Podcasts about hard part

Get the 200+ Page Optimal Living Daily Workbook (PDF) - Free. Want to turn today's episode into an actionable plan? Join the Optimal Living Weekly newsletter and I'll send you our 200-page digital workbook immediately. It's packed with the best takeaways from the show, formatted for easy reading and implementation at home. Get your free PDF workbook here: https://oldpodcast.eo.page/join Discover all of the podcasts in our network, search for specific episodes, get the Optimal Living Daily workbook, and learn more at: OLDPodcast.com Episode 4144: David Cain explains that most difficult tasks have one genuinely hard moment, and that avoiding it is what turns an ordinary task into a long-running problem. Using the bottom of a barbell squat as the example, he describes deliberately staying in the hardest position with a lighter load until it becomes familiar. He shows how the same practice quietly dissolves avoidance in cleaning, finances and phone calls. Read along with the original article(s) here: https://www.raptitude.com/2017/04/the-art-of-the-hard-part/ Quotes to ponder: "Monsters grow in the dark, so if you like your monsters small and manageable, you probably want to go and meet them at your earliest convenience." "Like so many difficult things, the squat has only one truly hard part." "I want to meet the monster instead of thinking about where it's going to appear." Optimal Living Daily is a daily personal development and self-improvement podcast where we narrate the best self-help articles on minimalism, productivity, and intentional living, read to you by a professional narrator so you can live your best life a little more every day. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get the 200+ Page Optimal Living Daily Workbook (PDF) - Free. Want to turn today's episode into an actionable plan? Join the Optimal Living Weekly newsletter and I'll send you our 200-page digital workbook immediately. It's packed with the best takeaways from the show, formatted for easy reading and implementation at home. Get your free PDF workbook here: https://oldpodcast.eo.page/join Discover all of the podcasts in our network, search for specific episodes, get the Optimal Living Daily workbook, and learn more at: OLDPodcast.com Episode 4144: David Cain explains that most difficult tasks have one genuinely hard moment, and that avoiding it is what turns an ordinary task into a long-running problem. Using the bottom of a barbell squat as the example, he describes deliberately staying in the hardest position with a lighter load until it becomes familiar. He shows how the same practice quietly dissolves avoidance in cleaning, finances and phone calls. Read along with the original article(s) here: https://www.raptitude.com/2017/04/the-art-of-the-hard-part/ Quotes to ponder: "Monsters grow in the dark, so if you like your monsters small and manageable, you probably want to go and meet them at your earliest convenience." "Like so many difficult things, the squat has only one truly hard part." "I want to meet the monster instead of thinking about where it's going to appear." Optimal Living Daily is a daily personal development and self-improvement podcast where we narrate the best self-help articles on minimalism, productivity, and intentional living, read to you by a professional narrator so you can live your best life a little more every day. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get the 200+ Page Optimal Living Daily Workbook (PDF) - Free. Want to turn today's episode into an actionable plan? Join the Optimal Living Weekly newsletter and I'll send you our 200-page digital workbook immediately. It's packed with the best takeaways from the show, formatted for easy reading and implementation at home. Get your free PDF workbook here: https://oldpodcast.eo.page/join Discover all of the podcasts in our network, search for specific episodes, get the Optimal Living Daily workbook, and learn more at: OLDPodcast.com Episode 4144: David Cain explains that most difficult tasks have one genuinely hard moment, and that avoiding it is what turns an ordinary task into a long-running problem. Using the bottom of a barbell squat as the example, he describes deliberately staying in the hardest position with a lighter load until it becomes familiar. He shows how the same practice quietly dissolves avoidance in cleaning, finances and phone calls. Read along with the original article(s) here: https://www.raptitude.com/2017/04/the-art-of-the-hard-part/ Quotes to ponder: "Monsters grow in the dark, so if you like your monsters small and manageable, you probably want to go and meet them at your earliest convenience." "Like so many difficult things, the squat has only one truly hard part." "I want to meet the monster instead of thinking about where it's going to appear." Optimal Living Daily is a daily personal development and self-improvement podcast where we narrate the best self-help articles on minimalism, productivity, and intentional living, read to you by a professional narrator so you can live your best life a little more every day. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Suzie shares three tender lessons from her cancer journey—permission to feel, the power of people showing up, and the hope found in small steps.Resource: Prayer Starters: Talking to God in Hard Times by Suzie Eller

Kristin's family vacation did not exactly go according to plan. Join us as she recounts a Cyclospora outbreak, nonstop vomiting, diverted flights, an unexpected night in Vegas, and a fever dream of a trip to Texas. Plus, we compare vacation highs and lows and prove that sometimes the best family memories come from the absolute worst travel stories.Thank you, Branch Basics!Get 15% off Branch Basics with the code MOMSOHARD at http://www.branchbasics.com/MOMSOHARD#branchbasicspodThank you, Famous Footwear!Buy one pair, get one half off at Famous Footwear. Shop instore to get $10 to spend this fall. Some exclusions apply.Thank you, Lola Blankets!Get 40% off select Lola Blankets products at http://www.Lolablankets.com by using code IMOMSOHARD atcheckout. Experience the world's #1 blanket with Lola Blankets.If you are interested in advertising on this podcast email advertising@pionairepodcasting.comTo request #IMOMSOHARD to be on your Podcast, Radio Show, or TV Show, reach out to talent@pionairepodcasting.comCHAPTERS: 00:16 — Jen's Jack the Ripper Adventure03:35 — London Was MUCH Darker Than Expected08:00 — The Shocking Truth About Jack the Ripper12:53 — Jen Abandons the Tour

Investing doesn’t have to be complicated, but with endless opinions, market noise and thousands of investment options competing for your attention, it’s easy to spend more time researching what to buy than actually building a plan you can stick to. In this episode of Get Invested, Bushy sits down with investor, author and market commentator Scott Phillips to unpack his new book, The One Page Investing Plan, a refreshingly simple framework for making better investment decisions. Scott challenges the idea that complexity equals sophistication and explains why the best investment plan is often the one simple enough to survive real life, market falls and our own behaviour. From knowing what “enough” looks like to building buffers, automating your investing and giving different assets a specific job, this is a practical conversation about turning investment theory into a system you can actually follow. In this episode you’ll discover: Why “what should I buy?” is the wrong place to start Why “enough” should come before the asset The key ingredients of a simple, sustainable investing system How shares, ETFs, property, super, cash and business interests can work together Why starting ugly and learning cheap can beat waiting for perfection The difference between an ETF wrapper and genuinely broad, low-cost diversification Why maximising after-tax returns matters more than simply minimising tax How to write your investment rules before fear, FOMO or a market crash takes control Why checking your portfolio constantly can do more harm than good The importance of separating your emergency fund from your investing account The one low-friction action you can take in the next seven days to get started If investing has started to feel unnecessarily complicated, this conversation with Scott Phillips is a timely reminder that a great plan doesn’t need to fill a spreadsheet. Sometimes, the best investment plan really can fit on one page. Explore Scott’s book and work: https://scottphillips.com.au/the-one-page-investing-plan/ FREE PROPERTY INVESTOR’S FIELD GUIDE How Should I Invest In Property Now? After months of post-Budget analysis, modelling and conversations with investors around Australia, Bushy has distilled the key insights into a practical guide designed to help you cut through the confusion and identify the opportunities that still exist for strategic property investors. Download your free copy here: https://bushymartin.com.au/fieldguide Take the next step with Bushy Personal Solutions Session Get clarity and personalised guidance: Book now Property W.E.A.L.T.H Program - live now! Be first to access discounts + free Module 1: Find out more https://courses.bushymartin.com.au/property-wealth Find your Freedom Formula Success in property starts with your 'why', and then the 'what' and 'how'. Let me, Bushy Martin, lead you through it! Sign up for my Freedom Formula program. The first session is absolutely free, and it only takes around an hour! Find out more https://bushymartin.com.au/freedom-formula-course Subscribe to Property Hub for free now on your favourite podcast player. Take the next step - connect, engage and get more insights with the Property Hub community at linktr.ee/propertyhubau Get property investment and wealth resources, and book a Personal Solution Session with Bushy. All the links and info are here: linktr.ee/propertyhubau About Get Invested, a Property Hub show Get Invested is the leading weekly podcast for Australians who want to learn how to unlock their full ‘self, health and wealth’ potential. Hosted by Bushy Martin, an award winning property investor, founder, author and media commentator who is recognised as one of Australia’s most trusted experts in property, investment and lifestyle, Get Invested reveals the secrets of the high performers who invest for success in every aspect of their lives and the world around them. Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and YouTube to get every Get Invested episode each week for free. For business enquiries, email andrew@apiromarketing.com. This content provides general information only and has been prepared without taking into account your objectives, financial situation or needs. It does not constitute legal, tax or financial advice and you should always seek professional advice in relation to your individual circumstances.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Planet co-founder Robbie Schingler argues AI's next leap requires teaching it about the physical world, not just text. Join us as he traces the company's path from university dorm-room satellites to a daily record of the planet, in the latest installment of our oral history project. We Meet:  Planet Labs co-founder Robbie Schingler Credits:This episode of SHIFT was produced by Jennifer Strong with help from Emma Cillekens. It was mixed by Garret Lang, with original music from him and Jacob Gorski. Art by Meg Marco.

