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Justin and Shaun invite Giants legend Tiki Barber onto the show to talk about the Giants 2026 seasonDownload the Fanatics Sports & Casino App now, the new all-in-one app for sports fans, bringing together ways to bet, trade, or play in one experience.Use our code for 10% off your next SeatGeek order*: https://seatgeek.onelink.me/RrnK/JOMBOY10. Sponsored by SeatGeek. *Restrictions apply. Max $20 discount00:00 Intro01:30 Tracy and Slayton at risk of being healthy scratches?03:30 Slow down on Najee Harris06:00 Will the team need Slayton on the active roster07:24 New practice squad signings11:15 Fanatics Fivo13:04 Tiki Barber joins the show14:40 This Giants team will be physical17:40 Growth we need to see from Dart as the season goes on19:20 We want to see competitive Giants football21:40 Winning is the most important thing25:00 Year 2 jump from Jaxson Dart27:00 Ways to improve for Dart28:00 Expectations of a dominant running game31:30 A frustrating training camp from Tyrone Tracy 36:00 Tracy could be a healthy scratch from game day roster?38:00 How FB Ricard affects the offense41:15 Cam Skattebo growth in year 245:21 The DT room is a huge concern on this team47:30 Dennard WIlson will be the most important addition to this defense49:50 Getting the best out of the talent on defense50:20 Paulson Adebo needs to step up52:40 Fields and Banks will be a difference maker on this team55:50 Next episode!Check out our Merch: https://shop.jomboymedia.com/collections/talkin-giantsSubscribe to JM Football for our NFL coverage: https://www.youtube.com/@JMFootballFollow all of our content on https://jomboymedia.com#giants #nygiants 21+ only. Availability differs by state. Terms apply. See app for details. Sportsbook: GAMBLING PROBLEM? Call 1-800-GAMBLER or 1-800-MY-RESET, CT call (888) 789-7777, MA call (800)-327-5050, NY call (877) 8-HOPENY, MD visit mdgamblinghelp.org. Markets: Event contract trading is offered by Morton St. Trading Investments, LLC, d/b/a Fanatics Markets, a CFTC-registered futures commission merchant and NFA member. Event contracts carry risk of total loss and changing prices. Not good for all investors. See app for important disclosures. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

John sits down with Dr. Abbie Maroño to discuss imposter syndrome, social media pressure, and finding your personal True North. Dr. Abbie shares her journey from becoming a professor at just 23 to working with organizations including the FBI and U.S. Secret Service. She also talks about her books, Work in Progress: The Road to Empowerment, The Journey Through Shame and The Upper Hand: Mastering Persuasion and Getting What You Want with the Science of Social Engineering, and explains why being open about our mistakes can actually make us more relatable and trustworthy. About Dr. Abbie Maroño: Dr. Abbie Maroño is a keynote speaker, behavioral scientist, and author, specializing in trust, influence, and nonverbal communication. She is known for challenging conventional thinking and translating complex behavioral science into practical insights that audiences can immediately understand and apply. Her interest in human behavior did not begin in a classroom. Growing up in an unstable and traumatic home, she learned early that no one was coming to save her. At 16, she faced a choice no child should have to make: continue down a path of addiction or fight for a different future. She chose the latter. That decision sparked a lifelong fascination with why people make the choices they do and how understanding human behavior can change the course of a life. ​Earning her PhD in Psychology, Dr Abbie became a Professor of Psychology at just 23 years old. She was later recognized by the U.S. Department of State for extraordinary ability in behavioral science and named one of Central Florida's 40 Under 40 by the Orlando Business Journal. She is the creator of The Upper Hand, a proprietary framework focused on trust, influence, communication, and decision-making. Dr Abbie has trained representatives from 29 U.S. federal agencies, including the U.S. Secret Service, FBI, and Department of Homeland Security, as well as senior leadership at INTERPOL. The U.S. Secret Service also recognized her contributions with an award for outstanding contribution to their forensic services. As a bestselling author, TEDx speaker, Forbes contributor, Court TV contributor, and media commentator, her work has been featured on BBC News, Fox News, WIRED, Reuters, Forbes Breaking News, Apple News, and many more outlets. She also provides expert witness services in matters involving behavioral analysis, nonverbal communication, and human behavior, including high-profile civil and criminal cases. Listen to this episode to learn more: [00:00] - Intro [02:17] - Dr. Abbie's bio [03:23] - Two very different books [06:08] - The myth of having it all together [09:25] - We're trained to wear masks [10:11] - Social media's impossible standards [11:50] - Finding your True North [13:08] - Dr. Abbie's personal principles that keep her grounded [16:04] - Don't let praise or criticism define you [19:26] - Pain is a prerequisite for purpose [22:09] - When John realized that he needed to work on himself [26:04] - Growth isn't new year, new me [30:13] - High life is a lie [33:27] - Happiness vs Joy [35:27] - Finding purpose and joy takes discipline [38:43] - How difficult retirement can be for professional athletes [42:37] - Adversity is a gift only when it's healed [45:51] - Dr. Abbie's childhood and addiction NOTABLE QUOTES: "If people can't relate to you, they will stop listening." "There's just some things that nobody should know. People don't need to know every little detail about our lives." "We don't need to hide ourselves, but we don't need to overshare everything." "Each of us has to have a true north, something that we can hold on to, no matter what. So that when those voices get loud, it's like that we can find a way to at least quiet them down a little bit, and then refocus that true north, so that we can continue to head in the direction we need to be heading." "Let people show you who they are and decide if that's enough for you. Stop trying to convince people that you're worth enough and that you deserve to be in their life, and they deserve to be in yours. Just let people be who they are." "We need principles to ground us when the money is coming in, when the work is going well, when everybody's looking at you like you're the best. It's so easy to lose sight of yourself. Money comes and goes so fast, and fame and success come and go so fast. If you don't have something to ground you, you're gonna falter." "Always remember, you're never as good as they say you are, and you're never as sad as they say you are. You're somewhere in the middle." "You can have very little and be so much happier than someone with everything. It's how you live in your head that determines how peaceful your life is." "When you find your bubble of happiness, you build an impenetrable bubble. You don't let outside words come in. You don't let outside perspectives come in. You protect that little bubble of happiness." "Pain is a prerequisite for purpose. You have to go through it. You don't bypass it. You don't ignore it. You don't pretend it doesn't exist, and you don't numb it. You have to work through it. That's how you get to purpose." "If you don't understand how someone can treat another person like that, it's a blessing." "If you can find something that brings you joy, don't let the world tell you you need all this other stuff. You don't need all this other stuff. It's great to have, but you don't need it to feel complete, and you don't need it to feel at peace." USEFUL LINKS: https://www.abbiemarono.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/drabbiemarono/ https://www.instagram.com/doctorabbieofficial/ https://www.facebook.com/DrAbbieofficial TEDx Talk "How to Turn Your Personal Shame Into a Source of Strength" - https://youtu.be/ptvCTuct4GE?si=A8vpm6D5n9UfG0Td  The Upper Hand: Mastering Persuasion and Getting What You Want with the Science of Social Engineering - https://a.co/d/0ctZMkgv Work in Progress: The Road to Empowerment, The Journey Through Shame - https://a.co/d/04nYbXkh The Doctor Abbie Show - https://www.youtube.com/@TheDoctorAbbieShow CONNECT WITH JOHN Website - https://iamjohnhulen.com    LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnhulen Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/johnhulen    Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/johnhulen    X - https://x.com/johnhulen    YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@iamjohnhulen    EPISODE CREDITS Intro and Outro music provided by Jeff Scheetz - https://jeffscheetz.com/ 

Your organization is only as fast as the person everyone is waiting on. Is that person you? In this episode, Craig shows you the three places bottlenecks live, plus four questions to help you find yours and get moving again. Get the free leader guide for this episode here: https://www.life.church/leadershippodcast/the-bottleneck-nobody-warns-you-about. ==================== JOIN THE COMMUNITY

