What happens when the life you worked so hard to build no longer feels the way you thought it would? In this special episode of Monday Morning Mojo, I'm sharing an edited recording from the live pre-launch celebration of my new book, Getting Back to You. But this conversation is about much more than a book. I share the personal season that led me to start questioning how I was living and leading. From the outside, I had built a successful career and a life I was incredibly grateful for. But underneath the accomplishments, I was exhausted, overwhelmed, disconnected, and beginning to recognize that something was out of alignment. That realization led to a much bigger question: Does the life you've created still fit the person you're becoming? In this episode, we explore: Why exhaustion isn't always simply about having too much to do What can happen when we spend years putting ourselves last The difference between achievement and constantly performing Why you have permission to change as you evolve How misalignment can show up even when life looks successful from the outside Rebuilding self-trust, boundaries, and connection to what matters now The story behind Getting Back to You and the RETURN Method Why I believe our experiences can become something that helps someone else You don't have to walk away from your ambition or stop pursuing meaningful goals. Sometimes the next chapter simply asks you to stop operating according to expectations, habits, and identities that no longer fit. My hope is that this conversation gives you permission to ask yourself some different questions and to listen closely to the answers. Getting Back to You and the companion workbook are available now on Amazon. Link to the book on Amazon https://a.co/d/0e8XMdUd Link to the workbook on Amazon https://a.co/d/0d9psxTR  Learn more: GettingBackToYouBook.com Connect with Anna: CoachAnnaGibbs.com Resources: Anna's Build Your Best Life Journal Ep 137: What If It's Not Burnout with Special Guest Shana Ackles Journal Prompts: Am I in alignment with my goals? Am I giving myself enough self-love and care or do I feel burnt out? What steps do I need to take to get realigned with my life and goals? Connect with Anna: Monday Morning Mojo Facebook Group Facebook  Instagram Watch the Monday Morning Mojo Video on YouTube To set up a discovery call with Anna visit Calendly.com/annagibbs  To learn more about coaching with Anna visit  coachannagibbs.com To learn more about the supplements and products Anna uses to improve her overall health and well-being visit: https://plexusworldwide.com/annagibbs  Learn more about the makeup and skincare company Anna uses that also makes donations to important women's causes. It's bigger than beauty.

Guest: Chandra Lynn, Best Selling AuthorEps. #138: Root to Rise: How to Love LifeShow: Inspired Conversations with Kim EvansHost: Kim Evans, MAStreaming now on all major platforms.https:www.kimMevans.com/podcastIn this episode of Inspired Conversations with Kim Evans.Kim sits down with transformation coach, speaker, and Amazon bestselling author Chandra Lynn for a powerful conversation inspired by her book, Root-to-Rise: How to Love Life.Chandra shares the wisdom behind her Root-to-Rise framework, what transformation truly requires, and how we can reconnect with ourselves and create a life we genuinely love.Chandra Lynn Bio:Chandra Lynn is a certified transformation coach, speaker, and Amazon bestselling author of Root-to-Rise: How to Love Life. She holds an MBA in Marketing and brings more than 20 years of experience advising major brands, including Apple and Mercedes-Benz.  She is the creator of the Root-to-Rise framework and founder of Glow Living, where she helps people reconnect with themselves, create meaningful transformation, and build lives they genuinely love.Links & Special Offers:ChandraLynn.comSigned copy of Root-to-Rise: How to Love Life — 25% off with code RISE25glowliving.etsy.comLife Lounge — 3 Months Free:https://bit.ly/4ah7lVI-------------------------------------------MORE ABOUT KIM EVANS Host of Inspired ConversationsListed under KME Coaching on all Streams.More About Host- Kim Evans, MAOwner 2GORJIS Facial Spa, KME Coaching and The Kim Evans Business & Wellness Accelerator for Womenpreneurswww.kimgems.com Ready to scale their business online.ABOUT Websites:https://www.kimMevans.comhttps://www.2gorjisbeauty.comBUSINESS COACHINGhttps://www.kimgems.comJoin our Business Accelerator:Our Private Business Coaching & Mentorship Program

Mijn grootste inzicht in 11 jaar in dit werkveld.We willen er allemaal bij horen.Bij een gezin. Een vriendengroep. Een community. Een relatie. Een team. Een beweging.Erbij horen is een diep menselijke behoefte. Maar wat als je, om onderdeel te kunnen zijn van het geheel, steeds een stukje van jezelf achterlaat?In deze aflevering van de Cheerleader Podcast neem ik je mee in wat volgens mij één van de belangrijkste bewegingen is die we hier op aarde te maken hebben: leren om onderdeel te zijn van het geheel, zonder jezelf te verlaten.Want echte verbinding vraagt niet dat jij jezelf aanpast, kleiner maakt of kwijtraakt. Juist wanneer je jezelf kunt blijven voelen terwijl je verbonden bent met anderen, ontstaat er iets anders.Je kunt loyaal zijn aan de groep én loyaal blijven aan jezelf.En precies daar zit voor mij een belangrijke sleutel tot persoonlijke en spirituele groei.In deze aflevering vertel ik over je plek innemen, grenzen voelen, verbinding, intuïtie en de beweging van je ziel. Over hoe begrenzing er juist voor kan zorgen dat je dieper in je lichaam aanwezig kunt zijn. En hoe je, wanneer je jezelf steeds beter leert voelen, ook beter kunt horen wat je intuïtie je vertelt en wat jouw ziel hier op aarde te doen heeft.We hebben het onder andere over:​Waarom de behoefte om erbij te horen zo sterk kan zijn​Hoe je jezelf ongemerkt kunt verlaten om onderdeel te blijven van een groep​Het verschil tussen verbinding en versmelting​Loyaal zijn aan anderen zonder ontrouw te worden aan jezelf​Waarom grenzen niet alleen afstand creëren, maar juist diepe verbinding mogelijk kunnen maken​Je ziel laten incarneren en steeds meer aanwezig zijn in je lichaam​Contact maken met je intuïtie en je eigen innerlijke kompas​Voelen wat van jou is en wat bij een ander hoort​Je eigen plek innemen in het grotere geheel​Ontdekken wat jouw ziel hier op aarde te doen heeft​ Verder werken met mijMerk je dat jezelf aanpassen, zorgen voor anderen, je verantwoordelijk voelen of jezelf verlaten diep verbonden is met de relatie met je moeder? In mijn Moederwond-training werken we systemisch met deze laag en met de patronen die vanuit de moederlijn zijn ontstaan.https://babette.plugandpay.nl/checkout/moederwondtrainingAlleengeboren TweelingVoor een alleengeboren tweeling kunnen thema's als verbinding, versmelting, verlies, grenzen en het gevoel dat er iemand ontbreekt nóg een andere laag hebben. In mijn training over de alleengeboren tweeling onderzoeken we wat het betekent wanneer jouw allereerste verbinding al in de baarmoeder begon en werd verbroken.https://babette.plugandpay.nl/checkout/tweeling1:1 met mij werkenVoel je dat je klaar bent om dieper te kijken naar de patronen die je nog tegenhouden om volledig jouw eigen plek in te nemen? Je kunt een intake plannen voor mijn 1:1 begeleiding.Calendly.com/babettetasseron/intake

How a Monthly Calendar Audit Improves Productivity When was the last time you looked back at your calendar and asked whether all those meetings, commitments and hours were actually a good use of your time? In this episode of the Accounting Apps Podcast, I unpack the monthly calendar audit I use to understand where my time has gone, identify follow-ups that may have slipped through the cracks, and question activities that perhaps should not be there at all. My process combines Google Workspace, Google Calendar, Google Apps Script and Google Sheets to turn a month of calendar activity into something I can review line by line. Colour coding and categorisation help me separate personal activities, non-billable administration, speaking engagements, podcasting, writing, CPD and other commitments. The audit is not simply about productivity. It gives me distance from my calendar so I can consider my energy levels, protect productive hours, manage meetings more deliberately and ask whether the technology supporting my workflow still makes sense. Key Takeaways Audit where your time actually goes. Reviewing your calendar at the end of each month can highlight low-value commitments, non-billable work and meetings that took significant time without delivering meaningful outcomes. Use calendar colour coding and categorisation. Google Calendar categories make it easier to group activities and understand the balance between personal time, client work, administration, CPD, speaking, writing and other commitments. Protect your productive hours and energy. A calendar audit can reveal patterns around when you do your best thinking, whether meetings are consuming those productive periods, and whether late-night international commitments require additional buffer time. Use the audit as a second check for follow-ups. Looking back over meetings can prompt forgotten action points, unanswered requests, CPD that needs recording, projects that need finalising or conversations that require another follow-up. Audit the technology as well as the calendar. Calendly offers useful functionality such as meeting buffers and automated emails, but Google also provides appointment scheduling. Reviewing overlapping technology can identify opportunities to simplify workflows and reduce subscriptions. A calendar audit takes time. Mine can take two or three hours, but that is partly because I use the process to stop, think and review what happened during the month. It gives me an opportunity to ask some useful questions. Why did I take that meeting? Did anything come from it? Should it have been an hour, or would 15 minutes have been enough? Am I protecting my capacity and bandwidth? Is my calendar supporting the way I want to work? The goal is not to create the perfect calendar. It is to become more deliberate about where time and energy are going, recognise what is working, and make better-informed choices about what deserves space in the calendar next month. Episode resources and links: Descript, Camtasia, ChatGPT, Google Workspace, Google Calendar, Google Apps Script, Google Sheets, Calendly, Microsoft    If this episode helped you, the best way to support the show is to leave a review somewhere as it helps more people find us. And if you want to continue the conversation, come find me Heather Smith | Accountant and Storyteller on:   LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/HeatherSmithAU/  Accounting Apps newsletter: http://accountingapps.io/  Accounting Apps Mastermind: https://www.facebook.com/groups/XeroMasterMind  YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/ANISEConsulting  X: https://twitter.com/HeatherSmithAU   

When a client asks for a rebrand, the instinct is obvious: change it. New logo. New look. New everything.But what if the smartest design decision is knowing what NOT to change?In this episode of The Angry Designer, Massimo and Shawn break down Calendly's latest rebrand, revisit the controversial identity it replaced, and question why Graphic Designers feel so much pressure to redesign everything just to prove their value.Because great design isn't about how much you change. It's knowing what actually needs changing.In this episode, you'll discover: Why Graphic Designers are often pushed to overdesign  How to know when to keep, evolve, or completely overhaul a brand  Why restraint may be one of the hardest skills for a Graphic Designer to learn From Calendly and Pentagram to Burger King and Cracker Barrel, this episode looks past whether a logo simply "looks good" and asks the question Graphic Designers should be asking first:Does this actually need to change?Stay Angry our Friends –––––––––––Join Anger Management for Designers Newsletter at https://tinyurl.com/mr4bb4j3Want to see more?  See uncut episodes on our YouTube channel at youtube.com/theangrydesigner Read our blog posts on our website TheAngryDesigner.comJoin in the conversation on our Instagram Instagram.com/TheAngryDesignerPodcast

Getting Back to You is officially out now!

