Podcasts about Capacity

This episode is all about the capacity of your practice — what's on your mind for growth, as well as components in your practice that might surprise you in boosting your production. Episode resources: Subscribe to The Dental A-Team podcast Schedule a Practice Assessment Leave us a review Transcript: Tiff (00:01) Hello, Dental A Team listeners. We are so excited to be here with you today. Like we say every single time, we truly, truly do love podcasting and we love what we do. I think getting into it, ⁓ Dana and I, we just spent some time figuring out what this podcast was going to mean and how we were gonna take it. So sometimes it can be like a little daunting, I feel like. But once we get started, ⁓ I think it just flows and and we love it. So, Dana, thank you for workshopping this title and this   project with us today and how are you doing? It's like full blown summer in Arizona. ⁓ it's hot and it's beautiful. And I know we chatted last week and I said are sports done and I was like, yeah, that's right. Sports are never done. So Dana, how are you? How's life down there in the Tucson area?   DAT-Dana (00:48) It's doing really good. Like you said, summer's in full swing, so sunshine's out, kids are, yep, back at sports. ⁓ I just feel like I don't know. I am a su I always say I'm like a lizard. I like to soak up the Arizona sunshine, but I do feel like as the older I get, sometimes these summers get a little bit more brutal every year.   Tiff (01:07) I   agree. I keep saying, is it actually is it getting hotter? Is it getting harder? Or am I getting older and less tolerant? Because I'm the same. I'm a lizard. My ⁓ my family calls me the the lizard because I we even went to the pool yesterday and I was like, no, I don't wanna actually be in the water. Like I just want to be in the sun, feeling it on my body. It makes me feel good. But I'm the same way that I'm like I'm just I'm getting so much less tolerant. I really do think that Yeah. Yeah. I know.   DAT-Dana (01:25) And so.   Yeah. Yeah. fun fine.   Tiff (01:36) I know. Well,   today's content I think ⁓ I'm excited about. Like I said, we workshopped it and I think we came up with some really solid solid pieces here because I think this is something, especially at this time of year, actually, that a lot of doctors and practice owners, one, you get that like itch mid year that you're like, Am I doing enough? Do I need to do something else? And then we see a lot of doctors kind of like sideswipe their team and really just undercut and be like, We're adding something different or we're changing everything up or   Whatever. ⁓ and also at this time of the year, I know for us, at least with our clients, it's a time of year that we really start thinking about next year. I know that seems kind of wild, but that like June, July, August, September timeframe, we're really starting to project, okay, what's left of this year, how are we going to make those goals and exceed those goals? And then what is that gonna roll into for the following year? So this kind of subject that we have today, this this chat, I think falls right into that. And what we want to chat through is capacity.   I love that word. I love the word capacity because it can mean so many different things. I think there's like capacity of our mind. And I talk with with practices in Dana, I know you do too of capacity for team members a lot. Like what is their capacity and not just their time capacity and what they're able to do, but also like their brains, right? How much, how much pivoting can they do in one day? How much how much different subjects can they take on in one day? And what's that capacity? But really today I want to chat capacity of your   Practice and your numbers. And Dana, you spoke really eloquently about this a second ago. And I want to I want to bring that back around to the capacity of the practice because I think first and foremost, when a practice owner thinks about growth, they think, okay, I need more operatories. I need a second practice. And I need, I need, I need. And it's like, yeah, we sometimes we do have to invest to recoup.   benefits, right? So we do have to invest and we have to we have to grow the physical space. ⁓ and I and I think for so long in dentistry it was like how many practices do you have like the first question people asked and how big is your practice? What's your revenue? How many patients do you have? And those questions still swim around and it can make a practice owner feel like they're reaching and grasping for something that they're not even really sure that they want yet. And I know Dana you've seen that too and something that I love watching   our team work with their practices in is really growing within the capacity of the the physical capacity that they have within their practice without having to make that initial investment. But also Dana, I've watched you like grow into that. So projecting and saying, cool, then at this point or in one year, in two years, in three years, this is the capacity, the physical capacity that we want to get to. So I want to really dispel the fact that capacity means we have to   actually grow the physical space because I think Dana there's so much to be grown within the space that we have. And I want to talk through those pieces so that a lot of our listeners here today might pick up something that they're like, gosh, I never thought about that or ⁓ I forgot to do that. There's a lot of those, I forgot to do that piece. So when a doctor comes to you, Dana, and they're like, Dana, I need to grow but I have no more hours. I have   I'm tapped, I don't know what to do. What are some of the first places as a dental consultant that you look at with those practices?   DAT-Dana (05:03) Yeah, I think a couple things. I think that I look at like how comprehensive are we treating the patients within your practice? So are there things that we're letting walk out the door that we are skilled and know how to do that we can keep within the practice, which helps us, I think, just more comprehensively treat patients, which naturally will grow production.   ⁓ I love that you said yes, we're at maximum hours, but I do think that's always a place to look before you look at more space, before you look at expanding. Can you just add hours somewhere? and oftentimes those early morning, those evening hours, patients really, really like too. So we feel like those can stay full. I also will look at insurance participation. Can we change insurance participation and again be able to maybe even lessen our capacity but keep growing our practice with patients?   who align a little bit more with what we're looking for as far as like patient avatar ideal patient.   Tiff (06:00) Yeah, I love that I have a lot of practices that are doing that right now in this like June, July, August timeframe. So that in September, October, we can start at least sending those letters that say, Hey, will you increase our fee schedules? Because there are so many that are out of line. And I think that's a huge discussion ⁓ that's been going around really for the last like two to three years. But I think very, very soon it's not even gonna be a discussion anymore. It's just gonna be a thing of the past. So we are approaching that, I think.   You're totally spot on the fee schedules, fee schedule analysis too for your practice. And I think, Dana, understanding I have a practice I understand that you can do this at any point. You can analyze your fees, you can request fee schedule increases. It doesn't depend on your contract with the insurance company. Just request those fee schedule increases because the worst that they can do is say no. And then you evaluate your contract obligations with them and what you want to do for your practice. We get so scared of like, well,   When can we? It's like they're they don't actually tell you. You just do it. You just do it and then they tell you yes or no. I have a practice that actually increases their fees ⁓ during the summer. And so a lot of practices will wait and they're like, it needs to be January because that's like a fresh start. And I think for me, Dana, it makes me think of like I'll start my diet on Monday. ⁓ no, it's fine, I'll just I'll do it on Monday. And then we get to like December, January, and they're like, Well, wait, we didn't tell the patients yet. And then they hold back, they hold back, and then it's a whole nother year again.   before we do fee schedule increases. And it just doesn't have to be that dramatic. And that can significantly increase the dollar amounts coming in, which is ultimately our end goal, right? And I think it's like in dentistry it's hard because we're healthcare professionals. So focusing in on those dollars and being like, gosh, you know, charging $1200 for an implant   seems crazy because we came from a spot where we were charging six forty two not that long ago, right? It feels like not that long ago in dentistry dentistry is so progressive and it changes so constantly. We have to stay up on on our fees and we have to stay up on the times where dental insurance doesn't do that. It can hold us back from making sure that we're increasing those fees to where they should be and that we're you guys are making the   the dollar amounts, the overhead structure that you want to and that you should. So making sure that you're looking at those is massive. And then Dana, you also said that the patient avatar, and I have I have some the clients that have, gosh, like thousands upon thousands upon thousands of patients and evaluating the actual patient base. So active patient base is, you know, whomever's been seen within the last 18 months. And then looking at are those patients even our ideal   avatar. I've had clients that have had to basically dismiss patients because their patient base was too clean. So it was like we either we either keep clean patients and don't have dentistry to do or we reevaluate our patient base and start restructuring for the structure that we actually want to do. And that for you, Dana, I think was kind of twofold because you said the patient avatar and then you also said the dentistry like that we want to do and that things that we can keep   in the practice. So what have you seen with your your clients when they do that patient avatar and they're like, gosh, actually this is the ideal patient. This is my patient demographic, because it can't we can't live in the middle of I don't know, retirement community and be like, we're gonna do Botox, the whole like we're gonna do all the Botox, right? We've got to make sure that we're dealing with the patients that we also have. So what do you see as far as capacity and being able to grow financially?   within those constraints.   DAT-Dana (09:42) Yeah.   I think that it it like you said, it like the creating your ideal patient allows you to kind of see, like, are you serving the people in the community that you want to be serving? And are you doing the type of dentistry that one they need and two that also you like to be doing? And sometimes those things can be, you know, you have to figure out how they work within the community that you have if it's the dentistry that you love. But I think taking a look at your patient avatar allows you to see, like, are we currently serving the patients who like really   align with what we're looking for in our practice. And when you don't, right, then you can start to say, hey, okay, let's put some systems in place. Just try to get our patient base a little bit more aligned with what we like to do as far as the type of dentistry. And to just like the patients that we feel like we best serve and we can best impact. And I think when you start to do these things, I always say, yeah, we've we get to a point in our patient base where patients get healthy. And it might not be all of our patient base, but certainly some of our patient base. That's the goal of recares, right?   We have recare patients, we bring them back, they continue to occasionally have things pop up, but for the most part, we've gotten them steady and stable. And then I think then it's the next layer. Okay, they're steady and stable, but do they love their smile? And if they don't love their smile, what do you have in your toolbox, right? That can help do that next layer. I think sometimes we get into like, hey, you know, I am getting a lot of new patients, but they're just healthy patients, right? They've been seen every six months. That doesn't mean there's nothing we can do for them. And sometimes creating your patient avatar and   Tiff (10:55) Yeah.   DAT-Dana (11:12) looking at your services helps expand like your way of thinking and the things that you can do for them to continue honestly and truly to continue doing dentistry on either your patient base or we've got to make a switch, right? And we've got to start to transition some of our patient base so that it is more ideal.   Tiff (11:24) Yeah.   Yeah, I love that. So something to consider as we were talking, I was thinking about like metrics and the metrics that we like to utilize within our ⁓ consulting to really help be able to account for capacity, right? Actual physical space capacity and patient patient-based capacity. And something we love to do is to consider the number of patients per hygiene day.   Now this can get a little confusing because you think just day of the week, right? There's seven days of the week. There's typically five days that are worthy of being open. ⁓ sometimes six if you're Saturday, and most of you are probably four days a week. Well, within those four days, you could have exponential amounts of hygiene days. So if Monday you've got three hygienists, that's three hygiene days. So per hygiene day per week, we really want to see 200 hygiene.   