Getting the body is often the easy part.Becoming the woman who can actually enjoy it? That's harder.After coaching hundreds of women, I've realized that most people aren't stuck because they don't know enough about fitness.The science is relatively straightforward.Lift consistently.Progressively overload.Eat enough protein.Manage your calories.Recover well.Most good coaches can give you a plan that works.But no training program can automatically change the beliefs you bring into it.“I'll be happy when I lose the weight.”“I'll be confident when I look better.”“I'll finally feel like enough when I reach my goal.”Then your body changes… and those thoughts are still there.It's like carrying around a backpack full of limiting beliefs.You can lose 30 pounds without ever taking the backpack off.Now you're just leaner while carrying the exact same weight mentally.In this episode, I'm talking about the part of transformation we don't discuss enough:→ Why knowing what to do isn't always enough→ The “I'll be happy when…” trap→ Why confidence doesn't automatically come from changing your body→ Identity and self-worth→ Your relationship with food→ Your relationship with discomfort and failure→ Why the mental work has to happen alongside the physical work→ Becoming someone who can actually enjoy the results she worked so hard forBecause I don't just want my clients to build incredible physiques.I want them to become the type of women who can actually enjoy the lives those physiques create.Your body can change without your beliefs changing with it.And eventually, that becomes the real work.———KNOW WHAT TO DO, BUT STILL FEEL LIKE YOU'RE CONSTANTLY STARTING OVER?If you're tired of collecting more fitness information but still struggling with consistency, overthinking, or feeling like your body is another problem you need to solve, my 1:1 coaching goes deeper than giving you another plan.We work on the training and nutrition that change your physique — while building the structure, self-trust, and identity that allow you to actually maintain it.Build the body. Become the woman who knows how to live in it.APPLY FOR 1:1 COACHING ↓https://calendly.com/elenoa-mccabe/30min

Jen is fresh off a European adventure through London, Amsterdam, and Paris, while Kristin is barely holding it together knowing her own vacation disaster is still to come. Join us as we talk West End surprises, World Cup pubs, Anne Frank's House, the Louvre jewel heist, and the hotel room with the see-through bathroom that almost ended one marriage. Next week: Kristin's Cyclospora-fueled Texas vacation from hell.Thanks to our sponsor, Famous Footwear!Right now, it's BOGO. Buy one pair, get one half off at Famous Footwear. Shop instore to get $10 to spend this fall. Some exclusions apply.Thank you to our sponsor, Hulala Home!Use code iMOM12 for 12% off. Visit http://www.HulalaHome.com to learn more.Thank you to our sponsor, Wayfair!Join Wayfair Rewards today to get 5% back on every purchase and start saving on your next home upgrade. Head to http://www.wayfair.com to shop all things home. If you are interested in advertising on this podcast email advertising@pionairepodcasting.comCHAPTERS: 01:52 ✈️ Jen's European vacation begins03:40

Drop us a note about the podcast. Hope is easy when the math works out. The harder question is what to do when there's “no reason for hope” and you still have to decide who you trust. We open with Romans 4 and 5 and sit with Abraham's kind of faith, the kind that doesn't pretend circumstances are fine but still believes God keeps promises. We talk about righteousness by faith, peace with God through Jesus Christ, and why Christian endurance is more than grit, it's a spiritual formation that shapes character over time.From there, we get practical about suffering and stress. Trials are not a cute slogan, and we don't treat them like one. We connect the Bible's language about endurance and hope to real life struggles, and we pray for listeners who feel weighed down by anxiety, fear, depression, or dark thoughts. If you've been wishing you could switch from the “trials plan” to the “enjoy life plan,” you'll understand the tension we're naming.Then the conversation turns to discernment in relationships and public life: actions show character and priorities, and patterns are harder to fake than words. Using ideas from an article titled “When They Tell You Who They Are, Believe Them,” we challenge the habit of clinging to the latest emotional moment while ignoring years of established behavior. We apply that lens to marriage and boundaries, and we also talk about how people evaluate leaders and ideologies. We close by remembering Medal of Honor recipient Horace S. Carswell Jr. and the kind of sacrificial courage that should shape what we admire.If this helped you think more clearly and live more faithfully, subscribe, share the episode with a friend, and leave a review so more people can find the show.#DailyScripture#Bible#ChristianNationSupport the showThe American Soul Podcasthttps://www.buzzsprout.com/1791934/subscribeCountryside Book Serieshttps://www.amazon.com/Countryside-Book-J-T-Cope-IV-ebook/dp/B00MPIXOB2 America's Christian Heritage Podcasthttps://www.buzzsprout.com/2622483

This episode features Chris Steinke, Director of Product Strategy at Semperis.Chris has spent more than 20 years across cybersecurity, digital identity, infrastructure, and operations, including leadership roles at American Express and Early Warning Services (Zelle) and early work at MightyID, where he helped bring one of the industry's first dedicated identity resilience platforms to market.In this episode, Chris explains why moving identity to the cloud creates a single point of failure, why backup and recovery alone aren't enough, and why the next frontier is making trust portable, so applications aren't locked to a single identity provider.This episode reframes identity resilience as a continuity problem: not just recovering after an outage but keeping the business running through one.Guest Bio Chris Steinke is Director of Product Strategy at Semperis and a technology executive with more than 20 years of experience in cybersecurity, digital identity, infrastructure, and operations. Throughout his career, including leadership roles at American Express and Early Warning Services (Zelle), he has helped organizations build resilient digital ecosystems and defend against large-scale identity threats. As an early pioneer at MightyID, Chris helped bring one of the industry's first dedicated identity resilience platforms to market.Today, his work focuses on the future of digital trust, including identity resilience, multi-IdP architectures, and trust portability - the next evolution in ensuring business continuity in an identity-centric world.Guest Quote “We spent years making identities portable, and that's what we did really at the start. We were worried about the identities. So, the next challenge is how do we make trust portable?”Time stamps 02:11 Meet Chris Steinke: 20+ year Technology Executive 03:10 Why Identity Resilience Matters 08:43 Hidden Risks in Cloud Identity 15:52 Multi-IdP Failover Playbooks 23:06 Applications Are the Hard Part 31:46 The IRON Framework 37:35 Conclusion and Final ThoughtsSponsor The HIP Podcast is brought to you by Semperis, the leader in identity-driven cyber resilience for the hybrid enterprise. Trusted by the world's leading businesses, Semperis protects critical Active Directory and Entra ID environments from cyberattacks, ensuring rapid recovery and business continuity when every second counts. Visit semperis.com to learn more.LinksConnect with Chris on LinkedInConnect with Sean on LinkedInDon't miss future episodesLearn more about SemperisHIP Conference 26 is coming to Nashville, September 8–10, 2026.Join us to explore this year's theme, Redefining Resilience, at the world's premier practitioner-led conference focused on securing hybrid identity environments.If you love the conversations on the HIP Podcast, this is where the community comes together in person. Learn more and register at https://www.hipconf.com/.

