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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.

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.   

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.

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.

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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.

More than 50,000 existing Perth blocks could become eligible for subdivision under WA's biggest planning shakeup in around 30 years. In this solo episode, Neil breaks down the proposed change to R20 zoning and what it actually means for property investors and small to medium infill developers in Western Australia. Right now, an R20 block needs a 350sqm minimum lot size and a 450sqm average, which means you need a 900sqm block to create two lots. The proposal removes the average requirement entirely, leaving only the 350sqm minimum. In plain terms, a 700sqm R20 block becomes subdividable. R20 is the most common suburban code across the Perth metro area, so this hits established infill locations, not urban sprawl. But eligibility is not the same as profitability, and Neil is blunt about the traps. In this episode: The exact change to R20 and why the average lot size has been the thing holding tens of thousands of blocks back Why the position of the existing house matters more than the size of the block The demolition trap. Neil runs the numbers on a $1m block two ways and shows how retaining the front house can turn a $50k to $60k result into $250k to $260k Dual zonings explained, and why one phone call to the duty planner can save your feasibility The other proposed reforms: single houses, renovations, patios and carports out of planning, approval times cut from 60 days to 30, three storey in R40, and parking minimums removed for apartments and granny flats Why state policy does not always mean local councils fall into line. Neil shares the 70 properties currently stuck in planning How to target these blocks before they hit the market using area expertise, letterbox drops and joint ventures with owners The due diligence checklist: verify zoning through the council's Intramaps, speak to a land surveyor before you settle, and get your accountant across structure and GST Timeline matters here. This is a proposal out for consultation, not law, and it is not expected to be implemented until around mid 2027. Neil's message is clear. Treat it as a heads up, not a green light. Free access to the Coliving Cashflow Academy Neil is opening up the Academy in exchange for your feedback. Complete the sentiment survey below, which takes three to five minutes and can be done anonymously, and you will get access to all 13 modules covering goal setting, HMOs, coliving, rent to rent, subdivisions, renovations, new builds, property management and fire safety. Everything learned across a decade in the trenches and a pipeline heading past 400 projects and 2,300 rooms. Take the survey here: https://form.jotform.com/262147921124048 Full show notes and links available at thehmopropertyco.com 

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

Get the 200+ Page Optimal Living Daily Workbook (PDF) — Free. Want to turn today's episode into an actionable plan? Join the Optimal Living Weekly newsletter and I'll send you our 200-page digital workbook immediately. It's packed with the best takeaways from the show, formatted for easy reading and implementation at home. Get your free PDF workbook here: ⁠https://oldpodcast.eo.page/join⁠ Discover all of the podcasts in our network, search for specific episodes and learn more at:⁠ OLDPodcast.com⁠. Episode 2105: Jenny Lee breaks down the key factors freelancers should consider when pricing their services, from expertise and business expenses to market research and long-term financial goals. She also makes a compelling case for value-based pricing and explains why the right quote should feel just a little uncomfortable to send. Read along with the original article(s) here: https://www.hellobrio.com/blog/how-to-charge-clients Quotes to ponder: "You may be new to your field, but you are NOT a new professional." "Make sure to build the cost of materials and business expenses into your price quote." "The 'unrelated' work experience you have contributes to your Unique Selling Proposition, or in other words, what makes you different from the next person in your industry." Episode references: Zoom: https://zoom.us/ Planoly: https://www.planoly.com/ HoneyBook: https://www.honeybook.com/ Calendly: https://calendly.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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.

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US Puts $10M Bounty on Russian Hackers, Supreme Court Limits Geofence Warrants, New phishing campaign targets hotels, AI Coding Agents Tricked into Malware and Canada's Electronic Spies Go After Ransomware Gangs.  The episode covers the US State Department's up to $10 million reward for information on Russia-linked hacker groups UNC 5792 and UNC 4221 tied to phishing campaigns that compromise Signal and WhatsApp accounts by stealing Signal backup recovery keys.  It also explains a US Supreme Court 6–3 ruling limiting geofence warrants by recognizing Fourth Amendment privacy protections for phone location data and requiring probable cause and narrower requests.  Mozilla ODIN researchers demonstrate a proof of concept where a clean GitHub repo can cause AI coding agents to run an init command that executes attacker-controlled code via DNS and opens a reverse shell. A hotel-focused phishing campaign using Calendly and Google redirects delivers ZIP files that install the Tonrat implant through PowerShell and a user-space Node.js runtime.  Finally, Canada's CSE says it disrupted infrastructure used by 10 major ransomware groups and reports incident volumes rising nearly 26% year over year. 00:24 Top Headlines Rundown 00:54 10 Million Bounty Russian Hackers 02:42 Supreme Court Limits Geofence Warrants 03:56 AI Coding Agent Repo Trap 05:31 Listener Thanks And Reviews 05:51 Hotel Front Desk Phishing Attack 08:01 Canada Disrupts Ransomware Gangs 09:45 Closing And Sign Off

The Graduate Business Curriculum Roundtable just released a study of 69 graduate business schools examining whether institutions have the organizational systems to detect external change and translate it into sustained curriculum adaptation. One finding stood out: roughly a third of schools have the operational capability to adapt — but don't consistently activate it. The researchers call this "Latent Agility," and it may describe more institutions in this community than the more dramatic "high-friction" cases that usually get attention. I summarize the findings and what they mean for program-level leadership — including a discipline-neutral framework for assessing where your own program might fall, regardless of where it sits within your college or university structure. I'd be glad to hear how this framework lands for your institution.

Watch & Subscribe on YouTube @marladiann  For many midlife women, solo travel isn't about checking destinations off a list. It's about friendship, confidence, curiosity, and remembering that life can surprise you in a good way when you least expect it.   In this relatable episode, I'm joined by Gina Cambridge, ICF Certified Travel Coach, retreat host, and founder of Wanderlust Solo Women Tours and Wanderlust Travel Coaching. After experiencing her own season of reinvention later in life, Gina discovered how transformational travel helped her rebuild confidence, create meaningful friendships, and reconnect with herself. Today, she's helped hundreds of women experience the same through her curated retreats, tours, and purposeful adventures around the world. From New Zealand to Bali, Cuba and beyond, Gina's work is centered around helping women embrace freedom, courage, and the joy that comes from stepping outside their comfort zones. Inside this conversation, we explore: • Why traveling with fewer expectations can lead to richer experiences • How women in midlife are discovering new freedom, joy, and confidence through solo travel • How travel can become a catalyst for healing and reinvention • Why meaningful friendships often begin outside our comfort zones • The role intuition plays when planning journeys and creating experiences • How Gina navigated the uncertainty of the pandemic without giving up on her dream • The serendipities of life that emerged for Gina from local retreats and unexpected pivots What I love most about Gina's philosophy is that travel isn't simply about checking destinations off a bucket list. It's about saying yes to yourself. It's about remembering that life can still surprise you.  And potentially, a plane ticket becomes the beginning of an entirely new chapter. Gina is generously sharing her free guide, Travel Solo with Confidence, filled with practical tips, confidence-building hacks, and encouragement for women dreaming about their own adventures. You can access her gift inside the Portal of Joy. It's an easy free sign up to have access to our selected high value podcast guest's gifts! Downloads, discount codes, journals, audios, and courses, and so much more. https://marladiann.com/podcast/portal/ If you've been longing for more freedom, more adventure, or wondering whether it's too late to reinvent yourself, let this conversation be your reminder: You never want to miss answering to the call of wanderlust regardless of age or season in your life.  Because following your joy starts with the courage to say yes to yourself and the magic of travel. Resources + Links: https://wanderlustsolowomentours.com/  https://www.facebook.com/WanderlustSoloWomenTours/  IG: https://www.instagram.com/wanderlust_momentum/  IG: https://www.instagram.com/wanderlust_travel_coach/ -Marla's Amazon Lifestyle Influencer Store – shop for favorites! Gifts for yourself and others inside my store in the travel section https://www.amazon.com/shop/marla_diann -If your own midlife (40+) reinvention is knocking, let's explore it. What does freedom look and feel like for you? More travel? More creative expression? We begin our connection with a Freedom Chat. Use my Calendly link to get on the calendar. https://calendly.com/successcoach-marladiann/connection -To request the Reverie + Velvet overview and details for an introductory consideration, email: support@marladiann.com 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/  

