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What makes a team intelligent? Brian and Linda Rising explore the surprising factors that foster group intelligence, from psychological safety to diversity, backed by groundbreaking research from MIT and Google. Overview In this episode of the Agile Mentors Podcast, Brian Milner sits down with Agile thought leader Linda Rising to explore the concept of group intelligence. They dive into what makes teams intelligent, discussing the importance of diversity, psychological safety, and social perceptiveness. Using research from MIT and Google, Linda also highlights how storytelling and a growth mindset can enhance team dynamics, leading to more effective and innovative collaboration. References and resources mentioned in the show: Linda Rising Fearless Change: Patterns for Introducing New Ideas by Mary Lynn Manns & Linda Rising MIT Center For Collective Intelligence Project Aristotle The Fearless Organization by Amy C. 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Linda Rising is an internationally recognized consultant, speaker, and author with a Ph.D. in object-based design metrics. Known for her expertise in agile development, retrospectives, and the intersection of neuroscience and software, Linda has authored five books and numerous articles. In 2020, she received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the World Agility Forum for her impactful contributions to the industry. Auto-generated Transcript: Brian (00:00) Welcome in Agile Mentors. We're back here with you for another episode of the Agile Mentors Podcast. I am with you as I always am, Brian Milner. And I wanted to introduce you today to someone I think you're really gonna enjoy here on this episode. I have the one and only Linda Rising with me. Linda, thank you so much for coming on. Linda Rising (00:09) Okay. It is my pleasure, Brian. Thank you so much for inviting me. It's a beautiful day here in Nashville, Tennessee. Brian (00:32) In Nash Vegas, yes. I actually spent a couple years in Nash Vegas. So I know that area back in the day, back in the day, because I worked at Opryland. So that'll tell you how long ago it was. Yeah, back in the dark times, right? But Linda, for those, if anyone who might not be aware, Linda is an author. She is... Linda Rising (00:33) Yeah! wow okay Brian (00:58) really what people would call an agile luminary. She has been involved with this movement for quite a while and has really, I don't think it's too far of a stretch to say shaped the conversation around this a lot with her research and other things that she's provided. we wanted to have her on because she, well, because it's Linda Rising, right? We wanted to have her on for that, but. Recently, she spoke at the Scrum Gathering, the regional Scrum Gathering that took place in Stockholm, and her topic just sounded really fascinating. I thought it would be fascinating for us to talk about. It was a topic of group intelligence. So Linda, I'm sure there's a lot of people out there like me that when they heard that the first time thought, I have no idea what that means. What does group intelligence mean? Linda Rising (01:43) Yeah. Actually, normally when I do anything, give a keynote or an interview on a podcast or the interviewer or the person who's inviting me will say, what would you like to talk about? That's what you did. What would you like to talk about with the idea that I could come up with a list of things I was interested in that I wanted to talk about because I knew something about it. Brian (02:09) Yep, it's true. Linda Rising (02:20) But in this case, no, it was, want you to be the opening keynote for this amazing gathering in Stockholm. and by the way, we want you to talk about group intelligence. So. That was about a year ago and I thought to myself, I don't know anything about, well, maybe I do. Maybe I do know something about group intelligence. But I have spent the past year getting ready for that talk. It was just a few weeks ago and along the way, what I found was it pulled together the research around this topic. pulled together a lot of things that I have been thinking about and it is still not over. I had to give that talk, there was a date for that, but now there are little threads that, as you say, I'm following those down various rabbit holes because they're connected to other things that I'm interested in. So this turned out to be, even though I didn't pick it and I didn't know a whole lot about it, It's turned out to be a great introduction to a different way of thinking. So we know what intelligence is, I think. Don't you? Do you know you have an idea? And aren't you intelligent? Brian (03:41) That's so awesome. Well, that's a quite a loaded question, right? Linda Rising (03:53) Of course you are and and so are our listeners our listeners are intelligent and what's interesting is that the psychologists who measure that They don't really have a definition for intelligence. What they do is they can test for it So have you ever had you know an intelligence test You know, an IQ test. Have you? Have you ever had one? Brian (04:25) You know what, I don't think I ever have, but I know my wife has, my daughters have, I'm very familiar with them, but I can't point back to one to say, hey, I know what my score was. Linda Rising (04:28) I'll bet you have. Well, sometimes you're given that test at a particular point, maybe in high school, and they didn't tell you that it was an intelligence test. You just took it along with the other battery of tests that you were taking at the time. And maybe they didn't tell you, you have an IQ of 145. They didn't tell you how smart you were. Brian (04:47) Yeah. Linda Rising (05:06) but somebody, somewhere, somehow along the way, they did. They measured it. And that's without having a definition for whatever it is. So what that test does is it says you're pretty good at solving a bunch of problems. And that's what the test is. Brian (05:17) That's amazing. Linda Rising (05:32) it asks you to look at some math problems, logic problems, spatial problems, different kinds of problems, and you either solve them pretty well or not so well, and when they are finished with that, that score on that test says something about how well you do at solving those problems. And that's what they're calling intelligence. Brian (06:03) I think I see where you're going with this because to me, if we're going to try to be very precise with words on that, I would say that sounds more like education. If I know how to solve a particular kind of math problem, that's because I've been educated to learn that. It's not a measure of my... Linda Rising (06:13) Yeah. Yep, yep. And so those tests, yeah, those tests do have a bias. They're biased toward people who have a certain kind of education biased against people who maybe didn't have that kind of education. Also, it doesn't even begin to talk about music. Here I am in Music City. Doesn't talk about musical talent. Brian (06:43) Yeah Linda Rising (06:46) It doesn't talk about your ability to perform, say, some sports activity, whether you're going to be a great basketball player or a baseball player. There are a lot of things that intelligence tests don't even, they don't even think about. Now, it doesn't mean this isn't a valid exercise because those IQ tests have been around a long time and they do measure what they measure, they measure it very well. And they do correlate with a lot of performance activities. In fact, if you were hiring somebody, the absolute best thing, if you could just do one thing, would be to give them an IQ test. That correlates most strongly with any kind of performance on the job. So it's a valid test, even if it has some biases, some problems. So that's individual intelligence and we call that IQ. So now the question is, can you do that for a group or a team? Brian (07:53) Yeah. Linda Rising (08:03) Could you say this group, could we measure it somehow? And if so, would it have the same kind of validity? That is, if they do well on this test, would that mean they would do well in the workplace? If we had that, then could we use it to say, all right, this team. is really going to be great for whatever it is that we wanted them to do. Is that possible? So obviously the answer is yes, or I wouldn't be here talking about it. Yeah. So the research is fascinating and it would take a long time to actually go into it, but it was started at MIT. The organization is called the MIT Center for Collective Intelligence. and they have been doing this now for over a decade. So this is not brand new out of the box. We're not sure where this is going. This has been happening and has been happening successfully. They do have a test. They can give it to a group. And what they find is that if the group does well, that group will also do well on other, just like IQ, other kinds of things that the test measures. And so, yes, they can measure group intelligence. Brian (09:38) Very interesting. This is really fascinating. Yeah. It's fascinating. I'm going to interrupt you for just a moment because I know, and forgive me if I'm taking you off track with where you were intending to go. But I know, having heard some of your other talks in the past on agile mindset and what you've written about, I know there's kind of this fundamental idea of the fixed verse. Linda Rising (09:39) It is interesting. Yeah. No, no, no, it's okay. Brian (10:05) growth mindset and the idea of intelligence being not necessarily a thing you're born with, but really something that you have the potential to change and grow. And how does that translate then to the group environment and the group's intelligence? Linda Rising (10:23) Yeah, so that's a great lead in because the next part of it was, well, okay, so we have this test and we can give it to a group, but we'd like to tease out some attributes of teams to say, you know, the teams that do really well on this test, they all seem to have, and they found there were three things that characterized Brian (10:26) Yeah. Linda Rising (10:52) intelligent group. The first one was called social perceptiveness. That is, are the people on the group, are they able to relate to each other? If one of the persons in the groups having a struggle for some reason, are they able to pick up on that? It's kind of hard to say, well what is that social perceptiveness? and we can come back to that, but that's first on the list. The second attribute is that when they have any kind of a discussion, that everybody talks. And that's pretty easy to see, and I know that you've probably been on teams as I have, where really not everybody talked, where maybe mostly one or two Brian (11:24) Yeah. Okay. Linda Rising (11:49) You know the loud people they did all the talking and the rest of us We just kind of sat in the corner and we said well, you know, whatever Yeah We've been there. Well, have we have we have seen that and I don't know how you're gonna feel about the third one But we all are concerned about diversity Brian (12:00) Yeah. Yeah, for sure. Linda Rising (12:17) We know that diversity is an issue. All organizations are struggling with the best way to deal with that. But the third attribute has to do with the percentage of women on the team. Brian (12:34) Really? Linda Rising (12:35) So this isn't like 50-50. This doesn't mean that you should have some women. It means the more women you have, the better. Ooh. You wanna think about that one? Brian (12:38) Yeah. You know what? I would not argue with that one bit because all the women that I've had in my life have been the most intelligent people I have known. So I would wholeheartedly concur with that. We're just a bunch of knuckleheads, the guys are. So I completely... Linda Rising (12:58) Ha! Brian (13:17) You know, I'm having some fun, but you're right. I can see that, you know? Like, I could see how that would be a really distinguishing characteristics. Linda Rising (13:22) Wow! So the researchers say maybe it's really not a gender thing because women are very good at social perceptiveness. And maybe what this third attribute, and they did a lot of statistical analyses, you you have to really dig down into the statistics and we don't want to do that. Maybe this third attribute is really a reflection of the first. And then if you, and here we're going to come to your growth mindset, if you could work with the people on the team who were not women, but who were these nerdy guys, know, could you somehow have them grow, improve, get better at social perceptiveness, then that would have the same effect as having more women on the team. And that's kind of where they are right now is can you do this? Are they equivalent? Are they really measuring the same thing? But they know that somehow that's what you've got to have is this ability to read. It's called theory of mind. Read the minds of the people on the team and that typically You know, we're stereotyping here. Typically men are not as good. So can you, could you, can you grow that characteristic? Can you get better? Can you get better at that? Brian (15:06) Yeah, I'll take a slight little side trail here and say that that makes perfect sense to me because one of the things that I found when I was doing my research on neurodiversity and specifically autism was that there's a book out there that I think I've shared on the podcast before, but it's called Autism in Heels. And basically the point of the book is to really examine autism in women. And one of the key points that's made in the book is the fact that when you see statistics about autism, you'll find that there's a huge number, there's a disparity. There's a large number of men, of males that are diagnosed and a few, a smaller percentage of females. And it gives the impression when you look at the data that you might think, well, this is a male thing, right? It's something that happens much more often than male. But this book is making the point that really, Linda Rising (16:02) Yeah. Brian (16:04) the criteria that was set aside to designate whether someone was autistic or not was really geared towards how it presents in males. So women were vastly underdiagnosed and still are to this day vastly underdiagnosed. And one of the things that makes it difficult to diagnose them is women are better at masking their symptoms. very much, they adapt to the environment around them. They pick up on the people around them. Linda Rising (16:18) Yeah. Brian (16:34) and they will mask the things that maybe are naturally a part of them, but they've learned in other parts of life how to do that. And so they're applying that to their autism as well. So that makes perfect sense to me. Linda Rising (16:43) Yeah. Yep, exactly. And of course, if we want to talk about women who have this tendency or on the spectrum, we have to mention Temple Grandin, who is one of the most famous female autistics in the world. I she's done more to gain attention for this problem, and she's definitely female. yeah, it's not it's not a male thing. But you're right that what's happened is that the women have had a growth mindset and whatever they inherited or were born with, they've done a better job at learning how to adapt given what they had as a limitation, adapting to working with others and using that as a strength. So that means that possibly, We could do that kind of thing to improve our teams if we included men in, well, what would it be? Would it be a training program? Would it be just coaching? Maybe this could be the job for a coach can certainly watch. The behavior of the team can notice, for instance, for that second attribute, is the discussion. Brian (17:54) Ha Linda Rising (18:10) Does that involve everybody equally? That could be a first step. And to encourage the growth in that direction. So one of the experiments that was done to follow on with that was to try to get male members of the team who didn't do well, you can actually measure social perceptiveness. And you mentioned autism, one of the tests. for autism is called reading the mind in the eyes. And with that test, you can show that people are better than others. And so maybe this could help us identify people who might benefit from this experimental approach. And that is to have something like, you know, I'm a patterns fan. So a collection of patterns that we used to talk about back in the day was written by Joshua Kerievsky and it was for running a study group where you read a book together a chapter at a time and you talk about it. So in the experiment the hypothesis was that reading a book together would improve the theory of mind or the social perceptiveness if it were a book that was fiction. Brian (19:37) Huh. Linda Rising (19:37) It's a story. A story. There's a hero and a beautiful princess and an adventurer and a bad guy and a good guy. in reading that, you learn to identify with the characters. And you talk about it. What was the character feeling when the handsome prince ran in to rescue the what was he thinking? Brian (19:39) Yeah. Linda Rising (20:05) So in a structured study group situation like that, reading fiction together and the results so far are positive but not enormous. It does help. It does help. Brian (20:20) Yeah. Yeah, I can see that, because you're trying to collectively interpret and you're getting a peek into someone else's mind of how they might interpret a situation and that can help you to interpret other situations. Yeah, I can see that. Linda Rising (20:23) May not. Yeah! Yeah, especially if someone was not in the habit of doing that. There are a lot of people who say, I've never even stopped to think about how the other members of my team are feeling. Brian (20:43) Yeah. Linda Rising (20:56) So attached to all of this is an enormous project that Google also started called Project Aristotle. And their idea was we wanna know what the secret is, what makes great teams. And they looked at everything. They spent years. mean, Google collects data, data they've got. and statisticians and analysts, they got it. And they spent years collecting and analyzing. And the summary at the end of all that was they found nothing. Brian (21:38) Hahaha Linda Rising (21:40) Did you read that? Did you read about that study? Yeah. Brian (21:44) I I'm familiar with that study. I really like what they did. Because when you have that kind of data available to you across cultures, across business units, it was an ambitious kind of study. I'm really thankful that they did it because I think they had some good findings there that came out of that as well. you're right. Linda Rising (21:52) Yeah! Yeah. Yeah? Yeah, they didn't find anything. Brian (22:12) Right, they thought it was gonna be, you know, it's a skill, it's the right mix of skills that makes it a high performing team or expertise and none of that really had a bearing. Yeah. Yeah. Linda Rising (22:15) Get off! And what was interesting about all of this is it sort of all came together because the folks at Google kind of looked over and said, well, look at what these folks at MIT are doing. And they said, maybe we're just not looking at the right thing. And they had talked about this social perceptiveness and what is that anyway? And it was kind of serendipity at about this time. Amy Edmondson wrote a book called The Fearless Organization, and it was about something she called psychological safety. And it was bigger than what the folks at MIT had identified. This has, I am free, I feel safe. Well, that would mean that you could speak up in a discussion and that would make the discussion more, okay, now we would think about what, I mean, what she talked about kind of put a big blanket around all of it and said, hey, I think we might be all talking about this. And the folks at Google said, well, you know, that makes sense. Maybe that's what we're looking for. And how do we do it? How do we do this? So your listeners might wanna just wander out to the Google site because now Google's been very transparent about this. How do you make this work? How do you bring about this psychological safety? How do you get people feel free to talk and to discussion? How do you help people be aware? of what other people are feeling. And they've got a whole raft of suggestions for managers, suggestions for team members, for, you know, and they're really all singing the same song. It's about this awareness of others, feeling that you are safe and that thinking about what other people are thinking. can lead your team to behave in more intelligent way. Brian (24:41) That's so, that's awesome. Right, right. Linda Rising (24:41) It's kind like a miracle. It's like a miracle. It all just came together. They weren't planning that. know, here at MIT, going one direction, Google going another direction. Here's Amy Edmondson at Harvard, and that it all kind of came together. Brian (24:48) That's awesome. You came together now. Yeah, Amy Edmondson is definitely one of my heroes. we've tried to get her on. We tried to get her to come on, but I know that there's layers to get to people like that. so if anyone's listening and has an end to Amy Edmondson, tell her that this is a welcome, this is a psychologically safe podcast to come on. We'd love to have her, but yeah. Linda Rising (25:07) Yeah. Well, yeah. think she did go out and talk to Google. I think there's a Google talk about psychological safety. So they did have her come in and give them some ideas, some suggestions or yeah. And she's on to failure now because her book, After Fearless Organization, which was about psychological safety, the one that, in fact, I just finished it is about failure. Brian (25:44) Yeah. That, Linda Rising (25:59) and their case studies of failures and what can you do about failure and yeah but anyway so she she's on she's she's on to whatever but yeah. Brian (26:07) That's awesome. Yes, she does great research and it's it's chock full in her book So I highly recommend her writing to anyone who's listening if that if this interests you Yeah, definitely read Amy Edmondson's work. You'll really enjoy it Linda Rising (26:14) Yeah Yeah. So, and if you do, then the story is not over, it's still going, which is, not just Amy Edmondson, but there's a fellow named Kevin Dunbar. This is not Robin Dunbar who did the 150 is kind of the magic number. This is a different Dunbar, same last name, but he did a lot of studies about thinking and. especially in science, how do scientists think? And in particular, he was interested in failure. And you know that as a scientist, you propose some hypothesis and then you test it in an experiment and then you stand back and you do an analysis and you say, well, did this work out or not? And he found that some scientists don't... like it when things don't go well. What a surprise, huh? Brian (27:26) Yeah, right. Linda Rising (27:28) Yeah, and they just ignore it. They either pretend it didn't happen or they put it in a drawer saying, we'll come back and, you know, we'll look at it later. But some scientists do a really good job of accepting that failure, working with it, and building on it. saying, hey, this is something we didn't think about. Maybe we can, they, you know, and they're off and running. It doesn't slow them down at all. And it turns out that the scientists who have that characteristic, who are able to do that, are scientists in groups. and they're in groups that are intelligent. They're diverse and open. They let everybody speak. They think about what other people are thinking if they're discouraged or not with this bad result. So the characteristics of those groups of scientists who do well with failure is the same. Brian (28:22) you Linda Rising (28:40) as the groups that MIT identified, the groups that Google is trying to grow. And I think it's really what we want in Agile development. We want groups like that. Not just because we think, intelligence is what. No. We want groups that have that characteristic. We want groups that feel psychologically safe. We want groups that feel free. Brian (28:54) Yeah. Linda Rising (29:08) to express their ideas. We want groups of people who are aware of what other people are thinking. That's what we want. Brian (29:16) Yeah. Yeah, absolutely. That's so cool. Linda Rising (29:18) So they're all talking about the same thing. They may be using different words, but they are really, and one thing that we might wanna note right here is that all these different researchers made the same mistake in the beginning. And it's the same mistake organizations make. Is they thought in the beginning that what makes a smart team is smart people. Wrong. Not that you don't want smart people. Brian (29:48) Yeah. Right. Linda Rising (29:53) But that's just an okay thing to have. You can have a team of very smart people that doesn't have any of these other characteristics that is not intelligent as a group. So I think we really have to wake up and realize, first of all, that we're doing that, that we're valuing IQ or individual intelligence, smartness, you went to this school or you got that particular SAT score. It has nothing to do with that. It's not that there's no correlation, but it's weak, it's very weak. It's much better to have people who have these other characteristics. Brian (30:33) Yeah, let me just, yeah. Yeah, absolutely. Let me connect it just a second to maybe someone who's listening who's a Scrum Master or someone like that, right? You might hear this and think, those foolish leadership people, they make these kinds of mistakes. I wouldn't make that kind of mistake. I know better than this kind of thing, right? Well, how much emphasis are you placing on whether your team knows all the details of what they should be doing in Scrum versus... helping them to know and understand each other, communicate with each other, right? How much effort and energy are you putting into those things versus the facts, right? I think that's where it can hit home for us is, these other areas, I think are, as you said, really much stronger predictors of success. And I think as Agilist, that's where we should be pouring our attention into because that's what's going to make the most significant difference. Linda Rising (31:40) Yeah. And I think since software development and I've been in it for a long time has had this really strong emphasis on smartness. We like smart people. And it's not that that's a bad thing necessarily. It's that it's not enough. So as a mathematician, you could say necessary, but not sufficient. Not even close. and that all of these researchers all said the same thing, that we thought it was going to be about smart people. We thought it was about IQ, that teams of smart people would be smart. And you and I both know that's not true. Brian (32:32) Right, right, right. I've been on some teams with some very smart people that were horrible teams. Linda Rising (32:35) Yes. Yes, yes, exactly. And I guess without belaboring it or beating it up, what's happening to me right now is that in reading about all of these different research activities, more and more things start to bubble up. that sort of are like the glue that holds all of this together. And the one that just, it just happened yesterday has to do with brainstorming. So I've been on a ramp to not, you know, I'm against brainstorming because there's plenty of evidence that it doesn't work. They've done experiments, they've said, okay, here's a group of people and they're gonna get together and they're gonna come up with ideas. Okay, we know how many ideas they came up with and whether they're any good or not. And now let's just take individuals and tell them individually, you come up with ideas and then we'll just measure. And the results are always the same, the individuals do better. So I have come up with explanations for that and I'm like, okay, well here's what. Well, I was wrong. Because in the research, it just was like an accident. I just happened to discover it in one of the papers that the groups that are intelligent, the groups that are aware, the groups that embrace failure, the groups that do well also do better at brainstorming. Why is that? Well, because everybody feels free to talk. Everybody feels psychologically safe. Everybody's aware of how other people are feeling and that impacts how they come up with ideas or think about things that other people suggest. So as a group, they do superbly at brainstorming. So it's not the brainstorming, it's the group and how they... Brian (34:43) Yeah. Ha Linda Rising (34:48) get in a room together and discuss things and share ideas. And so, you know, I hate to say this is gonna be the answer to all our prayers. And of course we still don't, we're still working on, well, how do you do this? How do you make this happen? And I remember a story. It's in fact, it's in one of the documents, I'm trying to think now on the Google website. It's a story of a team. Brian (34:58) Hahaha Yeah. Linda Rising (35:18) where the team leader tells the other people on the team that he has a terminal illness. And when he did that, everybody else on the team realized that they didn't really know anything about this guy. And they in turn began to share, well, I'm also having some struggles and here's my story. And going through that. cause that team to move up a notch, if you will, to become more intelligent, to be more aware, to suddenly be a little more respectful of how the discussions were. It was just telling stories about what you're going through so that everyone will be aware of how you feel, what you think is gonna be your... Brian (35:48) Yeah. Linda Rising (36:11) future in the next six months that they didn't have any training or study groups or they just told stories. Brian (36:26) They got to know each other as humans. And it's amazing how often we forget that that's who we work with. At least right now, we work with other human beings. And I hope that never changes, because that's where the best ideas, that's where the best creativity comes from. And yeah, it's fascinating, but you're absolutely right. I can see that point. Linda Rising (36:28) Yes, exactly. think for me, this is all, it's been really a hopeful journey because in the beginning, I wasn't even sure how it would go. I didn't know anything about the intelligence of groups. And in the beginning, it was all, okay, here's what MIT is doing and reading through, I mean, there were a lot of papers that I slogged through and it wasn't until about halfway through that, I discovered. Project Aristotle and I saw, this really connects. And now all these other things start to bubble up that really make a lot of sense. And of course, that it fits. It fits with Agile. It fits with the Agile message that the big things like that cause you, especially if you've had any experience with Agile, to sort of wake up and say, how do I miss this? Brian (37:50) Ha ha. Linda Rising (37:52) I should have seen this and it's news to me. So, wow, we're all still learning, I guess, aren't we? Brian (38:03) Yeah, I mean, you get presented with something like that and think, I've kind of intuitively known this all along, but I didn't have words for it. And now, now there's a vocabulary that can describe it. And I agree, right? That's exactly what it is. So yeah, you're absolutely right. Well, Linda, this is, this is such a fascinating discussion. And, you know, it's, I had no idea where, you know, group intelligence would lead us, but that it's all just fascinating. Linda Rising (38:09) Yeah Brian (38:32) the different threads of the spider web and where this kind of ends up. So I know it led you in a lot of places with your research and everything else. I really, really appreciate you sharing that with us and helping us to try to understand a little bit of the journey you've been on and kind of discovering this over the past year or so is what you said. Linda Rising (38:53) Yep. And I was going to say, anybody, I know most people don't want to spend the time reading the original research papers, and I don't blame you, that does take a lot of, you know, have a lot of investment in that. But there are some, I would call them sort of lightweight. There's some excellent, excellent Harvard Business Review articles that do a very good job of talking about. what is happening at MIT, what is happening at Google, that kind of a high-level summary, like Harvard Business Review does that like nobody else. And of course, there are TED Talks that Amy Edmondson has given, and there are all the Google Talks, of course, are also out on YouTube. And she has been to Google as well, so you can go listen to what she has to say there. So if you want to dig into this for yourself, there's a lot that you can get without having to read the book or read all the research papers. Brian (39:57) Yeah, we'll try to link to as much of this as we can in the show notes of this. So anyone who's listening, if you want to go down one of these rabbit holes like we talked about, maybe we can point the direction and say, hey, try this one. So we'll also include in the show notes some links to some of Linda's work as well so that you can find out more about her and maybe read one of her books as well and see some of the Linda Rising (40:11) Yeah! Brian (40:27) some of the insights she's already brought to this Agile community. And if you like what you heard here, I know you'll like her books as well. So Linda, thank you so much for making your time. I know it's very busy. Thank you for coming on the show. Linda Rising (40:41) It's been my pleasure. Can we close with some good wishes, some thoughts and prayers for all the people who are in Western North Carolina or in Florida who have just been two horrible disasters and are going to be a long time recovering. And that includes my good friend and co-writer Mary Lynn Mans who's in Asheville, North Carolina. So fingers crossed, prayers, good thoughts. Brian (41:11) Absolutely. I wholeheartedly concur with you on that. So I agree. Well, thanks again, Linda.