Quitting is easy. The real challenge is continuing to show up when the results haven’t arrived, the motivation has disappeared and the people around you don’t understand what you’re trying to achieve.In this episode, Glenn explores the difficult space between starting the work and seeing the reward. It’s a reminder that progress is often invisible before it becomes undeniable—and that success is built through ordinary actions repeated when giving up would be easier. The Building Better Humans Project is brought to you by ADVENTURE PROFESSIONALS. Visit www.adventureprofessionals.com.auADVENTURE WITH GLENN ONLINE MINDSET PROGRAMS 1-ON-1 MENTORINGSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ransomware recovery doesn't end when the malware is removed and the servers come back online.In this episode of Reimagining Cyber, Tyler Moffitt is joined by Keelin Conant, a cybersecurity professional with firsthand experience of ransomware restoration, to explore what happens after the immediate crisis is over.They look beyond restoring systems to the human and business consequences that can linger for weeks, months and even years. Keelin shares stories of exhausted IT teams, leadership pressure, employee trauma, reputational damage and the danger of falling back into old habits once the immediate crisis has passed.The conversation also examines why organizations can be more vulnerable to another attack after the first one, the importance of fixing the vulnerabilities that allowed attackers in, and why backups and incident response plans aren't enough if they aren't regularly tested.From ransomware-as-a-service and repeat attacks to communication, leadership and the psychological impact on the people involved, this episode asks a fundamental question: when has an organization really recovered from a cyberattack?The answer may have less to do with getting the technology running again—and much more to do with whether the business and its people can genuinely move forward.As featured on Million Podcasts' Best 100 Cybersecurity Podcasts  Top 50 Chief Information Security Officer CISO Podcasts Top 70 Security Hacking PodcastsThis list is the most comprehensive ranking of Cyber Security Podcasts online and we are honoured to feature amongst the best!Follow or subscribe to the show on your preferred podcast platform.Share the show with others in the cybersecurity world.Get in touch via reimaginingcyber@gmail.com

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AI was supposed to replace contact center workers. Instead, there are more people working in contact centers today than there were at the beginning of the year.That does not mean AI failed. In many areas, it has exceeded expectations.In this season finale, Amas and Bob examine what they got right, what changed their minds, and what contact center leaders should expect next. They discuss why AI is changing frontline work rather than eliminating it, how automation is exposing leadership failures, and why the agents who remain will handle increasingly difficult work.They also explore where AI is already delivering—particularly in quality assurance, knowledge management, and customer self-service—and why even impressive bots still fail when companies deny them the information or authority required to solve real problems.The next phase will not be about acquiring more technology. It will be about managing what companies have already bought, determining where humans still matter, and separating genuine guidance from vendors selling both the product and the consulting required to make it work.Plus, Amas and Bob revisit their position on customer surveys, predict the issues that will dominate the rest of the year, and reflect on The Contact Center Show's rise to number 22 among Apple's management podcasts.In this episode:Why AI has changed contact center jobs without eliminating themWhat Bob learned from two very different AI service experiencesWhy better automation creates harder work for human agentsHow weak bots expose leadership, data, and authority problemsWhere AI has exceeded expectationsWhy customer surveys may still have value when used to develop agentsThe growing importance of AI management and governanceWhy technology companies are becoming consulting companiesThe danger of buying more features than an organization can useWhat The Contact Center Show should tackle next seasonThe Contact Center Show will return at the end of September. Until then, explore the archive and send Amas or Bob your feedback on LinkedIn.

In this deep-dive listen, Ray Heung and Manpreet Gill break down where we see value in current markets. Tune in as they outline why we remain constructive on risk assets overall, why we maintain an Overweight stance on equities and what drove our decision to move bonds back to a Neutral/Core holding within our asset allocation. This episode also covers our downgrade of gold from Overweight to a Neutral/Core holding.You can read our latest Global Market Outlook today here.Speaker(s):- Manpreet Gill, CIO of Africa, Middle East & Europe (AME/E), Standard Chartered Bank - Ray Heung, Senior Investment Strategist, Standard Chartered BankFor more of our latest market insights, visit Market views on-the-go or subscribe to Standard Chartered Wealth Insights on YouTube.

Returning to work after maternity leave is often portrayed as the final hurdle for new mothers, but what if it's actually just the beginning of a much more complex journey? In this eye-opening episode, Carina challenges the common narrative and reveals why the hardest part of motherhood may not be the leave itself, but the transition back to work.  You'll discover the concept of "matrescence," a term that captures the transformative process of becoming a mother and how it impacts your confidence and career trajectory. Carina dives into the real struggles many working mothers face, from the anxiety of returning to a workplace that has changed in their absence, to the guilt of wanting to excel at both parenting and career. We break down essential strategies for rebuilding confidence, understanding your new identity, and setting healthy boundaries at work. Carina emphasizes the importance of recognizing that your value isn't tied to your availability but to the impact you create. She also offers practical advice on how to find your rhythm and prioritize what truly matters in your life. This episode is a must-listen for any working mother feeling lost in the transition back to work. Understand that you are not alone in this journey; many women experience similar doubts and struggles. Instead of trying to revert to your old self, Carina encourages you to embrace the strengths and new perspectives motherhood has given you. Perfect for working mothers, this episode empowers you to redefine what success looks like for you and your family. Tune in for a conversation that not only validates your experiences but also equips you with the tools to thrive in both your personal and professional life.

In this second half of Shane and Justin's conversation with Jonathan Carone, the discussion goes deeper. A simple question about what it means to “coach hard” opens the door to a much bigger conversation, one that challenges some of the assumptions we've long accepted about coaching, leadership, and what people really need in order to grow.Whether you're coaching, parenting, or simply trying to lead people well, this conversation might leave you questioning some of the assumptions you've carried for years.

In today's Tech3 from Moneycontrol, we break down why Zepto's investors are testing appetite for a lower IPO valuation, Temple's rare pre-launch ESOP buyback at nearly double its last valuation, what Ashiss Kumar Dash's appointment as Infosys CEO-designate means for the company's AI journey, and why IIT Madras Director V. Kamakoti believes multiple NEET sessions could help prevent future exam paper leaks.

In this episode, Carrie shares Part 1 of her personal testimony, revealing the truths God taught her during one of the darkest seasons of her life and why those lessons still shape her faith today.Episode Highlights: Why God's promises became my anchor through divorce, grief, and unanswered prayersHow suffering exposed beliefs I didn't realize I had about God's characterWhat helped me keep trusting God when life didn't unfold the way I expectedHow counseling, community, and Scripture became part of God's provision during heartbreakWhy God may be doing far more behind the scenes than you can see todayExplore the Empowered Mind: Christian ICBT for OCD: https://carriebock.com/training/ Carrie's services and courses: carriebock.com/services/                                                       carriebock.com/resources/Follow us on Instagram: www.instagram.com/christianfaithandocd/and like our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/christianfaithandocd for the latest updates and sneak peeks. 

Send me a messageSupply-chain mapping can now take five seconds. The harder problem is deciding which supplier risks matter, who owns the response, and whether procurement can act before the data creates paralysis.I'm joined by Justin Dillon, founder and CEO of FRDM, whose work focuses on human-rights, geopolitical and sustainability risk beyond tier one. As import restrictions, tariffs and customer requirements reach deeper into supplier networks, weak due diligence is no longer just a compliance problem; it can interrupt supply, delay sourcing decisions and expose the business.We challenge the assumption that full supply-chain visibility is necessarily expensive or difficult, examine why supplier surveys are starting to resemble fax machines, and look at what happens when companies suddenly receive more risk intelligence than their teams can absorb. We also discuss where AI in supply chain genuinely helps—and why technology still cannot decide which supplier conversation needs to happen next.Listen now to understand why finding supplier risk is becoming easier, while turning that intelligence into faster, more defensible procurement decisions remains the real test.Support the showPodcast supportersI'd like to sincerely thank this podcast's generous Subscribers:Alicia FaragKieran OgnevGary LynchAnd remember you too can become a Resilient Supply Chain+ subscriber  - it is really easy and hugely important as it will enable me to continue to create more excellent episodes like this one and give you access to bonus episodes of topical, timely supply chain resilience analysis.