Kevin Maney: The Category Creation Formula for Winning Markets in the AI Era AI is making products easier to build, but meaningful differentiation harder to sustain. A stronger feature set, a faster model, or simply adding an “AI-powered” label may not be enough to convince customers that a new market should exist in the first place. Kevin Maney, bestselling author, technology commentator, and founding partner of Category Design Advisors, joins me to unpack the Category Creation Formula: Context + Missing + Innovation = New Market Category. Developed through nearly a decade of fieldwork with more than 50 companies, the framework offers a practical way to understand when markets are ready to change: identify what has shifted around the customer, uncover the newly urgent need that shift creates, and then design the innovation the market is ready to embrace. Our conversation moves beyond conventional product-market fit toward a more fundamental question: What would market-product fit look like? We explore why being first matters less than establishing the accepted dominant design, why competitors can actually validate rather than weaken a new category, and why successful category creation starts outside the organization, not with the technology already sitting inside it. In an era of AI abundance, compressed innovation cycles, and increasingly crowded markets, this conversation offers a different way to think about growth. It is particularly relevant for CEOs, transformation leaders, investors, and founders asking not simply how to build a better product, but how to create a market that wants it. KEY TAKEAWAYS What I found particularly compelling in this conversation with Kevin is his challenge to one of the most deeply embedded assumptions in innovation: that we should build a product and then find its market. Kevin turns that logic around with the idea of market-product fit. Instead of starting with what our technology can do, we should start by understanding what has changed in the world around our customers, what new problem that change has created, and what innovation could solve it. His Category Creation Formula, Context + Missing + Innovation, gives leaders a simple but powerful way to make that shift. I also loved Kevin's perspective on category leadership. Being first is not necessarily the objective. The real goal is to establish the dominant design that shapes how customers understand and expect the category to work. And, counterintuitively, competition can help because other players entering the market validate the category in customers' minds. For me, this is a particularly important lesson in today's crowded AI landscape. Finally, Kevin makes a distinction I think every leader should consider: using AI to make the existing business more efficient is only one side of the opportunity. The bigger question is what entirely new products, services, and ways of operating become possible because AI has changed the context. As AI itself becomes foundational and ubiquitous, the differentiator will increasingly be what humans do with it, and the ideas they create about what comes next. BEST MOMENTS “Category design is a strategy. And when I think of positioning and marketing, those are things that a company does.” – Kevin Maney [13:52] “Product-market fit has led a lot of people to think we'll build this product and figure out a market to put it into. And we talked about it, saying, like, it's actually market-product fit.” – Kevin Maney [25:00] “Your ultimate goal is to win the dominant design. It's not to be the day one, first mover, be the first one to say, ‘We're creating this category.'” – Kevin Maney [29:57] “Your goal is not to wipe out all competition, your goal is to be the dominant design and make all of your competitors follow you.” – Kevin Maney [29:57] “I actually believe that the big AI models... that's going to become, at some point, as boring as the internet or as electricity. What excites me is what you can do with it.” – Kevin Maney [37:26] “AI is trained on the past, and it's only going to understand the past, and it's going to be the humans that create the future.” – Kevin Maney [49:19]   ABOUT THE GUEST Kevin Maney is a bestselling author, award-winning technology commentator, and founding partner of Category Design Advisors. He is the co-author of The Category Creation Formula and Play Bigger, and spent 22 years as a technology journalist at USA Today. His work has also appeared in publications including Newsweek, Fortune, The Atlantic, and Wired. Kevin helps leadership teams identify, define, and develop new market categories. Through nearly a decade of category-design work with more than 50 companies, his focus has included market-product fit, dominant design, the adjacent possible, strategic points of view, and the leadership alignment required to translate innovation into an understood and adopted market choice.   ABOUT THE HOST Sabine VanderLinden is a corporate strategist turned entrepreneur and the CEO of Alchemy Crew Ventures. She leads venture-client labs that help Fortune 500 companies adopt and scale cutting-edge technologies from global tech ventures. A builder of accelerators, investor, and co-editor of the bestseller The INSURTECH Book, Sabine is known for asking the uncomfortable questions—about AI governance, risk, and trust. On Scouting for Growth, she decodes how real growth happens—where capital, collaboration, and courage meet. If this episode sparked your thinking, follow Sabine VanderLinden on LinkedIn, Twitter, and Instagram for more insights. And if you're interested in sponsoring the podcast, reach out to the team at hello@alchemycrew.ventures

India just hit a record $729 billion in foreign exchange reserves, a number that sounds impressive — but new analysis shows Modi's developed-nation ambitions are straining against persistent growth gaps. With Indian bank stocks showing wild pricing anomalies under a new auction system, the world's most hyped emerging market deserves a reality check. Today's Stocks & Topics: Robinhood Markets, Inc. (HOOD), Market Wrap, YPF Sociedad Anónima (YPF), Payroll Report, GE Vernova Inc. (GEV), Is the India Stock Market a Smart Bet in 2026? Record Forex Reserves vs. the Growth Gap, Investing Through KPP Financial, First Trust Nasdaq Clean Edge Smart GRID Infrastructure Index (GRID), iShares Gold Trust (IAU), SPDR Gold Shares (GLD), Paycom Software, Inc. (PAYC), Equity Risk Premium (ERP).Our Sponsors:* Check out Anthropic and use my code claud.ai/invest for a great deal: https://www.anthropic.com* Check out Quince and use my code quince.com/INVEST for a great deal: https://www.quince.comAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

Eric Thompson interviews Brookelynn Cardenas of ERA Live Moore about how leaders can create more productive, engaged agents by building a culture of coaching, accountability, and genuine personal investment. The results are compelling: while her overall market is up just 1.29% in volume, ERA Live Moore is up 8.74%, and its Ninja agents are up an impressive 41%. As VP of Growth, Brookelynn works alongside managers to coach agents, reinforce Ninja habits, and create clear development opportunities. Her philosophy is that agents are more than production numbers. Great leaders understand what their people are working toward personally and help them build businesses capable of funding those dreams. She uses the Ninja Manager Scorecard to ensure leadership consistently focuses on the activities that drive coaching, retention, and recruiting. Brookelynn's message is simple: if you want agents to embrace the system, leadership has to model it. Know your people, stay in flow with them, measure the right activities, and create an environment where they feel seen, supported, and challenged to grow. Key Takeaways Great leadership starts with understanding each agent's personal definition of success and what fuels their motivation. Use a leadership scorecard to create consistency around the three critical activities of coaching, retention, and recruiting. Don't assume agents need more leads. Ask whether they actually need better conversations. The agent scorecard helps diagnose the real problem: insufficient activity or ineffective conversations. Leaders must model the behaviors they expect from their agents. You can't create a Ninja culture without personally living the principles. Broker owners should identify talented leaders, invest in their development, and give them the freedom and authority to grow. Memorable Quotes "Are we fueling their success or are we failing them?" "These agents are not just a number." "If they feel seen by you and feel understood by you, they're likely to give you their all." "Do you need more leads or do you need better conversations?" "How can I ask my agents to do something that I'm not willing to do myself?" "If you have somebody special, encourage and empower them." Links: Website: https://ninjaselling.com/ninja-podcast/ Email: TSW@NinjaSelling.com Phone: 1-800-254-1650 Podcast Facebook Group: http://www.facebook.com/groups/TheNinjaSellingPodcast Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/NinjaSelling Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ninjasellingofficial/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ninjaselling Upcoming Public Ninja Installations: https://NinjaSelling.com/events/list/?tribe_eventcategory%5B0%5D=183&tribe__ecp_custom_2%5B0%5D=Public Ninja Coaching: http://www.NinjaSelling.com/course/ninja-coaching/ Brookelynn Cardenas: https://eralivemoore.com/2026/03/11/vice-president-of-growth-brookelynn-cardenas

This episode is sponsored by Smith.ai. ----- Discussing what we learned about legal technology in Nashville. ----- The International Legal Technology Association conference broke its own attendance records as the legal world flocked to Nashville to figure out what's going on with the technology that promises to revolutionize the practice of law... and can't quite stop producing fake cases. Maddy Martin, Senior VP of Growth at Smith.ai -- the sponsor of this episode of Thinking Like A Lawyer -- stops by to recreate the sort of exhibit hall floor conversation she and Joe have had at these conferences for the last several years. Catching up on the state of the industry, what it means for both Biglaw and the small and solo market, and trying to figure out what happens next.

Book Alan's Business Breakthrough Session. Your first 30-minute coaching call is FREE. Learn how to prioritize success and let your quality of life become the byproduct. - https://calendly.com/alanlazaros/30-minute-breakthrough-sessionFitness is forever, it's a lifestyle. Get jacked and join the Next Level Fitness Accountability Group. This group is invite-only. Reach out to Kevin or Alan on Instagram:Kevin: https://www.instagram.com/neverquitkid/Alan: https://www.instagram.com/alazaros88/_______________________What if the resentment you feel toward your goal is not a lack of discipline, but evidence that you never understood what it would truly require? In this episode, Kevin and Alan probe why success can become frustrating when your willingness is lower than the cost of your ambition. Drawing from Kevin's experience working through travel and lifestyle tradeoffs, along with Alan's coaching conversations around willingness, sacrifice, and alignment, they explain why most people do not fail because they lack goals. They fail because they underestimate the standards, consistency, and hard choices those goals demand.They discuss how to tell the difference between a dream worth pursuing and an outcome that no longer fits your values. You will also hear why relationships, comfort, time, and identity often become the real price of personal growth, and how to decide what you are willing to give up without building a life you later regret. Before you blame the goal, audit the price tag. Your comfort may be writing checks your future cannot cash._______________________NLU is more than a podcast. From the Next Level Dreamliner to Group Coaching, we provide tools and communities to help you grow with more clarity, consistency, and accountability.Visit our website and socials through the links below.

Campaign management still relies on manual, segment-based work. Isaac Ferreira, VP of Growth Systems and AI at Shift Paradigm, explains how to rebuild it with AI from scratch. He covers automating project scheduling and resource calendars, tracking completion across platforms, and moving from segment-based campaigns to true one-to-one personalization at scale.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This interview is disseminated on behalf of TRX Gold Corp.TRX Gold Corporation (TSX: TRX | NYSE American: TRX) CEO and Director Stephen Mullowney provides an update on the company's Buckreef Gold Project in Tanzania. The discussion covers the ongoing plant expansion, updated preliminary economic assessment, exploration plans, discussions with the Tanzanian government regarding a joint venture structure, and key catalysts over the next 6 to 12 months.For more info, visit: https://trxgold.com/Watch the full YouTube interview here: https://youtu.be/KspghCP11gQAnd follow us to stay updated: https://www.youtube.com/@stockstowatchofficial 