In this episode of The Landlord Diaries, we sit down with Amanda Han, Managing Director of Keystone CPA and one of the nation's top real estate tax strategists. Amanda, a third-generation real estate investor, has helped countless investors maximize wealth through powerful, proactive tax strategies. With best-selling books on Amazon and features in Money Magazine, Google Talks, and CNBC, Amanda brings her unparalleled expertise to the show. Whether you're new to real estate investing or a seasoned pro, this episode will provide valuable insights into building a tax-efficient portfolio. Amanda has 46k subscribers on Instagram & frequently appears as a speaker or author on the Bigger Pockets network. 

For you today, we have updates around Google Cloud Next, the LLM announcement gauntlet continues, new funding rounds, and text-to-music apps. This week's news concludes with a discussion around the shortcomings of autoregressive large language models (LLM) and why the technology is unlikely to achieve artificial general intelligence (AGI). Read the news through the links below and watch my discussion with Eric Schwartz of Voicebot.ai, in which we break it all down via the YouTube video above. Generative AI News Top Stories of the Week

The team discusses the latest announcements from Google's I/O conference, leaked details of upcoming ARM-based Windows laptops and OpenAI's new smarter-than-ever large language model. Our Hot Hardware candidate is Barry's brand-new 13in iPad Pro – the latest M4 model with all the trimmings.

