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A returning Rebel Base Card podcast series that asks more questions than it answers.Today On Breakfast Pack #103 - Questions AND/or Breakfast: In this episode we are asking questions and making comments on the final three episode arc of Andor Season 2, that premiered on Disney Plus on Tuesday, May 13th.Make it stopWho else knows?Jedha, Kyber, ErsoWith me, is my co-host and Card Squadron wingman -  Gregory Cass from eyeoncanon.comSo if you are joining us for the first time, the Breakfast Pack, and all their iterations is an insert podcast in the regular feed where Greg and I will trade comments and questions on the latest episodes of Star Wars TV. And since we are talking about brand new Star Wars story, I will remind anyone that there will be spoilers, and we all invite you to please come back and listen after you've watched.Find Greg on Instagram and Hive @eyeoncanon and at eyeoncanon.comThrough the glass columns podcast: A Wheel of Time podcasthttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/through-the-glass-columns-a-wheel-of-time-read-along-podcastid1632986026Also as part of the Long Take Review Podcasthttps://thelongtake.substack.com/podcastIf you have a questions for the Breakfast Pack ask on the socials, Twitter/X, Instagram, Facebook, Threads, & BlueSky @rebelbasecard. You can email the show at greg@rebelbasecard.comMore designs are up on the TeePublic store and that is 14 in all! Help out the show and find some cool swag. https://www.teepublic.com/user/rebel-base-cardFind me on the Topps Digital Apps like Star Wars Card Trader, Marvel, Disney Collect and BUNT @CORNFEDTECHHelp out the show by rating The Rebel Base Card Podcast wherever you get your podcasts. All comments and feedback is appreciated!

A returning Rebel Base Card podcast series that asks more questions than it answers. Today On Breakfast Pack #102 - Questions AND/or Breakfast: In this episode we are asking questions and making comments on the Third arc of Andor Season 2, that premiered on Disney Plus on Tuesday, May 6thMessengerWho are you?Welcome to the RebellionWith me, is my co-host and Card Squadron wingman -  Gregory Cass from eyeoncanon.comSo if you are joining us for the first time, the Breakfast Pack, and all their iterations is an insert podcast in the regular feed where Greg and I will trade comments and questions on the latest episodes of Star Wars TV. And since we are talking about brand new Star Wars story, I will remind anyone that there will be spoilers, and we all invite you to please come back and listen after you've watched.Find Greg on Instagram and Hive @eyeoncanon and at eyeoncanon.comThrough the glass columns podcast: A Wheel of Time podcasthttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/through-the-glass-columns-a-wheel-of-time-read-along-podcastid1632986026Also as part of the Long Take Review Podcasthttps://thelongtake.substack.com/podcastIf you have a questions for the Breakfast Pack ask on the socials, Twitter/X, Instagram, Facebook, Threads, & BlueSky @rebelbasecard. You can email the show at greg@rebelbasecard.comMore designs are up on the TeePublic store and that is 14 in all! Help out the show and find some cool swag. https://www.teepublic.com/user/rebel-base-cardFind me on the Topps Digital Apps like Star Wars Card Trader, Marvel, Disney Collect and BUNT @CORNFEDTECHHelp out the show by rating The Rebel Base Card Podcast wherever you get your podcasts. All comments and feedback is appreciated!

A returning Rebel Base Card podcast series that asks more questions than it answers. Today On Breakfast Pack #100- It's the return of Questions AND/or Breakfast: In this episode we are asking questions and making comments on the first arc of Andor Season 2, One year later, Sagrona Teema and Harvest, which, sigh debuted o Disney+ on Tuesday, April 22nd.With me, returning for an unbelievable 100th episode of this I guess not-so-limited series of the Rebel Base Card podcast, is my co-host and Card Squadron wingman - Gregory Cass from eyeoncanon.comSo if you are joining us for the first time, the Breakfast Pack, and all their iterations is an insert podcast in the regular feed where Greg and I, and occasionally guests, will trade questions on the latest episodes of Star Wars TV. And since we are talking about brand new Star Wars stories, I will remind anyone that there will be spoilers and we all invite you to please come back and listen after you've watched.Find Ben Brophy@zenkenobi from Twitter & Instagram.https://www.teepublic.com/user/gonksquadronFind Greg on Instagram and Hive @eyeoncanon and at eyeoncanon.comThrough the glass columns podcast: A Wheel of Time podcasthttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/through-the-glass-columns-a-wheel-of-time-read-along-podcastid1632986026Also as part of the Long Take Review Podcasthttps://thelongtake.substack.com/podcastIf you have a questions for the Breakfast Pack ask on the socials, Twitter/X, Instagram, Facebook, Threads, & BlueSky @rebelbasecard. You can email the show at greg@rebelbasecard.comMore designs are up on the TeePublic store and that is 14 in all! Help out the show and find some cool swag. https://www.teepublic.com/user/rebel-base-cardFind me on the Topps Digital Apps like Star Wars Card Trader, Marvel, Disney Collect and BUNT @CORNFEDTECHHelp out the show by rating The Rebel Base Card Podcast wherever you get your podcasts. All comments and feedback is appreciated!

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.golongtd.comSo, it all comes down to this in the NFC North: the Detroit Lions vs. the Minnesota Vikings with all of America watching. Ford Field will be ear-splitting. Homefield advantage is on the line. All season, we've been diving into the film on the “Ty & Bob Pod.” All season, the Packers, Lions and Vikings have exchanged body blows. Now, the tournament is closing in and you better know what you're looking at in the mirror. Dan Campbell refused to heed Troy Aikman's advice and played to win in Santa Clara. Detroit's offense is humming along. The defense? That's another story. Can Dan Campbell piece together a Super Bowl run? That No. 1 seed would certainly help. At U.S. Bank Stadium, Kevin O'Connell's team punked Matt LaFleur's Packers.The final score (27-25) was not indicative of the punishment. Big-game talk may be “bothersome” to LaFleur but it's undeniably concerning that he hasn't beaten the top teams. Green Bay wants to be a more physical outfit on offense, but it might be smart for LaFleur to unleash his $220 million dollar quarterback. This is a coach who tends to lose his cool on the sideline, too. We discuss how each of these teams are an extension of their coach. Green Bay went 0-4 against Detroit and Minnesota this season and McGinn's numbers behind this record are startling.Is there time for the Packers to find themselves? Of course. There are a few answers out there on both sides of the ball. Paid subscribers can access the entire episode. Audio is above. Video is below.And, icymi, here's my conversation with Bruce Smith on “How the NFL Works.”Thanks, all.

8hr Version https://youtube.comSo it goes: a quiet morning where the impossible becomes real. Snow falls onto the beach, meeting the rolling tide, as winter and ocean blur their boundaries. In this dreamlike soundscape, where time and seasons forget their place, find the perfect sanctuary for deep sleep or focused thought. Let these merging worlds guide you to peaceful rest. Good night.If you have enjoyed the podacst you can by me a coffee here https://buymeacoffee.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's the penultimate episode of season one, and the guests are arriving for a destination wedding in an offshore laundry for turning evil into hard currency.We're back with showrunner/wedding planner, Jesse Armstrong. We have a lot of time for him, but there may be certain questions: Securing a considerable level of investment for a Napoleonic history podcast - is that nothing? Can he beat Kendall Roy's morning press-up tally ? And how long does he give it? WHAT?! We're just trying to sparkle.Send us a bear hug letter: fuckoff@firecrotchandnormcore.comSo kind of you to pay for all this delicious wine: https://www.patreon.com/c/THEYLIKETOWATCH Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome back to the podcast, I'm Jamie Baynes. I'm honored to have back on the show, one of my favorite authors and more importantly, one of my favorite people: Yasmin Angoe. Now full disclosure, when I introduce her in the episode, I pronounce her name, correctly, then put my foot in my mouth ad drop the “y” and begin to call her ‘Asmin'…….how embarrassing. For me. Luckily, Yasmin is such a fantastic person that she takes it in stride and doesn't hang up on me. Of course, when I told her about it, she said that it sounded like I was calling her an ass. Deep sigh. But I digress. So sit back, take a listen and I hope you enjoy our conversation as much as I did. Ans as I said after the first time that I spoke with her that it felt as if we'd known each other for years. And since it's been a year since we spoke last, I still feel the same way. But I've got a feeling that anyone who speaks to Yasmin feels the same way. She's just such a wonderful person, you can't help but think that you've known her just about forever. We absolutely need more people in this world like Yasmin and I feel lucky that she counts me as one of her friends. Make sure you check out her book over on Amazon or at her website:https://yasminangoe.comSo until next time, take care of each other, treat each other well and as always, thanks for listening.

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.phetasy.comSo much has happened, we can't keep up, but we do our best. This unedited version is vastly different from the edited version, so enjoy the comparison!New episode of Dumpster Fire will launch Sunday 7/21/24Subscribe to watch the unedited version and see all the stuff that hit the cutting room floor.

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.stateoftelaviv.comSo – our usual schedule got a little wonky this week. I was on a semi-holiday but became totally sick which was the first domino to fall. Anyway, we're back. I caught up with Ya'kov on Tuesday afternoon in Israel and share the discussion today. We spend significant time on the ultra-orthodox refusal to serve in the IDF which is now a crisis. Israel simp…

Welcome back to the Feng Shui Flow Podcast! Today I have an absolute treat for you, I'm joined by the wonderful Amy Evans. Now, Amy sent me a message and asked if she could come on the podcast because she does something really special. But not only that, Amy was on my Feng Shui Flow practitioner course and has passed with flying colours, which makes me so proud and so happy. Amy is a Kinesiologist and Feng Shui Consultant who works with her clients to find and release energetic imbalances within the physical body, emotional self and environment, enabling you to operate at optimum health and realise your highest potential. Enjoy!Where to find Amy:Instagram: @amyevansholisticWebsite: www.amyevansholistic.comSo much love, Kimberley xxWork with me 1 to 1 here!If you loved this episode don't forget to subscribe, leave a 5* review on Apple Podcasts and tag me in your stories on Instagram @thefengshuiflow! xx