Graphic designers love logos.We obsess over them.We celebrate them.We tear them apart.And nobody loves judging logos more than designers.But here's the thing...Some of the world's most successful brands have logos designers absolutely hate.Nike.Google.Mastercard.Calendly.And somehow, they're doing just fine.In this episode of The Angry Designer, we unpack why some "bad" logos continue to succeed, why businesses measure logo success differently than designers do, and why the world's best designers spend far less time obsessing over execution than most creatives realize.You'll learn:• Why ugly logos can still be wildly effective• How businesses actually measure branding success• The difference between small and big designer thinkingBecause maybe the question isn't "Is this a good logo?"Maybe the better question is "Why does it work?"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

Reclaiming the Driver's Seat: Operational Engineering for Service Entrepreneurs with Jillian BaileyIn a recent episode of The Thoughtful Entrepreneur Podcast, host Josh Elledge sat down with Jillian Bailey, the founder of Inspired Growth, to dismantle the systemic operational chaos that frequently caps the revenue and sanity of service-based business owners. Jillian, a veteran corporate architect and systems designer, specializes in helping founders transition out of the exhausting "freedom trap"—the painful irony of leaving a corporate job to achieve lifestyle flexibility, only to become the most overworked, manual operator in their own enterprise. This conversation provides an essential operational roadmap for consultants, agency owners, and service professionals who are ready to eliminate decision fatigue, build automated standard operating procedures, and transition their companies into self-sustaining corporate assets that scale predictably without their daily physical intervention.The Architecture of Order: Systematizing Client Journeys and Eliminating Technical FrictionThe primary constraint strangling the valuation of a scaling service enterprise is almost always the founder's tendency to treat every operational task as a unique, high-touch event that requires their personal approval. Jillian Bailey notes that running an organization without documented workflows inevitably forces the executive team into a cycle of constant, reactive firefighting, which destroys cognitive capacity and introduces massive friction into customer-facing operations. True enterprise scalability is achieved when leadership steps away from the daily minutiae to conduct an honest, top-down audit of the company's ecosystem—mapping out every distinct process from initial lead generation to long-term client onboarding. By transforming fragmented knowledge into clean, repeatable Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), business owners remove personal bias from the frontline, ensuring that the brand delivers a uniform premium experience while dramatically reducing administrative friction.Transitioning an enterprise away from founder-dependency requires a disciplined, non-negotiable dedication to leveraging data-driven technology stacks and automated payment pipelines. Many service providers accumulate severe operational debt by attempting to manage complex scheduling, multi-system client communication, and monthly invoicing manually, assuming that software integration is a luxury reserved only for larger corporations. Real-world profit optimization is unlocked when an organization systematically connects tools like Calendly, Dubsado, and Zapier to automate back-office admin tasks, building a resilient digital infrastructure that moves client delivery along automatically. When independent software modules handle these repetitive pipelines in the background, the business naturally minimizes transaction errors, protects its gross margins against inflation, and frees the internal workforce to focus purely on high-yield strategic initiatives.Sustaining this optimized momentum demands that executive leadership actively cultivate a transparent corporate culture that normalizes behavioral vulnerability and rejects the toxic, un-scalable myth of the perfect founder. When corporate managers hide internal bottlenecks or attempt to absorb operational errors out of fear, it creates silent cracks in the business infrastructure that eventually lead to severe team attrition and severe leadership burnout. Establishing clear, high-accountability feedback loops and celebrating transparent, honest error reporting allows corporate teams to address underlying system failures rather than masking immediate symptoms. When an enterprise synthesizes this authentic communication philosophy with empirical operational diagnostics—such as comprehensive efficiency audits—the business naturally expands its enterprise value. This proactive governance converts the corporate asset from a time-consuming job into a highly automated, passive engine designed to predictably fund the lifestyle of its owner.About Jillian BaileyJillian Bailey is the Founder and Chief Operations Consultant of Inspired Growth, and a premier authority on systems engineering and lifestyle restoration for overwhelmed service entrepreneurs. Drawing from a deep background in corporate lifecycle dynamics, workflow design, and operational psychology, Jillian specializes in helping high-performing founders replace chaotic daily firefighting with permanent, scalable infrastructure. She is a dedicated advisor focused on helping business leaders establish clear operational boundaries, implement high-yield automation, and reclaim true professional autonomy.About Inspired GrowthInspired Growth is an elite corporate consulting and operations advisory firm designed to help small-to-mid-sized service enterprises transition from chaotic, founder-dependent models into structured corporate assets. The firm specializes in delivering comprehensive business ecosystem audits, custom SOP development, automated tech stack integration, and white-glove fractional management services. Through proprietary strategic systems like the Efficiency Audit Quiz, Inspired Growth enables organizations to eliminate administrative bottlenecks, improve client retention, and secure sustainable, scalable profit margins.Links Mentioned in This EpisodeInspired Growth Official Website: inspired-growth.comKey Episode HighlightsThe Freedom Trap Framework: Analyzing why service entrepreneurs unconsciously exchange corporate structures for exhausting, high-volume operational self-employment.The Architecture of Predictable SOPs: Crafting simple, repeatable Standard Operating Procedures to eliminate decision fatigue and streamline team delegation pipelines.The 5-Stage Business Diagnostic Evaluation: Jillian's precise operational method to calm immediate fire fighting, zoom out, and systematically clean up backend workflow debt.Normalizing the "Dirty Secrets" of Scale: Overcoming executive burnout by establishing transparent workplace communication and embracing vulnerability across all management lines.Backend Automation Loops: Leveraging optimized tech integrations across scheduling, data tracking, and customer relationship management to insulate business profit margins.ConclusionThe conversation with Jillian Bailey reinforces that true operational freedom is a direct downstream result of structural precision and data-driven system architecture rather than pure manual hustle. By standardizing internal corporate governance, removing process friction from the frontline, and focusing ruthlessly on automated systems, service leaders can safely transform a volatile, time-consuming business into a highly structured, self-sustaining corporate asset.More from The Thoughtful Entrepreneur

For many high-achieving women, there comes a moment when the strategies, habits, and mindset that created the level of success they have no longer feels like enough.  Not because you've failed. Not because you've done anything wrong. But because your next level is asking something different of you. In this episode of the Monday Morning Mojo Podcast, Anna Gibbs explores what happens when achievement alone is no longer the goal and how to navigate the transition into a more aligned, fulfilling version of success. In this episode, you'll learn: What causes the habits that created your current success to not be the ones that take you where you want to go next How to shift from living by expectations to making intentional choices that align with what you truly want Why many successful women don't have a time management problem, they have an energy management problem How to focus on sustainable performance instead of simply productivity How to identify what deserves your "yes" and what requires a graceful "no" The questions to ask yourself if you're ready for greater alignment, fulfillment, freedom, and clarity If you've been feeling the pull toward something more, not necessarily more achievement, but more meaning, more peace, and more alignment, this conversation will help you pause, reflect, and consider what your next level is truly asking of you. 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: What do I want? Am I trying to prove myself or or am I choosing what I want? What do I need to get to my next level? What does success mean for me today? Quotes to Remember: There's a profound difference between living from expectation and living from intention. Your energy is one of your greatest assets. Just because you can do something doesn't mean you should do it. Boundaries don't limit your life; they expand you and help you focus on the things that matter. 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.

Elan Jones and Bradley Robinson are two of the best MSP salespeople in the country — and they work at the same company. Elan sold beer and cannabis before walking into IT sales the month the world locked down, then won MSP Salesperson of the Year. Bradley came from operations and project management, had never really sold, and became a two-time national Sales Champion finalist. Neither came from tech.This one's a first for the show: two sellers from the same shop, eCreek IT in Denver, breaking down a sales process repeatable enough to mint champions out of totally different people. We get into selling with confidence, why price objections are usually a value problem, how they keep a discovery call conversational without abandoning the checklist, the camaraderie of a two-person sales team, and where AI actually helps versus where it's just noise. If you're an MSP owner trying to build a sales engine that doesn't depend on you, this is the playbook.What You'll Learn• Why most price objections are really value problems from a weak discovery call• How to keep a discovery call conversational without abandoning the checklist• What it actually takes for an MSP owner to replace themselves in sales• Why drive beats credentials every time (and the camping story that proves it)• Where AI genuinely helps in sales — and where the human-first approach still winsBooks & Resources Referenced• Myers-Briggs Type Indicator — Elan and Bradley both tested as ENTJ despite their different backgrounds. - https://www.myersbriggs.org/my-mbti-personality-type/mbti-basics/• Calendly (referenced as "Calum"/scheduling tool) — automated meeting reminders and follow-ups. - https://calendly.comGEO (Generative Engine Optimization) — the emerging practice of optimizing to be recommended by AI search, discussed re: getting surfaced by ChatGPT for "IT providers in Denver."