A funny quote goes like this, “The tax code is like a foreign language, nobody understands it, and it's always changing.” Paying taxes is a legal obligation of every citizen as it ensures that the government has the necessary funds to provide essential services and maintain public infrastructure. However, it can seem overwhelming, especially for those who are not familiar with financial matters or the nitty gritty of tax laws.    Hence, we must seek guidance and education to not perceive it as a burden but as an opportunity to strategically manage our finances and minimize our tax liabilities. Therefore, the more you talk to experts in fields where you are having difficulty, the more you know.  Moreso, in financial matters, we must be wise and proactive in staying informed about changes in tax regulations. Remember, exploring available tax-saving strategies and seeking professional advice can lead to maximizing potential savings and reducing the stress associated with tax season.    Amanda Han is a Certified Public Accountant, tax strategist, author, and managing director of Keystone CPA.  She specializes in creating tax-saving strategies for real estate investors. As a CPA, she has helped countless national investors to supercharge their wealth-building through proactive tax saving.  Some of the tools she uses are her top-selling Amazon books and teachings on prominent publications such as Money Magazine, Google Talks, and CNBC. As a real estate investor of more than ten years, she combines her passion for investing with her tax expertise to help others supercharge their wealth and keep more of what they make.    Matthew MacFarland is a Certified Public Accountant, author, managing director of Keystone CPA, and tax strategist with over 20 years of experience handling individuals, families, real estate investors, and closely held businesses. Matt received his accounting degree from UCLA and a Master's in Taxation degree from USC. As a CPA, Matt brings over two decades of tax planning expertise working specifically with real estate investors and high-net-worth individuals.  He has experience in both Big 4 Public Accounting and private client advisory. Matt is an avid speaker and educator on real estate tax strategies who authored The Book on Advanced Tax Strategies for Real Estate Investors. Matt has a passion for animals and founded the Animals for Armed Forces Foundation.   In this episode with Amanda Han and Matthew MacFarland, we will guide you in a step-by-step process to optimize your tax strategy and maximize your savings. Our conversation touches on the difference between filing and planning taxes, the importance of proactive tax planning, and a deeper understanding of what bonus depreciation law is. Furthermore, we explore effective tactics for leveraging both short-term and long-term real estate investments to their fullest potential within the tax framework. Tune in as we unlock the secrets to strategic tax planning and financial freedom.   "Most people are just hoping and praying they don't get a big surprise tax bill. When it comes to tax savings, it's usually not by chance, it's with design and careful planning." – Amanda Han   Topics Covered: (00:00:41) Introducing our special guests, Amanda Han & Matthew MacFarland. (00:02:06) Filing taxes vs. Planning tax strategies (00:06:23) Short-term real estate investment strategies (00:08:27) Material participation requirements for short-term rental tax benefits. (00:13:10) Long-term real estate (00:13:47) Real estate professional qualification (00:14:59) Quick Reminder: Are you enjoying this episode? Please share it, leave a five-star review, and give feedback. Go to TimeOut with the SportsDr website. (00:17:33) What is bonus depreciation? (00:20:21) How to leverage self-directed retirement accounts (00:22:23) How does seller financing work? (00:24:47) The Book on Advanced Tax Strategies: Cracking the Code for Savvy Real Estate Investors (00:26:18) How does 1031 Exchange work? (00:28:06) Where to connect with Amanda Han & Matthew MacFarland   Key Takeaways:    “You can use your retirement account to invest in a syndication. Real estate is one of those asset classes.” – Amanda Han   "You have a lot more people who are retiring, so for them to carry knowing that their money is secured by that same property they used to own, I think it's pretty reassuring to them." – Amanda Han   "Real estate professional status offers tax advantages but requires meeting specific time and participation criteria." – Matthew MacFarland   Connect with Amanda Han: Email: media@keystonecpa.com Website: https://www.keystonecpa.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/keystonecpainc/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amandayhan/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/amanda_han_cpa/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvL8-Sq9NtVbh_SO6oDmmAg/   Connect with Matthew MacFarland:  Email: media@keystonecpa.com Website: https://www.keystonecpa.com/; animalsforarmedforces.org  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/keystonecpainc/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvL8-Sq9NtVbh_SO6oDmmAg/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/keystone.cpa/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattmacfarland/   Connect with Dr. Derrick Burgess: Website: https://www.drderrickthesportsdr.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drderrickthesportsdr/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TimeOut.SportsDr LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/derrick-burgess-72047b246/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHGDu1zT4K_X6PnYELu8weg Email: thesportsdoctr@gmail.com   This episode of TimeOut with the SportsDr. is produced by Podcast VAs Philippines - the team that helps podcasters effectively launch and manage their podcasts, so we don't have to. 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Could sleeping more be the key to improving your physical and mental health? How much sleep do we really need? Is ‘hustle culture' destroying our health?In this episode of Vision of Health, renowned Sleep Expert and Evangelist, Dr Sophie Bostock shares how unlocking the power of sleep can transform your health, making you feel and function at your best.Dr Sophie is the go to sleep expert in the UK who believes sleep is the unsung hero of mental and physical resilience. With a Medical Degree and a Masters from Nottingham University and a PhD from University College London, Sophie worked on the award-winning sleep improvement programme Sleepio, and went on to launch The Sleep Scientist, specialising in understanding the power of sleep for shielding stress, improving health and performance. Dr Sophie is a renowned sleep consultant for clients in business, the media, the military and olympic athletes. She is well known globally for her Tedx and Google Talks. In this episode Dr Sophie delves into the science of sleep and shares the scientifically proven secrets to improving mental and physical health through a good nights sleep. This episode coversWhat actually is sleep and what is happening in our body Whether sleep is a neglected pillar of our healthWhat happens to our body and health if we don't get enough sleepHow much sleep do we actually need? Does this change in throughout our life? Can we sleep too much?Is hours of sleep the most important thing, or does quality trump quantity?What determines a ‘good nights sleep'?What happens if we don't get enough sleep? What about if this is unavoidable e.g. for new mums or shift workers?How to tackle insomniaTakeaway tips for unlocking your best nights sleep in 2024.Watch the full episode on YouTube here: If you want to hear more from Dr Sophie Bostock head to her social media page @drsophiebostock or her website https://www.thesleepscientist.com/about and listen to Dr Sophie's TEDx talk here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itpyzkahff8This podcast is sponsored by Femfresh™, leaders in feminine hygiene products, who are also committed to opening up conversations on taboo subjects and busting myths on women's health. You can explore our educational articles on their website https://www.femfresh.co.uk/expert-advice/ or on socials @femfresh_ukPlease do follow/subscribe, share with your friends and family and leave me a review! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Amanda is a Managing Director of Keystone CPA, INC. Amanda received her accounting degree from UNLV. As a CPA and real estate investor, Amanda has helped countless investors across the nation to supercharge their wealth building through proactive tax saving with her top-selling Amazon books as well as her teachings on prominent publications such as Money Magazine, Google Talks, and CNBC.  Amanda brings over two decades of tax planning and compliance experience from working in Big 4 Public Accounting as well as public and private companies.  In this episode we talked about: * Amanda's Updates and Changes * Tax Strategies  * Depreciations  * Trump Tax Regime  * Cost Segregation Analysis * Bonus Depreciation  * Partnership Losses * How much to Spend on Accounting  * Tax Designation * How to structure your RE investments  Useful links:
Books: “The Book on Tax Strategies for the Savvy Real Estate Investor: Powerful techniques anyone can use to deduct more, invest smarter, and pay far less to the IRS!” https://www.amazon.com/Book-Strategies-Savvy-Estate-Investor/dp/0990711765 “The Book on Advanced Tax Strategies: Cracking the Code for Savvy Real Estate Investors” https://www.amazon.com/Book-Strategies-Savvy-Estate-Investor/dp/0990711765 https://www.keystonecpa.com/ https://www.keystonecpa.com/eBook-Download Tax Saving Toolkit https://www.instagram.com/amanda_han_cpa/

Amanda is a Managing Director of Keystone CPA, INC. Amanda received her accounting degree from UNLV. As a CPA and real estate investor, Amanda has helped countless investors across the nation to supercharge their wealth building through proactive tax saving with her top-selling Amazon books as well as her teachings on prominent publications such as Money Magazine, Google Talks, and CNBC.  Amanda brings over two decades of tax planning and compliance experience from working in Big 4 Public Accounting as well as public and private companies.  In this episode we talked about: * Amanda's Updates and Changes * Tax Strategies  * Depreciations  * Trump Tax Regime  * Cost Segregation Analysis * Bonus Depreciation  * Partnership Losses * How much to Spend on Accounting  * Tax Designation * How to structure your RE investments  Useful links:
Books: “The Book on Tax Strategies for the Savvy Real Estate Investor: Powerful techniques anyone can use to deduct more, invest smarter, and pay far less to the IRS!” https://www.amazon.com/Book-Strategies-Savvy-Estate-Investor/dp/0990711765 “The Book on Advanced Tax Strategies: Cracking the Code for Savvy Real Estate Investors” https://www.amazon.com/Book-Strategies-Savvy-Estate-Investor/dp/0990711765 https://www.keystonecpa.com/ https://www.keystonecpa.com/eBook-Download Tax Saving Toolkit https://www.instagram.com/amanda_han_cpa/

Karen Kaushansky is a conversation designer at Google that led the Google Assistant UX design for WearOS and, more recently, for the Pixel Watch. While there has been a lot of attention around conversational UX on smart speakers and mobile phones, wearables introduce new variables and different mental models. Kaushansky goes into detail about designing voice experiences for the watch, what it's like to be an API or embedded in the software, how it's different when you also control the hardware or run software on the device, and more.  The interview also discusses how conversation design has changed over the past 25 years. Kaushansky started in the industry in the 1990s and has seen many technology shifts over the years. This also enables us to update our discussion on multimodal interfaces, which was the focus of her appearance on episode 40 of the Voicebot Podcast five years ago. We finish up with a discussion about large language models and the role of conversation designers in applications built on generative AI technologies. She also offers a great tip for designers on navigating this change that is the center of so much discussion today.  Kaushansky began her career as a speech technology designer at Nortel, then spent time at Nuance, Microsoft, and Jawbone. At Microsoft, she was part of the team that created Cortana and deployed it on the Windows phone. She joined Google in 2019 and has led user experience design for Google Assistant on a number of products. 

In this new “What I Learned...” episode of the Passive Wealth Principles Podcast, Jake Harris breaks down his interview with Amanda Han, CPA, Tax Strategist and Managing Director of Keystone CPA Inc. She is also the author of, "The Book on Tax Strategies for the Savvy Real Estate Investor," and "The Book on Advanced Tax Strategies: Cracking the Code for Savvy Real Estate Investors," as well as a contributor to Money Magazine, Google Talks, and CNBC.As always, Jake shares some of the insights he gained from his conversation with Amanda.You'll discover the journey that Amanda and her husband embarked on to create their own firm, from entering the real estate business to discovering that their strengths lay not in negotiation, but in taxes.Jake discusses some of the tips and strategies Amanda shared, such as how you can write off interest, and how you can use short term rentals to offset short term losses.You will learn how Amanda and her husband have been able to take the very complex IRS tax code, and break it down into more simplified terms for the benefit of her clients.Jake will also talk about situations when you can't 'unring the bell,' such as when you transition and sell a property, pay the taxes, but realize that you didn't do a 1031 exchange. You can't go back and correct that error. There are unfortunately certain things that you can't do outside of the calendar year.Listen now and enjoy!What You'll Learn in this Show:Why Amanda and her husband decided to start their own real estate investing business.How you can start carving out tax savings without having to change your lifestyle.Why it's so important to have a tax strategist and tax planner involved, particularly as you begin to make more money.The opportunities that appear when you have a tax strategist and a planner working on your behalf.And so much more...

On today's episode of the Passive Wealth Principles podcast, Jake chats with Amanda Han, CPA, Tax Strategist, author and Managing Director of Keystone CPA Inc. As a CPA and real estate investor, Amanda has helped countless investors across the nation to supercharge their wealth building through proactive tax saving with her top selling Amazon books such as "The Book on Tax Strategies for the Savvy Real Estate Investor," and "The Book on Advanced Tax Strategies: Cracking the Code for Savvy Real Estate Investors," as well as her teachings in prominent publications such as Money Magazine, Google Talks, and CNBC. She brings over two decades of tax planning and compliance experience from working in Big 4 Public Accounting as well as public and private companies.During the episode, Amanda reveals how she and her husband realized that their passion for real estate lay not in the negotiation/hunting for deals side of things, but on the tax side.She outlines some of the tax strategies and tips that people can use right now to save money on their taxes.Amanda explains how a 'loophole' in the tax law means that you may be able to use short-term rentals (properties where the average guest's stay during the year is seven days or less) to offset short term losses.She also reveals what happens when someone begins working with a CPA for the first time (reviewing past tax returns, possible exposures or mistakes made in the past, etc.)Join Jake and Amanda for this fascinating discussion.Enjoy!What You Will Learn in this Show:Amanda's journey to start her own accounting firm.How to use short-term rentals to offset short term losses.Some of the best ways to grow from a tax perspective.How to get your effective tax rate down.And so much more...Resources:Keystone CPA Inc.Amanda's LinkedIn

Wykład Tomáša Sedláčka zorganizowany przez Forum Europejskie z okazji premiery książki "Ekonomia dobra i zła", Biblioteka Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego, 11 stycznia 2012 r. [1h48min] Tomáš Sedláček, "jeden z najgorętszych umysłów światowej ekonomii" wprowadza pojęcia dobra i zła do ekonomii w swojej książce, która przebojem podbiła światowe rynki wydawnicze. Gościnne wykłady dla Google Talks, Parlamentu Europejskiego, Banku Światowego, Harvardu, Yale, University College of London i innych - teraz gościnny wykład na Uniwersytecie Warszawskim. Czy da się opowiedzieć historię myśli ekonomicznej poprzez książkę, która przebija sprzedażą Kod da Vinci i Harry'ego Pottera, a później zrobić z tego sztukę teatralną? Gość styczniowego Forum Europejskiego, Tomáš Sedláček udowadnia, że tak. W fascynującej książce „Ekonomia dobra i zła”, która przebojem podbiła czeski i słowacki rynek wydawniczy, a w styczniu weszła też na polski rynek (pod patronatem Forum Europejskiego) autor prowadzi czytelnika od eposu o Gilgameszu do myśli, które współcześnie napędzają światowe rynki. W jasny i przystępny sposób, a jednocześnie erudycyjny i angażujący czytelnika tłumaczy najważniejsze zjawiska światowej ekonomii i stawia tezę: wszystko sprowadza się do ludzkich motywacji, do ekonomii dobra i zła. Książka została wydana przez Oxford University Press, a swoje wydania przygotowują również wydawnictwa m.in. w Chinach, Niemczech i Rosji. Po sukcesie wydawniczym i entuzjastycznych recenzjach nie tylko w krajowych mediach, ale także w Financial Times, The New York Times i Washington Post, książka została adaptowana jako sztuka teatralna i wystawiona ponad 100 razy, głównie w Czechach i na Słowacji i w Wielkiej Brytanii (wszystkie bilety na przedstawienia w Teatrze Narodowym w Pradze, ale też m.in. londyńskim Soho Theatre zostały sprzedane). "Książkę Tomáša Sedláčka miałem okazję czytać jeszcze przed publikacją i od razu zrozumiałem, że zawiera niekonwencjonalne podejście do dziedziny uchodzącej powszechnie za nadzwyczaj nudną. Lektura pochłonęła mnie i cały czas zadawałem sobie pytanie, jakie zainteresowanie wzbudzi u innych czytelników. Autor nie udziela przemądrzałych i stanowczych odpowiedzi, lecz skromnie zadaje fundamentalne pytania: Czym jest ekonomia? Co stanowi jej treść? Skąd się wzięła ta nowa religia, jak czasami jest określana? Dlaczego jesteśmy tak bardzo uzależnieni od ciągłego wzrastania wzrostu i wzrostu wzrastania wzrostu? Skąd się wzięła i dokąd nas prowadzi koncepcja postępu? Dlaczego w tak wielu dyskusjach ekonomicznych pojawiają się obsesje i fanatyzm? Człowiek myślący musi zadawać sobie te wszystkie pytania, ale ekonomiści rzadko udzielają na nie odpowiedzi." - ś.p. Vaclav Havel, prezydent Czechosłowacji (1989-1992) i Republiki Czeskiej (1993-2003) Znajdź nas: https://www.youtube.com/c/WszechnicaFWW/ https://www.facebook.com/WszechnicaFWW1/ https://anchor.fm/wszechnicaorgpl---historia https://anchor.fm/wszechnica-fww-nauka https://wszechnica.org.pl/ #ekonomia #tomassedlacek

