Podcasts about New Direction

Drs. Roman Natoli and Michael Weaver discuss how implant biomechanics can influence the biological environment of fracture healing. They explore the principles behind controlled axial micromotion, early clinical experience with OrthoXel's Apex Micromotion Nailing Systems, and the research shaping its potential role in tibial and femoral fracture fixation. Learn more about the clinical evidence supporting micromotion technology on the OrthoXel website. Connect with OrthoXel on LinkedIn and follow our podcast on Spotify. For additional educational resources visit OTA.org  

Can a company really put people first and still build a thriving workplace culture? On A New Direction with Coach Jay Izso, my guest Josh Block says yes — and he’s got fifteen years of proof. Who Is Josh Block? Josh Block spent fifteen years leading Block Imaging, growing the team from fifty people to more than four hundred, and revenue from thirty million dollars to two hundred fifteen million. He didn’t get there by squeezing more out of people — he got there by building a workplace culture rooted in trust. He went on to found Cube Mobile Imaging, expanding access to medical imaging for patients across the country, and today serves as Executive Advisor at Block Imaging. He’s also the author of the new book People Matter @Work. Josh works with executives navigating growth, brand-new managers who got the title without the training, and teams stuck in fear and disengagement — helping them reshape their workplace culture around trust, ownership, and generosity instead of pressure. Why Workplace Culture Starts With “We,” Not “Me” At the center of People Matter @Work is a simple but demanding idea: the biggest thing standing between a team and real performance often isn’t strategy, budget, or talent — it’s a leader running everything through “me.” Josh’s framework is built to shift workplace culture from isolation to ownership, and from pressure to possibility. If leadership has ever felt heavier the more responsibility you took on, this is the conversation for you. 3 Shifts That Build a Stronger Workplace Culture Josh breaks it down into three practices any leader can start using right away to strengthen their workplace culture: Lead together, not alone. Shared ownership — not hoarded decisions — is the backbone of a healthy workplace culture. Make decisions with intention. Thoughtful choices beat leading on autopilot, and they signal the kind of workplace culture you’re building. Practice transparency. Managing perception wears leaders out; honesty is what makes a workplace culture people actually trust. Whether you’re an executive navigating change, a manager who wasn’t quite ready for the promotion, or leading a team stuck in disengagement, these three shifts are the blueprint for a workplace culture where people — and performance — actually thrive. Listen to the Full Conversation Josh’s book is a playbook for building the kind of workplace culture where trust, accountability, and generosity aren’t posters on a wall — they’re how the place actually runs. Catch the full conversation with Josh Block on A New Direction with Coach Jay Izso, live and on the podcast, and get a new direction on what it actually means to lead. Josh Block’s book, “People Matter at Work: Fostering a Culture Where Team Members Thrive and Everyone Wins” is an outstanding book.  If you are a fan of “The 5 Dysfunctions of a Team” by Lencioni then you are going to love this book!  It takes a deeper look at how we will can truly build a team that builds trust and makes you organization and business more profitable. We have all heard the saying, “culture eats strategy for breakfast” well Josh Block has the proof as he takes his company to a higher stratosphere financially through a powerful workplace culture shift.  And how does he do that?  By sharing the principles of People Matter @Work. Josh literally takes us through his step of becoming a 20 something President of an already successful company and makes it even better.  He recognizes during his own humbling experience there are 3 T’s, Working Together, making Thoughtful Decisions that affect his people, and being Transparent, helps his entire workforce become safe, seen, and successful.  And the result is people take ownership of the company to want to see it succeed and in turn makes it tremendously profitable. It may sound like a risk to the average CEO, but as Josh points out the real risk was by not doing the work to make his entire team a integral part of the business.  This book is for both the current leader and the aspiring leader.  And he not only has proved, he gives you the tools and the mindset to create it for your business as well.  Really enjoyed every page of the book.  I highly recommend it. Get your copy of People Matter @Work by clicking here!  Please Thank The Sponsors of A New Direction by LIKING and Following their pages: Linda Craft Team, REALTORS no matter where you live in the world, Linda Craft and her team can help you find the best professional in your area to help you sell or buy your next home. While most real estate professionals belong to a nationally affiliated company where they are obligated to use the people in their company's network. Linda Craft Team are privately owned and operated.  That means they can find the absolute best professional from ANY company to ensure you get the best service. Located in the Raleigh Research Triangle Park of North Carolina…they are indeed legendary when it comes to service.  Learn more  by going to Linda Craft & Team, REALTORS  www.LindaCraft.com Hey…do me a favor and please tell your friends to subscribe to A New Direction on their favorite podcast platform and give us a 5 star rating we are so grateful when you do! ABOUT YOUR HOST Meet Jay Izso Executive Performance Coach  |  Host of A New Direction Every week on A New Direction, I sit down with CEOs, founders, and the researchers behind the science of leadership performance. The conversations go deep. We talk about the decisions that built companies, the mistakes that nearly destroyed them, and the personal breakthroughs that changed everything. But here's what most people don't know about me: the show is an extension of the work I do every day with executives behind closed doors. Who I Am I'm an Executive Performance Coach. I work with CEOs and founders of $5M-$50M companies who have hit a wall they can't explain. The marketing looks fine. The team is capable. The market is there. But the business won't move. The problem, almost every time, is the person running it. I find the personal behavioral patterns that are driving the business dysfunction. Then I help the CEO disrupt those patterns so the company can grow. That's it. No motivational platitudes. No vision boards. Diagnostics, intervention, results. Where This Comes From My approach comes from two places most coaches never set foot in. The farm. I grew up as a farmhand in Ithaca, Nebraska—population 100. I started working at nine years old. By the time I left for college, I'd spent a decade learning that you can't cheat the harvest, pain is part of the job, and the work has to get done whether you feel like it or not. I was fourteen the first time I had to castrate boars. Nobody was going to do it for me. That lesson never left: sometimes you have to do things afraid. The forensic psychology unit. In graduate school at Washington State University, I trained under Dr. Thomas Brigham—co-author of the Handbook of Applied Behavior Analysis—in a human behavior lab focused on real-world problems. I then served in a Clinical Psych II role at Eastern State Hospital in Medical Lake, Washington, a forensic setting where I conducted psychological evaluations of individuals charged with the most serious criminal offenses. Sixteen months assessing human behavior at its most extreme taught me how to cut through defenses, identify what's really driving someone's decisions, and see what they can't see in themselves.

Servant Leadership: Are You Avoiding It? What if the biggest leadership breakthrough of your career isn’t a new strategy, a new title, or a new set of KPIs — but a philosophy you’ve been overlooking your whole career? That’s the question at the heart of today’s show. At 5pm Eastern on “A New Direction with Coach Jay,” I’m sitting down live with Mark Miller — co-author, alongside legendary leadership expert Ken Blanchard, of the newly revised and expanded 4th edition of “The Secret: What Great Leaders Know and Do.” Blanchard and Miller say 82 percent of managers struggle to lead effectively, and their answer to why is deceptively simple: servant leadership. If that number makes you uncomfortable, good — that’s exactly why this conversation matters. “The Secret” isn’t your typical leadership book stacked with theory and jargon. It’s a business fable — the story of Debbie Brewster, a newly promoted executive who’s drowning in low morale, high turnover, and a team that’s losing faith in her. Her mentor hands her one deceptively simple truth: great leaders serve. That’s servant leadership in action, and it plays out through the five practices of the SERVE model — seeing the future, engaging and developing others, reinventing continuously, valuing both results and relationships, and embodying the values you claim to hold. What makes this conversation especially powerful is who’s sitting across from me. Mark Miller didn’t study servant leadership from a distance — he lived it. He walked into Chick-fil-A as the company’s 16th employee, starting out in the warehouse and mailroom, and spent the next 45 years working his way up through Corporate Communications, Field Operations, and Training and Development before retiring as Vice President of High-Performance Leadership. That’s a quarter century spent directing research and initiatives worth tens of millions of dollars to figure out, test, and validate what actually works when you’re trying to lead people well.  This is a man who has been in the trenches — which means today’s conversation isn’t theory, it’s tested truth. So here’s what we’ll be digging into together: why so many capable, hardworking managers still fail to lead effectively — and what the small percentage who practice true servant leadership are doing differently. We’ll talk about what it really means to “see the future” as a leader, why reinventing yourself never stops being optional, and how you rebuild trust and credibility once it’s been damaged.  Whether you’re leading a team of two or two thousand, this episode is going to hand you a servant leadership framework you can start using before the day is over. If you would like engage Mark’s services you can call him on his cell phone directly: 678-612-8441 or email Mark, mark@leadeveryday.com Ken Blanchard & Mark Miller‘s book, “The Secret: What Great Leaders Know and Do, , 4th Edition, Revised and Expanded” is what I would refer to as a timeless guide for those seeking to be great leaders.  Why do I say timeless?  Because the principles in this book would work in the first century and will work any time in the future. I had never read the previous versions of the book, so I do not know what to compare it to, but I can tell you that was fundamental mind shifts in every single chapter.  The book is counter-intuitive for those leaders that believe they must be in control.  Yes, you need to be valuing results, but if you want your leadership to translate into great results you need to value those relationships both inside and outside of your organization or business. You have probably heard the term “servant leadership”.  But you may have not really thought how a leader actually serves others.  Well, this is where the book sets itself apart from other books.  It doesn’t just talk about it as a philosophical ideal, but puts into practical terms that translate into greater profits, and truly having a great team. I truly enjoyed reading every page of this book.  What I pulled from The Secret was more than a great story that surrounded the main principles of SERVE, but also the valuable practical nuggets that made me think, and that I could apply to my own leadership immediately.  Do yourself and your business a huge favor and get it. You can get your copy of The Secret by clicking here. Please reach out and thank the sponsors of  A New Direction and bringing you great guests like these: Linda Craft Team Realtors. So what can you say about a real estate company that has spent more than 40 years at the top of their game? Well the first thing is you have to admit that their customers and clients continue to drive their business…but why? That's because the Linda Craft Team continue to believe that every person and every relationship is important, not just now, but even in the future. It is why she is devoted to continually adding value to her clients and community by serving them in ways that matter…it is also why their clients say, “The Linda Craft Team have legendary customer service!” When it comes to real estate start with the legends start with Linda Craft & Team, Realtors – www.LindaCraft.com Hey…do me a favor and please tell your friends to subscribe to A New Direction on their favorite podcast platform and give us a 5 star rating we are so grateful when you do! ABOUT YOUR HOST Meet Jay Izso Executive Performance Coach  |  Host of A New Direction Every week on A New Direction, I sit down with CEOs, founders, and the researchers behind the science of leadership performance. The conversations go deep. We talk about the decisions that built companies, the mistakes that nearly destroyed them, and the personal breakthroughs that changed everything. But here's what most people don't know about me: the show is an extension of the work I do every day with executives behind closed doors. Who I Am I'm an Executive Performance Coach. I work with CEOs and founders of $5M-$50M companies who have hit a wall they can't explain. The marketing looks fine. The team is capable. The market is there. But the business won't move. The problem, almost every time, is the person running it. I find the personal behavioral patterns that are driving the business dysfunction. Then I help the CEO disrupt those patterns so the company can grow. That's it. No motivational platitudes. No vision boards. Diagnostics, intervention, results. Where This Comes From My approach comes from two places most coaches never set foot in. The farm. I grew up as a farmhand in Ithaca, Nebraska—population 100. I started working at nine years old. By the time I left for college, I'd spent a decade learning that you can't cheat the harvest, pain is part of the job, and the work has to get done whether you feel like it or not. I was fourteen the first time I had to castrate boars. Nobody was going to do it for me. That lesson never left: sometimes you have to do things afraid. The forensic psychology unit. In graduate school at Washington State University, I trained under Dr. Thomas Brigham—co-author of the Handbook of Applied Behavior Analysis—in a human behavior lab focused on real-world problems. I then served in a Clinical Psych II role at Eastern State Hospital in Medical Lake, Washington, a forensic setting where I conducted psychological evaluations of individuals charged with the most serious criminal offenses. Sixteen months assessing human behavior at its most extreme taught me how to cut through defenses, identify what's really driving someone's decisions, and see what they can't see in themselves.