Tanner Mullen (founder of DripJobs) returns to the Painter Growth Podcast for one of his most tactical conversations yet. Mike Workman and Tanner dig into why software is becoming commoditized, why education and service are the real moats, and how AI is reshaping what it means to run a painting business in 2025.Tanner breaks down his new product, Routimize, a route-optimization booking system that lets customers book themselves directly from Facebook at peak intent, eliminates wasted drive time, and is already live in 36 beta companies. He explains why he's "done with leads," how the illusion of choice drives take rates, and how the same engine now powers an AI voice agent that books appointments end-to-end on nights and weekends.If you're a painting contractor trying to build an income-producing asset instead of a job, this episode is your playbook.⏱️ Timestamps below.00:00 Intro: Tanner Mullen returns00:32 Why it's the best time ever to be in business01:17 Using AI to automate the boring stuff01:52 Building an income-producing asset02:46 Risk-takers vs. people who wait04:03 The guy who asked for a free trial 4 years apart04:29 Developing the investor mindset05:13 Why DripJobs killed free trials05:33 Software is becoming commoditized06:24 Why education & service are the real moat06:53 Knowing the problem vs. implementing the change07:37 Building a department just for free training07:59 The four quadrants: urgent vs. important09:06 Time management is the #1 scaling skill09:26 Five recommended CEO calendars by business stage10:31 How AI changed software development for DripJobs11:37 Differentiating yourself in a gold rush12:13 Early-mover leverage & filing the patent13:18 Trust as a moat: protecting customer data14:13 Personal brand leverage in software15:02 Killer AI use case: instant custom proposals16:30 Staying focused as a product leader (no shiny objects)17:03 DripJobs' biggest bottleneck: offline mode & V217:41 What Routimize actually does18:03 The origin of DripJobs & speed to lead18:51 Why request systems still create friction19:42 How Routimize filters territory & enables VAs20:37 Building friction to get the right bookings20:58 Booking direct from Facebook with an AI chatbot21:46 "I don't want leads anymore"22:40 36 companies in beta23:14 The illusion of choice & booking rates24:17 Live demo: booking inside the service zone25:34 Propagating the best appointment time26:24 How much time it saves per salesperson27:00 The Calendly for service businesses27:20 Bulk routing for project managers28:19 Tanner the "time dealer"28:37 Customer experience & shortening the buying cycle29:55 On-the-way texts with real drive-time ETAs30:47 The Google Maps API cost reality31:05 Voice AI: booking calls on nights & weekends32:37 Why callers prefer to book by phone33:36 Reassuring admins this won't replace them35:10 Solving a problem that shouldn't exist35:38 Will Routimize beat DripJobs? The December 2027 bet36:12 Building features at AI speed37:07 The 30-day runway to public launch37:50 The pay-gate philosophy & 14-day trial38:18 DripJobs V1 vs. V2 strategy39:02 Big news: Tanner is fully free from Premium Painting39:31 Why job scheduling is a high-level task40:14 The estimating & proposal model that freed him41:07 Selling the business kicked him into a new gear41:49 Building a business worth keeping42:36 Measuring cost by how much you think about it43:08 Spotting and motivating A-players43:29 Be 1% better than your best player44:18 The personal development journey since age 1645:00 Personal rules for leading a team45:20 The State, Story, Strategy framework46:43 Getting into the right state faster47:24 Tanner's one-on-one Routimize offer48:07 The June 19th deadline & how to claim it48:42 Wrap-up.

What if the reason you're exhausted has nothing to do with how much you're doing? In this episode of the Monday Morning Mojo Podcast, Anna Gibbs explores the deeper reasons so many women in leadership and business feel exhausted, even when they're doing everything they know how to do. ​Inside this episode, you'll discover: Why exhaustion is often about more than workload and time management The​ surprising invisible emotional weight many successful women carry every day The subtle signs that you've drifted away from yourself without realizing it The powerful questions that can help you identify what you're carrying that no longer belongs to you How to redefine success in a way that creates more alignment, peace, and sustainability If you've ever found yourself wondering why rest doesn't seem to fix the exhaustion, this conversation may give you answers you didn't know you were looking for. 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: What am I carrying that I need to put down? What am I holding on to that no longer serves me? What expectations have I held onto that no longer fit who I'm becoming? What version of success feels right for who I am today? Quotes to Remember: We're carrying things we were never meant to carry for so long. What feels like exhaustion is likely a boundary that asking for your attention. What feels like disconnection is an invitation to come back to yourself. 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.

Some of the best conversations start at a dinner table.Last September, host Langston Clark welcomed product leaders and authors Oji and Ezinne Udezue into his San Antonio home for an intimate gathering. One of the guests that evening was Elisa Cuellar — a listener, entrepreneur, and founder of StorieCue — who walked away from that dinner inspired to stop sitting on her own big idea. That night lit a spark. This episode is the recorded continuation of that conversation.Oji, a former Chief Product Officer at Twitter, Calendly, and Atlassian, and managing partner of the Kernel Fund, and Ezinne, who has driven enterprise transformation at T-Mobile, Discovery Communications, Procore, and WP Engine, are the co-authors of Building Rocketships: Product Management for High Growth Companies. Together, they walk us through what separates builders who scale from those who stall — and why the fundamentals of product thinking matter now more than ever. With Elisa serving as guest co-host, the trio explores customer listening, the Shipyard Model of innovation, AI's role in product development, and what it means to build rocket ships when the infrastructure — and the capital — looks completely different than Silicon Valley. Whether you're a solo founder, a product leader, or someone who knows they have a rocket ship inside of them and just hasn't launched yet — this episode is for you. Topics covered: product management, startup growth strategy, AI tools for founders, customer listening, Shipyard Model, Kernel Fund, innovation in Africa, venture capital in emerging markets, product-market fit, Black tech leadership, entrepreneurship.Support the showhttps://www.patreon.com/c/EA_BookClub

I det här avsnittet pratar Nana om den mentala resan från att vara anställd till att bli investerare. Han diskuterar varför fastigheter egentligen handlar om mycket mer än bara fastigheter, hur mycket nytt man behöver lära sig och varför det kan kännas ensamt att bygga något på egen hand.Vill du avgöra om fastighetsinvesteringar i Storbritannien är rätt för dig? www.miracle-academy.se/courses/grundkursVill ni gå med i vår mastermind (masterminden kräver tidigare utbildning eller erfarenhet) mm@miraclepropertiesltd.comVill du ta lära dig om HMO? Kolla in vår kurs inom det!https://www.miracle-academy.se/courses/hmoOm ni vill boka upp ett samtal med oss tryck på Calendly länken https://calendly.com/miraclepropertiesltd/15minMissade du vårt senaste nyhetsbrev? Se till att kolla in det för att hålla dig uppdaterad med de senaste nyheterna och händelserna inom fastighetsinvesteringar i UK.https://miraclepropertiesltd.us6.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=5b6248a33b48fa474db5c8976&id=bb104d26aeTack till alla som lyssnar, betygsätter och ställer frågor. Vi uppskattar er alla!Följ oss gärna

What happens when staying authentic costs you everything… but opens the door to something even bigger?In this inspiring episode of Become Empowered, Sabine Kvenberg sits down with author, voice actor, musician, and storyteller Aaron Ryan to talk about resilience, reinvention, creativity, and the courage to stay true to yourself—even when it comes at a cost.Aaron shares his remarkable journey from accidentally becoming a voice actor to publishing 50+ books, creating music, and building a legacy through storytelling. But behind the success is a deeply human story of rejection, disappointment, and learning to trust yourself when the world doesn't validate your path.Together, Sabine and Aaron explore:✨ Why authenticity matters—even when it's uncomfortable✨ The toxic side of creative industries and how to overcome setbacks✨ What creators and authors need to know about marketing books successfully✨ How storytelling shapes human connection✨ The surprising link between pain, music, and creativity✨ Why your focus determines your reality✨ The powerful lesson of learning you are truly worthy of loveAaron also shares one of the most touching legacy projects imaginable: a daily journal he's been writing for his sons since infancy.If you're an entrepreneur, creator, author, speaker—or simply someone navigating change—this episode will remind you that setbacks can become the doorway to your greatest creative chapter.Key takeaway: Sometimes losing what feels safe is exactly what creates space for something extraordinary.