Fransmart is a global leader in franchise development. For over 20 years, they've excelled at turning emerging concepts into national and global brands. Led by company founder Dan Rowe, Fransmart is known throughout the franchising community for spotting and growing brands like Five Guys Burgers & Fries and Qdoba Mexican Grill, from single unit businesses to the powerhouse chains they are today. Fransmart has built restaurants in all of the top 150 media markets in North America. Fransmart's success stories include Five Guys, Qdoba Mexican Grill and Halal Guys – a franchise that started from a success food cart in New York City. Today, Halal Guys is the most successful Middle Eastern restaurant in America. Dan's success stems from his knowledge of each market and the potential franchisees in each market. With that knowledge, he can often predict whether a restaurant will find franchisees and be successful. The biggest mistake a lot of franchisees make is picking the wrong brand to invest in. Another mistake franchisees make is not following the system put in place by the brand they're investing in.  QUOTES “A good franchisee wants to follow somebody else's system. A bad franchisee buys a franchise and tries to do everything different.” (Dan)  “In every market, we know where the best operators are, we know where the best intersections are, where the best projects are, the best architects, contractors, food distributors, so we just sort of developed this knack for understanding the best way to do everything in these markets.” (Dan) “I want to be relentless about getting the right site (for a new restaurant). For any concept, there's 10 or 15 or 20 potential sites. But there's really only three or four first sites. You have to be very careful when you're building a brand in a brand new market. There's something very strategic about using real estate and real estate's role in marketing.” (Dan) “You have to be really good at knowing exactly where your bullseye's are and coming up with some logic around what order you should be growing.” (Dan) “You have staff for the sales you want and you have to staff for the company you're trying to build.” (Dan) “I've never seen a concept that I can't figure out how to drive sales and lower costs.” (Dan)  TRANSCRIPT 00:00.00vigorbrandingHello if you’re a restaurant looking to become an an international restaurant chain or if you’re um, you know I’m gonna start over I’m sorry it’s kind of fumble that all just yeah, hello if you’re a restaurant looking to become an international restaurant chain or if you’re an entrepreneur who wants to own a franchise today’s episode is for you. My guest is Dan Rowe he’s the Ceo and founder of fransmart and he takes emerging restaurant concepts and turns them into national and international franchises. He’s been called the chainmakerr and we’re gonna talk to him today about his process. Dan. Thank you so much for joining us. 00:32.74dan_fransmart_comUm, yeah, thanks, thanks for having me. 00:36.52vigorbrandingWell let’s just jump right in. Let’s start with Fransmart tell me a little bit about it How you started maybe a little bit about your history and where you got your start. 00:44.96dan_fransmart_comsure sure I I started washing dishes and cooking got into technology if id never went to college so barelegged out of high school. So I but I was lucky enough when I was like nineteen eighteen and a half nineteen for about 5 years I got into technology. Worked for a guy that grew software companies made some money and what do I do go right back in the restaurant business I bought a franchise of a bagel bakery and it was a 6 unit bagel chain in Washington d c I lived in California the idea originally was to bring the franchise to California ah, because there’s no bagel shops near me. And I went into business with a buddy mine and his wife and they wanted to move to Denver so we opened up our first franchise in Denver I had negotiated a deal I said hey if we’re successful with this I want to also do your franchising and because I’m proving you outside of Dc where all your stores are. We were very successful and I was 23 I think he was 25 enty five or 26 and we were more successful than most of the stores that they had in Dc so we did their franchise development and we grew them from 6 stores to around 200 in about 4 years sold the company. 01:51.64vigorbrandingWow. 01:57.90dan_fransmart_com1 of my shops in Denver was across from the first Chipotle we tried to get him to franchise. He wasn’t interest in he did just fine without us but somebody who copied him was ah Kudoba Kudoba mexican so we approached Kudoba we got involved with Kedoba when they were only open a couple months. 01:59.35vigorbrandingI. 02:13.86dan_fransmart_comHelped him put together the whole franchise program grew that to think about 100 open and few hundred in development sold that to Jack in the box and at that point I had grown 2 companies at a time as individual, you know, like 2 different companies at a time under 2 different companies. And then I said it was 2000. Everything was a.com back then and I said you know what I’m going to I’m going to start a new company instead of growing one brand at a time I’m going to grow a portfolio at a time so we started fransmart. 02:45.15vigorbrandingThat’s brilliant Now you know, ah and talking with you I’ve learned a couple things number one I did 2 work in the restaurant first and I believe wholeheartedly that everyone should start out working a restaurant. You’ve got to take orders. You’ve got to get things Done. You have to execute you have to talk to people by and large. You have to get to know how to handle problems I mean there’s a whole lot of education that happens in a restaurant doesn’t it. The other thing I It’s very humbling. Ah, that’s right, That’s absolutely right? The other thing I will say is I also did not. 03:04.41dan_fransmart_comYeah, yeah, yeah, it’s It’s also humiliating and it’s humbling and it’s ah it’s good. It’s good to see why you should treat people better. 03:17.44vigorbrandingGo to college I I was a creative guy so I just like thought well hell I’m really smart at doing these big ideas and creating stuff I don’t need to go school so I didn’t and you know at the end of the day. It’s it’s kind of funny because 1 time my daughter was asked in school like hey do your parents ever have any sayings you know like you know what? what are they known for saying and. 03:23.23dan_fransmart_comYeah. 03:34.41vigorbrandingMy my daughter raised your hands and my dad said C students run the world so that was me I was just like yeah an underachiever. But just I worked really hard. So anyway, um so look with frasmar. Essentially you take this guesswork out of franchising right? You’re connecting entrepreneurs. 03:36.80dan_fransmart_comYeah. 03:51.90vigorbrandingAh, the one to get into the restaurant ownership business with emerging restaurants and I mean so you’re’re, you’re finding great ideas or you have these great ideas. You’re finding people that that are business people and maybe good operators but also teaching them how to operate um you know So what? at the end of the day. What makes a good franchisee. 04:05.99dan_fransmart_comA good franchisee wants to follow somebody else’s system a bad franchisee buys a franchise and then tries to do everything different or or argues with the the company. But yeah I mean franspart’s main business were franchise development company. We have big picture vision. So like with 5 guys. You know we didn’t invent burgers. We just saw a micro niche of you know, fresh burgers and nobody really owned that segment we saw burger King Wendy’s Mcdonald’s but nobody was really doing high quality. Um chefy food and. So 5 guys was in Dc they were near us. They won these awards all the time for best burgers. They had a really really good hamburger. It was more expensive than the other guys. Whatever but they had 4 units and I just said you know what? I’ve already grown you know mexican chain a bagel chain all across the country There’s nobody else doing this in any other market around the country and so our playbook is basically become we. We’ve built restaurants and all the top hundred and fifty biggest media markets in North america so New York’s the biggest something around Savannah Georgia or something like that is somewhere around one fifty 05:12.95vigorbrandingMe. 05:20.00dan_fransmart_comAnd in in every market we know who the best operators are we know where the best intersections are the best projects are the best architects contractors food distributors and so we’ve just sort of developed this knack for understanding the best known way to do everything in every one of these markets and so yeah, we did it with 5 guys. We. You know, wound up growing those guys I think we grew them from 6 4 4 locations to about 100 open a few hundred in development we sold. They’re like 2000 stores. Um, we did with halal guys. So here’s another thing like my premise was gosh. There’s a billion and a half muslims in the world. And when I go to Chipotle or Starbucks I’d ask my wife like do you know any muslim actors or singers or apparel companies or tech companies or car companies or food brands. There’s a no no no no no I’m like well wait a minute There’s a the biggest demographic population in the world and there’s no brand. 06:10.71vigorbrandingA. 06:16.28dan_fransmart_comAnd so and we were opening american brands over in the Middle East and so you know most of our franchisees are super wealthy. Many of them are royal family and the first night they gee whiz you with their homes and just the way that they live. Second day they’re like what do you want to do and I said I want to go get street food and they would take you to some of this amazing amazing middle eastern street food and I tell myself I’m like somebody’s going to figure out how to build a brand out of this and so we did with the halal guys. Ah, we hal. All guys was a cart in New York City for 25 years They had 3 carts in the city. Not even a food truck just a cart but they made really good kind of chicken or gyro over rice with this white sauce and. 06:47.34vigorbrandingUm, yeah. 07:00.43dan_fransmart_comAnd people stood in line for it and I’m like okay here we go so I found that same thing same playbook biggest 150 media markets. Best franchise operators you know exactly where to put them so anyone I mean sometimes these locations anybody could succeed there. 07:16.49vigorbrandingYeah. 07:16.65dan_fransmart_comBut that’s part of the hack. That’s part of the hack is is going into these markets and we’d pick great operators I remember the the 2 corporate stores that we built in New York City both did like ridiculous volume like 2 times what a 5 guys in the same location would do because we picked the right site. 07:34.20vigorbrandingHe. 07:36.18dan_fransmart_comThe first franchisee in Chicago opened up to like $80000 a week or some weird number the first California in first the first California store that we opened up clear across the country did over 100 grand it’s first week in sales. So. 07:48.67vigorbrandingWell. 07:51.51dan_fransmart_comYou take a good concept you package it right? and then you just have to build the right teams that can handle the volume pick the right locations and but that’s our playbook. We just keep doing it over and over. 08:01.41vigorbrandingThat’s fantastic That makes it mean it’s awesome and so like I have to ask like so the Halal guys I mean I’ve eaten it I mean I know know the carts I know that I know the whole deal Did you just like walk up there one day and say hey guys I’d like to talk to you about an idea I have. 08:12.41dan_fransmart_comSo they didn’t even have a website they didn’t have a website. They didn’t have a social media page. They had a fan page So a fan had created what I thought was the website. It wasn’t a website it was called. 08:21.50vigorbrandingScott. 08:26.38dan_fransmart_comFifty third and 6 are dot com or whatever it was but it was a fan page and I so and I basically emailed and they said hey I’ve done this and this and this and this and I want to do middle eastern and the guy’s like hey ah I don’t actually own it I’m just creating a fan page because I love these guys I’m like can you introduce me to them and they introduce me to him. 08:42.85vigorbrandingWow. 08:46.36dan_fransmart_comBut it was funny I’ll never forget when I went to go meet him I’m like hey I’m the guy that did 5 guys in qdoba and they’re like what’s that like they don’t know these were super religious muslim. They come to America looking for the american dream I mean. 08:53.20vigorbrandingYeah, yeah, yeah, so yeah. 09:01.88dan_fransmart_comAwesome founders, amazing! Beautiful people, great people. They came to America look they all had advanced degrees came here looking to the american dream and America basically shut the door and they started off driving cabs and they just you know, kind of worked really hard and then they opened a street cart. Was originally a hot dog cart that that they converted to halal food and they would use it as a way to sort of give people jobs like bring family members and friends over here and give them jobs and they had a couple of these carts but it’s like in the beginning when I was first trying to tell them. Oh I’ve got this big vision I want to go do all this stuff. 09:25.29vigorbrandingMay he. 09:36.38vigorbrandingYeah. 09:36.82dan_fransmart_comThey’re like what are you talking about and you know because they they just weren’t they didn’t realize they didn’t see what I saw and they and they were not taken at all with my background they could care less. Yeah. 09:44.63vigorbrandingWell, and yeah, they they had to start with they start with probably nothing right? So to get the cart and be able to get a corner probably was like they felt like they had they’d achieved a you know a lot which they had but they had no idea with with the capacity of that you could bring them like in in the locations and everything. 09:57.46dan_fransmart_comNo no and and and they didn’t care they frankly they said we don’t want to open what they didn’t want to do was be embarrassed, be ashamed. They’re like very prideful of what they do. It’s funny when you talk to the owners. They still talk about they could talk for. 10:03.10vigorbrandingWow. 10:15.46dan_fransmart_com10 minutes just about this plate of food and how to make that plate of food perfect and it’s like that’s why they have those long lines right? So like a guy like me I’m not the reason that they’re successful. They’re successful because they care about that plate of food tasting the way it tastes. 10:15.96vigorbrandingHe. Yeah. 10:30.31dan_fransmart_comYou know my job is not to screw it up but that it took a year from the time I first met him to the time that they finally said let’s go and it was mainly me convincing them that I wasn’t going to screw it up like this is a way that they’re feeding their family. They’re very proud of what they built and even though they didn’t have social media or whatever everybody knew what it was it was just 10:39.27vigorbrandingMy home. 10:49.71dan_fransmart_comThere’s 8000000 carts in the city and 3 of them have long long like absurdly long lines and they just didn’t want me to screw that up. So yeah. 10:55.79vigorbrandingUm, so I mean for us I mean you know we we do marketing and advertising so we focus on the restaurant segment with vigor and like they they took off is it because I kind of think it might be but. Because of the long lines in New York because of the word of mouth. Do you think it was just one of those things once they start getting locations people just kind of knew of it already because they had been exposed to it from the street or or is it like a lot of word of mouth or how do you think the explosion happened. 11:17.40dan_fransmart_comUm, well well yeah I mean well to take a step back a million people tried to knock him off none of them have none of a have a million people when this thing started to fly everybody who’s put the word halal. 11:26.40vigorbrandingHe wow. 11:35.29dan_fransmart_comOn their cart in their storefront or whatever when when I started franchising this. There was all these metoo copycats. None of them are around and it’s because they’re not authentic and they didn’t do the right thing but no, it took off what I did is the way I marketed it to people outside of New York was funny. The first few franchisees. 11:36.52vigorbrandingYep. 11:42.10vigorbrandingWow. 11:53.96vigorbrandingIn here. 11:54.63dan_fransmart_comKnew it from New York like when they would come to New York they would go there and so like my Chicago franchisee my vegas franchise or my um southern cow in my Houston franchisees even my Dc franchisee they they every time they went up to New York they went there so the minute that they found out we were franchising they they bought it. Everybody else? What? what? What would happen is we would just market pictures of the line so initially it was lines of the cart and so people would be like what is roe babbling on about and it’s like this long line would at least stop them to get them to look you know at the next line or at the next page. 12:17.41vigorbrandingHere here. 12:31.38dan_fransmart_comAnd then as soon as the first couple stores opened this the Southern California store doing 100 grandits first week that line looked like ah I mean it was Quarter mile long and so like even the news was taking pictures of it. So all I did is reposted what the news because. 12:41.45vigorbrandingA. 12:48.90vigorbrandingSure no doubt. 12:49.70dan_fransmart_comYou know it’s also a credibility technique. It’s like if I if I post a long long line people like yeah if the news posts it. It seems more credible. So yeah, we we just. In the beginning we would we kind of did that I didn’t want to explain with a lot of words what the concept was or what I thought it could be I just wanted to show long lines and then that would get people to come see it. Try it eat it and then you meet the owners and you just know like this this we had. 13:12.92vigorbrandingYeah, it’s authentic. 13:16.35dan_fransmart_comAlmost everybody who came in for Discovery day wanted a franchise but they wouldn’t approve him. They were very picky about who they let in I mean it’s funny. We had a guy that came in and the minute that they that they gave in the indication they weren’t going to run the place right? or hire the right team out like they would even get up and leave the meeting and um. 13:28.82vigorbrandingE well. 13:35.74dan_fransmart_comAnd then we even had a guy come in I’ll never forget it. He goes does the meat really have to be halal does it have to be halal because halal food’s more expensive and and I’ll never forget it like we’re all looking at each other like did he just say that and he did and it’s like meeting was over guy flew clear across the country for the meeting and within 8 minutes the meeting was over. 13:43.57vigorbrandingYeah. He had done. 13:55.41dan_fransmart_comAnd so yeah, it was but it’s a funny story but it’s’s ah I mean it’s such a great concept. It’s just a great concept. You think about billion and a half people no brands. It’s really the largest I mean certainly the largest restaurant chain MiddleEastern restaurant chain in North America 14:00.40vigorbrandingGood. 14:12.54vigorbrandingYeah. 14:12.74dan_fransmart_comBut now we’re open in London we’re open in Korea we’re open. You know we’re we’re we’re growing. So my goal with that and you know also when I started I’ll never forget when I first started growing the company. We got an interview with 1 of the big New York papers and I said this is going to and we only had carts and in. I said this is Goingnna be the biggest middle eastern brand in the world. The biggest muslim brand the biggest halal brand blah bla blah bla blah and the lady was laughing on the phone and I’m like what are you laughing about she was Dan They have carts and I’m like I know but I see something bigger so I’m not always right? But in halauge’s case I was. 14:35.62vigorbrandingIn. 14:43.11vigorbrandingYep, that’s fantastic. Well I love your line I’ve heard you say it many times that you let people vote people vote with their wallets right? So you followed the line that’s bright I mean ah and your marketing was smart too I mean using the the news and all that and showing the lines I mean that’s the proof and that’s ah. 14:50.15dan_fransmart_comYeah, yeah, yeah. 15:00.48vigorbrandingThat’s masterful marketing and so that that brings me to sort of another question because it’s really an interesting ah like I’m really interested in what you do I mean you find these great products and these great brands you you look at the lines you say?? Okay, this is. There’s ah, there’s some white space in the ah in this in the restaurant world for this. This can be the next big thing. But then there’s also ah you need to know a fair amount about real estate right? There’s certain you just said. There’s some real estate that you could put anything in there I’m sure that’s not true, but probably any of your products you could put in there and they’d be successful. But then there’s also the the franchisees people want to own a restaurant or maybe Master franchise. These folks that have like a. You know they have a serious office and they own a bunch of different brands in some cases talk about like the whole thing coming together that whole thing coming together. Well just you have these the master franchisees right? So you got to find them then there’s the the actual then there’s the real estate part right. 15:37.93dan_fransmart_comYeah. Wait wait which part. Um, yeah, yeah, oh um, yeah, so for me I always start with the end in mind I I see a chain for what it can be 10 years down the road and that in that tells me the. 15:52.73vigorbrandingAnd then there’s also sort of the restaurant part. How does that all work together. 16:07.16dan_fransmart_comYou know the 150 biggest markets in North America US and canada canada most of the canadian markets behave like us. So I always talk about North America but um and then certain international markets like we’ve sold tons and tons and tons of deals internationally so like I already know where this is going to go. 16:22.24vigorbrandingA. 16:24.47dan_fransmart_comI Already know the franchisees in those markets and so I know which ones are going to like the brand and why and how I have to package or maybe I have to cook it a little longer before I show it to a certain guy like I already kind of know that whenever I take on a brand. The most important thing. 16:38.66vigorbrandingNate. 16:40.62dan_fransmart_comWhen I get a new brand because I’m getting them at a very early very early stage. They’re still hair on them. They’re still rough around the edges. They still don’t know what they don’t know 5 guys didn’t have pos systems for example, like the whole all guys didn’t have dead carts right? They didn’t have pos they they. 16:44.30vigorbrandingMe. 16:54.48vigorbrandingYeah, say they had carts. 16:58.36dan_fransmart_comYeah, so it’s like that’s okay, that’s okay, it’s like I know the other stuff but that and ironically like what I know is not um, as important is the fact that 5 guys had a line out the door or ha all guys had a line down the block like I can figure out how to build a system or manual. Way faster than I can ever figure out how to organically get a line down the road like that’s that’s a different level. So yeah, that is the magic but what I do is is it’s really interesting like when I I don’t leave anything to chance. No matter who I’m selling no matter what brand what market and who the franchisee is. 17:15.21vigorbrandingRight? That’s the magic. 17:30.87dan_fransmart_comI I act like they’ve never been in this business before because I want to be relentless about getting the right site. So like here I’m in Scottsdale right in Phoenix Arizona there’s for any concept. There’s 10 or 15 or 20 potential sites. But there’s really only 3 or 4 first sites. 17:36.65vigorbrandingYeah, he. 17:48.15dan_fransmart_comLike yeah to be very careful when you’re building a brand in a brand New Market is like there’s something very strategic about using real estate in real estate’s role in marketing and real estate’s role in branding and so you have to be really good of knowing exactly where your bull’s-eyes are and coming up with some logic around. 17:56.12vigorbrandingA. 18:07.15dan_fransmart_comWhat kind of order you should be growing and so we’re that kind of pedantic even about real estate. It’s not just about hey I need a twelve hundred foot space or fifteen hundred foot space like no, no, no there’s so much more to it and then once you have the right spot you have to make sure that your unit economics hit. So that that’s the thing is like you can’t you can’t go into a spot and then have cost overruns or you can’t have what you know it needs the cost. What everyone thought it was going to cost to open it needs to open above. Whatever sales everybody was thinking originally it needs to hit profitability faster because there’s all these weird things in people’s minds that like even if it’s a great site and for some reason it gets off to a slow start all of a sudden people like oops not going like plan. And psychological psychological. Ah they’ll start making dumb decisions. They’ll start cutting people cutting marketing cutting problems like wait a minute and so we we assume all that stuff’s going to happen so we’re relentless about how we pick real estate how we market how we build the team I always say you got a staff for the sales you want. And you have to staff for the company you’re trying to build. We never sell mom and pop franchises ones e toosey’s we sell territories and so whenever we’re selling like a halal guys. For example, the California franchisee opened with a director of operations from Panera. 19:11.99vigorbrandingHere. 19:25.37dan_fransmart_comAh, director of operations from Chipotle and I think a director of culinary from one of those 2 concepts too. Plus the manager plus the owners were there well, that’s also why that first store in California self-funded 7 more is because you you know you basically open up with the the team’s bandwidth could easily handle. 19:32.00vigorbrandingWell. 19:37.32vigorbrandingAre here. 19:45.32dan_fransmart_comThe kind of sales I think it was doing over three million a year and so you you have to sta for that if you if you open up doing you know $5000000 run rate with a million dollar team your sales go down. They never come back up and so like all of that little stuff. It’s like Dan you’re just the sales guy. It’s like mm. 19:46.10vigorbrandingWow. 19:55.19vigorbrandingAnd he. 20:02.92dan_fransmart_comI I sell a lot of franchises not because I’m good at sales I sell a lot of franchises because I make the brand sell themselves So all the things we talk about are kind of how do we get the brands to sell themselves the best the best marketing tool Any brand would ever have selling a franchise is the existing franchisees and so. 20:07.58vigorbrandingMan. 20:19.58vigorbrandingYeah. 20:22.35dan_fransmart_comYou have to make those franchisees So successful. So happy so referenceable that even when you’re not, they’re trying to orchestrate just the right reference even if they just run into somebody what they’re saying sells your franchise. 20:34.20vigorbrandingSure I mean it’s the experience the the customers get the franchisees get everybody. It’s got to be. You know everyone’s a customer at that point right? You know they’re selling the the actual brands to to new franchisees. So that’s. I mean that’s ah, that’s a really really great point. So what is the biggest mistake you see like franchisees making like when they you know they’re first coming to you. 20:57.35dan_fransmart_comUm, Fran when a franchisee ah picking the wrong brand like if they pick I mean I if they pick the wrong brand if they don’t staff the right way like everybody think about why somebody wants a franchise in the first place. The only reason to own a franchise is to get wealthy like there otherwise. 21:00.70vigorbrandingMan. 21:15.40dan_fransmart_comIt’s not worth the risk like you’re risking capital you’re risking an Sba loan or A Loan you’re risking signing a lease now you’re on the hook for that lease for years. The liability, the cash outlay the liabilities and the contingent liabilities those are real costs. The only reason to do that is because you’re trying to get to a completely different level in life and so now the question is what’s the right vehicle to get there. So what’s the thing that that’s going to make so much profit that I want to keep doing it and how do I do it and so the mistake a lot of people make is they’ll pick the wrong brand. 21:45.53vigorbrandingUm. 21:49.50dan_fransmart_comSo they want to get to never never land. They just pick on the wrong the wrong brand to get there when they buy a territory so somebody that wants to own 5 or 10 or 20 units when they open up their first store and they open up with a skeleton crew. You know we all have we have so much turnover in the restaurant business. You open up a store. 22:03.81vigorbrandingSure. 22:07.62dan_fransmart_comWith the skeleton crew and you even just have normal attrition. You’re constantly in a hole right? So you have to staff for the volume you want you have to staff for the company you’re trying to build that has to include redundancy has to include turnover so a franchisee who thinks a franchise only costs 300 grand to open. 22:09.63vigorbrandingHe. 22:27.40dan_fransmart_comIt’s like yeah but you need another 100000 in these extra soft costs to basically get to the point you know to get to this point and so it’s people not really thinking that through or at the first sign of things didn’t go like I thought. They start cutting. They abandon the big picture and they go start focusing internally and what happens is you start managing that business down so that’s the biggest mistake and then another big mistake is people just not following the systems like I interview from my podcast. All these franchisees of other brands I’m like tell me the difference between you and the. 22:46.60vigorbrandingAnd. 