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Adam and Joanna discuss some of the more intriguing parts of Diageo's recently-announced plans to change and modernize their approach, from finally taking RTDs seriously to expanding their focus to some of their more value-oriented brands. Please remember to subscribe to, rate, and review The VinePair Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your episodes, and send any questions, comments, critiques, or suggestions to podcast@vinepair.com. Thanks for listening, and cheers!Joanna is reading: A Timeline of the Bar Industry's Darling SpiritsAdam is reading: NYC Insiders Club Jean's Defines Downtown Manhattan Right Now. Can It Last?Instagram: @adamteeter, @jcsciarrino, @zgeballe, @vinepair Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

You May Think You have Authentic Leadership… But Reality is You and I are Hiding Things We Don’t Want to Look At What are you hiding — and what is it actually costing you? Not just in your business, but in your marriage, your friendships, the relationship with your own kids. That’s the question at the center of my conversation tomorrow at 5pm Eastern, LIVE on A New Direction, with Tyler Dickerhoof, author of the brand-new book The Things We Hide. If you’ve ever wondered why so many high performers still feel alone at the top, this is a conversation about the hidden barriers to authentic leadership — and how to finally tear them down. Tyler isn’t theorizing about authentic leadership from the sidelines. He built businesses generating over $500 million in combined sales, and sat on John Maxwell’s Network Marketing Advisory Council. But he’ll tell you the whole time he was doing it, he was hiding — behind the results, behind the intensity, behind the belief that his worth was tied to how much he knew and how hard he could push. It took losing his younger brother Joel as a teenager, and decades of pushing people away while pushing through everything alone, before Tyler finally turned around and faced what he’d spent 25 years running from. That turn is exactly what separates performance from authentic leadership.Shorten with AI That’s the real subject of The Things We Hide: the hidden barriers that keep capable, driven people from ever leading — or living — authentically. Tyler breaks it down into what he calls the Four Walls of Insecurity: Intensity, Inactivity, Insensitivity, and Isolation. These are the defense mechanisms so many high achievers mistake for strengths. We’re going to talk about why “intensity is a bulldozer” that clears a path for success but leaves relationships in the wreckage. We’re going to talk about the lie that leadership has to be lonely. And we’re going to unpack his core message, one every leader chasing authentic leadership needs to hear: what you hide controls you, what you face transforms you. So clear your schedule, and join us for a real conversation about hidden barriers, vulnerability, and what authentic leadership actually looks like once the performance drops away. Bring your questions, bring your comments, and bring whatever wall you’ve been hiding behind — because Tyler and I are going to talk about how to tear it down without tearing yourself apart in the process. This isn’t just another leadership interview. Tyler Dickerhoof’s book, “The Things We Hide: A Guide to Identifying Hidden Barriers and Leading with Authenticity” is a deep, insightful view into ourselves that most of us do not want to look at.  And yet, is fundamentally required if we want to achieve both true significance and success. We all have walls.  We all have fears and insecurities.  For most of us we will never admit them throughout our lifetime.  Instead, when our insecurities are triggered, we become intense, maybe we become inactive hoping this will just go away, perhaps it we resort to becoming insensitive because the more calluses that we have we don’t have to feel others’ pain, or maybe we just isolate and disappear.  Maybe it is some combination of all of these. The point is…our insecurities will show up. So what do we do about it?  Well this is where this book separates itself from so many others.  Tyler includes exercises and free assessments in the book that if you choose to take on the mission can start moving you onto the path of true significance, success, and real authentic leadership. This book is not going to be easy.  It is going to challenge you. It is going to make you uncomfortable, but growth comes from being comfortable getting uncomfortable. This book will make you think and help you grow if you choose to follow his guidelines.  I loved every page! Get your copy of The Things We Hide by clicking here! Please reach out to our sponsors and LIKE their social media pages as their financial contributions help keep A New Direction on the air and bring us great guests. Linda Craft Team, REALTORs for more than 40 years their clients and friends have said when it comes to real estate they have “legendary customer service”. Locally owned, and independent of any national brand, they have literally helped people all over the world by finding the best real estate professional in your area.  And because they are independent they are unbiased who they choose because they have relationships with the best agents regardless of company. So, if you live somewhere else, or you live in the Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill, Research Triangle Park, before you sell or buy your home, start with the “legends” that know the local market, and stay on the bleeding edge of technology at Linda Craft Team, REALTORS…you can learn more by going to www.LindaCraft.com ABOUT YOUR HOST Meet Jay Izso Executive Performance Coach  |  Host of A New Direction Every week on A New Direction, I sit down with CEOs, founders, and the researchers behind the science of leadership performance. The conversations go deep. We talk about the decisions that built companies, the mistakes that nearly destroyed them, and the personal breakthroughs that changed everything. But here's what most people don't know about me: the show is an extension of the work I do every day with executives behind closed doors. Who I Am I'm an Executive Performance Coach. I work with CEOs and founders of $5M-$50M companies who have hit a wall they can't explain. The marketing looks fine. The team is capable. The market is there. But the business won't move. The problem, almost every time, is the person running it. I find the personal behavioral patterns that are driving the business dysfunction. Then I help the CEO disrupt those patterns so the company can grow. That's it. No motivational platitudes. No vision boards. Diagnostics, intervention, results. Where This Comes From My approach comes from two places most coaches never set foot in. The farm. I grew up as a farmhand in Ithaca, Nebraska—population 100. I started working at nine years old. By the time I left for college, I'd spent a decade learning that you can't cheat the harvest, pain is part of the job, and the work has to get done whether you feel like it or not. I was fourteen the first time I had to castrate boars. Nobody was going to do it for me. That lesson never left: sometimes you have to do things afraid. The forensic psychology unit. In graduate school at Washington State University, I trained under Dr. Thomas Brigham—co-author of the Handbook of Applied Behavior Analysis—in a human behavior lab focused on real-world problems. I then served in a Clinical Psych II role at Eastern State Hospital in Medical Lake, Washington, a forensic setting where I conducted psychological evaluations of individuals charged with the most serious criminal offenses. Sixteen months assessing human behavior at its most extreme taught me how to cut through defenses, identify what's really driving someone's decisions, and see what they can't see in themselves.

Talking Trek is LIVE from Dublin, Ireland!  Griffin joins DJz straight from the European Content Creator Summit at Digit/Scopely with an enormous behind-the-scenes report on the future of Star Trek Fleet Command. We dig into what happened inside the studio following the Alliance Tournament launch disaster, how STFC engineering responds to a “Code Red,” why communication failed players, and the major internal culture changes Griffin says he witnessed firsthand. We also discuss Scopely's new willingness to delay content rather than ship something unfinished, closer cooperation between Game Design, LiveOps, Engineering and Narrative, and a new relationship forming between Scopely and the community developers building many of the tools players use every day. And then there's the Guilded Shackle. After testing from Jules Verne, Lightbull, DJz and the Talking Trek Lab demonstrated that the Shackle wasn't operating the way its description suggested, Griffin carried the data directly to Dublin. The response? Scopely intends to honor the advertised functionality and “unshackle the Shackle.” Griffin explains why that decision became a major test of Cameron Stewart's “player first” philosophy and why it could represent something much larger than a single Grade 7 artifact. But after years of broken launches, questionable economic decisions and damaged player trust, is this actual change or another temporary burst of optimism? DJz and Griffin tackle that debate head-on, including skeptical reactions from the community, the Ra'ul Reaver redesign, upcoming roadmap delays, direct creator access to decision makers, and what Scopely must do next if it expects players to believe again. This isn't a victory lap. It's a report from inside the room. And now we get to see what happens next.   00:00 – Opening & Satellite Telemetry From Dublin 03:17 – LIVE From Dublin With Griffin at 3AM 06:02 – GoWheel Updates & $2,000 STFC Giveaway 08:46 – Inside the European Content Creator Summit 14:36 – Breaking Update for Server 11 20:00 – Inside an STFC “Code Red” With Engineering 27:44 – A Dramatic Culture Shift at Digit/Scopely 29:57 – Why Alliance Tournaments Are Running During Anthology 31:10 – Major Content Could Be Delayed to Get It Right 37:39 – Alliance Tournament Failure: What Changed Overnight 39:33 – Promotion/Relegation Disabled, Store Extended & Rewards Boosted 44:03 – Engineering's Live Alliance Tournament Fix 51:29 – Breaking Down STFC's Internal Development Silos 55:34 – The Gilded Shackle Problem 57:49 – “UNSHACKLE THE SHACKLE!” 58:33 – Scopely Makes the Player-First Decision 1:05:17 – Three Hours of Silence: Alliance Tournament Comms Critiqued 1:15:59 – Creators Challenging Decisions Face-to-Face 1:21:49 – Digit Wants Player Feedback Like Never Before 1:29:11 – Third-Party Tools, Narrative Debt & Working With Scopely 1:36:13 – Is This Real Change or Just More Talk? 1:43:00 – Why Creator Access to Scopely Matters 1:49:07 – Can STFC Actually Recover Player Trust? 1:50:24 – Griffin's Final Report From Dublin & The Neelix Surprise

In this episode of Inside the Barrel, we break down the Cavs potentially making a late offseason trade, the Warriors entering a potential “Gap Year,” and Kyler Murray being named the starter. What does it all mean moving forward?

In this ep I talk about the new job I got at a media company, a huge Bravo scandal that happened on my second day, and how I'm feeling about *actually* working in the field I've always wanted to work in.

Sorry for the delay! We hit a few technical gremlins this month, so we're a few days behind schedule, but we're back with another instalment of Carpy Ramblings. Spoiler alert: Mark doesn't drop any tackle boxes, lose any fish, or cause any lakeside disasters this time. In fact, for a change, he doesn't even cast out. Instead, we settle in by the lake and chat about the recent heatwave and its impact on fisheries, catch up on Mark's ADHD journey, and look back at The Wild Goose Chase—the latest film from Gaz and me. We also discuss how some of our bait photos mysteriously found their way onto another brand's social media in what can only be described as a rather questionable attempt to sell products. The Panther returns with another slice of sermon magic, there's your chance to win a bait bundle, and, last but certainly not least, Jake "The Heron" joins us once again to talk about a huge change in his life. After leaving his full-time role at Prolite Explorer, he's taking the plunge into some exciting new ventures — and we find out exactly what's next. Enjoy.   