How yoga philosophy helps us love difficult people without abandoning ourselves.How do we keep our hearts open when someone has hurt us?And how do we practice love without pretending something is okay when it is not?In this episode of The Midlife Purpose Project, we continue the conversation from Part 1 of Loving When It Feels Hard and go deeper into what happens when difficult relationships become truly hurtful.This episode is not about spiritual bypassing. It is not about pretending you are not angry, hurt, resentful, or grieving. And it is not about abandoning yourself in the name of being loving or spiritual.Instead, this episode explores how yoga philosophy can help us stay connected to love while also honoring our truth, setting boundaries, feeling our emotions, and protecting our peace.We talk about ahimsa, or non-harming, and why non-harming must include yourself. Sometimes the most loving thing you can do is set a clear boundary, create distance, speak the truth, or even release a relationship that continues to cause harm.We also explore viveka, or discernment, as the practice of seeing clearly what a moment requires. Love does not always look soft from the outside. Sometimes love looks like firmness. Sometimes it looks like a boundary. Sometimes it looks like refusing to participate in a harmful pattern.This episode also moves into vairagya, or non-attachment, especially when we want someone else to change. We can love someone, hope for their healing, and model another way of being without attaching our peace to whether or not they are willing to evolve.And finally, we explore forgiveness, anger, grief, and upeksha, or equanimity. Forgiveness is not excusing what happened. It is not rushing past pain. It is not saying something was okay when it was not. Forgiveness is a process of telling the truth, feeling what is underneath the anger, and eventually releasing the hope that the past could have been different.This is deep spiritual work.It asks us to practice svadhyaya, or self-study, by looking honestly at our own reactions, triggers, wounds, patterns, and responsibilities. Even when someone else is wrong, our healing still belongs to us.If you are navigating a painful or complicated relationship, this episode is an invitation to return to your center, tell the truth, set the boundary, feel what is real, and reach for the highest branch of loving-kindness available to you.Not perfect love.Not forced forgiveness.Not self-abandonment.But the kind of love that keeps your heart open without letting harm continue.In This Episode, We ExploreWhy loving someone does not mean abandoning yourselfThe difference between spirituality and spiritual bypassingWhy pretending you are not hurt or angry can become a form of self-harmHow ahimsa, or non-harming, must include yourselfWhy boundaries can be an expression of loveHow love does not always look gentle from the outsideWhat viveka, or discernment, teaches us about taking right actionWhy we cannot force another person to changeHow vairagya, or non-attachment, helps us release our grip on someone else's evolutionWhy forgiveness should never be rushedHow anger can point us toward grief, hurt, shame, fear, or sadness underneathWhy forgiveness is not excusing harm or letting someone off the hookHow svadhyaya, or self-study, helps us see our wounds and triggers clearlyWhat it means to reach for the highest branch of loving-kindnessHow upeksha, or equanimity, helps us choose peace without denying painYoga Philosophy Concepts in This EpisodeAhimsaAhimsa means non-harming. In this episode, we explore why non-harming must include yourself. Staying in harmful patterns, denying your emotions, or pretending something is okay when it is not can become a form of self-harm.VivekaViveka means discernment or clear seeing. It is the ability to pause, return to your center, and see what the moment actually requires. Sometimes the loving response is softness. Sometimes it is truth. Sometimes it is a firm boundary.VairagyaVairagya means non-attachment. In difficult relationships, this can mean loving someone, hoping for their healing, and modeling another way without attaching your peace to whether or not they choose to change.SvadhyayaSvadhyaya means self-study. It is the practice of honestly observing your thoughts, reactions, wounds, patterns, and triggers so you can see where healing is needed and return to greater freedom.UpekshaUpeksha means equanimity. It is the ability to remain steady, grounded, and clear even in the presence of pain, complexity, or difficult emotions. Equanimity allows us to choose peace without denying what happened.Reflection Questions From This EpisodeWhere am I confusing love with self-abandonment?What emotions have I been pretending are not there?Is there a boundary I need to set in order to practice non-harming toward myself?Am I hoping someone else will change before I allow myself to feel peace?What am I still attached to that is keeping me on an emotional rollercoaster?What is underneath my anger?Is there grief, hurt, sadness, fear, or shame asking to be seen?What wound in me may have been touched by this relationship?What is my responsibility in my own healing?What is the highest branch of loving-kindness I can reach for right now?What would help me return to equanimity?Gentle Practice From This EpisodeThe next time you feel anger, resentment, or hurt rising in a difficult relationship, pause before reacting.Take a few slow breaths.Place one hand over your heart if that feels supportive.Then ask yourself:What am I really feeling beneath the anger?What boundary would protect my peace?What is mine to heal?What is not mine to carry?What would love look like here if love included me too?You do not have to force forgiveness.You do not have to pretend you are okay.Just begin with honesty.That is svadhyaya.That is self-study.That is the beginning of freedom.About Katie FarinasKatie Farinas is a midlife coach, yoga teacher, and spiritual guide who helps women navigate midlife with clarity, peace, purpose, and empowerment. Through yoga philosophy, mindfulness, nervous system regulation, and energy-based practices, Katie supports women in reconnecting with themselves and stepping fully into their most aligned and authentic lives.✨ Ways To Go Deeper:If you're ready to feel less overwhelmed and more connected to your body, needs, and inner voice, explore my 4-week private coaching experience for midlife women: Reconnect With Your Body and Yourself. Learn more here.Record your question here and I will answer it on the show!! https://www.speakpipe.com/KatieFarinasJoin the Monthly SatsangVisit Katie's websiteJoin the newsletter for soulful insights and to receive weekly practicesRead and watch on SubstackBook a reflective Insight Seat to come on the show and receive live coachingSchedule a Clarity Call to see if my coaching is right for you.

If you're tired of fighting battles you can't seem to win, this message will help you find hope when life doesn't make sense.

We treat sin the way Daron treated a herniated disc, by icing the symptoms and hoping the real problem goes away on its own. It doesn't. It grows, it hurts people, and it slowly stops breaking our hearts at all. In this Summer of Sermons message from Mercy Road Northeast in Indianapolis, Daron Earlewine opens 1 Corinthians 5 to talk honestly about church hurt, the danger of treating grace like a credit card you keep charging, and why the people who love us most are the ones willing to call us up instead of just calling us out. KEY TAKEAWAYS ⚡️ Real healing deals with what's broken inside, not just the symptoms we can see on the surface. ⚡️ Grace was never meant to function like a credit card we keep charging while our sin stops breaking our hearts. ⚡️ A call up culture confronts sin inside real friendship, not from a distance, and it protects against church hurt. TIMESTAMPS 00:00 Welcome to Summer of Sermons 05:09 The Injury That Looked Fine on the Outside 10:50 Reading the Hard Part of First Corinthians Five 16:11 Does the Sin in Your Life Break Your Heart 21:43 The Grace Credit Card Problem 27:05 Our Responsibility to Each Other 32:26 Offended or Healed 37:00 Humble Yourself and Pray 42:29 An Invitation to Follow Jesus CONNECT WITH DARON Website https://daronearlewine.com Coaching https://roguecollectivecoaching.com Email daron@daronearlewine.com If this hit something honest in you, leave a comment with one area you've been quietly charging instead of dealing with, then like and subscribe so you don't miss the rest of the Summer of Sermons. #DaronEarlewine #SummerOfSermons #ChurchHurt #1Corinthians #GraceAndTruth #ChristianFriendship #BlackbirdMission

Heart health has become one of the most fear-filled conversations in healthcare. One elevated lab value can leave you wondering if you're headed toward the same future as everyone else in your family. Before panic takes over, let's slow down and ask a better question.What if high cholesterol isn't the real problem?In this episode, I'm continuing our Heart Health series by helping you look beyond the numbers on your lab report. Cholesterol is often treated like the enemy, yet it has an essential role in protecting and repairing the body. Instead of focusing only on lowering cholesterol, we're exploring why your body may be raising it in the first place.We'll talk about why lab work is information—not identity—how inflammation, blood sugar, stress, sleep, and lifestyle all influence heart health, and why treating the root cause produces a completely different outcome than simply chasing normal lab values.We'll also discuss why fear has no place in stewarding the body God entrusted to us, how asking better questions leads to better healing, and why transformation happens when education is paired with community.If you've ever felt discouraged by your lab work or overwhelmed by conflicting health advice, this conversation will help you see your body through an entirely new lens.SERVICES & MEMBERSHIPS:AdventurerSubstackCoffee Cafe How to Fix Your Energy Cravings and MoodFirst Steps ClinicBeholdWork With Dr. DanielleFoundational PackageComprehensive PackageAmazon StorefrontFREE RESOURCES:Telegram - The Wilderness CafeDr. Danielle's Root Cause Reset Guide