Watch & Subscribe on YouTube @marladiann  What brings you joy—and what might that joy be trying to tell you? We tend to think of joy as something we experience when life is going well. A reward. A vacation. A beautiful dinner. Time with people we love. But what if joy is much more useful than that? What if joy is information? In this solo episode of Follow Your Joy, I'm taking you deeper into the philosophy behind the podcast and a life and business strategy I've personally relied on for years: Joy is not simply the reward. Joy is your compass. An unexpected invitation to speak to a Kiwanis group about the meaning of Follow Your Joy caused me to look at my own platform with fresh eyes. I realized that underneath more than 100 conversations about entrepreneurship, reinvention, intuition, creativity, and life change is one consistent thread: People change the trajectory of their lives when they're willing to listen to what lights them up—and become curious about where it might be leading them. In this personal conversation, I explore:  • Why joy can become a compass for life, work, and reinvention • The difference between happiness and a deeper commitment to joy • Why curiosity may be your intuition tapping you on the shoulder • How to recognize when something you've tolerated is no longer working • Why intuition and body wisdom need a voice alongside logic and reasoning • My own experience with burnout and the journey to Italy that changed how I live and work • Why our culture's devotion to productivity can quietly disconnect us from ourselves • The feminine and masculine energies available to all of us—and why we need both • Why choosing joy during difficult times isn't irresponsible or disloyal • What more than 100 Follow Your Joy conversations have taught me about the human spirit I also share why I believe meaningful change asks something very different of us than simply thinking harder. Heart. Belief. Courage. Trust. Faith. Our rational brains want predictability, evidence, and certainty. But our evolution doesn't always make logical sense at first. Sometimes we need to listen to our body and intuition first—and then invite that beautiful brain back in to help us execute. I also take you inside the burnout that became one of the most important turning points of my life. It eventually led me to Italy, where I experienced a very different relationship with work, quality of life, pleasure, connection, and joy. That experience became the foundation of the feminine-masculine blend I teach today: integrating intuition, creativity, spirituality, play, imagination, receiving and vision with the equally valuable strengths of structure, logic, execution, planning, and action. And I share what's unfolding now with Reverie + Velvet, my reinvention after 18 years of Marla Diann Mentoring International, and my upcoming appearance at the Transformation Gap Virtual Summit, September 24–29, alongside more than 100 experts from around the world. As we close, I leave you with something to sit with, journal about, or simply notice: What brings me joy—and what might that joy be trying to tell me? Because joy is much more than a feeling. It may be pointing you toward your Elegant Way Forward. Resources + Links: The Transformation Gap Virtual Summit | September 24–29 Free registration: https://tinyurl.com/gap-summit The Portal of Joy Explore hand-selected downloads, journals, courses, special offers, resources and gifts from Follow Your Joy guests: https://marladiann.com/podcast/portal/ Kicking off the fall and final quarter of the year, I have several private spots for a 90-minute Identity + Next Chapter Strategy Session 90 – minutes ($100 savings) for women ready to explore where their current identity may—or may not—be supporting the next chapter they desire. It includes preparation before our session, a 30-minute progress session two weeks later, and as a bonus, my Feminine Power Feelings Journal, with prompts designed to help you begin reconnecting with and expressing emotions you've habitually suppressed. Use my Calendly link to have a chat about your identity that is creating your next chapter. https://calendly.com/successcoach-marladiann/connection -Marla's Amazon Lifestyle Influencer Store – shop for favorites https://www.amazon.com/shop/marla_diann  

Every placement season, your career services team has dozens of conversations — employer feedback after an interview, the real reason behind a rejection, a student's confidence gap — that vanish the moment they end. PLAY [SCOUT], The Career Services Intelligence System is a four-stream capture method — Employer Signal, Conversion & Rejection, Readiness & Confidence, and Trajectory — for turning what your career services team already hears into intelligence a director, curriculum committee, or program team can actually use, not knowledge that walks out the door. The Play is now available at http://rgalsup.com/scout  Need support? Three Ways to Engage – All Free I built the Playbook to be useful, not to be sold. That means no paywalls, no retainers, and nothing to register for just to read the work. Read the Plays. Every Play is free at https://rgalsup.com/grad-program-intake-playbook/.  Start wherever your program needs the most help — each one stands on its own. Office Hours. I host free monthly office hours on specific Playbook topics, built around real conversations with people working on the same problems you are. One-time registration is required. The meetings occur monthly, on the third Tuesday at 11:00 AM EST. Click here to register. Talk to me directly. If something here is hitting close to home for your program — faculty enablement, hidden data in your platforms, evidence that nobody is using — I would genuinely like to hear about it. Free one-on-one conversations are available via Calendly. Click here to schedule a One-on-one with Rodney. Please book any available slot that works for you, as my schedule fills up fast. The offer is open. Let's make a difference one play at a time. Rodney G. Alsup, D.B.A., CPA, CITP Professor Emeritus

Most of us didn't grow up learning about venture capital — it can feel like a world you're either born into or invited into by elite networks. This week, Jannese sits down with Lolita Taub, General Partner at Ganas Ventures, who has done it all: founder, angel, LP, GP, and ecosystem builder. Lolita breaks down what venture capital actually is (no jargon, promise), how to become an accredited investor without a six-figure salary, and why the questions investors ask founders of color are so different from the ones they ask everyone else. If you've ever felt like investing — or raising money — "isn't for you," this episode is your invitation to the table.WE GET INTO:01:55 — Growing up in South Central LA & lessons about money03:39 — "Echale ganas": the origin of Ganas Ventures05:51 — From USC to big tech: IBM, Cisco & finding her "tribe"07:45 — The interview series that introduced her to venture capital09:12 — Breaking into VC and building her own fund10:25 — Representation in venture & the Siete Foods story11:37 — What venture capital actually means, no jargon13:23 — VC vs. lotto tickets: the real odds14:24 — What makes a business "venture backable"15:01 — Bootstrap vs. raise: the Calendly story17:11 — Why full control means skipping VC money18:50 — Crowdfunding and other accessible ways to invest19:20 — What is an accredited investor (and how to become one without the income)22:07 — The risk of taking money from unaccredited investors24:51 — Bias, pedigree, and the double standard for founders of color31:25 — How to actually get started as an investor34:03 — Angel checks vs. VC checks: how much you really need35:03 — Overcoming imposter syndrome & belonging in venture36:24 — The size of the Latino economy & rising unicorn foundersKEY TAKEAWAYS:→ Venture capital is money businesses raise to grow fast but most small businesses shouldn't raise it, and bootstrapping is often the smarter move.→ You don't need to be a millionaire to become an accredited investor — working at a fund or taking a certification course can qualify you.→ Angel investors can write checks as small as $100 through platforms like crowdfunding sites, angel syndicates, and groups like Hustle Fund's Angel Squad.→ Founders of color get asked "why won't you fail" while their counterparts get asked "how big is your vision" — know this bias exists and come prepared with hard numbers.→ If the Latino community were its own economy, it would be the third largest in the world. The opportunity in this space is massive!→ Imposter syndrome is normal. Belonging doesn't require certainty; it requires showing up.CONNECT WITH LOLITA:Website: lolitataub.co Instagram: https://instagram.com/lolitatatub TAKE THE NEXT STEP WITH YO QUIERO DINERO:

Happening this week! Anna's upcoming book, Getting Back to You is coming out September 17th!  In this deeply personal episode of Monday Morning Mojo, Anna shares an excerpt from Chapter 8 of her new book, Getting Back to You, and opens up about her own experience of realizing that survival, high performance, and constantly pushing forward had quietly become an operating system she no longer needed. She explores the difference between functioning well and actually being well, and how easy it is for high-achieving women to become so capable at carrying responsibility that they stop noticing what it is costing them. Anna also introduces the idea of absorption, what happens when we unconsciously take on the energy, behaviors, communication styles, and expectations of the environments around us. While adaptation can be an important part of growth, there comes a point when adapting without awareness can move us further away from our authentic selves. The book releases September 17 and will be available in paperback, hardcover, and Kindle, with an audiobook also in the works. To learn more about the book and join the waiting list, visit gettingbacktoyoubook.com. Resources Mentioned in the Show: Anna's Build Your Best Life Journal Journal Prompts: Am I feeling a pull that something in my life needs to shift or change? Am I making myself a priority? Am I paying attention to my emotional and physical needs? Quotes to Remember: Our strengths can become our weaknesses when we stop managing them. Recalibration is quietly and confidently adjusting your course so that you can release what no longer fits. Everything you need already lives within you. Connect with Anna: To learn more about Anna's upcoming book go to: gettingbacktoyoubook.com Monday Morning Mojo Facebook Group Facebook  Instagram Watch the Monday Morning Mojo Video on YouTube To set up a discovery call with Anna visit Calendly.com/annagibbs  To learn more about coaching with Anna visit  coachannagibbs.com To learn more about the supplements and products Anna uses to improve her overall health and well-being visit: https://plexusworldwide.com/annagibbs  Learn more about the makeup and skincare company Anna uses that also makes donations to important women's causes. It's bigger than beauty.

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Tope Awotona had no co-founder, no coding ability, and three failed startups behind him. None of that stopped him — today, Calendly is worth $3 billion, used by over 20 million people in 230+ countries, and adopted by 86% of the Fortune 500. In this episode, I break down exactly how a non-technical founder built one of the most capital-efficient startup success stories of the last decade — and what you can actually steal from his playbook. What you'll learn: How he chose the idea that finally worked, after two failures  How he built a $3 billion company completely alone, with no co-founder, ever How to tell if a development team actually believes in your product, not just your budget How running out of money by accident became Calendly's biggest growth engine Want to build a tech venture as a non-technical founder? Our Non-Technical Founders' Product Accelerator program is for you.  People have used it to build apps and platforms, raise funding and completely change their careers.  Timestamps: 00:00 – How Calendly's founder ran out of money by accident 02:23 – Listener shoutout and podcast review 03:04 – Meet Tope Awotona, Calendly's non-technical founder 04:43 – Calendly's $3 billion growth story 07:05 – Why sales, not coding, built Calendly 09:21 – The 3 failed startups before Calendly 11:39 – Why Calendly had no technical co-founder 14:06 – Paying $200K to outsourced developers 16:29 – How Calendly went viral by accident 21:18 – Fundraising only after proving traction 25:26 – 6 lessons for non-technical founders Follow and Review: We'd love for you to follow us if you haven't yet. Click that purple '+' in the top right corner of your Apple Podcasts app. We'd love it even more if you could drop an honest review on Apple Podcasts. Simply select "Ratings and Reviews" and "Write a Review" then a quick line with your favorite part of the episode. It only takes a second and it helps spread the word about the podcast. Listen to our podcast on: Apple Spotify YouTube Audible Pandora Transcript: https://www.techfornontechies.co/blog/320-calendly-the-$3bn-non-technical-founder-success-story

This episode is a full, unedited live call from inside the Coliving Cashflow Academy. No script, no polish, just Neil Gibb answering members' questions and then dropping something he only worked out in the last few weeks. The first half is open Q&A. A member is mid-purchase on a Subiaco conversion, so Neil pulls up the floor plan live and reworks it on screen: where the ensuites go, how to keep the natural light legal under the National Construction Code, why you run the sewer through the garage, and where the smoke alarms and evacuation lighting have to sit. There's a straight answer on Class 1B and universal access bathrooms (which councils actually ask for it, and what it costs you when they do), plus the hard-won rule on feasibilities: three quotes for every single trade, because the spread between them can be $15,000 on the same job. The second half is the one to sit up for. Neil walks through the REAP strategy (Recycle Equity, Assets Paid off) and how nine bedroom rooming houses in Melbourne are being valued on a 7% cap rate instead of comparable sales. Build for $1.5 million, valued at $1.9 million on completion, refinance and pull most of your cash straight back out. He shows a real JLL valuation on a Geelong block, breaks down a full deal line by line, and explains why every $10 a week you add to a room rate adds around $60,000 to the value of the property. He also covers what the negative gearing and CGT changes are quietly doing to rental supply, why investors leaving the market pushes room rates (and therefore valuations) up, and why he'd still underdevelop a Perth infill site to get better returns than a standard duplex. In this episode: Class 1B, universal access bathrooms, and which councils are really asking Getting feasibility numbers you can trust, and the three quote rule A live floor plan rework on a real Subiaco conversion Using AI to write a scope of works in 15 minutes Fire safety: hardwired interconnected alarms and evacuation lighting Why Melbourne, and why now, on market cycles Cap rate valuations explained, and how they work in reverse The full deal: $1.6M in, $182K gross rent, $1.85M valuation Debt free in 12 to 20 years on room rate growth alone Land tax exemption and planning exempt approvals in Victoria A real pre-construction valuation from JLL on a Geelong block Is subdivision still stacking up in Perth? These calls run every fortnight inside the Academy. If you want to be in the room asking the questions rather than hearing about it afterwards, start here: https://thehmopropertyco.com/the-academy/

COMING SOON! Anna's upcoming book, Getting Back to You is coming out soon! To be the first to hear about it, click here to get on her list! What does it really mean to lead in a way that creates an impact long after the moment has passed? In this episode Anna sits down with Linda Fisk, Chairwoman of LeadHERship Global, multi-award-winning CEO, international bestselling author, speaker, and passionate advocate for women in leadership, for a conversation about leadership, legacy, and leverage. Together, they explore what separates simply doing the work from truly leading, why some of the qualities traditionally labeled as “soft skills” may actually be a leader's greatest strengths, and how the people we surround ourselves with can dramatically shape how far we grow. In this episode, you'll hear about: Why leadership is ultimately about impact, not title What it means to lead with both heart and mind Why confidence can remain a challenge even for accomplished women Why every leader needs a trusted circle of advisors and how to develop your own Linda's simple gratitude practice for keeping her Monday Morning Mojo This conversation is a powerful reminder that how we lead matters, who we bring alongside us matters, and the greatest measure of our success may ultimately be the impact we leave behind. Resources Mentioned in the Show: Anna's Build Your Best Life Journal Journal Prompts: How am I taking leadership of my projects? How am I going above and beyond what's expected of me? Quotes to Remember: In order to have an abundant life, you have to figure out what you love doing, which will change as you get older. Self-confidence is linked to almost every single element involved in a happy and fulfilling life. Even in your business life, everything is personal. Connect with Linda: LinkedIn LeadHERship Global on LinkedIn LeadHERship Global website Connect with Anna: To learn more about Anna's upcoming book go to: gettingbacktoyoubook.com Monday Morning Mojo Facebook Group Facebook  Instagram Watch the Monday Morning Mojo Video on YouTube To set up a discovery call with Anna visit Calendly.com/annagibbs  To learn more about coaching with Anna visit  coachannagibbs.com To learn more about the supplements and products Anna uses to improve her overall health and well-being visit: https://plexusworldwide.com/annagibbs  Learn more about the makeup and skincare company Anna uses that also makes donations to important women's causes. It's bigger than beauty.