What happens when the practice you built is forced to stand without you?In this powerful reunion episode, Michael reconnects with Dr. Ashley Joves nearly 10 years after her startup journey began with Smile & Co still in the dream stage. Ashley reflects on how her definition of success has changed from building a standout dental brand, hosting events, creating unforgettable patient experiences, and growing a loyal community, to recognizing the person she has become through the hard seasons of business, marriage, motherhood, and leadership.Ashley also opens up about the health crisis that reshaped everything: discovering an oral cancer lesion on her husband, Brian, after what first seemed like a simple tongue irritation. She shares how self-advocacy, a second biopsy, and trusting her instincts made all the difference, then explains how her team, systems, and culture kept the practice running when she had to step away. This conversation is a deeply honest look at ambition, resilience, leadership, and building a dental practice that supports your life instead of consuming it.What You'll Learn in This Episode:Why Ashley's definition of success has shifted after nearly a decade in practice ownership.How a missed oral cancer diagnosis reinforced the importance of screenings and patient advocacy.What practice owners can learn from building systems before a crisis hits.How strong team leads, associates, and clear roles can protect the patient experience.Why culture is built through hiring, boundaries, and difficult conversations.The “low-cost” loyalty driver that matters more than decor or amenities.How to rethink growth when bigger no longer feels better.Why dentistry should fund your life, not become your entire life.How to create a backup plan that gives you more freedom and flexibility.Why finding a supportive dental community can make ownership feel less isolating.Listen now for an honest, grounding conversation on building a practice, protecting your people, and redefining success on your own terms.‍Sponsors:‍Net32: Founded by a dentist, for dentists. Net32 is the leading online marketplace for dental supplies, helping dental and medical professionals save on high-quality products for over 25 years. Start saving today at: https://www.net32.com/dentalmarketer‍Click here for a special offer!Guest: Dr. Ashley JovesCheck out Ashley's Media:Ashley's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ashleyjovesdds/Smile & Co. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/smileandcompany/The Making Of Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/themaking.of/Facebook Community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/themakingofPodcast "The Making of a Dental Startup": https://pod.link/1474094399Practice "Smile & Co. (locations in Folsom, CA and Roseville, CA)": https://www.smileandcompany.com/Mentions & Links:People:Alex Hormozi (entrepreneur/podcaster referenced for insights on success and reps)Organizations, Products & ToolsNet32 (dental supply ordering platform)Patterson (dental supply company)Henry Schein (dental supply company)Studio 8E8DisneyHost: Michael AriasJoin my newsletter: https://thedentalmarketer.lpages.co/newsletter/‍Join this podcast's Facebook Group: The Dental Marketer Society‍Love the Podcast? Follow on Your Favorite App! https://lnkfi.re/TDMPod

The business wasn't missing ambition. It was missing the structure to sustain it. What happens when a rapidly growing business starts demanding more from its founder than one person can give? In this case study, Dr. Jesse Jacobs of Freeform Chiropractic shares how he transformed a fast-growing franchise organization from founder-dependent momentum into a scalable enterprise built on accountability, structure, and leadership. As Free Form Chiropractic expanded from seven locations to a growing multi-unit organization, Jesse discovered that the next stage of growth required more than vision. It demanded operational discipline, clear systems, and a business that could thrive without depending on him to save the day. The result wasn't just a stronger company. It gave him more freedom with his family, greater confidence as a CEO, and a clearer path toward the future he set out to build. In This Case Study You Will: Follow how Free Form Chiropractic evolved from founder-driven growth to a business built for long-term scale. Discover why accountability and organizational clarity became the missing pieces behind rapid expansion. Hear what changed when Jesse stopped white-knighting every challenge and stepped fully into the CEO role. Explore how leadership systems created greater freedom both inside the business and at home. Take away the framework that helped transform growth into durability and optionality. Episode Highlights 01:33 – A fast-growing franchise looked successful on paper, but behind the scenes the founder was carrying far more than the business could sustainably demand. 02:56 – The realization wasn't knowing exactly what needed to change. It was recognizing that growth had exposed problems that couldn't be solved alone. 03:56 – Personal vision became the foundation for business vision, creating clarity that reached far beyond opening more locations. 05:48 – Looking beyond the bank account and into meaningful business metrics transformed how every location was measured and improved. 07:12 – Standards stopped drifting once accountability and clear ownership became part of the organization's operating rhythm. 08:55 – Building a world-class team started with a simple commitment: only world-class people would shape the future of the company. 12:06 – The pursuit of freedom gave way to something even more valuable: building a business durable enough to create lasting optionality. 17:20 – Growth wasn't measured only by opening more locations but by creating businesses that could thrive without depending on the founder. 20:58 – Reclaiming intentional time with family became one of the clearest signs that the business was finally serving the life it was meant to support. 24:30 – The greatest breakthroughs didn't come from having all the answers, but from surrounding the business with people who understood the journey. 28:12 - Technology should make running a chiropractic practice easier, not more complicated. Dr. Bobby sits down with Sam Ogutucu from Success Partner Medic Cloud to explore how specialized IT support and in-house digital X-ray solutions help practices improve efficiency, enhance the patient experience, protect retention, and create stronger long-term profitability. Resources Mentioned Learn more about the TRP Remarkable Practice Immersion Oct 1 - 3, 2026 in National Harbor, MD and Nov 13 - 14, 2026 in Adelaide, AUS - https://theremarkablepractice.com/upcoming-events/   To learn more about the REM CEO Program, please visit: http://www.theremarkablepractice.com/rem-ceo For more information about Medic Cloud please visit: https://mediccloud.com.au/ Book a Strategy Session with Dr. Pete - https://go.oncehub.com/PodcastPC Prefer to watch? Catch the podcast on YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRemarkablePractice1 To listen to more episodes, visit https://theremarkablepractice.com/podcast or follow on your favorite podcast app.

Nick explains the critical, often misunderstood distinction between business growth and true scaling, warning founders that confusing the two can lead to catastrophic burnout and lost enterprise value. Drawing on his Private Equity and turnaround background, Nick explains why growth is merely an unrepeatable event driven by heroics, whereas scaling is an intentional, repeatable pattern that operates smoothly and with margin. He reveals why the most scalable and valuable companies are deceptively quiet, well-oiled machines rather than chaotic, full-throttle pressure cookers—offering listeners a clear blueprint for building a business that is both sustainable to run and far more valuable to sell. KEY TAKEAWAYS Growth is an isolated, score-like event driven by founder heroics or market luck, whereas scaling is a deliberate, repeatable pattern that produces predictable results on purpose. Running a company at 100% capacity leaves zero margin for disruption, causing operational breakdowns to be repeatedly patched rather than permanently fixed. A genuinely scaling business is marked by quiet precision and steady rhythm rather than frantic hustle and chaos. Buyers and investors pay a premium not for past performance numbers, but for the proven, repeatable systems that make future revenue predictable without founder dependency. BEST MOMENTS "Growth tells you what happened, but it doesn't tell you why. And if you don't know why, then you can't repeat it." "The quiet wasn't a lack of ambition; it was precision showing up." "Slow is smooth, smooth is deadly. Smooth is incredibly effective." "A machine that is built to run at 100% has nothing left when a component wears out... it doesn't degrade gracefully, it just stops." VALUABLE RESOURCES Want to grow and scale your business? Check out Nick's Boardroom Program: ⁠https://gamma.app/docs/BOARDROOM-2026-FINAL-h2vknz5qne7vvwm⁠ To get your copy of Nick's book, Exit for Millions, go to ⁠http://bit.ly/4ngC2hO⁠ Nick's LinkedIn: ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/realnickbradley Nick Bradley is a world-renowned author, speaker, and business growth expert, who works with entrepreneurs, business leaders, and investors to build, scale and sell high-value companies. He spent 10+ years working in Private Equity, where he oversaw 100+ acquisitions, 26 exits, and over $5 Billion in combined value created. He has one of the top-ranked business podcasts in the UK (with over 1m downloads in over 130 countries). He now spends his time coaching and consulting business owners in building and scaling high-value business towards life-changing exits. This Podcast has been brought to you by Disruptive Media. ⁠https://disruptivemedia.co.uk/

In this episode, health coach and fitness educator Lochi Horner explores what happens in the body during times of stress and why building resilience—not simply avoiding stress—is key to supporting everyday wellness. Learn how to recognize when stress may be affecting your sleep, focus, energy, mood, and recovery, and discover how adaptogens can help support the body's ability to adapt and respond to everyday stressors. Lochi also breaks down what adaptogens are, why consistency matters, and how Ionix® Supreme and Adaptogen Elixir can fit into a daily resilience routine. It's a practical look at supporting your body through life's everyday demands—so you can adapt, recover, and keep moving forward.

How did Iran become one of the world's great cinematic cultures? In this special pre-taped edition of Roqe, Jian revisits a fascinating conversation with Dr. Kaveh Askari about the remarkable growth of cinema in Iran during the Pahlavi era - and the complicated relationship between Hollywood, Persian culture and the emerging Iranian film industry. Askari, a film scholar and author of Relaying Cinema in Midcentury Iran: Material Cultures in Transit, takes us back to the Iran of the 1950s, 60s and 70s to explore how foreign films circulated through the country, why Hollywood initially considered Iran an almost invisible market, and how Iranian filmmakers adapted and borrowed from Western movies while developing a distinctly local cinema culture. The conversation explores pirated films and soundtracks, Iran's innovations in dubbing, the growing appetite for Hollywood movies, and the emergence of filmmakers like Masoud Kimiai and Dariush Mehrjui and the Iranian New Wave. It is a fascinating look at a less-explored chapter of Iranian cultural history - and the foundations of a cinematic tradition that would eventually become celebrated around the world. Featured Guest: Dr. Kaveh Askari - film scholar and author of Relaying Cinema in Midcentury Iran: Material Cultures in Transit This interview was originally recorded in March 2023. Roqe returns with its new season on Thursday, September 10th. This episode is brought to you with the support of: Quasar Homes - @quasarhomes Follow Jian on Instagram: @JianGhomeshi