22:59.60dan_fransmart_comI Mean you like you’re one of the most successful franchisees and whatever the brand is I’m interviewing the guy for like what’s the difference between you and someone who struggles with the same brand almost to a T they go. We just follow the system and I said whenever you buy a struggling franchisee stores. How do you make them successful. 23:10.22vigorbrandingA. 23:17.45dan_fransmart_comGo back and follow the systems just execute like people are buying 5 guys because they want that burger those fries to taste exactly like they think they don’t want chicken sandwich. They’re not there to get you know salad or whatever they want that like just go back to making that. That’s all you got to do and it’s people overthink it and it’s like. 23:17.80vigorbrandingLeave you. 23:31.72vigorbrandingInconsistency. Yeah. 23:37.53dan_fransmart_comThat’s all you got to do if you’re buying a jack on the box at Mcdonald’s if you’re buying you know a Jiffy Lube right it’s like whatever it is. It’s like people are going to that brand because they want that experience all you have to do is give give it that give that to them. 23:51.50vigorbrandingYeah, well I mean we always say like in in marketing what we do. We always say ah the definition of a brand is brand is a promise and you know in the case with the restaurants I mean if I go to 5 guys no matter which one I go to I want I want them to basically promise me and give me that same thing I want that same product I don’t want it to vary from place to place. So. 24:03.60dan_fransmart_comYeah. 24:08.98vigorbrandingI think that’s amazing. Do you find yourself because I have to think this is is somewhat the case because you find these I’ll say these raw concepts these great concepts whether it’s halal guys or 5 guys or or probably Qdoba when you start with them I mean you’ve you’ve launched them. Are you bringing? you always talk about a playbook. Are you bringing that playbook to them. Are you kind of saying. Yeah, this is great here’s how we operationalize this thing. Do you find yourself really kind of setting up the operations a lot I figured. 24:32.20dan_fransmart_comUm, almost always so not not I mean not only setting maybe some sometimes it’s just tweaking right or giving them some best known tool we have because some people in me actually have really good systems for. 24:37.50vigorbrandingE e. 24:47.70dan_fransmart_comThere are 1 or 2 or 3 stores that the owners are constantly there and even if they don’t have a written system. They kind of all know how each other thinks and you know all that stuff. So there’s there’s really just technique about the best known way to do everything I mean marketing staffing operations time and motion studies like everything you can think of. 25:06.70vigorbrandingMe. 25:06.79dan_fransmart_comLike we have a tool in our toolbox for it and those tools keep getting changed. They keep getting retrofitted because think about marketing twenty years ago versus marketing today or tech the tech stack like there wasn’t even a tech stack twenty years ago so it’s like you have to keep evolving but our ecosystem in the restaurant business. 25:14.36vigorbrandingSure right. 25:25.52dan_fransmart_comIsn’t only every restaurant brand I’ve ever worked with I’m on the board of the national restaurant association. So there’s not really a Ceo I don’t know there’s not a big franchisee of any brand that I don’t know um I’m I’m ah oh and then kitchen fund. So we have a fund a kitchen fund. 25:29.85vigorbrandingUm, yeah. 25:39.51vigorbrandingThe. 25:42.51dan_fransmart_comWe were early investors in like sweet green and Kava and you know all kinds of different brands. So like our ecosystem’s pretty good and pretty valuable like we have a lot of really successful successful access in our in our ecosystem to always getting the best answer and so if there’s something coming up or something my brands are dealing with. Like I just go find 2 or 3 people that I know are just knocking it out of the park and you know we sort of get those answers and then we weave that back into our brand so it’s it’s a little bit of cheating. But. 26:14.52vigorbrandingUm, you know? yeah. 26:14.64dan_fransmart_comYeah, it’s something that we’re able to do you and I are on ypo together. There’s like most of the most successful franchisors and franchisees are in ypo and if you reach out to ah I mean I always say success leaves clues like if you’re trying to get a better answer like most people are pretty generous with their time like as long as you’re not overtly. 26:29.76vigorbrandingUm, yeah. 26:34.18dan_fransmart_comCompeting with them or annoying them. They’ll kind of help they’ll they’ll kind of help you figure that out. but but yeah but back to what the stuff we bring to the table is I think I liken it to a chain that goes around your neck like every link in the chain it takes to open a restaurant and operate a restaurant. Every link in a chain. It takes to what do I have to buy when do I have to buy it. What’s supposed to cost every link in the chain we feel like we have the best known chain with the best known links and so any brand that we take on who’s used to only having 1 or 2 or 5 or 9 or whatever it is like we’ll just have. 26:57.48vigorbrandingMe here a hint. 27:09.24dan_fransmart_comAll these links in the chain were like you know like some of the things they they may say no I’ve already got that I don’t need that but most often they they want help with that and then I’ve never seen a concept that I can’t figure out how to drive sales and lower costs like ah like drive drive sales I was on a call earlier today with a brand that that we’re looking at. 27:21.38vigorbrandingA. 27:28.90dan_fransmart_comBut it’s like you know it’s some of the stuff. It’s sort of like you and marketing like you could conversationally talk about marketing of stuff That’s just second nature to you to someone who’s not a marketing expert and they think you ah are you know a guru and it’s like I’m not really a guru I’ve just had we just have so many of these conversations. 27:38.24vigorbrandingRight mean he. 27:48.31dan_fransmart_comAnd we’re constantly trying to figure out how how who’s doing something better than everyone else. So we’re constantly having this conversation about the best known way So when these conversations come up. We’re able to just rattle them all up and it’s not. You know it’s just nature of our business. 27:52.40vigorbrandingMe. 28:03.61vigorbrandingYeah, and just we got to be refined, always refining so like I’m interested tonight. So someone called you and and I know you probably can’t say which I totally respect. But you’re looking at something I mean is it somebody that says hey I’ve got two like stores and I really think I have something here that could be. 28:12.14dan_fransmart_comYeah, yeah. 28:19.50vigorbrandingThe next big thing the next 5 guys. Ah or is it stuff that like you might have stumbled on to something or heard about something I mean how does that? How do how do they come to you or how does that work. 28:28.61dan_fransmart_comOh ah, well well those are 2 2 different things the way we get brands half the time they’re coming to us or someone will refer someone or someone says hey have you checked this out the other time we know what we’re looking for like we know what we’re looking for and we. We go after the best known players and whatever the market is so I’m I’m on this whole latin kick that nobody nobody’s done anything new in latin since Chipotle and they’re not even latin and so they’re as wide as I am and so we’re on this whole kick I met pitbull the rapper. 28:43.28vigorbrandingGot you? he. 28:59.86dan_fransmart_comAnd he’s like how come no Mexican chains are owned by Mexicans and how come no latins own the big Latino restaurant brands I’m like let’s fix that because probably because they might have like some of the best tacos or its best best restaurants you’ve ever been or in the hands of authentic latinos. 29:00.16vigorbrandingUm, he. 29:14.88vigorbrandingRight? Bum pop. 29:17.96dan_fransmart_comWhy haven’t they figured out how to build chains like I don’t know. Maybe it’s capital. Maybe it’s confidence. Maybe it’s know-how it’s like well we have plenty of all those. So now we’re targeting Latinos like pitbull and I are targeting Latinos with really good concepts we’re given a. 29:24.24vigorbrandingHe he. 29:33.10dan_fransmart_comEverything that both of us know think about his ecosystem like we’re giving him everything that we know to make to drive um success around that brand So we’re actually going to and we want to get wealthy helping Latinos get wealthy right? So that’s. 29:34.50vigorbrandingUm, yeah. 29:47.57vigorbrandingThat’s fantastic. 29:48.95dan_fransmart_comThat’s like but that that was one of these things where as soon as he and I came up with this I’m like okay now I got to go find a really great brand and in that case, what I did is I went to Us foods the biggest supplier in the country or one of the biggest suppliers in the country said here’s what pit bull and I are looking for who do you know. And all of a sudden they’re like this brand in Chicago we think is the next thing could be the next chipotle blah blah blah blah blah fly out to Chicago and it like you are right right? So that that goes from you know, somebody a Us foods we we told us foods like I told 90 people what I’m looking for us foods. Basically you know. Said here’s we have a lot of latin brands here’s one that’s a standout and you think about that too is like like us foods has something to gain too because now they have a client that goes from I think it was 8 stores when we got there now. It’s 13 with 6 or 8 new territories around the country. Now. They’re going to have instead of a 8 unit brand they’re going to wind up having a 500 unit customer you know and it was because they basically brought it up to us. 30:49.54vigorbrandingThat’s awesome. So do you think a latino brand. Do you think that’s going to be Franz Mars Next big big thing in the portfolio or you have something else cooking or what? what do you think the next big big thing is. 30:57.31dan_fransmart_comWe we? Yeah, we have a few brands that are doing record numbers like this this latin brands called cilantro it’s growing faster for me so far than 5 guys did like our first several months is growing faster. 31:06.43vigorbrandingI Love the name. 31:11.34dan_fransmart_comAnd it’s growing every franchisee is a franchisee of another brand and so they all have experience. They all know what they’re doing. They have capital but they also have a perspective of why they like this brand better than what they’re doing and so um, it’s interesting. Keep an eye on cilantra. That’s gonna be a fun one and then we’re. 31:25.93vigorbrandingAnd again I don’t know who does your naming but I love that I Love the name Slanic because I think that’s so approachable yet It’s intriguing. You know. 31:33.69dan_fransmart_comYeah, but it’s it’s like Chipotle right? So it’s like cilantro and and ah but it’s I mean it’s a real authentic story because I’m like the world doesn’t need another chipotle another mexican created by a white guy like they need. It should be like so our tagline or our. 31:43.75vigorbrandingE. 31:49.14dan_fransmart_comPositioning is the next big thing in Mexican is actually really mexican and so this is a family that kind of you know snuck into the country and like so many do and started off ah humbly through life in America you know like the halal guys. 31:50.94vigorbrandingShe. 31:56.48vigorbrandingHe. 32:06.56dan_fransmart_comAh, yeah, but they you know they came across and they they literally started opened up a restaurant to make a living to feed people to make a living turned out that what they were serving and it was latin for latinos so they started off their whole career is making this amazing. So think about how tough that customer is it’s not Latin Latino for gringos. 32:18.00vigorbrandingBriefly. 32:25.61vigorbrandingWe hear. 32:25.73dan_fransmart_comThis is latino for latinos and it was a standout brand that was doing crazy numbers and then all of a sudden they had opened 2 locations. They took over a failed baha fresh and it’s doing crazy numbers. They took over a failed chipotle right? That’s America’s darling is chipotle. 32:41.70vigorbrandingUm, right. 32:44.30dan_fransmart_comWhere Chipotle couldn’t succeed in this area of Chicago they’re packed. They’re busy and so you’re like wait a minute latino for latinos yeah, people like it and I’m like this thing’s going to be a monster and that’s why like I think we had 6 or 8 people come look at it all 6 or 8 of them are our franchisees now. 32:47.27vigorbrandingYeah, and again so it’s it’s quality. Yeah. 33:01.87dan_fransmart_comSo they’re all buying the franchise but that and then the other thing I’m excited about we got approach and beginning a covid if you you remember when Covid first happened the government was scrambling every day with new rules and regulations and restaurants had to close or could only open every other seat or had to do dividers Whatever was driving the industry crazy. 33:02.11vigorbrandingThat’s awesome. 33:20.40dan_fransmart_comAnd I had a franchise lawyer that said hey I’ve got this electronics Brand Would you take it on I’m like I don’t think so I don’t know anything about electronics Long story short. We took it on that thing’s growing faster than any brand I’ve ever grown. It’s way more successful than any restaurant has ever been. It’s called pay more pay more electronics. It’s. 33:35.64vigorbrandingThat’s great, very cool. 33:37.90dan_fransmart_comBuy sell trade new and used electronics and the irony is a lot of food guys are building it and then all of a sudden I run across um, a ah facial Studio Skincare Studio called Glow thirty. So it’s a small little and and I was approached by her. 33:40.57vigorbrandingShe. 33:53.68vigorbrandingYou know. 33:54.36dan_fransmart_comHer commercial broker her real estate broker. She goes hey would you ever do like a facial place I’m like I don’t know I’ve never even had a facial and I I talked to the lady and she said hey I want to be the orange theory of skin care I’m like I don’t know what that means and I’ve never been to orange theory and I’ve never had a facial but I. 34:06.19vigorbrandingAnd then. 34:13.40dan_fransmart_comAnd I saw the lady who was in Bethesda Maryland I looked on through my Linkedin I found somebody at orange theory and Bethesda and I said hey can I venmow you some money and you go check this place out and she said sure I’ve venmoed her some cash she went and checked it out. She looked up my background she goes I don’t know what your plan is with this brand but whatever it is I’m in. 34:30.79vigorbrandingYeah, yeah. 34:33.90dan_fransmart_comAnd so she actually left orange theory came to work for me. She’s the vice president of 4 us growing low 30 and this is skincare clinic that’s growing faster than I mean it’s just grown like crazy. So we’ve gone from being a restaurant franchise development company to a franchise development company and um. 34:50.48vigorbrandingThat’s awesome. 34:51.84dan_fransmart_comBut we keep looking for food like I’m I’m I’m ah I can’t offline I’ll tell you who, but it’s but we’re we’re working on a pretty pretty big project right now like I’m still I’m at the end of the day I like to feed people. There’s just something very rewarding about feeding somebody someone pays you for the food that you give them. 34:59.73vigorbrandingUm, yes, yeah. 35:11.33dan_fransmart_comAnd they say thank you and they come back and they bring friends like there’s just something instantly gratification gratify gratifying about about that. So like I’ll always be in the in the restaurant business but the restaurant industry is getting a little wakeup call because it’s from a business perspective. It’s hard. 35:12.11vigorbrandingYeah, he. 35:29.54dan_fransmart_comHarder to make money nowadays in restaurants which is why so many like at this places glow 30 like we just sold all of Arizona to a huge food franchisee Greg Flynn the biggest franchisee in the world is this starting to expand with nonfoo and and ah yeah. 35:39.47vigorbrandingUm, sure. Yeah, the the glow 30 thing look I’ll be very very honest I think it’s fantastic because I know that look feeding people makes you feel great. If you haven’t gotten a facial i. Absolutely recommend it I look I’m a father of daughters I’ll admit it I go every two months. It is the greatest thing on earth. So the fact that you are in the on the but the ground floor of a franchise for this brilliant I guarantee it will explode I mean I just ah, in fact I buy a bunch of the gift cards and I give them out to folks here in the office because I just think it’s like. 36:02.53dan_fransmart_comUm, yeah. 36:11.60dan_fransmart_comYeah, well I it will now I can’t now so glow 30 It’s one of these members. It’s a membership skincare which is another thing it’s sort of like memberships is the ultimate hack because you make money while you sleep. You basically make money whether people use. 36:11.71vigorbrandingAh, great hour of your life. You know? So if you if you haven’t done it. Do it. Ah perfect. Yeah yeah, right. 36:28.82dan_fransmart_comSomething or not when you have a membership think about fitness studios how many times you buy a membership and you don’t go and the fitness studio is happy. They’re happy because you’re not there so they wind up selling one hundred and fifty percent of capacity knowing that the third of the morons never show up. So um. 36:31.63vigorbrandingYep, yeah. 36:41.56vigorbrandingUm, that’s right. 36:44.97dan_fransmart_comBut that’s that’s sort of the membership model and it’s like man this thing you buy a membership and the ah but the irony here is people don’t not use it. So it’s ah every month the the facial changes right? So like in October it was like a pumpkin facialin. 36:52.97vigorbrandingAre a are. 36:59.45dan_fransmart_comJuly I think it was like lemoncello or whatever but every month it’s a different carefully curated facial and people don’t miss it. So it’s not like you just get a facial and no big deal I get one next week it’s people like no, it’s the end of the month they’re going to change this month into next month I don’t want to miss last month so the reason I still haven’t ever been to glow is every time I come in for discovery day. These guys are booked out three weeks in advance. So like if you said you wanted a franchise right now for glow the earliest I could book your discovery day is like three weeks because we want you to get a facial as part of your discovery day. It’s like yeah and so. 37:19.90vigorbrandingOh yeah, yeah yeah. 37:26.37vigorbrandingWow Yeah in the in the facial is the product’s holding it up right. 37:35.15dan_fransmart_comSo yeah, so it’s ah but it’s yeah, it’s funny, but but now I mean it’s franchising like we had. We is weird. We had a record year last year we we had more new franchise sales last year than ever the first quarter of this year doubled last year so like been doing this for 30 years and 37:48.56vigorbrandingA. 37:54.11dan_fransmart_comAnd that’s even food like I mean our food brands like cilantro we have. We have the largest fastest growing indian brand called curry up now. So there’s another one. There’s a billion and a half indians when you think about how many indians and pakistani eat what looks like to you and I indian food. It’s like no one’s ever built a brand. 37:54.65vigorbrandingUm, yeah. 38:11.40vigorbrandingUm, right. 38:12.55dan_fransmart_comAnd so we you know now we have 100 units in development for curry up now. We just sold London so that’s now international. So the London franchisee is the subway franchisee for for all of Uk. He actually bought all of Uk for curry up now. So yeah, we’re going we’re going nuts we got dessert franchises. We got. You know we we got really good things but I’m drawn to things that have really good numbers. So like I have a cookie franchise called smackery in New York City and no one. There’s no real number 2 to crumble and nobody I mean crumble just went like a monster I tried to get smackery 6 or 7 5 five five 38:38.32vigorbranding8 38:44.17vigorbrandingYeah, yeah. 38:50.41dan_fransmart_comYears ago before I ever saw crumble and I couldn’t even get him to call me back and then finally I knew someone who knew him and we made a deal about a year ago but there’s no number 2 to to crumble all the people that are trying to build cookie shops are all doing six hundred Grand seven hundred Grand a year this guy is. He’s in Eight hundred Square feet and I think he did two point three million dollars last year. So yeah, yeah, cookies 3 yeah so I mean ridiculous sales and and um, but he’s doing a difference. It was like well even in New York there’s a lot of other places that do under a million dollars why is he doing. 39:09.85vigorbrandingWow Cookies That’s fantastic. 39:27.26dan_fransmart_comMore than double what everyone else is doing. It’s like that’s what I look for so like I look for concepts that just do like haa guys. There’s a lot of people selling meat over rice with sauce in New York only 1 guy had a line down the block. So I got him it was smackerys only 1 guy is doing whatever. 39:33.77vigorbrandingNo. 39:39.46vigorbrandingYeah, that’s right. 39:46.65dan_fransmart_comThousand dollars a foot in sales. He’s $3000 a foot in sales or whatever he’s doing even in New York like by New York standards that’s still 2 times the sales per foot than any other chain does and it’s like well you know so there’s something about that which makes yeah which makes my life easy because I don’t have. 39:56.93vigorbrandingUm, there’s some there. Yeah. 40:02.94dan_fransmart_comYou know like I don’t have the guy that’s only doing 7 or eight hundred Grand a year in cookies I have the guy doing two point three million so makes my life a little bit easier. 40:06.62vigorbrandingYeah, very cool. Let’s let’s talk 1 more thing about that you’re’re you’re embarking on the podcast journey you’re gonna do smart franise you go talk a little bit about that. 40:16.50dan_fransmart_comSure so I started a franchise. It’s the first question I ask whenever I meet successful franchisees or franchisors I’m like what makes you successful. What are you doing? What do you know that I don’t or what you know why are you getting results that other people are getting and so. 40:31.22vigorbrandingIs. 40:33.95dan_fransmart_comStarted smart franchising with frans smart I just believe success leaves clues and I feel like people are willing to share and so my first guest on was the biggest franchisee in the world. Greg Flynn he owns 2700 something franchises all over the world. He’s now going I mean I think he’s targeting 5000 franchises. He’s going to go to some weird number and it’s like okay, well and I’d ask him right on the podcast What do you do different like why are you getting the results you’re getting why are you and without saying it I’m kind of like why are you better than everyone else or what are you doing that people can learn from. 41:06.64vigorbrandingMe here. 41:10.85dan_fransmart_comAnd surprisingly I mean he’s he’s obviously um, careful. Ah, but he gave some really good. Um, really good tidbits and then but like I had franchisees of 5 guys and and um, franchisee really successful franchisee from um, red robin. 41:27.74vigorbrandingHe sure. 41:29.52dan_fransmart_comRight? So casual dining is taking a beating right now. Well here’s a guy that’s doing double-digit sales increases and he’s still growing. So I’m like what thell are you doing that like Chilis can’t figure out in Fridays are closing restaurants and you’re building more restaurants you’re doing great. What are you doing and he’ll tell you he’ll tell you exactly as secrets as success. 41:38.98vigorbrandingSo in here. 41:44.92vigorbrandingYeah. 41:49.00dan_fransmart_comAh, 5 guys franchisees like why? Why do you have 80 stores. Why do you? This other guy had 17 another guy had 80 like what is it, you do different than everyone else they leave that and one I had 2 other guys on that are really really cool by bunch but 1 of them was Don Fox from Firehouse sold a sandwich shop right? You think there’s not room for another sandwich shop or he builds one he sells it for $1000000000 so it’s like how did you do it like what can what can my audience learn or Freddy’s like even after fiveges. Freddy is the burger and and milk shake company. 42:08.98vigorbrandingYou’re right. Shift a. 42:22.10dan_fransmart_comSame thing like you get his whole story and you get how he did it and they tell it in a way that tells you if you follow what they did. You’re going to have the same result and then 1 thing right now that I think is mystifying a lot of people is the restaurant tech stack people don’t understand restaurant marketing or the tech stack. Most. 42:31.42vigorbrandingMan. 42:38.63vigorbrandingPerformance. 42:41.80dan_fransmart_comMost people don’t get it I had a guy on that I think is the best and most brilliant in the space and he decoded the whole thing and not only decoded it I’m like give me the app to fix this. Give me the app to fix that if you were a franchisee. What are the first 3 things that you’d make sure that you did. 42:57.90vigorbrandingMe. 42:59.16dan_fransmart_comAnd he went into detail about everything and so it’s you know stuff that he charges a lot of money as a consultant. He’s giving it all away for free so smart franchising with Fransmar is really just that. It’s like what’s this. What’s the best known way to do everything um in a way that people can learn from. 43:15.69vigorbrandingYeah I mean it seems to me and I don’t know if you found this but I feel like there’s a lot of the same ingredients I mean it typically starts with a really good quality product I think people think a lot of times when there’s a franchise or whatever. It’s like you figure out ways to ah ah skip. And to save money and certainly have to run the operation but it’s usually a quality product. Um consistency. Ah great operations and then I go back to that sort of that brand promise like there’s a story. There’s there’s this great authenticity that that kind of exudes and and kind of you can carry from place to place. We just had. I just had betsy ham ah from duck donuts on and that that’s a franchise that kind of grew I mean yeah, did the world need another donut shop I mean you know Russ Degiio the the founder thought so and and a great story I mean was it he was at the outer banks ah always thought of like you know going and getting fresh donuts at the beach the jersey shore we are. Lots of places have you know, fresh. You know, homemade Duck. He didn’t he couldn’t find one so he thought he should start a donut place at the outer banks out in duck and that’s where that’s where it came from and it was like I mean you know puts this together and it’s this. Ah, it’s this great franchise. So I feel like a lot of these guys have ah just a great story. A passion. 44:17.76dan_fransmart_comYeah. 44:29.72vigorbrandingAnd it’s an authenticity that you know makes it makes it kind of ah ah, magnetic that other people want it and and want to grow from it. Yeah. 44:33.49dan_fransmart_comYeah, yeah, yeah I agree but that I duck don’t I Love duck donuts and they’re delicious, but you think about it’s like well how did he create that it’s like because he created it like how did I do what I did because he did it. 44:43.90vigorbrandingYeah, yeah, that’s it. Yeah yeah, yeah, that’s right, you know execute That’s right, you know don’t be afraid to fail the whole thing I tell my I tell my daughters all the time I mean look I failed a lot. So. 44:49.77dan_fransmart_comIt’s like that’s the biggest thing is people sitting on the sidelines like you got to get going life is short. Yeah. 45:01.28dan_fransmart_comYeah, yeah. 45:01.81vigorbrandingThe C student guy Again, you know you you fail. You just go out there and you know hey look hopefully you get an a here bring that average up to a C but you know you’re allowed to fail you go out and try things and pivot and and keep going. It’s it’s exciting. So you said you start your podcast out with the same question I end mine with the same question. So I’m going to. 45:09.78dan_fransmart_comYeah. 45:17.85vigorbrandingI’m gonna ask this? Um I look forward to your answer, you’ve created a lot of restaurants you’ve built brands all over the the world. So your last meal one final meal. What would you eat where and why and there’s a disclosure you’re not going to assault any of your ah ah franchisees. You can just pick anything. So. 45:31.60dan_fransmart_comOh man, probably my last meal would be my last meal is going to be Italian and it’s probably going to be. 45:47.32dan_fransmart_comI don’t know got to think about this? um I wish you said it ahead of time but ah, but there’s a restaurant in New York City it’s my favorite in the world and it’s because the dad cooks the mom’s the hostess and the son’s the waiter. It’s called Sandros Sandros 46:04.57vigorbrandingSandros. Okay. 46:05.57dan_fransmart_comAnd it’s the best food I’ve ever had. It’s dinky teeny tiny but everything that comes out’s unbelievable. It’s the opposite of pretentious. It’s the ah I mean it’s just a neighborhood place that you could walk by a hundred times and never know it was there every time I go to New York I 46:13.37vigorbrandingE. 46:22.30vigorbrandingI I just wrote it down I’m in New York all the time. So I’m gonna I’m gonna try and fight is it in Manhattan it’s okay Sandros. 46:23.10dan_fransmart_comBlock time to go there. That’s probably my favorite meal of all places sandros. Yeah yeah, yeah in the upper East but it’s like it’s awesome. Food’s good. Price are reasonable. You know and you all and you go there and you feel like they appreciate that you’re there the whole the whole load but it was definitely my last meal of no matter where would be Italian like favorite food I could I mean I Just can’t get enough of that. So I Love it. But yeah, Thanks ma’am. 46:39.42vigorbrandingHe. Yeah, you go? Yeah hey I Appreciate you know I could talk to you for hours is fascinating I Absolutely enjoy it. Thank you so much soon. 46:57.21dan_fransmart_comYou’re welcome. We’ll see you soon. 