Erica Jankowski, AlohaErica.com, explained the importance of email marketing as an often-underestimated tool, discussing strategies for automated responses, personal follow-ups, and maintaining engagement with potential clients through valuable content. She emphasized using service guides, clear calls to action, and scheduling tools like Calendly to streamline the booking process. Erica also shared practical tips for effective email communication and relationship building in the wedding industry through vendor newsletters. @erica_jankowski_

Most program directors carry a running list of questions they don't have time to answer, and tools they don't have time to build. RFP — Request for Partnership — is a one-page brief for turning those open questions into research and design partnerships with faculty, classes, and thesis students already on your own campus, in exchange for real feedback on what happened to their work. The Play is now available at http://rgalsup.com/rfp  Need support? Three Ways to Engage – All Free I built the Playbook to be useful, not to be sold. That means no paywalls, no retainers, and nothing to register for just to read the work. Read the Plays. Every Play is free at https://rgalsup.com/grad-program-intake-playbook/.  Start wherever your program needs the most help — each one stands on its own. Join a free webinar. I host free monthly webinars on specific Playbook topics, built around real conversations with people working on the same problems you are. One-time registration is required. The meetings occur monthly, on the third Tuesday at 11:00 AM EST. Click here to register. Talk to me directly. If something here is hitting close to home for your program — faculty enablement, hidden data in your platforms, evidence that nobody is using — I would genuinely like to hear about it. Free one-on-one conversations are available via Calendly. Click here to schedule a One-on-one with Rodney. Please book any available slot that works for you, as my schedule fills up fast. The offer is open. Let's make a difference one play at a time.

Mortgage rates are climbing toward 7%, not the 5.99% many expected. I break down why: oil prices, global bond yields, AI debt, and the Fed's next move, plus what it means for your monthly payment.

Text your thoughts and questions!Do you ever wonder what tools are actually behind a productivity coach's own systems? Last week Lisa walked through the seven techniques she uses daily to keep her life and business running. This week, she's going deeper into the tech stack—the actual tools—behind those techniques. But this isn't a "best tools" list. It's Lisa's preferred tools list: the ones she's chosen, stuck with, adapted, or swapped out over time.In this episode, Lisa shares her personal tech stack, from the analog-meets-digital RocketBook for note-taking, to Todoist for fast, low-friction task capture, to the Google Suite that touches nearly every other tool on her list. She covers how Calendly eliminates scheduling back-and-forth, why Trello still fits her brain for visual project tracking (podcast guest pipelines and even recipe organization), and how ClickUp supports her podcast production workflow with her team. She also talks through Kit (formerly ConvertKit) for email automation and e-commerce, Canva for design and training recordings, and Riverside for high-quality remote podcast recording. Lisa closes with a few honorable mentions—WordPress/Divi, Voxer and WhatsApp for async coaching, and built-in social media schedulers—and reinforces the guiding principle behind every choice: process over platform. She figured out what she needed each tool to do for her before she ever committed to it, and that's the mindset she wants listeners to carry into their own tool decisions.Key Takeaways:Discover why "process over platform" should guide every tech tool decision, not the other way around.Learn how RocketBook bridges analog note-taking with digital storage for easy reference and sharing.Explore why Todoist's simplicity and low friction make it ideal for fast task capture and recurring tasks.Understand how Google Calendar, Drive, and Docs form the backbone of scheduling, storage, and writing workflows.Learn how Calendly integrates with Google Calendar to eliminate scheduling confusion and automate confirmations and reminders.Discover how Trello's Kanban-style boards support both project tracking (podcast guest spots) and personal organization (recipes).Explore why sometimes the best tool is the one your collaborators already use, like ClickUp for podcast production.Learn how Kit consolidated email automation and e-commerce into one streamlined platform.Discover how Canva simplifies design work and even supports recorded training presentations.Understand why Riverside's local recording ensures clean, reliable podcast audio and video quality.Explore honorable mentions like WordPress/Divi, Voxer/WhatsApp, and built-in social media schedulers.Learn why switching tools should only happen when it's genuinely worth the time and cost.Thank you for listening! If you enjoyed this episode, take a screenshot of the episode to post in your stories and tag me!  And don't forget to follow, rate, and review the podcast and tell me your key takeaways!Learn more about Positively LivingⓇ and Lisa at https://positivelyproductive.com/podcast/Stop trying to fit into someone else's productivity rules! Grab my free Productivity Toolkit, a collection of workbooks designed to help you explore how you work, uncover what truly matters to you, and create your very own energy-friendly systems. Get it here: www.positivelyproductive.com/plpkitCONNECT WITH LISA ZAWROTNY:FacebookInstagramResourcesWork with Lisa! LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:Episode 178 7 Techniques and Tools Used by a Productivity ExpertTech Tools PlaylistPositively Productive Resources LibraryBook a Clarity CallAsync CoachingProductivity Toolkit(Find links to books/gear on the Positively Productive Resources Page.)Dance Song Playlist V1, V2, V3Music by Ian and Jeff ZawrotnyStart your own podcast with Buzzsprout!Request this Toolkit and other free resources at the Resources Page.

Most of us don't struggle to set goals. The bigger challenge is bridging the gap between the goal we've set and what we're actually doing today to achieve it. In this episode of Monday Morning Mojo, Anna breaks down Goal Setting to the Now, a concept she first learned through The ONE Thing by Gary Keller and Jay Papasan and has used for years in business, leadership, and strategic planning. You'll learn how to work backward from the future you want to create and turn a big goal into a clear, actionable plan—right down to what deserves your attention today. In this episode: Why meaningful goal setting begins with your vision, mission, and values How to use a 1-3-5 to turn one goal into three priorities and specific strategies How the 4-1-1 connects your annual goal to what needs to happen this month and this week The difference between lead and lag measures and why activity drives results How to identify your ONE Thing and protect time for your highest priorities Why accountability matters—and how to use it to adjust rather than judge your progress How to get back on track when life or business disrupts the plan Free Goal Setting to the Now Guide Ready to put the process into action? Download Anna's free Goal Setting to the Now Strategic Planning Guide and work through the questions, 1-3-5, 4-1-1, priorities, and action steps from this episode. DOWNLOAD THE FREE GUIDE Mentioned in This Episode The ONE Thing by Gary Keller and Jay Papasan https://amzn.to/3NRFvHy Your biggest goals aren't usually accomplished in one dramatic moment. They're built through hundreds of smaller decisions. So ask yourself: What is the ONE Thing I can do next? Because every meaningful goal begins not someday—but now. Connect with Anna: To learn more about Anna's upcoming book go to: gettingbacktoyoubook.com Monday Morning Mojo Facebook Group Facebook  Instagram Watch the Monday Morning Mojo Video on YouTube To set up a discovery call with Anna visit Calendly.com/annagibbs  To learn more about coaching with Anna visit  coachannagibbs.com To learn more about the supplements and products Anna uses to improve her overall health and well-being visit: https://plexusworldwide.com/annagibbs  Learn more about the makeup and skincare company Anna uses that also makes donations to important women's causes. It's bigger than beauty.  

An overflowing task manager and a crowded-out calendar are rarely ever caused by using the wrong tools. The problem happened well before you entered the task or added the appointment to your task manager or calendar.  And that's what we're looking at this week.  Links: Email Me | Twitter | Facebook | Website | Linkedin   Learn more about my Productivity Academy Get Your Copy Of Your Time, Your Way: Time Well Managed, Life Well Lived    Apollo 13 Lunar Module Start-up Procedures   The Working With… Weekly Newsletter Carl Pullein Learning Centre Carl's YouTube Channel Carl Pullein Coaching Programmes Subscribe to my Substack  The Working With… Podcast Previous episodes page Script |431 Hello, and welcome to episode 431 of the Your Time, Your Way Podcast. A podcast to answer all your questions about productivity, time management, self-development, and goal planning. My name is Carl Pullein, and I am your host of this show.  If you were to look at your appointments for tomorrow right now, how much time do you have that is not already committed? Two, three, four hours?  Now look at your task manager: how many tasks are overdue or scheduled for tomorrow?  In the uncommitted time you have tomorrow, are you confident you can complete all those tasks?  Most people who do this little exercise, if they are being honest with themselves, will answer “no chance”.  And this is the top reason why so many people are struggling with time management and productivity today. And there is a word for it: Overcommitted.  It's not the tools they use or any other complex reason. It's simply because they've allowed themselves to become overcommitted.  This week, I'm looking at how this happens and what you can do to unravel the problem so you are operating within your natural capacity, not overworked or under pressure, and not feeling like you are sinking under the weight of unrealistic deadlines and commitments.  So, to get us started, let me hand you over to the Mystery Podcast Voice for this week's question.  This week's question comes from Douglas. Douglas asks, “Hi, Carl, I know you tell people to keep their task manager clean and tight, but I find that impossible. I'm collecting 20 or more things into my inbox each day; I often have 4 or 5 hours of meetings, and I have to deal with at least 130 emails and messages each day. How would you get all that under control?” Hi Douglas, thank you for your question.  I did some quick maths on the numbers you provided and noticed that if you are collecting, on average, 25 new tasks a day, have 130 emails and messages to deal with and only have 3 ½ hours of non-meeting time each day, that would mean you would have only 1 minute and 13 seconds to spend on each item.  Yet those numbers assume you are not taking time for lunch or coffee or a glass of water. If you were to include a 30-minute lunch break and 15 minutes to get water and coffee each day, that would leave you with less than a minute available for each email, message, and task.  Is that realistic?  Based on that quick calculation, the issue here is one of capacity. You've no capacity left. All that's needed to completely destroy your day is an urgent, last-minute meeting request, an issue that prevents you from doing any of your planned work or simply an IT problem that doesn't allow you to do the work you planned.  I can assure you, Douglas, you are not alone here.  There are millions of people all around the world struggling with the same thing. They're overcommitted.  Which is why it's completely irrelevant what tools you're using.  The first thing I would advise someone in this situation is to do the maths I did above. Now, I know I do not have all the information. I don't know what work you do, your position in the company, or whether you lead a team.  But what I do know is you've gone beyond your natural capacity, and now you will be building up enormous backlogs. You will be struggling to meet your deadlines, and I bet when you get home you're exhausted.  This exercise will tell you how much capacity you have.  If the meetings you attend each day are non-negotiable, you will need to find a way to reduce the number of tasks you receive. Which means you will likely have to do something uncomfortable.  Reject requests.  Now I know this is very hard to do. Nobody likes disappointing someone. But the choice is: either you disappoint them when they ask, or you disappoint them when you cannot deliver what you promised on time. And I think failing to deliver on your commitments is the bigger disappointment. Think of it this way. If you say no and they ask someone else who can deliver, then you've actually helped them.  Sure, your pride may be slightly hurt, but this isn't about your pride. This is about setting yourself realistic expectations on what you can and cannot do.  However, there is another possible solution. Cap your daily meetings. If, when you do the little exercise on how much non-committed time you have, you realise that you will need four hours of meeting-free time each day, then you cap your meeting time at 3 hours per day.  This will then leave you with 4 or 5 hours for your tasks.  Now there are various ways to do this. You could use a calendar service such as Calendly or Acuity to open blocks of time for people to schedule meetings with you, or you could tell people that you've reached your meeting limit for the day and ask if you could meet on another day.  You will be surprised how accommodating people can be.  Another consideration is to reduce the meeting times to 30 minutes. This has the added advantage that people will get to the point much faster, and you'll find you still cover everything that needs to be covered.  I've learned many things over the years I've been coaching and helping people with their time management and productivity, but one of those lessons stands out: Every “yes” has an invisible “no”.  In other words, every time you accept another commitment, whether it is a meeting or a piece of work, you are saying no to something else you could have done with that time.  But it goes beyond that. Meetings have a nasty habit of generating more commitments. Another meeting, more emails and tasks, for example.  And pieces of work generate what Cal Newport calls “admin costs”; these are the little extra tasks, such as finding information, following up, and answering questions. They are the invisible “nos” rarely ever considered.  So in your situation, Douglas, there are a few questions to ask yourself: Do all your regular meetings require your presence? If not, perhaps you could drop one or two of them. If you can, don't allow the saved time to be replaced by other meetings. Protect that time. Save it for the things you have prioritised.  The goal here is to gradually withdraw from these meetings.  If you manage a team, perhaps you could delegate attendance at some of these meetings to one of your team members. They can then report back to you with a summary of what happened.  What are you collecting? You mentioned that you collect around 20 new items on average each day. That seems like a lot. What are you collecting?  There are some things that will need to be collected; you may need to contact someone for information or organise the purchase of new equipment.  But if you are collecting emails to respond to and articles to read, then your task manager is not the best place for them. Emails and messages have their own self-contained apps. Keep everything within these walls. For instance, if you have a Slack message to reply to but need to think about it first, flag the message. Or you can use Claude or ChatGPT to find all your unresponded messages for today. You could even set this up as an automation  With email, it's easier. You can create an Action folder for emails you need to respond to and drop them in there. Then give yourself some time later in the day to respond to them.  The goal here is to reduce the pressure on your capacity, and one of the fastest ways to do that is to reduce friction points.  For example, if you get an email you feel you should respond to and then move it to your task manager, that's a lot of additional time—remember “admin cost”? It's far faster to drag and drop it into an Action folder.  A great question to ask yourself is: What has to come out of my week to make it more realistic?  Juggling your current commitments around, fiddling with your task manager or trying new tools is not addressing the real issue.  The real issue is a capacity one. You're trying to do far more than you can do. You won't find the solution until you address that.  I would begin with: How much time do you need to stay on top of your work? That could be an extra five or six hours a week. Now you have something tangible to work with.  For those of you who have watched the film Apollo 13, there's a scene where the character Ken Mattingly is in the lunar module flight simulator, and they are trying to find a start-up procedure that would not draw more than 20 amps.  This meant they had to find out what they could turn on and what they could not.  After hours of testing, they finally had a start-up procedure that draws just under 20 amps.  I will put a link to the clip in the show notes, as it is a great illustration of what we sometimes have to do with the time we have. It's finite, and often the only things we can do are the essentials. There's no time for the “would like to do” or low-value tasks.  In many ways, an issue we all share is that we think time is infinite, when it's the opposite. It's finite, and how we allocate our time each day is largely our choice.  The key is understanding that there are always trade-offs and consequences when we allocate our time. If we say yes to one thing, we say no to another, whether we are consciously aware of it or not.  As I am writing this script, I am not responding to an urgent email or talking with my family. Equally, when I am chatting with my wife, I am not writing feedback for my coaching clients.  So, Douglas, look at your calendar. How are you allocating your time each week? What can you remove to free up time for the things you want to spend it on?  It won't be easy, and you will feel uncomfortable doing it. However, I can assure you that it is possible and when you have done it, you will feel lighter, more focused and appreciate your time in ways you've never considered. Plus, the bonus is that other people will begin respecting your time more than they do today.  Thank you for your question, and thank you to you too for listening. It just remains for me now to wish you all a very, very productive week.   