What does it mean to become better—and better for what?In this episode of the Faithful Fitness Podcast, Coach Alex Van Houten sits down with builder, entrepreneur, and fitness advocate Brock Holyoak for a conversation about action, discipline, fear, fitness, personal responsibility, and becoming more capable.Brock has a strong bias toward action: stop waiting until you know everything, start with what you have, learn by doing, and allow experience to shape you along the way. From building construction companies to training his body and developing his own fitness philosophy, his message is simple: most people already know enough to begin. The problem is that they often substitute consuming information for taking action.That creates some valuable questions for anyone who has spent too much time researching the perfect workout, diet, business strategy, or next step while doing very little with what they already know.But this conversation also exposes a deeper question at the heart of Faithful Fitness:What is all that improvement for?Strength is useful. Discipline is useful. Confidence is useful. Competence is useful. Becoming capable of doing difficult things is good.But none of those things can determine what deserves our devotion.Throughout the episode, Alex and Brock discuss:Why action often teaches what information cannotThe danger of waiting until you have every piece before you start buildingHow fitness can build competence and confidenceThe difference between perseverance and stubbornnessWhy fear often becomes smaller once you actually confront itThe importance of keeping promises to yourselfHow difficult physical challenges can expand your sense of what you're capable ofWhy passion and desire can create tremendous driveThe limitations of making “the best version of yourself” the ultimate goalFor the Christian, self-improvement is not the destination. It is a tool.Your body, health, strength, time, abilities, and opportunities have been entrusted to you by God. The goal isn't merely to become stronger, tougher, leaner, richer, or more impressive. The goal is to become increasingly capable of faithfully using what God has given you for His glory and the good of the people around you.So perhaps the question isn't simply:Am I getting better?Perhaps the better question is:Am I becoming more faithful?If you already know the next healthy step you need to take, take it. Go for the walk. Lift the weight. Prepare the meal. Get to bed. Make the change.You probably don't need the whole map before you begin.But as you become more capable, keep asking where that capability is ultimately pointed.Want to understand where you currently stand in your own health and stewardship?Take the Faithful Fitness Assessment and evaluate yourself across the four foundations of Integrity, Grit, Growth, and Awe.Start here: https://faithfulfitness.co/assessmentMake the most of the body God's given you.Train hard—but pray harder.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/faithful-fitness-with-coach-alex-vanhouten--5150768/support.

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Campaign management still relies on manual, segment-based work. Isaac Ferreira, VP of Growth Systems and AI at Shift Paradigm, explains how to rebuild it with AI from scratch. He covers automating project scheduling and resource calendars, tracking completion across platforms, and moving from segment-based campaigns to true one-to-one personalization at scale.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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Justin Carroll joined MB2 Dental in 2014 and now serves on the executive leadership team as Chief Operating Officer. With over 17 years in the healthcare field, Justin shares how an encounter with our Founder and CEO, Dr. V, led him to join the company in 2014, leaving behind his career in private equity. He has significantly contributed to the company's growth, discussing MB2's evolution from a de novo growth model to acquisition-based expansion, growing from 45 to over 750 practices across 43 states. Justin provides insights into the company's doctor-first approach, the challenges of scaling while maintaining a partnership-focused model, and the pivotal decision to bring in outside capital. This episode offers a fascinating look at the strategic thinking behind MB2's rapid growth and its innovative approach to dental practice management. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Subscribe & Listen: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/69Dz26h... Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Follow MB2 Dental on Social: MB2 Dental: mb2dental.com Instagram: instagram.com/mb2dental Facebook: facebook.com/mb2dental YouTube:    / @mb2dental   LinkedIn: linkedin.com/mb2-dental

What are the fundamentals that brands need to get right first in order to create sustainable growth?Why does penetration matter so much, and what are companies getting wrong when they focus too heavily on pricing or short-term growth levers?How should brands rethink category definitions and their value propositions around consumer needs rather than the way the industry has historically defined them?How should leaders think about the balance between price and volume and getting back to true volume growth? What does that mean for national brands, and how important will meaningful differentiation and innovation be in creating long-term sustainable value?

A growth pipeline should do more than keep names moving through a funnel. It should help a business identify the right opportunities, understand where prospects are getting stuck, and create a clear path from initial interest to a productive long-term relationship. That distinction matters at a time when businesses have access to more marketing channels, more automation, and more data than ever before. Generating activity has become relatively easy. Generating the right activity is considerably harder. For John Dobelbower, SVP of Growth & Development at EverSmith Brands, growth is built around that difference. Leading franchise development strategy and sales across seven B2B service brands requires more than filling the top of a growth pipeline. It requires knowing which candidates have the potential to succeed, understanding the numbers behind acquisition and conversion, and building a process that supports sustainable expansion. The same principles apply well beyond franchising. Whether a company is selling a service, developing a franchise system, building a sales organization, or expanding into new markets, a smarter growth pipeline begins by understanding what successful growth actually looks like. More Leads Aren't Always the Answer When growth slows, the instinctive response is often to generate more leads. Increase the advertising budget, expand the audience, add another marketing channel, or put more prospects into the funnel and hope that additional volume produces additional sales. That approach can become expensive when the real problem is happening somewhere else. A business may have plenty of leads but a weak qualification process. Marketing may be attracting the right prospects while sales follow-up is inconsistent. Strong opportunities may be entering the pipeline only to encounter unnecessary friction, slow response times, or a process that fails to move them forward. Without tracking, those problems are difficult to distinguish. Dobelbower's approach starts by working backward from the desired result. In franchise development, growth cannot simply be measured by how many territories are awarded. The quality of the franchise owners entering the system and their ability to create healthy unit-level economics are part of the equation. That requires clarity about who belongs in the growth pipeline in the first place. An audit of franchise development advertising at EverSmith revealed just how crowded that pursuit can become. Many franchise organizations were using similar messaging, targeting similar audiences, and competing for many of the same prospects. Popular franchise messaging could put a brand in competition with scores of other organizations for essentially the same attention. More competition for the same audience generally means higher costs, but higher costs do not guarantee better prospects. A smarter strategy starts by examining the people who are actually successful and asking how to reach more individuals with those characteristics. That may produce a smaller audience, but it can also create a growth pipeline filled with people who are more closely aligned with the opportunity. The numbers then become essential. Businesses need to understand what it costs to acquire an opportunity, where prospects originate, how many advance through each stage, where they drop out, and which sources ultimately produce the strongest results. When those numbers are visible, leaders can stop assuming they need more leads and start identifying what actually needs improvement. Building a Better Sales and Qualification Process A healthy growth pipeline is not designed to move everyone toward a sale. It should also help determine who should not move forward. That can be a difficult mindset in organizations where growth targets create pressure to close as much business as possible. Yet a poor-fit customer can consume resources, create service problems, and damage profitability. In franchising, the stakes are even higher because the relationship can represent a significant financial and personal commitment lasting many years. "Franchises are awarded. They're not sold." That philosophy changes the purpose of qualification. Financial capacity, experience, and background matter, but they do not tell the entire story. Dobelbower points to qualities such as mindset, goals, motivation, and what he calls the "grittiness factor" as important parts of understanding whether someone is likely to succeed. The process becomes a mutual evaluation rather than a one-sided sales pitch. The organization is evaluating whether the candidate fits the system while the candidate is determining whether the opportunity aligns with personal goals and expectations. That same thinking can improve almost any growth pipeline. The objective is not simply to close the next sale. It is to create relationships that have a reasonable opportunity to succeed for both parties. Once the right prospects enter the pipeline, speed becomes critical. Businesses spend enormous amounts of money generating interest and then sometimes allow that interest to sit unanswered. A prospect submits a form, leaves a message, or requests information and waits hours or even days for a response. Meanwhile, the prospect keeps looking. "Whoever answers the phone first wins." The phrase may be simple, but the business implication is significant. A company can optimize advertising, targeting, and messaging only to lose the opportunity because another organization responded first. Speed to lead is not exclusively a marketing metric. It is part of the customer experience. The same is true of friction. Some friction is necessary because good qualification requires questions, information, and thoughtful evaluation. The problem arises when the business creates obstacles that serve no meaningful purpose. "There will be introduced friction in any good process, but we're the ones that are introducing friction." A detailed qualification question may help both parties make a better decision. An unanswered phone call, confusing website form, unnecessary series of steps, or delayed response simply makes it harder to do business. One of the most useful exercises for any organization is to experience its own growth pipeline from the prospect's perspective. Submit the form, make the call, read the automated response, schedule the appointment, and follow the process from beginning to end. Internal efficiency and customer convenience are not always the same thing. Technology Should Support the Human Relationship Automation can improve nearly every stage of a modern growth pipeline. Text messages can be triggered immediately, educational resources can be delivered automatically, appointments can be scheduled online, and AI can assist with research, communication, analysis, and follow-up. The ability to automate something, however, does not automatically make automation the best choice. EverSmith uses technology to create a more structured candidate journey, giving prospective franchise owners visibility into what they will encounter next and providing educational resources they can review on their own time. That allows development professionals to spend less time repeatedly delivering basic information and more time focused on the relationship itself. The distinction becomes especially important at the beginning of the relationship. "We are the front porch to an opportunity that's going to change their lives forever. That deserves a conversation." A form can collect information. An automated sequence can distribute content. AI can summarize data and help teams work more efficiently. None of those tools can fully replace a conversation where one person is trying to understand another person's motivations, concerns, expectations, and goals. Technology is most valuable when it creates more capacity for those conversations rather than eliminating them. This is especially relevant as companies rush to incorporate AI into sales and customer service. Automation can create tremendous efficiency, but it can also scale a poor process. If a company already has unnecessary friction, weak communication, or an unclear customer journey, adding more technology may simply allow those problems to occur faster. The smarter growth pipeline uses automation intentionally. Routine information can be delivered efficiently while important moments remain personal. That balance can become a competitive advantage as more businesses attempt to automate every possible interaction. Sustainable Growth Is About the Right Opportunities Growth is often discussed as an acquisition problem, but existing relationships can create opportunities that are just as valuable. EverSmith's portfolio includes seven B2B service brands, creating the potential for franchise owners to operate complementary businesses serving overlapping commercial customers. Dobelbower describes the concept as "relationship ownership." Once a trusted relationship exists, there may be additional opportunities to solve problems for that same customer rather than continually starting from zero. The concept has applications far beyond a multi-brand franchise organization. Existing customers may need additional services. Referral partners may be able to create introductions. Strategic relationships may open new markets. A satisfied customer may become an advocate who generates opportunities that traditional advertising could never create as effectively. A strong growth pipeline should account for the value of those relationships, not just the volume of new prospects entering at the top. Sustainable growth also requires the discipline to walk away from opportunities that are unlikely to work. Dobelbower describes the lasting impact of receiving a call from a franchise owner years after an agreement was signed and hearing that the business had not worked and the owner was facing the possibility of losing everything. Experiences like that make the consequences of poor qualification impossible to reduce to a sales number. "We're not in the business of ruining lives here." The opposite outcome can be equally powerful. The right person, paired with the right system and willing to execute the process, can build a business that changes the financial trajectory of a family. That is why the quality of the opportunity matters. A smarter growth pipeline is not measured solely by how many people enter or how quickly they can be closed. Its real value comes from helping an organization identify better opportunities, create better experiences, and build relationships capable of producing sustainable results. More leads may make a pipeline look impressive. Better targeting, better qualification, faster response, intentional technology, and stronger human relationships are what make it productive. Watch the full episode on YouTube. Join Fordify LIVE every Wednesday at 11 a.m. Central across your favorite social media platforms and catch the replay on The Business Growth Show Podcast for more conversations with today's leading business experts, entrepreneurs, and growth-minded leaders. About John Dobelbower John Dobelbower is SVP of Growth & Development at EverSmith Brands, where he leads franchise development strategy and sales across the company's seven B2B service brands. He oversees territory sales, candidate qualification, and pipeline management with a data-driven, execution-focused approach to sustainable growth. Previously, John served as VP of Franchise Development at PIRTEK USA, where he led record-setting expansion. His expertise includes sales process design, multi-channel lead generation, franchise development, candidate qualification, and building growth systems designed to attract and identify the right opportunities. About Ford Saeks Ford Saeks is a Business Growth Accelerator who has generated more than a billion dollars in sales worldwide by helping businesses attract loyal customers, increase visibility, and accelerate growth. As President and CEO of Prime Concepts Group, Inc., Ford has founded more than ten companies, authored eleven books, earned three U.S. patents, and advised organizations ranging from startups to Fortune 500 companies. A recognized expert in business growth, customer acquisition, leadership, franchising, marketing, and AI-driven business strategies, Ford helps business owners and leaders identify opportunities, improve performance, and achieve sustainable results. Learn more at ProfitRichResults.com and watch Fordify LIVE at Fordify.tv.

