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In this episode of Blocks, Neal Brennan sits down with comedian Gianmarco Soresi to discuss the unconventional path that led him to standup. They dive into his childhood experiences with divorce, his short-lived dreams of becoming a professional singer and actor, and the deep-seated desire for "glory" that keeps him on stage. Gianmarco also opens up about his relationship with his parents, his thoughts on depression and Adderall, and how he's learning to find balance between his workaholic nature and his personal life. ---------------------------------------------------------- 00:00 - Intro 01:03 - Comedic Wardrobe & Authenticity 03:05 - Rebelling Against His Father 04:59 - His Parents' Divorce 06:11 - Understanding the Nature of Cheating 09:03 - The "Fake" Wedding Priest 10:44 - Choosing Transparency Over Chaos 11:59 - Trying Drugs in His 30s 12:51 - The Acid Trip Epiphany 14:00 - Sponsor: Ultra Focus Pouches 15:58 - The Impact of a Restless Childhood 18:27 - Living with a Stepdad "Antagonist" 20:13 - The Prince of the Weekend 23:31 - Disrupting the Family Narrative 26:10 - The Fallout of a Family Legal Battle 29:24 - Losing the Spotlight at Home 31:32 - Sponsor: Square 34:17 - Sponsor: Quince 36:48 - From Theater Kid to Unathletic Adult 38:47 - The Desire to be Witnessed 39:19 - Using Adderall to Feel "Alive" 41:35 - Fighting the "Lead Vest" of Depression 44:31 - Finding Happiness Outside of Achievement 46:21 - On Theater and Heterosexuality 48:11 - The Pursuit of Glory 51:24 - The Brutal Reality for Dancers 54:11 - Bob Fosse and the Addiction to Showbiz 55:56 - Sponsor: Perplexity 59:30 - Sponsor: CookUnity 1:02:46 - The Workaholic Gene 1:04:06 - Developing New Show Concepts 1:05:08 - How Gianmarco Wants to Die 1:06:16 - The Struggle of Obsessive Practice 1:08:40 - When Music Overwhelms the Mind 1:09:32 - The Cost of Broadway and Theater Culture 1:12:09 - Failing into Standup 1:15:50 - Faking Intellect vs. Perspective 1:18:55 - Watching Art Without Self-Loathing 1:21:27 - Final Thoughts ---------------------------------------------------------- Follow Neal Brennan: https://www.instagram.com/nealbrennan https://twitter.com/nealbrennan https://www.tiktok.com/@mrnealbrennan Watch Neal Brennan: Crazy Good on Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/title/81728557 Watch Neal Brennan: Blocks on Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/title/81036234 Theme music by Electric Guest (unreleased). Edited by Will Hagle ---------------------------------------------------------- Sponsors: Don't sleep on  ⁨@UltraPouches⁩  . New customers get 15% Off with code NEAL at https://www.takeultra.com ! #UltraPouches #ad Get up to $200 off Square hardware when you sign up at https://www.square.com/go/neal #squarepod Download the Quince app or go to https://www.quince.com/NEAL for free shipping & 365-day returns.Start your free trial of Perplexity Computer today at https://pplx.ai/blocks and experience the next phase of AI #ad Go to https://www.cookunity.com/NEAL or enter code NEAL before checkout for 50% off your first order.#GianmarcoSoresi #NealBrennan Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I'm in Atlanta for Dragon Con, and normally that would give me a chance to see what the campaigns are putting on television. But I don't expect to see many political ads while I'm in the Peach State, because Georgia's Senate race wasn't supposed to look like this. It was supposed to be Brian Kemp against Jon Ossoff — a heavyweight fight if there ever was one. But Kemp didn't run; Mike Collins won the Republican primary, and plenty of Georgia Republicans really, really hate him. Ossoff has made himself more palatable and taken enough tough votes to argue that he'll side with Georgia when his party doesn't. I've been an Ossoff skeptic, but right now you can't argue with it. I think this race is a wrap.Republicans have two exceptionally weak Senate challengers in states where they should perform well: Collins in Georgia and Michael Whatley in North Carolina. I'll eat the L on Whatley because I thought he'd do better. I expected the environment to be bad for Republicans, but we've reached the point where nobody not named Donald Trump feels comfortable telling voters how awesome everything is. Trump's secret is that you always say it's awesome. Sometimes people believe you, sometimes they don't, but you can't have a parade unless somebody leads it. In Georgia, I think this race is wrapped. Ossoff will remain a senator.Politics Politics Politics is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.Meanwhile, a federal judge has blocked Trump's latest attempt to narrow birthright citizenship. The revised order targeted alleged birth tourism, certain foreign-government employees, and people designated as alien enemies, but Judge Deborah Boardman said those categories barely resembled the exceptions previously recognized by the Supreme Court and found the order almost certainly unconstitutional. This is the Trump 2.0 philosophy: Get shots up. Push, push, push. Make judges knock it down, take it to the Supreme Court, and make the justices rule.I've tried to interrogate why I don't get as angry or worried about every one of these moves as other people do. Part of it is that there are so many of them, and I need to see how they rattle around before developing an emotional opinion. I'm willing to accept the criticism that I'm whistling while Rome burns, or while an arsonist fiddles with a matchbook. But the alternative is becoming a herky-jerky psychopath whose emotions are entirely controlled by the Trump administration. They decide when you're mad, sad, or happy because everything depends on their latest action. I don't want that, either.Finally, Hakeem Jeffries also got another preview of life with a narrow Democratic majority after Jared Golden and Marie Gluesenkamp Perez rescued a Republican procedural vote without warning him. Jeffries and Democratic leaders called it a serious breach of trust and sent the matter to a caucus committee, triggering backlash from progressives and centrists worried about uneven punishment and loyalty rules. If Democrats win a WINO majority — fewer than 15 seats — this will be Jeffries' life. Be careful what you wish for, Speaker Jeffries.Chapters00:00:00 - Intro00:01:45 - Georgia00:06:27 - Midterms with Bill Scher00:32:07 - Update00:34:33 - House of Representatives00:36:06 - Birthright Citizenship00:39:18 - Hakeem Jeffries00:40:46 - Midterms with Bill Scher, con't01:03:44 - Wrap-up This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.politicspoliticspolitics.com/subscribe

You can eat well, exercise consistently, and sleep seven hours a night. And still spend your entire day physiologically rushing. In this episode I make the case that chronic hurry has a real and measurable health cost that most of us are completely underestimating. When the nervous system is in a constant low-grade state of urgency, it affects digestion, immune function, sleep quality, cognitive performance, and the ability to feel present in your own life. I also explore what I think is the deeper cost of hurry: the life we miss while moving too fast to experience it. The conversations that deserved more presence. The meals that became things to get through. The moments that passed without ever actually landing. Slowing down is not laziness. It is a physiological necessity and a prerequisite for a life that actually feels like yours. Ready to go deeper? Grab my book, The Consistency Code: A Midlife Woman's Guide to Deep Health and Happiness, at https://theconsistencycode.com   #GraceAndGrit #ChronicHurry #MidlifeWomen #NervousSystem #StressHealth #WomensWellness #DeepHealth #Presence #IntentionalLiving #MidlifeHealth

Glen "Big Baby" Davis grew up with a love for theater, got drafted to the NBA, won a championship with the Boston Celtics, had his career ended by injury, navigated the struggles of life after the league, made decisions that produced a federal indictment, went to prison — riding Con Air, surviving the specific realities of federal institutional life, and collecting the stories most people never get to hear — and is finally sitting down for his first interview since being released to tell the complete truth about everything. _____________________________________________ #prison #truecrimestories #prisonstories #NBA #bostonceltics _____________________________________________ Thank you to CASH APP for sponsoring this episode:  Download Cash App Today: https://click.cash.app/ui6m/6pao71et #CashAppPod Cash App is a financial services platform, not a bank. Banking services provided by Cash App's bank partner(s). Prepaid debit cards issued by Sutton Bank, Member FDIC. 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Visit cash.app/legal/podcast for full disclosures. _____________________________________________ Hosted, Executive Produced & Edited By Ian Bick: https://www.instagram.com/ian_bick/?hl=en https://ianbick.com/ _____________________________________________ Timestamps: 00:00 Intake: The Weirdest Strip Search 00:36 From NBA Champion to Federal Prison 01:02 Landing the Role on Power 03:17 Growing Up in Baton Rouge 04:40 Forced into Sports vs. Theater Passion 05:23 The Origin of 'Big Baby' 06:33 Teenage Curiosity and Escaping the Streets 08:25 Realizing the NBA Dream 10:20 College Years: LSU and Full Sail 12:56 The Hidden Side of Big Baby 13:27 Drafted to the Celtics: Championship Run 15:18 Timing, Fate, and the Celtics-Lakers Rivalry 16:35 Life After the Celtics: Orlando and Clippers 17:10 The Fake Car Accident Story 18:51 Staying Away from Trouble at the Peak 20:33 Survivor's Guilt and Keeping Boundaries 21:44 Athletes Losing Identity After Sports 23:20 Planning for Life After Basketball 25:54 Rebuilding Finances: Cash App Green 28:16 Financial Mistakes and Lack of a Plan 29:25 Going Back to School for Acting 30:44 Would the Injury Have Prevented Prison? 31:50 The Fraud Scheme Explained 34:38 Discovering the Federal Investigation 36:18 The Timeline and Lack of Concern 37:02 Why He Didn't Reach Out to Co-Conspirators 38:40 Arrested and the Media Firestorm 40:02 Disproportionate Punishment: $80K Restitution 41:35 Others Who Got Away: Tony Allen, Matt Barnes 43:36 Dealing with Public Scrutiny and Betrayal 45:46 Losing Relationships and Reputation 46:35 Pre-Trial Release and the Decision to Go to Trial 47:38 Why the Jury Convicted Him 49:30 The Verdict: Feeling Helpless 51:02 Aftermath: Cut Off and Shunned 51:50 NBA Treatment and the Cloud Over Him 53:09 Sentencing: Four Years for $40K 56:34 Preparing for Prison and Self-Surrender 57:20 First Day: The Drive to Duth 59:49 Intake: The Booty Hole Jump 01:00:17 The Guard Knew Who He Was 01:00:33 The Ride with the Girl 01:01:00 Building 7: The Horrible First Housing 01:01:44 Prison Welcome and Getting a Phone 01:03:38 Smuggling Phones and the Cost 01:04:16 First Prison Meals and Holiday Food 01:05:29 Commissary Favorites: Nachos and Crack Bars 01:06:36 Mackerel as Currency and the Laundry Business 01:08:50 Roommate Steve McBee 01:09:43 Smuggled Food and Best Dishes 01:10:56 Case Managers and the Halfway House Struggle 01:12:33 Halfway Houses: Worse Than Prison 01:13:00 Rehabilitation and Recidivism 01:14:06 Why He Got Transferred from Duth 01:15:19 Watching Power in Prison 01:16:34 Getting Caught with Contraband 01:19:22 Solitary Confinement: The Horror 01:21:02 Reflecting on Mistakes in Solitary 01:21:20 Con Air: The Ride and the Chaos 01:23:58 Arriving at Terra Haute 01:25:03 The Journey to Yankton 01:26:36 Terra Haute: The Transfer Experience 01:28:14 Oklahoma City: The Hellhole with K2 01:30:05 Encounters with Gang Members and Murderers 01:32:43 The Constant Strip Searches 01:33:18 The Month-Long Transfer Process 01:33:57 Yankton: A Camp Run Like a Low 01:35:36 Sports and Gambling in Prison 01:38:20 Inmate Treatment and Photos 01:39:02 Celebrity Support and Power Cast Relations 01:40:11 Total Time Served and Release 01:40:51 Getting Out: The Halfway House 01:41:21 Home Confinement: The Ankle Monitor 01:42:47 Working at Hidden Empire Films 01:43:28 Reaching Out After Release 01:44:38 Current State: At Peace and Moving Forward 01:45:56 Restitution: Still Paying for His Own Money 01:46:46 Probation and Public Reception 01:48:54 Advice to Younger Self 01:49:41 Final Thoughts and Future Plans _____________________________________________ To advertise on the show, contact sales@advertisecast.com or visit https://advertising.libsyn.com/LockedInWithIanBicka