Active patients per hygiene day. So if on Monday you've got three hygienists working the full day, that's 600 active patients per that day. So you multiply that by every day of the week, and that tells you how many recare patients we tip we like easy numbers. You guys, 200 is an easy number. We love that. So we typically are going to use some formula to that capacity that will tell us how many active patients per hygiene day you should have.   And if you reverse engineer that, Dana, I love this because it tells us the capacity of our hygiene department, meaning, do we need more hygienists? Because doctors are always like, Do I should I want to hire? It's hard to hire. I've got a hygienist on the books, or I think I have I need more hygiene hours. I'm booked out this far. And honestly and truly, I feel like when we wait for that space where we're like, gosh, I'm at capacity, I can't fit any more patients, I'm booked out too far. That's when we're scrambling and trying to fix the space issue. And we get into this like frenzy.   Whereas if we're watching our our hygiene numbers, we're watching our active patient count and our new patients plus attrition, we can see what our capacity is going to be and we can better project when do I need to hire another hygienist and do I have the space for that? So if you if you work those numbers, you can start to see, okay, I have enough patients in my patient base right now to supply X amount of hygienists with X amount of working days. Now, given my   new patient count coming in and my attrition meaning how many am I losing on the back end, which should be very, very, very small. You guys, it should be patients moving or losing patients. I'm not gonna say why. you guys can understand. I don't like saying that. They just they're gone. So they didn't leave us for another dental practice. They moved away somewhere. ⁓ So that's your attrition. But taking those into consideration you can start to do the math and see okay with this new patient inflow,   I'm getting a positive net of new patients of X per month. This is how long it's gonna be that I'm gonna need another hygienist. So then Dana, I would say like probably two months ahead of that ish, maybe three, start looking for a hygienist. It's starting to get like finding an associate dentist anymore. So two to three months ahead of when you might need them, I would really start projecting and looking at.   hiring them. Now capacity-wise, Dana, that slides into, okay, this doctor that's listening now is like, cool, well, my I don't have an operatory. Okay, great. Well, now we look at some other options. And Dana, when there's ⁓ an option and not an option of another operatory, what do you like to look at for when you do ⁓ add in those hygienists for capacity wise?   DAT-Dana (15:04) Yeah. I think it is. It comes to are there days that we can add? Are there hours that we can add anywhere to be able to serve the patients? And again, I mean, yes, we're getting new patients in this scenario, but sometimes it's just to serve the patients who've been with the practice, right? Or just our recare patients. So how can we manipulate hours? How can we manipulate days? Is there any room anywhere ⁓ to be able to   see more patients within the allotted space. And you know, I will say I've got a practice in on the East Coast and it's just a three operatory practice, right? So we're constantly, constantly trying to game plan this capacity thing because there is no room for expansion. There is no and like they love the location. They and so we do you have to get a little bit creative. And sometimes it means like we do have a part-time hygienist that comes in on Saturdays. We do have a part-time hygienist that comes in on Fridays. We do we've expanded hours, we've done some kind   Tiff (15:38) yeah.   DAT-Dana (15:58) of   like split shift. And ⁓ again, I know sometimes offices hesitate with that, but like honestly and truly just ask your team, right? Your team will tell you like what they're willing and what they're not willing to do. And sometimes you'll be surprised how even manipulating shifts actually helps team members in their personal lives, right? We have those moms that maybe want to drop their kids off at school in the morning. So not starting until 10 is great for them. Right. And so until we have these conversations with team and we look at all these avenues and all the doors that we could open   the levers that we could pull to really be able to continue to grow even if we are at max capacity. I think that there are a number of things to look at before having to find a new building or add a second location or ⁓ those types of things. And so it can be a mix of changing hours, it can be a mix of adding providers, it can be a mix of adding days, all the things before it has to go to that point.   Tiff (16:41) Mm.   Yeah. That was a great ⁓ that was a great visual. The office, the three pr the three op practice. I definitely have I have one that's a four op and three hygienists. ⁓ so I I totally agree. And I love also in your mix there, you're talking about like adding hours and working. I they added hours there they're expanding by hours, but also something that I love doing is that smart scheduling.   Right. Block scheduling is wonderful. I know other people who love it. There are people who hate it. There are people who don't understand it. But block scheduling can truly, truly make it so that you can see your capacity so you can better schedule for one, but then also better prep and better like move forward. Something that I love doing is really looking at when you've got a smaller operator when you have 11 and you're like, I need the twelfth. You're like, cool, that's fine too. Take a day, look at your schedule and say, Okay, maybe on Wednesdays.   My doctor's gonna do like heavy, heavier appointments on doctor side. So we've got, you know, high production, high value production all day. Maybe there's some assistant driven stuff so they can still do some exams, but then I've got a hygienist that's running just SRPs. So like Wednesday is she's in doctor's operatory. So doc loses an operatory, doc is doing heavy in one column, doc loses an operatory, and I've got heavy SRPs. So we're not losing the production.   We're gaining the production and able to do the recares on the other days so that we can project out or Fridays. I have a lot of hygienists that will do that'll love to come in on a half day on Friday for like four hours and just bust out SRPs because back-to-back SRPs is hard, but it's when you've got a half a day of it, it's kind of like quick, easy production, get it done, and it makes it more valuable coming in for on a Friday. Yeah. And   Outside of that, so not even outside of that, I would say all of this combined. If your fee schedules are in alignment, if you know your capacity of your patient base, meaning how many patients do you have, how many hygienists do you need for that, how many doctors do you need for that, the capacity of your time, right? How how long are you working and are you being super effective and efficient within those hours? I've seen a lot of doctors as well. This is something we haven't mentioned yet. I did mention like block scheduling and eff efficient scheduling and hygiene.   But I've also seen a lot of doctors that are like willy-nilly doing a couple fillings here and there or the the front office ⁓ scheduling team is really just scheduling them to fill the schedule so there's no white space. I but it's not effective scheduling. And so we're really not producing what we should be, but we're also not using our chair time effectively. So when we have those smaller appointments, we're turning that room over so much. And if you think about it, Dana, I'm like, gosh, there's ten minutes at the beginning minimum.   DAT-Dana (19:23) I see.   Tiff (19:47) 10 minutes at the end minimum that an assistant is turning over that room. And so we're losing 20 minutes every appointment that's non-productive time. And within that, if we've got filling, filling, filling, filling, filling, and docs having to get up to go do exams, our our filling appointment, our filling appointment is longer because he, she has to get up and go do exams. Plus, we're losing that turnover time every single time. So if we can   utilize something like blocked scheduling or smart scheduling, however you want to do it, to not back to back to back the little appointments. They're gonna happen. I'm not saying overdiagnose and over-treat to not have little appointments. I'm saying let's butt those up against longer appointments so we're not losing that time. Is that something that you often see Dana within that with your with your client base of really restructuring the schedule to get the capacity up.   DAT-Dana (20:40) Yeah, I do. And and I usually will tackle it from like that's when we actually feel the capacity restraint, right? That's when it's like, my gosh, we're so burnt out and we're so and sometimes it is like, hey, can we schedule a little bit better so that like yes, we can value our time, we can make our time more efficient. And I always joke around with practices and say, can I get you to goal with 31 surface fillings? Yes, but can I get you there with three crowns? And doesn't that feel different?   Tiff (20:46) Mm.   DAT-Dana (21:06) Right. So I also think it's like how much we feel our capacity, right? Because that is so many more check-ins and checkouts and insurance verifications and like the workload just like duplicates and replicates for everybody on the team. And just like you said, then doctor having to get up and and you know, all that room turnover that happens with   Tiff (21:06) Yeah.   Yeah.   DAT-Dana (21:25) The clinical team. So I do feel like when you schedule strategically too, it helps you not feel the capacity restraints as well as allows you to be super efficient with your time and making sure that we're using like every 10 minutes we have within the day to be able to take care of patients.   Tiff (21:43) Yeah, I totally agree. I have a practice that just last week, ⁓ one of the doctors was like, I'm over this. I'm done. I'm I'm burnt out. And like we're over here trying to like untangle ⁓ financial stuff and and we're trying to untangle front office overload work overload and get things ⁓ efficient in both those areas and understood and do all of these like willy nilly appointments and anyways, yes. It it was like that was the breaking point was the   capacity and feeling like something's gotta give. Well, it's probably within your scheduling. I completely agree. And I feel that way too. If I if I overload my personal schedule or my work schedule and I've got too much going on and they're like, gosh, like these little tiny errands or calls, if I do my 30 minute coaching calls back to back for an entire day, I am exhausted at the end of the day compared to if I can get a couple of big chunked hour coaching calls in between those 30 minutes, I'm much more productive.   And I feel so much better at the end of the day. And it makes me think how lucky I am that I have been in dentistry for as long as I have been. And then I'm able to look at a schedule and really, really create a productive schedule for myself. So I love it, Dana. I I think action item-wise, ⁓ whether you're feeling capacity or not, I would constantly evaluate this area because the worst thing in my mind that I do for myself is wait until I'm burnt out to look at my capacity.   To wait until I'm burnt out to say something's got to give on my schedule. I really like looking at my schedule ahead and being like, that's gonna suck. Let me restructure, let me figure something out. Or like we do it too with our calls. You know, how many calls do we have? What does that look like? How can we get that done within the capacity of our timing? So I would say don't wait until it hurts to fix it. Make sure that you've got it ahead of time so that you cut the capacity doesn't burn you out. So   Evaluating the number of active patients you have, evaluating what you will have given your new patient influx and your attrition. Also, I really, really strongly advise ⁓ reactivation campaigns so that you're grasping a lot of the people who maybe attritioned out before. Your hygiene team, I think, will love you for that. Dana can Dana can do a whole podcast on not forgetting about our recare patients and the patients we already have. That is one hygiene 101. So make sure you're doing your patients right.   so evaluating your patient base, making sure you know what you have, what you're going to need, and evaluating your schedule. So before you even add hours, before you add days, look at are you being the most efficient and effective with the time that you have? Don't take more time away. ⁓ be super effective and efficient with the time that you have and be ⁓ collecting the fees. One, be collecting the fees you're already charging. So look at your AR. Two, charge.   what you deserve and collect the fees that you should be and then look at opening hours, opening days, and then look at opening more space in your practice is how I would recommend looking at that before jumping straight into more, more, more, bigger, bigger, better. And I think Dana, we are getting to the point of life where we're understanding bigger isn't always better. I love it. Awesome.   DAT-Dana (25:03) Yep, agreed.   Tiff (25:05) Hey Dana, thank you so much for this podcast today. This was fun. I'm glad we workshopped it ahead of time. I loved your ideas. ⁓ and everyone, thank you for listening. Drop us a five star review below. We love to hear your ideas, and that is an absolutely perfect place to put them. People read them. don't forget to subscribe and download these so that you'll always have them and you can go back. So when you're here driving, which I know many of you are, you can go back and listen to all those tidbits that   Dana dropped for you today. And Hello@TheDentalATeam.com is the easiest place to reach us. And we'll catch you next time. Thank you guys.  