"I had been trained very well to look after other people, so I remember actually deciding to find somebody to save, because I hadn't been able to save my mom. We have to learn that the light isn't outside of us—it's coming from inside our body out."Being a motherless daughter changes the very architecture of how you navigate relationships. For many, the early loss of a parent—especially one whose presence was complicated by addiction or neglect—sets off a lifelong, unconscious pattern of "caretaking." High-capacity women often find themselves stuck in a loop of trying to save others, constantly asking, “Do you need me?” while ignoring their own profound need for safety and self-trust. Breaking out of this cycle requires more than talk therapy; it requires a radical shift in how you connect to your own inner light.In this beautiful, soulful conversation, host Nicole Weston sits down with Laura May—a radical social worker, grief facilitator, and author—to explore the journey of the "wounded healer." Laura May shares her raw experience of losing her mother at 14, the complexity of growing up as a primary caregiver in her own home, and how she learned to stop "saving" others to instead lead with her own inner life force. Together, they discuss the persistence of hope, the "cellular memory" of grief, and why nature is the most consistent healer when humans let us down. This episode serves as an invitation to stop looking for love in all the wrong places and start trusting the light that is already burning inside you.Free ResourceReclaim Your Identity: Mother loss is more than a grief event—it is a permanent identity shift. Download Nicole's free 5-Part Integration Workbook, Becoming Her, designed for the motherless mother who is ready to step out of survival mode and into clarity, peace, and permanent confidence. (Be sure to check your spam/junk folder and mark the email as 'safe' to receive your download).This Episode Is For You If:You grew up "parenting" your own parents and now find yourself defaulting to a caretaker role in your business and personal life.You struggle with the "Wounded Healer" syndrome, feeling like you must "save" everyone you meet because you couldn't save your mother.You want to learn how to cultivate an intuitive, internal spiritual practice—the "flow of chi"—that keeps you grounded during high-stress seasons.You are looking for a non-judgmental space to validate that grief doesn't follow a linear path, and it's okay to have "glimmers" of joy while still holding space for loss.Inside the Episode:Dismantling the "Saving" Pattern: Understanding how early childhood trauma creates a template of "needing to be needed" and how to reset those subconscious boundaries.The Radical Social Worker: Laura May's journey from educational assistant to clinical meditation pioneer, and why integrating spirit into social work was once seen as "weird."Cellular Grief: Why the loss of a parent stays in your biology, and how to use nature—trees, birds, and sunlight—as your ultimate, consistent support system.The Light Inside: Moving from the belief that rescue comes from the outside to the realization that the light is an internal flame you carry everywhere.Finding Joy: How to hold the "both/and" reality—the pain of losing a parent and the daily practice of choosing joy, playfulness, and life.Connect with Laura May:

Watch & Subscribe on YouTube @marladiann    What happens when life changes so dramatically that you barely recognize the person—or the life—you had before? And once you've survived it… how do you find your way back to yourself? My fascinating guest on this episode of Follow Your Joy, Tammy Gibson, knows that experience in a way few of us can imagine. After more than two decades in fashion and business, Tammy became critically ill. She spent months in the hospital and ultimately lost her right leg. Her life changed completely. How she worked. How she showed up. Even how she saw herself. But what emerged on the other side wasn't simply survival. It was clarity. Today, Tammy is a speaker, writer, and founder of Tough Like Tammy, using what she lived through to help women move beyond survival mode and make intentional choices about who they are now and how they want to live. Inside this deeply moving conversation, we explore: • What happens to your identity when life changes without your permission • Why resilience isn't simply surviving something difficult—it's how you choose to rebuild afterward • The difference between functioning in survival mode and truly living again • How Tammy found her way back to herself after months in the hospital and losing her leg • Why intuition became an important guide in her life and business • The quiet inner nudge that told her, "This isn't just for you" • How sharing the story she initially wanted to keep private opened an entirely new chapter of purpose, speaking, writing, and impact • How small, intentional choices can help us move forward without blowing up our lives or starting over One of the things I love most about Tammy's story is that her comeback wasn't about returning to the woman she used to be. Life had changed her. The opportunity was to discover who she had become. Tammy describes the process as "editing forward"—getting honest about what no longer works and making one intentional decision at a time based on who you are now, rather than who you used to be. And there's another beautiful part of her story. After everything she'd been through, Tammy could have quietly rebuilt her life and kept the experience private. Instead, she kept hearing a persistent inner message: "This isn't just for you." She listened. That decision ultimately led to speaking opportunities, meaningful relationships, a new career, and the realization that her experience could help other women see what was possible in their own lives. Tammy is generously sharing her gift: The Comeback Blueprint: Pause. Reflect. Refine. Rebuild. with the Follow Your Joy community. It's a complimentary guide for anyone navigating a season when life has shifted and you're not quite sure what comes next. Rather than pushing harder or pretending everything is fine, Tammy offers a four-step approach for slowing down, getting clear, and rebuilding from strength instead of survival mode. You'll find Tammy's gift inside the Portal of Joy, along with dozens of carefully selected resources from Follow Your Joy guests: https://marladiann.com/podcast/portal/ If life has changed you—or you're simply realizing that the way you've been living no longer fits the woman you've become—Tammy's story is a powerful reminder: You don't have to go back to who you were. You get to decide how you move forward from here. Resources + Links: https://www.toughliketammy.com/ https://www.instagram.com/toughliketammy/ https://www.facebook.com/ToughLikeTammy/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/toughliketammy -Kicking off the fall and final quarter of the year, I have several private spots for a 90-minute Identity + Next Chapter Strategy Session 90 – minutes ($100 savings good through Sept 10) for women ready to explore where their current identity may—or may not—be supporting the next chapter they desire. It includes preparation before our session, a 30-minute progress session two weeks later, and as a bonus, my Feminine Power Feelings Journal, with prompts designed to help you begin reconnecting with and expressing emotions you've habitually suppressed. Use my Calendly link to have a chat about your identity that is creating your next chapter. https://calendly.com/successcoach-marladiann/connection -Marla's Amazon Lifestyle Influencer Store – shop for favorites! Jen's book is inside my store in the travel section https://www.amazon.com/shop/marla_diann Loved this episode? Don't stop here, unlock the tools, resources, and free downloads mentioned during the episode. Click here to access the portal of joy. https://marladiann.com/podcast/portal/  

"I had been trained very well to look after other people, so I remember actually deciding to find somebody to save, because I hadn't been able to save my mom. We have to learn that the light isn't outside of us—it's coming from inside our body out."Being a motherless daughter changes the very architecture of how you navigate relationships. For many, the early loss of a parent—especially one whose presence was complicated by addiction or neglect—sets off a lifelong, unconscious pattern of "caretaking." High-capacity women often find themselves stuck in a loop of trying to save others, constantly asking, “Do you need me?” while ignoring their own profound need for safety and self-trust. Breaking out of this cycle requires more than talk therapy; it requires a radical shift in how you connect to your own inner light.In this beautiful, soulful conversation, host Nicole Weston sits down with Laura May—a radical social worker, grief facilitator, and author—to explore the journey of the "wounded healer." Laura May shares her raw experience of losing her mother at 14, the complexity of growing up as a primary caregiver in her own home, and how she learned to stop "saving" others to instead lead with her own inner life force. Together, they discuss the persistence of hope, the "cellular memory" of grief, and why nature is the most consistent healer when humans let us down. This episode serves as an invitation to stop looking for love in all the wrong places and start trusting the light that is already burning inside you. Featured Free ResourceReclaim Your Identity: Mother loss is more than a grief event—it is a permanent identity shift. Download Nicole's free 5-Part Integration Workbook, Becoming Her, designed for the motherless mother who is ready to step out of survival mode and into clarity, peace, and permanent confidence. You grew up "parenting" your own parents and now find yourself defaulting to a caretaker role in your business and personal life.You struggle with the "Wounded Healer" syndrome, feeling like you must "save" everyone you meet because you couldn't save your mother.You want to learn how to cultivate an intuitive, internal spiritual practice—the "flow of chi"—that keeps you grounded during high-stress seasons.You are looking for a non-judgmental space to validate that grief doesn't follow a linear path, and it's okay to have "glimmers" of joy while still holding space for loss.Dismantling the "Saving" Pattern: Understanding how early childhood trauma creates a template of "needing to be needed" and how to reset those subconscious boundaries.The Radical Social Worker: Laura May's journey from educational assistant to clinical meditation pioneer, and why integrating spirit into social work was once seen as "weird."Cellular Grief: Why the loss of a parent stays in your biology, and how to use nature—trees, birds, and sunlight—as your ultimate, consistent support system.The Light Inside: Moving from the belief that rescue comes from the outside to the realization that the light is an internal flame you carry everywhere.Finding Joy: How to hold the "both/and" reality—the pain of losing a parent and the daily practice of choosing joy, playfulness, and life.Connect with Laura May and Nicole:

Text your thoughts and questions!Do you ever feel like you're constantly trying new productivity tools, apps, and systems, but still find yourself overwhelmed by everything you need to remember and manage? Maybe you have a calendar, a to-do list, reminders, and countless notes—but you're still spending too much mental energy figuring out what needs to happen next.The problem isn't always that you need a better productivity app. Sometimes, what you really need are simple, repeatable processes that take work off your brain and make everyday life easier to manage.In this re-release, Lisa revisits one of her favorite behind-the-scenes episodes and shares the seven productivity techniques she uses regularly to keep both her business and home life running as smoothly as possible. From mind sweeping and task lists to automation, templates, checklists, scheduling, and a family command center, she walks through the practical systems that help her stay organized without relying on complicated productivity hacks.You'll learn why mind sweeping can help clear mental clutter, how to turn an overwhelming to-do list into a focused list of your most important tasks, and why automating repetitive work can save more energy than you might realize. Lisa also explains how templates and checklists can simplify recurring tasks, reduce the chance of forgetting important steps, and make delegation easier.You'll also discover how using your calendar as a central source of information can help you manage both personal and professional responsibilities, and how a simple command center can reduce the mental load of coordinating a busy household. Throughout the episode, Lisa emphasizes an important principle: the goal isn't to find the perfect platform or productivity system, but to create processes that genuinely work for you.Because this is a re-release, Lisa also shares a few updates to the tools mentioned in the original episode, including the transition from Acuity to Calendly and from ConvertKit to Kit. While the technology may change, the underlying productivity techniques continue to stand the test of time.This week, episode 328 of the Positively Living® Podcast explores seven practical productivity methods that can help you reduce mental clutter, simplify recurring responsibilities, save energy, and create systems that support both your work and your everyday life.Key Takeaways:Discover how mind sweeping can clear mental clutter and get tasks out of your head.Learn how to use focused task lists and Most Important Things (MITs) to prioritize your day.Explore how automation can reduce repetitive work and save mental energy.Discover how templates can make recurring emails, posts, and communications faster and easier.Learn how checklists can prevent missed steps, support delegation, and create simple SOPs.Understand how scheduling and reminders can help you stay on top of both personal and professional commitments.Discover how a family command center can reduce mental load and improve household communication.Learn why visual systems can make responsibilities and schedules easier for everyone to understand.Explore why consistent processes matter more than constantly finding new productivity tools.Discover how sustainable productivity is about creating systems that keep life moving without adding overwhelm or burnout.Thank you for listening! If you enjoyed this episode, take a screenshot of the episode to post in your stories and tag me!  And don't forget to follow, rate, and review the podcast and tell me your key takeaways!Learn more about Positively LivingⓇ and Lisa at https://positivelyproductive.com/podcast/Stop trying to fit into someone else's productivity rules! Grab my free Productivity Toolkit, a collection of workbooks designed to help you explore how you work, uncover what truly matters to you, and create your very own energy-friendly systems. Get it here: www.positivelyproductive.com/plpkitCONNECT WITH LISA ZAWROTNY:FacebookInstagramResourcesWork with Lisa! LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:Episode 178 7 Techniques and Tools Used by a Productivity ExpertEpisode 220 How Decluttering Helps You Stress Less and Focus BetterTech Tools PlaylistPositively Productive Resources LibraryBook a Clarity CallAsync CoachingProductivity Toolkit(Find links to books/gear on the Positively Productive Resources Page.)Dance Song Playlist V1, V2, V3Music by Ian and Jeff ZawrotnyStart your own podcast with Buzzsprout!Request this Toolkit and other free resources at the Resources Page.