This episode describes an academic career path as a China watcher with a strong focus on Young China, the Post-90s generation, and Chinese companies going global. 1) Why is Fluent Chinese so important to a flexpat career? 2) How can you start an academic career as a China watcher? 3) How do you make a living as a China watcher? 4) How are Chinese companies going global, do they hire flexpats? 5) What is the key to success for flexpats in the next decade? Zak Dychtwald is the author of the critically acclaimed Young China: How the Restless Generation Will Change Their Country and the World and founder of the market insights firm, Young China Group. A fluent mandarin speaker with a decade in China, Zak is an expert in dissecting the intersection between China's evolving identity, the economy, and consumer trends. Zak has been invited to share his expertise with audiences on six continents at events such as the Wall Street Journal CEO Council Summit, Aspen Ideas Festival, and Google Talks, as well as for major financial institutions and global brands. He is a contributor to Harvard Business Review and his work is frequently cited in The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, The Atlantic, The Washington Post, BBC, Fortune, Barron's, and others. Zak started out in China only because of a love of Science Fiction and a want to see where people were saying the future was unfolding. Based in Chengdu, he became fixated on the gap between how China was perceived back home in the US and what he was seeing and experiencing on the ground. Find Zak's recent video with Harvard Business Review on "China's New Innovation Advantage" or his TEDx talk here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ump7Kge05ZE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myChmWNbBQc Website: www.youngchinagroup.com; www.zakdychtwald.com LinkedIn: Zak Dychtwald You might also want to check out Peter Hessler, his book River town is really well-known in China writing circles. We recommend the following episodes to get more input on learning Chinese, working for Chinese companies, or working in consulting: 75 Learn Chinese 99 Work for Chinese companies abroad And some more: 31 Work for Chinese company in China 31 Work for Chinese company abroad 39 How to differentiate from Chinese professionals 43 Work at Alibaba 54 Work at Alibaba 65 Work in Consulting __________________ About learning Chinese (by Sofia and Francis): The next episode will be a LIVE webinar, recorded on Thursday, January 12 at 9 pm Chinese Time. Please contact Francis on Wechat: Flexpat2020, to join this episode. Warmly invited! The ZOOM dial-ins are: Meeting ID: 860 0921 7545 Passcode: 4689330 Contrary to popular belief, mastering Chinese doesn't have to be a slow, hard process. Our book "Chinese On Your Terms" gives you access to the big picture of learning Chinese. Find your WHY. Take Action. You can get the eBook on Amazon for 9,99 EUR. In case you prefer a printed version in China, you can reach out to Francis The book can be sent by SF express within China for 100 RMB.

A humorous quote claims that a person doesn't know how much he has to be thankful for until he has to pay taxes. We incur taxes to enjoy the benefits of living in a civilized society. Hence, it has been a significant cause of worry for many of us. Some believe that taxes rob industrious taxpayers of their hard-earned money since it requires them to part with their own money.    However, we can look at it from a more positive perspective since there are many ways to reduce tax liability legally. Many taxpayers miss out on potential tax advantages and overpay due to inadequate knowledge. We must therefore gain a deeper awareness of these issues because we will undoubtedly be dealing with them for the rest of our lives. Moreover, a thorough financial plan is believed to include tax planning as a critical component to assist people in paying the least amount of taxes necessary in the years leading up to and after retirement.   Amanda Han is a Certified Public Accountant, tax strategist, author, and managing director of Keystone CPA.  She specializes in creating tax-saving strategies for real estate investors. As a CPA, she has helped countless national investors to supercharge their wealth building through proactive tax saving.  Some of the tools she uses are her top-selling Amazon books and teachings on prominent publications such as Money Magazine, Google Talks, and CNBC. As a real estate investor of more than ten years, she combines her passion for investing with her tax expertise to help others supercharge their wealth and keep more of what they make.    Matthew MacFarland is a Certified Public Accountant, author, managing director of Keystone CPA, and tax strategist with over 20 years of experience handling individuals, families, real estate investors, and closely held businesses. Matt received his accounting degree from UCLA and a Master's in Taxation degree from USC. As a CPA, Matt brings over two decades of tax planning expertise working specifically with real estate investors and high net-worth individuals.  He has experience in both Big 4 Public Accounting and private client advisory. Matt is an avid speaker and educator on real estate tax strategies who authored The Book on Advanced Tax Strategies for Real Estate Investors. Matt has a passion for animals and founded the Animals for Armed Forces Foundation.   In this special episode with Amanda Han and Matthew MacFarland, we'll learn about the inspiring passion of a married couple who educate people in strategies to save on taxes, decrease tax burden and help entrepreneurs to take advantage of the opportunities around them concerning tax and financial planning.    "Tax advisors are there to help you explain things and set you up to get you in the right position to take advantage of all the opportunities out there." – Matthew MacFarland   Topics Covered: (00:00:00) Introduction + Episode Snippet (00:00:19) Introducing our special guests, Amanda Han and Matthew MacFarland (00:00:32) Advertisement: Obtain financial freedom with passive income! TimeOut with the SportsDr. teams up with Dr. Ronnie Shalev of Shalwin Properties to discuss things finance! Join Dr. Shalev's webinar or set up a 1-on-1 call; go to https://www.drderrickthesportsdr.com/sponsors. (00:02:38) Podcast about taxes: Why is it the must-listen podcast of the year? (00:04:10) The Certified Public Accountant Couple: What led them to become CPAs? (00:06:00) Take advantage of the same loophole others are benefiting from. (00:07:30) The Birth of Keystone (00:08:22) Tax planning firm: Save on taxes legitimately (00:09:55) A Businessperson's goal: Not to become a CPA but to understand all the tax law (00:12:32) How do business owners benefit tax-wise from having kids? (00:13:07) Make your children involved in your business.  (00:15:53) What is the significant role of a Limited Liability Company? (00:17:42) Legal entity ambiguity and common misconceptions (00:19:13) Understanding Cost vs. Benefit (00:20:00) Lawyer or Accountant: Where to go first for decision-making advice? (00:22:22) Advertisement: Sabre Bats, the training bat that will take you to your next swing. Go to https://www.sabrebats.net to know more. (00:23:21) How do we take advantage of tech strategies for business travel? (00:24:45) Diversification versus specification: The Retirement planning (00:27:34) How does self-directed 401k investment works? (00:28:43) Self-directed investments do not incentivize traditional financial advisors. (00:30:41) How can you gain access to a genuine self-directed 401k? (00:32:01) The Tax deferred exchange: How does a 1031 exchange operate? (00:33:09) Inheritance vs. Gifting: What tax differences exist between them? (00:37:02) Final TimeOut with Amanda Han and Matthew MacFarland: How do we take advantage of some of our tax benefits and get our finances in order? (00:38:22) The higher your income is, the more crucial tax planning is. (00:39:44) It's not how you start but how you finish. (00:41:14) Connect with Amanda Han and Matthew MacFarland.   Key Takeaways:  "Research has shown that the average American, we're losing more money to taxes than we do on food, clothing, and housing combined." – Amanda Han   "If you're doing things correctly, there's ways where you can make a lot of money but pay little to no taxes using real estate as one of the strategies." – Amanda Han   "You can either sit back and complain about taxes or you can learn how you can take advantage of the same loopholes or tax benefits that some of the wealthy can take advantage of because we too can take advantage of many of those if they educate us." – Dr. Derrick Burgess   "In sports, if you play by the rules and you'll be able to win the game while in a tax standpoint, if you have the right facts, then you can pay little taxes." – Amanda Han   "Tax planning is when you're meeting with your advisors throughout the year to know if you're doing the right things and are having the right facts so you can save on taxes legitimately." – Amanda Han   "I think for investors and business owners, your goal is not to become a CPA and understand all the tax law but to know enough so that you know what questions to ask and when to ask them." – Amanda Han   "If you decided to start your business or real estate tomorrow, whether you do that in your name or an LLC, you get the same write-offs in both scenarios." – Amanda Han   "The whole concept of being specific in investing to something where you have unique knowledge, insight, and experience." – Amanda Han   "The reason why a lot of traditional financial advisors don't talk about self-directed 401k or don't want to talk about it is because when you ask them those types of questions, you're sort of taking money away from them." – Amanda Han   "And it does not incentivize traditional financial advisors to advise you on how you can control your own money outside of their platform. That's why we're so passionate about educating people on how they can control their retirement money." – Amanda Han   "True self-directed custodian does not have any portfolio of assets to offer you. The vast majority limit themselves because they won't give you investment advice since they don't know whether you should buy property in one place or another. It has nothing to do with them. They're just holding your money for you, and you are the one making the investment decision." – Amanda Han   "It's a great way to continue to leverage and continue to grow your portfolio into better performing assets without having that tax drag that's slowing you down." – Matthew MacFarland   "When you're spending money before you do it on any significant items, whether it's a trip, car or a vacation, ask yourself how I can make this a tax-deductible expense." – Amanda Han     Connect with Amanda Han: Email: media@keystonecpa.com Website: https://www.keystonecpa.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/keystonecpainc/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amandayhan/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/amanda_han_cpa/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvL8-Sq9NtVbh_SO6oDmmAg/ Connect with Matthew MacFarland:  Email: media@keystonecpa.com Website: https://www.keystonecpa.com/; animalsforarmedforces.org  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/keystonecpainc/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvL8-Sq9NtVbh_SO6oDmmAg/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/keystone.cpa/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattmacfarland/     Connect with Dr. Derrick Burgess: Website: https://www.drderrickthesportsdr.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drderrickthesportsdr/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TimeOut.SportsDr LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/derrick-burgess-72047b246/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHGDu1zT4K_X6PnYELu8weg Email: thesportsdoctr@gmail.com This episode of TimeOut with the SportsDr. is produced by Podcast VAs Philippines - the team that helps podcasters effectively launch and manage their podcasts, so we don't have to. 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In this episode, we talk with Cory Pesaturo (“C Pez”) who is revolutionizing the Accordion.  Cory is the only person to ever win the trio of World Championships on Acoustic, Digital & Jazz Accordion, and the only Accordion graduate of the prestigious New England Conservatory of Music in Boston. Cory has given 2 TED Talks, 2 Google Talks, an EG Talk, and spoken at various other conferences on the accordion. Pesaturo's extensive resumé includes appearances at the White House, TV appearances on The Tonight Show with David Letterman, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon and Let's Make a Deal with Wayne Brady. In this episode Cory expresses his desire to change the stereotypes of people play the accordion as only being 75 year old men playing the polka.  Cory shares his philosophy about being the best musician you can be – regardless of the instrument you play. Cory believes in putting in the hard work to learn music theory while always striving to play with people better than yourself. This episode also features a few snippets of tunes that Cory plays flawlessly, illustrating that Cory is not your average accordian player – in fact he shows his mastery of both his instrument and of music. Connect with Cory: Website Youtube Instagram Facebook Connect with nine dots: E-mail Geoffrey nine dots media Twitter Instagram LinkedIn Facebook

Today Jonny is joined by a CPA, Tax Strategist, and the Managing Director for Keystone CPA, Inc., Amanda Han. She is an official member of the Forbes Finance Council. She is also a best-selling author of her books, The Book of Tax Strategies For The Savvy Real Estate Investor and The Book on Advanced Tax Strategies: Cracking the Code for Savvy Real Estate Investors.They discuss:1. What got her into real estate investing2. Keeping taxable activities in order3. Bonus depreciationAmanda received her accounting degree from UNLV. As a CPA and real estate investor, Amanda has helped countless investors across the nation to supercharge their wealth building through proactive tax saving with her top-selling Amazon books and her teachings on prominent publications such as Money Magazine, Google Talks, and CNBC.  Amanda brings over two decades of tax planning and compliance experience from working in Big 4 Public Accounting and public and private companies. In her spare time, Amanda enjoys canvas painting, biking by the beach, and seeking out the best hole-in-the-wall dining options where ever she visits.Learn more about Amanda:Website: https://www.keystonecpa.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amandayhan/Connect with Jonny!Cattani Capital Group: https://cattanicapitalgroup.com/Invest with us: invest@cattanicapitalgroup.comLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathan-cattani-53159b179Jonny's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jonnycattani/IRR Podcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theirrpodcast/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@jonnycattaniYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCljEz4pq_paQ9keABhJzt0AFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/jonathan.cattani.1

In the latest episode of Looking Outside, we explore Exploration itself, and what it means to be truly curious about people, places and the future, with Zak Dychtwald, Founder of Young China Group and author of Young China. Zak shares how he approaches exploration: from visiting countries that are ‘misunderstood', to immersing himself in stories about the far off possible future, to building an ‘intimacy' with foreign cultures, places and people that you wouldn't get from descriptions by outsiders. Zak and Jo also discuss their love of science fiction. It was Zak's love of sci-fi that drove him to study, live and start a company in China, a place he found more unique and exciting than any other part of the world, more indicative of the future, and greatly misunderstood by foreigners. Jo and Zak also speak to the responsibility of science fiction to craft more positive futures, vs the dystopian ones we're used to fearing, because those visions are, as Zak says, ‘seeds into the consciousness of the world'; they help others imagine what could be and ultimately influence the futures that are created. -- To look outside, Zak likes to read (a lot). When Zak is about to travel, he likes to read stories, narrative non-fiction or modern fiction, written by authors from those places he's about to visit. Zak believes in the power of stories to impact people. -- On the show we mentioned: https://www.amazon.com/AI-2041-Ten-Visions-Future/dp/B08SFL53HL/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1NHX5KF58Z12S&keywords=2041&qid=1660509383&sprefix=2041%2Caps%2C81&sr=8-1 (AI 2041) by Kai-Fu Lee & Chen Qiufan https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Ray+Bradbury&i=audible&ref=dp_byline_sr_audible_1 (Ray Bradbury) https://www.amazon.com/Abundance-Future-Better-Than-Think/dp/145161683X/ref=asc_df_145161683X/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=312710253827&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=2789654842507937244&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9003566&hvtargid=pla-405693451805&psc=1&tag=&ref=&adgrpid=61681020945&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvadid=312710253827&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=2789654842507937244&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9003566&hvtargid=pla-405693451805 (Abundance )by Peter Diamandis (co-founder of Singularity University) https://www.amazon.com/The-Three-Body-Problem-audiobook/dp/B00P00QPPY/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1ON9KG2U2RBC8&keywords=the+three+body+problem&qid=1660509621&s=audible&sprefix=the+three+body+problem%2Caudible%2C72&sr=1-1 (The Three-Body Problem) by Cixin Lu https://www.amazon.com/Waste-Tide-audiobook/dp/B07R7RPG34/ref=sr_1_1?crid=16J68AWH5B1A9&keywords=waste+tide&qid=1660509690&s=audible&sprefix=waste+tide%2Caudible%2C74&sr=1-1 (Waste Tide) by Chen Quifan https://www.amazon.com/Young-China-Restless-Generation-Country/dp/1250078814 (Young China )by Zak himself Great Sci-Fi including Minority Report, Solaris, Star Trek, Interstellar. -- Zak Dychtwald is the author of critically acclaimed Young China: How the Restless Generation Will Change Their Country and the World and founder of market insights firm, Young China Group. Zak's work has been featured in Harvard Business Review, Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, The Atlantic, and many other platforms. A fluent mandarin speaker with over a decade on the ground in China, Zak is an expert in dissecting China's consumer trends and cultural norms and making China approachable and actionable for global thinkers, companies, and teams. Zak has been invited to share his expertise for audiences on six continents at events such as the Wall Street Journal CEO Council Summit, Aspen Ideas Festival, Google Talks, Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, TEDx and more. Find out more on Young China Group https://youngchinagroup.com/ (youngchinagroup.com) and Zak https://zakdychtwald.com (zakdychtwald.com)....