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3 Hard Truths for a Leadership Mindset Shift Are you struggling to transition from a high-performing technical expert to an effective people manager? On the next live episode of A New Direction, best-selling author Steven Riddle joins us for Part 2 of our deep dive into his book, Falling into Leadership. Join us as we tackle the critical leadership mindset shift required when stepping into executive roles. Many new managers fall into the trap of leading through the exact technical skills that got them promoted, failing to realize that team management and executive growth require an entirely different playbook. One of the biggest hurdles in leadership development is mastering difficult conversations in leadership. Why do founders and executives endlessly rehearse tough performance reviews or confrontational talks in their head, only to avoid having them altogether? Steven exposes how surface-level communication erodes trust and why moving toward active listening and practical empathy is essential for creating psychological safety. By understanding the nuance between empathy, sympathy, and apathy, leaders can stop micromanaging and start asking powerful questions that build real engagement and clarity. As you climb the organizational ladder, executive loneliness becomes an unmistakable reality. The higher you advance, the more isolated decision-making feels, making emotional intelligence and self-awareness non-negotiable tools for survival. We discuss how resilient leadership helps senior executives navigate uncertainty, adapt to constant workplace change, and lead with steady character rather than relying on sheer force of personality. True adaptability isn’t about avoiding stress; it's about maintaining presence under pressure so you can guide your team through disruption without getting knocked off center. Ultimately, the leadership mindset shift is from task-based management to sustainable leadership requires mastering effective delegation and structuring high-impact 1-on-1 meetings that foster team accountability. Strong organizational culture isn’t built top-down through rigid policy; it is forged daily through authentic connection, shared values, and mutual respect. Tune in to New Direction, to learn how to focus on the human inputs that drive high performance and leave behind a lasting leadership legacy. Steve Riddle's book, “Falling Into Leadership: How Leaders Emerge, Grow and Lead With Purpose” is a play by play guide into coaching a new leader. In Steve Riddle's approach we are introduced to a new emerging leader in Sally who is open and willing to change as a leader, but is uncertain of the steps. In 8 sessions Steve Riddle walks us through his process of coaching that helps you have a Leadership Mindset Shift to help you go from promoted to great. Steve Riddle has a very organized approach that starts with focusing on the leader's own self-awareness. His big push is if that self-awareness is only the beginning, but without it, you will never get to the next steps of growth. His methodology of using questions to push the client are both refreshing and eye opening for all of us.  And that leadership mindset shift is fundamentally necessary for growth. Behind the curtain he takes through the importance of emotional intelligence, communication, adaptability, resilience, and what true accountability looks like. He emphasizes the importance of the leaders role of empowering, inspiring, and influencing those the leader leads, and helps us recognize that as a leader our responsibility is to leave a legacy of leaders in our employees. Packed with tons of insights and thought provoking questions, and leadership mindset shifts, the book, in my opinion is using the case of Sally to take a closer look at ourself. Some of our dysfunctional mindsets, becoming more self-aware and becoming the leader we had always hoped we would become. Please reach out and thank the awesome sponsors of A New Direction: Every real estate agent is asking the same question right now: is AI going to help me, or leave me behind? Here’s the honest answer — the agents who’ve learned to use it are already pulling ahead. They’re writing listings in minutes, answering every lead the second it comes in, and following up until customers become clients, all without adding hours to their week. And if you’re not using AI yet — because you’re not sure how, or it honestly feels a little intimidating — you’re not behind. You’re exactly who this was built for. You don’t need to be technical or “good with computers.” You just need a clear, plain‑English path to putting these tools to work in your business. 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Contact our friends Linda Craft Team at www.LindaCraft.com ABOUT YOUR HOST Meet Jay Izso Executive Performance Coach  |  Host of A New Direction Every week on A New Direction, I sit down with CEOs, founders, and the researchers behind the science of leadership performance. The conversations go deep. We talk about the decisions that built companies, the mistakes that nearly destroyed them, and the personal breakthroughs that changed everything. But here's what most people don't know about me: the show is an extension of the work I do every day with executives behind closed doors. Who I Am I'm an Executive Performance Coach. I work with CEOs and founders of $5M-$50M companies who have hit a wall they can't explain. The marketing looks fine. The team is capable. The market is there. But the business won't move. The problem, almost every time, is the person running it. I find the personal behavioral patterns that are driving the business dysfunction. Then I help the CEO disrupt those patterns so the company can grow. That's it. No motivational platitudes. No vision boards. Diagnostics, intervention, results. Where This Comes From My approach comes from two places most coaches never set foot in. The farm. I grew up as a farmhand in Ithaca, Nebraska—population 100. I started working at nine years old. By the time I left for college, I'd spent a decade learning that you can't cheat the harvest, pain is part of the job, and the work has to get done whether you feel like it or not. I was fourteen the first time I had to castrate boars. Nobody was going to do it for me. That lesson never left: sometimes you have to do things afraid. The forensic psychology unit. In graduate school at Washington State University, I trained under Dr. Thomas Brigham—co-author of the Handbook of Applied Behavior Analysis—in a human behavior lab focused on real-world problems. I then served in a Clinical Psych II role at Eastern State Hospital in Medical Lake, Washington, a forensic setting where I conducted psychological evaluations of individuals charged with the most serious criminal offenses. Sixteen months assessing human behavior at its most extreme taught me how to cut through defenses, identify what's really driving someone's decisions, and see what they can't see in themselves.  

Today's episode of the America's Work Force Union Podcast brings together two conversations that cut to the heart of what it means to be a worker in America right now — one focused on who keeps people safe and one on who makes the decisions that shape their lives. First, National Nurses United President Jamie Brown and NNU Assistant Director of Health and Safety Jane Thomason discuss a workplace safety crisis that most Americans never see. Healthcare workers account for approximately 73% of all nonfatal workplace violence injuries in the United States, nurses are five times more likely to be assaulted at work than people in any other industry and the actual rate is dramatically higher because most incidents never get reported. Brown and Thomason make the case for the Nurse and Health Care Worker Protection Act, which would mandate safe staffing ratios and workplace violence prevention programs at hospitals receiving Medicare and Medicaid funding, and address chemical and environmental hazards nurses face daily, including antineoplastic drug exposure, post-COVID disinfectants and wildfire smoke entering hospital facilities through filtration systems not designed to stop it. Then, IAM Union retired International President Tom Buffenbarger delivers his monthly independent labor voice segment covering three significant stories. Boeing's new CEO, Kelly Ortberg, is meeting directly with machinists, reinstating union advisory channels and committing to keep manufacturing in Puget Sound, representing what Buffenbarger calls the most meaningful cultural shift at the company in years. Tariff uncertainty, rather than tariff levels, is causing profitable companies to lay off manufacturing workers because the planning horizon has disappeared. And the One Big Beautiful Bill is structured to remove an estimated 11 to 12 million people from Medicaid through administrative burden and shift SNAP costs to states in ways that will reduce benefits for children, veterans and working families. Visit nationalnursesunited.org for more from National Nurses United and goiam.org for more from the IAM Union.

Zach Brandon spent years inside one of the most pressure-filled environments in professional sports. The biggest thing he took away was not about performance. It was about connection.In this first conversation with Zach, JP sits down with the former Head of Mental Performance and Coach Development for the Arizona Diamondbacks, on staff during their 2023 World Series run, to explore what he learned about servant leadership, building genuine relationships across a roster, and the principle most leaders quietly overlook: go see the work. Zach and JP also get honest about the cost of diluted focus and why an overused strength can quietly become your biggest limitation.This one is for any coach who has felt spread too thin, wondered whether athletes really trust them, or needed a reminder that the most powerful question you can ask is: what do you need from me today?Chapters(00:00) Intro(03:20) Fatherhood and New Direction(05:37) World Series and Arrival Fallacy(08:34) What Great Leadership Looks Like(11:28) Values: Connect, Impact, Grow(15:42) Permission to Slow Down(18:56) Building Trust Across Generations(20:55) The Pat Riley Connection Story(22:53) Mapping Relationships(24:38) Asking Veterans for Advice(28:47) Player-Led Meetings(30:42) Diluted Focus, Diluted Results(35:45) Go See the WorkTOC 3-2-13 Quotes | 2 Questions | 1 ResourceYour fast-track to this episode's most actionable ideas."I got a lot better as a leader when I showed up every day from a space of like, hey, how can I serve you?"— Zach Brandon"Diluted focus produces diluted results."— Zach Brandon"Letting each person you come into contact with be the expert on themselves — and allowing them to share their expertise."— Zach Brandon2 Questions for Your TeamQ1: If you rated your relationship with every athlete on your roster from 1 to 5, where are the gaps — and what is one move you could make this week to close the most important one?Q2: When is the last time you asked one of your athletes for advice? How might doing that more intentionally change the dynamic in your program?1 Resource to Go DeeperWin More, Live Better — podcast by Zach BrandonOne of JP's handful of go-to podcast subscriptions. The episode featuring former Washington football coach Chris Peterson is the one that first caught JP's attention. Find it and all of Zach's work at zachbrandoncoaching.com.Visit zachbrandoncoaching.comKey TakeawaysServant leadership is a daily choice, not a personality traitYou cannot build deep connection without a systemAsking for advice builds more trust than giving itDiluted focus produces diluted resultsGo see the workAn overused strength becomes a limitationGet the notes and tools:tocculture.comJoin TOC Coach — community, courses, and live coaching:tocculture.comBetter Coaches. Better Leaders. Better Culture.

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In this message, Josh Macdonald speaks from Acts Chapter 2 on what it looks like to live selflessly for God and for others!If you want to stay connected with us, you can follow us on Instagram @gatekeepersatl, or to find out more about us in depth, visit gatecityatl.com/gatekeepers!

In this Federal Health Policy Update, Senior Analyst for Government Affairs at ASTHO, Catherine Murphy, breaks down the latest leadership changes across the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. She explains the nominations for CDC director and surgeon general, recent transitions at the FDA, and other key appointments shaping the federal public health landscape. Murphy also discusses why stable leadership is essential for public health agencies, what these changes could mean for collaboration with state and local health departments, and what to watch as Senate confirmation hearings move forward.(More) Recent Shifts in HHS Leadership: June 2026 | ASTHO

Sportify Your Business What separates a championship-winning franchise from a team that can't even make the playoffs? It's a locker room culture rooted in a higher standard of fair play, integrity, and a relentless drive to win the right way. In this episode of A New Direction with Coach Jay, we are huddling up to completely redraw your corporate playbook. Join me as I sit down with performance strategist and author Jake Shannon to discuss his groundbreaking book, Sportify: Beyond Business Ethics. We are tossing out the dusty, uninspired compliance manuals and mapping out a radical new game plan where high-level moral codes meet elite athletic execution. In this hard-hitting episode, we are diving deep into the powerful, unexpected intersection of elite sportsmanship and bioethical principlism. Shannon argues that traditional business ethics are fundamentally broken, relying on lazy, defensive legal box-checking that inspires absolutely no one. Instead, he borrows the rigorous, high-stakes ethical frameworks typically used in modern medicine—Autonomy, Beneficence, Non-Maleficence, and Justice—and fuses them with the unyielding spirit of athletic fair play. We'll discuss how this unique ethical ecosystem creates a transparent, high-trust workplace where your team doesn’t just follow rules out of fear, but actively plays hard for the brand because they respect the game. Sportify isn’t just philosophical theory; it's about the practical ethics of daily leadership. As coaches and managers, we've all dealt with the frustrating drain of “Zombie Labor”—that exhausting scenario where a company pays for full-time salaries but only gets a fraction of the actual effort due to poor morale and toxic corporate governance. Shannon's Sportify framework tackles this head-on, proving that running an ethical organization is actually the ultimate productivity hack. We will break down how transitioning from an obsolete supervisor model to a dynamic “Head Coach” framework changes everything, allowing you to stop running an “adult daycare” and start engineering a self-governing competitive dynasty. Whether you're an entrepreneur trying to protect your bottom line or a manager ready to revitalize a disengaged locker room, this episode is your ultimate pre-game brief on how doing the right thing drives winning results. It's time to stop settling for mediocrity and take your leadership in a bold, new direction. Get ready to upgrade your corporate code of conduct for good. See you on the field and Sportify your business! Jake Shannon’s book, “Sportify: Beyond Business Ethics” is a quick read filled with no nonsense guidance to run your business like a sports team.  Let’s be honest, sports require competition and sportsmanship.  Your business should really run on the same principles. In Sportify, Jake Shannon makes a strong case that you can run a successful and profitable business by applying the same sports and ethical principles that we find in sports. In today’s business world it can feel very difficult to have a winning edge and still play ethically, but Jake Shannon uses examples throughout Sportify to demonstrate that when you play the ethical game, you reduce problems, build trust with customers, obtain the best talent and create a legacy that goes beyond you. The problem for most companies is the question of leadership.  If leadership demonstrates ethical behavior and you make it part of your core values and mission your business will be holding up the championship trophy at the end of the day.  Is it a one time fix? No, it will require practice.  Practice in your daily routines.  Practice with each other.  Practice with your clients and customers and practice in the business and outside of it. Sportify while a quick read is the new way to do business, and do it successfully!  Loved this book.  I highly recommend it. You can get your copy of Sportify by clicking here! We are so grateful for the financial support of the sponsors of A New Direction.  They really do help us secure great authors, books, and distribute the show. Please go to their websites and thank them.  Even going to their social media pages and giving them a LIKE would be awesome! Linda Craft Team, Realtors, their clients say that their customer service is “legendary” and the reason for that is because for more than 39 years they build and maintain personal relationships with their clients. Why?  Because buying and selling of a house is a great deal more than a business transaction, it is a life altering experience. That's because we don't just live in a home, some of our most significant memories will be made in that home. Linda and her team are dedicated to taking care of your memory maker as if it were their own. Whether you are about to purchase a new home, or sell your current home, start with the relationship legends.  Start with Linda Craft Team, Realtors – www.LindaCraft.com ABOUT YOUR HOST Meet Jay Izso Executive Performance Coach  |  Host of A New Direction Every week on A New Direction, I sit down with CEOs, founders, and the researchers behind the science of leadership performance. The conversations go deep. We talk about the decisions that built companies, the mistakes that nearly destroyed them, and the personal breakthroughs that changed everything. But here's what most people don't know about me: the show is an extension of the work I do every day with executives behind closed doors. Who I Am I'm an Executive Performance Coach. I work with CEOs and founders of $5M-$50M companies who have hit a wall they can't explain. The marketing looks fine. The team is capable. The market is there. But the business won't move. The problem, almost every time, is the person running it. I find the personal behavioral patterns that are driving the business dysfunction. Then I help the CEO disrupt those patterns so the company can grow. That's it. No motivational platitudes. No vision boards. Diagnostics, intervention, results. Where This Comes From My approach comes from two places most coaches never set foot in. The farm. I grew up as a farmhand in Ithaca, Nebraska—population 100. I started working at nine years old. By the time I left for college, I'd spent a decade learning that you can't cheat the harvest, pain is part of the job, and the work has to get done whether you feel like it or not. I was fourteen the first time I had to castrate boars. Nobody was going to do it for me. That lesson never left: sometimes you have to do things afraid. The forensic psychology unit. In graduate school at Washington State University, I trained under Dr. Thomas Brigham—co-author of the Handbook of Applied Behavior Analysis—in a human behavior lab focused on real-world problems. I then served in a Clinical Psych II role at Eastern State Hospital in Medical Lake, Washington, a forensic setting where I conducted psychological evaluations of individuals charged with the most serious criminal offenses. Sixteen months assessing human behavior at its most extreme taught me how to cut through defenses, identify what's really driving someone's decisions, and see what they can't see in themselves.