Enough: How Do You Know When You Have Enough?More is everywhere. But where is enough?Money. Work. Fitness. Achievement. Adventure. Information. Growth. Ambition.Modern life is remarkably good at telling us what to pursue, but much less interested in telling us when to stop.In this episode, Evan Sutter explores the idea of enough and why it might be one of the more difficult questions we can ask when thinking about a good life.Is enough a number? A feeling? A decision? Something we discover only after we've gone too far?And perhaps the more uncomfortable question:If we don't decide what enough means, who—or what—will decide it for us?The conversation continues the philosophical thread of recent episodes:Death: What matters?Attention: Where is my life actually going?Enough: When is it enough?Evan explores the tension between ambition and contentment, asking whether “more” is really the problem—or whether the more important question is more in service of what?Because building a business for freedom can eventually leave you with no freedom. Pursuing money for security can become an endless pursuit of more. And ambition that once served a meaningful life can quietly become the thing around which the entire life is organised.Perhaps knowing enough doesn't diminish ambition.Perhaps it frees ambition from desperation.And perhaps the real challenge is learning to recognise the difference between ambition and restlessness wearing ambition's clothes.Questions to sit withHow do you know when you've had enough?Enough work?Enough exercise?Enough information?Enough stress?Enough achievement?Enough people?Enough solitude?Enough ambition?And perhaps most importantly:Enough for what?Enough for whom?In this episode00:00 — What does “enough” actually mean? 02:00 — Why more doesn't tell us when to stop 04:00 — When the thing serving your life becomes the thing your life revolves around 06:00 — Enough, attention and awareness 08:00 — Is enough a form of freedom? 10:00 — Seasons and why enough keeps moving 12:00 — Who gets to define enough? 14:00 — Ambition vs. restlessness 16:00 — Can we trust the feeling of enough? 18:00 — So, how do you know?Timings are approximate Continue the conversationExplore more Field Notes, philosophy and reflections on ambition, aliveness, flourishing and the good life at EvanSutter.com.You can also download 42, Evan's free book of reflections and observations from 42 years alive.

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Everyone wants innovation. But what exactly are we asking for?In this Post-Pod, Marc and Vassilis unpack their conversation with Fiona Stevenson, co-author of Built for Breakthrough, and start with one of the simplest problems: organizations frequently use the word “innovation” without agreeing on what it actually means.Breakthrough? Disruption? A game changer? Incremental growth? A new tactic?That distinction matters because, as Fiona argued, an idea doesn't become innovation until it is implemented and creates value.From there, the conversation turns to the organizational conditions that innovation requires. Marc and V discuss why teams rush to solutions before properly understanding the problem, why genuine innovation creates fear, and how the pursuit of certainty can push organizations toward safer incremental improvements.They also revisit Fiona's Six I's framework:Identify → Insights → Inspiration → Ideation → Iteration → ImplementationRather than treating those stages as a checklist, Vassilis argues they should be viewed as multipliers. Skip one and you risk weakening the entire system.The conversation closes with two bigger questions.First, if innovation requires focused thinking, why do we expect it to happen between back-to-back meetings?And second, if AI is giving us unprecedented productivity gains, will we use that extra capacity to explore new possibilities — or simply fill it with more of the same work?A Post-Pod about innovation, uncertainty, AI, marketing and why being busy isn't the same thing as building the future.Chapters00:00 Welcome to the Post-Pod00:21 Why “Innovation” Means Different Things to Everyone01:43 What Kind of Innovation Are We Actually Asking For?02:24 Defining Innovation Before Starting the Work02:53 An Idea Isn't Innovation Until It Creates Value04:04 Are We Solving Before Understanding the Problem?04:47 The Optimization Trap06:42 Why Fear Kills Innovation08:39 Why Incremental Innovation Feels Safer10:04 Fear Creates Overanalysis10:21 “How Might We?” vs. “We Should”11:10 Fiona's Six I's of Innovation11:40 Innovation as a Multiplicative System12:53 Is Intuition the Seventh I?13:20 How Marketing and Innovation Overlap14:28 Should Marketing Be an Innovation Function?17:39 Innovation Doesn't Happen Between Meetings18:32 Are We Using AI for Efficiency or Growth?19:48 Why AI Should Create Possibility20:08 AI Increases the Need for Discernment20:55 Final Thoughts

Growth doesn't happen by accident. The life God is calling you to requires intentionality, discipline, obedience, and a willingness to choose purpose over pleasure.In this episode, we unpack what it means for Christian men and women to stop living for temporary comfort and start intentionally pursuing God's purpose for their lives. Pleasure isn't always sinful—but when comfort, entertainment, distraction, and instant gratification begin controlling your decisions, they can keep you from becoming who God created you to be.Real Christian growth requires intentional choices. Your spiritual life, marriage, health, family, leadership, business, and relationship with God will rarely grow beyond the level of intentionality you bring to them.We discuss how to develop biblical discipline, overcome complacency, eliminate distractions, build godly habits, pursue spiritual growth, and become more intentional with your time, relationships, and calling.You weren't created simply to be comfortable. You were created for purpose.Desire to become a High Level Husband? Click the link below?https://www.highlevelhusband.com/bmr-blueprint

How to scale a team gets complicated when you realize the people who helped you get here may not be the people—or the roles—you need to get where you're going next. Oof. That's a hard one, my friend.Because when you're scaling a business, these decisions aren't just boxes on an org chart. These are real people. People you care about. People who may have been beside you through some pretty messy seasons. But you're also the CEO, and part of your job is building the team your business needs for its next stage of growth.So, how do you know when to develop someone, redesign their role, hire new talent—or make the really difficult decision to let someone go? Learning how to scale a team starts with a better question: is there alignment between what this person wants and can contribute and what the business actually needs next?We're digging into the team management strategies that help you answer that question without leading from guilt, fear, or loyalty alone. You'll learn why a strong people strategy starts with your future business goals, how to assess the capabilities and capacity you'll need, and why development only works when your employee actually wants to grow in that direction.And let's talk about hiring, because waiting until everyone is running around at Mach five with their hair on fire is not a strategy. Strong leadership skills for business owners mean anticipating what's coming and building leadership team capacity before your people are drowning.Knowing how to scale a team isn't about adding headcount for the sake of growth. It's about strategic clarity and real human leadership. You can make hard decisions, protect what's working, and build the team your business needs without sacrificing kindness, integrity, or your values.Ready to get out of the weeds? Grab the People Strategy Playbook for free. And if you need a thought partner to map out what comes next, book a leadership strategy session with me next.Support the showThe People Side of Business is the podcast for female founders and business owners who are leading teams and growing businesses.Hosted by Lindsay White, Leadership Coach, Team Leadership Strategist, and Fractional HR Expert, this show delivers practical leadership strategies, real-world people solutions, and honest conversations about the challenges of leading a team.From employee performance issues and difficult conversations to hiring, accountability, workplace culture, and team growth, each episode is designed to help you lead, manage, and scale your team as a founder.If you're ready to become a more confident leader, make better people decisions, and build a stronger, higher-performing team, you're in the right place.Learn more at highvoltageleadership.ca, connect on Instagram @highvoltleadership, or find Lindsay White on LinkedIn.The people side of business isn't separate from growth. The people side of business is the business.