Interview with Jan Jedrzejowicz, Head of Product Management for Messages at Google Topics include the Get the Message campaign, what Apple stands to gain from supporting RCS, whether an RCS API is in the pipeline, and the struggles of spam in RCS. @MishaalRahman: Google is working to bring Game Dashboard out of SystemUIGoogle and into Google Play Services. This is likely to make the feature available to non-Pixel devices, though I can't confirm that yet. @MishaalRahman: Samsung is working with Google to add stylus handwriting-to-text support in Chrome for Android and Android WebViews. Samsung is doing a better job than Google at supporting Google's own camera standards. Jason reviews the OnePlus 10T. What to expect from Samsung's August 10th Unpacked event. JR Raphael shares some capitalization tips for Gboard. What's your preference between stock Android or Samsung's One UI? Wireless charging is table-stakes, so where is it? Are screen protectors necessary anymore? Chargie helps batteries last longer! Read our show notes here: https://bit.ly/3vOzsHR Hosts: Jason Howell and Ron Richards Co-Hosts: Mishaal Rahman and JR Raphael Subscribe to All About Android at https://twit.tv/shows/all-about-android. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: kolide.com/aaa itpro.tv/allaboutandroid promo code AAA30

Interview with Jan Jedrzejowicz, Head of Product Management for Messages at Google Topics include the Get the Message campaign, what Apple stands to gain from supporting RCS, whether an RCS API is in the pipeline, and the struggles of spam in RCS. @MishaalRahman: Google is working to bring Game Dashboard out of SystemUIGoogle and into Google Play Services. This is likely to make the feature available to non-Pixel devices, though I can't confirm that yet. @MishaalRahman: Samsung is working with Google to add stylus handwriting-to-text support in Chrome for Android and Android WebViews. Samsung is doing a better job than Google at supporting Google's own camera standards. Jason reviews the OnePlus 10T. What to expect from Samsung's August 10th Unpacked event. JR Raphael shares some capitalization tips for Gboard. What's your preference between stock Android or Samsung's One UI? Wireless charging is table-stakes, so where is it? Are screen protectors necessary anymore? Chargie helps batteries last longer! Read our show notes here: https://bit.ly/3vOzsHR Hosts: Jason Howell and Ron Richards Co-Hosts: Mishaal Rahman and JR Raphael Subscribe to All About Android at https://twit.tv/shows/all-about-android. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: kolide.com/aaa itpro.tv/allaboutandroid promo code AAA30

Interview with Jan Jedrzejowicz, Head of Product Management for Messages at Google Topics include the Get the Message campaign, what Apple stands to gain from supporting RCS, whether an RCS API is in the pipeline, and the struggles of spam in RCS. @MishaalRahman: Google is working to bring Game Dashboard out of SystemUIGoogle and into Google Play Services. This is likely to make the feature available to non-Pixel devices, though I can't confirm that yet. @MishaalRahman: Samsung is working with Google to add stylus handwriting-to-text support in Chrome for Android and Android WebViews. Samsung is doing a better job than Google at supporting Google's own camera standards. Jason reviews the OnePlus 10T. What to expect from Samsung's August 10th Unpacked event. JR Raphael shares some capitalization tips for Gboard. What's your preference between stock Android or Samsung's One UI? Wireless charging is table-stakes, so where is it? Are screen protectors necessary anymore? Chargie helps batteries last longer! Read our show notes here: https://bit.ly/3vOzsHR Hosts: Jason Howell and Ron Richards Co-Hosts: Mishaal Rahman and JR Raphael Subscribe to All About Android at https://twit.tv/shows/all-about-android. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: kolide.com/aaa itpro.tv/allaboutandroid promo code AAA30

Interview with Jan Jedrzejowicz, Head of Product Management for Messages at Google Topics include the Get the Message campaign, what Apple stands to gain from supporting RCS, whether an RCS API is in the pipeline, and the struggles of spam in RCS. @MishaalRahman: Google is working to bring Game Dashboard out of SystemUIGoogle and into Google Play Services. This is likely to make the feature available to non-Pixel devices, though I can't confirm that yet. @MishaalRahman: Samsung is working with Google to add stylus handwriting-to-text support in Chrome for Android and Android WebViews. Samsung is doing a better job than Google at supporting Google's own camera standards. Jason reviews the OnePlus 10T. What to expect from Samsung's August 10th Unpacked event. JR Raphael shares some capitalization tips for Gboard. What's your preference between stock Android or Samsung's One UI? Wireless charging is table-stakes, so where is it? Are screen protectors necessary anymore? Chargie helps batteries last longer! Read our show notes here: https://bit.ly/3vOzsHR Hosts: Jason Howell and Ron Richards Co-Hosts: Mishaal Rahman and JR Raphael Subscribe to All About Android at https://twit.tv/shows/all-about-android. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: kolide.com/aaa itpro.tv/allaboutandroid promo code AAA30

Interview with Jan Jedrzejowicz, Head of Product Management for Messages at Google Topics include the Get the Message campaign, what Apple stands to gain from supporting RCS, whether an RCS API is in the pipeline, and the struggles of spam in RCS. @MishaalRahman: Google is working to bring Game Dashboard out of SystemUIGoogle and into Google Play Services. This is likely to make the feature available to non-Pixel devices, though I can't confirm that yet. @MishaalRahman: Samsung is working with Google to add stylus handwriting-to-text support in Chrome for Android and Android WebViews. Samsung is doing a better job than Google at supporting Google's own camera standards. Jason reviews the OnePlus 10T. What to expect from Samsung's August 10th Unpacked event. JR Raphael shares some capitalization tips for Gboard. What's your preference between stock Android or Samsung's One UI? Wireless charging is table-stakes, so where is it? Are screen protectors necessary anymore? Chargie helps batteries last longer! Read our show notes here: https://bit.ly/3vOzsHR Hosts: Jason Howell and Ron Richards Co-Hosts: Mishaal Rahman and JR Raphael Guest: Jan Jedrzejowicz Subscribe to All About Android at https://twit.tv/shows/all-about-android. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: kolide.com/aaa itpro.tv/allaboutandroid promo code AAA30

Interview with Jan Jedrzejowicz, Head of Product Management for Messages at Google Topics include the Get the Message campaign, what Apple stands to gain from supporting RCS, whether an RCS API is in the pipeline, and the struggles of spam in RCS. @MishaalRahman: Google is working to bring Game Dashboard out of SystemUIGoogle and into Google Play Services. This is likely to make the feature available to non-Pixel devices, though I can't confirm that yet. @MishaalRahman: Samsung is working with Google to add stylus handwriting-to-text support in Chrome for Android and Android WebViews. Samsung is doing a better job than Google at supporting Google's own camera standards. Jason reviews the OnePlus 10T. What to expect from Samsung's August 10th Unpacked event. JR Raphael shares some capitalization tips for Gboard. What's your preference between stock Android or Samsung's One UI? Wireless charging is table-stakes, so where is it? Are screen protectors necessary anymore? Chargie helps batteries last longer! Read our show notes here: https://bit.ly/3vOzsHR Hosts: Jason Howell and Ron Richards Co-Hosts: Mishaal Rahman and JR Raphael Guest: Jan Jedrzejowicz Subscribe to All About Android at https://twit.tv/shows/all-about-android. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: kolide.com/aaa itpro.tv/allaboutandroid promo code AAA30

What makes an "it bag"? I'm breaking down my thesis on "stuff for status," high-price overconsumption, through the lens of designer handbags. We go through the stories behind iconic designer handbags - Hermes Kelly and Birkin, the Gucci Jackie, and the Lady Dior - and spiral into the influence of pop culture on designer handbag purchases - how did Carrie Bradshaw effectively create a market for the Fendi Baguette? We brainstorm around perceived value and the impact of social media on re-issued bags, like the Dior Saddle Bag, and the democratization of luxury through inexpensive production inputs, like Prada's nylon collections. Soundbites: Jane Birkin on CBS Sunday Morning, 2018 Leah Black and Lisa Hochenstein on Real Housewives of Miami Season 3 (Bravo) Dana Thomas at Google Talks, 2007 More for you: Episode 140: How Luxury Lost Its Lustre | Book Club with Megan McSherry Vogue.com's It Bag Hall of Fame: A History of the Most Coveted Accessories Bloomberg: Dior Brought Back the Saddle Bag With a Global Instagram Blitz Racked: I Started Rewatching ‘Sex and the City' and Now I Have to Have a Fendi Baguette Vogue: From Princess Diana to today: The history of the iconic Lady Dior bag Vanity Fair: Inside the Hermès Workshop That Makes Its Iconic Bags Thanks to our sponsors! Nutrafol.com, promo code "ECOCHIC" TakeCareOf.com, promo code "ECOCHIC50" ecampus.OregonState.edu/EcoChic Find me on: Instagram @ecochicpodcast + @lauraediez, on Facebook, Twitter, and now TikTok. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. Anna Akbari joins the show to explain the personality test turned self-awareness tool companies like Chanel, Best Buy- and so many others have deemed a game changer. Get to know yourself and those around you like never before with this freakishly accurate awareness tool! Dr. Anna Akbari is a sociologist, writer, speaker, and thought leadership advisor to high-profile individuals. She ghost writes books for celebrities, executives, and public figures. She is also the author of Startup Your Life: Hustle and Hack Your Way To Happiness, which teaches people to boost happiness and success by living their lives like a Silicon Valley startup, regardless of their profession or stage in life, and the co-author of The Enneagram at Work: Unlocking the Power of Type to Lead and Succeed, the first book to harness the insight of the Enneagram to transform leadership in today's workplace. She is a frequent public speaker and media personality and has written for and been featured by The New York Times, CNN, Forbes, The Atlantic, TIME, The Economist, Financial Times, TED, Bulletproof Executive, Psychology Today, Vogue, Refinery29, Google Talks, and dozens more. She is a regular guest on SiriusXM's All Out Show.Get Social@annaakbari@bzentv@britmadridhttps://www.annaakbari.com/aboutB Zen With Brit Podcast DescriptionEach week with a little help from her tarot cards, crystals, astrology, and a glam-shui aesthetic, Brit brings you behind the scenes of producing her television show. Expect to hear uncensored reviews from Brit and her friends, as they put self-help tips from the show to the test and try to make it all work in the real world! Get ready for a big dose of funny, freeing, feel-good content, because around here, it's all about the judgment-free journey to be more zen!

This is a repost of my conversation with Dr Douglas Fields, author of the excellent and important book 'Why We Snap: Understanding the Rage Circuit in Your Brain', originally published on 15 Nov 2021. --- Today, I spoke with Dr Douglas Fields, who is a neuroscientist and author of numerous books and articles about the brain. We discussed his excellent and important book, Why We Snap: Understanding the Rage Circuit in Your Brain, which focuses on the neuroscience that triggers rage and violence. It turns out, evolution has endowed every single one of us with nine neural pathways that, when activated, will lead to a violent and oftentimes involuntary and non-conscious response. During our chat, Doug explained these circuits—captured in the mnemonic LIFEMORTS—and how they relate to many important issues, including: their applicability to our interpersonal relationships; origins in threat detection; their unconscious nature and subsequent voluntary expression; impact of social media and technology; disproportionate effect of stress; power of genes and the environment; manifestations of violence in different genders; utility in peacebuilding; training of responses; role in PTSD and, perhaps most-importantly, geopolitics and war. Several previous episodes that link to the topics we discussed include: Role of the environment: Gregg D. Caruso - On the Illusion of Free Will, Myth of Meritocracy and the need to rethink our Justice Systems Arjan Verdooren - ‘Cultures don‘t meet, people do‘ LTCOL Dave Grossman - On killing, combat, sleep, ‘blind spots' and everything else in between Geopolitics: John Blaxland and Qinduo Xu - On AUKUS, US/China relations and growing tensions Hasan Aygun - The Pragmatic Diplomat PTSD and trauma Tom and Jen Satterly - The All Secure Foundation Steve Dennis - On getting shot, kidnapped and the court case that sent tremors through the humanitarian aid industry Will Yates and Joe McCleary - On Trial for War Crimes: A Soldier's Experience Ashley Judd – On combat, mental health and the road to recovery I also mentioned an article I recently published on the state of Western democracy, grey zone warfare by authoritarian states and how social media is contributing to a build-up of tension in our societies. You can view the article here. ---- Full show notes: My guest today is Dr Douglas Fields, who is a neuroscientist and author of numerous books and articles about the brain.  He is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, University of Maryland adjunct professor, and Chief of the Nervous System Development and Plasticity Section at the National Institutes of Health.  He received advanced degrees at UC Berkeley, San Jose State University, UC San Diego, and was a postdoctoral fellow at Stanford and Yale University.  He writes about science for Scientific American, Quanta, Outside Magazine, Huffington Post, Undark Magazine, Psychology Today, and similar prestigious outlets.  His neuroscience research has been featured on national television, radio, NPR, the National Geographic and others, and he speaks about neuroscience for the general public on mediums like NPR, World Science Festival, TEDex and Google Talks.  He is the author of three books about neuroscience for the general reader, The Other Brain, about glia, which are brain cells that communicate without electricity, Why We Snap, about the neuroscience of rage, and his new award-winning book, Electric Brain, about brainwaves, brain-computer interface, and brain stimulation. Some of the topics we discussed today include:  Doug's personal experience with sudden aggression Evolutionary reason why we need triggers for sudden aggression Unconscious nature of this mechanism Explanation of LIFEMORTS Voluntary expression of unconscious mechanisms Our volition and culpability for violence Impact of social media and technology Disproportionate effect and impact of stress Link between violence and gender The ‘lizard brain' debunked LIFEMORTS in geopolitics The role and impact of stress Utility of LIFEMORTS in peacebuilding Training the conscious and unconscious responses Impact of genes and environment Role in PTSD