Most agency owners think their clients have it easy. But the gap between how you believe your agency operates and how clients and prospects actually experience it is often wider than you’d expect, and it’s usually the small, everyday frictions that do the most damage. In this episode, Chip and Gini ask if you were on the receiving end of your own agency’s processes, would you be happy? The answer, for a lot of agencies, is probably not. Their point isn’t that agencies should cave to every demand, but if you market yourself as a partner, act like one. The friction can start before someone even becomes a client. Contact forms loaded with qualifying questions scare people away. And back-and-forth emails to find a meeting time have no excuse in 2026. Use a scheduling tool, have a link ready, and make it especially easy for prospects. Once someone is ready to talk, the goal is to respond fast and remove every obstacle. When it comes to the handoff from prospect to client, agencies should have a standard proposal template so they can turn paperwork around in 24 hours, not days. Make invoicing and payments as easy on the client as you would want it to be if you were in their shoes. And when it comes to project management tools, if the client already has one they’re using, just use it. The tool matters less than having one. Key takeaways Chip Griffin: “When someone is at a low point, that is not the time to try to extract stuff from them. It’s a time where if you believe half of your marketing BS that you put out there about they’re our partners, they’re not our clients, well, then act like one.” Gini Dietrich: “We have to think about scope creep, and we have to think about margins, and all of those are very real things. But let’s not cut our nose off to spite our face.” Chip Griffin: “Being easy to work with starts before they’re even a client. I am often befuddled by how difficult agencies make it to get in touch with them for a prospect.” Gini Dietrich: “There are some organizations that have a process that they put clients through, and it’s so rigid that it doesn’t meet the client where they are. And it’s impossible to work with them because of that.” Related How to onboard new agency clients How to do client collections right and get paid faster View Transcript The following is a computer-generated transcript. Please listen to the audio to confirm accuracy. Chip Griffin: Hello and welcome to the Agency Leadership Podcast. I’m Chip Griffin. Gini Dietrich: And I’m Gini Dietrich. Chip Griffin: And Gini, I, I’m, I’m easy to work with, right? I mean, you know, I’m not too- Gini Dietrich: You’re super easy to work with. Chip Griffin: Well. Gini Dietrich: I mean, you’re a little cranky, but that’s why I love you. Chip Griffin: I, I, I think listeners know I’m, I’m cranky. They just… If you’ve listened to more than two or three episodes, you’ve probably heard me be cranky about something at someone. Gini Dietrich: Great. I love it. Chip Griffin: Yeah. Yeah. But we are gonna talk about whether or not you are actually easy to work with as an agency for your clients, and frankly for your prospects as well, because I think a lot of agencies believe that they are easy to work with, but their thoughts or their words maybe aren’t matched up with their actual actions. Gini Dietrich: Yes. And, you know, I will say that I learned this lesson when I started hiring agencies and solopreneurs. It’s not easy to work with other agencies. And you’re like, “Oh, that’s not… I thought that that was a good practice.” And then you realize when another agency puts you through it, not a good practice. Like for instance, making them, making you use their project management system when you have your own, bad idea. Sending emails with invoices that go into the void, bad idea. Like there are some practices that I’m like, “Nope, this does not work.” It’s not, you’re not making it easy on me. Chip Griffin: Yeah, and I, I think part of the problem comes from, I think part of the blame goes to people, people like us who are always preaching to agency owners the importance of protecting their time and their margins and- Gini Dietrich: Sure Chip Griffin: and all of that. Yep. And, and I think that, you know, some people listen to that, but they don’t think through, “Okay, well how does that look on the other end?” Gini Dietrich: Right. Chip Griffin: Yep. And, and so yes, you absolutely need to, to make sure that you don’t have scope creep, and you need to make sure that you are protecting your time so you can get work done, and you’re not just getting eaten alive by meetings and calls and all of that. At the same time, you should think, “What does the other person on the other end think? How would I feel if I received this communication or if someone I hired acted in this way? How, would I be happy about it?” And I think if you start to do that, you’ll realize that some of your practices may not be as easy to work with as you think. Gini Dietrich: Yeah, I think you’re right. You know, I think about a couple of years ago, probably two or three years ago, it was a Saturday night and a client’s website went down, and the client called me, and the reason I remember this is Saturday night is ’cause I probably already had a glass of wine. And he called me and he’s like, “Hey, our website just went down and I can’t reach anybody.” And I was like, “What do you mean you can’t reach anybody?” He’s like, “I can’t reach anybody at the web firm. Can you help?” And I was like, “Of course.” So I called the web firm, and I finally got ahold of somebody, but I had to go through… I had to email three different email addresses, not a personal email address, and I had to go through their quote-unquote process. And I finally got somebody to call me and they said, “Well, keeping the website up and restoring a backup is not part of our scope of work, and so it’ll cost $2,000 an hour.” And I was like, “I’m sorry, what? But that’s not, that’s not a thing.” And they had taken this client’s… You know, they had… The client didn’t know, the client didn’t know what they were signing, and they did sign a scope of work that, that wasn’t included, and it was $2,000 an hour for emergency type stuff. And I was like, “No, absolutely not.” So their marketing manager and I got on with GoDaddy and we restored it ourselves, which it was not a fun process, but it worked, and that, that forced us to… I think they actually ended up firing the web firm, but which they should have. But, like, that kind of stuff I think is exactly to your point. They had put in a process. They had a contract. They did all the things, but they didn’t think through, like… restoring somebody’s website on a Saturday night is literally a click of a button. It’s not a $2,000 an hour emergency kind of thing. So, you know, yes, you should have a process. Yes, you should have a contract. Yes, you should protect your time, but also don’t do it at the risk of losing a client over something stupid like that. Chip Griffin: Right, and obviously there are some clients, as we know, who will abuse some of these things. So- Of course … there, there are certain times- Gini Dietrich: Of course, yes … Chip Griffin: where you have to be okay appearing to not be as easy as the client would want you to be. So this is not, this is not us preaching, “Say yes to everything that you’re asked to do.” It’s simply make some, make some good judgments here. Now, if this is, this is, the website disappears over the weekend, and it, you know, it’s not something that happens regularly, it’s not the, this client doesn’t generally abuse you, I mean, just get it done, and you can have a conversation after the fact and say, “Hey, that really wasn’t part of the scope of work. You, you know, we helped you as a show of good faith, but we need to, you know, we need to work this into the agreement going forward-” Right … or something like that. Gini Dietrich: Right, right. Chip Griffin: It, you know, when, when someone is, when someone is at a low point, that is not the time to try to extract stuff from them. It’s a time where if you truly want, you know, if you believe half of your marketing BS that you put out there about we’re our, they’re our partners, they’re not our clients, well, then, then act like one. Gini Dietrich: Yeah. Yeah. And I think the, I think, you know, we think, we have to think about scope creep, and we have to think about margins, and all of those are very real things. But to your point, let’s not cut our nose off to spite our face. Like, there are some times where you’re just like, “Okay, yeah, sure.” I mean, I didn’t charge the client extra for them calling me instead of somebody on their account team because it was a Saturday night and they knew they could get me. I didn’t charge them extra for that. We just fixed it, right? Like, and that, that creates more goodwill in your relationship and trust in your relationship than being like, “Well, let’s deal with this on Monday.” No. No. Chip Griffin: Yep. And I mean, and a lot of it, a lot of being easy to work with is really the small things. It’s not the, it’s not the big giant stuff. It’s the little bits of friction that just become annoying. So think about how easy is it for clients to book time with you or your team, right? Again, and we don’t want this to be abused, but at the same time, I’ve worked with a lot of agencies where they’re like, “Well, you know, I, I’ve got a half hour two weeks from now for you.” Gini Dietrich: Right. Chip Griffin: Come on. I mean- … you know, if, if this is a client who’s constantly asking for time, okay, you know, maybe. But in general, you should be trying to find ways to make yourself available. Gini Dietrich: Yes. Chip Griffin: You should be doing things like making sure that your team is at least acknowledging emails within the business day. Gini Dietrich: Yes. Chip Griffin: Even if they can’t solve it, at least acknowledging it makes you easier to work with. Little things like how you handle billing. You alluded to that earlier, but make it easy to handle billing. Make sure you’re finding out early on who should these invoices go to? Do they need to be copied to multiple people? Don’t say, “Well, I’ve got this process and it only goes to one person or whatever.” Make the payment process easy. Make it so that people can pay online, make recurring payments. If they want to be able to change a credit card, let them do that. Gini Dietrich: Yes. Chip Griffin: I had a recent experience with someone- You did. … that I worked with for a long time and, and I wanted to change my, my business credit card number that was used for it, and I was told I had to call an operator to do that. I’m like, “That is total BS in 2026. I should be able to do that online. I should not have to get on a phone and read out my card number to a human.” That makes no sense whatsoever. Make it easy for people. Gini Dietrich: Yes. Crazy easy. Like you should make it easy. It’s, it’s funny you say that because about invoices, because we worked with an accounting firm who would