Jared Yanis breaks down his exclusive interview with ATF Director Robert Cekada, the future of pistol braces, NFA reform, ATF policy, and the historic SCOTUS gun rights cases that could permanently reshape the Second Amendment and gun laws nationwide.

Gloria Romero joins the show to discuss her run for lieutenant governor and why she believes she and Steve Hilton can help turn California around. July 6th 2026 --- Please Like, Comment and Follow 'The Ray Appleton Show' on all platforms: --- 'The Ray Appleton Show’ is available on the KMJNOW app, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever else you listen to podcasts. --- 'The Ray Appleton Show’ Weekdays 11 AM -2 PM Pacific on News/Talk 580 AM & 105.9 KMJ | Website | Facebook | Podcast | - Everything KMJ KMJNOW App | Podcasts | Facebook | X | Instagram See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Welcome to Poetically Yours. Poetically Yours showcases poems by northern Illinois poets. Today's poet is Michael Kirk.

Finishing up our conversation on the Current USMNT Run; The List: Andy Davies, Country Roads; Jason Smith on the Ja Stans vs Grizz Front Office, Santi Aldama Traded, Rebuild in a New Direction for the Grizzlies, World Cup Fever.

Representative Dr.  Ralph Heap is running for the Arizona Corporation Commission and shares his vision of the changes needed for the statewide regulatory body. We discuss the state of energy in Arizona, monopolies in power, poor green energy choices and the need for a new direction. We also discuss the future of natural gas, coal and nuclear power in Arizona among many other issues. 

From “Greenspeak” to “The Warsh Way?” You heard it here first. IBD's Ed Carson, news editor and resident Fed-watcher, joins the Investing with IBD podcast to talk about the transitory phase, the greatest soft landing you've never heard of and why the Fed's telegraphing might not even matter anyway. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Get 15% off your eSIM today—download the Saily app or visit saily.com/lwos and use code LWOS at checkout. Host Ricky Sacks is joined by Jamie Brown and returning special guest in Senior Football Correspondent for the BBC in Sami Mokbel as we discuss Tottenham Hotspur's different approach to this transfer market and what the Club have learnt off the back of finishing 17th twice in the past two domestic seasons. We also discuss on the calibre of player Tottenham Hotspur are trying to sign during this window and why the future looks to be getting brighter again for Spurs. Independent Multi-Award Winning Tottenham Hotspur Fan Channel (Podcast) providing instant post-match analysis and previews to every single Spurs match along with a range of former players, managers & special guests. WEBSITE: www.lastwordonspurs.com #THFC #TOTTENHAM #SPURS Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Being Alone Isn’t Helping Your Business or You We live in the most connected era in human history, and somehow, we have never been more alone. That paradox is the beating heart of Unknown: Finding Connection in a Disconnected World, the USA Today bestseller from leadership coach and New Hope Church founder Keith Spurgin. After years of advising leaders across North America, Europe, and Africa, Spurgin kept hearing the same quiet confession over and over: “I'm surrounded by people, but I feel completely alone.” Today on A New Direction, he joins us live to talk about why that ache of aloneness shows up everywhere — in marriages, in friendships, and especially in the lives of the leaders we assume have it all figured out.  We can have great success and still be totally alone.  And What makes this conversation different is that Spurgin isn't speaking from a podium. He's speaking from the night his wife told him it felt like he had “a mistress” — not another person, but his work, his calling, and his reputation, all of which had quietly crowded her out. It rocked his world, and it took years to rebuild. Thirty-eight years of marriage later, he's living proof that disconnection doesn't have to be the end of the story. That honesty is exactly why readers keep saying this book “reflects my own life” and “is going to change my life” — and it's why this episode is going to hit closer to home than you expect. For leaders, the stakes are even higher. You can build a brilliant strategy, hit every number, and still be running a team of people who don't actually know each other — or you. You feel everything falls on you…and you are alone at the top. Spurgin argues that healthy culture isn't built on performance; it's built on genuine connection, and most of us were never taught how to create it. In this conversation he lays out the practical road map at the core of Unknown: how to move relationships from lifeless and transactional to vibrant and real, and how the leaders who master this end up building teams people never want to leave. If you've ever wondered why your organization feels busy but hollow, this is the missing piece. Keith Spurgin‘s book, “Unknown: Finding Connection in a Disconnected World” is an honest, insightful look into the epidemic that is growing around the world.  Being alone and being “unknown”.  The fact of the matter is that being alone and loneliness is growing and no one is talking about it.  Yes are we more technologically connected…sure.  But what we are truly build and designed for is 3-dimensional human connection, and without it according to research comes a number of physical problems with a shorter life span. Keith Spurgin, doesn’t pull any punches in Unknown.  He is vulnerable with his own shortcomings.  He is honest with where he has missed the mark and how in some cases he recovered and others, he did not.  He helps us to understand that having these truly connected deep relationships enhances our lives as not only leaders, but as people.  The problem that most of us face is that we are all broken people and relationships are not easy. Many people believe that they don’t need people.  They have convinced themselves of the lie that they are independent, and life is safer without the complications.  However, what we learn is that even the most independent of us still will try to have relationships, but we bounce from one to another, so we don’t get hurt.  We ultimately fall into the relationship pain cycle. For leaders it is more difficult.  Many have made the choice that being alone is the price to pay for being on top.  Spurgin explains that it’s not the best we to lead.  We are only mediocre at best when we go it alone.  And you can’t go from good to great when you are satisfied with mediocrity. The book takes through some practical steps we all need to consider, because it is not just having great relationships we must choose wisely.  Because you should know that the deeper relationships you have, have your back.  They are the ones who can listen without judgement and yet can call you out when you have gone off the rails.  Does it take time?  Of course it does.  You may say you don’t have the time.  But who’s choice is that? At the end of the day, we come to learn a couple of important factors from Unknown: First, we need relationships to make us better.  Second, love (not in the movie version) of your closest friends changes the landscape of being alone.  And three, we are all broken people, and so relationships require work, vulnerability, forgiveness, and reconciliation.  It’s not easy, but as with anything else, it is the hard things that are worth it.  I highly recommend “Unknown“ Get your copy of Unknown by clicking here.  Make sure you're subscribed to the podcast so this one lands in your feed. Whether you lead a company, a team, an organization, a church, or a household, you'll walk away with language for something you've felt for years but couldn't name, and a real path toward changing it. Some episodes inform you. This one might just reconnect you. Don't watch it alone — share it with the person who needs to hear it most. We really would like to ask you to thank our sponsors.  Their financial support of A New Direction is so critical to helping us provide quality guests, books, and great sounding show. “You tune in to A New Direction to grow your business and your mindset. But you can't move forward if you're worried about what's lurking in your inbox. That's where Data443 Cyren comes in. It's the industry standard for real-time email security and URL filtering. They stop phishing and malware before they strike, so you can focus on your success, not your safety. Don't let a cyberattack derail your journey. Go to Data443.com today and secure your future.“ Linda Craft Team, Realtors they literally are a locally owned independent real estate company,  that serves the world. How can a small company serve the world? They have created relationships with the best real estate experts in the world to help you regardless of where you live get the best person possible. And because they are independent of any national brand, they have relationships with other professionals from all the companies, not just the ones that are part of a national branded network. For more than 39 years they continue to build relationships because that is how Linda started the business and continues to do so today.  Head on over to www.LindaCraft.com Hey…do me a favor and please tell your friends to subscribe to A New Direction on their favorite podcast platform and give us a 5 star rating we are so grateful when you do! ABOUT YOUR HOST Meet Jay Izso Executive Performance Coach  |  Host of A New Direction Every week on A New Direction, I sit down with CEOs, founders, and the researchers behind the science of leadership performance. The conversations go deep. We talk about the decisions that built companies, the mistakes that nearly destroyed them, and the personal breakthroughs that changed everything. But here's what most people don't know about me: the show is an extension of the work I do every day with executives behind closed doors. Who I Am I'm an Executive Performance Coach. I work with CEOs and founders of $5M-$50M companies who have hit a wall they can't explain. The marketing looks fine. The team is capable. The market is there. But the business won't move. The problem, almost every time, is the person running it. I find the personal behavioral patterns that are driving the business dysfunction. Then I help the CEO disrupt those patterns so the company can grow. That's it. No motivational platitudes. No vision boards. Diagnostics, intervention, results. Where This Comes From My approach comes from two places most coaches never set foot in. The farm. I grew up as a farmhand in Ithaca, Nebraska—population 100. I started working at nine years old. By the time I left for college, I'd spent a decade learning that you can't cheat the harvest, pain is part of the job, and the work has to get done whether you feel like it or not. I was fourteen the first time I had to castrate boars. Nobody was going to do it for me. That lesson never left: sometimes you have to do things afraid. The forensic psychology unit. In graduate school at Washington State University, I trained under Dr. Thomas Brigham—co-author of the Handbook of Applied Behavior Analysis—in a human behavior lab focused on real-world problems. I then served in a Clinical Psych II role at Eastern State Hospital in Medical Lake, Washington, a forensic setting where I conducted psychological evaluations of individuals charged with the most serious criminal offenses. Sixteen months assessing human behavior at its most extreme taught me how to cut through defenses, identify what's really driving someone's decisions, and see what they can't see in themselves.