Fluent Fiction - Mandarin Chinese: Sisters' Night Under the Moon: A Zhongqiu Celebration of Growth Find the full episode transcript, vocabulary words, and more:fluentfiction.com/zh/episode/2026-09-03-22-34-02-zh Story Transcript:Zh: 在这个公司大楼旁，灯火通明。En: Beside the company building, the lights were bright.Zh: 红色的灯笼在风中轻轻摇曳，仿佛是在欢庆这个中秋佳节。En: Red lanterns gently swayed in the wind, as if celebrating this Zhongqiu festival.Zh: 办公室里，工作节奏渐渐慢了下来，而晚上只有一个楼层还亮着灯。En: In the office, the pace of work gradually slowed down, and only one floor remained lit at night.Zh: 连安静地坐在办公桌前，她努力完成一个紧急项目。En: Lian sat quietly at her desk, working hard to complete an urgent project.Zh: 房间里远处的投影仪上，梅正小心翼翼地练习她的学校演讲。En: In the distance, on the room's projector, Mei was carefully practicing her school speech.Zh: 她的声音在空荡荡的会议室里回荡，尽管室内无他人，她依然心生紧张。En: Her voice echoed in the empty conference room, yet despite being alone, she still felt nervous.Zh: 连一直都很勤奋，她在这个公司工作多年，早已习惯了繁忙的工作。En: Lian had always been diligent, having worked at this company for many years and had grown accustomed to the busy work.Zh: 可是，这时她的心思更多在妹妹身上。En: However, at this time, her thoughts were more on her sister.Zh: 梅被学校选中，需要做一个关于中秋节的演讲。En: Mei had been selected by the school to give a speech about the Zhongqiu festival.Zh: 对于一个从未在众人面前讲话的高中生来说，这并不容易。En: For a high school student who had never spoken in front of an audience, this was no easy task.Zh: “梅，加油！你一定能行的。” 连看着她，鼓励道，En: "Mei, go for it! You can definitely do it," Lian encouraged as she watched her.Zh: “中秋节不只是吃月饼，还要讲团圆的故事。”En: "The Zhongqiu festival isn't just about eating yuebing, it's also about telling stories of reunion."Zh: 梅点了点头，继续讲述她所准备的关于中秋节的传统和故事。En: Mei nodded and continued recounting the traditions and stories she had prepared about the Zhongqiu festival.Zh: 每当她卡壳的时候，连温柔地帮她纠正，讲起那些她小时候最喜欢的神话故事。En: Whenever she stumbled, Lian gently corrected her, telling those mythological stories she loved most as a child.Zh: 时间不知不觉流逝，夜渐渐深了。En: Time unknowingly slipped by, and the night grew late.Zh: 连一边处理着自己的项目，一边抽空帮梅修改演讲，直到很晚才回到家。En: While Lian handled her project, she also found time to help Mei revise her speech, returning home only very late.Zh: 中秋节的晚上，梅站在学校礼堂的舞台上。En: On the night of the Zhongqiu festival, Mei stood on the stage of the school auditorium.Zh: 灯光照在她身上，她心跳加速，紧张感如潮水般袭来。En: The spotlight shone on her, her heart raced, and a wave of anxiety swept over her.Zh: 可是，她脑海中浮现连陪着她练习的画面，En: Yet, images of Lian practicing with her surfaced in her mind.Zh: 她深吸一口气，笑着开始讲述自己的故事。En: She took a deep breath, smiled, and started to tell her story.Zh: 她声情并茂地讲述嫦娥奔月的传说、家庭团聚的意义，以及中秋节如何象征人们对美好生活的向往。En: She eloquently narrated the legend of Cháng'é bēn yuè, the significance of family reunions, and how the Zhongqiu festival symbolizes people's aspirations for a better life.Zh: 台下的老师和同学们都听得入迷，当她结束时，全场响起热烈的掌声。En: The teachers and students below listened intently, and when she finished, the hall erupted in applause.Zh: 演讲取得了巨大的成功，梅得到老师的赞赏，并获得了那份她梦寐以求的奖学金。En: The speech was a huge success, earning Mei her teachers' praise and the scholarship she had long dreamed of.Zh: 而那一边，连的项目也顺利通过，得到了上司的认可。En: Meanwhile, Lian's project also went smoothly and received her boss's approval.Zh: 结束了一天忙碌的工作，姐妹俩走出大楼，抬头望向夜空。En: After a busy day of work, the sisters walked out of the building, looking up at the night sky.Zh: 皓月当空，她们在灯笼的映照下分享月饼，轻声欢笑，享受着这个特别的中秋夜。En: The bright moon shone above, and under the glow of the lanterns, they shared yuebing, whispering laughter, enjoying this special Zhongqiu night.Zh: 这一晚，连明白了工作和家人之间的平衡有多重要，而梅则在演讲中找到了自信，学会了勇敢面对未来。En: That evening, Lian realized the importance of balancing work and family, while Mei found confidence in her speech, learning to face the future bravely.Zh: 月亮照亮她们，仿佛在祝福着两个努力的女孩。En: The moon illuminated them as if blessing the two hardworking girls.Zh: 在飘散着微凉秋风的街道上，姐妹俩带着各自的成就，眉眼间绽放着相似的笑意。En: On the streets scattered with a cool autumn breeze, the sisters carried their respective achievements, smiles similar in appearance blossoming in their eyes.Zh: 多美好的这样的夜晚啊，正如她们的未来一样光明。En: What a wonderful night this was, as bright as their future. Vocabulary Words:bright: 灯火通明lanterns: 灯笼swayed: 摇曳festival: 佳节gradually: 渐渐projector: 投影仪recounting: 讲述mythological: 神话unintentionally: 不知不觉eloquently: 声情并茂narrated: 讲述legend: 传说significance: 意义aspirations: 向往applause: 掌声scholarship: 奖学金spotlight: 灯光anxiety: 紧张感blessing: 祝福whispering: 轻声breeze: 秋风companionship: 团圆accomplishments: 成就diligent: 勤奋audience: 众人revised: 修改auditorium: 礼堂approval: 认可glow: 映照confident: 自信

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With the latest energy shock pushing UK inflation higher while economic growth remains subdued, investors are questioning whether markets have priced too much Bank of England tightening. Jack Meaning, UK chief economist at Barclays, joins Bloomberg Intelligence chief US interest rate strategist Ira Jersey to discuss that and more on this Macro Matters edition of the FICC Focus podcast. Meaning explains why Barclays expects inflation to climb above 3% in the second half of 2026 but sees little evidence of the wage or second-round effects that would make the increase durable. The two discuss why keeping Bank Rate at 3.75% already represents a meaningful tightening relative to earlier market expectations and how restrictive financing conditions and labor-market slack are weighing on growth. They also explore whether improving investment intentions — including spending tied to artificial intelligence — can provide support. The conversation examines Brexit's lingering impact, the UK's difficult fiscal choices and why Barclays expects the Bank of England to remain on hold this year before inflation moves back toward target in 2027. The episode concludes with a look at the central bank's upcoming quantitative-tightening decision and the debate over continuing active gilt sales.

Anne Frank said, "None has ever become poor by giving." In this week's episode, John Maxwell unpacks the three types of generosity that set extraordinary leaders apart and reveal the true path to influential leadership. After his lesson, Mark Cole and Traci Morrow share practical strategies for weaving generosity into your leadership journey, equipping you to start making a bigger impact today. Key takeaways:  A clenched fist gives nothing but is also unable to receive anything.   If you sow a lot of seeds, the harvest takes care of itself.   If you don't give away what you've got now, you won't give away what you're going to get later. Our BONUS resource for this episode is the Leaders Who Get the Most Give the Most Worksheet, which includes fill-in-the-blank notes from John's teaching. You can download the worksheet by visiting MaxwellPodcast.com/Give and clicking "Download the Bonus Resource." This episode is sponsored by BELAY: Leaders, stop trying to do it all yourself. The best leaders know their limits, operate out of their strengths, and set others up for success. Find freedom with BELAY — pairing you with vetted U.S. virtual assistants so you can focus on what matters. To help you get started, BELAY is offering Maxwell Leadership listeners a free download of their resource, The Freedom Framework. Just text MAXWELL to 55123 for FREE access. References:  Watch this episode on YouTube! Get the 15 Laws of Growth online course for 80% off Apply this week's episode with other growth-minded leaders in the Maxwell Leadership Podcast Social Community Discover John Maxwell's faith-oriented nonprofit work Learn more about John Maxwell's leadership foundation What Serving Others Has Taught Me Podcast Episode Join the Maxwell Leadership Certified Team