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See what the team at The Successful Bookkeeper has on right now → Melissa Broughton, founder of Busy Bee Advisors in Sacramento, has built a bookkeeping firm that grows not just through referrals and marketing, but through strategic acquisition of other bookkeeping practices. In this episode, she pulls back the curtain on her complete acquisition process — from finding firms before they shut their doors, to vetting the financials, to integrating clients without losing them. If you've ever wondered whether buying a book of business could be part of your growth plan, Melissa's experience — including the deals that went sideways — is exactly what you need to hear. Chapters [00:00] Cold open teaser [01:15] Melissa's growth journey since last episode [05:30] Launching an online bookkeeping course [09:00] How the acquisition strategy began [12:30] The 70% rule and the water test [17:00] Vetting financials and avoiding pitfalls [21:00] What makes a firm attractive to buyers [25:30] Client integration and transition lessons [30:00] Reading the seller's personality [33:30] Capacity, formulas, and skipping brokers How Melissa Got Into Acquisitions It started with a pattern Melissa kept hearing from tax professionals: a bookkeeper with a thriving practice would simply close up shop, send clients a farewell letter, and leave them scrambling. "There were bookkeepers who had successful, thriving practices and they just decided to retire — they just closed their doors." That gap between a bookkeeper ready to walk away and clients who still need service looked like an opportunity. The goal became getting in front of those owners before they pulled the plug. The 70% Rule and Other Benchmarks Melissa's core filter is straightforward: would the acquisition still be profitable if you only kept 70% of the clients? "We look at, is the business still profitable if you only retain 70% of their business? That's our benchmark." She calls it the "water test," and a surprising number of potential deals don't pass it. She also looks at minimum client roster size, client interaction levels, software alignment (her firm runs exclusively on QuickBooks Online), and whether all clients are under a signed contract. A book of business built on handshakes and mixed software platforms is a much riskier buy than it appears on paper. Vetting the Financials — Don't Take It as Gospel Because bookkeepers are numbers people, Melissa says they're actually well-positioned to do the kind of financial scrutiny most buyers skip. "Ask for proof of those deposits. Make sure that the income lines up." She requests bank statements alongside tax returns, digs into payroll breakdowns, and checks lease agreements — because taking on a seller's remaining lease obligations can quietly sink a deal. She also warns against letting a seller's likability cloud the numbers: "Nice has nothing to do with it." Integration: What Makes or Breaks the Transition The smoothest acquisition Melissa ever completed involved an owner who was fully ready to walk away and sent a clean, brief handover note to clients. The hardest ones involved sellers who couldn't really let go. "We generally will not have the owners stay on — I can only think of two situations where we've had the owners stay on, and I will say I regretted it both of those times." For every acquisition, she brings on extra team support and deploys what she calls a "client whisperer" — a trusted admin who calls each new client, makes the introduction, and asks the question most people avoid: what did your previous bookkeeper do that drove you crazy? What Sellers Should Know Melissa also flips the conversation for bookkeepers thinking about eventually selling their practice. The three biggest value drivers in her eyes are: signed contracts with every client, a reasonable level of ongoing client communication (not too hands-off, not so personal that clients will leave when you do), and consistent use of mainstream software. She also recommends having payment on file rather than invoicing after the fact — both as a business practice and because it signals a well-run, collectible revenue stream to any buyer. Starting negotiations, Melissa uses a 1.25x multiplier on receivables as a baseline and works from there. 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He started this work because of his father — a brilliant electrical contractor who worked twice as hard as he should have had to, because nobody on the financial side was in his corner. That gap is what The Successful Bookkeeper exists to close. His view: bookkeepers are the most undervalued force in small business — and every bookkeeper who builds a real business changes two families: theirs, and their clients'.

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Steve Kamb joins me to talk about the ideas from his new book, How to Try Again: An Approachable Guide to Navigating Chaos and Making Change.Steve shares wisdom about:Which is harder: starting, or starting againThe "Back to Normal" fallacyThe importance of a bias toward actionDo people wait for optimal timing?Do people believe it will go smoothly this time?Do people fail to anticipate obvious and predictable obstacles?Do people fail to allow for unforeseen obstacles?When do we need to try again and when do we need to try something different?How much do people try to control the wrong things?How much of success comes down to one's attitude toward struggle and failure?If you're someone who's been trying and faltering, this is for you—whether in fitness and health, career, or life.Instagram: @stevekambCHAPTERS01:15 Starting vs Starting Over03:01 The Back to Normal Fallacy06:18 Why Treading Water Still Counts08:34 Letting Go of the Perfect Future13:05 The Too Many Options Trap17:25 Procrastination and the Five Whys19:53 Identity and Imposter Syndrome22:53 Failure as Feedback24:14 Keep Doing the Thing28:17 New Year's Goals and Self-Efficacy32:37 Pause, Accept, Change, Try Again37:32 Control What You Can Control41:36 The "Yes And" Philosophy of Life47:41 Struggle, Capacity, and Resilience51:04 Updating Your Fitness Identity53:37 Book Launch and Where To Find SteveSUPPORT THE SHOWIf this episode helped you rethink failure, setbacks, or personal growth, you can support the show by:Subscribing and checking out more episodesSharing it on social media (tag me and I'll respond)Sending it to someone who needs encouragement to keep goingFOLLOW ANDREW COATESInstagram: @andrewcoatesfitnesshttps://www.andrewcoatesfitness.comPARTNERS AND RESOURCESRP Strength App (use code COATESRP)https://www.rpstrength.com/coatesJust Bite Me Meals (use code ANDREWCOATESFITNESS for 10% off)https://justbitememeals.comMacrosFirst – FREE Premium TrialDownload MacrosFirst and during setup select ANDREWKNKG Bags (15% off)https://www.knkg.com/Andrew59676Versa Grippshttps://www.versagripps.com/andrewcoatesTRAINHEROIC – FREE 90-Day Trialhttps://www.trainheroic.com/liftfreeReply to the email you receive (or email trials@trainheroic.com) and let them know Andrew sent you

Growth should feel like momentum. For most nonprofit leaders between $1M and $3M, it feels like barely surviving — because the organization was built for a prior stage and never structurally redesigned for the current one. Brooke Richie-Babbage calls this the Design Deficit: the measurable gap between an organization's structural capacity and what its next stage of growth actually requires. In this episode, Brooke walks through why this gap exists, why resourceful leaders unintentionally mask it, and what it takes to close it. She introduces the Stability Flywheel — three architectural pillars (Capital Engine, Capacity Matrix, Clarity Compass) that must work together for an organization to sustain growth. Listeners will learn how to diagnose which pillar is stalling their flywheel, what institution-building actually requires, and how to shift from holding the organization together personally to designing one that holds itself.What You'll Learn:The Design Deficit and why it's predictable, not personal — why organizations built at $400K buckle at $1.5M and how to recognize the structural strain before it becomes a crisis.The three pillars of the Stability Flywheel — Capital Engine, Capacity Matrix, and Clarity Compass — and the specific signals that indicate which one is stalling your organization's growth.How to shift from operator to architect — the practical difference between holding an organization together and designing one that can hold itself, including the single reframe that changes every decision about hiring, systems, and CEO time.Key Takeaways:The Design Deficit is a predictable stage, not a leadership failure. When a nonprofit grows past its original structural design, leaders experience strain that feels personal — but the real cause is an architecture that was never updated for the current stage. This happens because the same resourcefulness that built the organization actively masks the infrastructure gaps beneath it.An organization that is growing is not the same as an organization built to sustain growth. Most nonprofits between $1M and $3M function because of the people in them, not the design beneath them. At this stage, nonprofit leaders must transition from operating inside the machine to redesigning it — the Operator-to-Architect shift.The Stability Flywheel stalls at the weakest pillar — and strengthening the other two won't fix it. Capital, Capacity, and Clarity reinforce each other when all three work. When one breaks, the others compensate — and the leader absorbs the difference personally. The most effective approach is to identify the weakest pillar and start there.Want to work together? Apply for the Next Level Nonprofit Mastermind, a high-touch coaching and training accelerator for established organizations with $1M+ budgets that are ready to design for impact sustained at scale.  Budget under $1M? Join Elevate and get proven step-by-step playbooks + coaching support to build each of the core elements of your nonprofit's operating system - strategic clarity, a fundraising engine, a high-performance team, and an active and engaged board!   Connect with me!LinkedInInstagramYouTube