Mayor Mamdani explains his endorsements of challengers in the New York Democratic primaries Tuesday. Plus Vance unveils a new path to end the war in Iran that looks a lot like something that already existed. And Ta-Nehisi Coates on post-Civil War Reconstruction era and how it got us to today. Mayor Zohran Mamdani, David Rohde, Chris O'Leary, Ta-Nehisi Coates all join Ai Velshi on The 11th Hour. To listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads, sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Your favorite Blerds are back brining you all of their thoughts on everything happening in nerd culture. This week, Shannon, Jaja and James are taking their final bets on the cost of GTA 6. How much will the game cost? We're also talking console exclusives. Are they needed to keep a console relevant? We're also talking layoffs in the gaming industry and the instability of the industry as a whole. Plus, we're excited for Spider-Man and other upcoming anime, movie and TV news!   Chapters 00:00 -Welcome to the Podcast 00:57 - Nerdy Things of the Week 04:01 -Anime and Manga Discussions 09:48- Video Game Updates and Reviews 14:53 -Cosplay and Creative Outlets 20:00 -Game Development News 25:05 -GTA VI Pre-Order Speculations 28:04 -The Future of GTA and Live Service Games 28:57 -EA's Advertising Strategy in Gaming 34:02- Generative AI in Game Development 38:01 -Sony's Exclusive Game Strategy 43:54- Xbox Restructuring and Studio Layoffs 54:59 -The Impact of Game Development Decisions 62:09 -The Stress of Game Development 63:52 -Capcom's Historic Success 66:12 -The Changing Landscape of Gaming 67:34- Anime Matsuri: A New Ticketing Approach 74:34 -Jujutsu Kaisen's New Direction 80:25 - Excitement for Upcoming Spider-Man Movies   Make sure to subscribe to us on Youtube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify or your podcast app of choice! Follow Us!  https://linktr.ee/blerdsnerds   National Resources List https://linktr.ee/NationalResourcesList   Youtube  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCK56I-TNUnhKhcWLZxoUTaw   Email us: Blerdsnerds@gmail.com   Follow Our Social: https://www.instagram.com/blerdsnerds/ https://twitter.com/BlerdsNerds https://www.facebook.com/blerdsnerds https://tiktok.com/blerdsnerds_pod   Shannon: https://www.instagram.com/luv_shenanigans James: https://www.instagram.com/llsuavej  Jaja: https://www.instagram.com/jajasmith3   

Earnings Continue to Lead the Way June is traditionally known as wedding season, and in many ways the market’s relationship with the Federal Reserve feels a bit like a honeymoon period. A new Federal Reserve Chairman has taken the helm, corporate earnings remain strong, and investors continue to push markets higher despite several reasons for caution. As the second half of 2026 approaches, the question becomes whether this favorable environment can continue or whether the market will soon face its first meaningful test under new leadership at the Federal Reserve. One of the more surprising developments this year has been the resilience of the stock market during a midterm election cycle. Historically, volatility tends to increase as midterm elections draw closer, often creating periods of uncertainty for investors. Yet 2026 has largely defied that pattern. The S&P 500 has continued to outperform historical midterm-year averages, supported by strong corporate earnings and ongoing investment in artificial intelligence. Corporate America has delivered results that have largely justified higher equity valuations. Earnings growth has remained healthy, investor confidence has held firm, and market momentum has continued despite concerns surrounding inflation, interest rates, and the political landscape. For now, earnings remain the dominant story. While markets have focused on earnings, political developments are beginning to move into view. Historically, markets have often performed best when political power is divided in Washington. As attention gradually shifts toward the November midterm elections, investors will be watching closely to see whether election outcomes alter expectations for fiscal policy, regulation, or economic growth. Election years often introduce additional uncertainty into the market, but they can also create opportunities for investors who remain focused on long-term fundamentals rather than short-term headlines. A New Direction at the Federal Reserve The first meeting under Chairman Kevin Warsh offered an early glimpse into what may become a significantly different approach to monetary policy communication. Rather than lengthy statements designed to guide market expectations, the new chairman signaled a preference for brevity and restraint. The philosophy appears straightforward: markets should inform Federal Reserve policy decisions, not the other way around. That approach stands in contrast to the communication strategies that became common following the financial crisis, when Federal Reserve officials frequently used detailed guidance to calm markets and shape expectations. Today’s environment is far different. Economic growth remains intact, unemployment remains relatively healthy, and while inflation remains above ideal levels, it has shown signs of moderation. Warsh has also taken a measured approach to institutional change. Rather than immediately implementing major reforms, the Federal Reserve has begun reviewing several areas of operation through dedicated committees. Those reviews range from communication practices to broader questions surrounding balance sheet management. The process reflects an understanding that meaningful change within a century-old institution requires deliberation rather than disruption. While investors are eager to understand how the new chairman will shape policy, the early signs suggest a thoughtful and methodical approach rather than sweeping change. History reminds investors that honeymoon periods rarely last forever. Few Federal Reserve Chairmen understood that reality better than Alan Greenspan, whose passing this week marks the end of a remarkable chapter in financial history. Greenspan assumed leadership of the Federal Reserve in 1987 and within months faced one of the most significant market crashes in modern history. The lesson is not that turmoil is imminent, but rather that markets often determine when periods of calm come to an end. The challenges facing today’s Federal Reserve are different, but the principle remains the same: economic conditions, market sentiment, and unexpected events often shape the environment more than any single policymaker can control. Today, favorable earnings, improving inflation trends, and steady economic conditions have provided the new Federal Reserve Chairman with an advantageous starting point. Yet challenges remain. Inflation has not fully disappeared, election uncertainty is approaching, and markets continue to navigate an environment shaped by rapidly evolving technology, global economic shifts, and changing monetary policy. For now, the honeymoon continues. Whether it lasts through year-end may depend less on the Federal Reserve itself and more on how investors respond to the economic and political developments that lie ahead. Greg Powell, CIMA® President and CEO Wealth Consultant Email Greg Powell here Bobby Norman, CFP®, AIF®, CEPA® Managing Director Wealth Consultant Email Bobby Norman here Trey Booth, CFA®, AIF® Chief Investment Officer Wealth Consultant Email Trey Booth here Ty Miller, AIF® Vice President Wealth Consultant Email Ty Miller here Fi Plan Partners is an independent investment firm in Birmingham, AL, with a team of professionals serving clients across the nation through financial planning, wealth management and business consulting. The team at Fi Plan Partners creates strategies in the best interest of their clients using fee based investing. The opinions voiced in this material are for general information only and are not intended to provide specific advice or recommendations for any individual. All performance referenced is historical and is no guarantee of future results. All indices are unmanaged and may not be invested into directly. Economic forecasts set forth in this presentation may not develop as predicted. No strategy can ensure success or protect against a loss. Stock investing involves risk including potential loss of principal. Securities and advisory services offered through LPL Financial, Member FINRA/SIPC and a registered investment advisor.The post Honeymoon with the Fed first appeared on Fi Plan Partners.

‘Matlock' lead Kathy Bates discusses what's to come as the CBS drama ends its current storyline and ventures into new territory, as the show moves to midseason with a new focus next year. Also, “Pluribus” star Rhea Seehorn discusses the complexities of her character Carol, the cast's on-set debates over the show, and collaborating with Vince Gilligan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week on Fed Watch, ITR Economist and Speaker Lauren Saidel-Baker breaks down the first Federal Reserve meeting under new Chair Kevin Warsh and why the market may need to rethink expectations for interest rates. While rates remained unchanged, the Fed's messaging took a noticeably different tone. Lauren examines what Warsh's leadership style could mean for future policy decisions, inflation management, Fed communications, and the broader economic outlook. For business leaders, investors, and decision-makers trying to navigate persistent inflation and uncertain rate expectations, this meeting may offer important clues about what comes next. Will a new chair lead to a new era at the Federal Reserve?

This week on HECM World Weekly, we examine several major developments shaping housing, retirement planning, and the reverse mortgage industry. The Federal Reserve entered a new era under Chairman Kevin Warsh, holding rates steady while signaling a more hawkish outlook for the months ahead. We break down what the Fed's latest decision could mean for mortgage rates, housing activity, and reverse mortgage borrowers. We also explore new forecasts showing housing wealth continues to grow, with the typical homeowner expected to gain another $16,000 in equity this year. Yet despite rising home values, more older Americans are choosing to age in place rather than downsize. In this episode: What the Fed's new direction means for housing and reverse mortgages • Why housing wealth continues building despite affordability challenges • America's rapidly aging suburbs and the rise of aging in place • Why downsizing no longer makes financial sense for many retirees • The latest Social Security Trustees Report and what it means for retirement security Taken together, these stories point to a growing trend: older Americans continue accumulating housing wealth, but increasingly want to access it without leaving the homes and communities they love. Read the full HECM World Weekly article: https://hecmworld.com/2026/06/19/podcast-fed-signals-a-new-direction-housing-wealth-grows-and-more-seniors-choose-to-stay-put/ Subscribe to HECM World for weekly news, insights, interviews, and commentary covering reverse mortgages, home equity, retirement finance, aging in place, and the future of housing wealth.

It's time for a new era of Tea-break Archaeology, as we introduce the new co-host, Jessica van Dam! Together, Jessica and Matilda discuss their backgrounds in archaeology and conservation, and how their experience led them to specialise in historic and prehistoric objects. Listen in to hear them chat about blacksmithing versus crochet, Korean multi-purpose knives from the 1800s, and misaligned drilling holes in amber beads! Transcripts For rough transcripts of this episode go to https://www.archpodnet.com/teabreak/55 Links Growing Your Own Dress (insta account) The Repair Shop Junction Fibre Mill (insta account) Wooden Toy Tiger conservation project Korean knife and chopsticks set Carved Stone Balls Sketchfab Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland - Carved Stone Ball example article Scott Knight (insta account) Contact the Hosts Matilda's Contact Details Email: matilda@thearchaeologiststeacup.com Website Instagram Newsletter Jess's Contact Details Email: j.vandam.conservation@gmail.com Website Instagram ArchPodNet APN Website: https://www.archpodnet.com APN on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/archpodnet APN on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/archpodnet APN on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/archpodnet APN Shop Affiliates Motion Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

A 4-Step Process to Stop Stressing and Your Team Start Leading What if the exact habits that built your success are now the very thing quietly holding your business back? You hustled, you solved every problem, you held the standard — and it worked, so it became automatic. But somewhere along the way the company stopped being able to run without you, your talented team stopped stepping up, and you started wondering why working harder only makes the wheel spin faster. If any of that lands a little too close to home, this week's conversation is for you. In this episode of  A New Direction, we dig into The High-Altitude Entrepreneur with Chris Clearfield — and this episode is about you, not just the book. You'll discover why what got you here won't get you there, why all your systems still leave you trapped at the center, and the uncomfortable truth that your team won't take ownership until you stop jumping in. We even go into the brain science of it: how “predictive processing” keeps you reacting on autopilot to problems you haven't even really looked at yet — and why that's the real reason willpower never broke the cycle. Most importantly, you'll walk away with a way out. We'll unpack the shift from low-altitude founder — reactive, indispensable, exhausted — to high-altitude leader who rises above the chaos, sees the whole system, and finally lets the business grow beyond them. You'll learn how to spot the conditioned instinct that's capping your growth, how to hand your team real ownership, and why personal freedom isn't the reward you earn after success — it's the precondition that makes success possible in the first place. Join us and come ready to see your own patterns clearly, bring the questions you've been afraid to ask out loud, and bring a fellow founder who needs to hear it too. This is the conversation that helps you stop running your business from the ground — and start leading it from altitude. Chris Clearfield‘s book, “The High-Altitude Entrepreneur: A Framework for Scaling Smarter, Leading Better, and Living Freer, is a book for entrepreneurs and leaders.  And quite honestly you are going to need put aside your defensiveness, which will immediately happen when you start reading this book. Why do I say that so confidently?  Because no one wants to hear that the real problem why you as a leader are always stressed, feel like you team won’t take leadership, feel like everything falls on you, is because you are the bottleneck to your business.  But you really can’t do your out of this.  Your problem is not your people the problem is the monster you created because of the way you are wired that causes your people to not want to take action and lead. The fact is when you started your business, you pushed your way through.  You had to.  Every decision fell on you. So you put in the work, and you went into grind mode.  You lost sleep.  You pushed hard!  So now when things are not going well, or things start to go south, what do you do?  You employ your old operating system of work hard, push, and grind.  The problem.  Now you have people, and they aren’t responding. Now you are under even more stress. Your frustrated. You feel more burned out than ever.  You may even slump into depression. You think your people are lazy. They’re not the problem.  You see what got you there at the beginning was great!  But now that your business is grown, what once got you there, isn’t going to get you there now.  You don’t need to do different you need to “be” different. That is the beauty of Chris Clearfield’s book “The High-Altitude Entrepreneur”.  He has to together the High-Altitude framework that takes you step by step through a process where you can start removing yourself, so you can truly rely on others. Is it easy? Nope. Is it a quick fix? Nope. Will change your business for the better? Yep.  Will it change your life for the better? You bet! This is one of those books that if you have the guts to do it, will fundamentally change your business and you.  The book is worth every penny. Get your copy of The High-Altitude Entrepreneur by clicking here! Special Offer from Chris Clearfield If you would like to experience first hand how the process works.  Chris offers a group for free that you can watch and learn how the High-Altitude Framework works.  Just go to: Clearfieldleadership.com/elevate and sign up! Please say thank you to our sponsors!  It is their financial support that allows A New Direction to continue growing and getting great authors. “You tune in to A New Direction to grow your business and your mindset. But you can't move forward if you're worried about what's lurking in your inbox. That's where Data443 Cyren comes in. It's the industry standard for real-time email security and URL filtering. They stop phishing and malware before they strike, so you can focus on your success, not your safety. Don't let a cyberattack derail your journey. Go to Data443.com today and secure your future.“ Linda Craft Team, Realtors for more than 40 years the choice of people all over the world. They are not only experts in buying and selling real estate, they are expert negotiators that will fight for you!  But perhaps their greatest expertise is that they understand that your home is more is a place where you created some of your fondest memories. When you want a real estate professional who not only will get you the best price, but will care about your home like you would care about your home start with the Legends of Customer Service start with Linda Craft & Team.  www.LindaCraft.com ABOUT YOUR HOST Meet Jay Izso Executive Performance Coach  |  Host of A New Direction Every week on A New Direction, I sit down with CEOs, founders, and the researchers behind the science of leadership performance. The conversations go deep. We talk about the decisions that built companies, the mistakes that nearly destroyed them, and the personal breakthroughs that changed everything. But here's what most people don't know about me: the show is an extension of the work I do every day with executives behind closed doors. Who I Am I'm an Executive Performance Coach. I work with CEOs and founders of $5M-$50M companies who have hit a wall they can't explain. The marketing looks fine. The team is capable. The market is there. But the business won't move. The problem, almost every time, is the person running it. I find the personal behavioral patterns that are driving the business dysfunction. Then I help the CEO disrupt those patterns so the company can grow. That's it. No motivational platitudes. No vision boards. Diagnostics, intervention, results. Where This Comes From My approach comes from two places most coaches never set foot in. The farm. I grew up as a farmhand in Ithaca, Nebraska—population 100. I started working at nine years old. By the time I left for college, I'd spent a decade learning that you can't cheat the harvest, pain is part of the job, and the work has to get done whether you feel like it or not. I was fourteen the first time I had to castrate boars. Nobody was going to do it for me. That lesson never left: sometimes you have to do things afraid. The forensic psychology unit. In graduate school at Washington State University, I trained under Dr. Thomas Brigham—co-author of the Handbook of Applied Behavior Analysis—in a human behavior lab focused on real-world problems. I then served in a Clinical Psych II role at Eastern State Hospital in Medical Lake, Washington, a forensic setting where I conducted psychological evaluations of individuals charged with the most serious criminal offenses. Sixteen months assessing human behavior at its most extreme taught me how to cut through defenses, identify what's really driving someone's decisions, and see what they can't see in themselves.