Voice AI is moving from simple call routing into work that used to require trained human agents. The harder question is what happens when those conversations involve lending, collections, servicing, compliance, and real customer risk.In this episode of The Tech Trek, Amir Bormand speaks with Joshua March, founder and CEO of Veritus, about building AI voice agents for regulated financial services. Joshua shares why consumer lending is a demanding test case for voice AI, what makes regulated conversations different, and why the next version of the contact center may be built with much smaller teams overseeing AI systems.Practical takeawaysAI voice agents only matter if they can actually resolve the issue. Joshua argues that users have been trained to distrust automated phone systems because most IVRs block progress instead of helping.Regulated communication is not just about what the agent says. It also includes who can be contacted, when they can be contacted, call frequency, TCPA rules, QA, and post call compliance.Complex voice agents require more than a prompt. Joshua talks about context engineering, state management, specialized background agents, compliance monitoring, KYC workflows, latency, and turn detection.AI changes startup execution. Small teams with experienced people can build and ship much more than before, but that also raises the pressure to move faster.Venture backed AI companies face a bigger bar. Joshua makes the case that higher seed valuations and larger funds increase the need for very large outcomes.Timestamped highlights00:00, Why Veritus is focused on AI communications for financial services and voice agents in consumer lending02:10, Joshua's path from Facebook apps to social customer service, messaging, bots, and now voice AI05:05, Why AI voice agents may replace a large share of traditional call center work07:00, Why customers have learned to fight IVRs and what changes when AI can actually solve the problem10:00, The compliance layers around regulated voice conversations in lending, servicing, origination, and collections14:00, Why production voice agents need context engineering, state machines, background agents, observability, and monitoring20:30, How AI has changed startup hiring, management, productivity, and the role of experienced individual contributorsOne Line That Stuck“This isn't a crappy IVR that's just trying to get in my way, this is an intelligent system that can actually take actions and actually resolve my issue.”Practical lens for technical teamsIf you are building AI into customer operations, the hard part is not only getting the model to speak well. The harder work is making sure it knows what it can do, when it can act, what rules apply, how it is monitored, and when humans need to step in.That matters even more in regulated industries, where the conversation itself is only one part of the system.Follow The Tech Trek for more conversations on how technical teams are building, operating, and adapting around AI, data, product, platform, and engineering execution.

Every headline wants you to believe AI has rewritten the rules of cybersecurity. Eric Doerr, the Chief Product Officer at Tenable a Resilient Cyber Partner, is not so sure. After running security response at Microsoft and leading security products at Google Cloud, he came on to separate the genuine transformation from the noise, and his read is refreshingly grounded. The tools changed, but the fundamentals did not, and the teams that win are the ones who finally act on that.Why this conversation mattersEric sits at a rare intersection, having lived the post-breach world of the SOC and now building the pre-breach world of exposure management. That vantage makes him a sharp guide to what AI actually shifts for defenders, from why cheaper discovery makes prioritization more valuable to how AI becomes its own attack surface once agents start touching your data. If you own vulnerability or exposure management and you are trying to spend your next dollar well, this conversation is a practical map of where the real risk lives and what to automate first.Key takeawaysAttackers are ruthlessly economical. Eric calls bad actors the perfect capitalists, spending the least effort needed to hit their goal, which is why so many still get in through unpatched basics rather than anything AI-powered.AI has not rewritten the offense-defense balance. The attacker only ever had to be right once, layered defense and zero trust still hold, and the real lever is accelerating your program with fewer human loops rather than lamenting the asymmetry.Cheaper discovery makes context more valuable, not less. Reachability and exploitability mean most findings are not worth chasing, so as AI floods teams with more of them, telling the truly scary hundred from the theoretical ten thousand becomes the whole game.Being too small to target is a strategy on borrowed time. As automation drives the cost of attacks toward zero, the quiet bet that adversaries will hit weaker neighbors stops paying off, and Eric would move off that mentality now.Humans should not be the bottleneck on every fix. Getting the workflow and tooling right is most of the work, and the rest is the organizational willingness to let validated automation act, even when a business partner would feel better with a human in the loop.AI is special and not special at the same time. It is mostly just another attack surface, and Eric estimates 80 to 90 percent of securing it maps to patterns the industry already learned during the move to cloud.Shadow AI is the first surprise in almost every environment. When teams scan the endpoints they already interrogate for AI artifacts, nearly all of them find something they never sanctioned, which is why discovery has to come before control.The real AI risk is interconnection. A misconfigured database was a needle in a haystack until you wire it to an agent, and then a harmless question about the budget quietly returns data the asker should never see.Most breaches are not even CVEs. Citing the Verizon DBIR, Eric notes roughly two-thirds of breaches trace to misconfigurations, and since about a third of Tenable's findings are non-CVE, a third of your findings can carry two-thirds of your risk.Agentic automation is finally killing the toil. Early users are automating drudgery like asset tagging and full remediation workflows, with one manufacturing customer letting automation handle 80 to 90 percent and scheduling the rest for change windows with a human notified.Notable quotes“Bad actors are the most perfect representation of capitalism”Eric Doerr, on why attackers do the least work necessary and often skip AI entirely.“a third of their findings are two-thirds of their risk”Eric Doerr, on why misconfigurations, not CVEs, drive most breaches.“you're on the wrong side of history”Eric Doerr, on insisting a human eyeball every automated fix.

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In today's Tech3 from Moneycontrol, we discuss why Kunal Shah's move to WhatsApp feels like a full-circle moment and what Meta expects from the Cred founder. We also look at India's AI hiring boom despite fears of disruption, why crypto exchanges are betting on tokenised US stocks, and why Infosys chairman Nandan Nilekani believes AI will amplify, not replace, IT services companies. Tune in for all this and more from the world of startups and technology.

In this episode of The UK Flooring Podcast, Tom is joined by John Beamson, also known as The CEO Adventurer, for a brutally honest conversation about business, accountability, resilience and why so many people want the big results without doing the simple things properly.From missed meetings and unreturned calls to poor follow-up, weak priorities and avoiding uncomfortable conversations, Tom and John dig into the basics that separate those who move forward from those who stay stuck.They also talk about Make or Break, challenging yourself properly, John's 3 Peaks, 3 Pots documentary, and why doing hard things in life often exposes the same habits that are holding you back in business.What You'll Learn in This EpisodeWhy the basics still matter more than most business owners realise.How missed calls, missed meetings and poor follow-up can cost you real money.Why people often chase big ideas while ignoring simple actions.The link between accountability, confidence and business growth.Why discomfort is often the thing that forces genuine progress.How Tom and John use challenge events to help people confront their own limits.Why doing hard things is not about ego, it is about building standards.Memorable Quote“How you do anything is how you do everything.”Speaker InformationJohn Beamson is The CEO Adventurer, working with CEOs, business owners and leaders through outdoor challenges, leadership development, mindset work and resilience coaching. His documentary, 3 Peaks, 3 Pots, follows an extreme challenge combining Britain's peaks and cave systems, using adventure as a metaphor for pressure, fear, business and life.You can find John here:Website: www.ceoadventurer.comDocumentary: 3 Peaks, 3 PotsLinkedIn: John BeamsonInstagram: @theceoadventurerWhere to Find The UK Flooring PodcastListen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or watch on the Cockerill & Co YouTube channel.The UK Flooring Podcast is produced by Cockerill & Co and is dedicated to sharing honest conversations, business lessons and real stories from across the flooring industry. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Pastor Skip shows you the right response to spiritual attack—and why talking to God is far more powerful than focusing on the enemy.

Pastor Skip prepares you for opposition when you step out to serve God—and why resistance can actually be a sign you're making an impact.