Coming Soon! Anna's upcoming book, Getting Back to You is coming out soon! To be the first to hear about it, click here to get on her list! Is the way you communicate influencing your leadership more than you realize? You don't have to be standing on a stage or delivering a keynote for your communication skills to matter. Every day, you're presenting ideas, leading conversations, making decisions, influencing others, and deciding when to speak up—and how you show up in those moments can shape the way others experience your leadership. In this episode of the Monday Morning Mojo Podcast, Anna Gibbs sits down with longtime friend, colleague, speaker coach, and trainer Antoinette Perez for a conversation about becoming a more confident, clear, and authentic communicator in a world where the way we communicate is rapidly changing. Inside this episode, you'll discover: Simple tips to become a stronger communicator to open doors to greater opportunities The connection between clear thinking and clear communication—and why what happens before you speak may matter more than the words you ultimately choose How to know whether you're underprepared or overthinking your message How AI is changing the way we write, prepare, and communicate—and why relying on it too heavily may make it harder to fully own your message Confidence isn't always something you find before you act. Often, it's something you build because you acted. If you're a leader who wants to communicate with more clarity, confidence, and authenticity without losing what makes you human, this conversation is for you. Resources Mentioned in the Show: Anna's Build Your Best Life Journal Ep 54: Giving and Receiving Feedback Like a Boss Journal Prompts: What challenges am I hiding from? What are my struggles when it comes to being a leader? When was the last time I invested in myself by attending a training class or hiring a coach? Quotes to Remember: Build up your confidence in the everyday conversation. Great public speaking is a result of great thinking. It's in the doing that we build confidence. Connect with Antoinette: Website Connect with Anna: To learn more about Anna's upcoming book go to: gettingbacktoyoubook.com Monday Morning Mojo Facebook Group Facebook  Instagram Watch the Monday Morning Mojo Video on YouTube To set up a discovery call with Anna visit Calendly.com/annagibbs  To learn more about coaching with Anna visit  coachannagibbs.com To learn more about the supplements and products Anna uses to improve her overall health and well-being visit: https://plexusworldwide.com/annagibbs  Learn more about the makeup and skincare company Anna uses that also makes donations to important women's causes. It's bigger than beauty.

Behind the Business #9: How I Actually Get Work Done With Three Kids at Home Hook: How I stay consistent in my business—even when motivation is gone. Welcome back to Behind the Business, where I'm taking you behind the scenes of how I actually run Classy Career Girl. Last week, I took you behind the scenes of my life—motherhood, homeschooling, travel, routines, and the choices we've made as a family. This week, we're going behind the business. Yesterday, I shared the one-page business plan I actually use. But here's the thing: A business plan doesn't work if you don't actually do the work. And that is what I want to talk about today. Because I have three kids at home. We homeschool. We have gymnastics, activities, appointments, meals, laundry, and all the normal things happening around us. And I still have a business to run. So how do I actually get things done? Especially on the days when I don't feel motivated? Motivation Is Not My Strategy One of the biggest things I've learned after more than a decade of entrepreneurship is this: You cannot build a business based on whether you feel motivated that day. There are mornings when I'm excited to work. There are also mornings when I'm tired, someone needs me, the schedule changes, or I would rather do almost anything else. Consistency comes from having a simple system I can return to. And for me, that starts with knowing my priorities. 1. I Design My Work Around My Life I don't start by asking: "How can I fit my family around everything I need to accomplish in my business?" I do the opposite. I look at our family schedule first. When are we homeschooling? When do the kids need me? What activities do we have? When do I want to be completely off? Then I decide where work fits. I've learned that less time can actually make me more productive because I have to decide what truly matters. I can't spend six hours making a Canva graphic perfect. I have to focus on the work that actually grows the business. 2. I Know My Most Important Business Activities There will always be more things I could do than I have time to do. So I focus first on the activities that move the business forward: Sales. What am I selling? Who needs to hear about it? What conversations do I need to have? Delivery. What do my clients and customers need from me? Marketing. What podcast, email, social media post, or piece of content needs to go out? Everything else comes after those things. Because a full to-do list does not necessarily mean you're growing your business. 3. I Pick My Top Three This is probably one of the simplest things I do, but it makes a huge difference. Every day, I identify my top three priorities. Not 27. Three. If the day completely falls apart but I accomplish those three things, I can still say: "Today moved the business forward." That helps me avoid spending my best working hours answering random emails, organizing files, or doing little tasks that feel productive but aren't actually important. 4. I Time Block the Work Once I know the priorities, I give them somewhere to live. I don't just write: "Record podcast." I decide when I'm recording the podcast. I don't just write: "Follow up with potential clients." I put a block on my calendar to do it. Your calendar forces you to confront reality. You might have 15 things on your list, but only two hours available. Something has to go. And that's okay. 5. I Make Consistency Easier I also use simple tools to reduce the amount of thinking I have to do. I use things like ChatGPT to help me organize a messy brain dump into priorities. I use project-management tools to keep track of what needs to happen. I use Calendly so I'm not going back and forth scheduling calls. I use ManyChat so someone can comment a keyword and automatically receive the resource they're looking for. The goal isn't to add more technology. The goal is to remove friction. Every little decision you can eliminate gives you more energy for the work that actually needs you. 6. I Communicate My Boundaries This is a huge one when you work from home. My kids know there are times when Mom is working. They also know there are times when they have my full attention. Is it perfect? Absolutely not. There are interruptions. Plans change. Someone needs something. That's life with kids. But having boundaries and rhythms makes it possible for me to be present in both places. What I Do When Motivation Is Completely Gone And then there are those days. You know the ones. You don't want to record the podcast. You don't want to write the email. You don't want to make the sales call. Here's what I do: I make the next step smaller. I don't tell myself I have to finish everything. I ask: "What's the next most important thing I can do?" Open the document. Record the first five minutes. Send one follow-up. Write one paragraph. Start. Because action creates momentum. You don't have to feel motivated before you begin. The To-Do List I Actually Use I have a really simple Daily To-Do List that helps me do all of this. It's one page. It helps me identify my priorities, organize what needs to happen, and focus on what actually matters that day. And you can download the exact template I use for free. I'll put the link in the show notes. Because you don't need another complicated productivity system. You need to know: What matters today? When am I going to do it? And what can I let go of? That's how I've stayed consistent. Not because I'm motivated every day. Not because I have unlimited time. But because I've learned to focus the limited time I do have on the things that matter most. And sometimes, that's actually the gift of building a business with kids at home. You learn very quickly what deserves your time. I'll see you tomorrow for another episode of Behind the Business.

Stewart Alsop sits down with Juan Verhook, founder of Tender Market, for a second conversation that ranges from the mechanics of European public tenders to the future of how we organize digital information. They cover how Tender Market helps smaller companies work around barriers like SOC 2 and ISO certification requirements, the surprising scale of public procurement (roughly 20% of GDP), and how AI and machine learning are reshaping the bidding process. From there the conversation opens up into bigger territory: the changing tolerance for being wrong in an AI-saturated information landscape, how language and culture shape perception, the reverse Turing test and the challenge of verifying human versus AI identity online, and Juan's daily workflow running eight or nine MCP servers through Claude Code. They close out talking about whether the folder and file system will survive the shift to AI-native interfaces, tying back to Stewart's own Stewart Squared episodes on the history of the PC. You can visit Tender Market at tendermarket.eu.Timestamps05:00 — Tender Market's origin story and how they help smaller companies work around SOC 2 and ISO certificate barriers.10:00 — Public procurement and its scale, roughly 20% of GDP, plus a look at public-private partnerships.15:00 — Local LLMs on a plane with no Wi-Fi, and comparing local model performance to frontier models.20:00 — Supply versus demand in AI infrastructure and whether hyperscaler token efficiency is quietly improving.25:00 — Whether AI will replace knowledge work tasks, and the shifting reality of what lawyers and other professionals actually do.30:00 — Reverse Turing test, digital identity verification, and the idea of a "pre-AI internet."35:00 — Model poisoning, RLHF, and the difference between pretraining and post-training.40:00 — Interleaved tool calling and how Tender Market ties pricing to task deliverables instead of billable hours.45:00 — RAG versus fine-tuning, prompt engineering, and when context windows actually matter.50:00 — Deterministic programming versus probabilistic agents, and when to build custom tools versus buy existing ones.55:00 — Juan's daily MCP stack (Supabase, GitHub, Calendly, CRM), and whether the folder-and-file system will survive the shift to AI-native interfaces.Key InsightsCertification requirements aren't dead ends—they're routing problems. When smaller companies got rejected from tenders for lacking SOC 2 or ISO certificates, Juan didn't turn them away. He found that EU procurement rules allow bidding as a consortium or subcontracting to a certified partner, turning a disqualifier into a workaround that builds trust with clients.Public procurement is a massive, underexamined market. Roughly 20% of GDP flows through public purchasing of private-sector goods and services, yet most people have no visibility into how tenders work or how governments post and award these contracts.Being wrong has become more socially acceptable. Juan traced this shift to the falling cost of information: in the Stack Overflow era, giving a wrong answer was costly, but now that answers are instant and abundant, both mistakes and corrections happen faster, changing how people learn and communicate.Task-based pricing beats hourly billing for AI-era services. Rather than charging per hour, Tender Market prices around the deliverable, winning a tender, which avoids the perverse incentive of hourly billing to be inefficient and instead rewards actually solving the client's problem.RAG and fine-tuning solve different problems. RAG helps a model reference large documents without hitting context limits, while fine-tuning changes a model's internal weights so it learns new behavior or style. Juan noted that true RAG use cases needing thousands of pages of context are rarer than the hype suggests.Deterministic code should replace repeated LLM calls once a pattern is found. Stewart described his own workflow: solve a task with an LLM a handful of times, then convert the repeated pattern into deterministic software so tokens are no longer spent on it, freeing the model for genuinely new problems.AI agents are never truly autonomous. Both hosts agreed that no matter how many steps an agent chains together, a human operator always initiates the first prompt, meaning accountability and intent trace back to a person even in multi-agent systems.