This week, Shannon, Jaja and James are recapping the Sony State of Play and Summer Game Fest. What were the biggest announcements? They're also talking about the elusiveness of the Steam Machine and GTA 6 pricing updates, as well as your latest Xbox, anime and TV and movie news. Chapters 00:00-Introduction to Nerd Culture 02:34-Nerdy Activities and Recent Media Consumption 05:21-Anime Exploration and Recommendations 08:11-Video Game Showcase Highlights 10:49-State of Play and Game Announcements 13:51-God of War: Laufey and Character Discussions 16:40-Critiques and Community Reactions 19:28-Diverse Gaming Experiences and Future Expectations 26:20-The Evolution of Game Mechanics 29:41-Summer Game Fest Highlights 33:48-Excitement for Upcoming Releases 37:49-Game Rental Services and Their Value 52:48-The Future of Xbox Exclusives 53:17-The Future of Gaming Brands 54:43-Introducing the ROG Xbox Ally X20 57:17-Xbox Demo Fest: A New Era for Gamers 59:41-Call of Duty's New Direction 01:00:35-Emerging Anime Streaming Services 01:03:31-Hunter x Hunter Returns 01:04:23-Streets of Rage Movie Adaptation 01:10:51 -Upcoming Animated Series and Movies   Make sure to subscribe to us on Youtube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify or your podcast app of choice.   Follow Us!  https://linktr.ee/blerdsnerds   National Resources List https://linktr.ee/NationalResourcesList   Youtube  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCK56I-TNUnhKhcWLZxoUTaw   Email us: Blerdsnerds@gmail.com   Follow Our Social: https://www.instagram.com/blerdsnerds/ https://twitter.com/BlerdsNerds https://www.facebook.com/blerdsnerds https://tiktok.com/blerdsnerds_pod   Shannon: https://www.instagram.com/luv_shenanigans James: https://www.instagram.com/llsuavej  Jaja: https://www.instagram.com/jajasmith3   

In this episode, Robert, Kyle, and Sean catch you up on what's been going on behind the scenes and what to expect with the podcast going forward. We feel the new direction is needed. We appreciate you listening in all of these years and we hope you'll stay along for the ride going forward. Intro music "Long Way Down" by Silence & Light is used with permission. Show Disclaimer: https://mentorsformilitary.com/disclaimer/

Is it time for a fresh start with God's vision in your life? On Believer's Voice of Victory, John Copeland and Jesse Duplantis share how staying open to God leads to new direction and greater impact. This episode will inspire you to keep growing, keep believing, and keep advancing. Don't settle. Step into what God has for you!Mentioned in this episode:BVOV Podcast Link HubBVOV Podcast Link HubBVOV Podcast Link HubBVOV Podcast Link HubBVOV Podcast Link Hub

Is it time for a fresh start with God's vision in your life? On Believer's Voice of Victory, John Copeland and Jesse Duplantis share how staying open to God leads to new direction and greater impact. This episode will inspire you to keep growing, keep believing, and keep advancing. Don't settle. Step into what God has for you!

You Don’t Need a Business Transformation…you need a YOU Transformation Ever feel like you're doing all the “right” things—reading the self-help books, checking off your goals, grinding every day—but inside, you're still wrestling with the exact same anxieties? You aren’t broken; you’ve just hit the ceiling of what your current self can handle. Real, lasting change requires more than just adding new habits to your daily routine; it demands a total identity transformation. If you are ready to stop merely managing your symptoms and start evolving who you are at your core, it is time for a radical internal upgrade. Today on A New Direction, Coach Jay dives deep into this psychological frontier with cutting-edge mindset expert and best-selling author, Dr. Ryan Gottfredson. We are breaking open his latest, game-changing book, Becoming Better: The Ground Breaking Science of Persona Transformation. Dr. Gottfredson bypasses the usual self-help clichés to deliver the actual, hard science behind vertical development. He will show us how to achieve a deep mental transformation that rewires our internal operating systems for unprecedented success and peace. In this powerful conversation, you will discover why traditional willpower consistently fails and how your hidden mindsets are secretly sabotaging your growth. Dr. Gottfredson will reveal the neurological and psychological blueprints necessary to shed your defensive armor, heal old wounds, and accelerate your personal transformation. This isn’t a superficial conversation about doing more; it is an exploration of how to fundamentally alter how you see yourself and the world from the inside out. Do not miss this chance to experience a life-altering transformation in real-time. Join us right here on A New Direction with Coach Jay to catch every insight, absorb the science, and discover the keys to unlocking your next level. Your old self has taken you as far as it can—it is time to step into the ultimate transformation and meet the person you were actually meant to become. A FREE Transformational Offer!  If you go to RyanGottfredson.com and you click on any of the assessments and tell Ryan you heard him on my show A New Direction with Coach Jay he will give you a FREE 30 minutes call to go over your assessment! Just click here for the assessments. Ryan Gottfredson’s Book, “Becoming Better: The Groundbreaking Science of Personal Transformation” is a life changing book that will be transformational for your business.  You may be asking how can that be?  Because the fact is your business success is limited by your personal success in life.  And when you are broken (which we all are) we are never going to be as successful in life and business until we start our journey of healing from the inside out. Dr Gottfredson likes to use the analogy of our brain and reactions, and mindsets and thinking as an operating system.  That operating system has coding from birth to now.  So, anything that we react to our coding kicks in and we respond in a way that can damage our success.  So, the fact is our operating system really needs to be recoded, the problem is we don’t want to do the hard work to do it. But here is the irony.  When we have problems in life and business what do we typically do?  We try to find ways we can “do” our way out of something.  We may go to a conference to go new ways of “doing” things.  That all sounds great but let’s take the analogy one step further.  Think of it this way.  If you download another app on your phone to help you “do” something, but your operating system coding (IOS) is screwed up, and is a mess, how effective is that app… it’s not. And no transformation. That’s the point of Becoming Better.  Until you change the coding from the bad coding in your past all the “do this” and “do that” are nothing more than great apps on a horribly written operating system. And your business and life transformation is at a stand still. The brilliance of the book is that not only does Dr. Gottfredson address these issues he gives you the science behind them and offers the small building blocks and steps to start erasing the bad code in your operating system and writing new code.  But it is not easy.  And I am speaking from my own experience here.  When you realize just how much trauma in your past (that you will deny, like I did) and how it has affected your coding, you will see how much success you can achieve. Please get a copy of this book Becoming Better and do the work! We really would like to ask you to thank our sponsors.  Their financial support of A New Direction is so critical to helping us provide quality guests, books, and great sounding show. “You tune in to A New Direction to grow your business and your mindset. But you can't move forward if you're worried about what's lurking in your inbox. That's where Data443 Cyren comes in. It's the industry standard for real-time email security and URL filtering. They stop phishing and malware before they strike, so you can focus on your success, not your safety. Don't let a cyberattack derail your journey. Go to Data443.com today and secure your future.“ Linda Craft Team, Realtors they literally are a locally owned independent real estate company,  that serves the world. How can a small company serve the world? They have created relationships with the best real estate experts in the world to help you regardless of where you live get the best person possible. And because they are independent of any national brand, they have relationships with other professionals from all the companies, not just the ones that are part of a national branded network. For more than 39 years they continue to build relationships because that is how Linda started the business and continues to do so today.  Head on over to www.LindaCraft.com Hey…do me a favor and please tell your friends to subscribe to A New Direction on their favorite podcast platform and give us a 5 star rating we are so grateful when you do! ABOUT YOUR HOST Meet Jay Izso Executive Performance Coach  |  Host of A New Direction Every week on A New Direction, I sit down with CEOs, founders, and the researchers behind the science of leadership performance. The conversations go deep. We talk about the decisions that built companies, the mistakes that nearly destroyed them, and the personal breakthroughs that changed everything. But here's what most people don't know about me: the show is an extension of the work I do every day with executives behind closed doors. Who I Am I'm an Executive Performance Coach. I work with CEOs and founders of $5M-$50M companies who have hit a wall they can't explain. The marketing looks fine. The team is capable. The market is there. But the business won't move. The problem, almost every time, is the person running it. I find the personal behavioral patterns that are driving the business dysfunction. Then I help the CEO disrupt those patterns so the company can grow. That's it. No motivational platitudes. No vision boards. Diagnostics, intervention, results. Where This Comes From My approach comes from two places most coaches never set foot in. The farm. I grew up as a farmhand in Ithaca, Nebraska—population 100. I started working at nine years old. By the time I left for college, I'd spent a decade learning that you can't cheat the harvest, pain is part of the job, and the work has to get done whether you feel like it or not. I was fourteen the first time I had to castrate boars. Nobody was going to do it for me. That lesson never left: sometimes you have to do things afraid. The forensic psychology unit. In graduate school at Washington State University, I trained under Dr. Thomas Brigham—co-author of the Handbook of Applied Behavior Analysis—in a human behavior lab focused on real-world problems. I then served in a Clinical Psych II role at Eastern State Hospital in Medical Lake, Washington, a forensic setting where I conducted psychological evaluations of individuals charged with the most serious criminal offenses. Sixteen months assessing human behavior at its most extreme taught me how to cut through defenses, identify what's really driving someone's decisions, and see what they can't see in themselves.