Mick sits down with licensed therapist, mental health advocate and author Kier Gaines for a direct conversation about emotional honesty, uncomfortable truths and the courage to begin. Kier explains why saying "you hurt my feelings" can be an act of strength, especially for men who have been conditioned to hide emotion. He and Mick unpack avoidance, awareness, curiosity, boundaries, professional value and why credentials still matter in a culture that often rewards visibility over expertise. Kier also shares the barber shop conversation that helped him recognize his mind as a valuable tool for change. He explains why his book, It All Starts When You Do, rejects shallow positivity and invites readers into the real work of self-healing. This conversation is honest, practical and deeply human. It is about telling the truth, protecting what matters and taking the first step before you feel completely ready. IN THIS EPISODE • Why emotional honesty is a form of authority, not weakness • How to move beyond surface-level wellness • Why awareness and curiosity are the first two steps toward change • The connection between boundaries, business and self-respect • Why credentials create accountability, safety and protection • How attention and notoriety can weaken integrity • The barber shop conversation that changed Kier's view of his work • Why "walking away from what does not serve you" can become avoidance • The meaning of an authentic and consistent legacy MICK'S BOOK OFFER As discussed in the episode, the first 20 people who message Mick with the words "I'm starting" will receive a copy of It All Starts When You Do, purchased by Mick. Available while the offer remains open and supplies last. CHAPTERS 00:00 The Attention Economy and Integrity 00:24 Meet Kier Gaines 01:00 Saying "You Hurt My Feelings" 04:46 The Because: Because Why Not? 07:01 Why Surface-Level Wellness Is Not Enough 10:14 It All Starts When You Do 14:12 Two Ways to Start Healing 18:15 Boundaries, Business and the Cost of Free 23:53 Hot Takes: Credentials, Safety and Anti-Intellectualism 34:13 The Room: A Barber Shop Conversation That Changed Everything 37:43 The Book, the Podcast and Mick's Offer 40:15 The Unplugged Five 44:03 Legacy, Authenticity and Kept Promises 46:00 Closing Connect & Discover Kier: Instagram: @kiergaines Instagram: @learnedthehardwaypod LinkedIn: @kiergaines   Podcast: Learned the Hard Way with Kier Gaines Facebook: @kiergaines TikTok: @kiergaines Book: It All Starts When You Do Threads: @kiergaines FOLLOW MICK ON: Spotify: MickUnplugged Instagram: @mickunplugged  Facebook: @mickunpluggedYouTube:  @MickUnpluggedPodcast  LinkedIn: @mickhunt  Website:  MickHuntOfficial.com Website: howtobeagoodleader.com Website: Leadloudseries.com Apple: MickUnplugged

Preseason is over, the 53-man roster is set, and Scott Gulbransen says the last 72 hours have proven one thing: with this front office, "final roster" is a relative term. He starts with the move he thinks matters most — a waiver claim that cost the Raiders zero draft capital. Las Vegas held the league's first waiver priority coming out of cutdowns and used their only claim on cornerback Derrell Luter Jr., plucked off the 49ers. Scott breaks down why it's bigger than it looked: Luter allowed just 1.8 yards after the catch per reception when targeted last season, second-best among defenders with 20-plus targets, and what the pick signals about how this front office is building the roster. From there, Scott connects a cluster of related moves — Segun Olubi re-signed for special teams, Dante Thornton Jr. landing on IR for at least four games, Cody White added to the practice squad, and the Jordan Meredith trade, where a backup interior lineman turned into a 2027 sixth-round pick. Then the debate: the Raiders kept three quarterbacks, including Aidan O'Connell behind Kirk Cousins and rookie Fernando Mendoza, and Scott makes the case for and against keeping him instead of shopping him elsewhere. In the back half, Scott shifts to the injuries that will actually decide Week 1 — Keyron Crawford's season-ending ankle injury, and a full update on Ashton Jeanty's ankle, including what it means for Mike Washington Jr. and the wide receiver room Scott says still isn't finished. Fantasy analyst Joe Pisapia of Fandom NFL then joins to talk Jeanty and Mendoza's draft value, Brock Bowers, and late-round sleepers, before a listener video from Tariq in Texas closes the show. Check out Joe's show on YouTube for a fantasy edge: https://www.youtube.com/@FandomNFL Also, FandomNFL on BLEAV: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fandom-nfl-w-joe-pisapia/id6796010118 BE PART OF THE SHOW Call or text: 702-907-8697 (confirm exact digits before publishing — rendered inconsistently in source audio) Email your video or comment: mail@silverandblacktoday.com Find us on YouTube, X, Facebook, TikTok and Spotify: search Silver and Black Today Silver and Black Today is part of BLEAV. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

The "supersized" El Niño weather system is hitting the global economy, with cocoa farmers in Ecuador already seeing prices for their products fall.As the Panama Canal operator limits the number of vessels passing through the waterway, we ask what further trade shocks are to come.And US basketball team the Los Angeles Clippers has been hit with a record $30 million fine by the National Basketball Association for violating salary rules. What will it mean for the team and for the game?Photo: Reuters/Enea Lebrun

Send us Fan MailWaiting to feel like it is quietly costing you your life. Bianca and Emilia break down why the belief that motivation has to arrive before you take action is one of the most damaging stories keeping people stuck, using a full gallon jug and a hand full of marbles to make the cost of "waiting" impossible to ignore.In this episode, we unpack why waiting to feel like it is actually a perception problem wearing a feelings costume, why every minute spent waiting for motivation is a minute of your life you don't get back, and why identity, not inspiration, is what actually drives consistent behavior. Emilia and Bianca walk through why "fake it till you make it" is bullshit, what actually builds the kind of person who shows up anyway, and the one question to ask yourself about the cost of staying the same.Here's a related episode that builds on today's conversation: #526 How Self-Disciplined Are You, Really? -https://open.spotify.com/episode/4XQm929yZSO34JXGr9mrzz?si=hSfEKWP1R1afIZAunXaVWg Learn more about:

Text Kristen your thoughts or feedback about the showApparently, I actually did retire this summer!Back in June, I gave myself permission to do less. What I didn't anticipate was just how quiet my business would become—or how uncomfortable I would feel when an intentionally slower summer included an entire month without client work.In this solo episode, I'm reporting back on what happened, what kept going and what I learned along the way.Spoiler alert: I didn't grow my business in the traditional sense this summer. But the podcast continued, my weekly emails went out and my systems kept the business running without requiring my constant attention.More importantly, I got to live the kind of summer my modern fairytale was supposed to make room for.ICYMI: This episode is a direct follow-up to the pre-summer share in Episode 153: The Cost of Keeping Everything in Your Head.Want a little note from me in your inbox every Thursday? Sign up for my weekly newsletter.

Thanks to our partners Promotive, WickedFile, Maverick Shop Owners, and OverdryveAre you accidentally paying taxes on money you're never actually going to collect? Could the way you're deleting a bad ticket in your shop management software be costing you more than the deadbeat customer ever did?This week's episode started as a text message. Hunt Demarest, CPA with Paar Melis & Associates, answers a question from fellow podcaster Chris Cotton of AutoFix Shop Coaching and The Weekly Blitz: how should shops actually handle bad debt? Hunt breaks it down from the ground up, what bad debt is, how cash versus accrual accounting changes the math, and why deleting or discounting a ticket instead of writing it off properly can quietly inflate your tax bill and hide real problems in your production numbers. He walks through the exact steps for building a "bad debt" payment type into your shop management software, how to automate the accounting through Back Office and Accounting Link (or handle it manually with a journal entry), and where chargebacks, bartering, and shop vehicles fit into the picture.Whether you've never had a customer stiff you or you're staring down an invoice right now that you know you'll never collect, this episode is a practical field guide to keeping your books, and your tax bill, accurate.Thanks to our partner, PromotivePromotive has over 40 years of recruiting and automotive experience. If you need qualified technicians and service advisors and want to offload the heavy lifting, visit https://gopromotive.com/Thanks to our partner, WickedFileTurn chaos into clarity with WickedFile, the AI for auto repair shops. Transform invoices into insights, protect cash flow, and stop losing parts, cores, or credits to maximize your bottom line. visit https://info.wickedfile.com/Thanks to our partner, Maverick Shop OwnersYou're working on growing a more profitable shop - that's critical. That's exactly what the 24-video Blueprint course by Maverick Shop Owners addresses - customers, sales, profit, people, systems, and freedom. Get free access for our listeners only at https://maverickshopowners.com/blueprintThanks to our partner, OverdryveOverdryve is your AI-powered marketing operating system. It predicts slow weeks before they happen, automatically launches revenue-driving campaigns, tracks ROI down to the dollar, and optimizes performance in real time. Visit https://overdryvemarketing.com/Paar Melis and Associates – Accountants Specializing in Automotive RepairVisit us Online: www.paarmelis.comEmail Hunt: podcast@paarmelis.comGet the FREE 2026 Auto Shop Benchmark Report: https://hubs.ly/Q04j-grh0Download a Copy of My Books Here:Beyond the Bays: A Financial Playbook for Auto Repair Shop OwnersWrenches to Write-OffsYour Perfect Shop The Automotive Repair Podcast Network: https://automotiverepairpodcastnetwork.com/Download the ARPN APP for your smartphone and listen to all our network shows: arpn.appRemarkable Results Radio Podcast with Carm Capriotto: Advancing the Aftermarket by Facilitating Wisdom Through Story Telling and Open DiscussionAutomotive Field Theory with Matt Fanslow: From Diagnostics to Metallica and Mental Health, Matt Fanslow is Lifting the Hood on Life.The Weekly Blitz with Chris Cotton: Weekly Inspiration with Business Coach Chris Cotton from AutoFix - Auto Shop Coaching.Speak Up! Effective Communication with Craig O'Neill: Develop Interpersonal and Professional Communication Skills when Speaking to Audiences of Any Size.Business by the Numbers with Hunt Demarest: Understand the Numbers of Your Business with CPA Hunt Demarest.The Auto Repair Marketing Podcast with Kim and Brian Walker: Marketing Experts Brian & Kim Walker Work with Shop Owners to Take it to the Next Level.