Amil Niazi joins Let's Talk Memoir for a conversation about the pressure on children of immigrants, outsiderness, striving to change our circumstances, what happens to women in the workplace after becoming mothers, confronting misogyny and racism, The Hard Part - her series for The Cut, when people are threatened by ambition, avoiding the need to make memoir prescriptive, offering people perspective that is uniquely yours, sticking to our original vision, finding a way to get our books into the worlds, when work, motherhood, and ambition collide, the desire to have more, the journey of a life, and her new memoir Life After Ambition: A “Good Enough” Memoir. Ronit's upcoming workshop: Writing Dynamic Memoir: From Lived Experience to Gripping Story https://www.lmcmurtrylitcenter.org/workshops/writing-dynamic-memoir-from-lived-experience-to-gripping-story Also in this episode: -pivoting -obligatory gratitude -asking ourselves what drives us   Books mentioned in this episode: Slouching Toward Bethlehem by Joan Didion Daughter by Claudia Dey   Amil Niazi is a writer and producer. She writes The Cut's series on parenting, The Hard Part, and covers work and motherhood and how the two intersect. Her writing has also appeared in The New York Times, The Guardian, and The Washington Post.   Connect with Amil: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/amilniazi/ Ami Niazi's column on The Cut: https://www.thecut.com/author/amil-niazi/ Life After Ambition: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Life-After-Ambition/Amil-Niazi/9781668056035   - Ronit Plank bio and links:  Ronit Plank is a writer, teacher, and editor whose work has appeared in The Atlantic, Poets & Writers, River Teeth's Beautiful Things, The Rumpus, Salon, Hippocampus, The New York Times, and elsewhere, earning Best of the Net, Best Microfiction, and multiple Pushcart Prize nominations. Her memoir When She Comes Back was a Book Riot Best True Crime Book and Kirkus Reviews calls it, “An intimate, intuitive, emotionally vivid family account that finds hope in reconciliation". Ronit is also the author of the award-winning short story collection Home is a Made-Up Place, and her work has been anthologized in Selected Memories, Vol. 2: 15 Years of Hippocampus Magazine and Manna Songs: Stories of Jewish Culture and Heritage. Ronit is the Creative Nonfiction Editor at The Citron Review, teaches memoir at a host of venues including the University of Washington's Continuum Program, Antioch University, and 92NY's Roundtable, and is host of the podcast Let's Talk Memoir and the Substack Let's Talk Memoir. Find her on social media @ronitplank   Website: www.ronitplank.com Substack: https://substack.com/@ronitplank Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ronitplank/ When She Comes Back: https://ronitplank.com/when-she-comes-back/

Today on Window Treatments for Profit This is the final episode of the series. And it is the one LuAnn has been building toward the whole time. Because saying no to the wrong opportunity is the hardest decision in intentional growth. Not the no that is obvious. The no that looks like revenue. The no that comes with a relationship attached. The no that arrives during a slow month when every rational instinct says yes. In this episode, LuAnn shares a real text exchange that happened this week between an EW member and a designer who wanted to know her discount on a Hunter Douglas house. She walks through exactly what the EW member said back, why that response was not a closed door but a defined one, and what happens next that tells you everything you need to know about whether the relationship is worth pursuing. She also addresses directly the danger of using not our client as a lazy conclusion instead of an earned one, and explains the distinction between skilled disqualification and face-value dismissal. And she introduces a phrase she uses when speaking live: legalized money laundering. The business that looks busy, feels productive, generates real revenue, and still has nothing left at the end of the year because the model was never protected. This episode is for any window treatment business owner who has ever taken work they should not have because the alternative felt worse. And for any owner who is ready to stop building a treadmill and start building a business that creates wealth. WWLD: Volume or Value? Two Proven Models to Grow a Profitable Business WWLD January Series — Decision 5: Grow Intentionally, Not Accidentally What Would Lu Do?: How to Qualify Leads Without Disqualifying Your Future Revenue Our Favorite Links ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Windowworksnj.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Exciting Windows⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ What's new with LuAnn Nigara ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Power Talk Friday Tour 2025⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Watch the Docuseries!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.luannnigara.com/cob⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Purchase LuAnn's Books Here: Book 1: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Making of A Well – Designed Business: Turn Inspiration into Action⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Audiobook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Making of A Well – Designed Business: Turn Inspiration into Action⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Book 2: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠A Well-Designed Business – The Power Talk Friday Experts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Book 3: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠A Well-Designed Business – The Power Talk Friday Experts Volume 2⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Connect with LuAnn Nigara LuAnn's ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ LuAnn's ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Blog⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Like Us: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | Tweet Us: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | Follow Us: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | Listen Here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Send us Fan MailFaith doesn't hesitate  and Faith perseveres.

Nepal has crossed 4500 MW of electricity generation. But why are we still importing electricity? Why are transformers under pressure? And can Nepal turn its energy surplus into an economic advantage? In this episode, Anjal Niraula breaks down Nepal's energy future—from hydropower, solar, and EVs to energy security, Bitcoin mining, grid infrastructure, and the hidden challenges facing the country's power sector. A conversation about the future of energy, the economy, and Nepal's path toward true energy independence. Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction 02:35 The Energy Crisis Nobody Is Talking About 04:27 Why Energy Imports Hurt Nepal's Economy 07:59 Why Nepal Still Imports Electricity 11:45 Green Hydrogen and Nepal's Energy Future 12:02 Bhutan's Bitcoin Mining Strategy 16:53 Can Nepal's Grid Handle EVs and Induction Stoves? 20:39 Why More Electricity Doesn't Automatically Mean Prosperity 28:09 Smart Energy Planning and Demand Management 28:39 Why NEA Can't Do Everything Alone 29:46 The Challenge of Creating Domestic Demand 30:21 Can 4500 MW Become an Economic Risk? 32:24 The Case for Private Sector Participation 38:37 Every Home Is a Power Plant 39:25 The Rooftop Solar Debate 41:54 Cheap Power, Growth and Development 42:39 Solar vs Hydro: The Speed Difference 46:23 Can Solar Power Factories? 53:45 Why Solar Complements Hydropower 1:13:52 energy security is national security   If you love reading, don't miss our newsletter on Substack Link: https://substack.com/@doersglobal?     Want to join us live in the studio as an audience member? Fill out this form: https://forms.gle/xZi8yptyoxkkc6aa8     ✉ Reach out to us at partners@doersnepal.com   

In today's episode, I sit down with Sequel co-founders Matt Smith and Alex Macdonald, who bring together the worlds of professional sports, entrepreneurship, and early-stage investing. Matt shares how discipline, devotion, and constant self-improvement carried him from the lower levels of English football to the top tier, while Alex talks about building companies through rejection, resilience, and relentless curiosity. We discuss why the best athletes and entrepreneurs are often the first ones in and the last ones out, how identity can shift after success, and why fulfillment comes from the pursuit itself rather than the outcome. It's a conversation about mindset, purpose, and making the most of every minute.