Deciding to end a client relationship is one of the most difficult choices a lawyer can make. Many attorneys feel obligated to continue working on a matter even when it consumes disproportionate time and emotional energy, often for a client whose behavior or engagement is challenging.In this episode, I walk through how to fire a client professionally and ethically. I cover practical steps, including organizing work products, ensuring proper timing in litigation and transactional matters, and communicating clearly with the client. I also discuss the emotional and cognitive biases that make it hard to disengage and explain why these tendencies are natural but should be managed strategically.Get full show notes, transcript, and more information here: agileattorney.com/124Take your law practice from overwhelmed to optimized with GreenLine LegalFollow along on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/johnegrant

In the Season 8 finale of More Than The Bag, I discussed a powerful principle that many believers overlook: before God releases increase, He often develops our capacity to manage it.This episode focused on biblical financial stewardship, tithing, planning, faithfulness, and counting the cost. I shared how honoring God with what He has already entrusted to us positions us for greater opportunities, greater influence, and greater Kingdom impact.Whether you're believing God for financial increase, business growth, a new opportunity, or simply greater responsibility, stewardship matters. God is looking for faithful stewards who can be trusted with more.Scriptures Referenced:• Proverbs 21:5 NLT – Planning Leads to Prosperity• Proverbs 3:9-10 NLT – Honor God with the First and Best• Luke 16:10-11 NLT – Faithfulness Matters• Matthew 25:21 NLT – Multiply What God Gives You• Luke 14:28-30 NLT – Count the Cost• Malachi 3:10 NLT – The Principle of TithingThank you for joining me throughout Season 8. I pray this episode challenged, encouraged, and equipped you to increase your capacity for all that God desires to place in your hands.Stay Anchored™Connect with Dr. Kerrie Carter-Walker

The freight market is in a regulatory-driven bull cycle unlike any we've seen. Seth Holm, CEO of West Brow Capital, breaks down the shocking truth about trucking capacity, revealing that potentially only a fraction of carriers meet minimum safety requirements. ⁠Follow the FreightWaves NOW Podcast⁠ ⁠Other FreightWaves Shows⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Contact Jesse on Instagram by clicking here or his website by clicking here.Your story is not too small to matter. In this episode of the Stuck No More Voices Podcast, Theresa Croft sits down with expert Speaking coach Jesse Cruz to talk about telling your real story and finding your voice on stage.Jesse Cruz is an award winning international speaker, a best selling author, and a speaker coach for leaders. He is the founder and CEO of Merge Worldwide, where he helps speakers around the world share their stories in powerful, true ways.In this conversation you will hear why the room does not need perfect, it needs true. Jesse and Theresa talk about the part of your story you keep cutting, and why that part may be the one that sets someone free.If you are a Christian woman leader who feels like the best kept secret in her field, this one is for you. Take the free Calling and Capacity Audit at theresacroftaudit.com.Take the Calling and Capacity audit here.Home TheresaCroft.comInstagram: https://instagram.com/theresacroftFacebook: https://Facebook.com/theresamcroftYouTube: https://YouTube.com/@theresacroftMore Podcast Episodes on Apple and Spotify

***Join my newsletter community and receive weekly Akashic Nourishment messages, resources, and spiritual guidance! Only my podcast is hosted on Substack. Join HERE What if the reason you're overwhelmed, exhausted, or struggling to move forward isn't that you're doing something wrong… but because you've run out of capacity?We've been taught to push harder, do more, and keep going no matter what. But what if the real answer isn't more effort? What if the answer is learning how to work with your energy instead of against it?Inside this episode, I share what the Akashic Records revealed about capacity, how fear drains it, how love expands it, and why so many people are operating at their limit right now. We'll talk about the signs that you're running low on capacity, why burnout isn't a badge of honor, and practical ways to begin creating more space in your life.Because when you have capacity, everything changes.You'll see more clearly.You'll make better decisions.You'll feel more empowered.And you'll finally have the space to create the life you're here to live!Remember: you are only meant to hold so much at any given time. Learning to honor that may be one of the most empowering things you ever do.If you'd like support through the Akashic Records, my books are currently open for private Akashic Soul Readings! I'd be honored to sit with you.Sending you much love!June Events & Offerings:~ Akashic Soul Readings are now available!! Let's get to the root of what's happening in your life, relationships, or purpose—so you can move forward with certainty and direction. Book here: https://ahnahendrix.com/akashic-records/Don't forget, When you invest in yourself, the world benefits!Many Blessings, AhnaCONNECT ONLINEJoin my Beautiful Email Community https://ahnahendrix.com/YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5fsN8oqu8Ib8IcvpYZA4jQ This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit souldrivencollective.substack.com

Most dentists believe they need more new patients, but the real problem may be how well they are using the patients, providers, and chair time they already have. In this episode, Kirk Behrendt brings back Ariel Siegel, ACT Dental coach, to explain why active patient count, pre-appointment percentage, capacity utilization, and annual patient value matter before investing in new patient growth. Learn how to identify whether your practice has a patient problem or a utilization problem, and how to start improving schedule efficiency with the data you already have. To grow more predictably with the patients already in your practice, listen to Episode 1060 of The Best Practices Show!Main Takeaways:Practices should evaluate utilization of current patients and provider capacity before pursuing more new patients.New patients can add pressure because phone calls, relationship building, and appointments require more time and energy.A healthy active patient count is often around 1,200 to 1,500 patients per provider.Unscheduled active patients and low pre-appointment rates reveal opportunities within the existing patient base.Chair time utilization around 90% to 95% creates productive schedules while leaving some flexibility.Annual patient value helps determine whether a practice needs more patients or better production per patient.Capacity tracking should be reviewed consistently so each provider column has accountability.Snippets:00:00 Metric Mondays Intro01:50 Meet Ariel Siegel02:14 More Patients Myth04:18 Active Patient Benchmarks08:07 When Utilization Fails10:33 Redefining Growth11:56 Capacity Utilization Targets14:36 Action Plan With APV18:06 Vision And Wrap Up18:33 Final GoodbyeGuest Bio/Guest Resources:Ariel has a master's in healthcare administration and several years of dental experience in all aspects of the administrative roles within the dental office. Her passion is to work with dental teams to empower team members to realize their full potential in order to better serve patients, improve office systems to ensure a well-functioning team/office, and to help everyone have fun in the process!More Helpful Links for a Better Practice & a Better Life:The Best Practices Show: https://www.actdental.com/podcast/Best Practices Association: https://www.actdental.com/bpaUpcoming Events & Workshops: https://www.actdental.com/events/Smile Source: https://www.smilesource.com/Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.comSubscribe on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com

Feeling anxious? Your body might need to down-regulate. Feeling depressed? Your body might need to up-regulate. This modulation of finding balance can be achieved in two ways, through a simple supportive practice Luis offers, and through food. Food affects our biology 24 hours a day. What we eat can activate us into a fight-or-flight response, effectively inducing stress. Or, we can consciously alchemize our food to support our body to be in a place of balance. No shame either way. Eating to balance the nervous system helps the body build capacity to be seen. Luis recommends a snack practice to experiment with and see how your body responds. Here are a few ways to learn more: Luis's book Food Therapy, find it at your local bookstore, library, or as an audiobook: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/the-bookThe next six month Embodied Nutrition Slow Group, starting July 7 https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/slow-practice-nutrition-groupYou can read more about, and register for, the upcoming 6 month "Embodied Nutrition" program here: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/slow-practice-nutrition-group----You can learn more on the website: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/You can follow Luis on Instagram @holistic.life.navigationQuestions? You can email us at info@holisticlifenavigation.com

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SpaceX debuted today after a $75B IPO raise, closing with a $2.11 trillion market cap, and Anthropic is searching for 1 GW to host its own GPU clusters. Welcome back to The Blockspace Podcast! SpaceX's historic IPO came and went today, marking a day of firsts that saw the company close the largest IPO ever at a $2 trillion valuation, making its founder Elon Musk the world's first trillionaire. Nakamoto's Brandon Bailey joins us to discuss the IPO and the current state of the AI stock market and bitcoin, plus his project Dimetrics, a Bloomberg-esque terminal for the data center space. In other big news, Anthropic has reportedly entered into 12 letters of intent to rent 1 GW+ of data center space for its first-ever self-owned GPU clusters.  Check out our latest report, “What's a Megawatt Worth?” where we quantify the trillion dollar opportunity for bitcoin miners venturing into the AI sector.  Subscribe to our newsletter to receive updates for all of our shows and content.

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Today our guest is Derrick Lawson, co-executive director of CATLL and CASCD and a former principal at all three school levels. Derrick shares practical strategies for building relational capacity with staff and students at the start of the school year, and why the first days of school should be spent on connection, not content. He also explains how school leaders can build staff capacity for relationship-building by modeling connection activities, creating shared resources, and embedding brief connection routines into every staff meeting throughout the year. In this conversation, Derrick offers important reminders for educators and leaders: Students will not learn at their best until they feel seen, heard, and valued, and that environment has to be built intentionally before content can stick. Teachers who say relationship-building "isn't their thing" often just lack a structure or script. Giving them ready-made activities and modeling them first removes that barrier. When leaders model connection activities with staff, teachers replicate them in their classrooms. What you put in front of people is what you are most likely to see spread. Ten years from now, students and staff will not remember individual lessons, they will remember how you made them feel. Learn More About CharacterStrong:  Learn more about Intellispark Access FREE MTSS Curriculum Samples Request a Quote Today! Learn more about CharacterStrong Implementation Support Visit the CharacterStrong Website   About Derrick Lawson:  Derrick Lawson retired in June of 2025 after 9 years as Principal of  his Alma Mater – Indio High School in Desert Sands USD and 31 years as a K-12 principal at all three levels. Aside from being a K-12 student in the district, he returned his third year of teaching to the district and after teaching, served as a Facilitator in State and Federal Programs and a principal at all 3 levels and opened 2 new campuses. He has spent the majority of his career working in high poverty schools as well as with large populations of long term English Learners and special needs students. During his 9 years in the classroom, he taught all levels K-12 as well as in the University credentialing program as an adjunct professor. He was selected as ACSA Region XIX's Principal of the Year in 2010 and then selected as the ACSA State Middle Grades Principal of the Year and NASSP 2012 Principal of the Year for California and 2025 ACSA State Secondary Principal of the Year. He has served in several leadership roles for ACSA over the years.  In addition to serving his Charter, he was the Region 19 President and Treasurer as well as the NASSP State Coordinator for California and has been involved in State and National lobbying efforts for education from 2012 to the present. He served as the NASSP Region 7 Coordinator, leading the 9 western states and facilitating their advocacy and professional development efforts and a 3 year term on the Board of the National Association of Secondary School Principals. He has been directing one of the ACSA Principals Academies for the past 10 years. His newest role is the Co-Executive Director for the California Association for Teaching, Leading, and Learning (CATLL) after serving on the board for 4 years. He lives in Bermuda Dunes and loves to travel, play piano, scrapbook, and all things Disney.  He is married with two adult children and an unexpected 4 (as his wife says) grand-dogs and a cat.