Cody Morris, CEO of LeadZolo, has built and scaled around 300 remote sales teams, and he says most wholesale deals die in the first two minutes of the call. He walks through the opening line that keeps a seller on the phone and the frame that keeps you leading the call instead of defending it. If your leads look good on paper but your close rate does not, start here. KEY TALKING POINTS: 0:00 - Intro & Cody Morris's Background 1:17 - Cost of Leads: Time vs Money 2:55 - Ad Strategy & Distress Signals 5:46 - Speed to Lead & Opening Script 7:42 - Set an Authoritative Frame 10:52 - Use the Lead Information 13:55 - Wrap-up & LeadZolo Offerings 14:23 - Outro LINKS: Instagram: LeadZolo https://www.instagram.com/leadzolo/ Website: LeadZolo https://www.leadzolo.com/ Instagram: David Lecko https://www.instagram.com/dlecko Website: DealMachine https://www.dealmachine.com/pod Instagram: Ryan Haywood https://www.instagram.com/heritage_home_investments Website: Heritage Home Investments https://www.heritagehomeinvestments.com/

Ken Carman and Anthony Lima weigh in on the controversial decision regarding whether coaches should personally call players during final roster cuts. They are joined by Bob Haney and Mo Egger to preview the Ravens and Bengals seasons while dissecting the Browns' low preseason power ranking. They also explore the mounting financial burden on fans as Cleveland teams move toward new streaming models. 02:15 - Ravens AFC North Preview 06:05 - Bengals Season Expectations 13:01 - NFL Roster Cut Debate 24:00 - Browns Power Rankings Analysis 34:32 - Cost of Sports Streaming

WATCH THE VIDEOIt was a pleasure to be invited back on System Trader with Jack Lempart. Here is a list of the main topics we covered:CHAPTERS0:53 • My own biggest mistake3:15 • Why “the stock market is a casino” is exactly backwards6:48 • “I don't have enough money to start” — what $100 a month actually becomes9:33 • A $20 bet with my 13-year-old grandson13:04 • How much intelligence does successful investing really require?15:31 • The Mensa Investment Club: buy low, sell lower16:24 • Three books for the psychological hurdles17:38 • “It's a bad time to invest right now” — the myth that never dies20:00 • Why a falling market is the best thing that can happen to a young investor24:21 • Can a star manager do it for you? SPIVA and Bill Miller30:21 • An ETF is only a wrapper — how do you grade what's inside it?33:01 • Traditional vs. non-traditional index funds35:49 • Home bias: half U.S., half international, and the lost decade44:04 • Cap-weighted vs. asset-class weighted funds46:26 • Finding your right level of risk before the market tests you55:20 • Is the small-cap value premium dead?62:52 • Financial literacy in high school — and who's teaching on TikTok64:21 • Where the biggest premium comes from: size, value, quality and momentum69:29 • The one thing to do tomorrow morning: control what you can, then automate

There comes a moment when the woman who holds everything together has to ask herself one sacred question: Who is taking care of me?In this episode of Girl, We Got This, Laticia Rolle speaks to the women who carry the weight, remember the details, make the calls, nurture the relationships, show up for the family, hold space for their friends and somehow keep going even when their own cup has been empty for far too long.This is not a conversation about bubble baths and spa days. It is a conversation about stewardship of your body, your energy, your time, your peace, and your joy. Laticia challenges the belief that being a good woman means being endlessly available and reminds listeners that exhaustion is not proof of love, worthiness, or strength.Through the metaphor of a garden, she asks women to stop tending to everyone else's flowers while neglecting their own soil. She explores boundaries without guilt, saying no without an essay, creating small daily sanctuaries, and asking one simple question each morning: What do I need today?Because the goal isn't to stop loving, giving, nurturing, or showing up. The goal is to stop disappearing while doing it.You were never meant to pour from depletion. Take care of the woman everything else depends on and let the rest of your life be watered from her overflow.This episode is sponsored by TRESS Hats, designed by women for women, featuring a patented flexible three-band back and satin lining made to accommodate and protect a variety of hairstyles; Tresshats.comSubscribe to Girl, We Got This and leave a five-star review to help more women find these conversations.

A Los Angeles couple set out to build a 400-square-foot backyard home for about $300,000, only to watch the final cost climb to $600,000 in a project recently profiled by Lisa Boone in the Los Angeles Times. Norm Van Eeden Petersman talks with Tamara White of Small Housing and Mary Coddington, founder of 12 Incorporated, about what pushed the cost so high. The couple chose an ambitious design and built on a difficult site, but they also had two major advantages many small housing projects never get: they already owned the land, and they were allowed to build. If the land and permissions were already in place, what made the price skyrocket, and how much of that complexity could actually be removed? ADDITIONAL SHOW NOTES "A compact ADU built on a dramatic ridgeline ‘floats' over L.A. and its Midcentury neighbor" by Lisa Boone, Latimes.com (August 2026) Norm Van Eeden Petersman (LinkedIn) Tamara White (LinkedIn) Mary Coddington (LinkedIn) Articles mentioned and Downzone: 'She couldn't afford L.A. rent after law school. Her parents' ADU came to the rescue' (Article) Courtenay Cohousing (Site) A Voter's Guide to Asking Candidates about Housing (Site) Theme Music by Kemet the Phantom.   This podcast is made possible by Strong Towns members. Thank you! Join fellow members discussing this episode in The Commons.

In this episode, Brian Walters and Jake Gilbreath kick off a new series breaking down the Wall Street Journal's "Cost of Divorce" investigative series, starting with financial infidelity. Brian and Jake discuss what financial infidelity actually looks like, how common it really is, and what role it plays in divorces they see every day. They also break down how Texas family law treats hidden assets and debt under community property rules, what discovery tools can uncover, and the warning signs to watch for if you suspect something's off in your own marriage.If you are interested in consulting with Brian or Jake about your Texas family law matter, please visit www.waltersgilbreath.com or email us at podcast@waltersgilbreath.com. 

Opening Bible Verse: Ecclesiastes 4:7-1 IF YOU ARE A NEW LISTENER, WELCOME! BEGIN HERE: This year we are doing my group coaching course together via this podcast! It's free and it only gets better as the year progresses.  In January we began with God at the center of our day and our home. We worked to build the habit of a morning prayer routine. I highly recommend the rosary. It's only about 20 minutes and you'll meditate on the whole life of Jesus. February is the month of decluttering. Saturday episodes have been added to focus on decluttering in the kitchen. Each month will have a different focus area and the Saturday episodes will help you focus on one small section of that room.  In March we decluttered your wardrobe. In April we are moving into budgeting for food. Our Saturday episodes will still be about decluttering. Our declutter focus area for April is your bedroom. In May we dreamed big! June brings us to one of the most useful topics in my group coaching course…meal planning. Ah, the feel of knowing exactly what's for dinner is the most stress-free feeling in the world! Our declutter focus area for June is Hallways/Landings. July is a much anticipated month of money/budgeting. Our Saturday episodes (otherwise known as the declutter episodes) will focus on decluttering TOYS! August is the month that brings it all together. Routines and Rhythms. Our declutter focus area for this month is your garage or shed. September is the official end of our dedicated monthly topic and the group coaching program. Fear not! The podcast will continue with lots of decluttering advice with our Catholic faith at its' core.  For September our monthly topic is “Finding Your Tribe” and our Saturday declutter with me episodes will focus on our entryways and porches.  Give this first episode of 2026 a listen to hear where to begin: 316. Your 2026 Life Overhaul Plan: Faith, Clutter, Debt, Diet and More!  If you've never prayed a rosary or you want to see how you can incorporate it into active decluttering, here is the first episode of my rosary declutter series from last summer. 288. Summer Declutter Series Week Just getting started on your decluttering journey? Give this episode a listen before you begin: 322. Guidelines to Decluttering ***Are you so overwhelmed with clutter that you find yourself unable to make any decisions? Do you plan on decluttering only to find yourself standing in a room confused about where to start? Are you hoping motivation will strike and you'll get it all done in one weekend? If this sounds like you, let's work together. Book a one hour virtual coaching session via Zoom. Together we craft a decluttering plan and I walk you through the process. You'll complete much of the decluttering on your own time at your own pace. I just give you the roadmap and the accountability. Cost $77 per hour. Virtual Coaching Schedule   Not sure what you need? No problem! Book a complimentary 15 minute clarity call. We'll meet via Zoom and see if working with me would benefit you.  Email me at: tightshipmama@gmail.com to schedule a time.   Looking for community of like-minded women? Join the private Facebook community here: Facebook Group Prefer to receive a weekly email with the monthly freebie like a group rosary, group declutter, or budget Q&As?  Join my mailing list here: Monthly Newsletter   For any other inquiries or guest appearances, please email me at: tightshipmama@gmail.com    

Today Colorado Sun Public Policy Editor, Justin George, and reporter Colleen Slevin are talking about a story that reframes how we think about the state and its history before it became a top destination for craft beer drinkers and mountain bikers. What many might now know is that towns such as Estes Park and Fruita carry histories of racism and discrimination, pasts that a group of researchers have been digging up for the Legislature.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Most people who are curious about Jesus never start, because they do not know where to begin. Genesis? A random verse? A church they do not know in a town they are only in for six weeks? Matt LeRoy spent ten years building the answer. Follow Jesus is a 50 day walk through the Gospel of Matthew that takes 10 to 15 minutes a day. A commute. A cup of coffee. In this conversation, Daron Earlewine and Matt LeRoy break down the discipleship arc hiding in plain sight in Matthew, why Jesus found His first disciples at work instead of at worship, and what it looks like to plant orchards of discipleship among 10 million people in the dirt world who have never seen a church that fits their life. KEY TAKEAWAYS ⚡️ The whole Gospel of Matthew has a discipleship arc built into it. Matthew 4 is the call, come follow me. Matthew 16 is the cost, take up your cross. Matthew 28 is the commission, go make disciples. Jesus says the last one to the exact people He called in the first one. ⚡️ The margin is actually the center. Jesus consistently goes to people others overlook. Which means the fringe is not the edge of the story. It is where the story has always been happening. ⚡️ Information is not the goal. Transformation is. Every week of Follow Jesus includes an action step, not just a reading, because we already have more information than we can use. TIMESTAMPS 00:00 — The Discipleship Arc Hidden Inside Matthew  05:37 — What Comes After Volume One 11:04 — Jesus Found His First Disciples At Work 16:14 — The Call The Cost And The Commission 21:36 — Why Following Jesus Is Never Individualistic CONNECT WITH DARON Website: https://daronearlewine.com Coaching: https://roguecollectivecoaching.com Email: daron@daronearlewine.com Support the mission: blackbirdmission.com/give Follow Jesus releases November. Free copies at the Dirt World Summit in Phoenix, and available wherever books are sold. JOIN THE CONVERSATION What is the one thing that has kept you from reading the Bible consistently? Drop it in the comments. Matt answers a version of that question in this episode, and we read every reply. ENGAGE If this episode encouraged you, share it with one person who is curious about Jesus but does not know where to start. HASHTAGS #FollowJesus #Discipleship #GospelOfMatthew #DaronEarlewine #MattLeRoy #ChristianPodcast #FaithAtWork #BlackbirdMission #DirtWorld #BibleReadingPlan

WITH-ness: The experience of being deeply connected with God and others through joy, presence, mutual delight, trust, safety, and shared life. A relational environment where people become more fully alive because they are deeply known, genuinely loved, and continually invited to grow. ~ Table & WellBig Question:What happens when our longing for security turns into a need to control the relationship through performance and appeasement?Join Tennison & Ginelle as they Continue to dive into the posture of UNDER and what The Cost is in your marriage that come when you live from this relational strategy in your marriage.  Every spouse longs to know, "Are we okay? Am I safe here? Will you still be here?"That longing for security is good. We were created for secure attachment, for relationships in which we can rest, trust, grow, and know we belong.But when that security feels threatened, fear begins looking for a way to guarantee the outcome.In the UNDER posture, the strategy becomes performance, pleasing, or appeasement:"If I do everything right, our marriage will be okay."Instead of receiving security through attachment, we try to earn it through our behavior. And slowly, marriage moves from joy to fear, from relationship to rules, and from intimacy to performance.If you have been impacted by what you have heard in this podcast and would like to support us in our mission to help people experience healthier & deeper relationships with God, themselves, and others, go to: tableandwell.org/#supportTo learn how we can help develop your community, family or team: Schedule Interest Call To start on your journey to relational health go to: tableandwell.orgTo watch this and other Podcast go to our YouTube Channel: Table & Well co