Today, I spoke with Dr Douglas Fields, who is a neuroscientist and author of numerous books and articles about the brain. We discussed his excellent and important book, Why We Snap: Understanding the Rage Circuit in Your Brain, which focuses on the neuroscience that triggers rage and violence. It turns out, evolution has endowed every single one of us with nine neural pathways that, when activated, will lead to a violent and oftentimes involuntary and non-conscious response. During our chat, Doug explained these circuits—captured in the mnemonic LIFEMORTS—and how they relate to many important issues, including: their applicability to our interpersonal relationships; origins in threat detection; their unconscious nature and subsequent voluntary expression; impact of social media and technology; disproportionate effect of stress; power of genes and the environment; manifestations of violence in different genders; utility in peacebuilding; training of responses; role in PTSD and, perhaps most-importantly, geopolitics and war. Several previous episodes that link to the topics we discussed include: Role of the environment: Gregg D. Caruso - On the Illusion of Free Will, Myth of Meritocracy and the need to rethink our Justice Systems Arjan Verdooren - ‘Cultures don‘t meet, people do‘ LTCOL Dave Grossman - On killing, combat, sleep, ‘blind spots' and everything else in between Geopolitics: John Blaxland and Qinduo Xu - On AUKUS, US/China relations and growing tensions Hasan Aygun - The Pragmatic Diplomat PTSD and trauma Tom and Jen Satterly - The All Secure Foundation Steve Dennis - On getting shot, kidnapped and the court case that sent tremors through the humanitarian aid industry Will Yates and Joe McCleary - On Trial for War Crimes: A Soldier's Experience Ashley Judd – On combat, mental health and the road to recovery I also mentioned an article I recently published on the state of Western democracy, grey zone warfare by authoritarian states and how social media is contributing to a build-up of tension in our societies. You can view the article here. ---- Full show notes: My guest today is Dr Douglas Fields, who is a neuroscientist and author of numerous books and articles about the brain.  He is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, University of Maryland adjunct professor, and Chief of the Nervous System Development and Plasticity Section at the National Institutes of Health.  He received advanced degrees at UC Berkeley, San Jose State University, UC San Diego, and was a postdoctoral fellow at Stanford and Yale University.  He writes about science for Scientific American, Quanta, Outside Magazine, Huffington Post, Undark Magazine, Psychology Today, and similar prestigious outlets.  His neuroscience research has been featured on national television, radio, NPR, the National Geographic and others, and he speaks about neuroscience for the general public on mediums like NPR, World Science Festival, TEDex and Google Talks.  He is the author of three books about neuroscience for the general reader, The Other Brain, about glia, which are brain cells that communicate without electricity, Why We Snap, about the neuroscience of rage, and his new award-winning book, Electric Brain, about brainwaves, brain-computer interface, and brain stimulation. Some of the topics we discussed today include:  Doug's personal experience with sudden aggression Evolutionary reason why we need triggers for sudden aggression Unconscious nature of this mechanism Explanation of LIFEMORTS Voluntary expression of unconscious mechanisms Our volition and culpability for violence Impact of social media and technology Disproportionate effect and impact of stress Link between violence and gender The ‘lizard brain' debunked LIFEMORTS in geopolitics The role and impact of stress Utility of LIFEMORTS in peacebuilding Training the conscious and unconscious responses Impact of genes and environment Role in PTSD  

On today's episode, Scott interviews a musician that he's never met or performed with, Cory Pesaturo (a.k.a. CPez), the only person to ever win the trio of World Championships on Acoustic, Digital & Jazz Accordion. He is also a Guinness World Record Holder, breaking the Marathon Accordion Record, in which he played for 32 Hours & 14 Minutes. Cory's extensive resume includes two TED Talks, two Google Talks, appearances at the White House, TV shows that include the Late Show with David Letterman, and Nationally televised programs in New Zealand, Canada, Italy, Tunisia, France, and Finland. Music legend, Quincy Jones once told him, “No one is doin' all that stuff you're doing today. Yeah Man, you can really play!”. In addition, his bigger than life personality has made him a social media sensation. His goal is to revolutionize the Accordion, and he's passionately doing just that. This extremely impressive and versatile Accordionist certainly GOT CHOPS. Follow Cory on Website: www.cpezmusic.com Facebook: corypesaturoofficial Instagram: @cpez YouTube: Cory Pesaturo E-mail: cory.pesaturo@gmail.com Follow Got Chops on Apple Podcasts Spotify YouTube anchor.fm/gotchops Instagram: @gotchopspodcast Follow Scott on Instagram: @scottgrimaldimusic Twitter: @GrimaldiMusic Facebook: Scott Grimaldi - "The Color Of Midnight" Website: www.grimaldimusic.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/gotchops/message

This Founder Friday is such unique success story!  What started as a dream between two best friends (one an actor, the other a classical opera singer) has now been a 7 year coffee journey that is easily the most important and rewarding performance of their lives. From a humble garage to now an award winning roastery with 4 cafes and countless culinary collaborations, we will be diving into the story of Mostra Coffee with co-founders Jelynn Malone and Beverly Magtanong. Jelynn Sophia Malone is a Filipino-American entrepreneur, businesswoman, philanthropist, actress, TV host, producer, wife, and mother of 2 beautiful daughters. She is a co-founder, owner, and acting Chief Marketing Officer for Mostra Coffee, With over 15 years of marketing experience in Hollywood, Jelynn has been instrumental to the growth and international success of Mostra Coffee. She is dedicated to creating positive change that uplifts entire local and global communities.  Beverly Magtanong is a Filipino-Canadian-American entreprenuer, businesswoman, philanthropist, wife and mother of 5 children. She is a founder and co-owner of Mostra Coffee, As a classically trained opera singer with no prior business or coffee experience, Beverly is inspired to empower others to find their true, authentic selves, and make intuitive and empathic entrepreneurship the norm.   Mostra Coffee is a specialty coffee roaster located in San Diego, CA and the recipient of the international and coveted 2020 Micro-Roaster of the Year award by Roast Magazine.  They have been featured on Forbes, Us Weekly, Buzzfeed, Gear Patrol, Huffington Post, Conde Nast's Bon Appétit, as well as ABC, NBC, FOX, KTLA, ABS-CBN, TFC, Alaska Airlines and Google Talks at Google HQ.   Mosta is focused on providing an excellent experience for their customers through the tireless pursuit of perfecting their craft and being the beauty in humanity.  I hope you enjoy and are inspired by the Mosta Coffee story! We cover: From entertainment to coffee Philippines and the Mission of Mostra  First steps t launch Mostra in a garage  Genesis of their first retail space Dialing in their quality through feedback Cold brew, beer pioneers Creating the first brick and mortar retail experience R & D  and utilizing early versions Interview and hiring process Being and spreading goodness through authenticity Navigating growth and planning the future Perspective and the magic needed to say no  Harmonious partnerships  Links: www.mostacoffee.com Mostra Coffee on Instagram Mostaland 7th year Celebration   Related Episodes: 284 : Founder Friday! w. Jackie Nguyen of Cafe Cà Phê | Kansas City, MO Special! “Thinking Differently” Series | Filipino Coffee w/ Ron Dizon of Teofilo Coffee! 256 : Founder Friday w/ Varat Vichit-Vadakan of Roots Coffee Roaster in Bangkok, Thailand   Visit our amazing Sponsors! www.prima-coffee.com/keys www.pacficfoodservice.com

Interview with entrepreneur, banker and author Scott Shay with a meditation at the end on making the world a better place. Scott A. Shay is a leading businessman and author of “Conspiracy U”, “In Good Faith: Questioning Religion and Atheism” and “Getting Our Groove Back: How to Energize American Jewry”. Scott co-founded Signature Bank in 2001 and the bank has become one of the best banks in New York for private business owners. Scott has been featured on Google Talks, many other media outlets and did a TedX talk for TedXWallStreet called, “More Banks, Fewer Problems”. https://www.scottshay.com/about

Quan is the author of his memoir “SPARROW AND THE RAZOR WIRE” His is an amazing story of redemption, the importance of second chances and the power of entrepreneurship. https://www.amazon.com/Sparrow-Razor-Wire-Finding-Sentence-ebook/dp/B08F34LBXL Quan spent twenty-two years in and out of correctional institutions, including a life sentence for murder. He was paroled 2015 and created his first company six months later. The following year, he received the Peace Fellowship Award for his work with the Alternatives to Violence Project. He is the post-release program manager for Defy Ventures, a nonprofit helping those with a criminal past transform their lives through the journey of entrepreneurship. (I first met Quan when participating in an entrepreneurship program with DEFY VENTURES at Kern Valley State Prison). We'll be talking about: Quan's Story His Vietnamese background and his early path to gangs and run-ins with the law The Role of Taking ResponsibilityThe Horrors of PrisonGetting Out and the Transition to "Civilian Life"Rebuilding everythingHis company and his work with Defy Ventures . . .Writing his bookThe problems with the criminal justice systemThe path to a better life through entrepreneurism And what's next for Quan . . . . (A movie deal I hope!) Meeting Quan changed my worldview (More about my visit to KERN VALLEY STATE PRISON here). I hope you learn something from Quan's experience and reconsider the role of the criminal justice system in our society. More About Quan Quan on PBS NewsHour https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNuSFwR5wzw His uplifting story on Google Talks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkhlbGrYTAo How Do We Stay In Touch? Website: www.quanxhuynh.com Twitter: @quanxhuynh Facbook: QUANXHUYNH Linkedin: QUANXHUYNH IG: @quanxhuynh https://www.amazon.com/Wealth-Actually-Intelligent-Decision-Making-1-ebook/dp/B07FPQJJQT/

https://youtu.be/yS-ULxcZhG4 (Entrevista en video) ▶️ Oscar es Product Strategist, mentor y speaker. Hoy vamos a aprender sobre: Qué está pasando con la revolución digital Cómo podemos adapatrnos a ella Cómo mejorar nuestra situación profesional en este contexto

In this News Too Real episode, producer host Julia Dudley Najieb reviews the latest results from the 2021 California Gubernatorial Recall Election, which Governor Gavin Newsom defeated with over 60% of voters saying "no" to the recall action. Newsom is the second California governor to face a recall election. Dudley Najieb first analyzes the turnout data per county, followed by a discussion of the polling communication errors the mainstream media saturated without clarifying the misinformation. As some social media followers took to Black Twitter to express their disappointment in the statements from candidate Larry Elder about slaveholders deserving reparations, some people were quick to believe the erroneous facts-Dudley Najieb reviews data from expert Shawn Rochester, author of The Black Tax. Rochester also discussed the date in Google Talks video (see below) where he reveals the data that says otherwise. Finally, Dudley Najieb reviews in detail by county the "no" to the recall and "yes" to the recall votes, identifying the deficits per region that future Democratic California gubernatorial candidates may want to focus on as soon as possible; it is no secret that the San Joaquin Valley and further rural north areas in California, voters had a resounding "yes" to the recall of Gov. Gavin Newsom. In order to change the current California recall process, Dudley Najieb noted from The Hill article that California legislators can refer an amendment to the constitution on next November's election. They can create an independent commission to consider changes, on which they would then vote. Or they can call a constitutional convention, which would open the entire document to revision.

Did you know that the shape of your oral cavity & throat region can dictate how well you sleep, how much pain you have & your quality of life? And did you know that hormone levels can change your pain tolerance?  How you breathe has a direct effect on your nervous system & can lead to multiple common chronic issues such as TMJ pain, migraines, sleep apnea & systemic pain. Dr. Dave Shirazi is a board certified dentist who specializes in sleep & pain medicine. In this episode of The Health Fix Podcast, Dr. Jannine Krause interviews Dr. Dave Shirazi on interventions and treatments for sleep apnea, TMJ, snoring, migraines & chronic pain. What You'll Learn In This Episode: How acupuncture helps with TMJ & sleep disorders How oral appliances combined with acupuncture stop the cycle of pain in TMJ Centrally sensitized pain & connection to referred & chronic pain Alternatives to CPAP machines How myofunctional therapy trains your tongue & airway to improve breathing Check out Dr. Dave's Podcast - The Bite Breathe & Balance Podcast as well as his Google Talks

Ananta Govinda is a musician, author, and multimedia producer. As a practitioner of Vedic sciences and bhakti-yoga for more than 25 years, his presentations blend artistic expression with human values. Ananta was born and raised in post-communist Russia and moved to the US as a young man, spending time on the East Coast before landing in Northern California. There, he quickly became a staple of the spiritual music scene as a producer of devotional events. Working with Google Talks, he helped bring Krishna Das, Karsh Kale, and others to their campus. His new multimedia project, Mirror of Desire, consists of a fantasy novel, a planned immersive show in a 360-degree projection dome, and an album with a fusion of contemporary world-beat, ambient, and electronic music with Eastern and Western instruments. Ananta composed all the songs and weaved in the talents of other artists. We spoke about his remarkable spiritual path, his multicultural background, and mostly Mirror of Desire. Learn more about Ananta Govinda here: https://anantagovinda.com/

I used google as my voice today since the back of my jaw lowkey hurts. You will hear me typing so just bare with it. thanks for always tuning in, I'm grateful for my listeners!

Part 3 of the talk by Inspirational Speaker Simerjeet Singh at Googleplex, Mountain View, California. Links of YouTube videos in this series: Video 1: Focus on what's available: https://youtu.be/-qLqyd-2u2Q Video 2: Activating the Inspiration Reflex: https://youtu.be/sSypQ_2fzog Video 3: You are Complete!: https://youtu.be/0OOFQklpBgQ Video 4: 5 Discovery Skills of Innovators: https://youtu.be/REB2AKYK_3c Video 5: What are your Priorities?: https://youtu.be/Cx2DqiLIzpE Video 6: Creative Destruction: https://youtu.be/F44ojAtD0sg Video 7: Growth is a Choice: https://youtu.be/FmpaveIICNo Video 8: Your next BIG opportunity?: https://youtu.be/4c0tFiZ_VPc For more information about Simerjeet's work as a motivational speaker, please visit his website: https://www.simerjeetsingh.com/ Follow us on: Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/cuttingedgeINDIA Blog: http://www.simerjeet.wordpress.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cuttingedgeindia/ Instagram: @speakersimer (https://www.instagram.com/speakersimer/) Twitter: @SimerjeetSingh (https://twitter.com/simerjeetsingh) Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/simerjeetsingh Subscribe to our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/CuttingEdgeINDIA

Laura Heck is a licensed marriage and family therapist and a Certified Gottman Therapist. Laura has trained, taught, and spoken in front of tens of thousands of couples all over the country about how to create a marriage that thrives instead of one that merely survives. She co-hosts the podcast Marriage Therapy Radio and co-developed Marriage in Motion, a video series for couples. Laura has been a featured relationship expert for Google Talks, the New York Times, Huffington Post, The Art of Charm Podcast and Martha Stewart Weddings, among many. When Laura is not working, she can be found in her lulu-lemon, trail running with her weimeriner puppy, golfing with a double IPA in hand or glamping in her epic trailer from Australia.