Jace and Rocky break down all 10 DC releases for the week of June 3, 2026. They discuss Harley & Ivy: Life and Crimes #6, where Erica Henderson concludes her retelling of Harley and Ivy's first meeting and the foundation of their relationship. JSA #20 continues the search for Jim Corrigan and ends with a surprise appearance from Metron. Adventures of Superman: Book of El #9 begins bringing together the long-running story threads involving Superman, Otho-Ra, Osul-Ra and the future legacy of the House of El. Justice League: Dream Girls #1 finds Dreamer and Galaxy trapped in shifting dreamlike versions of the DC Universe as a mystery involving hidden knowledge and altered realities begins. Batman #10 sees Bruce Wayne uncover a connection to the Minotaur while his conflict with Vandal Savage enters a new phase. Poison Ivy #45 finds Mayor Pamela Isley increasingly isolated after alienating Batman, Vandal Savage, the Green and the Gray while her feelings about Harley Quinn are tested. Deadman #1 follows Boston Brand as he investigates a hospital filled with trapped souls while W. Maxwell Prince reimagines Deadman as a spiritual guide navigating multiple interpretations of death, but the guys have radically different reactions to the story. Supergirl: Survive #1 sees teenage Kara experience Krypton's destruction through a dramatically altered sequence of events as she leaves Krypton in the same rocketship as an infant Kal-El whom she is determined to protect. Batgirl #20 forces Cassandra Cain to confront painful memories when a murdered child is found wearing the same dress she wore during her first kill, while Doctor Forget-Me-Not begins playing mind games with her memories. Absolute Green Lantern #15 pits Jo Mullein against Tomar Re after she refuses to sacrifice her entire town to stop the Black Star Mogo, forcing a clash over whether saving a few thousand lives is worth risking trillions across the universe. They also give a rundown of this week's collected editions, reprints and facsimile releases. As always, all books are ranked from top to bottom and each host gives a Book of the Week pick.

All this week we've been looking at AI and the potential role it will play in the lives of our children and teens. Specifically, were looking at some conclusions made by the Brookings Institution and their new report titled, “A New Direction for Students in an AI World: Prosper, Prepare, Protect.” The report issues a clear warning regarding the implementation of AI into our lives, that we need to protect our kids by intentionally and carefully developing and implementing safeguards for its use. These safeguards must address issues of privacy, emotional well-being, and safety, along with protecting our kids' cognitive and social development. The report also tells us in no uncertain terms, that parents need to manage their children's use of AI in the home. Parents, we live in a world where the potential dangers no longer exist only outside the walls of our homes. Thanks to digital technology, the dangers exist 24/7. Exercise your God-given calling to insure your kids are safe.

Forget McDonald’s and Chick-Fi-A Non-Food Franchising May be a Better Bet When most people think of starting a business, their minds immediately go to fast food. We've been conditioned to associate “franchising” with burgers, fries, and massive overhead. But in his game-changing book, “Non-food franchising: The Better Path to Business Ownership,” Jon Ostenson explains why you might want to leave the grease traps behind. This isn’t just about picking a different industry; it's about a fundamental shift in how you build wealth. Non-food franchising offers a gateway to high-margin, essential-service businesses that provide the stability the food industry often lacks. There is a profound emotional cost to staying in a corporate job that no longer serves you. We all crave a sense of agency over our own lives, and non-food franchising is designed to provide exactly that. Jon explores how these businesses—ranging from home services to specialized health care—allow “corporate refugees” to stop trading hours for dollars. It's about building a legacy that supports your family and your freedom, using a proven system that doesn’t require you to be the one performing the labor. If you've ever felt like your potential is being capped by a ceiling someone else built, this conversation will be your sledgehammer. During our live deep dive, we'll look at why the most successful investors are flocking to non-food franchising. These businesses are often “recession-resistant” because they provide services people need rather than just things they want. We will break down the semi-absentee model, showing you how to scale a portfolio of businesses while keeping your day job or enjoying your retirement. By focusing on non-food franchising, you minimize the complexity of high-turnover staff and perishable inventory, focusing instead on the “boring” businesses that produce exciting, consistent cash flow. You cannot afford to miss this high-impact session on A New Direction with Coach Jay. Join us live this Wednesday, May 27th at 5pm Eastern as we interview Jon Ostenson and pull back the curtain on the lucrative world of non-food franchising. Whether you're looking to diversify your investments or completely pivot your career, this episode will give you the roadmap to move forward with confidence. Tune in and discover why your next big move doesn’t have to involve a drive-thru window. Jon Ostenson‘s book, “Non-Food Franchising: The Better Path to Business Ownership” is one of those powerful books in a short read.  The fact is I learned more about non-food franchising in this 75-page book than I had learned in my lifetime.  In fact, the book was so good, it has got me thinking about investing in to a non-food franchising opportunity. What I found so great about the book is that it is an honest, simple look at why non-food franchising is such a great opportunity.  He looks at the pros and cons of comparing to food franchises.  He also compares to the challenges of starting your own business or perhaps purchasing someone else’s business. Now don’t think that what Jon Ostenson is saying is all butterflies and roses when it comes to franchising.  Because he is not.  He points out there is a risk.  And he also points out something else.  It is not for everyone.  The fact is you could be “TOO entrepreneurial” for a non-food franchise, because you like to tweak and do things your own way.  That’s where you need to put your ego aside, accepting some humility comes in. The book talks about the subject of how to get money, different avenues to get started, and a step-by-step process he uses.  He also discusses the documents that are reviewed and specific areas to pay very close attention to.  Glad I read it twice! To get your copy of “Non-Food Franchising” click here. Please thank our sponsors of A New Direction by going to their social media pages liking them and following them. “You tune in to A New Direction to grow your business and your mindset. But you can't move forward if you're worried about what's lurking in your inbox. That's where Data443 Cyren comes in. It's the industry standard for real-time email security and URL filtering. They stop phishing and malware before they strike, so you can focus on your success, not your safety. Don't let a cyberattack derail your journey. Go to Data443.com today and secure your future.“ Linda Craft Team, Realtors for more than 40 years they have been helping people all over the world take the stress out of real estate.  And they would love to help you! When Linda started the business she built it by reputation and one relationship at a time and that is a foundation that continues to be built today. They truly understand that when you think about your home it is more than bricks and mortar, you made memories there and you want someone who cares about those as much as possible as you do. When you are ready to sell or buy your home, start with the relationship builders and home transition experts.  Start with Linda Craft Team, Realtors… www.LindaCraft.com ABOUT YOUR HOST Meet Jay Izso Executive Performance Coach  |  Host of A New Direction Every week on A New Direction, I sit down with CEOs, founders, and the researchers behind the science of leadership performance. The conversations go deep. We talk about the decisions that built companies, the mistakes that nearly destroyed them, and the personal breakthroughs that changed everything. But here’s what most people don’t know about me: the show is an extension of the work I do every day with executives behind closed doors. Who I Am I’m an Executive Performance Coach. I work with CEOs and founders of $5M-$50M companies who have hit a wall they can’t explain. The marketing looks fine. The team is capable. The market is there. But the business won’t move. The problem, almost every time, is the person running it. I find the personal behavioral patterns that are driving the business dysfunction. Then I help the CEO disrupt those patterns so the company can grow. That’s it. No motivational platitudes. No vision boards. Diagnostics, intervention, results. Where This Comes From My approach comes from two places most coaches never set foot in. The farm. I grew up as a farmhand in Ithaca, Nebraska—population 100. I started working at nine years old. By the time I left for college, I’d spent a decade learning that you can’t cheat the harvest, pain is part of the job, and the work has to get done whether you feel like it or not. I was fourteen the first time I had to castrate boars. Nobody was going to do it for me. That lesson never left: sometimes you have to do things afraid. The forensic psychology unit. In graduate school at Washington State University, I trained under Dr. Thomas Brigham—co-author of the Handbook of Applied Behavior Analysis—in a human behavior lab focused on real-world problems. I then served in a Clinical Psych II role at Eastern State Hospital in Medical Lake, Washington, a forensic setting where I conducted psychological evaluations of individuals charged with the most serious criminal offenses. Sixteen months assessing human behavior at its most extreme taught me how to cut through defenses, identify what’s really driving someone’s decisions, and see what they can’t see in themselves.

May 26, 2026- The state Commission on Correction is supposed to get a shakeup of its leadership and mandate under state law, but not much has happened yet. We discuss the prison oversight agency with Yonah Zeitz, director of advocacy at the Katal Center for Equity, Health, and Justice, and Ziyadah Amatul-Matin, a member of the organization.

We want to hear from you! Please, send us a text comment or suggestion. In part two of this conversation, Jon Lewis reflects on what it has meant to begin again in more ways than one—building a new career while also becoming a father again in midlife. This episode explores the emotional weight of that decision, the hesitation and hope that can come with starting over, and how maturity can reshape the way a person experiences parenting, responsibility, and purpose. Jon shares how this season of life has changed his perspective on fatherhood, success, and what truly matters, while also speaking honestly about the demands of balancing work, family, energy, and identity.This episode also takes a real look at the rewards and challenges of choosing a different path later in life. From unexpected joys and deeper intentionality to sacrifice, doubt, and the pressure of holding multiple responsibilities at once, the conversation offers a thoughtful and grounded picture of change in adulthood. At its heart, this episode is about meaning, timing, and the courage to build a life that reflects who you are becoming. It is a conversation for anyone wondering whether a major life change is still possible, and a reminder that some of the most meaningful chapters begin when you are finally ready to live them well.To find out more about Rod McCall and Eryk's Place of Hope check out https://fortheloveoferyk.com/ & https://eryksplaceofhope.com/Find us on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to your podcasts.

Innovation Comes from “Inside” the box, NOT “outside” of the box This week on A New Direction with Coach Jay, we are stepping into a conversation that may challenge almost everything we have been told about innovation. We have heard the phrase “think outside the box” so many times it has almost become business wallpaper. But Sheri Jacobs, author of The Unexpected Power of Boundaries: Rethinking the Rules, Risks, and Real Drivers of Innovation, asks a much deeper question: what if the real secret to breakthrough thinking is not escaping the box, but finally understanding where the box ends? Here is what makes this conversation so powerful: most leaders say they want innovation, but many teams are quietly paralyzed by unclear expectations, fear of failure, mixed messages, and the pressure to “be creative” without knowing what is safe to try. Sheri flips that idea on its head. Boundaries are not walls that keep people small. When used wisely, they become guardrails that give people courage, clarity, innovation and permission to take smarter risks. And let's be honest, in business, leadership, and life, confusion rarely creates confidence. Sheri brings a fascinating mix of research, leadership experience, storytelling, and real-world strategy to the table. From the way teams’ experiment, to how leaders define risk, to why some of the best ideas come from unexpected people and unexpected places, this conversation is about creating the conditions where bold ideas can actually survive long enough to become meaningful innovation. It is not theory for the sake of theory. It is practical, human, and immediately relevant for anyone trying to lead through change without burning out their people or losing their purpose. So, whether you are a business owner, executive, coach, entrepreneur, team leader, or someone who knows your organization needs a fresh spark, this episode is for you. Sheri Jacobs will help us rethink what boundaries really are, why they matter, and how the right constraints can move us from hesitation to experimentation, from chaos to clarity, and from stuck to something truly new. Join me, Coach Jay and Sheri Jacobs for A New Direction as we discover why the limits we resist may be the very thing that helps us grow and create innovation. Sheri Jacobs‘ book, “The Unexpected Power of Boundaries: Rethinking the Rules, Risks, and Real Drivers of Innovation” is an absolute mind twister that will change the way you think about boundaries and innovation.  We all know have been told or have worked on projects where we were encouraging to “think outside of the box”.  Sounds good in theory, but the irony is our innovation, and creative ideas don’t happen outside the box, they happen from the inside. I know, mind blowing right?  But think about it.  When we don’t know where the boundaries are, we start to wallow in so many choices and ideas that we end up doing nothing.  It’s what we psychologists refer to as “the paradox of choice”.  And studies have shown when we do not have clear boundaries…we more often than not fail. Sheri Jacob not only explains this very clearly by using real world examples and her own research and experience, but then she gives us practical actionable steps as leaders to create a culture where people become more innovative.  And what she presents is powerful. It starts with a switch of mindset.  Then she reminds us that we can do anything, but we can’t do everything, we do need some boundaries.  We have rethink our “risk capacity”, not our “risk tolerance” which is emotional, but we have to have a logical structural handle on our capacity for risk.  We need to have a culture of curiosity and Sheri helps us develop that.  And ultimately, we have to just keep swinging. The book is a winner!  I get why it is so popular.  I strongly recommend this book. You can get your copy by clicking here! Please thank our sponsors of A New Direction by going to their social media pages liking them and following them. Talk about innovation!  “You tune in to A New Direction to grow your business and your mindset. But you can't move forward if you're worried about what's lurking in your inbox. That's where Data443 Cyren comes in. It's the industry standard for real-time email security and URL filtering. 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You already know what average looks like. You've watched it sit in meetings, nod along, and clock out at five. You've seen it settle for “good enough” and call it a career. And something inside you — maybe it's quiet, maybe it's screaming — refuses to accept that as your ceiling. That's not ambition. That's your signal. The distance between where you are and where you know you're capable of being isn't talent. It isn't luck. It's the space between knowing what to do and actually executing at the level your potential demands. And that gap? It doesn't close on its own. The Truth Nobody Tells High Performers Here's what the leadership books leave out: the strategies that got you here won't get you there. The habits, the mindset, the way you manage your energy and your influence — all of it needs to evolve. Not because you're broken. Because you're ready for more. Every elite athlete has a coach. Every world-class CEO has an advisor in their corner. Not because they're weak — because they understand that the highest performers on the planet don't go it alone. What Changes When You Stop Going It Alone Working with an executive performance coach isn't about fixing problems. It's about unlocking the version of you that operates with total clarity, relentless focus, and the kind of presence that shifts the energy in every room you walk into. Imagine making decisions faster — and with more confidence. Leading teams that don't just follow you, but run through walls for you. Waking up on Monday with the same fire you feel on Friday night when you're planning your next move. That's not fantasy. That's what happens when you get serious about your performance. Your Move You've read this far for a reason. That reason matters. Don't let this be another article you agree with and forget by tomorrow. Take the first step right now:  Book a free discovery call — Let's talk about where you are, where you want to be, and what's standing in the way. Visit www.jayizso.com to schedule your session.  Send me a direct message — Not ready for a call? No problem. Reach out at jay@thecoachjay.com and tell me what's on your mind. Every conversation starts somewhere. The only thing standing between you and your next level is the decision to stop waiting. Make it today. Jay Izso is an Executive Performance Coach who works with driven professionals ready to break through to their next level of leadership, influence, and impact. Learn more at www.jayizso.com.