In this episode, we're tackling a heavy, complicated, and deeply divisive conversation: the Lindsey Clancy case and what it brings up about postpartum depression, postpartum psychosis, maternal mental health, and the ways our systems may be failing women. As two therapists, we unpack the difficulty of assessing someone's mental state from the outside, the limits of psychiatric intervention, and why this case has become such a lightning rod online.But because this is us, we also wander into a little potpourri—from Colette's husband rupturing his bicep moving the world's most expensive dust collector (aka her Peloton), to how defensiveness can derail a relationship in seconds, the darker side of social media and true crime culture, and, yes, Harry and Meghan. Underneath it all is a bigger question: Are we taking good enough care of one another? This is a raw conversation about guilt, mental health, motherhood, relationships, social media, and why we could all stand to give each other a little more grace.Episode Highlights[0:03] - Setting the stage for a sensitive conversation about the Lindsey Clancy case, women's mental health, and everything else on our minds.[2:07] - How Colette's unused Peloton led to Steve's major bicep injury—and an unexpected lesson in guilt and defensiveness.[3:25] - Catching the urge to defend yourself before it turns a misunderstanding into an unnecessary argument.[5:55] - Laura's childhood story about an ill-advised swing-set game and the very human experience of feeling responsible when someone gets hurt.[10:33] - Turning to the Lindsey Clancy trial and the heartbreaking questions surrounding postpartum depression, psychosis, criminal responsibility, and maternal mental health.[13:59] - Why postpartum depression can be so difficult to recognize—even when someone has support and people know they're struggling.[18:54] - Murder-suicide, severe depression, and why determining someone's mental state at a specific moment can be extraordinarily complicated.[20:52] - Our own experiences with postpartum depression and anxiety—and how little anyone asked about our mental health after becoming mothers.[22:05] - Why getting women appropriate mental health care isn't as simple as telling someone to seek help or assuming hospitalization is always an option.[25:04] - The isolation of new motherhood, intrusive thoughts, anxiety, and the pressure to look like everything is fine.[27:27] - Discussing altruistic filicide, suicide, unbearable psychological suffering, and the disturbing rise of murder-suicide cases.[29:02] - What other societies can teach us about community, healthcare, family support, and creating stronger safety nets.[31:48] - The dark side of true crime culture and what happens when tragedy becomes content, clicks, and social media entertainment.[35:21] - Why online pile-ons can become dangerous for someone who may already be struggling with their mental health.[37:13] - A pivot to Harry and Meghan, public scrutiny, conflicting narratives, and whether multiple things can be true at the same time.[43:07] - From the enormous to the everyday: everybody is dealing with something, whether we can see it or not.[44:39] - Our takeaway for the week: give people grace, assume the best instead of the worst, and just be kind.If today's discussion resonated with you or sparked curiosity, please rate, follow, and share Insights from the Couch with others. Your support helps us reach more people and continue providing valuable insights. Here's to finding our purposes and living a life full of meaning and joy. Stay tuned for more!Ever stayed quiet to keep the peace and felt yourself disappear? The Cost of Quiet is for anyone who avoids conflict and pays the price. Reclaim your voice, strengthen your relationships, and experience real peace. Order your copy and join the movement: https://www.colettejanefehr.com/new-book

Today on the Woody and Wilcox Show: More on Wilcox's spider gap; Wheel of Fortune announcer suspended from job because of an incident on an airplane; Update from listener Caleb who is going through rehab; Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's dog makes its modeling debut; Dolly Parton's open marriage; Upcoming streaming releases; Woody Game Wednesday; Cost of pet procedures; And more!

Every decision costs something. The hardest decisions are not between good and bad—they are between competing responsibilities, limited resources, uncertain outcomes, and values we do not want to surrender. In this episode of The CJ Moneyway Show, CJ sits down with Dr. Brad C. Anderson, a Canadian science-fiction author, university business educator, former biotechnology professional, and organizational-wisdom researcher. Brad explains how his seemingly different worlds all examine the same question: How do people and institutions make sound decisions when knowledge is not enough? Brad shares what science fiction taught him about imagining life beyond the rules of the ordinary world, what biotechnology revealed about the tension between scientific excellence and business reality, and why the strongest organizations combine different forms of expertise instead of allowing one discipline to dominate. The conversation moves into the heart of Brad's research: knowledge may be necessary, but it becomes insufficient when we do not know enough, when what we believe is wrong, or when two valid facts point toward conflicting actions. Through examples involving quality, budgets, healthcare risk, vaccines, and organizational constraints, Brad shows why wise leadership requires more than having information—it requires navigating trade-offs. CJ and Brad also explore why life is governed by probabilities rather than guarantees, how lost trust changes decision-making, and why values, rationality, and power must be examined together. The result is a thoughtful but practical conversation for entrepreneurs, executives, educators, creators, and anyone responsible for making decisions that affect other people. Because sometimes the challenge is not finding the right answer. It is deciding what cost you are willing to carry—and acting with wisdom when no perfect answer exists. In this episode, you'll learn • Why science fiction can strengthen strategic imagination • How disciplinary arrogance weakens organizations • Why knowledge alone cannot resolve complex trade-offs • The difference between certainty and probability • How trust shapes whether people accept expert guidance • Why values, rationality, and power belong in the same decision framework • How constraints determine what is ethically practical Episode key takeaways • Humility is a strategic capability: your expertise is one piece of the puzzle, not the entire puzzle. • A fact can be true and still be insufficient to determine what should happen next. • Wise decisions reconcile competing truths under real constraints. • Good behavior improves probability; it does not guarantee outcome. • Leaders damage trust when they communicate probability as certainty. • Values without power remain intentions; power without values can become manipulation. • The practical question is not only ‘What is right?' but ‘What is ethically achievable here?' Guest links and CTA block • Brad C. Anderson's website: https://bradanderson2000.com/ • Free open textbook, Developing Organizational and Managerial Wisdom: https://kpu.pressbooks.pub/developingwisdom/ • LinkedIn: https://ca.linkedin.com/in/bcanders • Amazon author page: https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B0088AJWW6 Public-release note: Do not publish Brad's booking email or telephone number. Use the website and verified professional links above. If this conversation helped you think differently about leadership and decision-making, follow The CJ Moneyway Show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, and the Bleav network. Share this episode with a leader facing a decision that has no perfect answer, and visit CJ Moneyway Media for more transformational conversations built brick by brick through authentic stories. Brad C Anderson, organizational wisdom, managerial wisdom, decision making under uncertainty, values rationality power, ethical leadership, leadership trade-offs, probabilistic thinking, organizational constraints, business decision making, multidisciplinary teams, science fiction author, biotechnology leadership, risk communication, trust in experts, complex problem solving, CJ Moneyway Show, Built For Purpose, Bleav Podcast Network Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Most drug discovery genomic data comes from a thin slice of the world, and that bias follows every decision downstream. Your team can run a Mendelian randomization study on 35,000 patients and still walk away with a single signal that doesn't even apply to the population you care about. If your phenotype definitions are fuzzy, more data won't save you. Erika Kvikstad is a computational biologist who led precision medicine for cardiovascular disease at Bristol-Myers Squibb, working on therapies including Camzyos for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. She now works independently on genomic data equity, focused on how reference populations shape everything from target discovery to clinical trial recruitment. You'll get a practical look at how to evaluate real-world data vendors, why heart failure is nearly impossible to define cleanly from billing codes, and where statistical power breaks down even with tens of thousands of patients. Erika also explains how her team used AI to reconstruct missing imaging data and validate cardiomyopathy diagnoses at scale. This episode covers GWAS studies, Mendelian randomization, UK Biobank, proteome-wide analysis, and the practical gap between biobank-scale data and disease-specific cohorts. It's built for data and analytics leaders working in life sciences who need to understand where genomic bias enters their pipeline, not just that it exists. Clarification Around 57:58–58:24, in discussing the proteome-wide Mendelian randomization study, Erika moved quickly between two related findings. BTN3A2 was identified as a candidate associated with ischemic stroke and potential immune-modulatory biology. Separately, single-cell expression data helped contextualize other candidate signals, including some with enriched expression in cardiomyocyte populations. Cardiomyocyte-enriched expression was not a specific finding for BTN3A2. Chapter Markers 00:00 Whose genome are we designing drugs for 01:34 Erika's path from academic genomics to BMS 03:48 Building the precision medicine strategy at BMS 06:37 Ross shares his own HCM diagnosis 07:09 Why heart failure resists clean definition 11:11 How medication use reclassifies patients 14:35 Imaging as a biomarker, and its data gaps 20:23 Data infrastructure gaps across regions 22:44 What to look for when evaluating a data vendor 27:35 Consortia and biobanked specimens for rare mutations 29:52 Cardiovascular data infrastructure versus oncology 32:29 Where statistical power breaks down 37:07 UK Biobank's strengths and its limits 40:01 Bridging broad biobanks with disease-specific cohorts 44:32 How reference population bias propagates downstream 48:53 Where genomic bias hits hardest in the pipeline 53:18 Inside a proteome-wide Mendelian randomization study 59:42 Choosing the right computational tool for the question 1:06:38 Building globally representative genomic infrastructure 1:08:04 Ross's takeaways on bias and statistical power Useful Links & Resources - Erika on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/erikakvikstad - UK Biobank: https://www.ukbiobank.ac.uk - Alliance for Genomic Discovery: https://alliancegenomicdiscovery.org - SHaRe Registry (DCM Foundation): https://dcmfoundation.org Connect With the Show - Ross Katz on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/b-ross-katz/ - (Ross Katz on X: https://x.com/brosskatz - CorrDyn LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/corrdyn/ Have you run into genomic reference bias in your own work? Tell us what it looked like and how your team caught it. Visit corrdyn.com to learn how CorrDyn can help your organization extract value from data. Subscribe to Data in Biotech so you don't miss the next conversation.