mail their invoice, and we use a PO box because I don’t want mail coming to my home and sometimes we got it, sometimes we didn’t. Like I, and they would go, “Your invoice hasn’t been paid for 120 days.” And I’m like, “Dude, I don’t have an invoice from you.” And so I finally got them to email them. Like, this is ridiculous. Don’t mail me the invoice. It’s 2022, for heaven sakes. Chip Griffin: Well, if you want to talk about not easy to work with, the PO box is a perfect example. I had a PO box for almost 30 years that I used for business, and I finally ended up giving it up recently because the post office was becoming extraordinarily belligerent about wanting various bits of documentation. I’m like, I’ve, I’ve had this- Gini Dietrich: Yes … Chip Griffin: post office box for 30 years. Like well you have to show up in person to do this, and so I would show up in person. They’re like, “Oh, no, you don’t have the right stuff.” Gini Dietrich: Yep. Chip Griffin: And we don’t have the right people here today, so we’re gonna have to do it again.” No. Gini Dietrich: Yep, yep. Chip Griffin: No. Gini Dietrich: Yep, yes. Chip Griffin: Like- Gini Dietrich: Mm-hmm … Chip Griffin: That’s, that is nonsense. There are so many ways to verify my identity, the identity of the business, what- like come on. Uh-huh. Also- Yeah … 30 years I had this box. Right. Like, and now you’ve just decided- Gini Dietrich: Mm-hmm, uh-huh … Chip Griffin: that now is the time that you need to do this? Give me a break. Gini Dietrich: Yeah. Yeah, I think you’re right. Like the, it’s, I think exactly what you said at the beginning, which is you listen to people like us who say you have to protect your margins, you have to protect your time, you can’t have scope creep, you have to have a process, like all of those things, and those are important. But you also have to be willing to be flexible and nimble to the client’s need within that, right? Like, there are some organizations, agencies I will say, that have a process that they put clients through, and it’s so rigid that it doesn’t meet the client where they are. And it’s impossible to work with them because of that. And I’ve had that experience too as a business owner. Like, you have to be able to be flexible enough to meet the client where they are and still deliver in ways that you know are going to deliver the results you’ve, that they expect. Chip Griffin: Yeah. And being easy to work with starts before they’re even a client. I am often befuddled by how difficult agencies make it to get in touch with them for a prospect. I see these, these web forms that have like a gazillion questions on them. Like, do you have a problem that you have a wild number of contacts that you can’t handle screening them if you just get name, company, and email? I mean, do, do you really need to ask them a detailed set of questions in a form? Gini Dietrich: Yeah. Yeah. Chip Griffin: I don’t, I really, that’s one I just do not understand, and I’ve talked with a few owners. I’m like, “Well, why do you do it?” “Well, just to make sure that we’re only getting qualified leads.” I’m like, “Do you, do you have a problem with this right now, though? Do you have… Are you flooded with so many that you can’t even just hit delete on the ones- Gini Dietrich: You can’t keep up, right, right … Chip Griffin: that don’t work out?” Google to find out if this is someone legit or not? I, I just- Yeah … And the vast majority “No, no, no, no, we just wanna make sure that they’re qualified.” I’m like, “You understand you’re scaring people away.” Every single extra form, item that you put in there reduces your, the completion rate. Gini Dietrich: Yes, Chip Griffin: Don’t do that. Make it easy. Yeah. Make it easy to schedule that first conversation with you. Strike while the iron is hot. If someone reaches out and they wanna talk to you, bend over backwards. I have a different Calendly scheduling link for people who want to reach out to potentially work with me that opens up more blocks on my schedule. Because why not try to reach those people as quickly as you can? Gini Dietrich: Right. Chip Griffin: And by the way, use a service like Calendly to book time. Stop it with these back-and-forth emails. I can meet between here and here, and this and that. That is, like, 10 years ago. We don’t need to do that anymore. Have a nice little Calendly link that someone can use, or whatever service you wanna use, that just makes it easy for someone to book time. You can always say to them as a polite thing, “If you’d rather just give me a range of times, you can.” But you know what? I’ve been doing this for years, and I have yet to have a single person say, “I’m not gonna click on that link” and instead say, “Well, I just wanna give you some windows.” Right. ‘Cause it’s harder for them. Gini Dietrich: Yeah, right. Chip Griffin: Make it easy. Gini Dietrich: Yes. Yeah, I totally agree. I think really understanding, like, think about it too from the, from your client or prospect’s perspective. If I were receiving this, how would I take it? And look at it through that lens to help you understand how you might improve things to make it easier for them. Chip Griffin: Yeah, and when you’ve got someone on the hook and they’re interested, make it easy for yourself to produce the statement of work and the contract, and get them out the door. Have a standard template. Gini Dietrich: Yep. Chip Griffin: Don’t spend- I mean- Yep … a lot of agencies take a long time between when someone says, “Yeah, I wanna do this,” and when they actually start sending the paperwork. You should be able to get that over within 24 hours. Gini Dietrich: You absolutely should, and I think the problem with that is that people wanna write proposals that are, like, in-depth and strategic, and have tactics, and they’re really a plan. Don’t do that. That’s giving away stuff that you shouldn’t be giving away for free. You should absolutely have a standardized template. And truth be told, I put ours into AI, and I said, “Here are all the things that need to stay the same,” and it will pump that out, and then it will customize based on the conversation I had, and that’s it. And I always tell prospects, “You’ll get something from us in 48 hours,” and they get it within 24, and then they’re ecstatic, and they’re happy, and all the things. Chip Griffin: Yeah. And make it easy to complete. Make sure you’re sending it so they can get an electronic signature, so all they have to do is click, click. It’s done in five seconds. Yep. If you send it to them, and then they’ve gotta actually sign something, and figure out how to take a photo of it with their phone and email it to you, why are you doing that in 2026? E-signatures are a wonderful thing. You should be using those. And then once they’ve done that, make sure you have a templated process for onboarding so that you don’t say, “Oh, we’ve signed the agreement. You know, let me get the team together. We’ll, we’ll, we’ll get back to you in, you know-” Right, right. “… a couple of weeks when we’ve had the chance to figure this all out.” You should have an onboarding process so you hit the ground running. You don’t have to have every answer, but you have to be able to show them that you know what you’re doing. So it’s not just about being easy, it’s building their confidence in those early stages. Gini Dietrich: Yeah, for sure. And you know, one of the things that we find, too, is that, of course, because we have the PESO model, it, it is a very standardized process, right? But we find that clients, prospects come to us a lot with a problem. They think it’s a problem. And they all say things like, “We have a measurement problem. We don’t know how to measure.” And that, truth be told, like, that’s most comms teams, right? Most comms teams do have a measurement problem. They don’t know how to measure. And so we have a list of questions that we ask because that’s a symptom, and we’ve, we’ve discovered through all of our work that that’s a symptom. What’s really the problem? And we ask, you know, we start to dig in, and all of a sudden they go, “Oh, now it makes sense that we can’t measure,” right? So you can have a list of questions based on what the prospect tells you. It used to be that I, I haven’t gotten, had this conversation in a long time just because of the way we’ve shifted the business, but I used to hear all the time, “We’ve had four PR agencies, and they don’t do anything. They pitch a bunch of stuff, and nothing ever happens.” And so I had a list of questions based on that, and I– one of the questions was, “What other– Who, who else have you worked with?” Because I wanna know if you’re the problem or if they’re the problem, right? Have a list of questions that will help you understand so that then you can take all of that and throw it into your AI and say, “This is what I’ve diagnosed. These are what the problems are. Please fill out the template that you have,” and it helps you build a structure for your proposal really fast. Like, in two minutes versus two days. Chip Griffin: I mean, the great thing is being easy to work with tends to make your life easier, too. Gini Dietrich: So much easier. Chip Griffin: Most of these things will actually improve your existence. So, you know, rather than fighting it, rather than feeling like I have to just kind of, you know, push in my direction to get people to align with me, if you can find that middle ground, it will likely make things easier. And you opened by talking about project management, and so I think it’s a good place to, to wind down here as well. Project management tools are something that it certainly makes sense for you to recommend to a client if they don’t have something that they’re already using actively. Yes. You should definitely have one that you’re using and, and that is your default that you would like them to use. But if they say, “Hey, I’m already using something else, we need you to be part of that,” then go along with that, because ultimately it’s not which tool you’re using, it’s that you’ve got some way of keeping it all organized. Gini Dietrich: Yes. Chip Griffin: And if you can do that, you will make your life easier, you’ll make the client’s life easier, and you’ll produce better results. So, so don’t fight on that. Have it, so that if they don’t have anything, you’ve got a solution. Gini Dietrich: Right. Chip Griffin: You’re not like, “Well, you know, we need to think about it. Let’s try to figure out which one do you like? Should we try this? Do you want, do you want vanilla or chocolate?” Like, who cares? Gini Dietrich: Yeah. Chip Griffin: Just pick one, use it, and move on. Gini Dietrich: Yep. Yeah, totally. Yes. Chip Griffin: There I am being cranky just like you said. You’re welcome, everybody. You’re welcome, Gini. Gini Dietrich: Thanks. Chip Griffin: So with that, I think we will wrap up this episode, but, uh, hopefully we were easy to listen to at least. There we go. On that note, I’m Chip Griffin. Gini Dietrich: I’m Gini Dietrich. Chip Griffin: And it depends.