As an ambitious woman who feels stuck, the problem often isn't that you're not doing enough (if anything, chances are, you're probably overdoing it, lol).In today's episode, we're diving into the hidden reason so many ambitious women struggle to receive more love, money, success, support, and abundance — even after doing all the inner work.We're talking about self-trust, hyper-independence, over-effort in dating & business, and why constantly trying to fix yourself may actually be the thing standing between you and the life you're trying to create.We explore:Why self-trust is more important than confidenceThe real reason why receiving feels unsafe for so many womenHow hyper-independence blocks love, support, and abundanceThe hidden addiction to self-improvement and "fixing" yourselfWhy healing can become another form of perfectionismThe difference between understanding yourself and trusting yourselfHow over-efforting shows up in business, dating, and relationshipsWhy ambitious women often struggle to enjoy the success they've worked so hard to createThe capacity conversation nobody is havingWhy your next level may require less control, not moreHow to become the woman who allows life to meet her halfwayIf you've ever felt exhausted from carrying everything alone, constantly chasing the next breakthrough, or wondering why success still doesn't feel as fulfilling as you expected — this episode is for you.—In this episode, I discuss:00:00 - 05:19 The struggle to receive05:20 - 08:27 Self trust vs confidence11:19 -  13:58 Healing vs. fixing yourself13:59 - 16:26 The purpose of hyper-independence16:27 - 19:32 The importance of expressing yourself19:33 - 22:02 Healing as a journey - not an end goal22:03 - 24:52 The power that comes from trusting yourself24:53 - 27:18 Enjoying life beyond achievement27:19 - 33:02 Capacity to receive & letting go of control33:03 - 37:23 Becoming the woman who receives life—Similar episodes: Ep 160: The hidden cost of being a 'bossbabe' - and the #1 lie women are told about Feminine Energy EP 163: The real reason you keep sabotaging what you say you want – how to stay ‘on track'EP 152: How I am upgrading each aspect of my life this year (+ how you can, too!)—Similar episodes: ⁠Ep 160: The hidden cost of being a 'bossbabe' - and the #1 lie women are told about Feminine Energy ⁠⁠Ep 157: The Art of Self-Mastery: What it really takes to thrive in life, love, leadership & wealth⁠⁠EP 164: How to be 'that girl' who always gets what she wants - fusing 'IT girl' x 'magnetic queen' energy⁠—I was recently interviewed by my friend Lisa, host of the Real Money Podcast! We dive into all things energetics of money and the inner work it takes to create true wealth and become a magnet to money. Tune in ⁠HERE⁠!—Connect with Laura: Laura's Website: ⁠https://www.lauraherde.com/⁠Laura's Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/laura.herde/⁠Laura's 1-1 Coaching: ⁠https://www.lauraherde.com/application-1-1⁠Laura's Coaching Certification Course: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/embodiedcoachacademy/⁠>> EMAIL ME TO CONNECT/ FOR QUESTIONS: hello@lauraherde.com>> FOLLOW ME ON INSTAGRAM FOR MORE CONTENT: ⁠@laura.herde ⁠Feel free to share this episode with your bestie, and tag us on IG when you listen so we can repost you.If you're a loyal listener and would like to support the show, leave us a rating/ review, it means the world!Make sure to be subscribed to UNFUCK YOUR LIFE, we publish episodes for you every single Tuesday.Thank you so much for tuning in, love xx

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One long trusted economic indicator may no longer reliably indicate a noninflationary environment. Confluence Chief Market Strategist Patrick Fearon-Hernandez joins Phil Adler to discuss how governments might be misled and what investors should watch for.

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Welcome to the Jesus Church in Watertown, South Dakota!Join us for service at: 500 14th Ave NW, Watertown, SD 57201 https://goo.gl/maps/WgUmDc1iH7jB8za98Our Service Times: Sunday Morning Service at 10:00 am CDT Sunday Main Service at 11:00 am CDT Wednesday Service at 7:00 pm CDTYou can find us online at: Website: https://jesuschurchsd.org/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JesusChurchSD Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jesuschurchsd/

Download the Free 10-Minute Mindset Practice: Shift your state and anchor your body into clarity and ventral safety under pressure. https://payhip.com/b/7PdoGWelcome to the Embodied Self-Leadership: Mindset & Journal Series — a transformational series designed to support self-leaders in cultivating emotional intelligence, resilience, somatic steadiness, mental clarity, spiritual growth, and authentic self-mastery.Through intentional mindset practices and guided journal prompts, this playlist explores how to strengthen your ability to remain grounded, regulated, and aligned under pressure—so you can deepen your capacity for personal evolution, relational integrity, and expanded higher human consciousness.Inside this series, we explore:Episode 1: Emotional activation without identity distortionEpisode 2: Nervous system steadiness during uncertaintyEpisode 3: Relational integrity under pressureEpisode 4: Capacity to feel deeply without collapsing or performingEpisode 5: Playful mastery of intensityThis series is for those committed to:Building resilienceStrengthening emotional regulationExpanding somatic and mental masterySupporting personal and spiritual growthChoosing authenticity over performanceLeading themselves with integrity, clarity, and loveThank you for being here and for choosing the path of embodied self-leadership.May these resources support you in growing stability, regulating intensity, and continuing to be yourself under pressure—not for validation, but for deeper alignment, truth, and conscious evolution.Love,Maria5D Mystic Thought LeaderFor reflective self-leaders who use mindset and journaling to grow—and lead with love, integrity, depth, and intelligence.

In a first-ever Woman of Influence Table Talk, I gather five powerhouse women in one room for a no-holds-barred conversation about what it really takes to build, hold, and protect true influence. I'm joined by Amy Porterfield, Stacy Tuschl, Leanne Lopez Mosley, Adley Kinsman, and Ashley Brock five women who have collectively built multi-million dollar businesses, generated billions of views, scaled iconic brands, and earned their elevation by doing the work most women aren't willing to do. We open the conversation with the question every woman in business needs to sit with: when did you first realize you had cultivated real influence, and what did it cost you? This is a raw and grounding conversation about being misunderstood, raising your standard when it's the most inconvenient, the people-pleasing patterns that quietly cap your influence, and why you cannot have any form of real influence and still chase universal approval. We talk about Amy's decision to retire a $60 million program and the public backlash that followed, Stacy's framework of "$100 million CEO" thinking, Adley's concept of Cringe Mountain, Leanne's evolution into Rich Queen and Soft Girl Millions, and Ashley's identity-shifting realization that she was a thought repeater, not a thought leader. If you've ever felt the tension between being liked and being free, this episode is your invitation to choose the latter and stay tuned for Part 2. Liked this episode? Make sure to subscribe to our podcast and leave a review with your takeaways, this helps us create the exact content you want!  KEY POINTS:  00:00 Welcome and Mission 00:49 Table Talk Introductions 01:34 The Cost of Influence 03:08 In Person Impact 05:02 Worthiness and Rebrands 07:01 Growth Collective Offer 08:44 Audience Expectations and Responsibility 11:10 Amy's Big Pivot Backlash 14:09 Stop Blaming the Tools 16:17 Earning Your Elevation 24:42 Standards and Boundaries 25:56 Team Growth and Tough Goodbyes 30:22 Marriage and Leveling Up 33:06 Capacity and Raising Standards 37:58 Highest Self Decision Filter 38:58 Cringe Mountain Mindset 39:40 Inner Light And Alignment 41:24 Cringe Content And Attention 43:20 Data Over Opinions 44:36 Trust Your Gut More 46:45 Define Woman Of Influence 51:30 Stop Taking All Advice 53:16 Ask What You Want 56:51 Thought Leader Not Repeater 59:20 Authenticity Amplifies Results 01:01:36 Get Good Then Scale 01:02:24 Chickens And Being Yourself 01:04:01 Create Don't Consume 01:04:56 Break And Wrap Up QUOTABLES: "I learned that you cannot be a people pleaser and have any form of real influence." - Adley Kinsman "I cannot be judged by somebody else if I'm not judging myself. I cannot be misunderstood by somebody else if I am not misunderstanding who I am." - Leanne Lopez Mosley "I believe in this idea of earning your elevation, meaning doing the reps, staying in your lane, changing lives, being responsible for what you're doing. And at a certain point, you grow and you change, and you earn your elevation to do something different." - Amy Porterfield "When I'm in a bind or it's not convenient, I go, 'What would $100 million Stacey do?'" - Stacy Tuschl "I realized I was a thought repeater, not a thought leader." - Ashley Brock "Influence is very holy. This is where I get godly. It comes from the stars. It is a spiritual evolution and process of trusting that inner knowing and that inner guidance." - Julie Solomon RESOURCES: CONTENT THAT SELLS Without posting more, performing more, or sounding like everyone else. A free 90-minute live training with Julie Solomon on how to write content that brings in the buyer who's already ready. Not the fan. Not the freebie-seeker. The buyer. SAVE YOUR SEAT [UNSCRIPTED RETREAT 2027] Where your voice, your message, and your identity become one. February 3–5, 2027 • Nashville, Tennessee Apply here [THE REVENUE ACCELERATOR] Book a strategy call to explore whether The Revenue Accelerator is the right next step for your business and leadership. Apply and schedule your call today. [ORDER] my book or Audible, Get What You Want: How to Go From Unseen to Unstoppable so you can leverage the power of your own influence. Follow Julie on Instagram! MUST HAVES THIS MONTH: [RUN YOUR BUSINESS MORE EFFICIENTLY] From product uploads to marketing, this platform gives you all the tools you need to streamline your business processes. Learn more here.