What if the AI arms race has no finish line?In this episode of Your AI Injection, Deep Dhillon sits down with Rob May, CEO of Neurometric, to challenge one of Silicon Valley's favorite assumptions, that whoever builds super-intelligence first gets to keep it. Drawing on over a decade of AI investing and two prior startups, Rob lays out a public prediction he's willing to stand behind. He believes that once any lab crosses the threshold into true super-intelligence, open source versions will follow within months, not years. The two also get into the "jagged frontier" of AI capability, the strange reality that today's most powerful models can be brilliant at one task and shockingly bad at the next, and what that means for how companies actually deploy AI. There's also a simpler question underneath it all. If AI keeps getting cheaper and easier to use, will we just find more excuses to use it, whether we need it or not?Learn more about Rob May here: https://www.lin kedin.com/in/robmay/ and Neurometric here: https://www.neurometric.ai/Check out some of our related content here: 90% of AI's Power for 10% of the Cost. Is the AI Arms Race a Giant Waste of Money? With Bruce Yang of AgnesAIExploring Artificial General Intelligence: Intent, Intellect, and Innovation with Lucas Hendrich of the Forte GroupIs This the End of Traditional Coding? How AI Orchestration Might Render Developers Obsolete with Laly Bar-Ilan of Bit

For decades, one challenge has consistently been at the top of chiropractors' minds: How do I get more new patients? Today, the answer increasingly starts with what happens when someone searches for a chiropractor online. In this episode, Dr. Noel Lloyd interviews Corey Hiben, founder of ChiroX, about how chiropractic practices can use SEO, Google Ads, Google Business Profiles, better websites, and data-driven marketing to create a more predictable new patient pipeline. Corey shares his journey from occupational therapy into digital marketing and explains why he ultimately chose to specialize specifically in helping chiropractors grow. In This Episode You'll Learn: Why new patients remain one of the most important KPIs for a growing chiropractic practice How to tell whether you actually have a new patient problem — or a retention problem What it really means to "dominate local search" Why appearing near the top of Google and Google Maps matters Common Google Business Profile mistakes chiropractors make Why the services listed on your website and Google Business Profile should align The difference between SEO and Google Ads When Google Ads may make sense for faster lead generation Why SEO should be viewed as a long-term business investment Why many chiropractic websites fail to convert visitors into patients What your website should communicate to a prospective patient Which marketing numbers chiropractors should insist on seeing Why attribution and tracking matter when evaluating a marketing company How marketing strategies differ between small and competitive markets Why marketing campaigns need time and data to improve What type of chiropractic practice is an ideal fit for Corey's approach SEO vs Google Ads: Corey explains a simple way to think about the difference: Google Ads can help create opportunities in the shorter term, while SEO is a longer-term investment in the visibility of your practice. For growing practices, the strongest strategy may ultimately involve both — paid visibility today while building organic visibility for the future. Your Website Isn't About You One of the biggest mistakes Corey sees is chiropractic websites filled with information about the doctor but lacking a clear path for someone who simply wants help. Prospective patients primarily want to know: Can you help me?Can I trust you?How do I schedule? Making those answers obvious can dramatically improve the effectiveness of your online presence. Track the Number that Matters Marketing shouldn't be a mystery. Corey recommends looking closely at how much you're investing and how many actual new patients are being generated from that investment. Cost per lead and other metrics matter, but ultimately the practice owner needs to understand whether marketing is producing real patients and real growth. Learn More about Corey Hiben & ChiroX If you'd like to learn more about Corey's approach to chiropractic SEO, Google Ads, websites, and local search: Visit: ChiroXMarketing.com You can also check out the ChiroX Podcast on YouTube, Spotify, and other major podcast platforms. Dr. Noel Lloyd has also appeared as a guest on Corey's show. Ready to Grow Your Chiropractic Practice? Getting new patients through the door is only part of building a successful practice. You also need the systems, team, leadership, and associates to serve those patients without making the owner responsible for everything. Learn more about Five Star Management: Visit MyFiveStar.com Ready to see what's possible for your practice? Book a consultation with the Five Star Management team and learn how the right systems can help you build a stronger, more scalable chiropractic practice.

PPO participation can quietly erode profitability when fees, network relationships, and write-offs are not regularly reviewed. In this episode, Kirk Behrendt talks with Clinton Johnson, founder of Profitable PPOs, about the hidden PPO mistakes that can cost dental practices seven figures over time. Clinton explains how PPO network structures work, why reimbursement has failed to keep pace with rising practice costs, how to evaluate the true financial impact of each plan, and why dentists should build a PPO strategy around their practice goals rather than making emotional decisions. Learn how to audit PPO participation, identify low-profit plans, improve reimbursement, and strategically move toward greater profitability and autonomy — listen to Episode 1094 of The Best Practices Show!Main Takeaways:PPO reimbursement has not kept pace with inflation and rising practice expenses, forcing many dentists to work harder to maintain previous income levels.Dentists can participate in PPOs through direct contracts, network share agreements, or umbrella companies, and those options can produce significantly different reimbursement levels.A PPO strategy should be designed around the practice's priorities, including profitability, broad network coverage, and administrative simplicity.PPO write-off percentages can be misleading when a practice's office fees are not appropriately set for its geographic market.Dentists should review EOBs and conduct a comprehensive PPO audit approximately every 18 to 24 months to verify network participation, fee schedules, and opportunities for improvement.Practices considering PPO reductions should use financial data and generally begin with smaller plans that have poor reimbursement rather than making large changes based on frustration.PPO optimization should include analysis, strategy development, financial modeling, implementation, and verification that insurers are paying the expected fees.Episode Chapters:00:00 Introduction to hidden PPO mistakes that can cost a practice seven figures.01:11 Kirk introduces Clinton Johnson and the complexity of PPO participation.03:57 Why dentists are producing more without necessarily becoming more profitable.05:58 Three ways dentists can participate in PPO networks.09:51 Why PPO write-off percentages can be misleading.12:08 Clinton explains the PPO profit ladder.13:41 The long-term financial and practice-value impact of poor PPO reimbursement.16:16 Why dentists need to monitor EOBs and identify missed upside opportunities.21:03 How to evaluate which PPOs are helping or hurting the practice.24:55 Why traditional PPO fee negotiation is less effective than it once was.27:09 When dentists should stay in a PPO or consider leaving.30:00 Risks of leaving a PPO without a structured plan.31:41 How PPO strategy can support independent dentistry.34:21 Which practices are and are not a good fit for PPO optimization.37:28 Clinton explains the Profitable PPOs analysis and strategy process.41:30 How to contact Profitable PPOs.42:00 Closing thoughts on profitability, independence, and practice ownership.Guest Bio:Possessing over twenty years of experience working with dental offices, Clint Johnson is passionate about helping practice owners optimize their PPO plan participation and profits. As the founder of Phoenix-based Profitable PPOs, Clint has focused that passion by helping ensure dentists participate with the right PPOs, in the right way, and for maximum reimbursement. Hundreds of dental practices every year, across the United States, big and small, look to Profitable PPO to provide the insurance participation management needed to make the most of their profitability–both in the present and in years to come.For Clint, dentistry has always been a family matter, with his father, grandfather and great-grandfather all dentists. The experience of seeing both the benefits, and the challenges, in dentistry inspired him to help doctors optimize their practices. Clint knew there had to be a way to help those in the dental field deal with the challenges and costs associated with insurance participation… And that challenge was the impetus behind the creation of Profitable PPOs.In addition to his work with Profitable PPOs, Clint is also an author and a frequent presenter at dental conferences. In his free time, he enjoys reading, skiing, scuba diving, and traveling with his wife and three children.Episode Resources:Profitable PPOs: https://profitableppos.com/Phone: 855-PPO-GAINMore Helpful Links for a Better Practice & a Better Life:Contact Gina to learn more about ACT: gina@actdental.comThe Best Practices Show: https://www.actdental.com/podcast/Smile Source Community Hub: https://www.actdental.com/community-hubUpcoming Events & Workshops: https://www.actdental.com/events/Smile Source: https://www.smilesource.com/Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.comSubscribe on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com

Gold is swinging hard again — rebounding sharply today after an early selloff pushed prices to a near one-month low. But i-80 Gold CEO Richard Young says investors focused on the day-to-day volatility may be missing a much bigger shift in gold and commodities. In this conversation with Trey Reik, Young explains why he believes gold and commodities could be in a 5, 10, even 20-year run, why mining companies may increasingly benefit from expanding margins as technology becomes more capital intensive, and why hard assets with long lives and strong “moats” could become increasingly valuable. Young also breaks down what investors should look for when evaluating gold miners, why Nevada remains such an attractive mining jurisdiction, and how i-80 Gold navigated a massive recapitalization when hundreds of millions of dollars were coming due. Is the recent volatility just another shakeout inside a much bigger gold bull market?

The sovereignty conversation has so many layers, from compliance and data residency to questions about resilience and access to the tech stacks that keep businesses running. As geopolitical uncertainty, supply chain disruptions, and evolving regulations reshape the landscape, leaders are challenged to balance sovereignty with the speed and flexibility required to innovate. In this episode, we get a pulse check from our experts about prevailing sovereignty concerns and hear their perspectives on what it takes to build resilience without sacrificing innovation. Featured experts Bill Echikson, Senior Fellow at the Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA); Founder, E+Europe Logan Wolfe, Partner, Global Lead - AI Strategy and Sovereign Transformation, Kyndryl

HEADLINES: Four men have been interviewed by Victoria Police detectives this week as part of investigations into the sexual assault allegations linked to the Sydney Swans AFL club. Police are investigating after a man was shot dead in Sydney’s west in what detectives believe was a targeted daylight attack. Consent advocate Chanel Contos has told National Press Club that big tech is radicalising young men into harmful sexual behaviour, and is pushing for a ban on social media algorithms. The world is on track to exceed 1.5 degrees of global warming within years, according to a new UN report. So it turns out we’ve all been drinking water wrong. And good news for animal lovers about the New Zealand kākāpō. New research suggests the real damage in contact sports might not be happening on game day, but during training, and it's raising urgent questions for anyone with a kid on a footy field this weekend. On this episode of The Quicky, we look at the degenerative brain disease increasingly turning up in Australian football codes, from AFL and AFLW to soccer, and why doctors believe the cumulative hits from years of junior sport could matter more than any single big hit. We hear from leading neurologist Dr Rowena Mobbs on what parents and clubs can actually do about it, and why the answer isn't pulling your kid off the field.Important concussion advice from Dr Rowena Mobbs, neurologist at Mater Hospital Sydney: - Keep brain health front of mind.- Carefully observe the athlete if a concussion is suspected and follow the protocols.- Know the red flags that may indicate a more serious brain injury: Neck pain - Increasing confusion, agitation or irritability - Repeated vomiting - Seizure or convulsion - Weakness or tingling/burning in the arms or legs - Deteriorating conscious state - Severe or increasing headache - Unusual behavioural change - Loss of vision or double vision - Visible deformity of the skull - Loss of consciousness. - If you see these signs, seek emergency care." For more information, check out The Australian Concussion Guidelines for Youth and Community Sport. For anyone concerned about CTE, ConneCTErs Australia run a national support service, visit this link. GET IN TOUCHGot a story, news tip-off, feedback or dilemma?Send us a voice note or email us at thequicky@mamamia.com.au HELPFUL LINKS: Become a Mamamia subscriber and get an all-access pass to everything we make, including exclusive podcasts and early listening, subscriber-only articles, monthly giveaways and our home workout app, MOVE. Get access to Very Peri, Mamamia's exclusive perimenopause series, for just $59. 25 world-leading experts, over 20 on-demand sessions, available now. We’ve sorted through the noise so you don't have to. Go to veryperi.com.au today. You hot? Same. CREDITSHost: Georgie Page Audio Producer: Scott Stronach Group Executive Producers: Georgie Page and Tamsin Rose Check out The Quicky Instagram here and our TikTok here Discover more Mamamia podcasts here Did you know some of our shows are now in video on the Apple Podcast app? Make sure your phone is up to date and check it out here! Mamamia acknowledges the traditional owners of the land on which we have recorded this podcast.Become a Mamamia subscriber: https://www.mamamia.com.au/subscribeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mortgage and real estate expert David Hochberg joins John Williams to explain what’s going on with Treasury yields, how the war in Iran has been impacting the economy, today’s ADP data, what is expected from Friday’s August labor report, and the risks and rewards of paying off your home with a HELOC. David hosts “Home […]