In this episode, real estate expert Roddy de la Garza shares his journey from Texas to Los Angeles, emphasizing holistic team building, the importance of community, and strategic growth in real estate. Discover insights on leadership, resilience, and creating a sustainable business model.   Professional Real Estate Investors - How we can help you: Investor Fuel Mastermind:  Learn more about the Investor Fuel Mastermind, including 100% deal financing, massive discounts from vendors and sponsors you're already using, our world class community of over 150 members, and SO much more here: http://www.investorfuel.com/apply   Investor Machine Marketing Partnership:  Are you looking for consistent, high quality lead generation? Investor Machine is America's #1 lead generation service professional investors. Investor Machine provides true 'white glove' support to help you build the perfect marketing plan, then we'll execute it for you…talking and working together on an ongoing basis to help you hit YOUR goals! Learn more here: http://www.investormachine.com   Coaching with Mike Hambright:  Interested in 1 on 1 coaching with Mike Hambright? Mike coaches entrepreneurs looking to level up, build coaching or service based businesses (Mike runs multiple 7 and 8 figure a year businesses), building a coaching program and more. Learn more here: https://investorfuel.com/coachingwithmike   Attend a Vacation/Mastermind Retreat with Mike Hambright: Interested in joining a "mini-mastermind" with Mike and his private clients on an upcoming "Retreat", either at locations like Cabo San Lucas, Napa, Park City ski trip, Yellowstone, or even at Mike's East Texas "Big H Ranch"? Learn more here: http://www.investorfuel.com/retreat   Property Insurance: Join the largest and most investor friendly property insurance provider in 2 minutes. Free to join, and insure all your flips and rentals within minutes! There is NO easier insurance provider on the planet (turn insurance on or off in 1 minute without talking to anyone!), and there's no 15-30% agent mark up through this platform!  Register here: https://myinvestorinsurance.com/   New Real Estate Investors - How we can work together: Investor Fuel Club (Coaching and Deal Partner Community): Looking to kickstart your real estate investing career? Join our one of a kind Coaching Community, Investor Fuel Club, where you'll get trained by some of the best real estate investors in America, and partner with them on deals! You don't need $ for deals…we'll partner with you and hold your hand along the way! Learn More here: http://www.investorfuel.com/club   —--------------------

COMING SEPTEMBER 18! Anna's upcoming book, Getting Back to You, is almost here! To be the first to know when it's available, visit gettingbacktoyoubook.com and join the list.  In this episode of the Monday Morning Mojo Podcast, Anna shares a deeply personal experience that caused her to look differently at authenticity, connection, and the subtle ways successful women can begin managing how they show up without even realizing it from Chapter 13 of the book titled, “There You Are,” Inside the episode you'll discover: How trying to make the right impression can unintentionally get in the way of creating the genuine connections you actually want Why the roles and expectations you've accumulated throughout your life may be influencing how you show up without you even realizing it How to reconnect with your authentic voice through self-acceptance and self-compassion  The simple question that can reveal when your inner dialogue has become far harsher than you would ever allow yourself to be with someone you love If you've ever wondered why you can feel completely like yourself on the inside while somehow coming across differently to the people around you, this conversation may help you understand what's happening beneath the surface. Resources Mentioned in the Show: Anna's Build Your Best Life Journal Journal Prompts: What inner dialogues do I hear that might be causing me to build walls? Am I being fully present with people or am I worried about making a good impression? Quotes to Remember: Imagine what could be possible when we stop managing and editing ourselves. Nothing changes if nothing changes; we can't change what we're not willing to face. There's a lesson for us to learn in each mistake we make. Connect with Anna: To learn more about Anna's upcoming book go to: gettingbacktoyoubook.com Monday Morning Mojo Facebook Group Facebook  Instagram Watch the Monday Morning Mojo Video on YouTube To set up a discovery call with Anna visit Calendly.com/annagibbs  To learn more about coaching with Anna visit  coachannagibbs.com To learn more about the supplements and products Anna uses to improve her overall health and well-being visit: https://plexusworldwide.com/annagibbs  Learn more about the makeup and skincare company Anna uses that also makes donations to important women's causes. It's bigger than beauty.

COMING SOON! Anna's upcoming book, Getting Back to You is coming out soon! To be the first to hear about it, click here to get on her list! What if the next six months of your life could look completely different from the last six? Not because you worked harder, chased more opportunities, or finally figured everything out, but because you started making decisions that were more aligned with the person you're becoming. In this episode of the Monday Morning Mojo Podcast, Anna Gibbs revisits a conversation she started earlier this year about the Year of the Fire Horse and its themes of courage, transformation, reinvention, bold action, and accelerated growth. Six months later, those themes have taken on an entirely new meaning. Inside this episode, you'll discover: Why becoming more aligned with who you're becoming can create momentum in ways you may never have been able to plan for The question to ask yourself when you know you've outgrown something How to manifest what you want beyond just positive thinking, vision boards, or waiting for the universe to deliver what you want How the way you think about yourself may be influencing the opportunities you notice, the risks you're willing to take, and the decisions you make If you've been feeling a pull toward something different but keep telling yourself you need more time, more certainty, or a clearer plan before you act, this conversation is an invitation to think differently about what being “ready” actually means. Resources Mentioned in the Show: Anna's Build Your Best Life Journal Ep 126: The Year of the Fire Horse Journal Prompts: What am I ready to move toward? What am I waiting for? What am I limiting in my own potential? How can I create space for what I want to call into my life? What story do I want to be able to tell six months from now? Quotes to Remember: Every season of life has something to teach us if we're willing to pay attention. The way you're talking to yourself is predicting your future. Manifestation is alignment in action. When the work is purposeful, it's not forceful. Purpose gives you energy but alignment gives you capacity. Connect with Anna: To learn more about Anna's upcoming book go to: gettingbacktoyoubook.com Monday Morning Mojo Facebook Group Facebook  Instagram Watch the Monday Morning Mojo Video on YouTube To set up a discovery call with Anna visit Calendly.com/annagibbs  To learn more about coaching with Anna visit  coachannagibbs.com To learn more about the supplements and products Anna uses to improve her overall health and well-being visit: https://plexusworldwide.com/annagibbs  Learn more about the makeup and skincare company Anna uses that also makes donations to important women's causes. It's bigger than beauty.

Hi everyone, Carl Gould here with your #70secondCEO. Just a little over a one-minute investment every day for a lifetime of results. Are you in the committed mode? Are you in the convenient mode? And here's what we find out almost 100% of the time. You're not getting the results you want; you probably fell into the convenient mode. And I understand. I live in a shore state, New Jersey. We have a beach that backs right up to the Atlantic Ocean. And guess where everybody is from now until Labor Day? There. Guess where they're not? At networking events, schlepping out to a trade show, and taking the extra phone call. They blocked out their calendar. All of a sudden their Calendly link has nothing on it. That's where they're at, right? So last week I got the op, hey Carl, you wanna go to that concert? Or hey Carl, are you coming to the networking event that you have to drive to New York for? That's an hour and a half away, one way. Which one do you think I wanted to go to? Now, turns out I went to the networking event. Made two nice contacts. Missed the concert. Okay, that's what happens.  Like and follow this podcast so you can learn more. My name is Carl Gould, and this has been your #70secondCEO.

You left your 9-to-5 for freedom, so why does your calendar still run your life?In this episode of The Life-First Solopreneur, Carly and Joe tackle a habit most solopreneurs don't even realize they have: building their business around the clock instead of around themselves. If you've ever filled an open time slot with whatever felt urgent (hello, inbox), this one's for you.Carly introduces a simple 3-step energy audit framework you can start using today:Step 1 – Identify Your High-Energy Windows Track your energy (not your schedule) for one full week. Rate each block of time as sharp, steady, or dragging. Don't judge it, just observe. You'll likely discover two to three genuine peak windows per day, and they may be shorter than you think.Step 2 – Match Peak Energy to High-Value Work Once you know your windows, protect them for the work that actually moves your business forward — strategy, revenue-generating tasks, relationship building. Stop spending your best hours on email, Slack, and admin.Step 3 – Structure Your Operations Around Your Rhythms Move recurring meetings, client calls, and contractor check-ins outside your peak windows. Batch low-energy tasks together. Communicate your availability to clients; it's a boundary, not an inconvenience. Build a daily template and default to it.Joe adds a power tactic: use Calendly (or similar tools) to create separate meeting types with different available time slots, one for high-energy meetings, one for everything else, so your schedule enforces your energy plan automatically.Whether you're a morning person or a night owl, this episode gives you a concrete system to stop optimizing your schedule and start optimizing your output.Challenge: Start your energy audit this week. One week of honest observation can reshape how you run your entire business.Key Topics: energy management for solopreneurs, life-first business, the ownership trap, productivity without burnout, scheduling strategies, solopreneur time management, peak performance windows

Watch & Subscribe on YouTube @marladiann    Have you ever wondered why two equally talented women can walk into the same room—or appear online—and one is immediately perceived as the authority? It's probably not what you think. In this fascinating episode of Follow Your Joy, I'm joined by Kerrianne Cartmer-Edwards, Signature Style Strategist, former fashion designer, and expert in visual authority, for a conversation that goes far beyond clothes or personal branding. It's about congruence. It's about closing the gap between who you truly are and how the world experiences you. Kerrianne believes that when your presence, imagery, and energy finally align with your expertise, something remarkable happens: people begin responding to the real you. Inside this conversation, we explore: • Why so many brilliant women are unintentionally being overlooked • The surprising role visual presence plays in trust, credibility, and opportunity • Why "likable" and "forgettable" often go hand in hand • Kerrianne's journey from fashion designer to helping women embody their true authority • How a business retreat in Marrakech completely reshaped her business—and her life • Why intuition isn't dramatic, but directional • How following what feels expansive instead of simply logical changed everything One of my favorite insights from Kerrianne is this: Powerful women don't need to become someone else. They simply need to become more fully themselves. That philosophy resonated deeply with me because it echoes so much of what we explore here on Follow Your Joy and in my mentoring of accomplished women entrepreneurs. When your outer presence finally reflects your inner confidence, your message becomes clearer, your decisions become easier, and people naturally begin to trust what you bring to the world. Kerrianne is generously sharing her complimentary video training, "Seen. Wanted. Chosen.," where she reveals the three non-negotiable laws of visual authority and why so many capable women unknowingly hit invisible income ceilings because of how they're perceived online. You'll find her gift inside the Portal of Joy, along with dozens of thoughtfully curated resources from Follow Your Joy guests.

In this episode of the Monday Morning Mojo Podcast, Anna Gibbs sits down with Annie Yatch, a former counter-terrorism analyst turned elite performance coach, for a fascinating conversation about the internal patterns that can quietly influence the way successful leaders think, make decisions, lead their teams, and pursue their next level of growth. Together, Anna and Annie explore why high performers can reach impressive levels of success while still operating from old patterns they may not even recognize, why constantly feeling urgency can change the way you lead, and what becomes possible when you stop allowing survival mode to run the show. Inside this episode, you'll discover: Why the patterns that helped you become successful may eventually limit your growth What may really be happening when you feel constantly busy, reactive, or unable to fully switch off What you can gain when you stop treating stress as a requirement for success. How to use self-reflection as a strategy to reach your next level If you've accomplished a lot but have a sense that there is another level of growth available to you, this conversation may challenge you to look beyond what you're doing and start asking what is driving the way you're doing it. JUST ANNOUNCED! Anna's upcoming book, Getting Back to You is coming out soon! To be the first to hear about it, click here to get on her list! Resources Mentioned in the Show: Anna's Build Your Best Life Journal Journal Prompts: When was the last time I invested in myself? How can I invest in myself going forward? Am I acting from a place of authority or survival? Quotes to Remember: When you're making decisions from fight or flight mode, you're never making the best choice for the long-term gain. When we are suffering in life, it means we are living in a subconscious lie. Connect with Annie: Annie Unlocks Your Edge (Tik Tok) Instagram Connect with Anna: To learn more about Anna's upcoming book go to: gettingbacktoyoubook.com Monday Morning Mojo Facebook Group Facebook  Instagram Watch the Monday Morning Mojo Video on YouTube To set up a discovery call with Anna visit Calendly.com/annagibbs  To learn more about coaching with Anna visit  coachannagibbs.com To learn more about the supplements and products Anna uses to improve her overall health and well-being visit: https://plexusworldwide.com/annagibbs  Learn more about the makeup and skincare company Anna uses that also makes donations to important women's causes. It's bigger than beauty.

Close to half of Fortune 500 companies were founded by immigrants. Eighty per cent of billion-dollar startups have an immigrant founder or executive. And businesses founded by immigrants statistically outlast the ones founded by everybody else.   Nobody had properly asked why ... until Dr Neri Karra Sillaman did.   Neri stood at a border at the age of eleven with her nine-year-old brother and her parents, who carried two suitcases and nothing else. She is now a professor at Oxford, the founder of a global luxury brand, and the winner of the Thinkers50 Radar award for the world's most promising emerging management thinker.   In this episode, Neri takes me inside the research behind her book Pioneers ... eight principles she found in the founders of Chobani, Moderna and Calendly, none of whom put profit first. We talk about why the usual paths are often closed to outsiders and what they build instead, why raising money too early can kill a company before it starts, and what happened when the war in Ukraine hit her own business ... and Prada picked up the phone.   Twenty years ago, in a seminar room in London, Neri was told that altruism is not real in business. This is what she found out. The Unlock Moment is hosted by Dr Gary Crotaz, PhD — master interviewer, executive coach and author. Downloaded in over 140 countries. Sign up to The Unlock Moment newsletter at https://tinyurl.com/ywhdaazp Find out more at https://garycrotaz.com and https://theunlockmoment.com Also discover his other podcasts, The Box of Keys and Unlock Your Leadership. Follow, subscribe and leave a review wherever you get your podcasts — and connect with Dr Gary on LinkedIn for more leadership insights. Part of The Unlock Moment podcast family.