Panelists Keith Edwards Dr. Keith Edwards empowers higher education leaders with internal and structural capacity to lead with and through the storm toward better tomorrows for us all. He is an authentic educator, trusted leader,... The post Leading through the Storm: Capacity and Clarity to Lead through Complexity appeared first on Student Affairs NOW.

Send me a Text Message!This episode is all about joy. You will hear me say that I think we have seriously underestimated two things. We have seriously underestimated our need for joy and we have seriously underestimated God's capacity for joy. Listen, God has no desire to wake us up to our sin, our failure; He has no desire to wake us up to our dark thoughts or our undone good; He has no desire to wake us up to our shame and then just leave us there. God wants to awaken us to the fullness of joy that comes in His presence. Every true awakening leads to an awakening to joy. And as Nehemiah told them, "The joy of the Lord is our strength!" 

What happens when an organization says all the right things about culture, puts the values on the wall, launches the initiative, and nothing actually moves? Carlee Wolfe has spent more than two decades inside that gap, and her answers will challenge how you lead. Carlee Wolfe is Associate Vice President of Leader Development and Organizational Effectiveness at Hyatt Hotels, where her work sits at the intersection of global leadership, talent strategy, and culture. Her perspective is shaped not only by the boardroom but by two decades of coaching volleyball and volunteering with the Olympic and Paralympic movement, including adaptive sports. In this episode, we explore: Why the moments before and after a big transformation matter more than the launch itself, and how leaders ride the wave ahead of their teams What organizations consistently get wrong about high performance, and why doing your job well makes you a great performer, not an underperformer Why belonging does not mean comfort, and what happens when belonging becomes a brand promise with no actions, policies, or behaviors behind it How community functions as real organizational capacity, from shared learning in the age of AI to carrying the weight together Why burnout never wins for anyone, and how to lead for sustainable output instead of endless hours Timestamps (estimates, confirm against final edit) 00:00 Cold open: when culture initiatives do not move culture 01:10 Welcome and what this show is about 01:52 Meet Carlee Wolfe 03:05 Carlee joins the conversation 03:55 The arc of transformation: leading the before and after of big moments 07:00 What organizations misunderstand about high performance 10:55 Doing your job well makes you a great performer 11:05 Silicon Valley, global work cultures, and the overwork trap 12:40 Output over hours: burnout, capacity, and decision quality 16:30 Belonging does not mean comfort 20:50 Trust is built when actions match the words on the wall 21:30 Community as capacity: carrying the weight together 24:55 The bar you can raise alone versus the bar you can raise with others 27:55 Where to find Carlee 28:25 Join the Difference Makers on Patreon Connect with Carlee Find Carlee Wolfe at: LinkedIn (search Carlee Wolfe) and https://www.aceandarrowconsulting.com Connect with us Subscribe, leave a review at https://www.aworldofdifferencepodcast.com/reviews/new/, and share this episode. Visit https://www.aworldofdifferencepodcast.com for more resources. Join the Difference Makers community for the exclusive conversation with Carlee: patreon.com/aworldofdifference Connect with Lori: https://www.linkedin.com/in/loriadamsbrown and https://loriadamsbrown.substack.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What happens when nurses are empowered to practice at the top of their license? In this episode, Amanda sits down with Maria Durazo, RN and Isabelle Lunsford, RN, PHN, MSN, of Open Door Community Health Centers in CA, to discuss how they transformed the nursing role to improve access, support providers, and strengthen patient care in a highly rural environment. Learn how Open Door built a Tactical Nursing model, developed nurse-led flip visits, created career pathways for nurses, and more than doubled the number of patients served through nurse visits through innovative nursing workflows.Whether you're a clinical leader, nurse manager, or healthcare executive, this episode offers practical lessons on change management, workforce development, and maximizing the impact of your nursing team.Guests: Maria Durazo, RN, and Isabelle Lunsford, RN, PHN, MSNHost: Amanda LaramieThanks for listening!  Check us out on: FacebookInstagramLinkedInOur WebsiteTikTokTwitterYouTube 

(Venus and Jupiter share a 'cosmic kiss' on June 9)Download the Free 10-Minute Mindset Practice: Shift your state and anchor your body into clarity and ventral safety under pressure. https://payhip.com/b/7PdoGGet Your Sovereign Blueprint: Claim your intellectual and emotional sovereignty with this comprehensive, self-directed guide. https://payhip.com/b/jOSFYThe Regulated Leader - Expand Your Inner Growth Journey: Master emotional resilience and steady your nervous system fluency with the complete digital guide. https://payhip.com/b/rOUPzYou are not your activated state: When emotions feel true self-leaders move from reactivity to steadiness. Check out the new daily steady living bundle (1 day mindset practice + 15 journal prompts)

A timber column can survive the heating phase of a fire resistance test and still collapse later, after the flames are gone. We know there is so much more to structures in fires than the test demonstrates, but how much exactly do we know about timber nowadays? In this episode we try to dive deeper and discuss mass timber fire safety, structural fire engineering, and what a fire resistance rating does and does not tell us. I'm joined by Dr. Felix Wiesner from the University of British Columbia, this year's IAFSS Proulx Award recipient, to unpack his review on mass timber load-bearing capacity in fire across scales. We start where most design decisions begin: full-scale furnace tests and the practical reality that many modern timber elements are too large, too new, or too costly to test under load. From there we dig into the reduced cross-section method, charring rate assumptions, and the controversial “zero-strength layer” that turns heated wood into a simplified design allowance, even as uncertainty and code-to-code differences persist. Then we turn to the decay phase and delayed failure, connecting recent column results to the bigger question of performance-based design for compartment fires that heat and cool. To model that behaviour, we need credible links between temperature, strength reduction, and elastic modulus reduction, and we need to care about how the data were generated: steady-state oven tests versus transient tests where timber is loaded first and heated with steep gradients. Finally, we go down to the microscale and nanoscale, where moisture migration and even hydrogen-bond changes in cellulose help explain why “loaded while heating and cooling” can permanently reshape capacity. If you work with mass timber buildings, timber fire design, Eurocode approaches, or structural safety in fire, this is a deep reset on what matters most. Read about the IAFSS Awards here https://www.iafss2026.com/awardsRead the whole paper with a more in-depth view on the subject "From nano-to megastructure: A review of mass timber load-bearing capacity in fire"----The Fire Science Show is produced by the Fire Science Media in collaboration with OFR Consultants. Thank you to the podcast sponsor for their continuous support towards our mission.

What if the key to becoming a better leader isn't pushing harder—but learning how to regulate yourself better? This week on the Growth Now Movement, I welcome back my good friend Angus Nelson for the first time in nearly five years. A lot has changed since our last conversation. Angus moved from Nashville to Portugal, rebuilt parts of his life and business from the ground up, and discovered some powerful lessons about leadership, fulfillment, stress, and what it truly means to thrive. As an executive coach and the author of Neuro Resilient Leader, Angus has spent years helping entrepreneurs, executives, and high performers navigate uncertainty, burnout, and the overwhelming pace of modern life. In this conversation, he breaks down why so many successful people are struggling right now and why the answer isn't more hustle—it's learning how to regulate your nervous system and lead from a place of clarity and composure. We dive into the concept of neuro resilience, which Angus describes as your ability to adapt, recover, and stay grounded when life throws challenges your way. He shares his powerful C3 Framework—Clarity, Capacity, and Composure—and explains how leaders can stop operating in constant reaction mode and start creating sustainable success. We also talk about the dangers of chasing validation, how AI is reshaping leadership, why so many people feel disconnected despite their achievements, and the simple daily practices Angus uses to stay centered and focused. This episode is packed with practical wisdom for entrepreneurs, leaders, and anyone looking to create more peace, purpose, and fulfillment without sacrificing ambition. In This Episode, We Discuss: Why Angus moved to Portugal and how it transformed his perspective The hidden connection between burnout and nervous system dysregulation What neuro resilience is and why every leader needs it How high performers can accomplish more by doing less The C3 Framework: Clarity, Capacity, and Composure The dangers of living for external validation Practical ways to regulate stress and anxiety The impact AI is having on leadership and decision-making Angus's 10-minute daily mindset practice His definition of success and the legacy he hopes to leave behind If you're feeling stretched thin, overwhelmed, or simply looking for a better way to lead and live, this conversation is exactly what you need.  