Four investors. One hard question: does impact actually pay, and how do you prove it?This is a compilation episode of SRI360, pulling together four conversations that answer that question from four seats at the table — growth equity, private equity sustainability, infrastructure, and the policy world trying to move trillions. None treats impact simply as a discount you accept for doing good. Across four very different perspectives, they make the case that impact and financial success can — and increasingly must — work together.Maya Chorengel of TPG's Rise Fund only invests where impact and financial return are “collinear” — where the two rise together — and screens every deal for a 20%+ gross IRR and a measurable impact floor, using a formal equation built by TPG's in-house team. Cornelia Gomez of General Atlantic reduces the whole sustainability question to three value-creation levers — revenue, cost, and exit — and can name a company's three “hot potatoes” in ten minutes. Anish Majmudar of M&G runs a real-assets impact fund with roughly $750 million committed across 100-plus projects, built on the argument that infrastructure is where impact and cash flow line up most naturally. And Kieron Boyle of the Impact Investing Institute works the other end — trying to pull the trillions sitting in mainstream capital markets and family offices into the field.Taken together, they map how impact investing actually underwrites, measures, and defends itself — at a moment when the whole category is under political fire.In this episode we discuss:“Collinearity”: why the best impact deals are the ones where returns and impact rise togetherHow to underwrite impact with an actual equation — and a 20%+ IRR floorThe three levers that link sustainability to value: revenue, cost, and exitHow to spot the three sustainability risks that actually move valuation — fastWhy infrastructure is where impact and cash flow align most cleanlyPulling the trillions in mainstream and family-office capital into impactWhy the whole category is contested — and what the ESG backlash gets wrongFeatured guests:Maya Chorengel, Co-Managing Partner, The Rise Fund (TPG)Cornelia Gomez, Global Head of Sustainability, General AtlanticAnish Majmudar, Head of Infrastructures and Real Assets, Private Markets - M&G PLCKieron Boyle, CEO, Impact Investing InstituteAdditional ResourcesMaya Chorengel — The Rise Fund (TPG)Full SRI360° episode (EP50): https://sri360.com/podcast/maya-chorengel/The Rise Fund: https://therisefund.com/Maya Chorengel on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maya-chorengel-603b76/HBR article “Calculating the Value of Impact Investing”Cornelia Gomez — General AtlanticFull SRI360° episode (EP74): https://sri360.com/podcast/cornelia-gomez/General Atlantic: https://www.generalatlantic.com/Cornelia Gomez on LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/cornelia-gomez/Anish Majmudar — M&G plcFull SRI360° episode (EP43): https://sri360.com/podcast/anish-majmudar/M&G plc: https://www.mandg.com/Anish Majmudar on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anish-majmudar-cfa-8192933b/Kieron Boyle — Impact Investing InstituteFull SRI360° episode: https://sri360.com/podcast/kieron-boyle/Impact Investing Institute: https://www.impactinvest.org.uk/Kieron Boyle on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kjboyle/Discover More from SRI360°:Explore all episodes of the SRI360° PodcastSign up for the free weekly email update

A new leader can arrive looking and sounding like the organisation's long-awaited saviour. They are articulate, confident, well presented and comfortable in the media. They say all the right things, reflect the mood of the moment and promise a brighter future. Then a crisis arrives. That is when employees discover whether the leader's values are genuine principles or merely attractive public relations material. Leadership integrity is not established by speeches, slogans or podcast appearances. It is revealed when revenues fall, difficult decisions must be made and the leader has something personal to lose. How does a crisis reveal a leader's true character? A crisis exposes the distance between what a leader says and what they are genuinely prepared to do. During stable periods, almost anyone can sound positive, caring and principled. The organisation is performing, customers are buying and the leader can talk confidently about people, purpose and long-term growth. The COVID-19 pandemic changed that environment almost overnight. Workforces were disrupted, markets moved rapidly and revenue disappeared across industries. Similar pressures emerge during recessions, restructures, acquisitions and technological disruption. A leader facing these conditions has difficult choices to make. Cost reductions may be unavoidable. Roles may disappear. Services may need to change. The integrity test is not whether the leader can prevent every painful decision. It is whether they explain those decisions honestly, accept responsibility and treat people with dignity. Do now: Judge leadership character by behaviour under pressure, not by appearances during comfortable times. Why do unrealistic promises destroy leadership credibility? Employees stop trusting leaders when operational reality clearly contradicts executive promises. A familiar example is the leader who announces substantial staffing reductions while promising that service quality, response times and output levels will remain exactly the same. This may reassure customers or investors temporarily, but it insults the intelligence of the people doing the work. I witnessed this while working for the Australian Government. A Minister announced a major departmental budget reduction while assuring voters that services would continue normally. Staff immediately recognised the contradiction. His credibility collapsed and motivation inside the organisation dropped. The same dynamic applies in private companies, government departments, startups and multinational corporations. Most organisations already operate with limited spare capacity. When experienced people leave, something changes: workloads increase, delivery slows, quality suffers or priorities must be reduced. Leaders do not lose credibility because conditions become difficult. They lose it when they pretend that obvious consequences do not exist. Do now: Explain what will change, what will be protected and what the organisation can no longer realistically deliver. What happens when leadership rhetoric and reality diverge? When words and actions repeatedly conflict, employees begin treating every leadership message with scepticism. A leader may initially build trust through visibility, confident communication and appealing statements about organisational values. Under financial pressure, however, they may become highly legalistic, using contracts, policies and technical rules to justify behaviour that violates the spirit of earlier commitments. Compliance with a contract does not automatically equal ethical leadership. Something can be legally defensible and still feel misleading, unfair or inconsistent with the trust previously established. The problem becomes worse when leaders insist that nothing has changed. Employees compare announcements with their daily experience. They see colleagues disappearing, resources shrinking and expectations remaining untouched. When management attempts to disguise this reality, people feel both unhappy and insulted. This gap between rhetoric and reality creates cynicism. Employees begin interpreting every new announcement as spin, even when later messages are accurate. Do now: Before communicating, ask whether employees can see clear evidence that your actions match your stated principles. Can a leader control damaging information by speaking to people individually? Isolating employees and controlling conversations rarely contains a credibility crisis because people compare experiences. A leader may attempt to minimise organisational damage by dealing with affected employees separately. Each person receives a slightly different explanation, and management hopes no one will assemble the complete picture. That approach almost never works. People talk to colleagues, former employees, customers, suppliers and professional contacts. In Japan, Australia, the United States or Europe, informal communication networks often move faster than official corporate communication. Bad news travels rapidly, particularly when employees believe information is being deliberately withheld. Once inconsistencies emerge, every executive announcement is examined for hidden meaning. The leader may continue appearing in the media, issuing press releases and offering wise commentary about business or society. Inside the company, however, those words ring hollow. The external brand and the internal leadership reputation have separated. No amount of polished communication can permanently conceal that gap. Do now: Assume employees will compare information and communicate one consistent, honest account from the beginning. Why is lost leadership trust so difficult to rebuild? Once employees conclude that a leader lacks integrity, even truthful statements may no longer be believed. Trust develops through repeated evidence that a leader's words, decisions and values are aligned. It can take years to build and only a handful of contradictory actions to destroy. When credibility disappears, rumours fill the vacuum. Genuine facts mix with fear, exaggeration, fantasy and speculation. Previously overlooked behaviour is re-examined and minor concerns acquire greater significance. Employees begin to wonder what else is being concealed. This is why public relations cannot repair a fundamentally internal leadership failure. Press releases, media interviews, town halls and corporate slogans may influence external perceptions temporarily, but employees evaluate what leaders actually do. Even if the economy improves and revenue returns, the damage can remain. The organisation may recover financially while continuing to suffer from low engagement, unwanted turnover, weak collaboration and an urgent desire for leadership change. Do now: Protect trust before it is lost; repairing credibility is far harder than preserving it through honest conduct. How can leaders preserve integrity while making painful decisions? Leaders preserve integrity by taking a long-term view, communicating transparently and sharing the burden of difficult decisions. The central issue is often the leader's time horizon. Leaders focused only on immediate survival may burn, pillage and plunder the organisation to protect their own position. Like a drowning swimmer pushing down a rescuer, they sacrifice everyone around them to remain above water. Transparency is usually the next victim. Ego encourages the leader to pretend everything is under control. Yet when reliable information disappears, rumours and supposition take over the narrative. Honesty creates a different response. Employees may accept sacrifice when they understand the situation, believe the burden is fairly distributed and see leaders accepting personal responsibility. They can work together to protect customers, preserve critical capabilities and help the organisation survive. A crisis can therefore strengthen rather than destroy leadership credibility. Humanity, humility and integrity become visible when they matter most. Do now: Tell people what you know, acknowledge what you do not know and demonstrate that leaders will share the consequences. Conclusion Leadership integrity is not a branding exercise. It is the alignment of words, decisions and conduct, particularly when the organisation is under severe pressure. A leader does not need to promise that nothing will change. That promise may be impossible to keep. The leader needs to describe reality honestly, make necessary decisions fairly and respect employees enough to tell them the truth. Crisis can expose arrogance, short-term thinking and hypocrisy. It can also reveal courage, humility and humanity. The choice lies in how the leader responds. Integrity can be thrown into the rubbish bin with all the goodwill accumulated over many years, or it can be burnished in the fire. The leader who protects it may emerge like a Phoenix: stronger, wiser and supported by people who now know exactly what that leader stands for. Author Bio Dr. Greg Story, Ph.D. in Japanese Decision-Making, is President of Dale Carnegie Tokyo Training and Adjunct Professor at Griffith University. He is a two-time winner of the Dale Carnegie "One Carnegie Award" in 2018 and 2021 and received the Griffith University Business School Outstanding Alumnus Award in 2012. As a Dale Carnegie Master Trainer, Greg is certified to deliver leadership, communication, sales and presentation programmes globally, including Leadership Training for Results. He has written several books, including the best-sellers Japan Business Mastery, Japan Sales Mastery and Japan Presentations Mastery, as well as Japan Leadership Mastery and How to Stop Wasting Money on Training. His Japanese-language works include Za Eigyō (ザ営業), Purezen no Tatsujin (プレゼンの達人), Torēningu de Okane o Muda ni Suru no wa Yamemashō (トレーニングでお金を無駄にするのはやめましょう) and Gendaiban "Hito o Ugokasu" Rīdā(現代版「人を動かす」リーダー). Greg publishes daily business insights on LinkedIn, Facebook and X and hosts six weekly podcasts. On YouTube, he produces The Cutting Edge Japan Business Show, Japan Business Mastery and Japan's Top Business Interviews for executives and professionals seeking practical strategies for succeeding in Japan.