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I talk to men every single week often they tell me their good intentions: "She was in pain and I was there. I was present." And I have to applaud them, because that's certainly a win! But I do want to encourage them that presence without words is not enough. Your silence when she's hurting isn't neutral. Unfortunately, it can feel like you don't care. She may even worry that you're judging her. Sadly, she may even feel that her heart doesn't matter to you. I don't think that's what you mean. I think you may just not know what to say. It can feel awkward and risky and you don't want to look stupid. But here's the thing: Jesus wasn't silent. He spoke. He served people with His words. Not to perform. Not to impress. To help them. So here are the words I often invite men to say. It might be worth you writing these down: "Honey, how are you feeling?" "That seems really hard. How are you doing?" "Is there anything you want to share?" Yes, it'll feel awkward. Yes, she might not respond the way you hope. But what you just communicated is: I care about your heart. Do it again next week. And the week after. It compounds. And if you've been wrong, don't just change the behavior. Use words -- don't be silent. I encourage you to apologize. And I invite you to be specific. Own it. Character is revealed more by what you repent of -- even than what you do (Dallas Willard). Silence after conviction isn't golden. It can actually be cowardice wearing a mask. I know I've been there more than I'd like to admit. Listen to this week's episode. Then, say words to show you care. And if you're a graduate ready to get back in the game, Proactive launches with a special graduate kickoff. Discounted price disappears September 10th. Brand new? delightyourmarriage.com/cc Blessings, DYM Team (we used ai to summarize her podcast)   PS - Want more insight into the health of your marriage? Take our free Marital Health Assessment to find out your Marital Health score. PPS - Ready to start your healing journey? Schedule a free Clarity Call and see if our programs are the right fit for you. PPPS - Here is what (another) recent Coaching Graduate had to say: [before coaching], "My wife would punch her card occasionally thinking it was her duty to perform, which made it worse for both of us. We had slowly lost connection and focus on one another. Life including family, work and ministry took focus on our time and our lives. We were doing everything for everybody else and found ourselves absent of time for each other."[after coaching] "Awareness, understanding, joy, health, compassion, intimacy and godliness Growth of myself and our relationship. Seeing the beauty in my bride. Pursuing it with vigor and not worrying about vulnerability and getting shot down. The program in itself was a major celebration."     Here is an AI-generated summary of today's episode: The Harm Of Silence in Marriage: Why the Words You're Not Saying Are Hurting Your Marriage Silence can be wise. Silence can also be devastating. And if you're a man sitting next to your wife while she's in pain, saying nothing because you "don't know what to say," this episode is for you. Belah gets direct about the difference between powerful silence and painful silence, why men struggle to speak up, and what Jesus modeled about using words to serve the people assigned to you. Over 1,000 Coached Directly DYM recently reviewed the numbers: Belah has personally coached over 1,000 people in just a handful of years. If you're ready for coaching that leads to real transformation, the track record is there. Introducing Proactive: For Graduates and New Clients Maybe you went through a DYM program but fell off the wagon. Maybe the timing wasn't right, the season was hard, and you couldn't fully lock in. Proactive is a brand-new offering: four times less time required than the intensives, but with significant accountability and community. For graduates, there's a discounted price and a dedicated kickoff call. That pricing disappears September 10th. Brand new to DYM? Visit delightyourmarriage.com/cc to talk to a clarity advisor. Silence When You Should Be Speaking Belah hears it constantly from the men she coaches: "She was upset and I was there for her. My presence was enough." Her response: No, it wasn't. When your wife is in pain and you say nothing, here's what she hears: You don't care You're judging her Her feelings don't matter to you The truth? Most men just don't know what to say. They're terrified of looking foolish or making it worse. But silence in that moment is more painful than imperfect words. The Phrases That Change Everything Write these down. Put them somewhere you'll see them: "Honey, how are you feeling?" "That seems really hard. How are you doing?" "Is there anything you want to share?" "I know this is hard for you." Maybe add a touch on the shoulder. It doesn't need to be a monologue. It just needs to show you care about her heart. Will she respond perfectly the first time? Maybe not. Do it again next week anyway. What you're communicating over time is: your feelings matter to me. Jesus Wasn't Silent Jesus was a servant leader. He washed feet. He made breakfast. He spoke, not to perform or to be admired, but to serve the people God assigned to Him. He was assigned to 12. Not the whole crowd. He prayed for them (John 17). He explained parables to them that He didn't explain to the crowds. He rebuked Peter directly: "Get behind me, Satan. You are mindful of the things of man and not the things of God." James says the wisdom from above is first pure, then peace-loving, then gentle. But it's not silent. Jesus spoke because speaking was service. Your wife is your first human assignment. Love your neighbor as yourself, and your neighbor is the one under your roof. Why Men Stay Silent (The Fall Guy Illustration) Belah shares a scene from the movie The Fall Guy: a stuntman who can jump through fires but hides himself the moment he feels weak. He breaks off contact with the woman he loves because he can't bear for her to see him as less than strong. His confession later: "I tried so many times to say something, and I couldn't think of the right words. And as I'm trying, the time passes, and then I think it's too late. So I just stay silent." This is the pattern Belah sees in real men, real marriages. They don't want to look silly, weak, or incompetent. And so they say nothing. And the silence becomes a wall. The antidote? Practice. Look a little foolish. Do the Chicken Dance if you have to (yes, Belah used to make men do that on coaching calls). Because if you're not willing to do something new, nothing will change. Character Is Revealed by What You Repent Of Dallas Willard: "Character is often revealed more by what you repent of than what you do." Belah shares a story from her husband's pickup soccer game. A skilled player accidentally stepped on her, hard. What set him apart from every other man on that field? He came over, shook her hand, and said specifically: "I didn't realize it was you. Instinct kicked in. I was too rough. I apologize." That apology made her respect him far more than if he'd just treated her gently in the first place. Owning it is strength, not weakness. The SHORE Apology: Be Specific If you're not specific in your apology, the other person doesn't even know if you understand why they're hurt. A vague "I'm sorry" leaves them wondering: does he even know what he did? Was it your tone? Your timing? Your words? A specific phrase? Belah shares her own example: she brought something up at the wrong time in someone's life. The content wasn't wrong. The tone wasn't wrong. The timing was wrong, and it caused pain. She had to own that specifically. When Silence IS Powerful Not all silence is bad. Sometimes you need to stop talking so the Holy Spirit can do His work. In marriage conflict, the back-and-forth cycle (text after text, argument after argument) often keeps both people justified in their reactions. He does something that makes her feel unsafe, she disrespects him, and it spirals. But if you pause, if you walk yourself into calmness and stop needing the last word, you create space for conviction. The Holy Spirit can work in silence. You don't have to win the argument. You just have to stop feeding the fire. Your Assignment Write down these phrases and use one this week: "How are you feeling?" "That seems hard. How are you doing?" If you owe an apology, go be specific. What exactly did you do? Name it. Practice looking a little silly. New behavior is awkward at first, like learning to ride a bike. Know when to speak and when to be silent. Speak when she's hurting. Be silent when the argument is spiraling. Your marriage is worth the awkwardness. Your legacy depends on it. (Ai helped us summarize the content of the podcast.)

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Poll after poll shows that the world increasingly prefers China over the United States. So why are people in so many countries, especially the youth, "Chinamaxxing"? Ben Norton explains how China has developed a new political, economic, and technological model; promoted a non-interventionist foreign policy, which supports the sovereignty of the Global South; and built a socialist market economy, which offers an alternative to the neoliberal capitalism imposed by the West. VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYgRMgKtup0 Topics 0:00 Polls show China more popular than USA 0:54 Global South prefers China 2:31 Global South tired of US interventions 4:21 Even Europe now prefers China 5:41 Younger people prefer China 6:17 Why China is more popular 6:47 Multipolarity vs US-led unipolarity 7:11 Media propaganda on "Chinamaxxing" 8:12 Media attacks Hasan Piker 9:06 Why are people "Chinamaxxing"? 9:35 War on Iran 10:36 US empire's war on international law 12:23 China's alternative vision for world 12:57 US vs China: imperialism vs multipolarity 13:31 (CLIP) Marco Rubio praises colonialism 15:11 (CLIP) Wang Yi promotes multilateralism 16:26 Foreign policy: China vs USA 17:32 Why young people like China 19:27 US political-economic system in crisis 20:17 Increasing interest in socialism 22:10 China's poverty reduction 24:36 Alternative to neoliberal capitalism 26:09 China's socialist market economy 27:37 Public ownership in China 28:40 State-owned enterprises (SOEs) 29:15 Perspective on socialism: USA vs China 31:13 Capitalist propaganda 32:27 China's peaceful alternative 33:03 China's technological progress 34:45 Global Governance Initiative 37:08 Growth of new multipolar world order 38:19 Why China is increasingly popular 39:11 Outro

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Companies need their own AI intelligence layer, not just API access. Isaac Ferreira, VP of Growth Systems and AI at Shift Paradigm, breaks down why proprietary operating context matters more than model choice. He explains how enterprise AI accounts avoid training data leakage, why businesses should build fallback capability across multiple models, and when locally hosted open-weight models beat frontier models for high-risk processes.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Check out Lodgify claim your exclusive discount: https://www.lodgify.com/behind-the-stays/  — In just a moment you'll meet Lauren Blanford from Lost Woods — a glamping retreat and event property built on 160 acres of northern Michigan that started with two bell tents, a porta potty, and homemade bagels hand-delivered at sunrise. Lauren and her husband Jason were living in Chicago's Lincoln Square neighborhood, raising young kids, feeling like two ships passing in the night. They put their condo up for sale, found a property they wanted to buy, and were ready to make the leap. Then COVID hit — the exact week the world shut down. The condo had already sold. The other deal fell through. Everything they owned was in storage. They had no home and no plan B. So they started over. The original vision had been an event barn, but gatherings weren't happening anymore. They shifted gears, came up to northern Michigan on vacation, and found 160 acres of land with views that took their breath away. They bought it and started building something from scratch — slowly, deliberately, with whatever resources they had left. What's happened since is one of the more compelling small-scale hospitality stories I've come across. Lauren walks us through how guest feedback reshaped her entire business model — from glamping stays to themed retreats that now drive almost everything. Reading retreats that sell out instantly. A romance novel retreat built around a bookstore that opened in their tiny town. Mother-daughter camps that filled in a day. A perimenopause retreat that was born from a literal conversation at the dinner table during a previous retreat. We talk about the decision to close the business Monday through Thursday this summer so she could actually be present with her kids, how she went from fully dependent on Airbnb to 95% direct bookings and what that did for her cash flow and her sanity, and this idea she keeps coming back to — that the real growth opportunity for operators like her isn't more units. It's more reasons for people to show up. —   Behind the Stays is brought to you by Journey — a first-of-its-kind loyalty program that brings together an alliance of the world's top independently owned and operated stays and allows travelers to earn points and perks on boutique hotels, vacation rentals, treehouses, ski chalets, glamping experiences and so much more.   Your host is Zach Busekrus, Head of Growth at Journey. If you are a hospitality entrepreneur who has a stay, or a collection of stays with soul, we'd love for you to apply to join our Alliance at journey.com/alliance.