Are you on a mission to find the best productivity app or system, and find that no matter how many apps or new methods you try, you still find yourself overwhelmed, backlogged and stuck? Well, this week I want to tell you about a new way I can help you.  Links: Email Me | Twitter | Facebook | Website | Linkedin   Learn more about the Productivity Academy The Working With… Weekly Newsletter Carl Pullein Learning Centre Carl's YouTube Channel Carl Pullein Coaching Programmes Subscribe to my Substack  The Working With… Podcast Previous episodes page Script |427 Hello, and welcome to episode 427 of the Your Time, Your Way Podcast. A podcast to answer all your questions about productivity, time management, self-development, and goal planning. My name is Carl Pullein, and I am your host of this show.  Eleven years ago, I began writing blog posts on time management and productivity. My goal was simple. To help people navigate the rapidly changing world of time management and productivity.  In 2015, it seemed almost every day a new task manager or notes app would come out promising to make organising your day easier.  This meant established productivity apps such as OmniFocus, Things, Remember the Milk and Todoist had to change to keep up. So these apps started adding features, changing their design languages, and everything started to become more complicated. AI today is doing exactly the same thing. Promising a lot and forcing established productivity tools to add more and more features, whether we want them or not.  When trying to decide if a new productivity tool is all that it promises to be, I've noticed that many of these promises are repackaged things that already exist.  For example, I've been using an app called TextExpander for fifteen years now. TextExpander inserts pre-written “snippets” of text through a keyboard shortcut.  I use it for writing dates so I don't need to look up the date. All I type is “Edate”, and it will give me the date in the UK format: day, month and year.  I also have some pre-written thank you emails there too. They are written by me in my writing style, and a simple keyboard shortcut will give me the email. While TextExpander won't send the email for me, all I need to do is hit Command and return on my keyboard, and it will send it.  Then we have tools such as Calendly and Acuity. These tools allow you to set up times on your calendar that people can pick from to set up an appointment with you. Once set up, this works in the background, and you have nothing to do.  No back-and-forth negotiating a time. People just click on a link, and these tools deal with time zone differences and all the admin.  No need for AI to get involved.  AI will inevitably change the way we work; for many people, it already has. However, there are some principles that never change.  There will still be 24 hours in a day, you will still be able to only focus on one thing at a time, and you won't be able to be in more than one place at a time.  Your energy will fluctuate, and you will need to get enough sleep.  The need to manage our time is still there. We still have friends and family, work commitments and perhaps some hobbies. They all need time.  And the principles of time management will not change. If you want to do something, it will require time. Whether that's cleaning out your car or sitting on the sofa chatting with an AI bot.  Time management and productivity skills will still be needed no matter what advances AI brings to our workplaces and lives. Thinking about all this led me to look at how people are engaging with my Learning Centre. This is where I have courses and programmes to help people become better at managing their time and become more productive.  As I was looking, I noticed something interesting. The people who have made the biggest positive changes in their lives weren't the people who bought the most courses.They were the people who kept learning. They perhaps began with my COD course, my free productivity fundamentals course, then went on to purchase the Time and Life Mastery programme or the Time Sector System course.  Some went on to join my coaching programme so they could have guidance on building their own, tailor-made system.  This highlighted a mistake many people make with time management and productivity. They approach it as if it were a destination. Find the perfect app, read the right book, take the right course, watch one more YouTube video, then they'll finally be organised. Yet that's not how it works, and you've probably noticed. A few years ago, the trend was minimalist desk set-ups. This is where people stripped everything from their workspace so all they had was a small plant, a simple lamp and a laptop attached to a large monitor.  YouTube was full of videos of people showing off their desk setups. They looked great, but did absolutely nothing for their productivity.  Now the trend is to have books and notebooks everywhere. The plants survived, but the little desk accessories have reappeared. Minimalism seems to have lost its appeal. Few people have been able to stick with it.  It seems keeping things minimal is challenging and time-consuming. I also saw something similar when I was at university; I studied part-time. 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm every Tuesday and Thursday.  On our first day, there were just over 200 students crammed into the lecture theatre. All excitedly looking forward to their graduation day four years later with an LL.B Honours degree.  I remember the professor in charge of the course telling us that 70 to 80% of those in that lecture theatre would not graduate. Not because the course was particularly difficult. It wasn't. But because committing six hours a week to attending lectures for four years would be a commitment beyond most people.  And on our graduation day, there were just 24 students left. Almost 200 students had quit! It didn't matter what tools or processes you had. What mattered was understanding the basic principles of time management. Turning up consistently and doing the work.  It had nothing to do with academic ability or how smart someone was. The people who graduated were the ones who turned up constantly and managed their time so they were able to attend the lectures and do the reading (there was a lot of reading to do for a law degree) week after week for four years.  Being good at time management and consistently productive is more like fitness. Let's say you wanted to get fit. You wouldn't expect to take a three-hour course on weight training and suddenly become stronger.  Fitness doesn't work like that. The same is true of playing the piano, learning a language, cooking, and photography. These are not one-time learning experiences; they're continuous. And learning to better manage your time and be more productive is no different. Our lives and work change. We may begin as a junior administrative assistant, but within a year or two we are managing a team of four people and overseeing projects.  You start a family; now suddenly you have a little monster waking up every two or three hours screaming through the night. And as your kids grow up, you have commitments to take them to and pick them up from swimming or football practice.  The time management skills you learned at school and university don't work in the workplace. And as you change jobs, you need to learn new ways to manage your time both professionally and personally.  The real challenge isn't knowing what to do. If you've followed this podcast or my YouTube channel, you will already know you should plan your week and day, spend less time reacting to emails and messages, and protect time for your core work (at least I hope you do). The challenge is applying what you know consistently while juggling meetings, deadlines, family commitments and the unexpected events that arrive every day. This is why consuming more productivity content isn't going to create the change you want. As James Clear's Atomic Habits (a fantastic book) shows: Information fades; your habits remain. Over the years I've noticed something about many of the people I've coached. The ones that become brilliant at managing their time don't just complete a course or have one or two coaching sessions and disappear; they keep coming back. They ask questions, refine their systems, and they adapt as their careers and family lives change. They come back to ideas we implemented years ago and learn new ideas because they now have different challenges.  My best clients have been with me for over eight years, and they are the ones who've seen incredible changes, so much so that they've inspired me! I realise now that when my driving instructor told me years ago that: “You don't learn to really drive a car until you've passed your driving test.”  the same is true about your time management and productivity: you don't become more productive and better at managing your time until you start practising what you learned.  All this got me thinking about what productivity education should look like over the next five to ten years. I don't believe it's about creating more courses, and it's certainly not about developing more complicated systems, packaging them up and selling them.  Instead, it's about creating a place where people can continue learning, refining and improving over time, just like many of my coaching clients have done. They understand that becoming organised and in control of their time isn't a project; it's a lifelong commitment. And like every commitment, it works for those who stick with it. So, going forward, I will be introducing more live training events for you.  I started doing a few live training events in 2023, and some of my favourite moments have been in those sessions. I've been able to answer questions, explore new ideas and help people apply what they've learned to their own situations. Standalone courses don't allow me to do that, because we are all different, with different professions and responsibilities; no ‘one size' will fit everyone, and that's frustrating as a teacher.  Live training changes that. It gives you a place to ask me questions directly related to your challenges. That is what I want to make an ongoing part of the learning experience, not something that only happens occasionally. The courses and programmes give you the technical knowledge and theory. The live training gives you the practical skills to put what you learn in the courses into practice in ways that work for you.  It's the difference between learning to drive by reading a book or getting in a car with an instructor and actually going out there and driving. All this thinking led me yesterday to launch my Productivity Academy. It is the result of months of work, giving you a place where you can keep coming back, get answers to your questions, and work with a group of people on a similar journey as yourself.  And it includes monthly live training sessions that you can join, ask questions, and have the principles applied directly to the way you work.  It will also give you access to all my current and future courses, along with a recommended roadmap for taking them.  My overall goal hasn't changed. That's to help as many people as I can become better at managing their time and being more productive so they can enjoy the things they want to enjoy doing.  But I realise I need to do more, and the best way I can do that is to increase the live training element, which will allow me to help you navigate the current and future ways we work.  If you've already purchased several of my courses, please don't think you need to replace them. You don't. Those courses remain yours exactly as before. The Academy is simply a different way to learn. The courses will give you the theory and know-how. The Academy will give you the practical skills (and some accountability) to put what you have learned into practice. If you enjoy learning independently, nothing changes. If, however, you'd like regular guidance, monthly training and access to everything I create going forward, I think you'll really enjoy becoming an Academy Member.  I will put a link in the show notes to the Academy's website, and feel free to email me if you have any questions.  I hope to be able to “meet” you in one of our live training sessions soon.  Thank you for listening, and it just remains for me to wish you a very, very productive week.   

The gap that matters in video production right now isn't between owners who use AI and owners who don't. It's between people who read about it and people whose business runs on it.This episode is sixty days of receipts from inside a video production business coach's own company: the $16,000 website replaced by a $70 subscription, then replaced again by pages he owns outright. The subscriptions cancelled one by one (Otter, Grain, ElevenLabs, Calendly, Typeform) because an afternoon of building now does the job better. A registration page built and shipped in an evening, no page builder, no developer.What you'll learn:Why the boring back office (follow-up emails, lead lists, landing pages, reporting) is where a video production company leaks money, and why that's now buildableThe word-of-mouth ceiling: why referrals stall most video businesses between £80K and £150K, and why that's a systems problem, not a lead problemWhat eleven owners built in a room in London, including a prospecting engine that finds and scores fifty leads while you make coffeeThe tool circus warning: why subscribing to five AI tools this afternoon is the wrong moveAfter eight years coaching 178+ video production companies, this is the fastest shift Den has seen.Thursday 6 August, one hour, live, free, two sittings so nobody's up at 3am. Twenty-five seats per session, cameras on, no replay. Register: https://denlennie.com/london-recapLearn about the VBA Elite Boardroom here: https://denlennie.com/mentoringMentoring options : www.denlennie.comConnect with Den on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/den_lennie

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This week on the Monday Morning Mojo Podcast, Anna Gibbs sits down with real estate leader, educator, and founder of We Are Women, Robin White, for an inspiring conversation about resilience, reinvention, leadership, and why purpose doesn't have an expiration date. Robin shares the personal experiences that shaped her life, from unexpectedly becoming the primary provider for her family after her husband's stroke to building a successful 30-year career in real estate and now launching a nonprofit dedicated to helping women navigate life's transitions with confidence and community. Inside this episode, you'll discover: How to stop comparing your journey to everyone else's and start trusting your own inner voice with greater confidence. Why success changes over time and how redefining it can bring more fulfillment than chasing the next achievement. The hidden reason so many women struggle during major life transitions  How to embrace your next chapter instead of believing your best years are behind you. If you've ever questioned whether your next chapter could be your most meaningful one, this conversation will remind you that your experience isn't something to leave behind. It's exactly what qualifies you to make your greatest impact. JUST ANNOUNCED! Anna's upcoming book, Getting Back to You is coming out soon! To be the first to hear about it, click here to get on her list! Resources Mentioned in the Show: Anna's Build Your Best Life Journal Journal Prompts: Where in my life have I been seeking other people's validation? How can I practice following my inner voice? What have I put off doing or creating because I didn't follow my instincts? Quotes to Remember: Don't judge your insides by other people's outsides.  Once you grow a woman, you grow a family, you grow a community, you change the world.  Until your last breath there's always opportunity.  Connect with Robin and We R Women: Facebook Instagram Connect with Anna: To learn more about Anna's upcoming book go to: gettingbacktoyoubook.com Monday Morning Mojo Facebook Group Facebook  Instagram Watch the Monday Morning Mojo Video on YouTube To set up a discovery call with Anna visit Calendly.com/annagibbs  To learn more about coaching with Anna visit  coachannagibbs.com To learn more about the supplements and products Anna uses to improve her overall health and well-being visit: https://plexusworldwide.com/annagibbs  Learn more about the makeup and skincare company Anna uses that also makes donations to important women's causes. It's bigger than beauty.