Today on Window Treatments for Profit You already know what your bottleneck is. You have known for months. Possibly longer. And every week it costs you time, energy, and profit while you wait for the right moment to fix it. In this episode, LuAnn Nigara names the real reason operational bottlenecks stay in place long after the owner has identified them. It is not a systems problem. It is a thinking pattern. And it has the same root cause whether you are a solo owner doing everything yourself or running a team of ten. LuAnn shares a phrase she coined twenty-five years ago, Architectural Digest isn't coming, and explains how she used it with clients who were spinning on decisions that did not need to be that hard. Then she turns it directly on the owner who has been waiting for the perfect solution, the perfect system, the perfect moment to fix the thing they already know needs fixing. You will also hear a specific, common example of this pattern that applies to every size business: the meeting you stopped having because it felt redundant, and what it actually cost you when you did. This episode is for any window treatment business owner who has been circling the same operational problem for too long and needs someone to say: you already have the answer. It is time to move. ⁠WWLD January Series — Decision 4: Remove One Operational Bottleneck⁠ Our Favorite Links ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Windowworksnj.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Exciting Windows⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ What's new with LuAnn Nigara ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Power Talk Friday Tour 2025⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Watch the Docuseries!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.luannnigara.com/cob⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Purchase LuAnn's Books Here: Book 1: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Making of A Well – Designed Business: Turn Inspiration into Action⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Audiobook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Making of A Well – Designed Business: Turn Inspiration into Action⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Book 2: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠A Well-Designed Business – The Power Talk Friday Experts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Book 3: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠A Well-Designed Business – The Power Talk Friday Experts Volume 2⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Connect with LuAnn Nigara LuAnn's ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ LuAnn's ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Blog⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Like Us: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | Tweet Us: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | Follow Us: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | Listen Here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Send us Fan MailPeaches is solo in the team room—and this one turns into a full-on reality check.It starts simple: pre-recording for Nashville, OTS updates, life logistics. Then he rolls into a Pentagon clip that asks one of the dumbest questions imaginable—what does it feel like to order violence? That's where it flips.Peaches breaks down the truth most people will never understand: war isn't emotional, it isn't personal, and it sure as hell isn't about “feeling powerful.” It's about finishing the job and bringing your people home.Then he goes deeper—mindset, awareness, and why most people are walking around completely blind to the world around them. Cooper's Colors, escalation of force, and the uncomfortable reality that sometimes the only winning move… is going all the way to 100.And yeah—he addresses the “dealer of death” crowd too. If you think Americans celebrate killing, you're missing the entire point.Ends strong with the A-10 staying alive—and why that matters more than people think.Bottom line: this isn't a feel-good episode. It's a wake-up call.⏱️ Timestamps: 00:00 Solo Episode—No Safety Net 02:00 Nashville & OTS Updates 05:00 Finding the Right Training Environment 08:00 Pentagon Clip—What Are We Asking? 11:00 “What Does Violence Feel Like?” 14:00 War Isn't Personal 17:00 Cooper's Colors Explained 21:00 Most People Are in White (Clueless) 25:00 Yellow to Orange—Stay Ready 29:00 Red—When It's Go Time 32:00 Why Escalation Gets You Killed 36:00 Going Straight to 100 40:00 The Reality of Violence 44:00 “Dealer of Death” Misunderstood 48:00 Stop Misreading the Military 52:00 A-10 Saved—Now Comes the Hard Part 56:00 Final Thought—Wake Up

Starting a nonprofit is not the hard part. Getting approved is not the hard part. The hard part is everything that comes after that. And the problem is — most people were never told that. This isn't about discouraging you. It's about preparing you. Because once you understand where the real work is, you can start building your organization with clarity instead of confusion.

Today on Window Treatments for Profit You built the roles. You wrote the expectations. You had the conversations. And somehow everything still routes back to you. In this episode, LuAnn Nigara names the pattern underneath that dynamic, and it has nothing to do with your systems. It starts with a dishwasher. It ends with a hire LuAnn made twenty years ago that changed everything about how she thinks about building a team. The woman she hired fresh out of college, Kim, turned out to be better than LuAnn at fabric selection, design ideas, and technical product knowledge. And instead of correcting her back toward her own version, LuAnn said so out loud. Fifteen years later she was able to step out of Window Works when she wanted to. Kim is now a partner in the business. This episode is about the shift that actually breaks the pattern of everything routing back to you. Not a framework. Not a meeting. The moment you look at someone on your team and say out loud: you are better at this than I am. I want you to own it. And it is about the pattern that prevents that moment from ever happening: the silent redo, the quiet correction, the message your team receives without you ever saying a word. What Would Lu Do?: Part 3- Create a Stable Team That Doesn't Rely on You Our Favorite Links ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Windowworksnj.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Exciting Windows⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ What's new with LuAnn Nigara ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Power Talk Friday Tour 2025⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Watch the Docuseries!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.luannnigara.com/cob⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Purchase LuAnn's Books Here: Book 1: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Making of A Well – Designed Business: Turn Inspiration into Action⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Audiobook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Making of A Well – Designed Business: Turn Inspiration into Action⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Book 2: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠A Well-Designed Business – The Power Talk Friday Experts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Book 3: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠A Well-Designed Business – The Power Talk Friday Experts Volume 2⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Connect with LuAnn Nigara LuAnn's ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ LuAnn's ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Blog⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Like Us: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | Tweet Us: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | Follow Us: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | Listen Here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Adam Kirk, CTO and cofounder of Jump, joins The Tech Trek to talk about what it really takes to build AI native products for people who do not want to think like technologists.Jump serves financial advisors, a market where ease of use, trust, workflow fit, and domain context matter as much as the model itself. Adam shares how his team validates product ideas, uses coding agents across engineering, and is rethinking how technical teams build, review, and hire in the AI era.What You'll Take Away• AI native products still win or lose on adoption. If the user feels like they are programming, the product is already too complicated.• The engineering bottleneck is moving. AI can generate code faster, but teams still need humans to review, validate, and understand the tradeoffs.• Product teams can now get closer to the build. PMs using AI to prototype create sharper product definition, even when engineers still rebuild the final version properly.• Technical debt is not disappearing. Code may be cheaper to write, but data models, migrations, architecture, and judgment still carry real risk.• Engineering interviews are breaking. If engineers use AI every day, hiring teams need better ways to assess ownership, judgment, and technical taste.Timestamped Highlights00:38Adam explains how Jump helps financial advisors turn client meetings into notes, CRM updates, and advisor specific workflows02:20Why less technical users force better product validation, and why a flexible interface can still feel like programming.07:00How Jump uses coding agents across the engineering team, and why code review matters more as AI generated code improves.11:15Why PMs vibe coding product ideas can help engineers understand what needs to be built.14:08Where AI is creating real productivity gains, and where human coordination still slows things down.18:00Why some technical debt may get easier to manage, but data modeling and migrations remain hard.20:51How AI is forcing engineering leaders to rethink coding interviews, referrals, and what great engineers should be measured on.One Line That Stuck“Generating code is really not the bottleneck anymore. It is validating the code, reviewing the code, and sharing the context around to the team.”Practical Takeaways• Test product ideas with real users before engineering builds too far.• Treat AI prototypes as product definition, not production architecture.• Use coding agents to speed up the work, but do not skip review.• Assess engineers for judgment, ownership, and decision quality, not just raw syntax.Follow The ShowSubscribe to The Tech Trek for more conversations with technical leaders building the next generation of AI native products, teams, and workflows.

This is episode 837. Read the complete transcription on the Sales Game Changers Podcast website. Watch the video of this podcast on YouTube here. The Sales Game Changers Podcast was recognized by YesWare as the top sales podcast. Read the announcement here. FeedSpot named the Sales Game Changers Podcast at a top 20 Sales Podcast and top 8 Sales Leadership Podcast! Subscribe to the Sales Game Changers Podcast now on Apple Podcasts! Purchase Fred Diamond's best-sellers Love, Hope, Lyme: What Family Members, Partners, and Friends Who Love a Chronic Lyme Survivor Need to Know and Insights for Sales Game Changers now! On today's show, Fred meets with Gina Stracuzzi, President and Chief Revenue Officer of the Center for Elevating Women in Sales Leadership at the IEPS and author of Success was Never the Hard Part: Setbacks, Comebacks and the Rise of Women in Sales Leadership, and Tamara Greenspan, Senior Vice President of Government, Defense, and Intelligence, Federal Sales at Oracle. Get your copy of the book here. Find Gina on LinkedIn. Find Tamara on LinkedIn.  GINA'S TIP: "Being successful isn't the hard part for women. We can sell, we can lead, we've proven that again and again. It's everything around that, the expectations, the responsibilities, and the roadblocks, that make it harder than it needs to be." TAMARA'S TIP: "The most important thing is to raise your hand. Take a risk, even when it feels uncomfortable, because that's how you gain experience, expand your network, and move your career forward."