Want to Get Promoted? You Probably Don’t Know What You Don’t Know… We just wrapped up an incredible episode of A New Direction with Craig A. Fleming, author of The Unwritten Rules of Leadership, and the insights were a major wake-up call for anyone looking to get promoted. If you missed the live conversation, we dived deep into the “hidden curriculum” of the corporate world—those unspoken do's and don'ts that determine who stays in middle management and who gets promoted to the C-suite. The consensus was clear: hitting your KPIs is just the entry fee; understanding the social and political mechanics of your organization is what actually gets you promoted. A standout moment in the interview was Craig's breakdown of why high-performers often fail to get promoted because they fall into the “Technical Trap.” Many high-achievers believe that becoming the ultimate expert in their current role is the fastest way to move up, but the opposite is often true. Craig explained that if you make yourself too indispensable as a “doer,” you become “un-promotable” because leadership can’t afford to lose your technical output. To be promoted, you have to transition your identity from a specialist to a strategist, demonstrating that you have the Executive Presence to lead others rather than just doing the work yourself. We also discussed why Political Savvy is a non-negotiable skill if you want to get promoted. It isn't about “playing games”; it's about building relational equity and finding a sponsor. While a mentor talks to you, a sponsor is someone who talks about you in rooms you haven't entered yet. Craig shared that many talented individuals fail to get promoted simply because they lack an advocate at the decision-making table. By mapping out the power dynamics of your company and building a network of supporters, you ensure that your name is at the top of the list when it is time for someone to be promoted. If you are tired of watching others move up while you feel stuck, this recap is your roadmap to finally being promoted. We covered 7 specific shifts, from mastering “The Brief” to managing your “Leadership Shadow.” Don’t let another year go by wondering why you haven’t been promoted to the level your hard work deserves. Watch the full replay of A New Direction with Coach Jay and Craig A. Fleming to master these unwritten rules and take the final step to get promoted into the leadership role you've been aiming for. Craig Flemings book, “Unwritten Rules Of Leadership: How Executives Decide Who To Trust, Mentor, Promote, and Remember” is a no nonsense, gets right to the point book.  There is no fluff.  No stories.  Just a practical guide to, “if you want to get promoted here is what to do, and here is what not to do.”   Quite honestly I found it refreshing.  No wading through some here is the principle of the story.  Not some fairy tale that is suppose to make me feel better about my life, just the direct approach of, “if you want this, here is what you must do.” There are 25 chapters, each chapter has the same outline.  Here is the title, here is why it is important.  What are the costs and benefits to you on the topic.  Here is what you need to do.  Here are the distortions that will stall your career.  Here is the Application that you need to do on a daily basis in your personal life, your execution, communication etc. I found this book to be so appealing.  Find the area.  Why is it important.  Have the discipline to do what it says…and execute it daily.  Simple. 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This empowers your existing security systems to instantly recognize and block new dangers without you or your IT team having to lift a finger. Why it matters: Stops threats at the door: It blocks malicious emails, scam links, and viruses before they even reach your employees’ inboxes or computers. Always up-to-date: The internet moves fast, but Cyren updates in real-time so you are protected against attacks that were just invented today. Trusted by the experts: Massive internet service providers and global tech companies rely on Cyren to protect hundreds of millions of people worldwide. You get the exact same enterprise-grade protection they use. The Bottom Line: Cyren acts as the brain behind your business’s cybersecurity, automatically finding and blocking threats so you can stop worrying about hackers and focus on running your business. Linda Craft  Team, REALTORS®, for more than 40 years they have been helping people all over the world protect their dreams and make new ones. Let's be honest, most of us soon forget how much we paid for our home, or how much we sold our home for…but we all hold on to the memories that were made in that home. The powerful emotions that were in that home.  The gatherings, the people, the joys and even some sorrows, because at the end of the day all our memories are what makes the home…a home. The memories and the emotions of those memories.  The Linda Craft Team continue the tradition of being the “memory makers” by giving the home you are ready to sell the marketing and attention it deserves, and the start to the new memories you will create when you purchase your next home. When you are ready for your memory head on over to www.LindaCraft.com Stop Performing. Start Dominating You weren't built to play it safe. You already know what average looks like. You've watched it sit in meetings, nod along, and clock out at five. You've seen it settle for “good enough” and call it a career. And something inside you — maybe it's quiet, maybe it's screaming — refuses to accept that as your ceiling. That's not ambition. That's your signal. The distance between where you are and where you know you're capable of being isn't talent. It isn't luck. It's the space between knowing what to do and actually executing at the level your potential demands. And that gap? It doesn't close on its own. The Truth Nobody Tells High Performers Here's what the leadership books leave out: the strategies that got you here won't get you there. The habits, the mindset, the way you manage your energy and your influence — all of it needs to evolve. Not because you're broken. Because you're ready for more. Every elite athlete has a coach. Every world-class CEO has an advisor in their corner. Not because they're weak — because they understand that the highest performers on the planet don't go it alone. What Changes When You Stop Going It Alone Working with an executive performance coach isn't about fixing problems. It's about unlocking the version of you that operates with total clarity, relentless focus, and the kind of presence that shifts the energy in every room you walk into. Imagine making decisions faster — and with more confidence. Leading teams that don't just follow you, but run through walls for you. Waking up on Monday with the same fire you feel on Friday night when you're planning your next move. That's not fantasy. That's what happens when you get serious about your performance. Your Move You've read this far for a reason. That reason matters. Don't let this be another article you agree with and forget by tomorrow. Take the first step right now:  Book a free discovery call — Let's talk about where you are, where you want to be, and what's standing in the way. Visit www.jayizso.com to schedule your session.  Send me a direct message — Not ready for a call? No problem. Reach out at jay@thecoachjay.com and tell me what's on your mind. Every conversation starts somewhere. The only thing standing between you and your next level is the decision to stop waiting. Make it today. Jay Izso is an Executive Performance Coach who works with driven professionals ready to break through to their next level of leadership, influence, and impact. Learn more at www.jayizso.com.

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This week's Best of Dolphins show features insight from GM Jon Eric Sullivan, Omar Kelly, Kyle Crabbs, and Alain Poupart as they break down Miami's draft and offseason direction. Sullivan explains the team's approach to rebuilding the roster, including the selection of Kadyn Proctor and the addition of Malik Willis, while emphasizing long-term growth and competition. Kelly and Crabbs provide outside perspective on the class, highlighting both the upside and lingering concerns—especially at safety and along the defensive front—while debating key picks and positional priorities. Poupart wraps things up by outlining Miami's shift toward a more physical identity, evaluating key draft decisions, and discussing the future of core players like Aaron Brewer, Jordyn Brooks, and De'Von Achane.

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What if everything you were taught about who you are in law is wrong?   This week I welcome Russell Paul Arthur — certified practitioner of Sovereign Law, founder of Grace Private Society, chief justice of Grace Private Court, and creator of the Grace Sovereignty Academy. Russell has spent nearly a decade studying how the system of citizenship works, what it costs you in terms of freedom and standing, and how you can lawfully and peacefully unwind from it.   About my Guest: Russell Paul Arthur is a certified practitioner of Sovereign Law that focuses on human freedoms and rights. The creator of Grace Private Society — for sovereign men and women who cooperate for mutual benefit and support to create a New World Paradigm of widespread peace and prosperity. The chief justice for Grace Private Court and justice system. The creator of Grace Sovereignty Academy that teaches people the specialised knowledge, skillsets, and lawful procedures to transition from Citizenship to Sovereignty.   What we Discussed: 00:00 Introduction to Sovereignty and the Awakening Podcast 01:19 Introducing Russell Paul Arthur: Transitioning from Citizen to Sovereign 01:55 Roy's Personal Journey: 100 Court Cases and Legal Battles 03:30 Russell's 10-Year Journey: Awakening to Global Corruption 05:41 Taking Action: Creating a New Direction for Humanity 06:56 The Internal Experience: Sovereignty as Self-Authority 07:53 Roy's Experience with Taxes, Pensions, and Standing Your Ground 09:22 Reclaiming Power: Moving Beyond the Corporate Entity 10:33 The Current State of Ireland: Defaults and Economic Pressure 43:14 The Legal Bondage of Citizenship: How We Forfeit Rights 44:18 The Parasitical System: Control and Extortion 44:52 The Failure of the Education System: Why Money Isn't Taught 46:33 Creating a New Educational Paradigm 47:21 Educating the Next Generation: Protecting Children through Awareness 49:21 The Food System: Control vs. Sovereign Nutrition 51:18 The Vision for Free Energy and Basic Human Needs 63:31 The Private Court System: Being Your Own Judge and Jury 66:01 Principles of Honor and Equity in Law 68:57 Why Solicitors Exist: The Weaponization of Legal Ignorance 71:17 How to Join the Grace Private Society & Sovereignty Academy 73:39 Closing Remarks and Contact Information   How to Contact Russell: www.graceprivatesociety.com Academy Registration: https://www.graceprivatesociety.com/academybookingpage Email: graceprivatesociety@protonmail.com   More about the Awakening Podcast: All Episodes can be found at www.awakeningpodcast.org   Join my PodFather Podcast Coaching Community https://www.skool.com/podfather/about   Start Your Own SKOOL Community https://www.skool.com/signup?ref=c72a37fe832f49c584d7984db9e54b71   Awakening Podcast Social Media / Coaching / My Other Podcasts https://roycoughlan.com/   Our Facebook Group can be found at https://www.facebook.com/royawakening   #Sovereignty #CommonLaw #NaturalLaw #RussellPaulArthur #GracePrivateSociety #AwakeningPodcast #RoyCoughlan #CitizenshipTrap #DeclarationOfStatus #PrivateTrust #EstateReclamation #SovereignMan #LivingMan #LegalFiction #Strawman #StatusCorrection #PrivateMembersAssociation #SovereigntyAcademy #TrustLaw #ContractLaw #PrivateDomain #NewWorldParadigm #FreedomFromTheState #CommonLawCourt #PrivateCourt #SovereignLaw #UCC #EstateTrust #PrivateEstate #BirthCertificateFraud #DebtFreedom #LegalBondage #HealthFreedom #FoodFreedom #EnergyFreedom #BuildInParallel #Awakening #SovereignEnterprise #CheckMateTheMatrix #PrivateSociety