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Four Pillars of Advertising for Pediatric Practices: Newborn ROI, TikTok, Google Maps, and Internal OutreachHosts discuss pediatric practice marketing with repeat guest Dr. Cliff James, focusing on ROI-driven patient acquisition and replacing attrition by targeting newborns while balancing capacity and scheduling efficiency. James argues marketing spend should be measured by cost per acquired patient (nationally ~$80–$100; his ~$32), not percent of revenue, and stresses tracking “how did you hear about us” to avoid misleading metrics like clicks. He outlines advertising pillars: (1) social media content, especially TikTok, to educate pregnant/new parents and generate both patients and platform revenue; (2) hyperlocal visibility via Google Maps/Google Business and consistent listings across many directories, with mobile-optimized, content-rich websites that AI search tools can scrape; (3) targeted paid ads such as geofencing OB offices and filtering by demographics; and (4) internal “advertising” using EHR outreach to drive well visits and chronic care follow-ups. He emphasizes outsourcing execution while physicians stay involved and recommends treating the website like a revenue-producing employee.00:00 Podcast Intro and Guest01:38 Why Market to Newborns03:23 Attrition and Growth Math05:43 Capacity and Scheduling Limits13:47 Walk Ins and Workflow Hacks16:33 Marketing Spend and CPA18:48 Modern Referral Channels20:51 Outsource vs Be the Star23:22 Social Media Pillar TikTok27:59 Tracking Leads and Targeting29:32 High Income Ad Targeting30:10 Geofencing OB Offices31:16 60 Second Video Strategy32:32 Choosing Social Channels33:14 Avoiding Link Penalties35:29 Google Maps Over SEO36:29 AI Search Website Pages39:50 Reviews And Internal Outreach48:19 Quiz Funnels For Leads52:06 Webinars Worth It55:36 Delegate Marketing Work01:00:16 Website As An Employee01:02:23 Closing And DisclaimersSupport the show

You keep telling yourself there's a slower season coming. Once the kids are older. After the launch. When work settles down.And somewhere underneath all the waiting, you already know that version of life isn't actually coming anytime soon.This episode is about the third option nobody told you existed: not shrinking your life, not staying overwhelmed, but expanding your nervous system's capacity to actually hold the life you've built.What You'll LearnThe window of tolerance: what it is, why yours keeps narrowing, and how to widen itThe difference between regulation and expansionThe SPACE framework: the five-phase progression to expand your capacityHow to use your core values as a nervous system tool--Join The Capacity Method (we start June 15th!) -> Check it out HERE--

Stephanie Thaler has lived many lives in one. She survived thyroid cancer at 18, gained 60 pounds during radiation treatment while being isolated in a hospital with zero human contact, and came out the other side with a calling — massage therapy. What followed was 28 years of relentless learning, Guinness World Record-breaking fitness (715 burpees in 60 minutes), becoming the massage therapist for the Minnesota Vikings and the 2022 US Women's Olympic Hockey Team, founding the first barefoot massage school in Minnesota, and becoming the highest-paid manual therapist in her state through a technique called adhesion release methods — a specialized approach to releasing nerve entrapments that only 50 practitioners worldwide are certified in. In this conversation with Freddie, Stephanie breaks down what adhesions actually are, why nerve entrapment goes undetected on MRIs and gets dismissed by conventional medicine, how she's getting results in four to six sessions for people who have been in chronic pain for years, and what the difference is between radial and focused shockwave therapy when treating specific nerve pathways. The second half of this episode goes somewhere deeply personal. Stephanie shares that her father died by suicide on Thanksgiving when she was five years old — and that she spent the next 38 years living in a state of chronic fight or flight, cycling through every SSRI, CBT protocol, and alternative therapy available, never finding lasting relief. Until ketamine. In two weeks of six IV sessions, she healed more trauma than 18 years of cognitive behavioral therapy ever touched. Her father came to her in session. God held her. And she came out glowing. She now does at-home ketamine therapy three to five days a week and credits it with putting her depression into remission and fueling the most successful chapter of her career. This is an honest, science-grounded, spiritually rich conversation about healing the body and the nervous system from the inside out — and what becomes possible when you finally feel safe. Highlighted Moments  [00:00] Understanding Collagen and Nerve Entrapment  [01:56] The Science Behind Red Light Therapy  [03:21] Supporting Immune Function with SilverBiotics  [04:13] Personal Journey: From Cancer to Fitness  [05:27] Training for a World Record in Burpees  [06:49] The Impact of Cancer on Body and Mind  [10:26] Tissue Mechanics and Emotional Trauma  [13:17] Evolving Techniques in Bodywork and Therapy  [16:25] Releasing Nerve Adhesions for Pain Relief  [18:12] Chronic Nerve Entrapment and Treatment Duration  [19:24] Cost and Value of Advanced Therapy Sessions  [21:30] Practitioner Longevity and Body Care  [23:01] Working with High-End Athletes  [25:32] Biohacking Tools and Self-Care Routines  [31:35] Focused Shockwave and Brand Technologies  [35:17] Home Biohacking and Contrast Therapy  [37:36] Future Vision: Wellness Barns and Community Spaces  [41:33] Advice for Aspiring Practitioners  [46:57] Being Beautifully Broken: Embracing Imperfection  [48:00] Ketamine and Mental Health Transformation  [50:54] The Power of Neural Rewiring and Support  [53:31] The Role of Set and Setting in Therapy  [56:27] Research and Future of Medical Psychedelics  [57:17] Where to Find Stephanie and Resources Connect with Stephanie: https://stephaniethalerlmt.com Upgrade Your Health LightPathLED: https://lightpathled.pxf.io/c/3438432/2059835/25794 Code: beautifullybroken Silver Biotics Wound Healing Gel: https://bit.ly/3JnxyDD 30% off with Code: BEAUTIFULLYBROKEN Bimini: https://biminihydrotherapy.com/?rfsn=8883833.3df4c7 Code: beautifullyborken CONNECT WITH FREDDIEWork with Me: https://www.beautifullybroken.world/biological-blueprintWebsite and Store: (http://www.beautifullybroken.world) Instagram: (https://www.instagram.com/freddie.kimmelYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@beautifullybrokenworld Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

EPISODE 447: Before you hire your next superintendent, project manager, or estimator, you need to know whether you have a capacity problem or a process problem. Todd Dawalt walks construction business owners through a five-step hiring framework to make smarter, more strategic staffing decisions. ⚡Schedule a Business Evaluation Call with The Construction Leading Edge Team:  HERE 

Your client comes in with someone else's plan. They saw the before-and-after. They read the testimonials. They've done the math — a $37 PDF with pages of success stories versus several hundred dollars a month with you. And now you're in the uncomfortable position of defending custom coaching against results they can actually see.In the first ever listener question episode of the Smarter Strength Podcast, Dr. David Skolnik tackles this exact situation — submitted by Jonathan, owner of the Iron Sharpens Iron Mentorship in Mesa, Arizona, a coaching community for in-person trainers building their own business.Big THANK YOU to our sponsors:- CoachRX - Hands down, the best platform for coaches. From building your intake & assessment processes to individual program design, invoicing and education, CoachRX has you covered. Get your first 30 days FREE - Try CoachRX- Performance Supplements - go to www.performance-supp.com & use the code smarterstrength at checkout to save 15% on your entire order (I'm a big fan of their Krea-Grow - everything you need to support high quality training sessions!)- AbMat - go to www.abmat.com & use the code drdavid at checkout to save 10% of your entire order (get a Zercher Pad - your elbows will thank you!)THE REAL PROBLEMThe issue runs deeper than a client being attracted to a different plan. The problem is how they're interpreting the result they've seen. They're treating it like a mirror — if it worked for that person, it'll work for me. But they're actually looking through a window. They're watching someone else, in a different body, with different training history, different lifestyle, different goals, get a result from a plan that may or may not fit them at all.THE SOLUTION: DON'T COMPETE. DON'T DISMISS. REFRAME.The move is not to argue against the other plan. It's to validate it — and then reveal why it worked. In all likelihood, that plan got results because it fit the people who succeeded with it. Their training history, their lifestyle, their schedule, their capacity all made that plan the right one for them. The exercises weren't magic. The fit was.THE ACTION: OPEN IT UP WITH THEMDon't push the plan away. Sit down with your client and actually review it together. Congratulate them for being proactive. Then walk through the plan using the Three C's framework from Episode 2 — Capacity, Clarity, and Core Values — as your filter.Show them what you'd keep, what you'd adjust, and what you'd cut entirely. That walkthrough does more to earn trust than anything you could say about why custom coaching is valuable. Don't ask for trust. Demonstrate why you deserve it.RESOURCES & SHOUTOUTSQuestion submitted by Jonathan — owner of Iron Sharpens Iron Mentorship, Mesa, Arizona. SPONSORSPerformance Supplements — This week David makes the case for creatine: 18 years of personal use, emerging research on cognition, working memory, sleep deprivation, and dementia. Use code SMARTERSTRENGTH at performance-sups.com for 60 servings of creatine monohydrate for under $20.NEXT WEEK — EPISODE 6How to avoid the "good coach plateau" and continue growing in an ever-changing profession.

Diving into Elon Musk in his own words, everything from his approach to making decisions, the traits that define him, how he thinks about building and creating, and more.-----Sources The Book of Elon - Eric Jorgenson-----2:35 - Be useful4:35 - How Elon makes decisions6:20 - Be curious6:45 - Don't worship anything12:50 - Capacity for pain14:40 - An obsessive work ethic17:05 - On dealing with fear19:07 - First principles approach/relentlessly pursue the truth25:15 - Read. Read. Read.27:10 - Sleep on the factory floor 28:20 - Bring in great people30:33 - Fail and fail fast32:15 - A maniacal sense of urgency34:45 - Advice to entrepreneurs/how he decided to start his companies36:04 - How he decided to start his companies37:10 - The goal of the game is to stay in the game40:10 - Short ideas from Musk-----Check out my books below:Daily Greatness: Short Stories and Essays on the Act of Becoming Chasing Greatness 2nd Edition - Timeless Stories on the Pursuit of ExcellenceStay connected and check out more on our website:Chasegreatness.net