In this episode of the BiggerPockets Money Podcast, Nic Morales shares how his experience working for the NFL led him into real estate investing and ultimately to managing a $50 million portfolio. He reveals the challenges, financing strategies, operational demands, and hard lessons behind scaling a large real estate business. To go beyond the podcast: Interested in a Flat Fee Financial Planner? Go to biggerpocketsmoney.com/fipro Get 50% Off Your First Year of Monarch by using code ‘Pockets': https://www.monarch.com/pockets Connect with Nic Morales: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nic-morales-24797ab5/ We believe financial independence is attainable for anyone no matter when or where you're starting. Let's get your financial house in order! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If you're struggling to gain traction on social media for your business, this episode will give you the blueprint on how to revitalize your digital marketing strategy and scale your business without burning out.  In this special interview at the iconic Godmothers bookstore, Jamie Kern Lima interviews Natalie Ellis about her step-by-step formula for creating viral content and building a loyal audience on social media. She also breaks down how she uses Wispr Flow, Claude Code, and Replit to automate mundane tasks and provide a more personalized experience for her community, along with her advice on how entrepreneurs can better regulate their nervous systems to increase performance, productivity, and fulfillment, even in their busiest seasons.  In this episode, Natalie and Jamie will discuss: (00:00) Celebrating BossBabe's Impact on Women Globally (09:18) The Cost of Never Being Satisfied (17:33) The Myth of Having One Purpose in Life (26:07) The Value of Hustle Culture (30:56) Nervous System Regulation 101 for Entrepreneurs (36:24) My Tested Formula for Creating Content that Goes Viral (47:48) Easy Ways You Can Use AI Today to Grow Your Business (1:03:30) How to Inspire the Next Generation of Female Entrepreneurs (1:08:04) Maintaining Relationships While Healing Generational Trauma (01:13:10) When to Seek Investors Jamie Kern Lima is an entrepreneur, 2x New York Times bestselling author, and host of the #1 self-improvement podcast in the US, The Jamie Kern Lima Show. She co-founded IT Cosmetics, which she sold to L'Oréal for $1.2 billion in 2016, becoming the first female chief executive officer of a L'Oréal brand. Jamie has been included on Forbes' list of "America's Richest Self-Made Women" since 2017. She's also an active philanthropist who has funded leadership training in more than 100 prisons and shelters across the US and has donated over $40 million in product and funds to help women face the effects of cancer with confidence.  Sponsored By:  Fora Travel - Visit https://www.foratravel.com/bossbabe to learn how to turn your love of trip planning into a business. Resources Mentioned: Godmothers Natalie's Book, The Freedom-Based Business Method Wispr Flow Claude Code Replit Connect with Jamie Kern Lima: Instagram LinkedIn Website YouTube Jamie's Podcast, The Jamie Kern Lima Show Connect with Natalie:  Instagram LinkedIn Website YouTube Natalie's Book, The Freedom-Based Business Method artificial intelligence, AI tools, AI for business, social media marketing, personal branding, entrepreneurship, content creation, Natalie Ellis, Jamie Kern Lima, BossBabe, Claude Code, Replit, Wispr Flow, AI automation, AI marketing, business automation, social media growth, build a personal brand, audience growth, content strategy, viral content, creator economy, digital marketing, AI for entrepreneurs, business growth, online business, community building

John Cassidy, staff writer at The New Yorker talks about how analysts, politicians, and every day people are calculating the cost of the Iran War. Photo: A pedestrian walks past a billboard depicting US President Donald Trump inside a catering container, installed on a building along a street in downtown of Tehran on August 31, 2026. Iran attacked US military targets in the Middle East on August 31 in retaliation for American strikes on an island in the Strait of Hormuz, the first exchange of fire for a month in a war that has engulfed the region. (ATTA KENARE / AFP via Getty Images) Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Jesus doesn't say the world might hate you — He says it will. In this episode, we dig into John 15:18-20 and ask a question every believer needs to wrestle with: why does the world hate Christians?We look at four biblical reasons the world opposes followers of Jesus — because we're non-conformists, because the world hates truth, because people love their sin, and because they don't know God. Along the way we talk about the martyrdom of the apostles, Dietrich Bonhoeffer's "The Cost of Discipleship," the Vanity Fair scene from Pilgrim's Progress, and why smooth sailing in the Christian life isn't always a sign of God's blessing.If persecution and opposition are growing more common for Christians in the West, this episode will help you understand why — and how to respond with truth and love, not bitterness.This episode is brought to you by The Master's University — committed to Jesus Christ and the authority and sufficiency of His Word. Learn more at masters.edu

Great leadership isn't about being harsh or overly soft. It's about practicing empathetic leadership: caring about people while holding them accountable to the standards required by the mission. In this conversation, I share how keeping the wrong person on the team for too long damaged morale, created toxicity, and cost the company great employees. You'll learn: -Why being unclear is unkind -How to coach employees with empathy -When accountability must become non-negotiable -Why toxic behavior can't be ignored -How to know when someone is "firing themselves" -When immediate termination is necessary -How to communicate a firing without creating gossip -Why culture must be actively protected -How strong leaders develop people beyond their job title -Empathy doesn't mean avoiding hard conversations. It means having them respectfully, clearly, and early. Care about the person. But separate them from the behavior. Give them a genuine opportunity to improve. But if they refuse to grow, protect the team and move forward. 00:00 Empathetic Leadership and the Cost of Keeping the Wrong People 01:01 The Hard Decision to Fire a Long-Term Employee 03:50 How Avoiding the Problem Damaged the Team 04:38 The Breaking Point and Final Decision 05:34 The Relief That Came After the Firing 06:42 Why Leaders Must Protect the Team and Mission 08:16 The Right Way to Coach Employees 10:00 "It's Unkind to Be Unclear" 12:40 When an Employee Isn't Willing to Grow 14:56 Why Leaders Must Follow Through 17:27 When Immediate Termination Is Necessary 18:57 Strategic Empathy in Leadership 22:10 Why Culture and People Drive Business Growth 27:17 Balancing Kindness, Boundaries, and Accountability 32:17 How to Communicate After Someone Is Fired 38:00 Advice for Leaders Avoiding a Difficult Conversation 41:00 Be Kind, Set Standards, and Follow Through Thank you all for making our podcast Elevating Beyond with Mark Minard, in the top #100 on iTunes, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, in over 52 difference countries :

Should Botox be a line item on your budget? Special guest host and Certified Financial Planner, Kayla Sabbagh, joins Jill and Mark to discuss the rise in cosmetic procedures among young people, and how to manage your face and your finances. Plus, can you guess the price of private school in Indiana? Jill, Mark, and Kayla counsel caller Rachel on whether or not she can afford to pay to send her kid to private preschool.Have a money question? Email us ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.Subscribe to the Money Moves YouTube channel HERE.

This episode of We Like Shooting is brought to you by: Foxtrot Mike (Code: WLSISLIFE) C&G Holsters (Code: WLSISLIFE) Gideon Optics (Code: WLSISLIFE) Midwest Industries (Code: WLSISLIFE) Blue Alpha Night Fision (Code: WLSISLIFE) Otis Technology (Code: WELIKESHOOTING15) Giveaways!! GAW   Text Dear WLS or Reviews +1 743 500 2171 Public   Show Titles   Gear Chat Question from https Veteran-owned firearms maker in Brownstown, Indiana. AR-15 FRS rifles and pistols, titanium suppressors, and factory-installed FRS rifles, test-fired in our shop. //theonehorse.com/ Question from Listener Garmin Xero Mount ATF Form 4 Suppressor Wait Times Drop to Days The article reports that ATF eForm 4 processing for suppressors has improved dramatically to an average of about 3 days, with many e-filers receiving approvals in hours or days, according to Silencer Shop tracking and American Suppressor Association data. This shift from previous multi-month waits results from ATF software upgrades, process changes (including priority for clean applications over strict FIFO), bundling of multiple Form 4s/trusts under one background check, and 96% electronic submissions. The piece advises buyers to purchase now while times remain short and to monitor Silencer Shop for updates; no specific suppressor models, manufacturers, retailers, or pricing are mentioned. Availability: Available now (buy now while wait times remain short; Silencer Shop for real-time tracking) Special: ATF process improvements including priority routing for clean eForm 4 applications, single background check for bundled multiple Form 4s/trusts, and 96% electronic filing eliminating manual entry delays. Glock GTL II The Glock GTL II is a weapon-mounted light and laser combo designed specifically for Glock pistols. It features a distinctive square black hard-anodized aluminum housing that blends seamlessly with the firearm, a slide-on latch that engages the Picatinny groove on compatible Glocks, and ambidextrous paddle switches with swappable controls. It outputs 600 lumens and 11,100 candela from a single CR123A battery with approximately 70 minutes of runtime. Availability: Available via Glock.us store; debuted at SHOT Show 2025 Cost: ~$135 Special: Square flush-fit housing with slide-on Picatinny latch engineered specifically for Glock pistols, plus ambidextrous swappable paddle controls (including use of the GLOCK Tool) and quarter-turn battery cap for fast changes Sources: Information extracted from the Safariland Inside blog review of the Glock GTL II. Note USPS sending orders to remove all No Guns signs from properties (unsubstantiated, info sent from listener) Tape on Grips Trend Tape on grips trend Supplementary Research: The tape on grips trend involves applying various tapes such as hockey tape, tennis grip tape, or specialized shooting grip tape to handgun and rifle grips for improved traction, reduced slippage in wet or sweaty conditions, and customizable texture without permanent modification. It has been discussed in firearms forums, YouTube gear channels, and tactical training communities as a low-cost, removable alternative to stippling or aftermarket grips. Common materials include cloth hockey tape for breathability and thin electrical tape or skate tape for minimal bulk. Gun Fights Play the best Price Is Right-style GunBroker game on the internet. Gun Fights Live DisplayFollow the game, prices, and reveals as they happen.Open the live display BangRank A live cast ranking segment for anything and everything in the gun world, powered by questionable certainty, strong opinions, and audience voting. BangRank Live VotingScan or open the link to rank along with the show.https://welikeshooting.com/rank   Going Ballistic Ortega v. Grisham (24-0471): U.S. District Court Strikes Down New Mexico's 7-Day Firearm Waiting Period A federal court last week granted final judgment holding New Mexico's week-long mandatory firearm waiting period law unconstitutional. On August 31, 2026, U.S. District Judge James Browning issued final judgment in Ortega v. Grisham, declaring New Mexico's 7-day mandatory waiting period on firearm purchases unconstitutional under the Second Amendment. The ruling follows an August 2025 Tenth Circuit decision that found the post-background-check delay an impermissible burden on the right to keep and bear arms; the state's appeal was denied. The law, enacted in 2024 by the Democrat-controlled legislature at the request of Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham (D), was challenged by the NRA, Mountain States Legal Foundation, and National Shooting Sports Foundation. The Gist: The decision applies statewide to all firearm purchases in New Mexico, eliminating the 7-day waiting period that had been required after a background check cleared. Impact: The ruling reinforces post-Bruen Second Amendment scrutiny by invalidating a state law that delayed exercise of a constitutional right for law-abiding citizens, setting precedent within the Tenth Circuit against similar cooling-off periods. Bottom Line: New Mexico's 7-day firearm waiting period is no longer in effect; the court held that “a right delayed is a right denied.” "Major Incident" at ATF: Did Russian Hackers Just Get The Registry? – Legally Armed America YouTubeVideo | "Major Incident" at ATF A Russian-linked ransomware group called Qilin just listed the ATF on its dark-web leak site, prompting the Justice Department to formally designate the incident as a statutory "major incident" and notify Congress. In this video, Paul breaks down what actually occurred, analyzes the official statements, and shares the on-the-record response from ATF Director Robert Cekada—who directly clarified that core firearm owner systems like eForms and the NFRTR registry were completely untouched, naming the breached system as the standalone CALEA wiretap environment. What We Cover: The Incident & The Claim: How Qilin listed the ATF on their leak site and what double-extortion ransomware gangs actually do. 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Hash values, IP addresses, and domains are virtually useless as primary detection mechanisms in the era of AI-driven polymorphic malware and short-lived phishing kits. If your detection strategy is still stuck at the bottom of the Pyramid of Pain, your incident response team is doused in noise while true threats slip through undetected. In this episode, Ashish sits down with Nicole Beckwith, Senior Director of Security Engineering & Operations at Cribl (former Secret Service investigator and Kroger security ops lead), to break down Cribl's open APEX framework. Nicole explains how APEX focuses on behavioral chaining, time-boxing, and clustering over raw telemetry to build high-fidelity detections without needing a thousand individual rules for every MITRE ATT&CK box. We also explore the shift from a "single pane of glass" to a deterministic "single lens" over federated data, why AI agents must be provisioned as true identities rather than unmonitored service accounts, and how to analyze hyper-fast threat archetypes like Anthropic's GTG 1002. Guest Socials -⁠⁠ Nicole's Linkedin Podcast Twitter - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@CloudSecPod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠If you want to watch videos of this LIVE STREAMED episode and past episodes - Check out our other Cloud Security Social Channels:-⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Cloud Security Podcast- Youtube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠- ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Cloud Security Newsletter ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠If you are interested in AI Security, you can check out our sister podcast -⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ AI Security PodcastQuestions asked:(00:00) Introduction & The Death of Hashes and IP Detections(02:20) Nicole Beckwith's Background (Secret Service, GE Aerospace, Kroger, Cribl)(04:30) Moving Up David Bianco's Pyramid of Pain to TTPs(06:20) Replacing the "Single Pane of Glass" with a Single Lens on Federated Data(09:40) Deciding What Logs to Pipe to a Data Lake vs. Keep in a SIEM(13:30) The Cost and Context Risks of Pointing AI Agents Directly at Unstructured Data Lakes(16:30) IAM Mistakes: Why AI Agents Must Be Provisioned as Identities, Not Service Accounts(18:40) The Biggest Blind Spot in AI Detection Engineering (Rule Writing vs. Tuning)(20:40) Why AI SOCs Break on Normalized Schemas and Need Raw Telemetry(22:20) Deconstructing the APEX Framework: Chaining, Time-Boxing, and Clustering(27:00) Detecting Anthropic's GTG 1002 Archetype and MCP Scaffolding Abuse(30:30) How to Apply the APEX Framework to Any Existing Security Stack(34:20) Empowering Analysts: Why AI Should Not Be Used to Cut SOC HeadcountResources spoken about during the interview APEX Framework