TRANSCRIPT: Hi, I'm Lisa Davis. So glad you're listening to Health Power. It's been a little while since I've done a health quickie, so I'm going to bring them back. Today we're going to start talking about. Hi, I'm Lisa Davis. So glad you're listening to Health Power. Today I'm going to do a naturally savvy health quickie where I talk about an article from www.naturallysavvy.comSo today I'm talking about eight reasons to start your day with lemon water. Now this is something that I've been thinking about doing for a long time and I haven't, so I'm really hoping that this will get me over the edge to do it. So the first thing it does is it gives you an energy boost. So if you rely on caffeine to give you that boost in the morning, that can have some long -term consequences, including taking a toll on your adrenal glands, which by the way are already overworked thanks to stress, late nights, too many stimulates.Instead, lemon water oxygenates and energizes the body. It's a great jumpstart to your day. Now, the second reason is one of the ones that I've been wanting to do it is that it promotes good digestion. Now, according to Dr. John Maston -Endy, lemon, excuse me, lemon water stimulates the stomach to increase its production of digestive juices and improves peristalsis, the muscular contractions that push food through the entire digestive system.Improved digestion, what does that mean? Better nutrient absorption, which we all want, and less bloating, which I definitely want. Number three, it stimulates elimination. Elimination, a simple glass of lemon water stimulates the liver's production of bile. This combined with improved peristalsis, which I just mentioned, of the entire digestive system is a more natural method of waste removal. So lemon water acts as a mild diuretic.increasing the frequency of urination and gently flushing out toxins from the urinary tract. The result, better waste and waist W -A -I -S -T management. Number four, it gives your immune system a boost. Well, everybody wants that. A squeeze of fresh lemon juice gives you a shot of the antioxidant vitamin C, about 44 .5 milligrams per lemon. But more importantly, it helps the body maintain a balanced pH Even though lemon tastes acidic, inside the body it is alkaline. And I'm sure you've all heard about how important it is to be alkaline. Number five, it helps detox the liver with more than 500 functions. The liver is a very busy organ. It is the most important role, excuse me, it's most important role is to filter the blood of waste products, drugs, pesticides, and other poisons. So lemon juice is really powerful and it helps to stimulate bioproduction like we talked about.Number six, it helps you lose weight. The liver is an important fat burning organ. It regulates fat metabolism, breaking down fats and shipping them out via the large intestine. So just keep that in mind as well, but there's a lot of other factors that are important. Better skin. Number seven, the detoxifying action of drinking lemon water will release impurities through every exit point or detoxification channel, including the skin.Now you might have a mild amount of acne at first while stuff's getting cleaned out, but soon you will be replaced with a healthy glow. I know I'm touching my face like I have a healthy glow, but I do, but I don't have the lemon water going yet, but I will. Number eight, hydration. Lemon water, excuse me, lemon makes water taste better. And if it tastes better, you're going to drink more. So that's a really good thing. So the bottom line, there's a lot of good reasons to start your day with lemon water. Will you be picking up this habit? Yes, I will.I hope you do as well for whatever reasons work for you, reason or reasons, but keep coming back to Health Power five days a week. I'm back to doing my health quickies. This is really quick. This is gonna be under four minutes. Who doesn't have time for that? Anyway, everybody keep coming back. Rate, subscribe and have a great day. Thanks. Oh.