In this episode of the Monday Morning Mojo Podcast, Anna Gibbs challenges one of the biggest misconceptions in business and leadership: that successful networking is about working the room, collecting contacts, and constantly being “on.” You'll learn a completely different perspective, one built around meaningful connection, intentional conversations, generosity, and depth over volume By the end you'll understand: How to quickly but genuinely connect with people to build relationships How to use curiosity to create stronger relationships The simple mindset shift to do before walking into a networking event that will lead to deeper conversations, better opportunities, and more authentic relationships The follow-up strategy that turns conversations into lasting relationships and opportunities If you've ever left an event with a stack of business cards but no real connection, this episode will completely shift your perspective to get the results you want. 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 Connection over Collection Free Guide for Networking Journal Prompts: How do I feel about the idea of networking with fewer people but having meaningful conversations with them? How can I embrace the “givers gain” model of networking? Quotes to Remember: If your conversations aren't memorable - if they're just transactional - then you're not really networking, you're just collecting cards. When you narrow your focus, you get bigger results. People will not remember what you say but will remember how you made them feel. Be curious instead of impressive. 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.

Introduction: Do I Have the Will to Go On? Do I even have the will to go on with this episode? Well, hey there, welcome back. Do I even have the will to go on with this episode? Um, I do, but I also have something better. The Willpower Battery: Why “Raw Dogging” Change Fails Let’s talk about that. If you’ve read my book Because… First of all, thank you. But if you haven’t, let me give you a refresher on something that’s really important. If you’ve ever tried to lose weight or make a change in your life and you’ve ever just tried to raw dog it, meaning you think, okay, I’m just going to use sheer force of will to do this. I’m going to stop eating so much, I’m going to shove myself into the gym, I’m going to change jobs, I’m going to be more tolerant with this, that, and the other thing. And you’re like, hey, it works. But you’re also like, oh my god, I’m running out of… energy. Because willpower is a battery with finite energy. Well, fine, you say. I’m just going to increase that battery, right? Like you said Mark, if you repeat something, you can increase it. So I’ll just keep using more and more and more willpower. Burning Out: The Hidden Danger of Relying Solely on Willpower Well, that can create a really dangerous situation, first of all. So if you decided to go the pure willpower route, you would be doing what a lot of people do in their situations that they’re not happy with. They just say, I’m just going to focus harder and harder and harder. But the problem is if the problem or the change is something that requires an inordinate amount of energy, in other words, a huge amount of energy that perhaps you hadn’t planned on or even if you had planned on it, it’s a huge amount of energy that you simply may not have because you’re busy dealing with all the other things in your life. But let’s just say you do it. You put all this effort into making this change and it’s working and that sort of delights you. But you’re like… I’m burning out, I have nothing left for me and my family, I’m crabby now, it’s starting to change me in ways that I don’t like, I’m starting to compensate for it, and so forth. Monsters and Unicorns: The Subconscious Forces Controlling Your Habits See, everything that I’m describing are things that happen under the understanding of Because, the monsters and the unicorns. And what you’re simply doing is ignoring the monsters and unicorns in place. Well Mark, what should I do? you ask perhaps. Well, that’s look to the monsters and unicorns first. And that’s what I do. And that’s what I do when someone works with me. It doesn’t mean we don’t use willpower, we use willpower in everything, it takes willpower to make a decision to go against your monsters and unicorns. If you say, look, I certainly enjoy eating, and I enjoy lots of eating, and I enjoy multiple eating sessions and and all that stuff, it takes willpower to say, oh, I want to give up that pleasure, I want to give up that comfort, right? Well, now you’re going against your unicorn. Diagnosing Your Coping Mechanisms: Are You Protecting Yourself From Pain? Well, instead of taking it that way, you’re kind of doing it backwards. What you should be doing is examining the unicorn itself. Are you really deriving that much pleasure, or are you deriving pleasure from something else? Is it a certain avoidance that allows you to have the pleasure? Or maybe by eating a lot and too much and often and too fast and so and so forth… you’re being forced to do that because you have a monster that is protecting you from pain. Maybe you believe that if you do all these things, these unhealthy eating habits, it will actually protect you from pain, even though it’s going to make you live shorter and make your life less happy. The “Aha” Moment: Triggering Lasting Psychological Change And as soon as you have that realization, as soon as that hits home, now your monsters and unicorns have literally just altered in your system. Just that one sentence I just said. If you’re like, well yeah, oh, wait a second. That’s when change happens. That’s when change happens in people, that’s when change happens in coaching. Because if you don’t do that, then it’s just cheerleading. Whether it’s you cheerleading yourself or someone else is being paid to cheerlead you. And I will tell you, I don’t get paid to cheerlead. I don’t want to get paid to cheerlead. I want to get paid to diagnose, to guide, and to help. Self-Examination and the Unseen Programs Running Your Life So this was a fast one. We’re not even at five minutes and I already switched to the portion of the episode in which I say, okay, now we recognize this, what do we do? Boom, already gave you that. Now, does everyone who is wildly successful or really successful at something go through this? Well, typically they’re not even aware of their monsters and unicorns, typically they just work. In fact, as I use in the case of Michael Phelps, he had both a monster and a unicorn for staying in the pool. He didn’t decide that, he didn’t consciously go, I would like to stay in this pool because it helps me with my ADHD. He just noticed that being in the pool helped him with his ADHD. And the same thing happens in your life. We typically don’t do a lot of self-examination. Well, most people don’t. I do that all the time, which is why I come up with this, but… you typically don’t do that, you go through life with all these programs running and you think, okay, well I I don’t know, look, I don’t know, and we have control mechanisms in place, we have safeties in our psyche that prevent us typically from pulling apart the cover and poking around in all the wires and gears and things. Understandably so, just like in a car, has a hood, it has caps, and has protective seals on lots of things, so does your psyche, for good reasons. And sometimes it’s not for such good reasons. You have childhood trauma or other kinds of trauma, you may have a protective shield around it because you’re not dealing with it. I don’t want to go there. Right? You have something that’s happened to you and you’re just not going there, which is why you don’t see the psychologist that people tell you to see. Or why you don’t even talk about something. Oh, that’s off limits with Bill. Don’t even go there. Right? Moving Beyond Cheerleading: Why You Need a Safe System for Transformation We all know we’ve encountered people like this. We all know we are people like this. If you work with a psychologist or a coach that has a system in place and puts you in a special place that allows you to feel comfortable enough to talk through things. And just being comfortable and talking about things isn’t enough, you have to have a system in place. You can’t just be brought bare in front of a stranger and talk about your hopes, dreams, aspirations, and everything that hurts you. That’s going to hurt. And that’s going to be difficult. So you need to have something in place. You need to know, you need to tell yourself, hey, we’re going to be looking under this cover, but we’re going to do it gently, we’re going to do it with care and respect for ourselves. Next Steps: Explore the Podcast Catalog and the ‘Because’ Framework Your first step in that, frankly, is to listen to podcast episodes like this. And I present my entire catalog of 300 plus episodes. And yes, I’ll stop saying that when we get to 400 plus episodes. But listen through them, listen through them in the 10 or 15 minutes it takes you to listen to them while you’re doing a chore, while you’re in the car… and just think. Think in the safety of your own mental space. And then when you want to learn more, pick up a copy of Because. It’s not that expensive, it’s a short read, but it is packed with information and citations from other books, medical journals, and things like that. And you can always go down your own rabbit holes to make sure that I’m telling you what I say I’m telling you. Finding Your Monsters and Unicorns But I’ll tell you, the moment you discover a monster or a unicorn in place and you go, oh… wait a second. He doesn’t belong there. Sure, he has a useful function, but not there… that’s going to be your aha moment. And all of a sudden, you’ll want to know more, and all of a sudden you’ll want to find all the monsters and unicorns you can. And if you want my help, all you have to do is reach out. You can go on my Calendly, which is a hard word to say, and schedule a 15-minute free appointment and we can have a nice chat about it and see if we’re a fit. And if not, just read some more books and do your due diligence. Conclusion and Resources Wow, this was fun. Thanks for listening as always. And as always, I have a tremendous amount of resources for you. Please, by all means, check out all my goodies. Go to alchemyforme, alchemyforlife, and markbradford.org. And take care of yourself, please. Thank you. Thank you for listening as always, go to markbradford.org to see all my author related things, go to alchemyfor.life to see coaching, speaking, writing, and this podcast. And go to alchemyfor.me to get a copy of CheckMark™