On this interview episode of the SyrupCast, MobileSyrup staff writer Brad Shankar speaks with Ray Bautista, Google Stadia's business development manager, regarding where the upcoming game streaming service stands at the moment and what users can expect from it at launch. Do you have questions, comments, thoughts, or anything you would like addressed on the podcast? Send us an email to patrick@mobilesyrup.com Total runtime: 15:52

Als makers van deze podcast streven we naar een immer opwaartse lijn. Daarom zijn we in de leer gegaan bij meesterpodcaster Ira Glass, die onlangs een interview gaf over interviews afnemen. Verder optimaliseren we onze interne informatievoorziening, door TED Talks in te ruilen voor Google Talks. Rest ons nog het buiten de eigen bubble breken, waardoor we een vrij onbekend Vlaams media-imperium bespreken. Wij geloven in constante optimalisatie, luisteren jullie mee?Shownotes Interview met Ira Glass over zijn interview techniekenS-Town PodcastFollow-up reminder email plugin BoomerangHet TED Talk alternatief: Talks at GoogleDe Google Talk van 'Catch My If You Can' Frank AbagnaleNRC artikel over het imperium van Gert 'Gertje' VerhulstDe VRT schreef over Google-medewerkers die gebruikers afluisterenKlont is de dystopische roman van Maxim Februari

Our dates this week are a deep dive, so take a deep breath and prepare yourself because you. will. get. wet. And also drown. But hey, what's some light drowning between lovers? Featuring: [Warning: Two Sick Girls Incoming]; WeIRd NeeEEEWWS; Cat Infidelity; Horny Dolphins aka Dolphins; Sentence Construction Gone Wrong; Google Talks; Reverse Movies; Tiddyborn. Theme song by Seth David-Andrew Hubbard [Palmersmedic / Sender

This week, we tackle habits, tactics, and self awareness with “Better Than Before” by Gretchen Rubin.SHOW LINKS:the quiz for your Four Tendencies Type https://quiz.gretchenrubin.coma free app Gretchen made to connect people with similar Types https://www.betterapp.usthe "Happier in Hollywood" podcast of Liz Craft http://happierinhollywood.coma Q&A video with Gretchen from Google Talks (1 hr) https://tinyurl.com/grtchntalkfollow for silly memes on instagram - @illiteratepodgo to the website for more shows - www.podcastgod.net

Renee McGregor shares on PHIT for a Queen “what is orthorexia & the movement #trainbrave”   Her background in clinical practice gave her valuable skills working with other disciplines Her love for running naturally drove her to sports nutrition Found her interest in clinical nutrition and sports dietitian blended her into specializing in eating disorders. Orthorexia is the obsession with eating correctly Trainbrave is an educational campaign to make runners aware of eating disorders and RED-S (relative energy deficiency in Sport) Found that there was a lack of resources for those that wanted to compete but weren’t elite athletes The disordered eating comes as a symptom of how to deal with discomfort Trainbrave opens the conversation not only for the athlete but the coaches as well These athletes tend to be looked over as they look “healthy”    Renee McGregor BSc (hons) PGDIP (DIET) PGCERT(sportsnutr) RD SENr   Renee is a leading Sports and Eating disorder specialist dietitian with over 15 years’ experience working in clinical and performance nutrition, with Olympic (London, 2012), Paralympic (Rio, 2016) and Commonwealth (Queensland, 2018) teams. She works with individuals, athletes of all levels and ages, coaches and sports science teams to provide nutritional strategies to enhance sport performance and manage eating disorders.  She is presently working with a number of national governing bodies and professional endurance teams including, Scottish Gymnastics, The GB 24 hour running squad, The EA Marathon development squad, pro-cyclists, and triathletes. She is regularly asked to work directly with high performing and professional athletes that have developed a dysfunctional relationship with food that is impacting their performance, health and career. She is the best-selling author of Training Food: Get the Fuel you Need, Fast Fuel: Food for Triathlon Success and Orthorexia: When Healthy Eating Goes Bad. She has spoken at many events including Stylist live, Cheltenham Literature and Science festivals, Google Talks and BBC News night. She has spoken on many podcasts including Food Psych, The Food Medic, Running for Real, Let's Get Running and Tough Girl. She is passionate about mental health and wellbeing and proud to be an ambassador for many charities involved in this field, including Head Talks and Anorexia and Bulimia Care. She is the co-founder of  #TRAINBRAVE a campaign raising the awareness of eating disorders in sport; providing resources and practical strategies to reduce the prevalence.  Her aim is to “Empower Balance in a Performance-Driven World”.  She is on the REDS advisory board for BASES (The British Association of Sport and Exercise Science) and I sit on the International Task Force for Orthorexia.  Renee has been invited to speak at several high profile events including The European Eating Disorder Society Annual Conference as the UK expert in Orthorexia, Cheltenham Literature Festival, Cheltenham Science Festival, The Stylist Show and Google. She writes for many national publications and is often asked to comment in the national press. She regularly contributes to radio and TV, including News night and BBC 5 Live.

YOU ASKED FOR IT. Experiments gone wrong is this week's topic, and it comes with a lot of content warnings: Suicide, body horror, gore, sexual assault, drug use, kidnapping, abortion, miscarriage, murder, graphic language. Featuring: Brain parasites; Google Talks!; A noisy computer fan that I couldn't fix in post sorry :( ; BFF road trips; Josh Hartnett (monkey?); Knife dance.Theme song by Seth David-Andrew Hubbard [Palmersmedic / SenderSOURCESBachelor 1Bachelor 2Bachelor 3Bachelor 4That Super Cool Article I Mention

    Leadership growth is not something that happens automatically. In fact, it's one of the many things we leaders have to be extremely intentional about - for our own health and for the sake of those we lead. But few of us recognize the value of pausing, taking breaks to refuel or recharge. But I want to assure you, periodic breaks are vital to every leader's growth. For this episode, I wanted to speak with someone who understands this need for a break and could communicate it clearly. I immediately thought of Rachael O'Meara. Rachael is a transformation leadership and executive coach as well as a vital member of the team at Google. Her book, “Pause” was named one of 2017's top business books and was featured in the New York Times and on WSJ.com. If you'll take the time to listen to our conversation, you'll hear Rachael's personal story of coming to the end of herself, hitting the pause button in her own life, and the journey that unfolded as she dug into her own health as a leader and discovered many principles and practices that have made all the difference. Tired of putting your best foot forward and repeatedly missing the mark? All of us fail. It's part of leadership and it's part of life. But repeated failures in spite of valiant efforts are an indicator that something is wrong on a deeper level. Rachael O'Meara says there came a time in her life when her efforts as part of the team at Google were becoming an ongoing source of frustration. She put her best foot forward repeatedly but continued to miss the mark. That's not just her assessment, it's what her supervisor was saying to her week after week. In this recording, Rachael explains why she took a 3-month unpaid leave from her role at Google to assess what was going on in her own soul - and how she discovered that the simple act of pausing opened her up to a level of leadership growth she didn't know she was missing. The pause gave her time to reflect, time to learn, and time to apply her learning. You'll hear some of the insights gained from that season of her life - and advice to those who may be considering a pause of their own, on this episode. Don't expect leadership growth in up and coming leaders if you are not growing Senior leaders are responsible for so much more than the direction of their organizations. They are responsible to see that junior leaders have opportunities for leadership and personal growth. Rachael O'Meara points out that leaders can't expect those they are leading to grow if they are not growing themselves. In her words, “Things trickle down from you as a leader.” It's up to you to set the example. That means you can't expect junior leaders to take wise and needed breaks for the sake of leadership growth if you continually push to your limits without taking a pause yourself. You've got to practice what you preach and set the pace for your organization. People will do what you do, not what you say. The insights Rachael shares on this episode are priceless, be sure you listen. Try something different: That's where the magic happens Many leaders feel that taking time for personal reflection and growth is too touchy-feely. They've done alright so far, why should they make a change in their personal habits now? Rachael encourages those who don't really believe in pausing to allow time for personal growth to consider one thing… a growth mindset is characterized by openness and curiosity. If you're going to shut down the idea of a pause simply because it's unfamiliar, you could be shutting down the very thing you need to move to your next level. Try something different. Rachael says it's in the unfamiliar things that life-changing discoveries are made because they enable you to see things from a new perspective. Your growth as a leader and the leadership growth of those in your organization could depend on you stepping outside what is normal and trying a new approach. As a leader, don't be the bottleneck in our organization, be the doorway to new opportunities. Outline of This Episode [1:52] What are “Google Talks?” - Rachael is one of the hosts [3:32] The life issues that led Rachael to feel the need for her book, “Pause” [7:39] Advice about taking a pause for leaders who are committed to growth [10:29] Trying new things on is one of the best ways to assess your need for a pause [13:09] Unsung qualities that are beneficial for growth [20:03] 3 key takeaways from this conversation [22:56] One thing leaders can to do promote pauses in their emerging leaders [24:37] Know that you are able to create new things and adjust your state of being Resources & People Mentioned BOOK: Pause: http://a.co/d/bY0grER The Talks at Google YouTube Channel BOOK: Multipliers : http://a.co/d/4HseIiD BOOK: Mindset: http://a.co/d/9bqux7L BOOK: Emotional Intelligence: http://a.co/d/3jL2YKQ Connect with Rachael O'Meara Rachael's Website: https://www.rachaelomeara.com/ Rachael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/romeara Rachael on Twitter: https://twitter.com/@romeara1 Connect With Bruce www.ContractedLeadership.com Facebook LinkedIn Twitter Subscribe to The Development Exponent on Apple Podcasts or Stitcher

In this week's episode of the Working With Podcast, I answer a question about getting your email under control. Links: Email Me | Twitter | Facebook | Website The Beginners Guide To Building Your Own Productivity System Time And Life Mastery 2018 Edition The Working With… Podcast Previous episodes page   Merlin Mann's 43 Folders Website Merlin Mann At Google Talks   SCRIPT: Hello and welcome to episode 41 of my Working With Podcast. A podcast created to answer all your questions about productivity, GTD, time management, self-development and goal planning. My name is Carl Pullein and I am your host for this show. This week I have a great question about managing email and in particular how to tame an out of control inbox.  Before we get into the question this week, I would like to just ask if you have any questions you would like answering on this podcast to get in touch. All you have to do is email me or DM me on Facebook or Twitter and I will be happy to add your question to the list.  Speaking of email, don't forget you can get all of my weekly videos, blog posts and podcasts direct to your mailbox each week by subscribing to my weekly Working With... Newsletter. Straight to your inbox every Friday. Perfect for your weekend reading, viewing and listening.  Okay, let's get into this week's question so that means it's time for me to hand you over to the mystery podcast voice, for this week's question. This week's question comes from Jackie. Jackie asks Hi Carl. I know you have done a few videos on managing email, but I still really struggle to keep on top of my email. Do you have any tips to get in control of an out of control inbox?  Thank you, Jackie, for the wonderful question. Now where to start? Email is a difficult one for many people. Even the most productive people seem to struggle with this one. I've seen so many people with perfectly organised to-do lists, files and notes, but their email organisation is a complete mess. I think this is due to people not being in control of what comes into our email inboxes whereas when we are working with our to-do list manager or notes app we control what goes into our inboxes.  So, how do we get our email under control? The first thing to understand is leaving all your incoming email in your inbox is not a smart way to manage email. Over time your inbox becomes a huge mess of read and unread email and then it just becomes very difficult to find exactly what you are looking for. It's a bit like just dumping all your clothes on the floor of your room at the end of the day. Eventually, you are going to have to start looking for the clothes you want to wear and it would be a nightmare just looking for them.  Instead, we need to operate a four options system and there really are only four things you can do with an email when it comes in. Do it now, defer it to when you have time to do something with it, delete it (my favourite) or delegate it to someone else. The four “D's” Do, defer, delete or delegate. I'd love to claim this idea as my own, but it came from the wonderful Merlin Mann who called this system “Inbox Zero”. Merlin put together a website with a ton of information about how to set up Inbox Zero and he also did a Google Talks presentation. Both of which are worth looking at. I will put a link to both these excellent resources in the show notes for you.  So how does this work? Well, when an email comes in you ask a simple question. “What is it?” Is it an email you need to reply to? Is it an email you don't need to reply to but do need to keep it for future reference? Is it something that's not important to you? You need to decide.  If it's something you need to act upon the question then becomes what do you need to do with it? Reply? Do you have time to do it now? If not then move it to an action today folder.  Now I should explain a little about the folders. You really only need four folders. An inbox, an “Action This Day” folder, a “waiting for” and an archive folder. I would suggest you set these up immediately. Four folders - an inbox, an action this day, a waiting for and an archive. The chances are two of those folders/categories are already set up. You just need to create the waiting for and action this day folders.  The action this day folder is where you put emails you need to do something with, but don't have time right now to do it. However, as the name of this folder suggests, you do need to do whatever needs doing this day. No excuses, EVER! When you stop treating this folder as your most important folder, it's power will diminish and you may as well not bother.  For those of you wondering, the phrase “action this day” is a Winston Churchill phrase. During the war whenever he wanted something done urgently, he would label the direction with the words “Action this day” with a red sticker. Churchill's staff new then what to do.  Your waiting for folder is for emails you are waiting for a reply on something. I also use this folder for items I have ordered and I am waiting for delivery. I don't order very much, but the date stamp from the email confirmation tells me when the item was ordered so when I check my waiting for folder I have a clear view of what is outstanding. How often do I check my waiting for folder? Once a day. Usually in the evening. If something is getting close to becoming overdue, I will send out a little reminder to whoever I am waiting to hear from.  Your inbox and archive should be self-explanatory. Anything that needs no response from you, but you may need later for reference should be put in your archive. Your archive is searchable so you don't need to worry about losing anything. Just make sure in your email settings you have your archive folder set to not delete emails older than 30 days. Gmail has this turned on by default. I would recommend you change that to 12 months.  So how does all this work? When you process your email—note I did not say “check” your email—checking email is probably the worst time sucks out there. Checking email means you are doing nothing just checking. What's the point in that? Instead, process. Either start at the bottom or the top and ask the question “what is it” and “what's the next action?” If you can reply now - do it now. If you need a little more time, time you do not have right now, then move it to your “Action this day folder". If you don't need to reply or do anything, move it to your archive. And essentially that's it.  Just for your reference, I can process around 70 emails, in this way, in about ten to fifteen minutes. And when I say “process” I mean I can go through all 70 emails, move them from my inbox and be left with an empty inbox. Sure, there will be around ten to fifteen emails in my Action This Day folder, but I will batch process (or chunk) those later when I have done at least one of my big objectives for the day.  When you start replying and dealing with actionable email consistently within 24 hours you not only feel in control of your email, you also find your colleagues and the people you interact with regularly, start to see how effective and timely you are and that is always a good thing. People will respect your time much more.  One bit of advice I would give is to become more adept at deleting. If you dump everything into your archive over time, you are going find you have an unmanageable folder of stuff you need, might need and never need. Delete the never need stuff. You don't need it. If you find later you wanted it to keep, then someone somewhere will have a copy of it. Don't stress yourself about it. The delete key is much faster than swiping or dragging and dropping. It was designed that way—use it.  The real trick with this system or method is to get really good at answering the question “what is it?” And, “what do I have to do with it?” When that becomes a deep habit, that's when email will no longer be a place of stuff you don't want to look at or clean up.  One final thing on this is the declaration of email bankruptcy. If your inbox has become a pit of read and unread emails dating back to the millennium, then it's time to declare email bankruptcy. Now there are two ways to do this. A hard or soft email bankruptcy declaration. The hard one is to select all emails currently in your inbox—yes, every single one of them, then take a moment, breathe and count down from ten ... 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 then BANG! Hit the delete key! Now what you have just done is created a true “inbox zero moment. No emails in your inbox. Get used to it. This is going to be your life every day from now on.  Okay, so maybe your not that brave. If that's the case you can do a soft email bankruptcy. This involves creating a folder and naming it “old inbox” and again selecting all emails in your inbox and moving them to this new folder. Again, you will have created an inbox zero moment — sit back and enjoy— this is the start of your new life! You can now process your old inbox as and when you have spare time.  One of the funniest things about doing a soft email bankruptcy is after a few weeks you begin to realise that 99% of the emails in your inbox were not that important after all and you end up hitting the delete button anyway. Doing things this way though means you miss out on all the fun of blindly hitting the delete key and the fear of the unknown washing over you. Love that feeling.  Well, I hope that answers your question, Jackie and I hope all of you got something out of this week. Please don't forget if you have any questions you would like me to answer on this show, just email me with your question (or leave a message on Facebook or Twitter) and I will be very happy to answer your question for you. Thank you very much for listening to this episode. It just remains for me now to wish you all a very very productive week.   