I had "Ranger of the Lost Art" Doug Leen on today. Very interesting, man, not only for what he's done for the arts, but just as much for what he's done for American history.He starts out as a park ranger, and even before that, he's in Vietnam Ultimately he gets involved in Kent State after he gets back from the war and meets with Nixon and talked to him about the his opposition for the war.It's also a story of discovery. You see, Doug finds this poster when he's in his mid-twenties, working as a park ranger. He makes this discovery and then decides that there's more to it and that he needs to figure it out. He keeps this poster his whole life. It goes with him from place to place and finally decides to solve the riddle he stumbled upon all of those years ago. That's what this podcast is really about. The story of the missing National Parks posters that were done by WPA  artists between 1938 and 1941. Doug has a book he just put out about his journey to uncover the missing pieces called "RANGER OF THE LOST ART–REDISCOVERING THE WPA POSTER ART OF OUR NATIONAL PARKS". To learn more about the book and to see various posters he found, visit his website: rangerdoug.comSo anyways, unique, fun, and interesting story. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. Douglas Leen on episode 286 of Art Dealer Diaries Podcast.

Once in a while it felt like it could be helpful to take a moment to answer some of the most common questions that I get. Of course, every family is completely different, so if any of these questions or worries are relevant to you, you might want to take my thoughts as a hopefully useful starting point for your own reflections. Let me know if this is helpful for you and if you've any particular questions you'd like to hear discussed in the future.  You can drop me a line at contact@esther-jones.comSo, today, I am going to dive into four questions that come up a lot- What if my children don't want to do anything?- What about exams or if they want to go back to school?- What if my partner isn't on board?-  What can I do if I'm feeling tired or lonely?In this episode, I mention Peter Gray. You can find his blog on Psycology Today here and the link to his research about grown unschoolers here.You can also find The Unschool Space episode in which Peter Gray was a guest here.And, the episodes of The Unschool Space in which I talk with fathers are:#10 Unschooling teens, the importance of mental health, and a father's perspective, with Anthony Eldridge-Rogers #17 The right environment and lots of trust - two essential ingredients for unschooling with autism/PDA, with Simon Crummay#52 Intentional deschooling and lining up with our values, with Daniel Moeller in PennsylvaniaYou can find my blog, workshop and courses at:www.esther-jones.comOr, connect with me onInstagram: @_esther.jonesFacebook:@theunschoolspace

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This week we have Zena Kamgaing on The Dream Dinner Party. I love bringing you Desert Island dishes but I also selfishly do love the dream dinner party – it's a just a little bit of fun, I love how everyone of the guests have really embraced the theme and taken it seriously – in a very unserious way. Zena was no exception – I love the sound of her dream dinner party – there is a part in this where she gets me to play one of the games she likes to play but we cut out the actual game part as I would have given away the answers and potentially ruined your fun. Hope you enjoy listening to the dream dinner party as much as I enjoy bringing it to you and I always want to hear from you the listener about who you would be inviting and what you would be serving!Thank you to our sponsor for this month – the brilliant family run butcher HG Walter. www.hgwalter.comSo there we have it Gennaro's dream dinner party is over, the food has been eaten and the guests have gone home. I do hope you enjoyed todays episode and make sure you're subscribed to catch all episodes of The Dream Dinner Party and Desert lsland Dishes. Thank you so much for listening! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

“Those of us with ADHD have brains that work differently, which means we need to work differently” - howtoadhd.comSo let's talk about it! Jessica McCabe from YouTube's series “how to ADHD” and now with a new book of the same name discusses some of the ways in can work WITH their brain! This episode helps with understanding for both those who have ADHD or maybe for someone to understand someone else who does! Follow Jessica and her work @howtoadhd on IG/Youtube/Tiktok and pickup the book “How to ADHD: an Insider's Guide to Working With Your Brain”! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Welcome to CollabCast, an innovative bonus series where we're diving into the world of podcast crossovers. In today's bonus episode, we're highlighting So, Here's the Thing with Laylee Emadi. In this conversation, Laylee discusses the cycles of launching educational offerings with photography duo Cameron and Tia. Listen in as they discuss lessons in launching a new offer and how to approach launching when you have a smaller audience.If you love this episode be sure to check out So, Here's the Thing with Laylee Emadi and hit the follow button on your favorite podcast player.Connect with Laylee Emadi:layleeemadi.comSo, Here's the Thing Podcastinstagram.com/laylee_emadiThe Creative Educator ConferenceConnect with Cameron & Tia:cameronandtia.cominstagram.com/cameronandtiatiktok.com/@cameronandtia Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Want to hear a secret episode of How the West Was ‘Cast? We've recorded a new hourlong show that won't be published online. But we'll gladly send you the secret episode in exchange for reviewing our show on the Apple Podcast platform, or the Audible platform, or whatever platform you use. Simply review our podcast somewhere, take a screenshot of your review and email it to us, or just email us a message letting us know you reviewed the show, and we'll send you an exclusive link to the secret episode. You can reach us by email at: howthewestwascast@gmail.comThere are two additional ways to receive the secret episode. First, you can spread the word about How the West Was ‘Cast on social media. Share a link to our show on your Facebook page. Tweet your thoughts about our podcast on your Twitter account. Or mention our show on Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, etc. Then email us a message letting us know that you spread the word on social media, and in exchange we'll send you a link to the secret episode.And the last way to receive the secret episode is simply to email us directly and let us know what our podcast means to you. What do you enjoy most about How the West Was ‘Cast? What are your favorite episodes? What films would you like us to cover in the future? Again, you can reach us by email at: howthewestwascast@gmail.comSo that's our “secret” offer. We look forward to hearing from you soon!

U.S. Space Force Commercial Space Office: Bankruptcies And Consolidation Are Expected Our coverage of the chilly space investment climate continues, but from the perspective of the U.S. Space Force's Commercial Space Office, which has the responsibility to find and foster some of the new commercial space technologies the Department of Defense needs. Laura Winter speaks with U.S. Space Force Col. Richard Kniseley, who is the Senior Materiel Leader leading the COMSO, about what the office does, the current venture capital environment, and what COMSO tools space entrepreneurs can leverage to find capital investment.