Our 247th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news!Recorded on 06/03/2026Hosted by Andrey Kurenkov and Jeremie HarrisFeel free to email us your questions and feedback at andreyvkurenkov@gmail.com and/or hello@gladstone.aiRead out our text newsletter and comment on the podcast at https://lastweekin.ai/In this episode:Anthropic released Claude Opus 4.8 with improved benchmark scores, discussed eval-awareness findings and welfare/corrigibility themes from its system card, and introduced Dynamic Workflows for long-running multi-agent tasks.Microsoft unveiled the always-on Microsoft Scout assistant built on OpenClaw plus new in-house MAI models (including MAI Thinking 1) and “frontier tuning,” emphasizing enterprise security architecture and model-from-scratch capability.Major business moves included Anthropic's $65B Series H at a $965B valuation alongside an IPO filing, a JPMorgan analysis arguing OpenAI needs major revenue growth to justify infrastructure spend, and Cognition raising $1B at a $25B valuation.Policy and security highlights covered Trump's voluntary pre-release government testing framework for powerful AI, Meta AI support being exploited to hijack Instagram accounts, tightened US Nvidia export controls and China's travel approvals for AI experts, plus expanded Glasswing/Mythos-style cyber and biodefense initiatives.Timestamps:(00:00:10) Intro / Banter(00:04:10) Sponsors(00:07:10) News PreviewTools & Apps(00:07:54) Anthropic releases Opus 4.8 with new 'dynamic workflow' tool | TechCrunch(00:22:37) Microsoft Scout is a new AI personal assistant built on OpenClaw | The Verge(00:26:55) Microsoft launches new MAI family of AI models at Microsoft Build | Mashable(00:37:43) Robinhood now lets your AI agents trade stocks | TechCrunch(00:40:49) OpenAI launches new Codex tools for white-collar work | TechCrunch(00:43:40) ElevenLabs' new music-generation model can switch genres mid-track | TechCrunchApplications & Business(00:44:35) Anthropic Hits $965 Billion Valuation, Surpassing OpenAI - WSJ(00:45:32) Anthropic Files to Go Public, Setting Stage for Huge I.P.O. - The New York Times(00:51:15) China's ByteDance Developing New AI Chips Like Those from Nvidia Partner Groq(00:55:00) Anthropic expands Mythos to 150 additional organizations(00:55:35) OpenAI needs a 26x revenue increase to justify its buildout(00:58:46) AI coding startup Cognition raises $1B at $25B pre-money valuation | TechCrunchProjects & Open Source(01:00:50) MiniMax-M3 debuts, eclipsing GPT-5.5 and Gemini 3.1 Pro on key benchmark performance for just 5-10% of the cost | VentureBeatPolicy & Safety(01:06:08) Trump Signs Executive Order Seeking Oversight of A.I. Models - The New York Times(01:11:45) Hackers Simply Asked Meta AI to Give Them Access to High-Profile Instagram Accounts. It Worked(01:13:058) Chinese AI experts in private firms now required to secure approval before international travel — Beijing enforces policy to secure top-tier talent, expands measures beyond government(01:17:53) U.S. Tightens Controls on Nvidia AI Chip Exports | Let's Data Science(01:21:47) OpenAI launches Rosalind Biodefense, offers federal agencies early access to its life-sciences model(01:24:00) Using LLMs to secure source code(01:26:19) Project Glasswing: An initial update(01:29:30) White House Approves $9 Billion for Spy Agencies to Catch Up on A.I.(01:32:11) US Law Enforcement Warns of ‘Anti-Tech Extremism' as AI Hatred GrowsSynthetic Media & Art(01:35:38) YouTube will now automatically label AI videos | TechCrunchResearch & Advancements(01:36:22) Why Larger Models Learn More: Effects of Capacity, Interference, and Rare-Task Retention(01:41:26) From Simulation to Enaction: Post-trained language models recognize and react to their own generationsSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Marco Rubio defends Donald Trump's 'inhumane hours,' plus new study reveals startling truths about how Dems really feel about America. Plus, the latest in Iran strategy, and why Scott Pelley should've expected to be fired.

If you've ever felt like you're doing all the right things and still running on empty — this episode is going to explain exactly why.And more importantly, it's going to show you where to actually focus first.This episode is the full audio from The Capacity Audit — a live workshop I hosted this week on Zoom.We did something I've never done publicly before: a live, 25-question nervous system diagnostic across five capacity categories, followed by a deep dive into the highest-leverage move for each category.Grab a pen. You can take the audit yourself as you listen and walk away knowing your lowest capacity category and your single most impactful next step.Here's what makes this one different from every other nervous system episode you've heard: we're not talking about what to do.We're talking about where to start — because for most high-achieving women, the problem isn't information. It's that they've been solving a nervous system problem with productivity solutions. This episode changes that.What you'll learn:How to score yourself across five capacity categories: Emotional, Physical & Energetic, Stress, Relational, and Joy & PleasureWhat your scores actually mean — and how to identify your single highest-leverage entry pointThe 80/20 that changes everything: why your body is 4x more influential than your mind, and why everything you've tried has only worked partiallyThe difference between state shifters and trait shifters — and why you need both to actually expand your capacity--Join The Capacity Method (we start June 15th!) -> Check it out HERE--

Marco Rubio defends Donald Trump's 'inhumane hours,' plus new study reveals startling truths about how Dems really feel about America. Plus, the latest in Iran strategy, and why Scott Pelley should've expected to be fired.

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How can transportation professionals sustain success and maintain clear visibility when the threat of operational risk looms large? Let's hear today's returning guest, Cheema Freightlines' CEO, Harman Cheema, talking about the critical shift toward higher standards in the trucking industry, and his unfiltered look at the major challenges defining today's market, including the FMCSA's registration system overhauls and the operational risks surrounding the high-stakes practice of buying and transferring authorities. We also discuss why the digital transformation of freight transactions must not completely replace the fundamental human connection required to prevent fraud and cross-border vulnerabilities. For modern brokerages and asset-based carriers trying to master risk mitigation and avoid the pitfalls of "broker math," this episode provides indispensable strategies for aligning lane pricing, managing customer expectations during rate volatility, and safeguarding cash flow while investing back into driver retention and aging fleet equipment!   About Harman Cheema With over 20 years of experience in the logistics industry, Harman Cheema has been at the helm of Cheema's growth, transforming the company into one of the nation's premier providers of Asset and 3PL solutions. Under his leadership, Cheema Freightlines LLC and Cheema Logistics LLC offer a comprehensive range of services, including dry and temperature-controlled truckload, intermodal, and LTL solutions, catering to clients of all sizes across diverse industries. As an accomplished leader in the transportation sector, Harman has forged and nurtured long-term relationships with customers, partners, and stakeholders, ensuring their sustained satisfaction and loyalty. His deep expertise in marketing, business development, and operations has enabled him to craft and execute strategic transportation plans that drive profitability, optimize equipment utilization, and enhance team productivity. In addition to his leadership role at Cheema, Harman can be found at many of the industry events including and also serves on the board of the Trucking Profitability Strategies Conference, where he advocates for the advancement of the trucking industry and supports initiatives that promote its growth and sustainability.   Connect with Harman Website: https://cheemafreightlines.com/ / https://www.teamcheema.com/  

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The summit in Beijing produced a "constructive strategic stability" framework and a warming of tone between the two presidents. But heads of state can announce a multi-year horizon; somebody else has to operationalize it. Does the United States have the people — the linguists, the regional experts, the long-haul institution-builders — to do that work?This week, I chatted with two Texans answering that question from very different directions. David Firestein is the inaugural president and CEO of the George H.W. Bush Foundation for U.S.-China Relations in Houston. A career State Department officer who served four administrations and spent five years in Beijing, he's one of the few Americans concurrently affiliated with both a Republican and a Democratic presidential legacy institution. Eddie Conger is a retired Marine major and the founder and superintendent of International Leadership of Texas (IL Texas) — a public charter network of 26 campuses serving 26,000 K-12 students and now the largest K-12 Chinese language program in the country. In January, IL Texas became the first-ever K-12 recipient of the Bush China Foundation's George H.W. Bush Award for Educational Excellence in U.S.-China Relations, joining past honorees including Jimmy Carter and Henry Kissinger.The conversation tackles what David calls the Texas paradox: the same state that just forced its cities to dissolve their sister-city ties with China, that pioneered the closure of Confucius Institutes, and that has restricted Chinese land purchases is also where the country's deepest K-12 Mandarin pipeline is taking root — and where the most institutionally Texan China foundation has chosen to plant its flag. David and Eddie talk through engagement honestly (no straw-man Jeffersonian-democracy fantasies), the erroneous strategic assumptions undergirding U.S. China policy, what real national-language capacity would look like operationally, what they each saw in the Trump–Xi summit, and what 5,000 IL Texas graduates are already doing in the world.05:40 — Eddie's path: Marine infantryman to fifth-grade math teacher to the country's largest K-12 Mandarin program09:12 — David on when the Nixon-through-Obama engagement consensus broke (fall 2017) and how the lexicon shifted13:30 — Engagement honestly defined: what its architects actually believed vs. the Jeffersonian-democracy straw man18:30 — The Texas paradox: HB 128, sister cities, Confucius Institutes — and the country's biggest Mandarin program in the same state31:26 — Texas business, Tim Dunn, faith, and the gap between political rhetoric and where Texans actually are41:54 — The Defense Department safety/security story: when one Chinese word ate an entire bilateral agreement46:16 — David's six (or seven) erroneous strategic assumptions: China doesn't want to be us, and it has benefited more than anyone from the current order52:28 — What real national-language capacity would actually look like: NSLI, WALARA, and why the pipeline still runs through one Marine major in Texas01:06:07 — Reading the Beijing summit: the warmth, the "constructive strategic stability" framing, and whether Trump's Taiwan call could blow it all up01:17:10 — Where 5,000 IL Texas graduates are now — White House interns, service academies, doctors, entrepreneurs, and one high-schooler who pulled a stranger out of the surfPaying it ForwardEddie: Carlos Carrasco; Emily, who is heading to Taiwan this fall on a one-year high-school program; and another student bound for the University of Texas at Austin who will be sent to South Korea for a semester as a freshman — a rarity at UT. And he closes with Miles, a high-school senior and Marine scholarship recipient who, just weeks ago at a national competition in Florida, heard someone screaming for help in the ocean, called for a boogie board, and swam out to save a drowning swimmer while a crowd of adults stood on the beach. "Others before self," as Eddie puts it — the IL Texas mission statement made flesh.David:Frank Zhou, who just graduated from Harvard and chaired the Harvard College China Forum; Selina Gong, a recent graduate of the Harvard Kennedy School involved in its annual China conference; and Dean Dai, a recent graduate of Columbia's SIPA who has been deeply involved in many of the most significant student-run China conferences in the country — and who, as it turns out, was one of the organizers of the University of Chicago U.S.-China Economy and Business Summit where Kaiser spoke earlier this month.Recommendations:Eddie: John Pomfret, The Beautiful Country and the Middle Kingdom: America and China, 1776 to the Present (Henry Holt, 2016)David: Stephen Roach, Accidental Conflict: America, China, and the Clash of False Narratives (Yale, 2022)Kaiser: David Grann, The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder (Doubleday, 2023)Also mentioned: Stephen R. 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