For community health centers with limited staff, a request for thousands of medical records can quickly become an overwhelming administrative burden. In this episode, Joe Van de Graaff, VP of Growth at Sherpas Healthcare Solutions, explains how Sherpas helps healthcare providers and payers securely find and release medical records while reducing the operational burden of audits, compliance reviews, and data requests. He discusses why FQHCs are particularly well-suited to Sherpas' mission and business model, how automation and EHR interoperability can streamline record retrieval, and why AI could play an increasingly important role in transforming manual healthcare workflows. Joe also shares what he is seeing across the community health landscape as organizations balance limited resources with growing administrative demands. Tune in to learn how smarter medical record workflows can help community health centers spend less time carrying the administrative load and more time serving their patients! Resources: Connect with and follow Joe Van de Graaff on LinkedIn. Follow Sherpas Healthcare Solutions on LinkedIn and explore their website.

Send us Fan MailMost ERP demonstrations are designed to showcase the software in its best possible light, but they rarely reflect the complexities organizations encounter during real-world implementation and daily operations. Carefully scripted scenarios, polished user interfaces, and curated demo data can create a false sense of confidence, leading buyers to focus on visible features while overlooking critical considerations such as integration complexity, data quality, process fit, customization requirements, and implementation risk. In this episode, Sam Gupta and Shrestha Dash from ElevatIQ discuss the ERP demo illusion: how to spot what vendors don't show you.Video: https://www.elevatiq.com/events-and-webinars/the-erp-demo-illusion-how-to-spot-what-vendors-dont-show-you/Questions for Panelists?

A recent Church News article highlighted 25 years of LDS Church membership growth across the United States—but what do those numbers really tell us? In this episode, we're joined by Ron Yorgason to dig beneath the headline percentages and take a closer look at the statistics. Which states are actually growing, what factors are driving those numbers, and does reported membership growth necessarily mean more active Latter-day Saints? We break down the data to uncover the real story behind 25 years of LDS growth.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podcorn - https://podcorn.com/privacy

On the podcast: scaling Meta ads from zero to $100,000 a month, why they waited a year after launch before buying ads, and how a pricing page experiment shifted users toward annual subscriptions.Top Takeaways:

Send us Fan MailIn this conversation, Thomas' guest shares his journey in jiu-jitsu, starting from his introduction to the sport in 1993 in São Paulo. He discusses the evolution of Jiu-Jitsu, the importance of competition, and how it has shaped his life and teaching philosophy. He emphasizes the need for clear communication belt promotions and the varying learning paces of students. He also shares how losing a job he worked so hard to achieve changed his course in life to becoming a full-time jiu-jitsu athlete and coach.Here is The RŌL Radio with a multi-time world champion, a 5th degree balc belt under Fabio Gurgel, and the owner of Excellence Jiu-Jitsu in Torrance California, Eduardo Santoro.www.rolacademy.tv 30% discount with ROLRADIO code at checkout. Over 1600 videos for your Jiu-Jitsu journey.FREE Access to ROL TV - https://rolacademy.tv/yt/269-the-rol-radiohttp://www.therolradio.comhttps://www.instagram.com/therolradiohttps://www.facebook.com/therolradio/https://www.esjjsouthbay.com/https://www.instagram.com/esjjsouthbayhttps://www.youtube.com/@esjjsouthbayEpisode Highlights:2:50 Eduardo's Jiu-Jitsu Beginings7:33 The Evolution of the Sport14:07 The Importance of Competition25:21 Chasing Belts 32:09 Student's Growth and the Instructors's Role35:38 Jiu-Jitsu Becomes Eduardo's Future41:20 Starting Over in the US49:17 Continuous Learning54:24 The Significance of the Black BeltSupport the show

We're breaking down two very different fears that shape how product-based business owners run their business: the fear of failing, and the fear of actually succeeding. One keeps you procrastinating. The other keeps you capped, even when you swear you want more. If you've ever felt weirdly stuck right before your next stretch of growth, this one's for you.WHAT YOU'LL LEARN:Why fear of failure and fear of success ask you two completely different questionsThe sneaky way procrastination protects you from ever finding out if something would've workedA real story about how one leadership change flipped an entire team's relationship with riskWhy your subconscious doesn't care if you want success. It only cares if it's safeThe real reason a founder was terrified of landing a big wholesale order (hint: it wasn't the order itself)How a white-knuckle grip on your money can be a fear of success in disguiseA simple exercise to figure out which fear is actually running your next big decisionThe one question to ask yourself that tells you what needs to be true before growth finally feels safeEnjoy the chat! Join me live on September 17, 2026 for the FREE Faire Success Blueprint Workshop, where I'm walking you through my exact strategy for success on Faire.Reserve your free seat HEREGROW YOUR WHOLESALE BUSINESS:Retail Pitching

402-521-3080This episode explores the true meaning of resilience in children, debunking myths and sharing practical ways parents can foster resilience. Experts Rebecca Saunders and Stephanie Olson discuss how to support kids through life's challenges with empathy, skills, and understanding.Key  TopicsWhat resilience really means for kids and adultsHow childhood experiences shape resilienceThe impact of trauma and adversity on childrenPractical tips for building resilience in kidsThe importance of emotional expression and coping skillsHow social resources and community support foster resilienceThe role of parents in teaching resilience skillsUnderstanding that feelings are valid and importantSound Bites"Kids are resilient, but that doesn't mean we can do really crappy stuff to them""Resilience is the process of successfully adapting to difficult experiences""Feelings are important, and it's okay to feel sad or angry"Talk Early, Talk Often - Order your copy today!https://amzn.to/4gwW0TWSupport the showEveryone has resilience, but what does that mean, and how do we use it in life and leadership? Join Stephanie Olson, an expert in resiliency and trauma, every week as she talks to other experts living lives of resilience. Stephanie also shares her own stories of addictions, disordered eating, domestic and sexual violence, abandonment, and trauma, and shares the everyday struggles and joys of everyday life. As a wife, mom, and CEO she gives commentaries and, sometimes, a few rants to shed light on what makes a person resilient. So, if you have experienced adversity in life in any way and want to learn how to better lead your family, your workplace, and, well, your life, this podcast is for you!https://setmefreeproject.nethttps://www.stephanieolson.com/

Healing is rarely a straight line. Sometimes we experience a breakthrough only to discover another question waiting for an answer. Sometimes the greatest progress comes from slowing down, listening to our bodies, and being willing to question what we thought we already understood. Over the past 6 months, I have continued researching, asking questions, exploring different perspectives, and learning more about my own health journey. I've also learned that becoming our own MD, “Medical Detective,” isn't always easy. It can be discouraging when you bring your research and questions to a doctor and feel dismissed rather than heard. But that will not stop me from being curious simply because someone doesn't agree with my research. I'm back from my break and ready to share where I am today, what I've learned, what has surprised me, and what I believe we can all learn from navigating our own healing journeys. Now you can listen commercial free at your leisure…Click here and let's grow together: Lillian McDermott, Update on My Healing Journey If you love this podcast episode, share it with a friend. The Lillian McDermott Radio Show/Classroom ~ When You Need a Friend… PREMIERE:  Telegram, Facebook, YouTube, WhenYouNeedaFriend.com SUBSCRIBE, LIKE, & FOLLOW:    Facebook, Instagram, X, Website, Odysee, BitChute, YouTube! LISTEN:  Amazon Podcast, Apple Podcasts, YouTube Music, Spotify, Pandora, TuneIn, iHeartRadio! CALL or TEXT: 407-373-5959 “You can take a pill, or You can take Responsibility!” ®

Carr Preston, Managing Director at Akoya Capital, joins Sean Mooney to discuss how leadership, partnership, and commercial discipline shape successful private equity investments. He shares how Akoya evaluates founder- and family-owned businesses, including the importance of a strong CEO, a clear economic model, scalable sales motion, and the right cultural fit. Carr also explains how Akoya's thesis-driven, operating-centric approach helps companies professionalize, grow revenue, and focus on the few priorities that matter most. This is a practical conversation on building value through people, focus, and disciplined execution—hit play. Episode Highlights 1:00 - Carr's path from San Francisco to Morehouse, law school, business school, and private equity 4:00 - How a JD/MBA perspective helps with deal structure, diligence, and negotiation 6:33 - Learning investing fundamentals at Allied Capital during a formative period in PE 10:48 - Carr's Prince concert streak and the music that shaped different chapters of life 14:42 - What Akoya looks for in leadership, strategy, execution, and business model quality 20:00 - Evaluating management teams through decision-making, trust, communication, and plant tours 24:42 - Akoya's operating-centric approach to value creation before and after close 29:20 - Why sales and business development are major levers for lower-middle-market growth