What if childhood trauma didn't make you fall apart but instead made you highly capable, responsible, resilient, ambitious, and successful? Trauma doesn't always look like dysfunction. For some high-achieving women, it looks like becoming the strong one, the responsible one, the woman everyone depends on, or the entrepreneur who always figures it out. In this episode of The Art & Skill of Coaching, Jess DeMarchis shares her personal experience with childhood trauma, C-PTSD, healing, and high achievement, and explores the unexpected strengths and hidden costs that can come from becoming exceptionally good at surviving. You'll learn how childhood trauma can contribute to patterns like perfectionism, hyper-independence, people-pleasing, over-functioning, overworking, hypervigilance, and an unusually high tolerance for stress. These adaptations may help you build a successful career, business, and life, but eventually the same strategies that helped you survive can make it difficult to rest, receive support, trust yourself, feel safe, or actually enjoy what you've created. Jess also explains the concept of the trauma drive: when achievement and ambition become partially fueled by survival, and why reaching the next milestone often doesn't create the peace, security, or sense of enoughness you expected it to. The goal isn't to become less resilient, capable, or ambitious. It's to keep the strengths that helped you succeed while letting go of the fear, pressure, hypervigilance, and survival patterns attached to them. If you've built an impressive life but still struggle to relax, stop proving yourself, feel safe in your success, or believe you've finally done enough, this episode will help you understand why. Free Resource: Download Jess's 50 Trauma-Informed Coaching Questions to start identifying the deeper patterns, beliefs, and behaviors influencing the way you work. https://jessicademarchis.myflodesk.com/50questions  Want support creating your next level of success without sacrificing your personal life? Jess's 1:1 coaching books are open. Book a consultation through this link: www.chatwithjess.com Stay in Touch: www.jessicademarchis.com IG @jess_demarchis_coaching  

Ben Ward grew up in a split home, found his foundation in his dad's dusty box of Nightingale-Conant cassette tapes, and then got humiliated his first summer selling door-to-door — zero sales, a nickel flicked at him, and a breakdown on an Oceanside beach. That breaking point became the start of a career that took him from $25K his first real summer to over $400K a year, a company he co-founded to a public offering, and later an executive role scaling LuLaRoe to $2.2 billion. He also opens up about the hubris that drove his own company into the ground, what he learned about the gap between selling and leading, and his upcoming book co-authored with Brian Tracy. This one covers faith, family, failure, and the real cost of pride.

What happens when taking care of someone else slowly requires you to disappear from your own life?Family caregiving rarely arrives according to plan. A diagnosis changes. A parent declines. A spouse becomes dependent. Roles reverse, schedules collapse, and someone quietly becomes responsible for another human being twenty-four hours a day.Amy and Monica Vest Wheeler explore the realities behind caregiver burnout, unpaid caregiving responsibilities, and the pressure to keep performing at work while privately carrying grief, medical decisions, and exhaustion. For many working caregivers, the strain is not only emotional. It can affect income, career stability, health, and the ability to remain in the workforce at all.Monica challenges the assumption that families should simply absorb this responsibility without consequence. The conversation turns toward workplace support for caregivers, the limitations of rigid bereavement and leave policies, and why flexible work for caregivers can be an act of both humanity and good leadership.Support can also begin closer to home. Another family member learns the care routine. Someone finally says what is really happening. A caregiver stops answering “fine” and allows another person to help carry the weight.Caregiving can be an expression of extraordinary love. But love does not make a person limitless. Sustainable care requires us to protect the life of the person receiving care without sacrificing the life of the person providing it.Moments That Create Momentum:When the Caregiver Becomes Invisible – Explore how responsibility for another person can consume so much emotional and physical energy that the caregiver's own needs quietly disappear.The Workplace Mask Caregivers Learn to Wear – Understand why employees may appear composed and productive while privately managing grief, medical crises, and round-the-clock caregiving responsibilities.Why Flexibility Is More Than an Employee Perk – Discover how small adjustments to schedules or work location can help organizations retain experienced employees instead of losing them to caregiving demands.The Cost of Keeping Caregiving a Family Secret – See how shame, privacy, and poor communication can leave one person carrying responsibilities that could be shared across family, friends, and community.Your Life Is Just as Worthy as the Person You're Caring For – Hear why caregiving cannot require complete self-erasure, and how protecting the caregiver may ultimately protect the person receiving care too.About the Guest:Monica Vest Wheeler speaks with heart, humor, and hard-earned wisdom, helping caregivers, families, and communities navigate some of life's most difficult moments. Her work is rooted in lived experience, including hundreds of interviews, volunteer work at more than 180 stroke and brain injury camps nationwide, facilitating hundreds of support and discussion groups, personal caregiving journeys, and her own openness about mental health. She has written more than a dozen books on Peoria, Illinois, history, along with five books exploring health, grief, and the emotional realities families face during catastrophic life events.As a writer and presenter, Monica is unafraid to address the questions many people avoid. She brings truth, warmth, humor, and practical clarity to conversations about caregiving, grief, communication, and emotional survival. Her work gives caregivers permission to ask for help without shame, encourages patients and survivors to express what they are experiencing, and reinforces one of the lessons she has seen repeatedly: families who communicate are more likely to stay connected through crisis rather than fall apart.https://www.monicavestwheeler.comhttps://www.facebook.com/monicavestwheelerhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/monicavestwheeler/About Amy:Amy Lynn Durham, known by her clients as the Corporate Mystic, is the founder of the Executive Coaching Firm, Create Magic At Work®, where they help leaders build workplaces rooted in creativity, collaboration, and fulfillment. A former corporate executive turned Executive Coach, Amy blends practical leadership strategies with spiritual intelligence to unlock human potential at work.She's a certified Executive Coach through UC Berkeley & the International Coaching Federation (ICF) In addition, Amy holds coaching certifications in Spiritual Intelligence (SQ21), the Edgewalker Profile, and the Archetypes of Change . In addition to being the host of the Create Magic At Work® podcast, Amy is the author of Create Magic At Work®, Creating Career Magic: A Daily Prompt Journal and the founder of Magic Thread Media™. Through her work, she inspires intentional leadership for thriving workplaces and lives where “magic” becomes reality.Connect with Amy:https://createmagicatwork.net/https://www.linkedin.com/company/create-magic-at-workhttps://www.facebook.com/112951637095427https://www.instagram.com/createmagicatworkhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnEm4h3fUgaq8qgvZpz6dGgThanks for listening!Thanks so much for listening to our podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and think that others could benefit from listening, please share it using the social media buttons on this page.Do you have some feedback or questions about this episode? Leave a comment in the section below!Subscribe to the podcastIf you would like to get automatic updates of new podcast episodes, you can follow the podcast on Apple Podcasts or your favorite podcast app.Leave us an Apple Podcasts reviewRatings and reviews from our listeners are extremely valuable to us and greatly appreciated. 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If you've already hosted a virtual summit, it's tempting to think the next one will naturally outperform it. You've got a bigger audience and more experience...what could go wrong? In this episode, I'm digging into the biggest mistake repeat summit hosts make, sharing real examples of what it looks like when this assumption plays out (including real numbers), and breaking down three specific mistakes that feed into this bigger one. Whether you're planning your second summit or your sixth, this episode will help you stop leaving results on the table and start making the intentional improvements that lead to growth. For show notes, head to https://summithosthangout.com/330

Have you ever felt like your business is doing everything right on paper—great sales, happy customers, top-of-the-tier products—yet your bank account tells a completely different story? In this episode, I break down a real-world money mystery featuring a client doing over $1 million in revenue who hadn't been able to take a consistent paycheck in months. We dig into how we audited their inventory, pinpointed the hidden cash leak in their best-selling product, and implemented two simple strategic moves: building a recurring monthly offer and optimizing Cost of Goods Sold (COGS). The result? An extra $135,000 in revenue over 12 months without adding new products or burning out on marketing. Key Takeaways Look Beyond the P&L: A product-based business generating seven figures can still suffer from severe cash flow leaks if inventory aren't optimized. Double Down on What Works: Stop spreading energy across your entire catalog. Build scalable, recurring offers around your proven hero product. Ask the Two Essential Questions: How do I sell more of this? How do I keep more of what I'm selling? Knowledge vs. Operating System: Fixing one cash leak gives you a temporary win; having an operating system ensures you catch every leak, every week, consistently. Memorable Quotes "It wasn't about doing more. It wasn't about adding new products, paying for marketing, or just hustling harder. It was about looking closely at something that already existed..." "Knowledge doesn't create change in a business. It really, truly doesn't. But an operating system? Now that does." Next Steps & Resources Ready to stop guessing and start locating the hidden cash in your inventory? Learn More: Explore the Inventory Genius Operating System to build a consistent financial cadence. Connect: Follow along for weekly financial strategies to help you make more profit and keep more cash! Work with Me - https://www.ciarastockeland.com/work-with-meVisit the Bookstore - https://www.ciarastockeland.com/bookstoreSign Up for Free Weekly Tips and Trainings - https://www.ciarastockeland.com/subscribe More About the Episode Sponsor:T&O Strategic Advisory (http://www.tostrategicadvisory.com/) - Offering a wide range of tax and accounting services, including entity election and S-Corp advisory.

In this message, Pastor Josh explores the joyful invitation to come and feast at the banquet in the kingdom of God. Our excuses reveal what we love and what we prioritize. Following Jesus requires surrendering all other pursuits and priorities. The parable of the great banquet illustrates these key themes, emphasizing the readiness and abundance of the feast, the revealing nature of our excuses, and the sacrificial cost of discipleship.TakeawaysThe Joyful Invitation: Jesus extends a joyful invitation to come and feast at the banquet in the kingdom of God, emphasizing the readiness and abundance of the feast.Excuses Reveal Loves: Our excuses reveal our priorities, loves, and what we believe we cannot live without, exposing the idols in our lives.The Cost of Following Jesus: Following Jesus will cost us everything, and the decision to follow Him requires surrendering all other priorities and pursuits.Recorded live at Hope Church in Springfield, MO.#joshThompson #parable #banquet #invitation #everyone #excuse #idols #loves #expose #priorities

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