This week on Inspire Change, Gunter wraps up the discussion on ADHD and begins the new series on anything on a deep dive into masculinities. NOTE: This week we had a technical issue in our Aussie studio that resulted in a slight echo. We did try to reduce the reverb and echo to quieter in our Los Angeles Studio, but its still slightly present.Also thank you for all who tuned into Gunter's participation in the #whiteribbonweek webinar. If you missed it please check out the link to the recording here:Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJyz9CNYwHIPlease check out the other co-hosts of the program here:Matt at https://summiteducation.com.au/Dr. Mark Williams www.drmarkwilliams.comSo join us and dive right in for some more nuggets of knowledge to take away. We are also giving a halfway through our season 5 make-over and two changes we know you'll love. We updated our graphic to a brighter, clearer image that highlights our inspirational of themes of "Surfing the New Wave Masculinity and Embracing Gender Equality." The other item, I am quiet thrilled about. We have teamed up with a theme composer to our podcast, the amazing Irad Eshel! He has originally crafted an original theme score for Inspire Change and you get to hear it now starting with this episode. And when you get a moment, please check out his credits and work here: www.IradEshel.comAlso Check out Gunter, the Making Good Men Great Movement, his books and the podcast feature in Variety, New York Times, Hollywood Reporter and here in the lifestyle section of Podcast Park https://lifestyle.thepodcastpark.com/story/48663818/gunter-swobodas-debut-historical-novel-mountains-of-the-sea-about-masculinity-surfing-and-a-privileged-aristocrat-learning-to-adapt-is-criticallyMake sure you also check out Gunter's 5 Things to get Satisfaction video on #Buzzfeed today: https://www.buzzfeed.com/miranda10/gunter-swobodaas-5-things-to-get-satisfaction-5aerlsc57mAnd there is more: In an interview in Authority Magazine/Thrive with Drew Gerber, Gunter shares why so many of us are feeling unsatisfied & what we can do about it. Full Article HereTo purchase Gunter's books:Making Good Men Great: Surfing the New Wave of Masculinity you can get it on Amazon Prime, Barnes & Noble and most online retailers: https://www.amazon.com/Making-Good-Men-Great-Masculinity/dp/0999266802 https://www.walmart.com/ip/Making-Good-Men-Great-Surfing-the-New-Wave-of-Masculinity-Paperback-9780999266809/685658548In Australia:https://www.angusrobertson.com.au/books/making-good-men-great-gunter-swoboda/p/9780999266809In the UK:https://www.waterstones.com/book/making-good-men-great/gunter-swoboda/9780999266809To watch the Venice TV Award nominated documentary created by Gunter and directed by Miranda Spigener-Sapon you can rent or buy on Amazon Prime:https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B07RVD89XZ/ref=atv_dp_share_cu_r

Susie is accidentally tracking an airplane from Pittsburgh, and we're starting to wonder if this is a security risk. Sarah would like to put out a public service announcement that disinfected and clean are two different things, and you can shove your hand sanitizer up your you-know-what. She went to Urban Outfitters recently, and found out she is old, can't wear mini-skirts, and Fiona Apple makes her cry. We hear why she claims she's only hot one week/month and she has a theory about why hot people end up with hot people. We debate the difference between being up for anything and down for anything, and we're both, that's all we know. The zoo in China is up to no good again and it's HILARIOUS. Let's just say they want to assure you they did NOT give a lion's mane a haircut why would you even think that??? Susie confesses to having a gross habit in high school, but we agreed to just think of it as a nerdy hobby instead of the nastiness it actually is. There's a new version of We Didn't Start the Fire out and Susie is sharing what should've been included, but in a strange turn of events, Sarah found out for the first time that that song is about actual historical events...Join our Candy Club, shop our merch, sign-up for our free newsletter, & more by visiting The Brain Candy Podcast website: https://www.thebraincandypodcast.comConnect with us on social media:BCP Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/braincandypodcastSusie's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/susiemeisterSarah's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/imsarahriceBCP Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/braincandypodSusie's Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/susie_meisterSarah's Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/ImSarahRiceSponsors:Head to https://moshlife.com/braincandy to save 20% off plus FREE shipping on your first 6-count Trial Pack!Head to https://embracepetinsurance.com/braincandy and sign up for pet insurance today!Get 15% off your first order when you use promo code CANDY at https://www.bollandbranch.comSo head to https://nakedwines.com/braincandy and click ‘Enter Voucher' in the top right when you get to the website, and enter BRAINCANDY for both the code AND password to get 6 bottles of wine for JUST $39.99 with shipping included!More podcasts at WAVE: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/artist/wave-podcast-network/1437831426See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Learning she was trusted helped Sequoyah Branham with anxiety and knowing she could fail and all would be okay. At the young age of 20, she is running a ranch and writing novels from her experiences of loss, learning to deal with anxiety and overcoming fear.  In her own words, "Some days you just got to slap on some lipstick and tell your anxiety to shut up! It won't listen the first time though. So you will have to tell it again." Her novel "In the Company of Cows" includes Scardy-cat horses, family relationships, social anxiety, and disenfranchised guilt. It will be released October 24!Order your copy https://form.jotform.com/232185595912160  or go to her website sequoyahbranham.comSo get your lipstick on and lean into the wind with Sequoyah. Listen here! https://truestoriesofcowgirlcourage.buzzsprout.com

Look who's back.  My wonderful guest today is Midge Noble, coach and brand new author.  Midge appeared on episode 95 if you want to go back and listen to that.  But today, I can't wait for for you to hear all about her new book, "Gay with God."   By the way, listen for her laugh.  It will make you day.  Formally, Midge says she is a professional hummingbird, in that she flits from place to place as she is called to do in order to serve wherever she lands.  Midge has worked as a school counselor, mental health therapist, and in private practice.  She has a BA in Theology, and a Masters Degree in Counselor Education and Research.  She was licensed in the state of NC as a Licensed Professional Counselor.  Midge is a life coach serving the LGBTQIA+ community, assisting them in their Coming Out/ Faith Journeys so they can live their highest and best authentic lives.  And now, we can call her--PUBLISHED AUTHOR. Midge also hosts the GAY with GOD! Podcast, where she honors the Coming Out/ Faith Journey Stories of her guests.  I have had the privilege of appearing three times on there. Midge and her wife live in NC.  They go to their cabin in the mountains as often as possible with their three four legged fur babies in tow. Connect with Midge: www.gaywithgod.comSo, grab that coffee, have a seat and my table, and let's chat on the Coffee with Keith podcast.To connect with Keith on Instagram, visit here.To visit Keith's website to learn more, CLICK Here.Resources:FREE: "Towardations" (TM) for the BisexualFREE: 10 Questions you should ask yourself before coming outFREE: "5 Questions for the Bisexual Couple"FREE: Journal Prompts for the BisexualFREE: Guide to better Biblical InterpretationJust a reminder that I do individual and group coaching. To learn more and to apply, simply visit the link. I hope to have you as a client very soon. Coaching Link There are three ways to support this podcast: 1) Give it a honest 5-star rating and review on whatever platform you use, 2) share the podcast with your friends, and 3) join the $5 a month membership on Patreon. Thanks and blessings, Keith Support the showI hope you get a lot from this podcast. Obviously, I am limited with the ability of help I can offer here but I always strive to provide as much practical help as I can to help you heal your trauma and create a fantastic life. If you could use more help from me, I encourage you to visit www.JKeithBrown.com and check out all the ways I can work with you. With all my love,Keith

Hey, Difference Maker. We are back with an amazing episode that wasn't supposed to be an episode, but boy am I glad that we were recording.My friend Dawn Pensack, and I hopped on a, oh my gosh it's been a whole year how the heck are you kind of conversation, and I'm so glad that she consented to letting me record it and letting me leave in some of the vulnerable parts of her story  because what a whirlwind. It's a whirlwind of life, getting in the way of business and business, getting in the way of life.Probably some things that you can relate to on some level. Now if you have any questions about what you hear during this episode, you can always send me a message at powercoachjen.comSo if you want a real life vulnerable sharing of what happens when you work against your personality, how to get unstuck, and the massive changes that happen when you start working according to your true core self, your innate behaviors or energy patterns. Stick around.Join Unbox University and start designing a business that lights you up!Support the showLearn more at powercoachjen.comIntegrating Enneagram + Human Design: a Guide for leading a Life + Business with Purposeenneagramhumandesign.comFollow Jen:IG: @powercoachjenYT: @powercoachjen

Michael T. Snyder  http://themostimportantnews.com/http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/  https://endoftheamericandream.com/TheEconomicCollapseBlog@hotmail.comSo much is coming we see tribulation each day, worse and worse......but now we get a prophetic word we should heed! Get right NOW and shore this audio message!Please visitwww.prophecyhour.comAlso                                          http://wichitahomeless.com/  “Remember we do not 100% agree with everything our guests, say, do, or believe. It's up to you to pray and sort it out!”

https://letsgetmetaphysicalshow.comSo-called authorities tell you the choices you must make to achieve whatever result you seek in coming to them. They do not offer multiple or studied outcomes that add confidence to the choices they recommend. Often they assume you see their expertise as solid and never question their proposal.Ali Bierman shares why that may not be in your highest and best interest. Only you - your Spirit, your guides, your angels, and the Universe offer guidance to get you where you want to go - be it professional, health-wise, or achieving True Happiness - advice that is always and only in your highest and best interest.All your guidance supports you. More importantly, you alone check how you feel when considering each guided step. If it feels good then move forward in that direction. If, however, the choice does NOT feel good, honor your gut feeling and do not take that step.One consideration: ask if that step is best taken then or is it meant for a later time or date. Perhaps you need to prepare, on some or on multilevels, to move forward in that direction. So the choice is in your highest and best interest but maybe a pause is best in the moment.Trust yourself to know, in your heart, what is best for you. No one else has your best interest in their heart. Why? Your heart connects you to the Universe where manifesting happens. No other person can do that for you no matter how much they love you and wish they could steer your choices.ACTION STEP:Choose one question you have been pondering, unsure of which direction to choose. Share it below along with the possibility you lean toward and, if you feel very bold, share why.Download Rev Ali's special gift, Your First Steps On You Spiritual Path takes you out of the woo-woo sphere and gently guides you to discover your own deep spiritualityStruggle is optional. If you or someone you know hurts physically or emotionally contact Rev. Ali to eliminate the grief and hurt.Confused by all the energy workers, their claims - and their sometimes weird antics? Join Rev. Ali for a LIVE video chat every month. Need someone to talk to about your spirituality who won't think you're nutsy? Join our Facebook groupNO more boredom . NO more limited choice. Audible's exclusive content is more than audiobooks. FREE trial now.Discover how to communicate with the Universe, your guides and angels. Rev. Ali makes it easy. Watch or listen to any episode and leave a review on our show siteSome of the links may earn a small amount for Rev. Ali without adding to your costs.

Today I'm excited to chat with the famous Kita. You've heard me mention her in other episodes with her growing coworking group.Kita Zuleta is a proud daughter of Salvadorian + Mexican immigrants, born + raised in LA. She is a cafecito lover, plantitas mom + wife to her best friend + business partner.She is a brand strategist + photographer specializing in helping Jefas (female entrepreneurs) grow their brand's online presence through strategic systems + intentional images.She's also a community builder, creating a space for Jefas to connect, co-work, + support each other as they pursue individual goals, together. It's called Cafecito Con Jefas + she's launching a podcast with the same name where she'll have conversations about real life + entrepreneurship.I'm excited to get into all of that, so please enjoy our conversation.Website: kitazuleta.comInstagram: @kitazuletaphoto & @cafecitoconjefasPodcast: Cafecito Con Jefas COMING SOON but if you're interested in being a guest on the show, please reach out via email at: hiii@kitazuleta.comSo, If you need support with building + growing your brand, Schedule a consultation with her  to find out how she can help and be part of your journey. And look out for her podcast launching SOON!

Airbus Defence and Space UK will be testing their new Skynet 6A at the UK's National Satellite Test Facility. Space Force is opening a new commercial services procurement office in Chantilly, Virginia, that'll be known as COMSO. AT&T has filed with the Federal Communications Commission to lease spectrum to AST SpaceMobile, and more. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Miss an episode? Sign-up for our weekly intelligence roundup, Signals and Space, and you'll never miss a beat. And be sure to follow T-Minus on Twitter and LinkedIn. T-Minus Guest Our guest is Sita Sonty, Partner, Associate Director and Global Space Lead for Boston Consulting Group (BCG). Sita joins us to discuss edge computing in space. You can read her latest article on the subject published by Via Satellite, “Size of the Prize: How Will Edge Computing in Space Drive Value Creation?” Tune in to tomorrow's episode of T-Minus Deep Space for our full extended interview with Sita. You can follow Sita on LinkedIn and at Boston Consulting Group's website. Selected Reading UK's largest satellite testing facility in Oxfordshire welcomes first customers- Business Magazine Space Force commercial office to open new facility in Virginia- SpaceNews AT&T Files With FCC to Lease Spectrum to AST SpaceMobile- Via Satellite Rocket Lab Beats Guidance in Q1, Reporting $55M in Revenue- Via Satellite  Intuitive Machines prepares for first lunar mission, faces challenge to NASA contract win- TechCrunch Telesat eyes 2026 for first Lightspeed launches amid funding delays- SpaceNews   Images From NASA's Perseverance May Show Record of Wild Martian River- NASA Liftoff: Modi's space push for India counts on private players- Reuters  Chinese rocket scientists conducted frame-by-frame analysis of Starship launch- Interesting Engineering China's spaceplane conducted proximity and capture maneuvers with subsatellite, data suggests- SpaceNews How Satellite Prevented a War for Water- Via Satellite  Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon falls 68% in April, first major drop under Lula- Reuters Audience Survey We want to hear from you! Please complete our 4 question survey. It'll help us get better and deliver you the most mission-critical space intel every day. Want to hear your company in the show? You too can reach the most influential leaders and operators in the industry. Here's our media kit. Contact us at space@n2k.com to request more info. Want to join us for an interview? Please send your pitch to space-editor@n2k.com and include your name, affiliation, and topic proposal. T-Minus is a production of N2K Networks, your source for strategic workforce intelligence. © 2023 N2K Networks, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I had a trip to Costco with my son and what happened there made me think about Human Design and what it means to have defined centers versus open centers.If you have gone to go check out your Human Design, I've got a great guide to help you understand that, just click the link below.https://enneagramhumandesign.comSo, if you are an Enneagram fan and a Human Design fan, and heck a Costco fan too, stick around and find out what all of these have in common.Join Unbox University and start designing a business that lights you up!Support the showLearn more at powercoachjen.comIntegrating Enneagram + Human Design: a Guide for leading a Life + Business with Purposeenneagramhumandesign.comFollow Jen:IG: @powercoachjenYT: @powercoachjen