If you started your podcast and were surprised at the amount of time and effort that goes into it, you're not alone. Luckily, there are practical ways you can simplify your podcast workflow and save time in the process. This week, episode 38 of Successful Podcasting Unlocked answers the question: How can I simplify my podcast workflow?In this episode, I share:Identify the bottlenecks in your workflow and consider outsourcing the time consuming tasks, such as editing and social media promotion. Streamline production by batching tasks and using templates for repetitive elements. Leverage tools like Calendly and ClickUp to easily manage scheduling and workflow. Optimize your recording and editing by using tools like Riverside and Descript. Repurpose your podcast content for promotion across different platforms, using a social media scheduler to save time. Be sure to download the FREE Podcast Workflow Checklist to keep your workflow on track!Be sure to tune in to all the episodes to receive tons of practical tips, tricks, and advice as I answer all your podcasting questions. 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!CONNECT WITH ALESIA GALATI:InstagramLinkedInWork with Galati Media! LINKS MENTIONED:Ep 3: Where to Find Quality Guests for Your PodcastPodmatch*ClickUp*Riverside*Meet Edgar**Affiliate LinkProud member of the Feminist Podcasters Collective.

Brooke Warner, the founder of She Writes Press, gave a TED talk in 2017 called “Green-Lighting Yourself” that I have been thinking about for years. The argument: the traditional creative industries, publishing and film and music, have shifted toward green-lighting only artists who are already famous or who have celebrity connections. The writers and filmmakers and musicians who refused to wait for those industries to discover them, who chose to publish or produce their own work without permission, have a name. Warner calls them green-lighters.The line from her talk that I cannot let go: “Legitimacy cannot be bestowed. You have to take it.”This episode is about what that line means in 2026.There is a question every writer who has been carrying a book for a long time eventually has to face. Are you going to keep waiting for someone to greenlight your work, or are you going to greenlight it yourself.In this episode I share three of my own green-lighter moments. Co-founding C&R Press at thirty-two. Launching Crossroads at fifty-two. And the book I am writing right now, The Crisis of Being Nobody, which will publish through Crossroads because no traditional gatekeeper is going to greenlight it on my behalf.I also talk about what green-lighting actually requires, beyond the romanticized version. Four specific things. The work has to be good. The practical labor of getting the book into the world has to be done. The waiting for institutional bestowal has to end. And the writer has to return to what made them want to do the work in the first place.The episode closes with an invitation. What is the work you have been carrying that you have not yet greenlighted. Notice what happens in your body when you sit with that question. Whether something opens or something flinches. The answer the institution is not going to give you is one you have always been able to give yourself.The Founding Voice cohort, for the first three writers signing a publishing engagement with Crossroads, is open through August 31, 2026.* Submit a project: https://crossroadspublishing.group/inquire* Book a discovery call: Calendly link here. Get full access to The Descent at chadprevost.substack.com/subscribe

In this episode of the Monday Morning Mojo Podcast, Anna explores the power of perspective, the impact our thoughts have on how we show up, and how becoming more intentional with our mindset can create more clarity, energy, resilience, and peace in both leadership and life. This conversation is not about pretending everything is perfect. It is about learning how to lead yourself well enough that difficult moments no longer define your entire experience. Inside this episode, Anna shares: • Why high-achieving women often normalize negative thinking without realizing it • How your internal dialogue impacts your leadership, relationships, and emotional capacity • How to interrupt unhealthy thought patterns before they become your identity • Small shifts that help you lead with more clarity, steadiness, and self-awareness If you've been feeling mentally drained, emotionally stretched thin, or disconnected from the version of yourself that used to feel grounded and hopeful, this episode will remind you that you have more power than you think to change the way you experience your life one thought at a time.  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: How do you show up in the world? What is your current impact on others? How are you playing victim to your past? How can you become the driver of your life? What one positive thought can you think of to start your day? Quotes to Remember: You are the driver of your own life, not the passenger. Win the day! Progress not perfection. When you change the way you look at things, things DO change. 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.

Favour Obasi-ike, MBA, MS provides a deep dive into the 2026 scheduling landscape, comparing Cal vs. Calendly. As a digital marketing expert, he explores the benefits of white-labeling, custom APIs, and recurring events. The discussion addresses the polarizing nature of scheduling links in professional networking and offers a guide on using these tools to maintain a long-term business presence. Favour emphasizes that while Calendly is a pioneer, Cal.com's open-source nature provides unique flexibility for modern entrepreneurs. Check Calendly.com vs Cal.com on G2 Reviews here.Who is this for?This content is tailored for entrepreneurs, small business owners, and digital marketers who want to streamline their online booking systems. It's for those deciding between established tools like Calendly and open-source alternatives like Cal.com to manage their time and client interactions more effectively.Key MomentsFavour introduces Cal.com as a powerful alternative to Calendly, highlighting that many features Calendly charges for are free on Cal (03:43). He breaks down a comparison chart, noting that Cal offers custom routing logic, custom domains, and two-way Salesforce/HubSpot synchronization—features often missing or restricted in Calendly (05:36, 08:33).A significant portion of the room debates the etiquette of scheduling links, with some participants viewing them as "self-serving," while others defend them as essential tools for protecting a creator's time (13:11, 16:22).Favour also explains the authenticity of Trustpilot reviews, emphasizing the platform's transparency in business validation (09:56).Timestamps00:18 – Introduction and shoutouts to the Business and Marketing House.02:26 – Discovering Cal.com: A backstory from LinkedIn to Berlin.04:29 – The legacy of Calendly and its impact on time management.05:36 – Feature Breakdown: Custom routing, domains, and API access.08:33 – Integration Deep Dive: Salesforce, HubSpot, and two-way sync.09:56 – Understanding Trustpilot: How to verify business authenticity.13:11 – The "Pain in the Ass" Factor: A debate on scheduling link etiquette.20:45 – Best practices for using schedulers in podcasting and networking.FAQsIs Cal.com really free? Favour notes that many features Calendly charges for are available for free on Cal.com.What is "white-labeling" in scheduling? It allows you to remove the platform's branding and use your own domain, a feature unique to Cal.com.Why do some people hate scheduling links? Some find them impersonal or "self-serving," preferring direct email or text communication to set meetings.How does Cal.com sync with my CRM? Unlike some tools that only offer one-way sync, Cal.com provides a two-way synchronization with platforms like Salesforce and HubSpot.Action StepsAudit Your Booking Flow: Review your current process and identify if you are paying for features that could be free elsewhere.Check the Comparison: Visit the Cal.com vs. Calendly chart to see which tool aligns with your technical needs.Verify Your Presence: Ensure your business is claimed on platforms like Trustpilot to build authentic social proof.Soft-Launch Your Link: Pair scheduling links with a personal note to avoid the "self-serving" perception.Test Custom Domains: If using Cal.com, explore custom domains to enhance your professional branding.Ready to Rank? Book Your SEO & Web Dev Services Today