The very first episode of The Difficulty. A 50-year-old paperweight on my father's desk turned out to be a line from a 1900 Irish play, and the seed of this show. What you're getting on Mondays vs. Thursdays, what's launching this week at crossroadspublishing.group, the founding-and-selling of C&R Press, the Terminus Magazine “just make it real” lesson, and the $4,000 bestseller campaign I almost said yes to two days ago.00:00 Welcome — we're not about perfectionism, we're about idealizing03:00 The motto: the difficulty in life is the choice04:30 Origin of the quote — my father's rock paperweight, George Moore, 190008:00 What this show is NOT (and is)11:30 The free Difficulty Field Guide12:30 What's launching this week: the show, the site, IF/THEN Books, Iris #117:00 Crossroads Publishing services — for writers with a body of work20:00 Who I am — PhD, ICF coach, Enneagram, C&R Press 1996-2015, 50+ books24:00 Making it real imperfectly — the Terminus Magazine origin story30:00 Who this show is for33:00 The $4,000 Brody bestseller campaign and $2,000 Cohen Groundbreakers38:00 The in-between is the hard part — the real difficulty isn't the choice42:00 What's coming Thursday: how to stop believing your stuff is specialThe Difficulty Field Guide (free PDF — eight difficulties every creative life faces)Iris Blackwood and the Curse of Hemlock Island (launching Tuesday May 5, with freeDecision Tree map and educator's reading guide)Crossroads Publishing Group — IF/THEN Books, Crossroads Press services, free resources.Subscribe to The Descent (the show's hub):YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@chadprevostwriterPersonal site: https://chadprevost.comMentioned in this episode:- George Moore, The Bending of the Bough (1900) — the source quote- C&R Press (founded 2006, sold 2015)- Terminus Magazine (Atlanta literary magazine origin story)- Game Time Books — earlier interactive-fiction venture- Dave Chesson / Kindlepreneur — Publisher Rocket- Paul G. Brody / Brody Consulting — bestseller campaign service- Bryan Cohen / Best Page Forward — Groundbreakers community- Robert Frost — “the road less traveled” Get full access to The Descent at chadprevost.substack.com/subscribe

Today on Window Treatments for Profit In January, LuAnn gave you the system. The problems-to-be-resolved file. One owner per issue. Consistent communication until the loop is closed. That system works. But only if something else is already in place before the problem arrives. In this episode, LuAnn tells the story of a $15,000 shutter mistake in South Orange, New Jersey, and what her partner Bill did in the moment that turned a costly error into four more rooms of business and a client who trusted Window Works more after the problem than before it. The reason Bill could walk straight into that hard conversation without calling anyone is the lesson. Not the system. The standard that existed before the pressure arrived. LuAnn also turns the mirror directly on the listener. She cannot give you a Window Works story of what happens when you avoid the hard thing, because Window Works did not do that. But you may have that story. And this episode will help you see exactly what it cost you, and what to do so it does not cost you again. This episode is for any window treatment business owner who has ever delayed a hard client conversation and watched a small problem become an expensive one. WWLD January Series — Decision 2: Shorten the Time Between a Problem and a Decision WWLD January Series — Decision 4: Remove One Operational Bottleneck Our Favorite Links ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Windowworksnj.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Exciting Windows⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ What's new with LuAnn Nigara ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Power Talk Friday Tour 2025⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Watch the Docuseries!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.luannnigara.com/cob⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Purchase LuAnn's Books Here: Book 1: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Making of A Well – Designed Business: Turn Inspiration into Action⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Audiobook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Making of A Well – Designed Business: Turn Inspiration into Action⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Book 2: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠A Well-Designed Business – The Power Talk Friday Experts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Book 3: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠A Well-Designed Business – The Power Talk Friday Experts Volume 2⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Connect with LuAnn Nigara LuAnn's ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ LuAnn's ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Blog⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Like Us: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | Tweet Us: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | Follow Us: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | Listen Here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

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Our 241st episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news!Recorded on 04/18/2026 Hosted by Andrey Kurenkov and Jeremie HarrisFeel free to email us your questions and feedback at andreyvkurenkov@gmail.com and/or hello@gladstone.aiRead out our text newsletter and comment on the podcast at https://lastweekin.ai/In this episode:Anthropic released Claude Opus 4.7 with improved benchmark performance, new reasoning controls, better vision and memory, and a detailed system card discussing deception risk, evaluation-awareness steering, and a training bug that accidentally supervised chain-of-thought in 7–8% of episodes.Meta unveiled its closed Muse Spark model and “contemplating mode,” highlighting test-time scaling, thought compression, large infrastructure plans like the Hyperion data center, and findings that it shows unusually high evaluation awareness.OpenAI introduced limited-access GPT 5.4 Cyber for defensive security teams and rolled major Codex updates including computer use, browser and plugins, image generation, and long-horizon task scheduling; competing agent products also launched from Anthropic, Canva, and Adobe.Business, policy, and safety news included continued government blacklisting litigation affecting Anthropic, CoreWeave compute deals, Perplexity revenue growth tied to agents, a potential Cohere–Aleph Alpha merger, attacks targeting Sam Altman and OpenAI, AI propaganda trends, and new alignment research on automated weak-to-strong supervision and steering evaluation awareness.Timestamps:(00:00:10) Intro / Banter(00:03:43) News Preview(00:04:14) Response to listener commentsTools & Apps(00:05:30) Anthropic releases Claude Opus 4.7, narrowly retaking lead for most powerful generally available LLM | VentureBeat(00:24:15) Meta debuts the Muse Spark model in a 'ground-up overhaul' of its AI | TechCrunch(00:34:23) OpenAI Launches GPT-5.4-Cyber with Expanded Access for Security Teams(00:39:44) OpenAI's big Codex update is a direct shot at Claude Code | The Verge(00:42:10) Anthropic launches Claude Design, a new product for creating quick visuals(00:42:30) Anthropic's New Product Aims to Handle the Hard Part of Building AI Agents | WIRED(00:42:54) Canva's AI 2.0 update goes all in on prompt-powered design tools | The Verge(00:43:06) Adobe's new AI Assistant marks a ‘fundamental shift' in creative work | The Verge(00:43:38) Gemini can now pull from Google Photos to generate personalized images | The Verge(00:43:52) Google rolls out a native Gemini app for Mac | TechCrunch(00:44:04) Chrome now lets you turn AI prompts into repeatable ‘Skills' | The VergeApplications & Business(00:44:22) Anthropic loses appeals court bid to temporarily block Pentagon blacklisting(00:49:07) Jeff Bezos' AI lab poaches xAI cofounder Kyle Kozic from OpenAI. | The Verge(00:51:39) Perplexity's Shift to AI Agents Boosts Revenue 50%(00:53:53) Anthropic Agrees to Rent CoreWeave AI Capacity to Power Claude(00:57:32) Canada's Cohere, Germany's Aleph Alpha reportedly in merger talks(01:04:23) ChatGPT has a new $100 per month Pro subscription | The Verge(01:05:10) OpenAI has bought AI personal finance startup Hiro | TechCrunch(01:07:03) Allbirds announced a switch from shoes to AI and its stock jumped 600 percent | The VergeProjects & Open Source(01:07:26) HY-World 2.0: A Multi-Modal World Model for Reconstructing, Generating, and Simulating 3D Worlds + Lyra 2.0: Explorable Generative 3D WorldsPolicy & Safety(01:19:12) Daniel Moreno-Gama is facing federal charges for attacking Sam Altman's home and OpenAI's HQ | The Verge(01:20:15) Duo accused of shooting at Sam Altman's house are freed; no charges filed (01:24:50) The Iranian Lego AI video creators credit their virality to ‘heart' | The Verge(01:27:19) Hundreds of Fake Pro-Trump Avatars Emerge on Social Media - The New York Times(01:27:31) The AI images Trump can't get enough of | Donald Trump | The Guardian(01:29:25) Automated Weak-to-Strong Researcher(01:43:51) Reproducing steering against evaluation awareness in a large open-weight model(01:49:53) Iran threatens ‘complete and utter annihilation' of OpenAI's $30B Stargate AI data center in Abu Dhabi — regime posts video with satellite imagery of ChatGPT-maker's premier 1GW data center(01:53:57) Wall Street Banks Try Out Anthropic's Mythos as US UrgesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week on Circle Back, the crew dives into a heated debate sparked by Alex Monahan's claim that winning at sports betting is actually easier than most people think—and why the real challenge isn't winning, but scaling. Plus, we break down a deeply concerning discovery on Polymarket, where a market appears to be designed to exploit users who don't fully read the house rules, raising serious questions about predatory structures in betting platforms. And finally, we discuss Steve Fezzik stepping away from his pick selling service—for now—and what it could mean for the broader betting ecosystem. Jacob Gramegna, Rob Pizzola, and Geoff Fienberg are joined by George Tsilfidis to react to the latest stories and controversies from gambling Twitter and beyond. From sharp betting theory to industry drama, the panel gives their unfiltered thoughts on everything shaping the sports betting space right now.