 Get ready for another episode of Between Both Cheeks, where your hosts Becca and Erin spill the tea on all things spa, beauty, and esthetics.This time around, we're talking about the wild world of esthetics trade shows. We're taking you behind the scenes to show you what it takes to make a splash in the industry. From prepping the perfect booth to networking with potential clients, we've got all the juicy deets.Oh, and we're also on the lookout for some "bryght babes" to join us at these events. If you're fluent in Spanish and have a passion for beauty, then you might just be the perfect fit. But be warned, you'll need to bring your A-game if you want to join our squad! Send your resume and cover letter to: careers@bryghtenup.comSo, come join us for some cheeky fun as we explore the esthetics trade show circuit. It's going to be a wild ride, and we can't wait to see you there!Find us in a city near you: https://bryghtenup.com/pages/eventsThe Deli in New York:  Lincoln Gourmet DeliSupport the show-----Buy us a coffee: https://paypal.me/WAXHRBARCANADA?locale.x=en_USStart Your Own Podcast for FREE With Buzzsprout Using Our Link and Get An Amazon Gift Card!! https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=739373Follow us on social media @betweenbothcheekspodcastEmail us at comments@betweenbothcheeks.com

How many emails do you get every day? It seems like I spend half my day in my email inbox. Thankfully, Gmail has some features that can actually save us time. Listen in to Episode 102 of Just One Simple Thing as I share my favorites.Welcome back to part 2 of our Time Saving Tools series! As I was preparing for this series, I did a poll on my Instagram stories asking which tools you'd like to learn more about. And would you believe ... Gmail was dead last!  Y'all are sleeping on Gmail. It has some built-in and add-on features that can save you tons of time. Let's talk about a few of my favorites. 1. Schedule Send- Allows you to pick a time in the future that your email will be sent. Very handy!2. Snooze- I can schedule them all to pop back to the top of my inbox later in the evening when I know I'll be able to read and respond. 3. Undo/Unsend-You may have noticed Gmail's Undo option flash by when you hit send, but the default only gives you five seconds to undo. Sorry, but at my age, my reflexes are not that fast! However, you can go to the settings and change the default to 30 seconds, which is more doable (or undoable!) for most of us.4. Templates-If you have emails with similar content that you send routinely, you can create a template of that email, then call up the template, adjust a few details, then send it off, instead of trying to re-type the whole thing.5. Snippets –Similar to Templates, Snippets allows you to quickly add commonly used text into an email.Our last two tips involve using folders and filtering to manage your inbox. If you listened to Episode 93 in the January Reset series, you know that I am not a big fan of having a lot of folders. However, there are a few things that are better kept all together and that's where labels, folders, and filters come in.6. Simple filtersThe first screen is where you tell it what you want to filter, either based on a from or to address, a word or phrase in the email, the size, etc. On the second screen, you select what you want to do with the filtered email. You can add a label, reply with a template, skip the inbox, and several other things.7. Filters with Alias emailIn a paid Gmail account, you can add up to 30 aliases for your main email address. Google recognizes the alias as the same email address and will put it in your inbox, unless you have a filter that says to put it somewhere else. However,if you have the free account, you can create aliases without any extra charges. Just add a plus sign to the first part of the email address, then a word after the plus ... like christa+subs@doanewthing.comSo those are my favorite Gmail time-saving tips, but if you search around, you will find tons of other ideas to automate and streamline your inbox.ACTION STEPPick just one of these tips and try it out.  Share your favorite tip on social media and tag me @doanewthing so I can be inspired by how you are using it. I hope you are enjoying this time-saving tools series. Do you have a friend who needs to save some time too? Be sure to share these episodes with her, so you both have more time for work AND play!RESOURCESVisit the episode page on my website for links to examples and tutorials for these tips.+++++++++++++++++++++++++++If you're frustrated because your business or ministry has you so overwhelmed, you may need an upgrade to your systems. Shannon Baker is just the person to help you. She assessed my business and found the gaps in my systems, suggested tools and tech to fix them, and created a prioritized plan of action. Visit Shannon here to schedule time and get a plan to improve your operations.

Episode 40 is a Must Listen!Introducing Dede (Dana) Pagitt and Mia Dorr!Two Best Friends navigating life, friendship and a successful business together. These two are absolutely beautiful inside and out. They share how they met, maintaining their friendship while navigating business and the new/exciting events and shows they are currently working on.Mia Dorr is an energetic and passionate performer with an unparalleled diversity. Mia balances her powerhouse vocals with her whispers, allowing her to bring out the story of every song and draw in the audience with her dynamic performance and stage presence. Mia has been a singer in the Twin Cities music scene for over 20 years. She performs several times a week. She began performing for LGBTQ folks at the Over the Rainbow Bar in Downtown St. Paul in 1997. Since then, she and her team at Premier Entertainment have appeared regularly at a number of local venues in the Twin Cities. “Twenty years ago, I was a singer, and then the LGBTQ community welcomed me with open arms. That changed my life, and now I am an entertainer. These years have taught me how a chosen family comes together to support each other and rally together during times of adversity. I feel very fortunate to be able to perform as often as we do, and it's because of the people who spend their time at our shows, some on a weekly basis, and some once a month or so, who give us the opportunity to entertain and do what we love the most. The past 20+ years have been the blessing of my life, and I get weepy just thinking about it".DeDe "Dana" Pagitt, who is Mia's show producer and manager takes song requests during the Mia Dorr Show and banters with the audience. “The music at our shows is reflective of people who are in the audience. Mia was once referred to as ‘a passionate and energetic performer with a repertoire of unparalleled diversity.' I love this description, because it describes her so succinctly. Our favorite music is what moves audience members, either physically in their chairs or in the memories in their minds, or stirs them in their souls. Those are the best ones!”.We had an absolute BLAST getting to laugh and talk about real life with these two. Dede shares amazing wisdom and advice that she uses daily for her own personal growth. Her outlook and humor will have you on the edge of your seat wanting more while laughing and realizing not to take life so seriously. The love and support these two best friends and entrepreneurs show each other is powerful. They remind us that communication is key in every relationship first, it's never too late to start over however that looks for you and to follow your dreams no matter what.MiaDorrSinger.comSo grab your favorite drink of choice and join us in laughing, reflecting and learning!Stay Twisted Beautiful People

I am so thrilled to invite Fiona Dawson onto the podcast today.  In this Table Talks episode, we will hear Fiona's story, talk about her fantastic book, and discuss some practical lessons I think we should all take to heart.  If you don't already know who "Auntie Fiona" is, she is an Emmy®-nominated and award-winning filmmaker. She is a proud bisexual, cisgender, immigrant woman from the LGBTQ+ community who uses media to advocate for equality. Following her Emmy®-nominated short New York Times op-doc "Transgender, at War and in Love," Fiona was honored by President Obama as an LGBT Artist Champion of Change and her feature documentary, TransMilitary, premiered at SXSW 2018 winning the Audience Award. Her acclaimed book, “Are Bisexuals Just Greedy? Animated Answers for All People Who Simply Want to Understand the Spectrum of Being LGBTQ+,” is a four times #1 bestseller on Amazon, and Fiona was on honoree on the Out100 2022: LGBTQ+ Titans of Media and Entertainment. Fiona's company, Free Lion Productions, produces "NOW with Fiona" multimedia content all centered on sharing positive LGBTQ+ stories of kindness and courage in the face of adversity. Fiona loves to build, speak, and produce to make good things happen. To connect with Fiona: www.nowwithfiona.comSo, grab that coffee, have a seat at my table, and let's chat on this Bible Talks episode of the Coffee with Keith podcast.Disclaimer: I am not a medical professional nor am I a licensed therapist.  If you need either of those services, please consult a local professional.To connect with me on Instagram, visit here.Join the "Coffee Club" Patreon group with just a $5 monthly gift.10 Questions you should ask yourself before coming out: Free Guide sheet.FREE Towardations to help with mindsetFree Support Group: Rainbow Champions Community The Queer Life: 1-on-1 Coaching for any season of lifeJumpstart Your Healing as a LGBTQIA+ Christian: 1-on-1 Coaching Coming Out as LGBTQ+: 1-on-1 CoachingBisexual Relationship Coaching (Couple)Although I limit the number of folks I work with individually each month, it still remains one of my favorite things I do. For over 30+ years I have worked with people either in person or online, helping them navigate the troubles of life, specifically around sexual identity and faith. With that in mind, I want to encourage you to check out the links in the show notes and see how you and I can work together. You can also visit www.JKeithBrown.com and look under coaching. There are three ways to support this podcast: 1) Give it a honest 5-star rating and review on whatever platform you use, 2) share the podcast with your friends, and 3) join our "Coffee Club" with just a $5 a month membership on Patreon. Thanks and blessings, Keith

Welcome to a Table Talks episode on the Coffee with Keith podcast.  Today, my guest is Cody Lee Aulidge who was born and raised in a small town just outside of Nashville, TN. He was raised in a lil ole southern Baptist church where Gospel music and “ole time religion” played an integral part in his upbringing. Being a “Mama's Boy”, he spent a lot of time around women. His best friends in grade school were always the girls, nurturing a feminine persona in him, causing a lot of bullying and them questioning his sexuality. He came out as gay early on in high school. But after he began attending a fundamentalist evangelical Pentecostal church, he ran back into the closet. He went on to travel and lead worship all over the southeast, California, and the British Virgin Islands with his Pentecostal Christian University's worship choir for seven semesters, traveling, leading worship, singing with various worship teams, interning at churches, and working in ministry in various capacities for 11 years. After making a big move across the country to help start a church, it was then time for Cody to come to terms with who God made him to be and now identifies as Pansexual. Cody lives in Wilmington, NC. He is working in real estate marketing and as a freelance health coach. He is involved in his community and has created an incredible group of affirming friends! He is pushing himself daily to learn more about theology and growing in his relationship with God. He is happy and knows that God loves him!To connect with Cody:www.codyleeaulidge.comcody.lee.aulidge@gmail.comSo, grab that coffee, have a seat at my table, and let's chat on this Bible Talks episode of the Coffee with Keith podcast.Disclaimer: I am not a medical professional nor am I a licensed therapist.  If you need either of those services, please consult a local professional.To connect with me on Instagram, visit here.Join the "Coffee Club" Patreon group with just a $5 monthly gift. (Cool extras in this membership)10 Questions you should ask yourself before coming out: Free Guide sheet.FREE Towardations to help with mindsetFree Support Group: Rainbow Champions Community Free: 7 Journal prompts for bisexualsTo visit my website and learn moreThe Queer Life: 1-on-1 Coaching for any season of lifeJumpstart Your Healing as a LGBTQIA+ Christian: 1-on-1 Coaching Although I limit the number of folks I work with individually each month, it still remains one of my favorite things I do. For over 30+ years I have worked with people either in person or online, helping them navigate the troubles of life, specifically around sexual identity and faith. With that in mind, I want to encourage you to check out the links in the show notes and see how you and I can work together. You can also visit www.JKeithBrown.com and look under coaching. This is gonna be a hoot. As a member of the "Coffee Club," you are going to gain access to private podcast episodes and a private FB group where we will be interacting and having fun. Come join my wife, Candace, and me as we spill the tea...or coffee in our case...and just have a great time doing. it. The low cost just helps with podcast expenses.

Week 36 update.This new years eve looked a whole lot different for me! I decided after trying to stay out at a nightclub watching a friend DJ, that I couldn't last until 12 so I went home and did what I wanted which was to chill and be present with my partner to bring in the New Year. And let me tell you it might have been one of my favorites yet!To learn about sponsoring Good Humans Podcast please send me an email - cooper@thegoodhumanfactory.comSo stoked with the new Gravity Seltzer non-alc range, 4 new flavors coming this week! Use code COOP15 for 15% off and check them out! www.gravityseltzer.com/Use code PODCAST for 25% off GOOD HUMAN FACTORY Merch - www.thegoodhumanfactory.com/collections/allCooper's SocialsINSTAGRAM - www.instagram.com/cooperchapman/?hl=enTIK TOK - www.tiktok.com/@cooperchapman_?lang=enThe Good Human FactoryINSTAGRAM - www.instagram.com/thegoodhumanfactory/?hl=enWebsite - www.thegoodhumanfactory.com/Enquire about a workshop - https://www.thegoodhumanfactory.com/pages/workshopsTHE GOOD HUMAN FACTORY™️ 2020 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

wealthandrichestraining.comSo 2022 is coming to an end! How are you doing with your game plan for this year!2023 is designed to be an abundance year through proper manifestation! You control the outcome!Frustrated with Marriage or relationship - FIX IT!Frustrated with income or finances - FIX IT!Frustrated with job - FIX IT!Remember the power of 3 - The Grind, The Build, The Reward!Join us on this episode for some insights to kick 2023 off!