When I was seventeen, I drove my parents' conversion van home from a party with a six-pack in my system and a freshly-dented bumper on a stranger's parked car. The officer who arrived at our house decided not to charge me with driving under the influence. He told me to go inside and sleep it off. I have thought about that night for thirty-five years.This episode is an essay reading. The material is personal. Three stories from my reckless adolescence in Richmond, Virginia, told plainly. The drinking and driving. The LSD afternoon at a Goochland County rock quarry. The way my parents finally put me in rehab and the way I was outraged when they did. I survived my adolescence on a margin of unearned protection that I did not deserve, and the survival did not feel, then, like the gift it was.The essay turns to the strangest passage in the Hebrew Bible. Genesis 32. Jacob wrestling the man who turns out to be God, holding on through the dislocated hip, refusing to let go without the blessing. The man gives Jacob a new name. Jacob leaves with a permanent limp. The limp is, in the strange grammar of the story, the proof that the blessing was real.The argument the essay makes is the argument the book it comes from rests on. The crisis of being nobody is not solved by the world finally recognizing you. The world is busy. The crisis is solved by the wrestling. The wrestling produces a self that can speak. The wrestling produces the work. The wrestling produces a person who has something to say because they have done the work of finding out what they are.The blessing is real. The limp is yours forever. So is the name.→ The Crisis of Being Nobody: forthcoming late 2026 from Crossroads Press → Submit a project: crossroadspublishing.group/inquire → Subscribe to The Descent: chadprevost.substack.com → Book a discovery call: Calendly here Get full access to The Descent at chadprevost.substack.com/subscribe

→ 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:

Travis is a podcast host, interviewer, and creator who's running a 30-day interview challenge and sharing practical outreach, scheduling, and interview-prep tactics from his experience booking guests and growing a show. On this episode we talk about: How to structure DM outreach to get podcast interview yeses Why short video messages beat long written pitches in DMs Scheduling and reducing friction (Calendly tips and what not to ask) Ten to fifteen high-leverage interview questions to use repeatedly How to use informational interviews to build confidence and get warm intros Top 3 Takeaways Use short personalized video DMs and a one-sentence link to your about page to prove legitimacy and avoid wasting the recipient's time Don't over-prepare or wait for a perfect script — send lots of messages, iterate quickly, and systematize what works for you Make scheduling frictionless (Calendly + minimal form fields), avoid asking guests to do your prep work, and always ask for introductions to scale bookings Notable Quotes "The only real question you have to answer in these reach-outs is are you going to waste my time?" "You can't think your way into becoming the kind of person who reaches out to people who are seemingly out of your league. You reach out your way into becoming that person." "Don't wait — start doing it. By day seven when you've sent 30 of these things, you will feel wildly more confident." Connect with Travis:    Instagram: https://instagram.com/travischappell        Other: https://travischappell.com A Word from Our Sponsors: Are you ready to start your own creator journey and make it big? Visit [www.fanvue.com] today and launch your career! To learn more about Mode Mobile and its investor community, go to [https://invest.modemobile.com/travismakesmoney] Travis Makes Money is made possible by High Level – the All-In-One Sales & Marketing Platform built for agencies, by an agency. Capture leads, nurture them, and close more deals—all from one powerful platform. Get an extended free trial at [gohighlevel.com/travis] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Co-living is one of the most overlooked strategies in real estate investing. While most investors chase single-family rentals generating $200 a month per door, a small group of operators is filling houses with multiple residents, charging per bed, and clearing $5,000 or more on a single property. In this episode, co-living investor and coach Katrina Robinson breaks down exactly how this model works, who it serves, and how she runs three properties in San Antonio, Texas from Los Angeles. About Katrina Robinson Katrina Robinson is the founder of the Group Home on Autopilot coaching program and operator of Roundtable Living, a San Antonio-based co-living company with three properties housing low-income residents including people with disabilities, working-class adults, elderly tenants, and reentry individuals. A former Air Force officer deployed to Iraq, she manages her portfolio remotely and coaches investors nationwide on how to build and run co-living businesses profitably. What We Cover in This Episode What co-living is and how it differs from assisted living and adult foster care Why Katrina targets low-income, disability, elderly, and reentry residents How she went from $200 a month per door to $5,000+ per property The economics of co-living: beds, pricing by market, and the $2,000 monthly target How to choose the right property: bedrooms, bathrooms, layout, and amenities Why she avoids HOAs and how the Fair Housing Act protects her business How to segment residents by house to reduce conflict The systems she uses to manage properties remotely: Rent Ready, Jotform, Calendly, and Google Sheets The operations manager model and how she structured it as an independent contractor Real horror stories from the field and what they taught her about screening and systems Key Insight Katrina's first co-living house has 15 beds at $560 a month each. Gross income: $8,400. Her take-home after expenses: over $5,000 a month on one property. That single result convinced her to open a second house, then a third, and eventually build a coaching business around the model. The math works because the per-bed rate, even at an affordable price point, stacks in a way that single-family cash flow never does. Why This Episode Matters Affordable housing is one of the most pressing problems in the country and also one of the least understood opportunities in real estate. This episode gives investors a clear look at a model that addresses both, with real numbers, real systems, and real stories from someone who built it from the ground up and teaches others how to do the same. Find Out More Website: grouphomeonautopilot.com LinkedIn: Katrina E. Robinson YouTube: youtube.com/@grouphomeonautopilot Sponsors Today's episode is brought to you by Green Property Management, managing everything from single family homes to apartment complexes in the West Michigan area. livegreenlocal.com And RCB & Associates, helping Michigan-based real estate investors and small business owners navigate the complex world of health insurance and Medicare benefits. rcbassociatesllc.com

I want to ask you something real quick. What if you could wake up tomorrow and half your to-do list was already done? Emails answered, content posted, calls booked, follow-ups sent, and you did not lift a finger. That is not some far-off fantasy anymore. That is what is actually possible right. In this solo episode, I am breaking down exactly how I am doing it and how you can too. I am not here claiming to be the AI guru of anything. I am just the reporter. These are the things that are working in my world right now, and I want to hand them straight to you so you can take what fits and leave what does not. That has always been the Happy Hustle way. Here is the big idea behind this whole episode: stop thinking about AI as a tool and start thinking about it as a team member. Better yet, think of it as your co-founder. Because when you make that mental shift, everything changes. You stop dabbling and you start deploying. And that is where the real leverage lives. The first thing I want you to take away is the idea of building your AI team department by department. You do not have to overhaul your whole business overnight. Just look at each area and ask what AI could own in that space. For marketing, AI can write your emails, your ad copy, your social posts, and your content outlines. Tools like ChatGPT, Jasper, and others can crank out high quality drafts in minutes when you give them a solid prompt. For customer support, you can build a chatbot trained on your own FAQs, your offers, and your most common objections, so it handles the repetitive questions while you focus on the high value conversations. For scheduling and executive tasks, tools like Calendly, Motion, and Claude Cowork can connect your calendar, your project management, and your communication tools into one central hub that basically runs itself. The second big takeaway is the four bucket framework. Break your business down into lead generation, sales, fulfillment, and operations. Then for each bucket, ask yourself three questions: what can be automated, what can be templated, and what can AI handle 80 percent of? That question alone will change how you see your week. Anything that does not require human emotion or final judgment can most likely be handed off, and that frees you up to do the work only you can do. The third thing I want you to lock in is the delegation framework, and it is four simple steps. First, write down everything you do daily. Second, sort those tasks into three categories: repetitive, creative, or strategic. Third, automate the repetitive stuff with AI entirely, use AI as a thought partner on the creative stuff, and keep the strategic stuff for yourself because that is your zone. Fourth, optimize weekly. Refine your prompts, build SOPs for your AI systems, and even ask AI itself how to make things better. That last one alone is a game changer. The fourth takeaway is about the pitfalls, because I want you to avoid the mistakes, I see people making. Do not over-automate human connection. That is a line you do not cross. Do not blindly trust AI outputs either. Always verify, always review. And do not put garbage in and expect gold out. The quality of what you feed your AI determines the quality of what it gives back. Train it well, give it context, and treat it like the team member it is becoming. The real goal here is not to work more. It is to work in a way that gives you back your time, your energy, and your presence so you can show up fully for the people and the things that actually matter. That is the happy hustle. That is the whole point. If you have been on the fence about getting serious with AI, this episode is your sign to start today. Pick one thing, an email sequence, a scheduling tool, a chatbot, and just build that first piece. Do not wait until you have it all figured out because nobody does. You figure it out by doing it. Head over to https://caryjack.com/podcastin/ to listen to the full episode and get all the details on the tools, prompts, and systems I mentioned. And if this gave you even one good idea, share it with a friend who is still doing everything manually. That is one of the most generous things you can do for a fellow entrepreneur right now. Keep on happy hustlin'.