In this week's solocast, I'm sharing about the profound impact the book "Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less" by Greg Mckeown has had on my life. As a project manager and a life coach, I love that this book is both pragmatic on one level, and very philosophical and inspirational on the other. The two key areas that I focus on in this week's show are: Doing less, but better - doing the essential few instead of the trivial many Building in room for down time I'm sharing about how I've been focusing on doing less, but better, and focusing on the essential few instead of the trivial many. Resources Purchase "Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less" by Greg Mckeown on Amazon: https://amzn.to/2MkaQRy Greg McKeown’s speech at Google Talks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQKrt1-IDaE Logan Nickleson in Episode 27 and “Creative Minimalism”: http://jumpstartyourjoy.com/2016/03/episode-27-logan-nickleson-on-creating-music-for-makers/ Michelle Ward on the Friendpreneur Series in Episode on “Right Sizing the Effort”: http://jumpstartyourjoy.com/2018/04/michelle-ward-ten-years-entrepreneur/  

Optus shows us the future of 5G right now, while Google's Rick Osterloh talks Google Assistant and Smart Homes and NBN Co's Bill Morrow gets ready to depart   Special guests finder.com.au editor-in-chief Angus Kidman, CNET Senior Editor Claire Reilly and ZDNet Deputy Editor Corinne Reichert   Vertical Hold is brought to you by Belkin. Vertical Hold: Behind The Tech News - podcast hosts @adam_turner and @alexkidman speak to Australia's leading technology journalists every Friday to get the stories behind the tech news of the week. verticalholdauaudio.libsyn.com facebook.com/VerticalHoldAU @verticalholdau

If you've ever wanted to be grumpy, unhappy, dis-satisfied, or at dis-ease with the world around you, then do we have the show for you! Today I'll be talking with the Buddhist Monk Ajahn Brahm, abbot of the Budhininyana Monastery in Sperentine Western Austalia, the spiritual director of the Buddhist Society of Western Australia, a spiritual adviser to numerous Buddhist societys and is the author of numerous books including Who Ordered this Truckload of Dung, Mindfulness Bliss and Beyond: A Meditatitor's Handobook; the art of Disappearing, and a new fun favorite of mine, Don't Worry by grumpy. And that's what we'll be talking about today, about what it takes to be grumpy, dis-satisfied, and dis-ease with life, noise, and the world around and inside of us. That plus we'll talk about 50 strokes of the cat, the pushup routine, the 70% rule, Selling encyclopedias, a safe heaven for spiders, and why it's so important to let go of the banana. Questions and Topics Include: Why you never want to do today what you can put off till tomorrow Why life is not doing stuff, but stopping doing stuff How he went from a theoretical physics degree to becoming a monk What physics and Buddhism have in common What's the Buddhist monk method for peeling bananas, and how it brings you happiness. What is the s**t of life and why it's so good for us. How to transform the s**t in life to set us free How to move past a culture of blame and punishment Why we should welcome mistakes Why punishment requires 50 strokes of the cat Why kindness is the antidote to guilt and needing punishment Control freak vs. "kindfulness" freak Why we need to give compassion to ourselves How to thrive through your challenges Why you should demand your right to be grumpy Why you can be happy being grump Why you don't want to suppress your negative emotions. Why you don't want to label anyone with anything, like schizophrenia How to improve our self-esteem Why we're suspicious of praise and how to improve our self-worth How do we put down our burdens (for greater happiness) How important is meditation How to come from life, rather than fantasizing Why he's not fat, but simply growing in kindness and compassion Why fat and happy is better than skinny and anxious How laughter helps protect your heart Google Brahm to find him… Be sure to check out his Google Talks Video. Ajahn Brahm, Fun & Famous Buddhist Monk on Making the Most of Each Moment for More Humor, Happiness & Joy! Health | Inspiration | Motivation | Spiritual | Spirituality | Meditation | Inspirational | Motivational | Self-Improvement | Self-Help | Inspire For More Info Visit: www.InspireNationShow.com

Die Muppets-Show hat heute ihren Balkon an den Ubercast verliehen. Das nutzen die Piloten, um ein wenig zu meckern wie die zwei Alten. Lieber Fluggast, wenn dir das Gehörte gefällt oder dir Sorgenfalten auf die edle Stirn fabriziert, dann haben wir etwas für dich: iTunes Bewertungen. Rantnerlinks ExpanDrive 6 und das Amazon Drive Debakel ExpanDrive 6 Amazon macht dicht: kein unbegrenzter Speicher mehr für Prime Kunden. Was sind die Alternativen? Quiver iOS Project Jupyter, Dr. Drang - Burned all my notebooks Das erste iPhone Hintergrunderdkügelchen Balance beaTunes 5 Coraline Ada Ehmke: Antisocial Coding: My Year at GitHub NSA Open Source Code Twist App Review Outbank Day One Premium Chrome Headless Limit: 16384px Höhe BlockHashLoc Planet of the Apps The Billion Coin ICOs, Dumb Money and Ethereum’s (Eth)ical Dilemma DNT: Do Nothing Technology Lob muss auch mal sein: Putting the user first Rantnerpicks Patrick: Tongue Sweeper Andreas: How Not to Die (Buch, Hörbuch Webseite, Greger at Google Talks, YouTube Channel) In Spenderlaune? Wir haben Flattr und PayPal am Start und würden uns freuen.

In this episode of EnergyWakeup, we speak with Sam Arons from Google. Sam is the Lead, Tech and Infrastructure at Google. In short, he is responsible with bringing renewable energy to Google operations and behind the ability for Google to say that they power their operations with 100% renewable energy. In December of 2016, Google shocked the energy world by announcing that they bought 2.6GW worth of renewable energy, almost all of it wind and matched their total operation’s energy usage with renewables. Sam and I get into the details of where they are now and where they want to be. We dig into out this works using their FERC regulated subsidiary, Google Energy LLC as the offtaker of the energy in the RTOs across the globe. With the growth of corporate PPAs, we discuss how this market can expand using financial products available in the wholesale markets. Google is also getting into policy and pushing investor owned utilities that have monopolies on providing renewable energy to corporate clients. One case was the green rider program that allowed Google to get over 60MW of solar from Duke Energy in North Carolina. Sam sends a message to utility CEOs on what Google is looking for. I also ask him why Google is so far ahead of the other tech companies and what it will take to get more corporates into the market. Don’t miss this episode of EnergyWakeup.

If you've ever wanted to be grumpy, unhappy, dis-satisfied, or at dis-ease with the world around you, then do we have the show for you! Today I'll be talking with the Buddhist Monk Ajahn Brahm, abbot of the Budhininyana Monastery in Sperentine Western Austalia, the spiritual director of the Buddhist Society of Western Australia, a spiritual adviser to numerous Buddhist societys and is the author of numerous books including Who Ordered this Truckload of Dung, Mindfulness Bliss and Beyond: A Meditatitor's Handobook; the art of Disappearing, and a new fun favorite of mine, Don't Worry by grumpy. And that's what we'll be talking about today, about what it takes to be grumpy, dis-satisfied, and dis-ease with life, noise, and the world around and inside of us. That plus we'll talk about 50 strokes of the cat, the pushup routine, the 70% rule, Selling encyclopedias, a safe heaven for spiders, and why it's so important to let go of the banana. Questions and Topics Include: Why you never want to do today what you can put off till tomorrow Why life is not doing stuff, but stopping doing stuff How he went from a theoretical physics degree to becoming a monk What physics and Buddhism have in common What's the Buddhist monk method for peeling bananas, and how it brings you happiness. What is the s**t of life and why it's so good for us. How to transform the s**t in life to set us free How to move past a culture of blame and punishment Why we should welcome mistakes Why punishment requires 50 strokes of the cat Why kindness is the antidote to guilt and needing punishment Control freak vs. "kindfulness" freak Why we need to give compassion to ourselves How to thrive through your challenges Why you should demand your right to be grumpy Why you can be happy being grump Why you don't want to suppress your negative emotions. Why you don't want to label anyone with anything, like schizophrenia How to improve our self-esteem Why we're suspicious of praise and how to improve our self-worth How do we put down our burdens (for greater happiness) How important is meditation How to come from life, rather than fantasizing Why he's not fat, but simply growing in kindness and compassion Why fat and happy is better than skinny and anxious How laughter helps protect your heart Google Brahm to find him… Be sure to check out his Google Talks Video. Ajahn Brahm, Fun & Famous Buddhist Monk on Making the Most of Each Moment for More Humor, Happiness & Joy! Health | Inspiration | Motivation | Spiritual | Spirituality | Meditation | Inspirational | Motivational | Self-Improvement | Self-Help | Inspire For More Info Visit: www.InspireNationShow.com

On this week's episode, Google is shrinking the size of their apps. Also, Amir finally gets his hands on a pair of Snap Spectacles.  This week's Five Favorites:  1. Slack and Google Announce Partnership (TechCrunch)  2. Google Play Background App Updates Are Now 65% Smaller (VentureBeat)  3. Instagram Is Changing Comments In A Big Way (Mashable)  4. Pandora Spotify Competitor is Launching Next Year (TechCrunch)  5. Hot Topic: Amazon Just Launched A Cashier-Free Convenience Store (Venture Beat)    Honorable Mention(s): Microsoft Officially Closes Its Acquisition of LinkedIn DISHonorable Mention(s): PewDiePie deletes his (other) YouTube channel (The Verge)  DISHonorable Mention(s): Don't forget to send Amir and Chris YOUR favorite stories of the week using #FiveFavorites! You can also submit your stories at bit.ly/fivefavorites.   

If you've ever wanted to be grumpy, unhappy, dis-satisfied, or at dis-ease with the world around you, then do we have the show for you! Today I'll be talking with the Buddhist Monk Ajahn Brahm, abbot of the Budhininyana Monastery in Sperentine Western Austalia, the spiritual director of the Buddhist Society of Western Australia, a spiritual adviser to numerous Buddhist societys and is the author of numerous books including Who Ordered this Truckload of Dung, Mindfulness Bliss and Beyond: A Meditatitor's Handobook; the art of Disappearing, and a new fun favorite of mine, Don't Worry by grumpy. And that's what we'll be talking about today, about what it takes to be grumpy, dis-satisfied, and dis-ease with life, noise, and the world around and inside of us. That plus we'll talk about 50 strokes of the cat, the pushup routine, the 70% rule, Selling encyclopedias, a safe heaven for spiders, and why it's so important to let go of the banana. Questions and Topics Include: Why you never want to do today what you can put off till tomorrow Why life is not doing stuff, but stopping doing stuff How he went from a theoretical physics degree to becoming a monk What physics and Buddhism have in common What's the Buddhist monk method for peeling bananas, and how it brings you happiness. What is the s**t of life and why it's so good for us. How to transform the s**t in life to set us free How to move past a culture of blame and punishment Why we should welcome mistakes Why punishment requires 50 strokes of the cat Why kindness is the antidote to guilt and needing punishment Control freak vs. "kindfulness" freak Why we need to give compassion to ourselves How to thrive through your challenges Why you should demand your right to be grumpy Why you can be happy being grump Why you don't want to suppress your negative emotions. Why you don't want to label anyone with anything, like schizophrenia How to improve our self-esteem Why we're suspicious of praise and how to improve our self-worth How do we put down our burdens (for greater happiness) How important is meditation How to come from life, rather than fantasizing Why he's not fat, but simply growing in kindness and compassion Why fat and happy is better than skinny and anxious How laughter helps protect your heart Google Brahm to find him… Be sure to check out his Google Talks Video. Ajahn Brahm, Buddhist Monk, Shares The Secrets to Being Grumpy, Being Happy & Finding More Enjoyment, Self-Esteem & Compassion, Especially for Ourselves! Happiness | Positivity | Spiritual | Spirituality | Buddhism | Meditation | Self-Help | Inspire For More Info Visit: www.InspireNationShow.com

The weather is getting warmer and we’ve managed to put off talking about our trip to Turkey for another week! In this episode we talk about some services that we love to use while we travel; including Airbnb, Uber, Yelp, and Google Talks… or is it Google Docs? You’ll have to listen to find out! […]

Pour le premier débat de cette saison Krilin est en mode tout nu dans la foret et Xil en mode Terminator modèle Frédéric Lefebvre pour nous parler de décroissance, ça envoie du lourd ! Xil continue son cycle politique en explorant l'histoire du centre français et enfin Misha conclue cet épisode par une petite présentation des conférences TED et Google Talks.