Assistant Principal Podcast Content Episode OutlineShow title and release date:Show Description:"Those sessions do nothing for me" This was a quote from a teacher about some PD and it was shared by an admin seeking feedback on a social media site. More specifically, the teacher was commenting on a mandatory PD session. The situation and large amount of often conflicting advice got me to thinking. Are there a couple of core principles that should drive professional development? Show IntroHello colleagues and welcome to the Assistant Principal Podcast. I'm your host Frederick Buskey. The goal of this podcast is to help improve the life and leadership of assistant principals. This is a content-focused episode in which we take on the issue of professional development. Today's content will stand on its own, but we will take a deeper dive into the topic in an upcoming issue of Quadrant2. Quadrant2 is our free bi-monthly micro-journal. Each issue focuses on one specific topic and provides the nuts and bolts for applying that idea in your school. You can find a link to subscribe to Quadrant2 at my website at frederickbuskey.com/quadrant2.Celebrations:As I began thinking about what celebration to share, my first though was that it has been a grueling six weeks and I've been sick the past 10 days. In terms of achievements, I don't feel like there is a lot to cheer about. But I do control my own attitude and that alone is worth celebrating. If you listened to last week's Five for Friday you heard me talk about my friend Steve and what he said about attitude: Bird quoteSo that's what I'm celebrating, the power we have to choose. And that is enough to get me out of my little puddle and celebrate something else – that we are together! It's a privilege to be able to share with you and to have an opportunity to help you live and lead better.The Big IdeaI'm going to talk about all PD today, and by all I mean about 90% of it. There will always (90% of the time) be exceptions, so please don't get hung up on them. I'm using all because it flows and sounds better than most.  So here are my guiding principles for all PD for teachers: All PD should help teachers to overcome specific challenges they are facing Teachers should determine the focus of their own PD All PD should provide immediate value The role of the IC, P, and AP are to help each teacher meet that teacher's PD goals Before going deeper, let's define teacher professional development: Teacher PD consists of an intentional effort to develop or increase knowledge, skills, and/or dispositions to improve student outcomes. PD comes in five basic forms: Internal group led by a school or district employee External group led by a consultant or other external agent Mentoring and peer networks Coaching and support from instructional leaders Self-reflection and individual initiative All of these are valid forms of professional development.Okay, let's break this down. All PD should help teachers to overcome specific challenges they are facing Teaching is incredibly complex, and teachers will always have many things to improve on The three most precious resources in school are: people, time, and attention. When there is so much to learn and so little time and attention, why would we ever waste professional development opportunities? By waste I mean not making them applicable to a teacher's specific situation and need. Teachers should determine the focus of their own PD (Dr. P story) We aren't good at determining what's most important Teacher choice leads to teacher commitment Establishes the partnership relationship Success begets success All PD should provide immediate value PD that helps a teacher experience immediate improvement in an area that is important to them is golden. Instant wins lead to more wins, and to engaging in more and more meaningful PD The role of the IC, P, and AP are to help each teacher meet that teacher's PD goals Essentially, we are partners in teacher growth.  When we follow the other principles, we become trusted partners As trusted partners we can provide critical feedback and ask powerful questions that help teachers transform Summarizing (The big takeaway)The approach to PD that I have laid out has implications for how we structure our school, especially our instructional leadership team. We can't meet the needs of individual teachers without aligning our work to that end.This all feeds into the flywheel concept: Provide meaningful PD to teachers Follow up PD with targeted observations to determine fidelity of implementation Use observation data to work with the teachers to plan the next PD steps Do this over and over again This is my passion; this is what I would love to help you do – set up a flywheel in your school. Yes, there are lots of barriers and challenges, but there are also simple things we can do to get started. The flywheel can be built on a small scale, step-by-step, with a minimal initial investment of time and energy.For example, the first step is to set a specific time for a weekly instructional leadership team meeting. That is all – just set a time to meet every week as an instructional leadership team!The second step is to adopt a structured agenda that places teacher development at the center of the meeting. If you have been a Quadrant2 subscriber since the beginning then you already have a template from Issue 1 which focused on the instructional leadership team. If you weren't or aren't a subscriber you can request a copy of issue 1 from me by emailing me at frederick@frederickbuskey.comSo, recapping the big idea from today: All PD should help teachers to overcome specific challenges they are facing Teachers should determine the focus of their own PD All PD should provide immediate value The role of the IC, P, and AP are to help each teacher meet that teacher's PD goals This is doable by incrementally building your flywheel That wraps up today's content focused episode. If you enjoyed today's show, please subscribe and rate this podcast.You can ask questions, make requests and give us feedback at frederick@frederickbuskey.com. If you'd like more content tailored towards the needs of assistant principals, you can head over to my website at frederickbuskey.com.That wraps up today's show! I'm Frederick Buskey and I hope you'll join me next time for the Assistant Principal Podcast. 

www.bigsexychat.comThis episode begins with a discussion between Merf and me about the movie  "The Whale.Merf and I share our takes on Brendan, the dreaded "fat suit" and all of the fat phobia that comes up for both of us thanks to this horrific movie. Be sure to sign up for our newsletter to enter our giveaway for a liberatorsex blanket.  www.Liberator.comSo grateful to Ryan of All Lubed Up And Nowhere To Go.Fun conversations with Ryan about sex toy innovations like the BallDo, a toy for testicles. We discuss lube and the FDA with Ryan. And, Ryan also taught us a big about Fedora Fabrications who makes industrial (and beautiful) kink furniture that works for fat bodies, too!  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNxjCBl3tbP7vKn0rE8qO5whttps://www.fedorafabrications.com/If you write a review on our website or the others, we will give you 5 extraentries into the giveaway.You can find out podcast on ALL of the places you listen to your favorite podcasts. Find us on Facebook, Instagram, and other places at @bigsexychatand on Twitter, we are @bigsexychatpodSupport the show

Welcome back to THS! This episode has been prerecorded as we're shut for the summer but the show will be coming back soon for spooky season. This is a little way to… test the waters. Today we are going to be continuing on with our haunted states series, so far we have covered all the creepy happenings going on in sweet home Alabama. Now today we're heading on over to sunny Arkansas to find some of the scariest stories. If you enjoy the show and listen each week I simply cannot thank you enough for supporting me in what I do. You are the reason that I do this show and enjoy it each and every week. If you could do one thing to help out the show that would be to leave a review on Apple Podcasts. It really helps the algorithm there to find more like-minded individuals to hopefully join the show and this amazing community we have growing.  Or if you have friends who love a good ghost story share it with them and see if they'd like to be part of the show!The Patreon has now been shut down! But don't worry if you're feeling generous and want to help out in a way or drop a tip, the buy me a coffee page is linked here.Let me know what you guys think, any suggestions for future episodes or any feedback will be greatly appreciated. Just come and drop us a message on our socials.Instagram Facebook TwitterOr email us over at thathauntedshow@gmail.comSo grab a drink, sit back, relax while we try to explain the unexplained...Stay spookyGoodnightSupport the show

On this so-so episode of Audio Judo, Matthew and Kyle talk about Peter Gabriel's 1986 album "So."So you really want to see what we look like while we record? Check out select episodes on our YouTube, you weirdo:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCO8oo8oZkSLUqOuiiw8hD7QSo you like what you hear (and see) and want to support the podcast, you can become a Patreon supporter for as little as $1/month:https://www.patreon.com/audiojudoSo you can also buy some swag with our logo on it:https://www.teepublic.com/user/audio-judo-podcastSo as always, let us know what you think by emailing info(at)audiojudo(dot)com.Website: https://www.audiojudo.comSo get in touch on social media:Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/audiojudoTwitter: @audiojudoInstagram: @audio_judoSo we are proud members of the Pantheon Podcast Network. If you like our show check out other music related podcasts at https://www.pantheonpodcasts.comSo episode info and notes updated June 15, 2022.

On this so-so episode of Audio Judo, Matthew and Kyle talk about Peter Gabriel's 1986 album "So."So you really want to see what we look like while we record? Check out select episodes on our YouTube, you weirdo:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCO8oo8oZkSLUqOuiiw8hD7QSo you like what you hear (and see) and want to support the podcast, you can become a Patreon supporter for as little as $1/month:https://www.patreon.com/audiojudoSo you can also buy some swag with our logo on it:https://www.teepublic.com/user/audio-judo-podcastSo as always, let us know what you think by emailing info(at)audiojudo(dot)com.Website: https://www.audiojudo.comSo get in touch on social media:Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/audiojudoTwitter: @audiojudoInstagram: @audio_judoSo we are proud members of the Pantheon Podcast Network. If you like our show check out other music related podcasts at https://www.pantheonpodcasts.comSo episode info and notes updated June 15, 2022.

On this so-so episode of Audio Judo, Matthew and Kyle talk about Peter Gabriel's 1986 album "So."So you really want to see what we look like while we record? Check out select episodes on our YouTube, you weirdo:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCO8oo8oZkSLUqOuiiw8hD7QSo you like what you hear (and see) and want to support the podcast, you can become a Patreon supporter for as little as $1/month:https://www.patreon.com/audiojudoSo you can also buy some swag with our logo on it:https://www.teepublic.com/user/audio-judo-podcastSo as always, let us know what you think by emailing info(at)audiojudo(dot)com.Website: https://www.audiojudo.comSo get in touch on social media:Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/audiojudoTwitter: @audiojudoInstagram: @audio_judoSo we are proud members of the Pantheon Podcast Network. If you like our show check out other music related podcasts at https://www.pantheonpodcasts.comSo episode info and notes updated June 15, 2022.

We live in a distracted society, full stop.With our attention span being at that of a goldfish, it's no wonder there studies galore about how our focus and productivity is being demolished by the day. Consider these statistics:Carleton University surveyed 1,500 people in six organisations and found that, on average, they worked 47.2 hours a week and spent 17 of those hours on email.Email interruptions increase employees time on tasks by one-third.The average office worker is productive for only three hours a day.36% of Millennials and Gen Z admit to spending two hours or more checking their smartphones at work.Source: Sereneapp.comSo, if you're a motivated, goal-achieving person, how do you battle these odds? Simple, starve your distractions and feed your focus.In this episode, I share some top tips on how to reduce (or eliminate) distractions from your day to strengthen your focus, energy, and productivity. All of these tips provide instants lifts and cost nothing to implement.

Welcome back everyone! First I would like you all to know how thankful I am that you are sharing your time with me each and every week and I hope I am giving you as much value as possible week in and week out. This week is no different, this is the completion of the conversation I started with you all last week.Do you want to achieve unstoppable success in life, unstoppable wealth, have a fat ass bank account, cash coming in every single month?  Hit me up, you can invest with Billy!  To learn more head over to https://billyalvaro.comSo here is a recap of last week and the first 6 principles that we went over;Desire, you have to have a burning desire in what you want to achieve on the daily you have to believe and have a burning desire to get yourself out of bed and start making shit happen. Belief, you have to have belief in faith that you can do it.  Positive self talk in your head. I can't stress how important this is.Specialist not a generalist. Visualize success,  I can visualize myself and just about anything I want to do have it become I see it in my head first. MFA, massive fucking action and getting what you want to do.  Sometimes it's almost impossible to take MFA because you might be in a world of shit, you might be going through some really trying times you might have the world, the weight of the world on your shoulders. And because of that, getting up and trying to take MFA on a daily basis just isn't gonna happen. So you have to start off with small consistent wins. Small consistent wins could just be getting out of bed taking a freaking shower or It could be making one phone call. Now that you are caught up from last week tune in for today's episode and here the rest of these 12 steps!Let's work on your VISION, EXECUTION & MINDSET to help you have massive success in your real estate venture!Thank you all for listening and I will see you on the next episode.When you're ready, head on over tohttps://billyalvaro.comhttps://billyssecrets.comTo get some neat (and FREE) Tools | Tips | Tricks to help you in REI!

Welcome back to THS! Today we are going to be continuing on with our haunted states series, so far we have covered all the creepy happenings going on in sweet home Alabama. Now today we're heading on over to sunny Arizona to find some of the scariest stories. If you enjoy the show and listen each week I simply cannot thank you enough for supporting me in what I do. You are the reason that I do this show and enjoy it each and every week. If you could do one thing to help out the show that would be to leave a review on Apple Podcasts. It really helps the algorithm there to find more like-minded individuals to hopefully join the show and this amazing community we have growing.  Or if you have friends who love a good ghost story share it with them and see if they'd like to be part of the show!The Patreon has now been shut down! But don't worry if you're feeling generous and want to help out in a way or drop a tip, the buy me a coffee page is linked here.Let me know what you guys think, any suggestions for future episodes or any feedback will be greatly appreciated. Just come and drop us a message on our socials.Instagram Facebook TwitterOr email us over at thathauntedshow@gmail.comSo grab a drink, sit back, relax while we try to explain the unexplained...Stay spookyGoodnightBuzzsprout - Let's get your podcast launched! Start for FREEOfficial Merch Store This is the only official That Haunted Show merch store! Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the show

Welcome back to THS! Today we are going to be continuing on with our haunted states series, so far we have covered all the creepy happenings going on in sweet home Alabama. Now today we're moving north, we're heading over to Alaska to find some of the scariest stories coming out of The Last Frontier.  If you enjoy the show and listen each week I simply cannot thank you enough for supporting me in what I do. You are the reason that I do this show and enjoy it each and every week. If you could do one thing to help out the show that would be to leave a review on Apple Podcasts. It really helps the algorithm there to find more like-minded individuals to hopefully join the show and this amazing community we have growing.  Or if you have friends who love a good ghost story share it with them and see if they'd like to be part of the show!The Patreon has now been shut down! But don't worry if you're feeling generous and want to help out in a way or drop a tip, the buy me a coffee page is linked here.Let me know what you guys think, any suggestions for future episodes or any feedback will be greatly appreciated. Just come and drop us a message on our socials.Instagram Facebook TwitterOr email us over at thathauntedshow@gmail.comSo grab a drink, sit back, relax while we try to explain the unexplained...Stay spookyGoodnightBuzzsprout - Let's get your podcast launched! Start for FREEOfficial Merch Store This is the only official That Haunted Show merch store! Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the show

Welcome back to THS! It's been a long time since I've been here, I've missed it a lot. But I'm back, things are all good and on track. I have a new studio that is good to go, new editing software and things are looking good. So in todays episode it is going to be the start of a new series going through state by state of haunted happenings in America. First of all we are going to be starting with Alabama. I hope you enjoy the episode and I'll see you on the other side!  If you enjoy the show and listen each week I simply cannot thank you enough for supporting me in what I do. You are the reason that I do this show and enjoy it each and every week. If you could do one thing to help out the show that would be to leave a review on Apple Podcasts. It really helps the algorithm there to find more like-minded individuals to hopefully join the show and this amazing community we have growing.  Or if you have friends who love a good ghost story share it with them and see if they'd like to be part of the show!The Patreon has now been shut down! But don't worry if you're feeling generous and want to help out in a way or drop a tip, the buy me a coffee page is linked here.Let me know what you guys think, any suggestions for future episodes or any feedback will be greatly appreciated. Just come and drop us a message on our socials.Instagram Facebook TwitterOr email us over at thathauntedshow@gmail.comSo grab a drink, sit back, relax while we try to explain the unexplained...Stay spookyGoodnightBuzzsprout - Let's get your podcast launched! Start for FREEOfficial Merch Store This is the only official That Haunted Show merch store! Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the show

Dr. Sabine Hazan, MD is an internally recognized gastroenterologist in Southern CaliforniaIf you want to have a blast and learn from this renowned Doctor and Author of the best selling book, "Lets Talk Sh!t: Disease, Digestion and fecal transplants, Then this episode is for you!Dr. Sabine Hazan is a firm believer that disease can only be understood through precision medicine by focusing on the individual and the changes that happen within. Much like each person has a unique fingerprint, no two people have the same Microbiome.She also believes in the importance of assessing disease by looking at family. Her overall goal is to understand the microbes that allow us to function, from those we are born with to those that will decompose us when we pass on.  http://www.letstalkshit.org http://progenabiome.comSo much knowledge that can help everyone