Podcasts about execution

Most people stay distracted because they're addicted to noise and being available all the time. But real power comes from being able to shut the world out and protect your focus.  In this episode, I talk about how to put yourself in Do Not Disturb mode — not on your phone, but in your mind. I break down what this mindset looks like and how to switch into it fast, so you can stay locked in and get things done no matter what's going on around you. Show Notes [01:33]#1 Control your physical environment. [07:06]#2 Emotional environment.  [12:06]#3 Mental environment.  [15:23]Recap Episodes Mentioned: 2429: How To Work From Home Professionally 1925: Do Your Homework! 2956: The Different Ways To "Do Your Homework Next Steps ⚡️ Power Presence Protocol  Command The Room Without Words → http://PowerPresenceProtocol.com 

  The Somers Trial: Mackenzie's Defense, Dana's Support, and the Presidential Intervention. Richard Snow discusses how after the execution, the Navy initiated an inquiry. Richard Henry Dana fully supported Mackenzie, describing him as saintly and honorable. The court of inquiry agreed that Mackenzie had behaved honorably. However, Mackenzie surprisingly sought a formal court-martial because John Spencer and Seaman Small's wife were pressuring for a civil murder trial. The court-martial ran from February 2 to March 31 and initially concluded that Mackenzie was honorably acquitted and heroic. However, President Tyler intervened, refusing to endorse the verdict and believing Mackenzie should have been hanged as a murderer. Mackenzie was acquitted and avoided a murder trial, but his honor was tarnished. Snow recommends readers act as the jury to decide Mackenzie's actions. Retry

A lot of people freeze up or feel invisible in new spaces, but what really matters is your presence. Presence is that energy that makes people notice and remember you, even before you say a word.  In this episode, I talk about how to walk into any room — even when nobody knows you — and still make people want to know you. I break down how to carry yourself so you create instant gravity — that magnetic pull that draws people in, no matter where you are. Show Notes [02:48]#1 Energy before words.  [08:04]#2 Observe before you engage. 
 [12:59]#3 Ask more than you tell if you want to have a good conversation.  [18:34]#4 Always end conversations on a strong note. [20:01]Recap Next Steps ⚡️ Power Presence Protocol  Command The Room Without Words → http://PowerPresenceProtocol.com 

I've seen people with fancy titles who couldn't influence anyone, and others with no title who ran the room. That's because true authority doesn't come from a nameplate. It comes from presence, consistency, and proven skill. In this episode, I talk about how to have real authority at work, even if you don't have a big job title. I break down how to build that kind of authority so people listen to you, no matter your title. Show Notes [01:54]#1 People follow those who look and feel as if they're in charge. [14:02]#2 Be the person with the answers.  [19:23]#3 Detach from the need for approval. [23:44]Recap Episodes Mentioned: 895: Amazon's 14 Principles of Leadership, Pt. 1 896: Amazon's 14 Principles of Leadership, Pt. 2 2245: What's Up With The Business Suits? Next Steps ⚡️ Power Presence Protocol  Command The Room Without Words → http://PowerPresenceProtocol.com 

The less you chase after something, the more it seems to come to you. Most people move with desperate energy, and that energy actually pushes what they want away. When you stop chasing and start choosing, everything changes. In this episode, I talk about the paradox of getting everything by needing nothing. I'll break down how to shift from being the chaser to being the chooser in life, business, and everything in between. Show Notes [02:20]#1 Neediness in and of itself is a scarcity energy that repels the energy of others.  [10:26]#2 Detachment creates leverage.  [19:37]#3 Abundance is a posture, it's a way of carrying yourself.  [22:46]Recap Episodes Mentioned: 3045: Always Be The Buyer Next Steps ⚡️ Power Presence Protocol  Command The Room Without Words → http://PowerPresenceProtocol.com 

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A lot of people think that when you control your impulses or energy, you're suppressing yourself. But that's not true. Suppression means pushing something down by force. Containment means keeping it within healthy limits. In this episode, I talk about the difference between containment and suppression—and why most men get it wrong. I break down why true power comes from containment, not suppression, and how mastering this can change the way you carry your energy as a man. Show Notes [03:25]#1 When you suppress your energy, you are making a show of strength to hide what is actually weakness. [10:39]#2 Containment is power under control. [19:51]#3 People can feel the energy of containment.  [21:37]Recap Episodes Mentioned: 3438: Why Powerful Men NEVER Masturbate 560: You're In The Emotional Management Business Next Steps ⚡️ Power Presence Protocol  Command The Room Without Words → http://PowerPresenceProtocol.com 

Nearly a year and a half after our conversation first aired in 2024, Lost & Found in Cleveland is ready to make its way to theaters nationwide on November 7, 2025.When I first sat down with Keith Gerchak and Marisa Guterman, the creative forces behind the film, we explored the decade-long journey that brought this story to life—from writing and directing this cinematic love letter to Cleveland, to raising capital, recruiting a star-studded cast featuring Martin Sheen, Dennis Haysbert, June Squibb, Stacy Keach, and many others, and filming across Cleveland's iconic landscapes.With the film's theatrical debut now just around the corner, this feels like the perfect moment to revisit their remarkable story.So, with that exciting update, please enjoy this encore conversation from the Lay of The Land archives with Keith Gerchak and Marisa Guterman, the filmmakers behind Lost & Found in Cleveland, airing in theaters across Cleveland starting November 7, 2025.Tickets are now on sale at https://tickets.lostandfoundincleveland.com/! More theaters are being added daily. 00:00:00 - The American Dream in Cleveland 00:05:56 - The Journey of Filmmaking 00:19:10 - Character Development and Storytelling 00:32:39 - Challenges and Triumphs in Production 00:42:44 - The Journey of Filmmaking: Vision and Execution 00:44:44 - Challenges of Fundraising in Cleveland 00:46:31 - The Economic Impact of Local Filmmaking 00:49:15 - Building a Sustainable Film Industry in Cleveland 00:51:33 - Changing the Narrative: Cleveland's Film Identity 00:54:53 - Casting Challenges and Triumphs 01:01:38 - Overcoming On-Set Challenges 01:09:21 - The Message of Hope in Film-----LINKS:Lost & Found in Cleveland IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4601732/Connect with Keith Gerchak: https://www.linkedin.com/in/keithgerchak/Connect with Marisa Guterman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marisa-guterman-187677a9/Double G Films: https://www.doublegfilms.com/-----SPONSOR:Roundstone InsuranceRoundstone Insurance is proud to sponsor Lay of The Land. Founder and CEO, Michael Schroeder, has committed full-year support for the podcast, recognizing its alignment with the company's passion for entrepreneurship, innovation, and community leadership.Headquartered in Rocky River, Ohio, Roundstone was founded in 2005 with a vision to deliver better healthcare outcomes at a more affordable cost. To bring that vision to life, the company pioneered the group medical captive model — a self-funded health insurance solution that provides small and mid-sized businesses with greater control and significant savings.Over the past two decades, Roundstone has grown rapidly, creating nearly 200 jobs in Northeast Ohio. The company works closely with employers and benefits advisors to navigate the complexities of commercial health insurance and build custom plans that prioritize employee well-being over shareholder returns. By focusing on aligned incentives and better health outcomes, Roundstone is helping businesses save thousands in Per Employee Per Year healthcare costs.Roundstone Insurance — Built for entrepreneurs. Backed by innovation. Committed to Cleveland.-----Stay up to date by signing up for Lay of The Land's weekly newsletter — sign up here.Past guests include Justin Bibb (Mayor of Cleveland), Pat Conway (Great Lakes Brewing), Steve Potash (OverDrive), Umberto P. Fedeli (The Fedeli Group), Lila Mills (Signal Cleveland), Stewart Kohl (The Riverside Company), Mitch Kroll (Findaway — Acquired by Spotify), and over 200 other Cleveland Entrepreneurs.Connect with Jeffrey Stern on LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffreypstern/Follow Lay of The Land on X @podlayofthelandhttps://www.jeffreys.page/

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

In this powerful Season 6 finale of the Move the Ball® podcast, host Jen Garrett dives into what it truly means to win the fourth quarter and dominate your game heading into 2026. Blending insight from her Fortune 50 leadership background with her Suit Up, Show Up, Move the Ball® framework, Jen delivers an inspiring, high-performance playbook on how to finish strong when most people slow down. She breaks down the mindset, strategy, and execution shifts that separate champions from competitors—emphasizing intentionality, focus, and energy management as key differentiators for success. Along the way, Jen shares personal reflections on the evolution of the show, her deliberate approach to growth, and the power of closing the year with purpose. The episode serves as both a finale and a call to action: to decide who you’ll be in this final stretch, elevate your standards, and move the ball with clarity and conviction into 2026. Episode Highlights: Champions Close Strong in the Fourth Quarter [0:56]The episode opens by emphasizing that while many people slow down in the final months of the year, true champions use the fourth quarter as an opportunity to finish strong and set the stage for future success. The Power of Intentionality and Prime Numbers [3:00]Jen shares her personal approach to intentionality, using the quirky example of aligning the episode number with a prime number, and explains how being intentional adds meaning and joy to both work and life. Where Separation Happens: The Power of Q4 [7:15]The discussion highlights how the fourth quarter is a time for differentiation—those who stay focused and intentional stand out, build momentum, and demonstrate true leadership. Be Intentional: Success Is Not Random [10:27]The episode concludes by reinforcing that success is the result of deliberate actions and choices, not luck, and encourages listeners to approach the end of the year with purpose and intention. IT'S TIME TO SHOW UP WITH CONFIDENCE, MAKE AN IMPACT, AND MOVE THE BALL:

Minnesota Wild hockey boss Bill Guerin joins Chad to talk about a disappointing start to the season, a lack of execution he's seen all over the lineup and what he sees improving in the team's play over the past few games.

In a world where everyone shouts for attention, staying calm and composed makes you stand out. Stillness isn't being passive, it's a powerful presence that makes people lean in and listen. In this episode I explain why stillness is louder than words. I'll show you how to use quiet strength as an offensive tool to get more influence and results. Show Notes [02:50]#1 Stillness signals control.  [08:28]#2 Words are cheap and the cost of words is decreasing.  [14:30]#3 Stillness forces the world and other people to reveal itself and themselves to you. [21:41]Recap Episodes Mentioned: 1025: The Opportunity Is In The Opposites Next Steps ⚡️ Power Presence Protocol  Command The Room Without Words → http://PowerPresenceProtocol.com 

As the year winds down and the pace of projects, planning, and priorities picks up, BJ takes a moment to reflect on what it means to lead through transition. In this solo episode of Leadership Blueprints, he shares insights on recognizing the natural rhythms of leadership - the seasons of building, the pauses for reflection, and the moments when teams need to reset before accelerating forward.BJ discusses the importance of taking inventory - not just of your workload, but of your mindset. He reminds leaders that progress isn't only about pushing harder, but also about pacing yourself, finding clarity in the chaos, and realigning your purpose for what's ahead. Whether you're leading a team, a project, or your own personal growth, this episode offers a timely reminder: leadership is built day by day, season by season.Key Points From This Episode:The parallels between the changing seasons and the cycles of leadership and growth.Why reflection and rest are vital to sustainable leadership performance.How to find balance between execution, evaluation, and evolution.The value of pausing to appreciate your team's effort before sprinting into what's next.Practical steps for leaders to reset intentions and priorities heading into a new season.How slowing down can actually help you accelerate with clarity and purpose.Quotes:“Leadership has seasons - moments when we push, moments when we pause, and moments when we prepare for what's next.” - BJ Kraemer“Progress doesn't always mean doing more. Sometimes it means creating space to think, to breathe, and to lead better.” - BJ Kraemer“Great leaders don't just build projects. They build people - and that takes reflection, rhythm, and renewal.” - BJ KraemerLinks Mentioned in Today's Episode:Leadership Blueprints PodcastMCFAMCFA CareersBJ Kraemer on LinkedIn

Warrior woman, welcome back to the mic girl. It's been a hot minute since we hung out, and today I wanna go deep with you on something that's holding so many women back in their health, their training, and their lives: the 'checklist era'. You know her. The macros. The reps. The Zone 2. The rules. The never-ending to-do list of what to eat, how to train, and when to sleep. But here's the truth girl: checklists don't build bodies. Systems do. In this EP, I break down what strategy actually means, why it's the missing link in your training and nutrition, and how to build a system that actually fits your life. I talk through the 3 identity shifts you need to make to move from exhausted and stuck to powerful and consistent. And I tell you exactly what I teach inside Warrior School when it comes to becoming a woman who can hold the body and the life she wants. So grab a coffee, go for a walk, and let's hang out. IN THIS EPISODE I BREAK DOWN: Why we cling to checklists when we feel overwhelmed, tired, or stuck The biggest identity shift I had to make (that changed everything) What an elegant strategy actually looks like (hint: it's not a plan) The four pillars of every powerful strategy How to move from reactive to resilient Why doing more isn't the answer—but holding more is 3 BIG IDENTITY SHIFTS TO BECOME THE WOMAN WHO HOLDS MORE From checklists to systems: Becoming the woman who trains with strategy (not just ticking boxes) From just showing up to execution: Learning to execute at the level required for the results you want From reacting to adapting: Building the skill of pivoting, not pausing, when life gets messy POWERFUL QUOTES FROM THE EPISODE "You don't become a badass by doing more. You become a badass by learning how to hold more." "Checklists live in isolation. Systems talk to each other." "Everything you've done so far has gotten you here. But becoming her? That's a whole new identity." "Execution is doing the right thing, the right way, at the right time—at the level required for the results you want." "If you're still stuck, it's not because you're lazy. It's because no one taught you how to build a system that fits your life." NEXT STEPS

In this episode of the Finding the Edge, we explore the age old pitching debate about velocity and command. The question is can we train command? If so what does it look like to develop command using ecological principles?00:00 Introduction and Hosts Introduction00:05 Velocity vs Command: The Eternal Debate00:23 Analyzing Walk Rates and Team Performance02:08 Year-to-Year and In-Season Walk Rate Correlations03:56 Ecological Perspective on Command Development12:02 Understanding Fatigue and Its Impact on Command20:26 Exploring Variability in Pitching Mechanics33:27 Balancing Exploration and Execution in Training38:41 The Role of Weighted Training in Skill Adaptation39:28 Exploration and Training Residuals in Skill Development41:41 The Importance of Intentional Exploration48:06 Guiding Exploration Through Structured Activities54:30 Balancing Routine and Adaptability59:42 Ecological Approach to Improving Command01:13:31 Varying implements to Enhance Command01:16:59 Final Thoughts on Command and AttentionIntro music by: Muellzy⁠  / muellzymusic  ⁠Support Us & learn more about Ecological Dynamics (links below)⁠Donate to Finding the Edge:⁠⁠⁠ buymeacoffee.com/ftepod⁠⁠⁠Ecological Dynamics ResourcesResources from Emergence a movement skill education company dedicated to helping coaches learn how to apply an ecological approach to understanding and developing movement skill.Get 7% off most courses by using code: Edge7Educational Products: ⁠⁠⁠https://emergentmvmt.com/shop-2/⁠⁠⁠Social MediaTwitter: ⁠⁠@Emergentmvmt⁠⁠Instagram: ⁠⁠@Emergentmvmt⁠⁠Patreon:⁠⁠   / ⁠emergentmvmt⁠⁠⁠  Follow Us!Join our Discord: ⁠⁠bit.ly/3a07z1B⁠⁠Find us on Twitter: @FTEpod@gboyum01@RobertFrey40@kyledupic@CoachgbakerSubscribe on Youtube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@findingtheedge⁠

What Keeps You Up at Night? – Tales from the Digital Frontier  Trust, Scale, and Strategy: What We Still Get Wrong About Digital Health Execution  Host and Guest: Russ Branzell, CHIME President & CEO  Phil Sobol, Chief Commercial Officer, CereCore Podcast DescriptionRuss Branzell, President and CEO of CHIME, sits down with Phil Sobol, Chief Commercial Officer at CereCore, to explore the real pressures and opportunities facing digital health leaders today. From navigating operational realities and scaling EHR innovations to separating hype from impact in data and interoperability, Phil shares candid insights from the frontlines of healthcare technology. Together, they explore the importance of trust, relationship-driven strategy, and bold investments in people and long-term growth.Key Takeaways:The operational complexities – including staffing shortages and large-scale tech transitions – that are challenging digital health leaders to rethink strategy and execution.Overhyped trends in digital health, and the solutions driving measurable impact inside health systems to improve interoperability and patient care.Strategies for scaling successful pilot programs to enterprise-wide adoption of EHR and other digital initiatives.Best practices for building trust and credibility with healthcare leaders in a crowded technology landscape.Bold leadership strategies to drive sustainable growth and innovation in healthcare services.

Most men don't lose in life because they lack talent or opportunity, they lose because they lack self-control. Discipline is really about controlling your urges, your vices, and your emotions instead of reacting to them. When you learn to control your impulses, you gain power, presence, and energy that make you more focused and magnetic. In this episode, I talk about how to master your impulses.  Show Notes [02:03]#1 Awareness is always the first step. [09:22]#2 Learn to build space into decision making.  [14:11]#3 Replace your impulses with standards.  [18:16]#4 The energy inside of every impulse you have can be channeled and redirected into more positive behaviors.  [20:25]Recap Episodes Mentioned: 3279: The Standards Of A Professional 2668: What Standards Are You Willing To Set? 2097: Standards STILL Matter 1974: Standards: The Enemy Of Mediocrity 1331: Never Lower The Bar Of Standards Next Steps ⚡️ Power Presence Protocol  Command The Room Without Words → http://PowerPresenceProtocol.com 

Ben Criddle talks BYU sports every weekday from 2 to 6 pm.Today's Co-Hosts: Ben Criddle (@criddlebenjamin)Subscribe to the Cougar Sports with Ben Criddle podcast:Apple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/cougar-sports-with-ben-criddle/id99676

Everyone wants an AI silver bullet—but franchise success still comes down to execution. In this episode, Erik Van Horn and Brian Holmes (Franchise Ramp, AI Front Desk) break down how real operators are using AI to scale without losing culture, quality, or profit. Learn how AI saves 65,000+ hours, the truth behind "failed" AI pilots, and why most leaders still get it wrong.

If you've ever tried to pivot a payments company from vendor sprawl to a product-led core, you know the hardest part isn't the code - it's the conviction. Greg Myers sits down with Payroc CEO Jim Oberman in the first episode in our three-part series titled Focus. Build. Win. to trace the inflection point that moved the company from relying on third parties to building and owning the core stack merchants now expect. We dig into the strategy behind choosing focus over FOMO, why omni and embedded experiences changed the rules, and how a disciplined product roadmap turned into a growth engine for partners and merchants alike.Jim opens the playbook on capital allocation and scale: a two-pronged approach that combined careful acquisitions of mature distribution with targeted technology buys to accelerate the roadmap and extend globally. We talk about integrating WorldNet and BlueSnap, rebranding decisively, and the operating principle that all new business must board on the core platform. The result is a clear throughline from M&A to product to outcomes, including core-platform growth near 37% year over year while legacy assets provide the cash to fund tomorrow.Execution is where it gets real. Jim shares how Payroc built a weekly cross-functional steering committee to avoid politics, return every debate to customer impact, and keep teams from chasing shiny objects. We explore the shift to vertical focus - unattended payments like vending, laundry, car wash, parking, and kiosks - where contactless demand is compounding. Data sits at the center, with a unified lake that reconciles to financials, enabling honest prioritization and faster, clearer decisions. We close with lessons learned and what's next: helping founder teams let go without losing their spark, centralizing support even if it's expensive, and keeping a “never again” list to avoid unwinnable arenas. The next chapter is about sales execution and taking global capabilities to mid-market clients that are ready to expand. 

When Preparation Meets Execution (the Wave Arrives) Dearly Beloved… this episode is a story about the moment when the wave finally arrives — after years of preparation, devotion, heartbreak, hard work, and refusing to give up on the vision. I just returned from Austin, Texas, where I spent a week inside an Impact Accelerator with 120 powerhouse entrepreneurs, investors, advisors, and super-connectors. I went down there to pitch Majik Kids — our mission to end the screen zombie epidemic and raise empowered creators through screen-free, imagination-powered media. I had a five-minute pitch in front of the room. And the amount of preparation that went into those five minutes… was wild. 21 script rewrites 20+ slide deck rebuilds 30+ hours of practice Complete memorization & embodiment A devastating piece of feedback two days before the pitch A full ego death & complete rewrite And finally… the moment When I stepped onto the stage — and delivered the most grounded, playful, powerful version of myself — I got a standing ovation and walked away with 50+ meaningful follow-up conversations with investors, collaborators, and allies. This story is a teaching moment for anyone on the path of creation: Preparation matters. How you show up in your moment matters. Your craft is the key. Your presence is the portal. There is a point in every journey where the resistance shows up: The scream moment. The “I don't have time” moment. The “maybe I'm not cut out for this” moment. That is not the sign to stop. That is the sign to KEEP IT UP. If you're in the grind phase… If you're mid-build… If you're rewriting your story… If you're preparing for your moment… This episode is your reminder: Your wave is coming. And when preparation meets execution — the world pays attention.

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A lot of guys believe that if you're rich or well-known, you automatically have access to more women or better women. But that's not how it works. I break down why this mindset is false, what actually draws women in, and why confidence, presence, and authenticity matter more than your bank account or follower count. Show Notes [03:22]#1 Fame and Money do attract attention, but not respect. [10:51]#2 Money buys transactions, but presence, on the other hand, creates desire. [22:04]#3 True attraction comes from who you are as a person, not what you have or what you can provide. [26:11]Recap Next Steps ⚡️ Power Presence Protocol  Command The Room Without Words → http://PowerPresenceProtocol.com 

What does it take to build a value-creation engine that scales across portfolios, empowers CEOs, and blends purpose with performance?In this episode, host Linnea Jungnelius sits down with Tory Ramaker, Senior Partner and Co-Head of Vistria PRG, LLC ("Portfolio Resources Group") at The Vistria Group, one of the private-equity industry's most forward-thinking operating leaders.From founding the PRG from the ground up to re-engineering how portfolio teams drive transformation, Tory shares what it really means to create impact in essential industries — where financial returns and societal outcomes go hand in hand.For Operating Partners, CEOs, and investors alike, this conversation breaks down the next generation of value creation, grounded in partnership, empathy, and disciplined execution.What You'll Learn:• How to architect a portfolio operations model that bridges strategy and execution• Why management ownership, not investor direction, determines success• The playbook for aligning boards, sponsors, and CEOs around one value-creation plan• Why the best portfolio leaders blend consulting rigor with real operating experience• The leadership balance between autonomy and accountability that builds lasting trustTimecodes00:00 Intro00:15 Guest Introduction: Tory Ramaker, The Vistria Group00:54 Early Lessons in Resilience and Adaptability02:26 Learning to Influence: From Data and Logic to Empathy07:13 Building the PRG: Founding Vision and Early Model08:04 Evolving the Model: From Generalists to Functional Specialists09:51 Portfolio Priorities: Technology, Talent, and Finance11:06 Hiring Strategy: Product-Minded Tech Leaders and PE-Proven CFOs11:45 Next-Gen Operating Talent: Consulting Rigor Meets Operating Experience13:00 Operating Model Shift: Fewer Companies, Deeper Engagement14:33 Value Creation Planning: It Must Be Management's Plan15:14 Execution and Measurement: Defining Success Metrics17:03 Integrating Impact: Embedding Purpose into Value Creation19:00 Partnering with CEOs: Building Trust and Candid Collaboration21:03 Leadership Alignment: Autonomy with Accountability22:35 Co-Investment Collaboration: Clarity and Over-Communication23:46 Change Leadership: Applying AI and Data to Transformation26:42 Capacity Discipline: Forced Scarcity and Strategic Resourcing29:15 Leadership Standard: Autonomy with Accountability31:39 Human Capital Playbook: Assessments, Coaching, and CEO Readiness36:20 Leadership Evolution: EQ Over IQ38:19 Lightning Round: Personal Reflections Resources:Tory Ramaker:LinkedIn: ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/tory-ramaker-a077141/ Linnea Jungnelius:LinkedIn: https://⁠www.linkedin.com/in/linneajungnelius ⁠X: ⁠https://x.com/itslinnea⁠Explore the Podcast:Spotify: ⁠https://acertitu.de/tory-ramaker-spotify-podcastApple Podcasts: ⁠https://acertitu.de/tory-ramaker-apple-podcast⁠Blog: ⁠https://acertitu.de/tory-ramaker-blog⁠Found Value?

"Be on-time, put out the extra effort. ... No matter what you're going to be in life, be the best." --Owner-operator John Treadway on his motivation through the years Raised to “be the best” at whatever he did, owner-operator John Treadway is clearly working hard to achieve that lofty goal with his one-truck business. It's a two-truck business, actually, with Treadway trucking with his own authority mostly in a stunningly beautiful 1998 Peterbilt 379 he calls "Teal Appeal," but with a 2006-model Pete kept as a spare to run in winter, and as a failsafe to serve his central customer. Treadway was Overdrive's Trucker of the Month for September, featured in this story by Senior Editor Matt Cole, whose long talk with Treadway makes up the bulk of this week's podcast: https://overdriveonline.com/15767883 Owner-operator John Treadway hauls flowers year-round for a greenhouse operation near his base in Kokomo, Indiana, with his Tway (prounced TEE-Way) Rose Transport, now with authority for going on a decade after some decades more leased to other companies. His story stretches back to his start trucking with the 1990 purchase of a 1985 Kenworth Liberty Edition cabover he used to haul grain with his older brother, eventually moving on to pull flatbeds and a variety of other trailers. It's reefer work these days for the flower operation, and since we saw his tractor at MATS early this year he's put work into a 2017 Great Dane reefer to match the lines and colors of "Teal Appeal" 1998 Pete, as you'll hear in the podcast today. Yet so much of Treadway's approach to trucking he traces to the time before he ever held a steering wheel, his life built in the business on top of those be-the-best values instilled at an early age along with admiration of truck drivers whose names he may have never known but from whom he garnered examples to which to aspire. Along with business brass tacks he keeps early lessons learned ever at the front his mind about what it takes to build success as a one-truck owner, and to have a little fun along the way. "One of my good friends told me a long, long time ago, 'To be an owner-operator, that's a 364-day-a year job,'" Treadway said. "You're driving through the day, you're hauling the loads, but it doesn't stop. The weekend comes, and you've got repairs to do, and then on top of that if you want to add a piece of chrome or something, you have to try to fit all that in. There's just a grind to it. You've just gotta keep grinding, and keep moving forward." Read about all of our 2025 Truckers of the Month, contenders for the annual prize of a Bostrom seat from Trucker of the Year sponsor Commercial Vehicle Group and a custom replica of the winner's tractor: https://overdriveonline.com/trucker-of-the-year Also in the podcast: Shout to Overdrive's Small Fleet Champs announced Thursday, October 23, at the National Association of Small Trucking Companies' annual conference in Nashville with fellow finalists on hand with the hundreds assembled for the opening night dinner and program: https://www.overdriveonline.com/small-fleet-champ/article/15770012/overdrives-2025-small-fleet-champs-tfx-oberman-come-out-on-top Keep tuned for a roundtable talk with all in attendance conducted just ahead of the event in a near-future Overdrive Radio edition. No shortage of wisdom shared amongst this group, no doubt.

I jump on a Twitter argument about James Harden vs. Michael Jordan to show a bigger point: people try to diminish other folks' success by saying “they just tried harder,” like that makes the win smaller. Trying harder and getting results isn't shameful — it's the point. If you want more, stop making excuses and try harder. Show Notes [05:37]#1 The guy who shoots the most shots usually makes the most baskets.  [13:30]#2 The male epidemic of pussiness.  [18:45]#3 You need a strong stomach, and you need a strong set of balls.  [22:59]Recap Episodes Mentioned: 3224: Men: Stop Being Pussies 2256: Key Entrepreneurship Asset: BALLS 1796: Get Some Balls! Next Steps ⚡️ Power Presence Protocol  Command The Room Without Words → http://PowerPresenceProtocol.com 

Jessica reports LIVE from Jakarta while Spencer analyzes every detail from GymCastic headquarters on the second day of event finals. World Championships Headquarters Get all Jakarta Worlds videos, interviews, podcasts, fantasy, and guides there. Extended Episode + Live Q&A (Members) +30 extra minutes of analysis, behind-the-scenes stories, and listener questions. Ask questions live. After logging in, refresh this page to see the extended player below. Headlines We have new World Champions! MAG VT: Carlos Yulo WAG BB: Zhang Qingying MAG PB: Zou Jingyuan WAG FX: Sugihara Aiko MAG HB: Brody Malone We actually had a high-quality beam final?!! Zhang Qingying takes gold, just as Jessica predicted Amanda Yap becomes the first Singaporean gymnast ever to make an event final! Did Carlos Yulo do the best vault men's gymnastics has ever seen? Chapters 00:00 – We have World Champions! Carlos Yulo, Sugihara, Zhang, Zo, Brody Malone 00:40 – Day Two Recap: Beam, Floor, Vault, High Bar, Parallel Bars 01:42 – Rain, Bats, and PG-14 Warnings 03:10 – Women's Beam Final 03:42 – Zhang Is Beam World Champion 04:25 – Chinese Beam Precision Explained 06:45 – Nemour & the Artistry Revolution 09:12 – Leaps, Rhythm & Scoring Deep Dive 11:33 – Favorite Beam Moments 12:05 – Women's Floor Final 12:42 – Sugihara Wins Floor Gold 14:15 – Execution vs Difficulty 16:40 – Dance Deductions & Music Choices 18:27 – Crowd & Celebration Moments 19:10 – Men's Vault Final 19:52 – Carlos Yulo Vaults to Another Gold 22:14 – Power vs Form 24:38 – Surprise Podium Finishers 26:05 – Parallel Bars Final 26:48 – Zou Jingyuan Dominates P-Bars 28:17 – His Technique & Difficulty Explained 30:12 – Why It Still Shocked Everyone 31:10 – High Bar Final 31:44 – Brody Malone Repeats as World Champion 33:12 – Form, Amplitude, & Why He's Unbeatable 35:18 – American Men's Medal Recap 37:02 – Team Moments & Athlete Stories 39:20 – Behind the Scenes: Travel & Interviews 41:35 – Jessica's Notes from the Arena 43:10 – BTS Teaser – “So Listen to This…” 47:59 – Dinner Plans & Jakarta Stories 49:20 – Spencer's Restaurant Review 51:45 – VIP Banquet, Athlete Sightings & Card Games 01:16:22 – Wrapping Up Jakarta Coverage How Do I Watch the Competition? All sessions of the competition will be streamed on Eurovision Sport. Follow along here! Gymnastics Indonesia's YouTube channel will stream all qualification sessions Live scores from the FIG and Swiss Timing Check out NBC's behind-the-scenes mini-doc on the US Women's World Trials US viewers check out Peacock and NBC broadcast schedlue here. GymCastic Updates Subscribe to our YouTube Channel Coming Up 6 days of LIVE podcasts at World Championships in Jakarta Club members get extended coverage and can join us live to ask questions immediately after the meet Play our World Championships Fantasy Game! Win a Club Gym Nerd Scholarship: Go to our Forum > Show Stuff > GymCastic Scholarship We are matching every new sponsorship If you would like access to the club content, but aren't currently in a position to purchase a membership, all you need to do is fill out the form that's linked in our message board If you would also like to sponsor a scholarship, please email editor@gymcastic.com. Thank you! Support Our Work Club Gym Nerd: Join Here Become a Sponsor: GymCastic is matching all donations Nearly 50 scholarships have been awarded so far Learn More Headstand Game: Play Now Forum: Start Chatting Merch: Shop Now Thank you to our Sponsors Gymnastics Medicine Beam Queen Bootcamp's Overcoming Fear Workshop Huel Daily Greens Ready to Drink - Get 15% off your purchase for New Customers with our exclusive code GYMCASTIC at huel.com/GYMCASTIC. Use our code and fill out the post checkout survey to help support the show! Resources Jakarta schedule & times: See our live podcast times on the Worlds HQ schedule Guides: Download the quick-reference guide on the Jakarta Headquarters page The Balance Beam Situation: Spencer's GIF Code of Points Gymnastics History and Code of Points Archive from Uncle Tim Kensley's men's gymnastics site Neutral Deductions Unlock the Extended Episode Join Club Gym Nerd → Choose a plan Complete checkout — your site account is created. Log in here → /my-account/ Return to this page and refresh. The extended player appears automatically.

As a Black man, I hear “pro-Black” or “anti-Black” all the time, mostly from what I call race hustlers—people who turn every issue into a racial one to stir emotions and gain attention.  In this class, I break down how this manipulation works, how it ties to movements like BLM, and why words alone don't prove where you stand. Being for or against Black people isn't about what you say—it's about your behavior, your alignment, and your results. Show Notes: [05:99]#1 Black is not a way of thinking nor acting.  [17:15]#2 No one is required to stand up, speak up or get active on a subject just because of the color of their skin or their proximity to a situation.  [25:41]#3 Life is a results based business. [28:11]Recap Next Steps: ⚡️ Power Presence Protocol  Command The Room Without Words → http://PowerPresenceProtocol.com 

In today's complex world, we're often taught the skills of management—how to organize tasks, track metrics, and keep things running. But is that enough to truly succeed, lead a team, or build the life you dream of? The hosts of the Personal Mastery Training podcast argue that management falls short. What's truly needed is leadership, and the absolute cornerstone of leadership is belief.   In a compelling episode, they explore why unwavering belief—in yourself, your team, and your vision—is the essential ingredient for navigating chaos, inspiring trust, and turning ambitious goals into reality. Key Highlights from the Discussion   You Were Trained to Manage, But You Need to Lead: Management handles the what and how; leadership inspires the why. True leaders don't just assign tasks; they instill a powerful belief that galvanizes action, especially through tough times. Belief: The Glue of High-Performing Teams: A leader's conviction is contagious. When you genuinely believe in the mission, you build the trust and solidarity necessary for a team to overcome obstacles and achieve collective success. Your belief makes them believe. Self-Esteem is Your Foundation: While confidence can come and go, deep-seated self-esteem is the unwavering belief in your own worth and capability. Cultivate it by acknowledging your past wins and resilience—it's the fuel for authentic leadership. Bring Simplicity to Complexity (I-E-E): Great leaders cut through the noise. They establish a clear Identity(who we are/need to be), provide Evidence through consistent action, and cultivate the right Environment for success. Is Your Environment Killing Your Potential?: Like a giant tree needing specific soil and climate, your potential can only flourish in the right environment. If you're not growing, critically examine your surroundings—the people, culture, and resources. Sometimes the problem isn't you; it's the "pot" you're planted in. Trust the Process: Stop fixating on the distant outcome. As legendary coach Nick Saban said, "Outcomes are a distraction." Focus intensely on executing the daily process required to get there, and the results will follow. Leaders Turn Chaos into Order: Life and business are inherently chaotic. A leader's role is to act like a magnet, using their focused belief and clarity to bring structure, purpose, and direction out of the disorder. The Takeaway Whether you're leading a company, a family, or just yourself towards a significant goal, the journey starts with belief. It's the internal compass that guides you through uncertainty, the energy source that fuels perseverance, and the signal that tells others you're worth following. Stop just managing, and start leading with conviction.    

Most people think they're the same, but they're not. Effort is what you do, the physical work. Energy is the presence and power behind that work. You can put in effort without strong energy, but real impact comes when your energy moves the room.  Let's talk about why that difference matters and how to use it to your advantage. Show Notes [01:51]#1 Effort is physical. Energy is spiritual.  [11:04]#2 Effort depletes while energy multiplies. 
[18:54]#3 Champions align both effort and energy together.  [24:03]Recap Next Steps ⚡️ Power Presence Protocol  Command The Room Without Words → http://PowerPresenceProtocol.com 

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Do you ever look at other property management companies and wonder how they were able to grow and scale to thousands of doors?  In this episode of the #DoorGrowShow, property management growth experts Jason and Sarah Hull share insights they gleaned from successful founders and CEOs of multi-billion-dollar companies. You'll Learn [00:59] Execution is More Important Than Good Ideas [11:51] Narrowing Your Focus to What You're Best At [19:41] Ask Your Target Market [30:33] Everyone Should be Focused on One Goal Quotables “There's no shortage of ideas. It's execution that's the hard part.” “Everyone thinks… if I scale, I've got to do more. And actually, you have to do less to be able to scale…” “A lot of times we get caught up in creating systems, inventory, things that actually cause waste or over-optimizing each individual department or each individual step, but it actually reduces the overall goal of optimizing.” Resources DoorGrow and Scale Mastermind DoorGrow Academy DoorGrow on YouTube DoorGrowClub DoorGrowLive Transcript Jason Hull (00:00) a lot of times we get caught up in creating systems, inventory, things that actually cause waste or over optimizing each individual department but it actually reduces the overall goal of optimizing for making more money.   All right, I'm Jason Hull. This is Sarah Hull, the owners of DoorGrow, the world's leading and most comprehensive coaching and consulting firm for long-term residential property management entrepreneurs. For over a decade and a half, we have brought innovative strategies and optimization to the property management industry. At DoorGrow, we believe that good property managers can change the world and that property management is the ultimate.   high trust gateway to real estate deals, relationships, and residual income. At DoorGrow, we are on a mission to transform property management business owners and their businesses. We want to transform the industry, eliminate the BS, build awareness, change perception, expand the market, and help the best property management entrepreneurs win. Now, let's get into the show. Okay, so we recently kind of split paths, right?   so that you could go learn some stuff and I could go learn some stuff. So we usually do everything together. So, but we had, which I love, but we had two really cool opportunities. One I was very much more interested in than the other, because I was learning about AI, which I've been geeking out on. And then you went off to go to a profit event. And was really cool. We went to the first day together, but the second and third day I was in.   AI workshop, geeking out with some of the best on AI. Cool. I would love to hear what you took away from this event and what you learned, and maybe you can share that.   I wanted to go over my notes on one speaker in particular. I was kind of going back and forth between two of them and I think this is the one that I landed on. at a different date I could talk about the other one because you weren't there for either one of them. But on the second day, I'm just gonna call this like notes from a billionaire and not just a billionaire but a multi.   Billionaire and not just multi-billionaire but someone who is the founding member and CEO of I think they said they grew it to like it was a ridiculous number like 740 billion or it was a big it was a big number it was a very large impressive number and he was so nice I actually had a conversation with him before I even realized who he was I was chatting with him I wish I would have known   Like I recognized the name and then I saw him speak and I went man. I would've asked him a different question So I'll do a quick little intro and then I'll kind of share my notes from what I wrote down while he was presenting so intro his name is Jeff Hoffman and For those of you that don't know the name Like I didn't know the name before as soon as I say the name of the company you'll instantly go. okay No, know the company   The company is Priceline. So he is one of the founding members of Priceline. They started it and scaled it to many hundreds of billions of dollars.   This is some of the advice that he had shared with us in his Speech because I got to hear him get up and speak and present to the entire room. So The first thing that I wrote down I Don't know if he can be credited with saying this or if he was quoting someone else But he said it so I wrote it down because it resonated very much was ideas are welcome here But execution is worshiped   And I think that's really powerful because how many times do we all have this great idea, right? my God, I had this idea. my God, I had this idea. my God, we should do this. We should do that. What if we did this? There's no shortage of ideas. It's execution that's the hard part. It's turning an amazing idea into something and bringing that to life and bringing it to fruition. So I love it so much. That's good. Yeah.   too much attention a lot of times on the idea and the planning and all this stuff, but actually executing and actually getting something done, that's really all that matters. It doesn't matter. You can have a million ideas. If there's no execution, then who cares? So, okay. So I think my mom is a great example of this. Everyone, think mostly everyone knows Elf on the Shelf. So my mom, before Elf on the Shelf was a thing, she created it.   She just didn't do anything with it. She only used it like for me and my brother, but we had an elf that would come and visit and kind of keep an eye on us. And he would do fun things and he would pop around to different places in the house. So every time in the morning we would wake up and he would be in a different place or sometimes he would be doing like an activity. He'd be like baking or, you know, riding a bike or whatever. And it was so funny because when you look back on it, I went, mom, like,   that was off on the shelf and it's like multi-million dollar company. And she went, yeah, I wish I knew that. But she was just trying to do something fun for her kids. So she had taken that idea because it was, it was a great idea. And she executed on it, but she never brought it public. Can you imagine what would have happened if the execution was done on a larger scale? So she'll probably hate the fact that I'm calling her out on that. But I think that'll be her.   multi-million dollar missed story. Yeah. Yeah. So some of the questions that Jeff had asked when we're thinking about ideas, because we all have ideas. Some of them are good. Some of them are questionable. And some of them we can say like, yeah, that was a dud. So this is kind of a framework to take you through to figure out, is this worth executing on? One is.   Is this a problem? So you have to ask yourself, is this an actual problem? Like what you're doing, does this solve some sort of problem? And then bonus points if it's a big problem, right? So if we go back to the story of Priceline, many, many years ago, those kiosks that are in every airport that you can just check in on, you do not need to go and talk to a gate agent or a ticketing agent. They didn't used to exist.   You used to have to go stand in line and wait forever to get your ticket and your boarding pass and perhaps give somebody physically give somebody your bag and a lot of times people would miss their flight because the line was so so so long and you never knew ahead of time like is this gonna be a 10 minute line or is this gonna be a two hour line so people would miss their flight   And at one point, he turned around and he was in the airport, turned around, looked at the line and went, wow, this is such a crazy long line. And he decided, I'm going to start interviewing people right here and right now. And he went around asking people individually, how long have you been waiting? Wow, what happens if you miss your flight? Wow, what would you do? Would you think it would be valuable or beneficial if there was some sort of service where you didn't need to talk to the gate agent?   And people were bidding on it. They were bidding. They were like, I'll give you $10 if you can get me my ticket without talking to the gate agent. And then somebody else will go, no, forget $10. I'll give you $50 for that. And somebody else will go, oh, I must get there today. I will give you $70 to get there today. People were bidding on it in line. So he realized, one, there's a problem, but actually it's a big problem. So he knew he was on to something right there.   The second question is, is there a better way to do this? So is there a better way to check in for your flight than waiting in line and talking to a gate agent? Yeah, there sure is. It just hadn't been invented yet. But is that the best way to do it? No, absolutely not. So there was a better way to do something. And the third is, is there a value equation, which all that means is would somebody buy this?   And he knew that one, he had a problem and it was a big problem. Two, there was a better way to do it. And three, people would definitely pay for it because people were bidding on it while he was standing in line. People were like, wait, do you know something we don't know? Like, I will give you money if you can just get me on the front line because I need to get on this flight. So hence how Priceline was born. So those are three questions that you can kind of ask yourself. If you're going, okay, I have this idea, should I?   Should I do this? Should I act on it? Should I create something with this? Yeah. Seems pretty simple. think a lot of times we get really disconnected. you know, we study stuff, we learn stuff, we think we know, but when you actually go talk to your target audience and do a little bit of product research interview, you know, you can find out a lot of things that problems they have, things they need, and actually connect with, you know,   what you're wanting to sell them may not actually work. So yeah, I think that'd be super helpful. All right. So then he kind of gave tips on, well, if you are looking to seriously, massively scale a company because it's not, let's face it, not every company gets to a million, certainly not even to a billion and absolutely not to hundreds of billions of dollars. Right. So   These are tips that he had given the room in order to help you scale. And everyone thinks, you know, if I scale, I've got to do more. And actually you have to do less to be able to scale at that large of a size. he said, find your gold metal product or service. So for them, if you remember, if you would go on Priceline when it first launched, there was different tabs.   the top right you could book a flight you could book a hotel room you could book a cruise you could get a rental car you do a vacation package like they did all the things yeah and they were scaling but it wasn't to the size that they wanted to get to and they went okay if we only did one thing what would it be like what are we the best at the world at and for them it was hotel rooms so they said okay   It's not that we have to cut the other stuff. It's just that we're not going to market it. We're not going to advertise it. We're not going to talk about it. We're not going to put any money, time, or energy into that service. It's just there. But what we will do is we'll go all out on hotel rooms.   because they were the best in class at hotel rooms. So they didn't cut the other things out. Go on there now, you'll still see, but their bread and butter is hotel rooms. So the other things are still available. It's just that they never, if you look at any Priceline commercials, you'll never see anything other than hotel rooms. Why do think that is? Because they're marketing what they're the best in class at. So that is their top service.   Next is find your gold medal talent. So what was their gold medal talent? Any guesses? Don't cheat, don't lie. I know the answer because I was there. I don't know. I would imagine it's related to hotel rooms. So their gold medal talent are probably the best hotels. It was their algorithm. Okay.   for connecting people to hotels. So their algorithm was their talent. They had a talent in that. What is Amazon's? Shipping. Shipping. It's delivery. So if you remember, Amazon didn't start selling everything on the planet. It started as a book store. That's it. They only sold books. And what I didn't know is that when this whole internet   thing was blowing up. were three companies that were kind of becoming rising to the top all at the same time. It was Priceline with Jeff Hoffman and Partners. There was eBay. His name was Jeff and Pierre. Jeff and Pierre. And then there was Amazon. And that's Jeff Bezos. So somebody had asked him, what does it take to be successful in this internet thing? And he said, just find somebody.   who's a really good Jeff. They all had the best, they were the best in class at something and then they had the best in class at a specific talent. So Amazon, they got fantastic at shipping and they only did books. And Jeff Bezos said, you know, when we get, I'm only doing books right now. And then when we get to a certain size with books,   Then I want to branch out and then we'll do everything. But I don't want to do everything first right now. I just want to build our name and our reputation solely on books. Why? Because they were amazing at shipping. And now anytime that you buy something online, usually what's the first thought you think? Amazon probably has that. Why? Because you know they'll ship it. And then you need to shape your brand. That's the third piece of this.   you need to ask yourself what question are you the answer to? So for them, I need a hotel room. Where do I go? right, priceline. Or, they did a lot of this too, I want a $200 hotel room but I don't want to $200 on it, I only want to spend, you know, $100 or $80. Where do I go? Priceline. So shape your brand around that.   And then you've got to, in that arena, you've got to find your brand asset. So everyone goes, know, why should I work with you? I just watched a Jeremy Miner video, like at his live event, and he had a microphone and he went up to someone in the audience and he said, hey, why would someone work with you? I've seen these videos. And he let them answer. And he goes, mm-hmm.   Okay, and then he goes to the next audience answer and he goes, why would someone work with you? And he does it again and he goes, okay, so all of you guys really sound the same. You're in wildly different industries and companies, but you all sound the same. Yeah. Right? So you can't sound the same as everybody else and expect to stand out. So if you could only give one reason that somebody would work with you, what would that one reason be?   It's not about all the reasons, it's about the one reason and that shapes your brand. Yeah. Yeah. So I thought that was really good. If you aren't sure, you don't know, if you're like, I don't know, there's a lot of reasons why somebody wouldn't work with us. Ask your customers. Yeah, like why did they pick you? Why? What is the one reason? Don't just say why did they pick you because then they'll go, because of X, Y and Z. Great, was it X or was it Y or was it Z?   What is the one main reason that you decided to work with us? And do that ask 10 people. If you don't have 10 people, then keep selling until you can get 10 people. Because that data will tell you what is it that your customers have found in your messaging even though maybe you didn't do a great job at delivering it. So I thought that was really interesting. Yeah, that's good.   They talk about broadcasting versus what they call narrow casting So this is focusing on the right people not just any person Because for every product for every service for every brand There are the right people and Then there's everybody else So if you're trying to close every deal, it's almost like an impossible game Who do you target?   Will we target people? Everyone. People? Really? Who do you target? Well, I work with real estate investors. Well, geez, okay. There's only like hundreds of millions of those in the world. Which ones do you target? Yeah. Right? So some of this goes into our client-centric mission statement when we take our clients through their company culture stuff. But we want to get really, really clear on who are my people.   Not just who are people that could buy this. What are the right people to buy this? To work with me, to choose this, right? There's a difference. Right.   I mean, this makes sense. know, yeah, you got to really be specific because if you target everybody, you target nobody. Then then you're just more noise in the marketplace. So if you want to be, you know, like we're pretty niche at DoorGrow, we target long term residential property management companies in the U.S. Like that's our target audience that do third party property management. So that's our...   Do we get other types of clients? Sure, but that's our bread and butter. That's who we focus on and that's very specific. Those are the people we know we can help. And I'd say we're the best in the world at that. yeah. Right. So I think Sharan calls it a dog whistle. Right? Speak to your people and anyone who isn't your people, they won't hear it. It's not for you. Go ahead, I don't want you to hear it.   Just the dogs, Just the right ones. They'll hear it. Okay. This I liked a lot. He said, focus on your second slide customer. So find your yeses instead of overcoming nos. Every sales training in the world goes, let's overcome objections. Let's overcome no. Let's work a no into a yes. Let's see what we can do to turn it around. Overcome objections. No, don't overcome objections. Just find the yeses.   Second slide. Yeah, so you know when you have like a whole presentation prepared. Yeah, and The example he gave is he said he went out with one of his sales reps And there was like a 20 slide presentation that they that was like their pitch deck, right? so he spent the day with a sales guy and the first meeting they went to He got through all 20 slides and the woman was like, yeah, this sounds really good. I'm gonna think about it   I think we need to go back to you. like, yeah, yeah, like it wasn't a solid yes, because she didn't commit, she didn't sign up. But she was open to it. She's like, yeah, let me think about this. Like, let me take it up to management. We'll do something. So he got out of that meeting and he said to the sales rep, said, how do you think that went? Sales rep was super proud. He went, yeah, that was a great pitch. She's definitely going to buy. Like, she's going to come back around. Like, that's a deal that'll close. It's like in the pipelines.   about to close. Jeff said, yeah, I just didn't say anything. It's like, I just didn't say anything. I'm like, I'm not going to skew it. I just want the data, right? So he goes into another sales pitch, same sales rep. Slide two out of 20, two. They look at each other and went, oh my God, you're exactly what I needed. We're ready.   And the sales rep was like, well, wait, let me tell you more about the rest. And he's like nudging the guy. He's like, sign them up. They're ready. They don't need more information. They don't need anything else. They're ready to go right now. Stop trying to complete the pitch. It's done. You don't need the other 18 slides. They already said yes, and they said yes on slide two. Find your slide two yeses. Don't try.   to keep on going, don't try to turn the nose and do yes, don't overcome their objections, find your slide two customers. So what they actually did, this I thought was so interesting. This lit up my brain because I like data so Okay, I'm going to pause you. So nice little hook. Now we're going to go to our sponsor and then everyone can hear what you're about to Oh, that's so good. All right, so this episode is sponsored by Blanket.   So really like the team over at Blanket. Blanket is a property retention and growth platform that helps property managers stop losing doors, add more revenue, and increase the number of properties they manage. Wow your clients with a branded investor dashboard and an off-market marketplace while your team gets all the tools they need to identify owners at risk of churning and powerful systems to help you add more doors. So check it out, it's an amazing property retention platform.   Even if it's switching owner hands, you keep the property. So check out Blanket. what he did is he profiled people. know that sounds like nowadays we're elect. Don't profile that. No, profile our best customers who your best ones. Okay. That target audience. Who were your easiest sales? Who are your biggest fans?   Right? Figure out what do they have in common. They all have something in common, but what is it? So for them, they figured out that a rep that worked at the hotel chain that went, huh, we have all these extra hotel rooms. What do we do with them? Like, how do we sell them? That was their job. It's just to figure out how do we sell more rooms. Those were like his target audience. The reps that were brand new.   like one to two years on the job.   That was not it. Because they're so new that they're not willing to take a risk yet. So they were not very likely to close. It's not that they wouldn't close. not that you couldn't close them. It's that it wasn't like almost a guarantee to close them. Also, reps that have been in the job for like 15, 18, 20 years. Yeah. Also not it. Why? Because they know how to give a shit.   He's like, they're out the door, they're for the door, they're about to retire. They don't care. They don't care if they sell more hotel rooms. They just care that they keep their job until they can retire. So they're not, again, they're not almost practically guaranteed to close. So if you were in this bracket or in this bracket, he was like, yeah, it's not you. I'm not gonna target those people.   It's the people in between. It's the people that have been there for like three to, you know, somewhere between like that three to fifteen, three to fourteen years. Those people were amazing because they're not afraid to speak their opinion. They're looking to kind of make a name for themselves at this point. And they're not afraid to take a risk. But they are looking to do something big. Those were his people. How do think you figured that out?   as he profiled his best customers again and again and again. And you went, huh, look at that. The new ones, they don't do it. The old ones, they don't do it either. It's only this slot in the middle. And those, those are our people. Got it. I like that. Yeah, right? Makes me think, like, with our clients, who is almost always a guarantee to close? That's the profile of the target. Yeah. That's exactly what you want to do, because you want to profile the ones.   It's like a shoe in. If I didn't close this, it would be insane. Right? They even took it a step further. actually created a 100 points scoring chart. Yeah. And there were different questions. One of the questions was that one, for example, like how long have you been with your company? So if you're like one to two years, he would give them like negative 20 points. yeah. Right? So now it's like, your score just went down. now you answered this way. Your score went down again. Your score went down again.   Same thing with those, you know, the older ones. They would be like a negative 40 though, because they really didn't care. It's easier to close the newer ones than it is the older ones. So like, oh, I've been here 18 years. He's like, cool, negative 40 points. In the middle though, he might go, okay, there's like 25 points. Maybe there's 15 points. They just scored 15. Now what else? So you have to ask these questions and what his team got so good at doing once they implemented this hundred   100 point score sheet is They can ask a couple questions do the math in their head and then immediately decide is this worth my time? So if you knew you were talking to a 40 Go to lunch It's not you're not gonna close it. It's a 40 out of a hundred like go home That's it. But when you would get your 80s when you get your 90s, you'd be really excited. Yeah. Oh man. Okay. Let me invest in this   So they created this whole scoring chart. I thought that was so brilliant. Yeah. I mean, that's pretty standard feature in a lot of CRMs is lead scoring. coming up with a rubric or an algorithm for scoring your leads can be pretty significant. So yeah, it's a difficult thing to figure out, though. You've got to really know why which customers are good. So you can kind of figure out how do I score someone to duplicate these people. Right. Yeah. So good.   And this is probably something that will help you figure out how to score people and what questions to ask and what do they all have in common. He said, spend a day in the life of your customers and do it often. So the story that he told us, there was a company that when it launched, he knew the guy. He was having a conversation with him and he said, Hey, why did you launch your company the way that you did?   when every single market expert said it wouldn't work and you did it anyway and it worked and it was wildly successful but what made you go no I'm gonna do it anyway and the answer was well that's easy I didn't even ask the market experts so I didn't know that they didn't think that it wouldn't work because I didn't bother asking the market experts Jeff said well what did you do?   He said, well, I asked my audience. Sure. I asked my customers. That's it. He said, OK, well, how did you do that? So in this little town, across the bridge on like the less nice side of town.   The owner of this company, and I'll tell you the company in a minute, but the owner of this company, he would be in his office with his team all day. His team had MBAs, they were finance executives, they were accountants, right? Not, not his target audience. So he would get changed into jeans and a flannel shirt and a John Deere hat. He would go across the bridge to the bad side of town.   and would sit in a diner all day long. Every Friday he would do this. And he would just talk with people who would come in there. He would just make friends with them. He would chit chat. He would ask them questions. And he would just gather data. And he used that data for his lunch. Do you have any guesses? Did I tell you? I think I told you this story. You probably did. Do guesses on who it was? Uh, no. Walmart. Oh.   Sam Walton. Yeah, so this was Walmart. Okay. Every single expert said that will never work. And he said, yeah, I don't need to listen to experts. I need to listen to my customers. Right. Because the customers are going to tell you what they want. Yeah, they're the ones buying. So they know. So it doesn't matter what experts say. It matters what the customer says. Yeah, absolutely.   It was so good, right? And he really, he got to know these people. So it doesn't matter what the market says. It doesn't matter what the expert says. It matters what your customers say. If your customers are going to tell you what they want, you shall listen. And now you'll have a successful product, regardless of what the experts say. The experts don't understand everything like your customers do. Listen to what they're telling you.   So if you just get that data that allows you to do things that even other people would say, you're crazy, don't do that. And he didn't think it was crazy. He was like, no, I just, they're telling me what they want. I'm just going to do that. And he did. And it's still around today. Huge brand. Sometimes customers don't tell you what they want, but if you are connected with them enough, you can see what they're having problems with and what they're struggling with. And sometimes they just,   think that that's normal. They're just like, yeah, this is, hiring's hard, you know? And then I'm like, cool, we built a hiring system that solves this problem, right? And so, but a lot of people just kind of say, yeah, it's, you know, it is what it is. And they don't really think that it's a solvable problem sometimes. So that's, that's where I think, you know, you need to ask your customer, but you also need to, sometimes your customers are wrong. Like they don't know. And you have to be able to be creative enough to figure out what.   would they want if it was, you know, if they recognize this problem. And then sometimes you have to sell them, you attract, it's like we attract a lot of people at DoorGrow that think they want leads and they think they want digital marketing and they think they want SEO. And then we have to guide them towards what they actually need and sell them what they actually need, which is totally different. Yeah. So that's, that's, that can be a challenge. Maybe we'd be smarter if we just sold them what they were asking for, but.   they wouldn't get as great of results. Yeah, I feel like though, I personally, I just don't feel good about doing it. Yeah. Because to me, that's just a money taker, right? Right. That's an order taker, that's a money taker. That's like, hey, I really need to grow my business and like, I think this will work. And then that's like, yeah, give me your money. sell you that. just give you a whole bunch of leads. And months go by and...   Well, how come my business didn't grow? I only closed like four deals. Well, I just don't, I don't think I can really get behind that with integrity. Yeah. Yeah. It's not exciting to me. I know there are companies out there that will, and especially now with AI, like just be super careful with SEO. Be like extra careful at this point with SEO because SEO is literally dying.   Like thing. Yeah, the whole game's changed. With AI. The whole game's changed. More people are using chat GPT than Google. It's been a huge disruptor. It's such a big disruptor that the antitrust lawsuit against Google has dropped.   I mean that's massive. for those that don't know, just sum it up, the antitrust lawsuit. Well, Google was being sued because they had almost no competition. They dominated the search market like nobody could compete. And the closest competitor was like a small fraction. And so the government was going after them with an antitrust lawsuit. And then ChatGPT broke. All these AI tools and platforms came out. And now Google is no longer viewed as   viable you know threat of a monopoly yeah and they may be losing this whole AI race which is super wild right yeah they're fighting they've got their AI tool all over the place Gemini is pretty good it's really good for a lot of things but it's not winning   Yeah, yeah. yeah, with like, chat GPT was something nobody knew that could happen. Like we didn't even realize this was something we all wanted. We all wanted like some almost genius thing that we could talk to all the time to get all sorts of information. Yeah, quickly without having to dig and try and do our own research. So, well. Okay, we'll go one more story and then I've got a closing quote.   So I think we all know at this point the brand 1-800 flowers they're huge now So before they used to be huge because they weren't always Jeff went out to go visit one of their shops And everywhere everywhere in the shop they had posters printed up like slopped on the walls every wall   in every room, in the hallways, in the bathroom, in the garage, in every single room. And it was just printed up on the walls, sell more flowers. Why? Because that is what we're all about. That is the only thing that we care about is selling more flowers. We don't care about anything else.   We are only here to sell more flowers. And every single person in this company exists for one reason and one reason only and that is to sell more flowers. So every single person, every single minute of every single day needs to be thinking, how can I sell more flowers? So it doesn't matter what their role was in the business, they need to be thinking, how can I sell more flowers? So he's walking down the hall and there was an admin.   She did a lot of paperwork, answering the phones, things like that. She's got this huge stack of papers and she's walking down the hall with a stack of papers. And the owner says, hey, whatever her name is, Susan, hey Susan. And he points up to the wall and he goes, what are you doing right now? And she goes.   puts the paperwork down, turns around, walks away. And Jeff said, well, what on was that? And he said, if you're not, we have a rule, if you are not doing something, that can somehow be connected to how does it help us sow more flowers? My rule is you do not do it. Ever. So whatever she was doing, clearly, was not connected to sow more flowers. So therefore, I reminded her, sow more flowers.   And she stopped, promptly, what she was doing and went back to what she should be doing, which is sell more flowers. So they continue on this tour. They get back into the back of the shop, into the garage where they've got their van for deliveries. And they have a mechanic. The mechanic is underneath, one inch away. And he goes, hey. He goes, watch this. He goes, hey, Joe.   He points at the wall. He goes, what are you doing right now? And Joe says, oh, well, I was installing this new filter on all of our vans because this new filter, it saves us X money dollars in gasoline per tank. I think it was $8. So we save with this new filter. We actually save like $8.   per tank of gasoline. So I'm going to install each of the filters on our vans. And then what I'm going to do is I'm going to go inside and tell marketing to print up some coupons for $8 off.   of a bouquet of flowers and we're going to run that as a promo because if we just saved eight dollars that means we have eight dollars extra so we might as run a promo and that'll help us sell more flowers. And he goes, yeah, it's brilliant. Do that. So the mechanic is thinking all day every day how do I sell more flowers? Now would a mechanic generally be thinking about selling flowers? No.   He'd be thinking, how do I wrench on this? How do I fix that? What about the oil change? What about the tires? What about the spark plugs and the brakes? He's not thinking about selling flowers. But it wasn't lost on him because all day, every day, he's staring at a big sign that says, sell more flowers. So it doesn't matter what you are doing. If it's not connected to helping us sell more flowers, what you're doing does not fricking matter. This goes along with a book called The Goal by Elihu Goldratt. And The Goal, spoiler for everybody that wants to read this.   operational book is to make money. And so a lot of times we get caught up in creating systems, inventory, things that actually cause waste or over optimizing each individual department or each individual step, but it actually reduces the overall goal of optimizing for selling more flowers, for example, or making more money. And so sometimes   team members standing around doing nothing is more effective than them building more widgets for the next step because it just creates more waste or more inventory or like constraint. And so that's the idea is the goal is to eliminate all the constraints to create momentum so that you get that that money coming in and everybody should be focused on that goal because it's very easy to get caught up and like he could be super caught up and I'm gonna make the cars run hyper effective and efficiently but   Maybe that just causes more financial spend or maybe that doesn't help them sell more flowers, for example. And so when everybody understands the overall goal and how they fit into that puzzle, then instead of just focusing on, I did my job or I'm doing this, they're focused on, is this helping the goal? And so I love that. I love that idea. And I think that's super important to get everybody on the team to focus on. Cause a lot of times everything's siloed. They focus on their little department.   They focus on their little role and they forget the overall goal of the company is to make money. Right. So even like your property managers, your leasing agents, your operator, like everybody who's on what I would call like back end, they have the same job, which is to get more properties to manage. So even if you're not in sales, it doesn't matter. Salespeople, it's very obvious the connection.   It's like, yeah, so close more contracts and close more deals and then I have more properties, duh. Great, but how does that apply to your leasing agent? How does that apply to your property manager? How does that apply to your receptionist who's answering the phone? How does that apply to your AI tool? So everybody and everything is aligned with the one goal of the business, which is I don't care what we do unless...   we sell more flowers. I don't care what we do. don't care. There is no point in changing the tires if it doesn't help us sell more flowers. Right? So I don't need to hear just for that thing. If we don't sell more flowers, I don't need to change the tires. So they've got to be connected. And that was a great example of how somebody even so far removed from the back end of the business. He's like,   Back end of the back end is the mechanic. And he's still focused on top-lingle. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, if you talk to your team and you ask them, what are you doing? And you had to sign up the set, like, you know, get more property management clients. A lot of you aren't focused on that. A lot of them are like, well, I'm just talking to every tenant all the time. I'm talking to every owner all the time. Is that helping the goal of you getting more clients? No, a lot of things aren't.   Is it helping keep clients? Cool. That is part of getting more clients, is keeping the clients. But yeah, if it's not related to keeping clients or getting more clients, managing more properties, then there's a lot of bloat and a lot of waste in property management companies. We see it all the time. So much. Yeah. And we're really good at helping you see it. So if you want to make more money and you've got a decent number of doors, you've got 200 plus doors, come talk to us.   Our program will be paid for, but probably just the first stuff we help you with in the first month. It's a no-brainer. Okay. Okay, then I'll close it out with this. Okay. He said, as a quote, don't chase money, chase excellence, because excellence follows money. I like it. Yeah, right? It's okay. Because a lot of that's people want. They're like, I just want to make enough money. I want to make more money. It won't matter if you're not excellent at what you do. Yeah.   Yeah, well cool. Well, those of you listening, if you have felt stuck, stagnant, want to take your property management business to the next level, reach out to us at doorgrow.com. Also join our free Facebook community just for property management business owners at doorgrowclub.com. And if you want tips, tricks, ideas to learn about and to learn about our offers in DoorGrow, subscribe to our newsletter by going to doorgrow.com slash subscribe. And if you found this even a little bit helpful,   Don't forget to subscribe and leave us a review on whatever channel you found this on. We'd really appreciate it. And until next time, remember, the slowest path to growth is to do it alone. So let's grow together. Bye everyone.  

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In every room, from business to social settings, men respect action, not talk. When you make clear decisions, especially under pressure, you earn instant respect and stand out as a leader. Decisiveness is what separates strong men from weak ones, and that's exactly what we're getting into today. Show Notes [02:37]#1 Leaders are trusted to make decisions.  [09:39]#2 Most people, men included, have a head full of noise. [15:47]#3 Pressure builds and reveals character.  [20:53]Recap Episodes Mentioned: 1025: The Opportunity Is In The Opposites Next Steps ⚡️ Power Presence Protocol  Command The Room Without Words → http://PowerPresenceProtocol.com 

In this episode, we discuss how the next two years will redefine Amazon seller success. From AI and data to smarter testing, learn what it takes to stay ahead in the fastest-changing e-commerce era.   Join us on this episode as we explore the journey of Anthony Cofrancesco, a trailblazer in the e-commerce industry. Listen in as Anthony recounts his experiences from founding a conversion optimization agency for Amazon sellers to becoming a prominent speaker and e-commerce expert. He shares valuable insights from his early entrepreneurial days in Asia, where he co-founded a company focused on enhancing Amazon listings through graphics, video, and copywriting services. Discover how living in the Philippines, amidst a vibrant entrepreneurial community, allowed Anthony to significantly grow his business, eventually leading to the acquisition of his agency and his remarkable success with PickFu.   In a fascinating discussion on A/B testing, Anthony reveals how integrating testing into business strategies can drive substantial growth. Hear about his journey with PickFu and how strategic A/B testing helped brands like Thrasio's Angry Orange and Pink Miracle achieve remarkable sales increases. Anthony underscores the importance of moving beyond gut instincts, emphasizing that the initial investment in testing can yield significant long-term benefits. Learn how continual experimentation and rigorous testing can be the keys to success in today's competitive e-commerce landscape.   The conversation also explores the future of e-commerce, highlighting the evolving role of AI in streamlining business execution for Amazon sellers. Anthony discusses the challenges faced by sellers in navigating the overwhelming amount of information and how AI can revolutionize this space, enabling more efficient expansion across platforms like Amazon, Shopify, and retail. As the market becomes increasingly complex, Anthony stresses the need for sellers to adopt sophisticated systems and processes to maintain a competitive edge. Tune in to gain a comprehensive understanding of the dynamic nature of e-commerce and the pivotal role of execution in achieving business success.   In episode 470 of the AM/PM Podcast, Kevin and Anthony discuss: 00:00 - From Graphics to Data 02:07 - Business Partnership in the Philippines  08:39 - A/B Testing Discoveries and Results 17:11 - Using PickFu for Faster Market Research 20:16 - Optimizing Image Order for Conversions 22:18 - The Changing Landscape of Amazon Selling 27:19 - Maximizing Execution for Business Growth 35:46 - Future of Amazon Business Analytics, Execution, and Education 44:46 - Future of Consumer Spending and AI

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Send us a textIs your AI tool sounding like a corporate robot with a word salad problem? It's not broken, you're just briefing it like an intern you secretly resent.Let's get one thing straight: getting great AI results isn't magic, it's instructions. In this founder-fire Thursday episode, Dawn Andrews reveals why most female founders are getting mediocre results from AI and what to do about it. She shares the exact 5-part framework that turns AI from a confusing timesuck into your most powerful business sidekick. You'll laugh, cringe, and most importantly, learn how to stop wasting time and start getting content that actually works. No tech degree required.TakeawaysYour AI is only as smart as your instructions. If you're vague, you'll get garbage.Good prompts = Good delegation. The DRIVE Method (Direction, Role, Intent, Values, Execution) changes everything.Stop treating AI like a mind-reader. Treat it like your smartest team member—and brief it accordingly.Even bad prompts can get better. It's a skill you can—and should—build.Mastering AI gives you time freedom. Think 10+ hours/week back for high-leverage leadership.Resources & LinksFree Guide: 10 Ways AI Will Make You a Better LeaderJoin the Community: AI for FoundersDownload: The Feedback FixRelated Episodes:Episode 093 The Dirty Secret About AI No Female Executive Wants To Admit—And Why It's Hurting YouEpisode 080 The Wednesday Panic Triage. How AI helped me to choose what matters in my businessWant to increase revenue and impact? Listen to “She's That Founder” for insights on business strategy and female leadership to scale your business. Each episode offers advice on effective communication, team building, and management. Learn to master routines and systems to boost productivity and prevent burnout. Our delegation tips and business consulting will advance your executive leadership skills and presence.

From my work with hundreds of guys, I've seen that hesitation kills attraction. Women are drawn to men who know what they want and move with confidence. Being decisive isn't about controlling others, it's about taking charge of situations instead of letting them control you. I'll break down how to build that decisiveness and how it instantly changes your dating life. Show Notes [02:56]#1 Decisiveness signals certainty. [10:48]#2 Indecision creates anxiety.  [16:10]#3 The end game of everything that we do as men, especially in working in our behaviors, is having presence.  [21:09]Recap Episodes Mentioned: 3311: How To Be A "High Value Man" 3332: How To Be A "High Value" Woman Next Steps ⚡️ Power Presence Protocol  Command The Room Without Words → http://PowerPresenceProtocol.com 

The final months of the year can feel like a sprint - at home, at work, and everywhere in between. For leaders, that “push to the finish line” often comes at the expense of peace, presence, and purpose. In this special re-release of a timely conversation, BJ Kraemer sits down with Valerie Peterson, LMHC, a licensed mental health counselor who helps high-performing professionals find balance and resilience through self-awareness and intentional living.Together, they explore how to lead with presence through the holidays, avoid burnout, and create rhythms of rest that sustain strong leadership year-round. From practical tips on setting boundaries to reframing your mindset when facing grief or overcommitment, Valerie offers wisdom for anyone looking to enter the holiday season with more peace and less pressure.Tune in to discover how pacing yourself -not pushing harder -can make you a better leader, parent, and teammate.Key Points From This Episode: How overcommitting leads to exhaustion — and how to redefine productivity through purpose.Recognizing when you're Hungry, Angry, Lonely, or Tired, and what to do before burnout sets in. Valerie's reminder that saying no is an act of leadership — and a gift to yourself and others.How to budget, prioritize, and communicate to make the holidays joyful instead of draining. Permission to rest, recharge, and treat peace as a professional responsibility.Quotes: “Busy isn't a sustainable practice — it's often just being busy because you said yes.” - BJ Kraemer “No one is going to take care of you but you. You have to put on your own oxygen mask first.” -Valerie Peterson “Boundaries are not walls — they're clarity about what matters most.” -Valerie Peterson “It's hard to heal if you don't feel.” - Valerie PetersonLinks Mentioned in Today's Episode:Valerie Peterson, LMHCLeadership Blueprints PodcastMCFABJ Kraemer on LinkedIn

If you've got skills or specialized knowledge that people would pay for, you can't just keep it all in your head. You've got to organize it, structure it, and turn it into something that can be taught, shared, or sold.  In this episode, I talk about why you need to codify your knowledge as soon as possible. 'll break down why this matters so much, especially for entrepreneurs and professionals who want to scale their impact and income. Show Notes [02:27]#1 Codifying your knowledge means to organize or arrange systematically, especially writing. [10:03]#2 Codification isn't just about putting your knowledge on paper. It's about making it clear, easy to follow, and able to create consistent results without you. 
[17:53]#3 The sooner and better you get your knowledge codified, the more potential you give yourself for expanding and multiplying the ROI from the knowledge you possess.  [21:56]Recap Episodes Mentioned: 1101: Codification Of Your Knowledge Next Steps ---

Get the exact 5-step script that turned a broken sales process into an 80%+ conversion rate in under 90 days: https://game.findingpeak.com/masterclose/ How do you launch one product every week without burning out? In this episode, Alex Mehr walks through the Idea Machine practice (10 ideas/day → 70/week) and why shipping weekly creates the feedback loops that actually build winners. We also get tactical on using AI to go from idea → market‑ready first iteration (landing page, benefit stack, objections, CTA) in about a coffee break—so you can learn by doing. -> Get 10% Discount on Famous.ai: https://link.ryanhanley.com/famous Connect with Alex Mehr LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexmehr/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doctoralex/ You'll learn The Idea Machine: build the habit (10 ideas/day) and ship one per week to “let the market teach you.” (around 39:20) Action → Information: Brian Armstrong's maxim and how to design fast feedback loops (40:33–42:33). Market‑ready in ~12 minutes: use AI to draft landing pages, benefit stacks, objection handling, and mock data so ideas look/feel “real” before you code (47:08–50:57). Execution > opinion: how Alex filters noise, thinks from history/data, and avoids building for problems that don't exist (00:00–02:31). Capture “divine” ideas: low‑friction tools & rituals so inspiration becomes tasks you actually ship (56:31–end). Join our community of fearless leaders in search of unreasonable outcomes... Want to become a FEARLESS entrepreneur and leader? Go here: https://www.findingpeak.com Watch on YouTube: https://link.ryanhanley.com/youtube Recommended Tools for GrowthOpusClip: #1 AI video clipping and editing tool: https://link.ryanhanley.com/opusRiverside: HD Podcast & Video Software | Free Recording & Editing: https://link.ryanhanley.com/riversideWhisperFlow: Never waste time typing on your keyboard again: https://link.ryanhanley.com/whisperflowCaptionsApp: One app for all your social media video creation: https://link.ryanhanley.com/captionsappGoHighLevel: It's time to take your business workflow to the Next Level: https://link.ryanhanley.com/gohighlevelPerspective.co: The #1 funnel builder for lead generation: https://link.ryanhanley.com/perspectiveEpisodes You Might Enjoy:From $2 Million Loss to World-Class Entrepreneur: https://lnk.to/delkFrom One Man Shop to $200M in Revenue: https://lnk.to/tommymelloIs Psilocybin the Gateway to Self-Mastery? https://lnk.to/80upZ9 Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Execution, not strategy, is where most organizations stumble. In this episode from 2019, Andy Stanley sits down with Chris McChesney, co-author of The 4 Disciplines of Execution, to unpack why great ideas often die in the “whirlwind” of daily work. Chris explains a simple, proven framework that can help leaders improve execution and turn their plans into measurable results. Recognized as one of Forbes' 6 Leadership Podcasts To Listen To In 2024 and one of the Best Leadership Podcasts To Stay in the Know for CEOs, according to Industry Leader Magazine. If this podcast has made you a better leader, you can help it by leaving a quick Spotify or Apple Podcasts review. You can visit Spotify or Apple Podcasts, and then go to the “Reviews” section. Thank you for sharing! ____________ Where to find Andy: Instagram: @andy_stanley Facebook: Andy Stanley Official X: @andystanley YouTube: @AndyStanleyOfficial See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As your business grows, you'll deal with more people, and managing those relationships becomes key. A good CRM helps you organize and maintain those connections, whether they're clients, prospects, or future partners.  In this episode, I break down everything you need to know about CRMs — what they are, why they exist, and how to use them. I'll explain why strong relationships can often matter more than skill or value alone, and how a proper CRM system keeps you winning in business. Show Notes:  [02:54]#1 CRM is any software that allows you to manage the context, the relationships, the communications that you have with other people.  [09:41]#2 The point of a CRM is to keep your communications organized.  [18:48]#3 The most important thing any human being can do when dealing with other humans, whether in business or not, is to be consistent and thorough in your communication.  [25:00]Recap Next Steps ---

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A lot of people talk about what it takes to be an entrepreneur even though they've never actually done it — and that's where the nonsense starts.  I share why these false ideas spread, what the truth really is, and how to think with logic instead of assumption. If you've ever wanted to know what being an entrepreneur is really about, this episode clears it all up. Show Notes:  [03:30]#1 You have to work 60 hours a week when you're an entrepreneur.  [10:07]#2 You need credit and capital and an LLC and a website.  [17:31]#3 Entrepreneurship is all about freedom.  [22:51]Recap Next Steps ---

A man shaped by cruelty devotes his life to defending the condemned, discovering that real courage lies not in victory, but in standing beside the most despised. Today's episode featured Clive Stafford Smith. If you'd like to reach out to Clive, you can email him at clive@justiceleague.org.uk. You can find Clive on X/Twitter @CliveSS and on Instagram @clivestaffordsmith To find out more about the work Clive does, visit https://justiceleague.org.uk/. Producers: Whit Missildine, Andrew Waits, Jason Blalock Content/Trigger Warnings: Child abuse, Child Molestation, Child Murder, Physical violence, Emotional neglect, Execution, Capital punishment, Racism, Racial violence, Torture, State violence, Mental illness, explicit language Social Media:Instagram: @actuallyhappeningTwitter: @TIAHPodcast Website: thisisactuallyhappening.com Website for Andrew Waits: andrdewwaits.comWebsite for Jason Blalock: jasonblalock.com Support the Show: Support The Show on Patreon: patreon.com/happening Wondery Plus: All episodes of the show prior to episode #130 are now part of the Wondery Plus premium service. To access the full catalog of episodes, and get all episodes ad free, sign up for Wondery Plus at wondery.com/plus Shop at the Store: The This Is Actually Happening online store is now officially open. Follow this link: thisisactuallyhappening.com/shop to access branded t-shirts, posters, stickers and more from the shop. Transcripts: Full transcripts of each episode are now available on the website, thisisactuallyhappening.com Intro Music: “Sleep Paralysis” - Scott VelasquezMusic Bed: Uncertain Outcomes ServicesIf you or someone you know is struggling with the effects of trauma or mental illness, please refer to the following resources: National Suicide and Crisis Lifeline: Text or Call 988 National Alliance on Mental Illness: 1-800-950-6264National Sexual Assault Hotline (RAINN): 1-800-656-HOPE (4673)See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.