JUST ANNOUNCED! Anna's upcoming book, Getting Back to You is coming out soon! To be the first to hear about it, click here to get on her list! In Part Two of this two-part series on abundance versus scarcity, Anna Gibbs moves beyond the mindset conversation and gets practical, exploring the everyday habits and thought patterns that separate abundant thinkers from those who unknowingly operate from fear, limitation, and survival mode. In this episode, Anna shares nine attributes of abundant thinkers and challenges you to look honestly at where scarcity may still be quietly influencing the way you lead, work, make decisions, and move toward what you want. Inside this episode, you'll discover: How to create a long term vision that will keep you out of constantly feeling like you're in survivor mode The difference between having a plan and being rigid, and why abundant thinkers know how to stay focused on where they are going while remaining flexible about how they get there How you may be unknowingly collecting evidence against your own dreams and talking yourself out of opportunities How to recognize when you are making important decisions from fear, urgency, or emotion instead of clarity and knowledge Also in this episode Anna challenges you to take her One-Week Abundance Challenge and pay attention to where scarcity shows up in that one area of your life. Then, one decision at a time, practice choosing the abundant response instead.. If you have been working hard, carrying a lot, and wondering why the next level still feels harder than you expected, this episode may help you recognize the thought patterns quietly keeping you where you are and show you where to begin shifting them. Resources Mentioned in the Show: Ep 145: The 3 Myths Keeping You From Abundance Anna's Build Your Best Life Journal Journal Prompts: Am I in survival mode or vision mode? What do I want my life to look like in a year? Have I broken down my goals into smaller steps? Quotes to Remember: Abundance is our birthright. Sometimes we win and sometimes we learn. You don't have to postpone joy or happiness. Connect with Anna: To learn more about Anna's upcoming book go to: gettingbacktoyoubook.com Monday Morning Mojo Facebook Group Facebook  Instagram Watch the Monday Morning Mojo Video on YouTube To set up a discovery call with Anna visit Calendly.com/annagibbs  To learn more about coaching with Anna visit  coachannagibbs.com To learn more about the supplements and products Anna uses to improve her overall health and well-being visit: https://plexusworldwide.com/annagibbs  Learn more about the makeup and skincare company Anna uses that also makes donations to important women's causes. It's bigger than beauty.

A 30-minute fix increased one company's revenue by $25M ARR. Hunter Harris has exited four companies and now helps Series A B2B SaaS startups fix the system problems slowing their engineering teams down. Hunter led product engineering at Silverpop, IBM, SalesLoft, Calendly, and Sendoso before founding Hunter Software Consulting. In this episode, he shares the through line of his entire career: most teams do not have a talent problem, they have a system problem and a strategy problem. He walks through the small changes that create disproportionate business impact, and how AI, done right, is unlocking hidden revenue. What We Cover: - Hunter's path from mowing lawns to exiting four companies - The one-line code change that increased revenue by $25M ARR in 30 minutes - The dashboard fix that catastrophically dropped churn and support tickets - Why simple Continuous Integration changes let one team release 1200% faster - Why slow engineering is riskier engineering, and how fast feedback loops fix it - The XY problem: why teams solve the wrong problem and miss the real one - Communication as the foundation of both code and leadership - Niceness versus kindness and how to have the hard conversations - Why AI scales off what you already have, good and bad - Fighting AI's verbosity bias and the vicious cycle that degrades output - Why you should think about tokens in terms of time, not cost - Building a library of AI skills and composing them into workflows - How a self-referencing loop cut Hunter's token costs by more than 99% Connect with Hunter Harris: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rhunterharris/ Website: huntersoftwareconsulting.com Podcast:  @BuildandBreakThroughPodcast   CHAPTER TIMESTAMPS 0:00 - Intro 1:00 - Hunter's background and the entrepreneurial streak 3:00 - Boy Scouts, Eagle Scout, and a foundational operating system 4:00 - Georgia Tech, the fiscal crisis, and a pivot to Japanese 5:30 - Teaching in South Korea and building for the Japanese government 8:00 - The crime tracking database that saved thousands of man hours 10:00 - Silverpop, Skunkworks, and the IBM acquisition 13:00 - Getting rocket-shipped through engineering roles 15:00 - SalesLoft: core values and the scalability of communication 16:00 - Calendly, commoditization, and seeing the writing on the wall 18:00 - Sendoso and the GDPR compliance sprint 20:30 - The self-service dashboard that crushed churn 22:00 - The one-line code change that added $25M in revenue 25:00 - Starting Hunter Software Consulting 26:00 - Why AI averages a 20% efficiency gain and how one client hit 1200% 27:00 - Why slow engineering is riskier and feedback loops are the key 30:00 - Who is your customer? Rethinking the definition 33:00 - What separates high-performing dev teams from stuck ones 36:00 - The high-horsepower, misaligned person problem 38:00 - Niceness versus kindness and the hard conversation 40:00 - Communication all the way down: from code to AI to leadership 42:00 - The misuses of AI and avoiding AI slop 44:30 - Verbosity bias and the vicious cycle that degrades AI output 47:00 - Tokens as time, not cost, and the Eisenhower matrix 49:30 - Test: just start using AI and get the reps 51:00 - Optimize: teaching your agent to build skills 55:00 - Scale: composing skills into workflows and self-improving loops 58:00 - Cutting token costs by more than 99% 1:00:00 - Where to find Hunter and the Build and Break Through podcast

Most people would never say they have an abundance problem. But what if the real issue isn't a lack of opportunity, money, or resources? What if it's the beliefs you've been carrying for years without ever questioning them? In this powerful first installment of a two-part series, Anna Gibbs explores the difference between scarcity and abundance thinking, challenges three of the most common myths that quietly shape our decisions, and invites you to examine whether the limitations you've accepted are actually true. Inside this episode, you'll discover: Why you can be incredibly successful and still feel like something is missing—and what that feeling may actually be trying to tell you. The hidden belief that may be keeping you stuck, even though you're working harder than ever to move forward. Why so many high-achieving women unknowingly sabotage their own opportunities without ever realizing they're doing it. How the messages you absorbed growing up may still be influencing your confidence, decisions, and ability to see what's possible today.  If you've ever wondered why success can still feel difficult, why fear seems to override possibility, or why certain patterns continue to repeat themselves no matter how hard you work, this conversation will challenge you to look deeper. JUST ANNOUNCED! Anna's upcoming book, Getting Back to You is coming out soon! To be the first to hear about it, click here to get on her list!   Resources Mentioned in the Show: Wheel of Life exercise Anna's Build Your Best Life Journal Journal Prompts: Where have I decided that something is not available to me? Where did this belief come from? Who told me this wasn't available to me? Quotes to Remember: Abundance is knowing that there's enough for everyone.  Abundance is knowing that you have the ability to dream, to create vision, that if you believe it's possible, it can be. A growth mindset is always seeking possibility. A fixed mindset only sees the status quo, nothing more. Scarcity thinking has you believing that you're limited, that you lack resources. Connect with Anna: To learn more about Anna's upcoming book go to: gettingbacktoyoubook.com Monday Morning Mojo Facebook Group Facebook  Instagram Watch the Monday Morning Mojo Video on YouTube To set up a discovery call with Anna visit Calendly.com/annagibbs  To learn more about coaching with Anna visit  coachannagibbs.com To learn more about the supplements and products Anna uses to improve her overall health and well-being visit: https://plexusworldwide.com/annagibbs  Learn more about the makeup and skincare company Anna uses that also makes donations to important women's causes. It's bigger than beauty.

In this Biz Besties episode, Nicole and Kaila get honest about something most women entrepreneurs don't even realize is happening: you're losing sales before a client ever has the chance to say yes. And it's not your offer. It's your systems.They break down the three systems that are quietly costing you money, referrals, and repeat clients, and what you can do right now to fix them. This one is part strategy, part wake-up call, and completely practical.What you'll take away from this episode:Why a complicated booking process is the fastest way to lose a sale before it even starts.The real reason your happy clients aren't sending referrals your way (and it has nothing to do with your results).Why repeat clients disappear, and what "red carpet service" actually looks like in a real business.The tools (Calendly, Acuity, Stripe) that reduce friction and make it easy for clients to say yes.How to audit your entire client experience so your business runs like one.Why referrals are a trust asset, and how your systems either build or break that trust.If sales feel harder than they should right now, this episode is probably the answer you've been looking for.Take our FREE quiz: https://www.myalignedpurpose.com/quizGrab your ticket for SHE LEADS: https://www.myalignedpurpose.com/she-leads-2027Pre-order our book: https://www.myalignedpurpose.com/presale

Wines We're Drinking Jessica: Seis Soles Albariño, by Chris Rivera (friend of the pod), out of Lodi with a tasting room in downtown Orange, CA (Wine & Wax) Heidi: Water (she'd just wrapped recording her own podcast beforehand) Episode Description This week, Jessica sits down with Heidi De La Cruz, host of the two time award winning podcast "American Dream in the Eyes of Immigrants," podcasting coach, and creator of the V.O.I.C.E. Method, a 6 week framework helping Latina women and busy moms launch their own shows. Heidi and Jessica trade real talk on what it actually takes to start and sustain a podcast: knowing your why, building systems that don't burn you out, showing up as your authentic self (no dress code required), and redefining what success looks like when you're a one woman operation. Heidi also opens up about managing her PTSD around her recording schedule and how mental health shaped the structure of her business. Note for listeners: this episode touches on immigration and includes a candid conversation about how Jessica curates guests for the show's mission of amplifying communities of color specifically. Timestamps 00:00 - Cheers and catching up 09:56 - Heidi's path into podcasting, from curious kid to interviewing her husband about his immigration story 19:47 - Showing up as yourself: ditching the dress code and talking openly about PTSD and mental health 28:17 - Kicking hesitation to the curb: the launch party deadline that got the show live 34:11 - Turning her own trial and error into coaching other podcasters 39:38 - Know your why: the one question to answer before you hit record 46:54 - Weekly, biweekly, whatever works: redefining what podcast success actually looks like 49:21 - Drop times, edit hours, and the surprising places listeners are tuning in from 59:05 - The systems (Calendly, Notion, Google Sheets templates) keeping two indie podcasters sane 1:04 - Editing tools, coworking spaces, and finding time to actually finish an episode 1:07 - Solo episodes vs. interviews: the one that's actually harder 1:11:32 - Setting boundaries with guests around sensitive stories 1:13:44 - Curating community with intention (touches on race and immigration) 1:17:56 - Gratitude, parting wisdom, and where to find Heidi Guest Social Handles Instagram: @heidi.delacruz Website: HeidiDelacruz.com Podcasts: "American Dream in the Eyes of Immigrants" and "Podcasting for Latina CEOs" Connect with Wine & Chisme Website: www.thewineandchismepodcast.com Instagram: @thewineandchisme TikTok: @thewineandchisme Call us and tell us how we're doing: (858) 304-0266

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In this special episode of the Monday Morning Mojo Podcast, Anna Gibbs is joined by entrepreneur and real estate leader Leigh Quintana for an honest conversation about the power of authentic connection, mentorship, and why the right room can change the trajectory of your life and leadership. If you've been feeling isolated in your success, carrying the weight of leadership alone, or wondering why personal growth seems harder than it used to, this episode will remind you that you were never meant to do it by yourself. Inside this episode, you'll discover: The difference between networking for opportunities and building authentic relationships that last How meaningful mentorship can accelerate both your personal and professional growth Why getting outside your industry and your comfort zone often creates your greatest breakthroughs The mindset shift from competition to collaboration and why supporting other women creates greater success for everyone How to recognize opportunities that align with your values instead of simply filling your calendar Whether you're leading a business, building a career, raising a family, or navigating a season of transition, this conversation is a powerful reminder that growth isn't something you accomplish in isolation. Sometimes the next breakthrough isn't waiting in another strategy. It's waiting in another conversation. Listen now to this week's episode of the Monday Morning Mojo Podcast and discover how the right connections can help you find greater clarity, courage, and purpose in your leadership and your life. JUST ANNOUNCED! Anna's upcoming book, Getting Back to You is coming out soon! To be the first to hear about it, click here to get on her list! Resources Mentioned in the Show: Anna's Build Your Best Life Journal Episode 132: When Your Life Falls Apart, Your Wisdom Remains with Special Guest Leigh Quintana GoBundance Women (retreat) Journal Prompts: What can I learn from someone else? How can I incorporate this new knowledge into my life? What do I have to gain by trying something new? Quotes to Remember: We're missing this opportunity for connection. You need to get out of your zip code. Don't be afraid to seek answers from a mentor. It makes you more intelligent that you're seeking answers that you don't have. Experience is the greatest teacher. If you say yes to something new, what do you have to lose? Opportunity can't know unless you build it a door. Connect with Anna: To learn more about Anna's upcoming book go to: gettingbacktoyoubook.com Monday Morning Mojo Facebook Group Facebook  Instagram Watch the Monday Morning Mojo Video on YouTube To set up a discovery call with Anna visit Calendly.com/annagibbs  To learn more about coaching with Anna visit  coachannagibbs.com To learn more about the supplements and products Anna uses to improve her overall health and well-being visit: https://plexusworldwide.com/annagibbs  Learn more about the makeup and skincare company Anna uses that also makes donations to important women's causes. It's bigger than beauty.

→ Set up a one-on-one Consultation with Karen at Calendly.com/kereneldad ←↓Have you ever looked at your life, your business, your success… and thought, “Why doesn't this feel the way I thought it would?”If so, you're not alone—and this episode is for you.I'm joined by Coach Keren Eldad for a powerful conversation about high achievers who look successful on the outside… but feel stuck, restless, or unfulfilled on the inside.We talk about why the very traits that built your success—drive, discipline, perfectionism—can also keep you stuck… and what it actually takes to not just achieve success, but feel aligned and fulfilled living in it.Inside this episode: