Podcasts about pivoting

What does the future of Bitcoin mining actually look like? This week, Fred Thiel joins Coin Stories for a candid, wide-ranging conversation. Fred runs MARA (formerly Marathon Digital Holdings), one of the biggest public Bitcoin miners in the world. We get into why so many miners are pivoting to AI, what it means for Bitcoin, and his honest, big-picture read on where Bitcoin fits as an asset — including why he says power, not chips, has become the most valuable resource in tech, and why that puts some miners in a surprisingly strong position. We discuss: Why Bitcoin miners are pivoting to AI — and what it means for the network Why Fred has put Bitcoin "in a different box" The story behind MARA selling 20,000 Bitcoin Where he sees Bitcoin's price versus its long-term value His candid take on whether Bitcoin ever becomes money The quantum computing threat to Bitcoin wallets Follow Fred Thiel on X: https://x.com/fgthiel ---- Order Natalie's new book "Bitcoin is For Everyone," a simple introduction to Bitcoin and what's broken in our current financial system: https://amzn.to/3WzFzfU  ---- Speed is my go-to Bitcoin Lightning wallet! Send, receive, or swap stablecoins and digital gold into Bitcoin in one app. Run a business? Speed powers Bitcoin payments for Steak 'n Shake, and it can do the same for you. Download at https://speed.app/natalie  and use code COINSTORIES10 for 5,000 free sats after your first transaction. ---- Ledn is the global leader in Bitcoin-backed loans, issuing over $10 billion in loans since 2018, and they were the first to offer proof of reserves. With Ledn, you get custody loans, no credit checks, no monthly payments, and more. Get .25% off your first loan, learn more at https://www.Ledn.io/natalie  ---- Abundant Mines is a fully-managed Bitcoin mining in the U.S. You own the miners. You keep 100% of the Bitcoin. Voted #1 mining company by peers. Get 1 month of free hosting: AbundantMines.com/Natalie ---- Natalie's Bitcoin Product Partners: Download Bitkey Today and use my promo code STORIES to get 10% off the new Bitkey. This episode has been sponsored by Bitkey: https://bitkey.world/STORIES Master your Bitcoin self-custody with 1-on-1 help and gain peace of mind with the help of The Bitcoin Way: https://www.thebitcoinway.com/natalie  With BitcoinIRA, you can invest in bitcoin 24/7 inside a tax-advantaged IRA. Choose a Traditional IRA to defer taxes, or a Roth IRA for tax-free withdrawals later. Take control of your future with BitcoinIRA: https://www.bitcoinira.com/natalie  Natalie's Upcoming Events: The best time to plan for Bitcoin 2027 is right now. Early bird tickets are live — grab the lowest pricing available and use code HODL for 10% off: https://tickets.b.tc/event/bitcoin-2027?promoCodeTask=apply&promoCodeInput=HODL  Extra Services to Consider: Protect yourself from SIM Swaps that can hack your accounts and steal your Bitcoin. Join America's most secure mobile service, trusted by CEOs, VIPs and top corporations: https://www.efani.com/natalie   Ditch your fiat health insurance like I did four years ago! Join me at CrowdHealth: www.joincrowdhealth.com/natalie  ---- This podcast is for educational purposes and should not be construed as official investment advice. Ads in this episode are baked-in and may reference promotions or offers that are no longer available at the time of listening. ---- VALUE FOR VALUE — SUPPORT NATALIE'S SHOWS Strike ID https://strike.me/coinstoriesnat/ Cash App $CoinStories #money #Bitcoin #investing

In episode 582 of 'Coffee with Butterscotch,' the brothers share what they've learned about designing games that are easy to talk about before they're even finished. With How Many Dudes days from launch, they dig into how scope, platform focus, and building around shared human experiences can set a game up to market itself.Support How Many Dudes!Official Website: https://www.bscotch.net/games/how-many-dudesTrailer Teaser: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgQM1SceEpISteam Wishlist: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3934270/How_Many_Dudes00:00 Cold Open00:26 Introduction and Welcome02:36 Letting Content Dictate the Format of Your Game05:03 The Importance of Cultural Context and Invisible Influences09:50 Design Constraints: Mass Contentability and Approachability15:08 Market Testing and Early Feedback Strategies20:00 Pivoting and Iteration: When and How to Change Course24:51 Using Community and Social Media for Feedback30:04 Balancing Creativity, Marketability, and Execution35:05 The Challenges and Realities of Solo Development40:05 Leveraging Past Success and Market Trends45:00 The Power of High-Level Concepts and Simplicity50:01 Avoiding Over-Reliance on Genre and Trends55:01 The Iterative Process: From Idea to Market-Ready Game59:57 Handling Failures and Pivoting Effectively01:04:52 The Role of Marketing and Community Engagement01:09:58 Final Tips for Indie Developers and Future PlanningTo stay up to date with all of our buttery goodness subscribe to the podcast on Apple podcasts (apple.co/1LxNEnk) or wherever you get your audio goodness. If you want to get more involved in the Butterscotch community, hop into our DISCORD server at discord.gg/bscotch and say hello! Submit questions at https://www.bscotch.net/podcast, disclose all of your secrets to podcast@bscotch.net, and send letters, gifts, and tasty treats to https://bit.ly/bscotchmailbox. We also built Ludokit, a tool for managing store pages, promo art, localization, achievements, credits, fonts, change logs, and more. Check it out at https://ludokit.com!Finally, if you'd like to support the show and buy some coffee FOR Butterscotch, head over to https://moneygrab.bscotch.net. ★ Support this podcast ★

In this episode of the Try That In A Small Town podcast, the guys sit down with hitmaker George Birge to unpack his long road to “overnight success” in Nashville. George talks about grinding for a decade before his first number one, the moment Luke Bryan said “Play that motherfucker” about his song, and how TikTok flipped his career with Beer Beer Truck Truck.He shares how Clay Walker pushed him back into being an artist, how a Bobby Bones performance turned Mind On You into a life-changing hit, and why Jason Aldean giving that song back was a defining act of class. Along the way you'll hear wild road stories with SEAL Team Six and Post Malone, getting wrecked by Gary Allan's weed, the art of building a live set, and how country music's community creates careers that last decades. They close it out with golf at Augusta, Idiots of the Week, HVAC disasters, fan etiquette and plenty of laughs.Timed Highlights: 0:03:12 – Four number ones in a row, why Nashville is a “10-year town” and how hard it really is to break 0:04:35 – Building relationships with radio and listeners, and the pressure of chasing every hit 0:05:04 – Luke Bryan mentor story, Chesney's jet and the “Play that motherfucker” cowboy song moment 0:07:40 – Why country music is a “big happy family” and how fan relationships create 20–40 year careers 0:08:53 – Shouting out Kurt and Tully on a surprise Jason Aldean number one and how labels plan chart runs 0:10:00 – Original Glory beer spot and investing in America's small towns 0:11:14 – The magic and misery of the grind: why it's good that success doesn't come easy 0:12:20 – First number one, confidence, and how belief changes the way you write and perform 0:13:20 – Mike Eli's tough-love advice: “You just need to go get your ass kicked” 0:15:30 – Sprinter van nightmare in Kentucky, the meth'd-out “mechanic” and character-building on the road 0:17:49 – Moving from one recognizable song to multiple hits and the freedom of building a real setlist 0:18:38 – Covers as a “cheat code,” winning crowds in clubs and finding the sweet spot with 90s country medleys 0:20:19 – Club days: Dwight Yoakam medleys, Sweet Child O' Mine into Paradise City, and stretching 90 minutes 0:22:40 – Teaching an audience how to listen to your ballad and earning the right to play the slow songs 0:25:26 – Lessons from touring with Toby Keith: zero ego, human jukebox and knowing when to turn it into a honky-tonk cover set 0:28:19 – Tailgating with Toby Keith, SEAL Team Six and Post Malone on the bus in Virginia Beach 0:29:48 – Post Malone's country roots, respect for the genre and doing it the right way 0:30:09 – Pivoting to “just” being a songwriter, asking out of the duo deal and heading to Clay Walker's beach house 0:33:33 – Writing Clay Walker's We All Need A Bar Sometimes and Catching Up With An Old Memory and hearing the band's take from the studio side 0:36:35 – Refusing to quit, irrational optimism and how things fall into place when you keep showing up 0:37:38 – Clay Walker says “Get on TikTok” and the birth of Beer Beer Truck Truck from a country-music hater's video 0:39:41 – Going viral overnight, crediting the original TikTok creator and landing on The Bobby Bones Show 0:39:47 – Playing Mind On You live on Bobby Bones, getting a record deal and watching it go number one 0:41:03 – Jason Aldean had Mind On You on hold – and gave it back so George could release it as his debut single 0:45:08 – George's Mount Rushmore: Aldean, Gary Allan, George Strait and Tracy Lawrence, and how that shaped his sound 0:46:47 – First-hand weed disasters: Gary Allan's tackle box, the volcano, numb legs and the best pineapple ever 0:52:23 – Willie's Remedy, tequila pairings and trying to “just sleep” through a THC drink gone wrong 0:54:08 – Tequila on the road, giving up whiskey in the summer and survival strategies under 100-degree stage lights 0:55:16 – Golf talk: college golf background, shooting 75 at Augusta and winning the BMW Celebrity Pro-Am 0:57:31 – John Daly, a 27-minute Knocking on Heaven's Door and golf-country crossovers 0:58:08 – Weekly segment: Idiots of the Week – ducks on dashboards and Jeep duck culture 0:59:35 – People touching injured shoulders, hugging the sling side and unintentional pain 1:01:16 – HVAC conspiracy: the AC “just happens” to die right after the service check and buying a new unit 1:06:42 – Language rant: the word “literally,” dictionaries caving and when words stop meaning what they mean 1:08:37 – Fan behavior: phones in faces, reading the screen mid-song and completely losing the lyrics 1:10:19 – Fist bumps, picks, Sharpies mid-solo and why some fans think they're on stage with you 1:12:00 – World Cup tangent, flops, drama and sports rants 1:13:40 – Peacemaker Coffee plug and sending George beans for the bus 1:14:23 – The hosts on why George is great for country music, closing thanks and merch reminders______________________________________________________________________________________________SPONSORS: The Try That in a Small Town Podcast is powered by e|spaces!Redefining Coworking - Exceptional Office Space for Every BusinessBook a tour today at espaces.comFrom the Patriot Mobile studios:Don't get fooled by other cellular providers pretending to share your values or have the same coverage. 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In this episode, Paul Dio sits down with Jason Bagley, founder of Growth Experts, joining all the way from Cape Town, South Africa. Jason's story is a study in what happens when a marketer stops selling deliverables and starts selling outcomes. He started as a software developer, moved into web design at the exact moment Squarespace and Wix turned it into a race to the bottom, pivoted to a newsletter-only business, sold that during COVID, and eventually landed on the model he's running today — an all-you-can-eat growth marketing agency where the team doesn't just write the thing, they get the thing live. The heart of the conversation is a single insight Jason had with his very first Copy Check client. He'd written a newsletter and expected feedback on the copy. What he got back was a question about MailChimp. That's when the penny dropped. Clients don't want the newsletter written. They want the newsletter sent. They want the landing page built and live. They want the LinkedIn post published. Jason built Growth Experts around that reframe and it's changed how his agency shows up for every client since. Jason and Paul dig into what actually makes a newsletter worth reading in 2026 (spoiler — content, not cadence), how AI is changing what a small team can ship, and why he keeps telling his team to stop asking for sign-off on the work that isn't mission critical. He also gets honest about the mid-growth phase of his own business — the part nobody puts on LinkedIn — where the challenges get harder even as the numbers get better. The episode closes on attention and legacy. Jason's read on where audience attention is moving is simple. It's moving toward honest people doing real things and showing the mistakes. And his legacy is smaller and more personal than most guests give — his wife first, his kids second because of that, and the entrepreneurs he mentors through EO, planting seeds that go on to change worlds he'll never see. Timestamps 00:00 — Welcome from Cape Town 00:45 — Software developer to web design agency 02:00 — The race to the bottom in websites 02:45 — Pivoting to newsletters only 03:30 — Building and selling Firing Squad 04:30 — Launching Copy Check with zero clients 05:30 — The MailChimp question that changed everything 06:30 — Building Growth Experts around outcomes not deliverables 07:45 — Early clients and the cold email skill 09:00 — What actually makes a newsletter worth reading 10:30 — The anchor client from the IT retailer 12:00 — What separates one agency from another in a crowded market 13:00 — High-agency teams and the sign-off tax 14:45 — Latency between idea and execution 16:00 — Building things again thanks to AI 17:00 — Why leaders have to show AI steps first 18:00 — Where attention is moving in a crowded market 19:30 — Video, honesty, and being over the weekly hype cycle 21:00 — The mid-growth phase nobody puts on LinkedIn 22:30 — Leading a team without micromanaging 23:30 — Legacy starts with his wife 24:30 — Mentoring through EO and planting seeds 25:30 — Where to find Jason Episode Resources Discover how Jason and his team at Growth Experts run an all-you-can-eat growth marketing agency built on a simple idea — clients don't want the newsletter written, they want it sent, live, published, and tracked: www.growthexperts.co Legacy Podcast: For more information about the Legacy Podcast and its co-hosts, visit https://businesslegacypodcast.com Leave a Review: If you enjoyed the episode, leave a review and rating on your preferred podcast platform. For more information: Visit https://businesslegacypodcast.com to access the show notes and additional resources on the episode.  

Why are Bitcoin miners suddenly at the center of the AI infrastructure boom? Fred Thiel, CEO of MARA, explains "mullet data centers" — AI in the front, Bitcoin mining in the back — and why power is the bottom layer of Jensen Huang's AI pyramid. He details MARA's joint venture with Starwood, load-balancing technology that follows wind power in real time, and lessons from Bitcoin mining that now apply to hyperscale data centers.

Retrenchment isn't just a career setback; it's a financial and psychological earthquake. Howie Lim speaks with financial psychologist Dr Annabelle Chow about navigating the initial shock. What is the single biggest financial mistake most make in the first 48 hours and how to stop panic from driving your decisions? From mastering the "3-bucket" survival strategy to separating your identity from your paycheck, and moving from fear to clarity. Don’t let uncertainty manage your future. Reclaim your financial agency—because while jobs go, your security shouldn't. Synopsis: Every Monday, The Business Times breaks down useful financial tips. Highlights: 01:06 The #1 financial mistake after job loss 05:01 Untouchable when money's tight 07:50 Separating identity from paycheck 11:19 Pivoting careers without panic-driven decisions 13:32 The 3-bucket approach to surviving a layoff 19:30 One small financial win to regain control --- Send us your questions, thoughts, story ideas, and feedback to btpodcasts@sph.com.sg. --- Written and hosted by: Howie Lim (howielim@sph.com.sg) With Dr Annabelle Chow, financial psychologist, Annabelle Psychology Edited by: Howie Lim & Claressa Monteiro Produced by: Howie Lim, Chai Pei Chieh and Nicole Teo A podcast by BT Podcasts, The Business Times, SPH Media --- Follow BT Money Hacks podcasts every Monday: Channel: bt.sg/btmoneyhacks Amazon: bt.sg/mham Apple Podcasts: bt.sg/oeXe Spotify: bt.sg/oeGN YouTube Music: bt.sg/mhyt Website: bt.sg/moneyhacks Do note: This podcast is meant to provide general information only. SPH Media accepts no liability for loss arising from any reliance on the podcast or use of third party’s products and services. Please consult professional advisors for independent advice. --- Discover more BT podcast series: BT Correspondents: bt.sg/btcobt BT Market Focus at: bt.sg/btmktfocus BT Podcasts at: bt.sg/pcOM BT Lens On: bt.sg/btlensonSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Christian Lopez talks about the market's electricity demand and its value as availability becomes more limited. It comes as Bitcoin miners move into AI infrastructure, something Christian believes will be beneficial for firms due to the demand for AI compute we'll see over the next decade.======== Schwab Network ========Empowering every investor and trader, every market day.Subscribe to the Market Minute newsletter - https://schwabnetwork.com/subscribeDownload the iOS app - https://apps.apple.com/us/app/schwab-network/id1460719185Download the Amazon Fire Tv App - https://www.amazon.com/TD-Ameritrade-Network/dp/B07KRD76C7Watch on Sling - https://watch.sling.com/1/asset/191928615bd8d47686f94682aefaa007/watchWatch on Vizio - https://www.vizio.com/en/watchfreeplus-exploreWatch on DistroTV - https://www.distro.tv/live/schwab-network/Follow us on X – https://twitter.com/schwabnetworkFollow us on Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/schwabnetworkFollow us on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/schwab-network/About Schwab Network - https://schwabnetwork.com/about

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Tikiri Herath is the award-winning author who went from working in federal intelligence to writing her own worlds of suspenseful thrillers. Changing careers can be an intimidating prospect, but Tikiri took a new path and built a thriving author business along the way. This week, we'll discuss: • Pivoting mid-career from corporate work to full time novelist. • Running indie author-dom as a business. • Writing thrillers with strong female leads. //Draft2Digital is where you grow your Indie Author Career//   Looking for your path to self-publishing success? Draft2Digital is the leading ebook publisher and distributor worldwide. We'll convert your manuscript, distribute it online, and support you the whole way. • Get started now: https://draft2digital.com/ • Learn the ins, the outs, and the all-arounds of indie publishing from the industry experts on the D2D Blog: https://Draft2Digital.com/blog   • Promote your books with our Universal Book Links from Books2Read: https://books2read.com   Make sure you bookmark https://D2DLive.com for links to live events, and to catch back episodes of the Self Publishing Insiders Podcast.

What I Discussed With Dr. Jenn Kennedy...- The two problems that bring most couples over 50 into sex therapy, and why embarrassment keeps them away for so long.- Why an unreliable erection doesn't mean the end of pleasure, and what "pivoting" actually looks like in bed.- The surprising sensitivity of a soft penis, and why porn has left us all badly under-educated.- Why sex that "feels like sandpaper" is so common after menopause, and the fixes that work within weeks.- The generational reason women over 50 feel funny about keeping lube by the bed.- Why the low-desire partner usually doesn't dislike sex. She dislikes the sex she's having.- How pressure turns desire into obligation, and what brings real desire back instead.- The two words that reignite relationships after decades together.Show NotesIs it okay to say things aren't working in the bedroom? That's the question, according to my guest, that couples are silently asking as they walk into her office. Erections that have become unreliable. Sex that hurts. Desire that seems to have packed up and left. Most people wait years before saying any of it out loud.In this episode, I'm joined by Dr Jenn Kennedy, clinical sexologist, licensed marriage and family therapist and founder of The Pleasure Project in Santa Barbara. Jenn works with couples and individuals in their 50s, 60s and beyond, and she's refreshingly frank about what she sees: bodies that change with age, partners drowning in shame about it, and simple fixes that nobody has bothered to tell them exist.What I love about this conversation is how practical it gets. We talk about what to do in the actual moment an erection doesn't arrive. We talk about vaginal estrogen, the treatment that clears up painful sex in weeks, and why so many women have never heard of it. And we land on Jenn's most freeing insight: the partner who has "gone off sex" usually hasn't gone off sex at all. She's gone off sex where her pleasure comes last.Whether you're partnered, dating or somewhere in between, this episode is full of things you can actually use. Including, for the men, the simplest question in the entire universe. Ask it daily. Then listen to the answer.Listen, learn and enjoy.Key Takeaways- Dysfunction and dissatisfaction are the two main reasons couples over 50 seek sex therapy.- Pivoting to what feels good keeps shame out of the room, and often brings things back.- Sensitivity doesn't disappear with an erection.- Painful sex after menopause is common, treatable and nothing to be ashamed of.- Lube is not a failure.- Vaginal estrogen can transform painful sex in weeks, yet many women are never told about it.- Pressuring a low-desire partner creates obligation, not desire.- The low-desire partner often enjoys sex.- Desire lives in play, curiosity and banter, not in routine.About the GuestDr. Jenn Kennedy is a clinical sexologist and LMFT specialising in sex and couples. In 2023, Dr. Jenn launched The Pleasure Project, which is dedicated to helping us all have a better sex life.  She hosts a podcast called Pleasure Project: Sex & Relationships and offers small group intensives for women and couples. She recently launched a self-guided intimacy course for women and owns a 9-person group therapy practice called Riviera Therapy. Dr Jenn has been quoted in Redbook, Reader's Digest, Forbes Health, DailyOm, Shondaland, Parade, Allure, Yahoo!, and others. She is often tapped to discuss intimacy and sexuality for therapists and physicians.About SuzanneSuzanne Noble is a sex and relationship expert, author, and host of the Sex Advice for Seniors podcast—one of the top-rated shows empowering people 50+ to embrace confident, joyful intimacy. Known for her candid, warm, and often humorous approach, Suzanne challenges age-related taboos, misinformation, and awkward conversations about sex after 50. She helps millions around the world navigate their sexual lives with pleasure, connection, and self-assurance. Because life is too short for bad sex... or silence about it.Connect With SuzanneInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/sexadviceforseniorsFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/sexadviceforseniorsTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@sexadviceforseniorsSubstack: https://www.sexadviceforseniors.comWant More?Visit the Website: https://sexadviceforseniors.com — includes FREE guides and resources for better sex at any age.Free Downloadable Guide: 10 Most Overlooked Secrets to Better Sex PDF: https://subscribepage.io/suzannenoblefreebieSign Up for My FREE Newsletter: https://sexadviceforseniors.comOvercome Erectile Dysfunction & Stay Firm: https://www.stayfirmprogram.comCheck Out My Storefront for Better Sex: https://zaap.bio/stayfirmInterested in 1:1 Coaching or Custom Sex Advice for Seniors Sessions? https://tidycal.com/suzannenoble/30-minute-mentoringRelated EpisodesWhy Long-Term Couples Drift Apart, and the Simple Habit That Brings Them Back: https://www.sexadviceforseniors.com/p/why-couples-lose-the-spark-and-howThe Simple Practice That Brought Intimacy Back After 20 Years: https://www.sexadviceforseniors.com/p/why-waiting-to-feel-in-the-mood-doesntBonus Live: The Relationship Lesson That Ends So Much Conflict: https://www.sexadviceforseniors.com/p/bonus-live-the-relationship-lesson This is a public episode. 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She had the founder story people loved, real client results, and a mission everyone applauded her for... So how did she find herself updating her resume & contemplating a return to corporate??Madison walks us through the year she almost quit entrepreneurship twice, what actually made her STAY, and how she navigated all the doubt & uncertainty in between.We Chat:What happens when your thriving business just isn't lighting you up anymore?? How she knew returning to corporate actually WASN'T the right moveThe biggest signal that something needs to change in your business and what to look out forIs your business actually "out of alignment" OR is it just shiny object syndrome making you want to pivot? How to tell the difference.The sunk cost question that changes everything when you ask it out loudWhat her social media break really looked like, and what she was terrified to find out about herselfThe financial math nobody talks about when you walk away from a business to pivot into a new endeavor Hot girl networking tips for the anti-social girlies 

Pivoting careers can seem like a daunting prospect. But changing course doesn't have to happen all at once. Sometimes professional pivots happen slowly over time. In this episode, Em and Lisa unpack their own career pivots, sharing the different approaches they took to change direction. From applying for jobs you might not feel 100% qualified for, to identifying a market gap and building your own business, Em and Lisa share the challenges, fears and steps they took to pivot professionally. Career coaches:- Kate Richardson- Claire Seeber Our BIZ hosts are Lisa Lie - a former Head of People & Culture and Organisational Coach - and Mamamia’s Em Vernem. If you want to build skills fast check out LearnaSign up to the BIZ newsletter hereTHE END BITSSupport independent women's media.Got a work life dilemma? Send us all the questions you definitely can't ask your boss for our Biz Inbox episodes - send us a voice note or email us at podcast@mamamia.com.au. You can remain anon! HOSTS: Lisa Lie and Em Vernem EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Courtney Ammenhauser SENIOR PRODUCER: Thom LionVIDEO PRODUCER: Marlena Cacciotti Mamamia acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Land we have recorded this podcast on, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present, and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures.Become a Mamamia subscriber: https://www.mamamia.com.au/subscribeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bron is joined by Nishie Govender (clinical psychologist and occupational psychology consultant) for an honest conversation about building a career that looks nothing like the one you imagined. Nishie shares how realising full-time clinical work wasn't sustainable for her led to a fulfilling dual career working between corporate psychology and private practice, and what prompted her to go back to study a Clinical Masters bridging course as a registered psychologist. They chat about:

Too many global strategies are written for boardrooms, not the markets they're meant to serve and it's a mistake that's costing companies real growth. Janice B Gordon dives deep with Jane Egerton-Idehen on the high price of ignoring local nuance in international sales. Together, they unpack how adaptive strategies and authentic stakeholder engagement are defining the next generation of winning CEOs. What you'll learn: a) Why treating Africa as a single market sabotages growth b) The business case for local presence and on-the-ground leadership c) How listening to the market reveals new revenue opportunities Jane Egerton-Idehen is the MD and CEO of Nigeria Communications Satellite Limited, an experienced tech executive and author, who has led commercial growth for over 15 years across Africa's telecom sector. She's held senior leadership roles at Meta, Ericsson, Avani Communications, Nokia, and Siemens, and is the author of Be Fearless.   Timestamps: 05:39 Localizing products for diverse markets 07:45 Understanding B2B and client relationships 10:49 Understanding Local Market Needs 15:48 Understanding Market Needs 19:09 Adapting to Market Disruptions 22:38 Finding opportunity in a crisis 23:49 Building Trust with Stakeholders 32:11 Listening to client needs 35:14 Evaluating and aligning team competencies 37:20 Challenges of Pivoting in Business   Connect with Jane Egerton-Idehen LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jane-egerton-idehen-6716a39/   Connect with Janice Book Janice to speak at your next sales or leadership event: https://janicebgordon.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/janice-b-gordon/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/janicebgordon Scale Your Sales Podcast: https://scaleyoursales.co.uk/podcast Enjoy the episode? Share your takeaway in the comments and leave a review on Apple Podcasts to help more leaders discover the show.

Send us Fan MailSometimes business growth looks less like a huge breakthrough……and more like admitting, “I don't want to keep doing it this way.”In this episode of The Riley Black Project, John and Crystal sit down for a no-guest, real-life update episode about pivoting, product ideas, custom order stress, laser business decisions, and figuring out what actually feels sustainable.Crystal talks through her possible shift into custom laser engraved jewelry using Monarch Pine jewelry blanks, why she's considering moving away from certain custom products, and how small personalized items may be a better fit for her creativity, workflow, and local market.We dive into:• Why custom orders can be more stressful than they look• The hidden time behind “simple” personalized products• Pivoting from random custom work to a more focused product line• Laser engraved jewelry and small gift ideas• Monarch Pine blanks, findings, and jewelry possibilities• Considering the xTool F2 for live engraving and small batch production• Why ease of use matters when choosing your laser tools• The difference between hobby gear, production tools, and what actually fits your business• Pricing custom work, design fees, rush fees, and customer communication• ADHD, creative burnout, and overthinking product ideas• UV printing struggles, acrylic blocks, photo gifts, and precision problems• Why sometimes the best business move is simplifyingIf you're a maker, laser owner, crafter, small business owner, or creative entrepreneur trying to figure out your next product line, this episode will feel painfully familiar.This is the messy middle of business.And honestly? That's where the good stuff usually starts.Support the showIf you enjoy our content, consider supporting us on Patreon!! You can check out the tier options and perks here: https://www.patreon.com/TheRileyBlackProjectCheck out my Linktree for my social media links & all the different things I have to offer! https://linktr.ee/RileyBlack

In this episode of No Way, Jose!, host Jose Galison welcomes back journalist Matt Wolfson for the latest edition of their popular weekly series, The Weekly Wolfson. Matt, a sharp observer of geopolitics and ethnopolitics, joins Jose for a timely conversation on the current DSA takeover of key institutions and its accelerating impact on American cities, especially New York. While the series often covers Matt's newest work, this episode revisits a pair of incisive older pieces that now read like crystal-ball predictions of today's political landscape.Together they break down Matt's Libertarian Institute article “How Zionist Influence in New York Gave Rise to Zohran Mamdani” and his Restoration News piece “Pivoting off Zohran Mamdani's Victory.” The discussion explores how decades of establishment politics, foreign lobbies, and policy failures created the backlash that propelled DSA momentum, what the “Democrat Socialist Apocalypse” could actually look like in practice, and practical ways listeners can navigate the shifting terrain. Expect candid analysis of ethnopolitical dynamics, coalition fractures, urban governance failures, and forward-looking strategies for resilience—plus plenty more on the deeper forces reshaping the left and the country.Read Matt's Work:https://restoration-news.com/pivoting-off-zohran-mamdani-s-victoryhttps://libertarianinstitute.org/articles/how-zionist-influence-in-new-york-gave-rise-to-zohran-mamdani/Please consider supporting my work-Patreon- https://www.patreon.com/nowayjose2020Only costs $2/month and will get you access to episodes earlier than the publicNo Way, Jose! Rumble Channel- https://rumble.com/c/c-3379274No Way, Jose! YouTube Channel- https://youtube.com/channel/UCzyrpy3eo37eiRTq0cXff0gMy Podcast Host- https://redcircle.com/shows/no-way-joseApple podcasts- https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/no-way-jose/id1546040443Spotify- https://open.spotify.com/show/0xUIH4pZ0tM1UxARxPe6ThStitcher- https://www.stitcher.com/show/no-way-jose-2Amazon Music- https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/41237e28-c365-491c-9a31-2c6ef874d89d/No-Way-JoseGoogle Podcasts- https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5yZWRjaXJjbGUuY29tL2ZkM2JkYTE3LTg2OTEtNDc5Ny05Mzc2LTc1M2ExZTE4NGQ5Yw%3D%3DRadioPublic- https://radiopublic.com/no-way-jose-6p1BAOVurbl- https://vurbl.com/station/4qHi6pyWP9B/Feel free to contact me at thelibertymovementglobal@gmail.com#NoWayJose #TheWeeklyWolfson #DSATakeover #ZohranMamdani #DemocratSocialistApocalypse #ZionistInfluence #NewYorkPolitics #DSA #MattWolfson #Geopolitics #Ethnopolitics #LibertarianInstitute #RestorationNews #NYCMayor #PoliticalBacklash #SurviveTheApocalypse #JoseGalison #AmericanLeft #CultureWar #PoliticalAnalysis

Coach and Jimmy Hyams kick things off by celebrating the 2026 Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame induction class, shining a well-deserved spotlight on gridiron legends like Reggie Cobb and Jason Witten. The conversation then shifts to the business of college athletics, breaking down Tennessee’s seismic transition from Nike to Adidas as the university's official apparel provider—a strategic move poised to make the Vols the crown jewel of the Adidas college portfolio. The duo also unpacks the financial triumphs of Athletic Director Danny White, whose staggering $600,000 in recent bonuses reflects a dramatically expanded athletic department budget that has more than doubled during his tenure. Pivoting to the gridiron, the segment delivers a comprehensive breakdown of the Vols' highly anticipated 2026 football schedule. Doug and Jimmy analyze the strategic advantage of a home-heavy early slate, emphasizing the critical early road test against Georgia Tech as a proving ground for Tennessee's evolving quarterback room. The analysis then tackles the rigorous SEC stretch, previewing a blockbuster showdown against Texas—featuring intriguing family loyalties with Arch Manning under center—and a dangerous matchup against an Auburn team revamped by dual-threat transfer quarterback Byrum Brown. From early non-conference tune-ups to high-stakes SEC clashes, this breakdown provides the essential intel needed to prep for the upcoming season.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this talk, Aleksandr Kim, Senior Data Scientist at Intuit, shares his expertise in building AI-powered features in production from fine-tuning BERT models in cyber security to engineering scalable data verification platforms. We explore the reality of moving beyond messy research code to build observable, cost-effective AI agents and automated pipelines.You'll learn about:- Translating traditional machine learning metrics into actionable business outcomes- Validating large language model behavior through robust evaluation and alignment techniques- Pivoting from a generic chatbot project to high-value Slack automation workflows- Structuring outputs and guided reasoning layers to eliminate trivial AI summaries- Defining the overlapping skills between AI engineers, data scientists, and full-stack software engineers- Implementing multi-LLM routing logic and token caching to minimize enterprise API expenses- Identifying critical data infrastructure bottlenecks to determine when to pivot or drop an AI pilotTIMECODES:00:00 AI Engineering Production and Scalability06:12 Intuit Ecosystem and QuickBooks Products12:17 Aligning ML Metrics with Business Outcomes18:52 AI Engineers Conducting Customer Interviews25:13 Structured Output and Guided Reasoning31:13 Defining AI Engineering vs Software Engineering37:20 Cost Optimization and Multi LLM Routing43:26 UI Trends and Token Management in Industry49:33 Future Career Trends in AI Engineering55:46 Data Infrastructure Bottlenecks and ML FailuresThis session is designed for mid-to-senior level Data Scientists, Machine Learning Engineers, and Software Engineers who want to develop a highly practical, production-first approach to generative AI. It is especially useful for technology leads focused on reducing token overhead and building self-correcting agentic systems.Connect with Aleksandr- Website - https://alexkimds.github.io/- Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/aleksandrkim/

Today on City Cast Portland, we're talking about how over a thousand Portland-area shelter beds are closing before the end of the year and what that means to our Mayor's efforts to end unsheltered homelessness, why a leading psilocybin therapy center is no longer treating patients. Plus, we're weighing in on Portland's pettiest gripes. Joining host Claudia Meza are Oregonian homelessness reporter Lillian Mongeau Hughes and Willamette Week reporter and author Brianna Wheeler. Discussed in today's episode: ⁠Report Fireworks in Portland⁠ ⁠More than 1,100 homeless shelter beds to close in Portland area by year's end⁠ [Oregonian] ⁠In Change of Tack, Major Portland Psilocybin Service Center Closes⁠ [Willamette Week] Become a member of City Cast Portland today! Get all the details and sign up ⁠here⁠.⁠ ⁠ Who would you like to hear on City Cast Portland? Shoot us an email at ⁠portland@citycast.fm⁠, or leave us a voicemail at ⁠503-208-5448⁠. Want more Portland news? Then make sure to sign up for our ⁠morning newsletter⁠ and be sure to follow us on ⁠Instagram⁠. Looking to advertise on City Cast Portland? Check out our options for podcast and newsletter ads at ⁠citycast.fm/advertise⁠. Learn more about the sponsors of this July 2nd episode: ⁠pFriem Beer⁠

Brandon interviews longtime Golf Channel analyst Rich Lerner. They discuss a wide range of topics including Lerner's new book “Aren't You That Golf Guy?” The book includes topics on Lerner's youth, his media career, Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, the U.S. Open, PGA Tour, and more.-02:20: Book title-05:37: Pivoting off a book about Tiger Woods-20:46: Kobe Bryant and Payne Stewart-28:39: Jim Nantz-30:41: Working for WFAN-43:15: Tiger Woods' demons -53:44: Could Tiger Woods have won 10 more majors?-59:22: Phil' Mickelson's downfall is more surprising than Tiger's-1:06:11: U.S. Open fans on Long Island-1:10:43: PGA Tour changes for 2028Download the Awful Announcing Podcast:Listen on AppleListen on SpotifyAwful Announcing on XAwful Announcing on FacebookAwful Announcing on InstagramAwful Announcing on ThreadsAwful Announcing on BlueSkyAwful Announcing on LinkedInAwful Announcing on YouTube Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

From buying his first fourplex in Albuquerque for $117,000 to helping build a portfolio of more than 2,700 apartment units and 100,000 square feet of industrial real estate, Jens Nielsen shares why hiring property management on day one, picking the right investors, and getting visionary owners out of their own way matter more than chasing the next deal. In this episode of the DealQuest Podcast, host Corey Kupfer sits down with Jens Nielsen, a commercial real estate investor, operator, and business coach based in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Jens spent 27 years in IT and telecom before transitioning to full-time real estate investing, raising over $10 million in private capital across more than thirty deals. He now works with entrepreneurs across industries to improve execution, leadership, and scalability. WHAT YOU'LL LEARN: Why hiring property management before closing your first deal can save your sanity, how to spot the wrong investor before money changes hands, and why the visionary owner refusing to let go is the biggest blocker to growth in most companies. Jens also explains his pivot from multifamily to light industrial when rates climbed in 2022 and 2023. JENS' JOURNEY: After 27 years in corporate IT and telecom, his mother's passing at age 52 became the catalyst for Jens to seek freedom and disconnect his time from his income. In 2016 he bought his first commercial deal, a fourplex in Albuquerque, New Mexico for $117,000, and hired property management on day one because he lived four hours away in Colorado. His first syndication followed in 2018 with a 38-unit property and five partners. He and his partners have since built a portfolio of more than 2,700 apartment units and over 100,000 square feet of industrial real estate across multiple states. KEY INSIGHTS: Pay attention to investor temperament before money hits the account. One of Jens's first syndication partners wanted more control than he had and freaked out at every financial report. After six months, Jens bought him out so they could both sleep at night. His lesson is direct. If you have to convince someone to invest, that is not a yes. Do enough deals to let the law of large numbers work for you. One of his properties returned 350 percent. Another lost money entirely. If you put everything into one deal, you are gambling, not investing. The visionary owner not letting go is the biggest growth blocker in most companies. Jens has applied the same operational fix across gyms, property management firms, bakeries, a law firm, and an auto shop. The industries change. The bottleneck does not. Perfect for first-time real estate investors trying to avoid the second-job trap, experienced syndicators thinking through investor selection, and entrepreneurs who have hit a growth ceiling because they cannot get out of their own way. FOR MORE ON THIS EPISODE: https://www.coreykupfer.com/blog/jensnielsen FOR MORE ON JENS NIELSEN: https://www.jensnielsen.us https://www.facebook.com/coachjenshttps://www.linkedin.com/in/jenswnielsen/ FOR MORE ON COREY KUPFER https://www.linkedin.com/in/coreykupfer/ https://www.coreykupfer.com/ Corey Kupfer is an expert strategist, negotiator, and dealmaker. He has more than 35 years of professional deal-making and negotiating experience. Corey is a successful entrepreneur, attorney, consultant, author, and professional speaker. He is deeply passionate about deal-driven growth. He is also the creator and host of the DealQuest Podcast. Get deal-ready with the DealQuest Podcast with Corey Kupfer, where like-minded entrepreneurs and business leaders converge, share insights and challenges, and success stories. Equip yourself with the tools, resources, and support necessary to navigate the complex yet rewarding world of dealmaking. Dive into the world of deal-driven growth today! Episode Highlights with Timestamps [00:00:00] - Introduction and overview [00:03:06] - First fourplex in Albuquerque for $117,000 [00:04:10] - Mother's passing at 52 as the catalyst [00:08:03] - Hiring property management on day one [00:10:37] - The first 38-unit syndication in 2018 [00:15:02] - Buying out a nervous investor partner [00:26:31] - The visionary owner not letting go [00:40:36] - Pivoting into light industrial and flex space [00:44:24] - What freedom means to Jens Guest Bio Jens Nielsen is a commercial real estate investor, operator, and business coach based in Santa Fe, New Mexico. After a 27-year career in IT and telecom, he transitioned to full-time real estate investing and helped build a portfolio of more than 2,700 apartment units and over 100,000 square feet of industrial real estate. He has raised over $10 million in private capital and has firsthand experience navigating acquisitions, operational scaling, investor communications, and market downturns. His focus is on what happens after the deal closes. Originally from rural Denmark, Jens moved to the United States thirty years ago. He bought his first commercial property, a fourplex in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in 2016 and built his portfolio through more than thirty per-deal syndications across multiple states. Today he works with entrepreneurs and operators across industries, including gyms, property management companies, bakeries, a law firm, and an auto shop, helping them improve execution, leadership, and scalability so growth creates freedom instead of chaos. Host Bio Corey Kupfer is an expert strategist, negotiator, and dealmaker with more than 35 years of professional deal-making and negotiating experience. Corey is a successful entrepreneur, attorney, consultant, author, and professional speaker deeply passionate about deal-driven growth. He is the creator and host of the DealQuest Podcast. Show Description Do you want your business to grow faster? The DealQuest Podcast with Corey Kupfer reveals how successful entrepreneurs and business leaders use strategic deals to accelerate growth. From large mergers and acquisitions to capital raising, joint ventures, strategic alliances, real estate deals, and more, this show discusses the full spectrum of deal-driven growth strategies. Get the confidence to pursue deals that will help your company scale faster. Related Episodes Episode 338 - Joel Miller: Real estate investing, rental property wealth, and hard money lendingEpisode 328 - Richard Manders: Free Scale Coaching and helping founders build businesses that scale beyond them Episode 336 - Devan Gonzalez: The visionary and integrator dynamic in growing entrepreneurial companies Episode 350 - Tom Dillon: Capital strategy, alternative funding sources, and when not to take venture money Keywords/Tags:commercial real estate, real estate syndication, multifamily investing, light industrial real estate, flex space, property management, raising private capital, accredited investor strategy, IT career transition, working on the business, visionary bottleneck, EOS implementation, E-Myth, business coaching, scaling small businesses, Albuquerque real estate, Pennsylvania real estate, owner-operator real estate, real estate fundamentals, entrepreneurial freedom

During the first hour of The Tara Show on Wednesday, July 1, 2026, host Tara Servatius delivered a powerhouse broadcast balancing intense constitutional critique with cultural analysis. She opened with a fierce multi-segment attack on a recent 5-4 Supreme Court decision that blocked President Trump's executive order on birthright citizenship, meticulously outlining the historical intent of the 14th Amendment to argue that the framers never intended to grant automatic citizenship to children of illegal immigrants or temporary visitors. Pivoting to a massive win for biological women, Tara cheered the Supreme Court's decision to leave state-level sports protections intact, allowing red states to legally ban transgender male athletes from competing in female divisions. Finally, she closed out the hour with a philosophical reflection on a new Gallup poll regarding Gen Z adults, forcefully arguing that the widespread emptiness reported by the younger generation stems from a modern society over-focused on careerism, noting that true, lasting life meaning can only be found in faith, selflessness, and living for family.

Kaltura's Ruthie Eisenberg and Yair Neumann reveal how the video giant is reinventing itself as an agentic digital experience company built on AI avatars and hyper-personalized content.Topics Include:Kaltura founded 2006, went public on NASDAQ in 2021.Kaltura reinventing itself from video company to agentic digital experience company.Shift from static content delivery to hyper-personalized conversational experiences.Partners and customers now demand intelligence, not just video infrastructure.Kaltura's mission: powering agentic experiences across customer and learner journeys.AWS co-sell motion strengthened as Kaltura runs on AWS AI infrastructure.Camille used a Kaltura avatar to scale her own presentations.Most enterprise websites bury content behind thousands of static links.Kaltura builds personalised web pages on the fly, in real time.Over 80% of content users see is surfaced for the very first time.Acquisitions of eSelf.ai and PassFactory complete Kaltura's agentic content flywheel.PassFactory answers: what should this specific person see next?eSelf.ai enables multimodal conversational avatars that guide users emotionally.20 years of behavioral data underpins Kaltura's content intelligence advantage.GPU scarcity and compute costs shape every AI architecture decision Kaltura makes.Kaltura optimises model tiers — strongest for planning, lighter models for execution.Fidelity, speed, and cost form a constant triangle in every AI product decision.Go-to-market and product teams now work closer together than ever before.Pricing shifting from seat-based SaaS to consumption and outcome-based models.Kaltura co-creating pricing frameworks with customers across different verticals.Internal product agent now handles research, stories, and data analysis autonomously.Small two-to-three person squads move fastest in the current AI environment.Yair's advice: fail at least once a week, succeed once a quarter.Kaltura scaled its CEO via avatar for a live investor earnings call.Ruthie's advice: keep the customer at the centre of every single decision.Participants:Ruthie Eisenberg – Vice President, Strategic Partnerships, KalturaYair Neumann – Senior Vice President of Product, KalturaKamil Davidov – Sales Leader Israel ISV-BizApps, Amazon Web ServicesJohan Broman – EMEA ISV Head of Solutions Architecture, Amazon Web ServicesSee how Amazon Web Services gives you the freedom to migrate, innovate, and scale your software company at https://aws.amazon.com/isv/

In this episode of Beyond Limits, Liv explores why so many people are pivoting right now, and why it has far less to do with confusion than most people think.If you've been questioning your business, your career, your content, your relationships, or the way you've been doing things, this episode will help you understand what's really happening beneath the surface.Inside this episode:✨ Why so many people are making major life and business pivots right now

What do a rock-and-roll roadie, a resilience researcher, and a CPA-turned-yogi have in common?More than you think.At first glance, June's guests seemed to disagree completely. Amy Vetter embraced reinvention.Scott Scovill preached tenacity. Courtney Clark advocated quitting. But when I looked closer, I realized they were all teaching the same lesson:Don't quit because it's hard. Quit because it's wrong.In this month's wrap-up episode, I connect the dots between three incredible conversations and explore what turned out to be the difference between giving up on a dream and giving up on a plan.You'll discover:• Why persistence and adaptability are partners, not opposites• The difference between a goal and a plan• How fear disguises itself in different ways but can always get in the way• Why success is more like dancing than walking (hence the name of this podcast!)If you've ever wondered whether you should keep pushing, change direction, or completely reinvent your approach, this episode will help you find the sweet spot between grit and flexibility.  Anne Bonney is a keynote speaker and emcee who helps organizations lead through change by building resilience, emotional intelligence, and courageous communication.

An award-winning filmmaker, advocate, and the First Partner of California, Jennifer Siebel Newsom is a staunch advocate for women and girls. It's been the throughline of her career—from her work with Conservation International to earning a Stanford MBA, from acting on screen to moving behind the lens of her award-winning 2011 documentary, Miss Representation. Now, on the heels of the follow-up, Miss Representation: Rise Up, she joins us to share the real story of her life's work.For more information on Miss Representation: Rise Up, including how to host a screening and watch the film, visit missrepresentationriseup.org.0:00 - Introduction2:33 - Biggest "Oh No" This Week3:03 - Coming of Age8:16 - The SAHM Power Inequity 10:23 - Conservation International11:39 - Growing Up With Sisters13:01 - Healing from Family Trauma15:03 - Getting a Stanford MBA19:29 - Pivoting to Acting27:02 - Making Miss Representation39:57 - Importance of Female Mentorship43:56 - Miss Representation: Rise Up48:43 - Being First Partner of California55:40- Turning the Lens on Men58:58 - Being a Better Consumer1:01:35 - Would You RatherOn Sali: Argent Chelsea Blazer, Camisole, and Single Pleat TrouserOn Jennifer: Argent Bias DressHosted by Sali Christeson @salichristesonProduced by Gina Marinelli @ginaalilbitEdited by Ryan Woldoff @c__bizTheme Song by Karina DePiano @sheplaysdepiano & Melanie Nyema @melanienyemaRecorded at Podstream Studio @podstreamstudio

Live from Fort Worth, Texas! The Bardtenders head to Fort Worth for the third annual Heard House to bring you live episodes with some amazing hospitality professionals. The Bardtenders had the chance to stay at the Heard House sponsored by Heard Card Game where bartenders from around the country came together to share their stories, gain access to education opportunities, and create some amazing memories along the way. Join us over the next several weeks as these bartenders share their experiences in the hospitality industry!In this episode of "The Mixing Glass", Matan Steinfeld joins us to talk about what it takes to pursue the career you want to have and the importance of quality bar tools - like those made at Bull in China! ------------Like many young people before him with an underdeveloped frontal cortex and questionable decision-making skills, Matan realized early on that a traditional corporate career  did not suit his personality. Inspired heavily by his college life in New Orleans, he decided the world of booze, bars, and hospitality felt a lot more interesting than becoming another soulless finance bro.Pivoting away from that path, he started barbacking at a fancy bar and bottling at a local distillery before moving to New York City as a liquor sales rep representing brands under Diageo and Moët Hennessy. It was there that he fell in love with spirits, wine, cocktail culture, and the world of truly great bars and restaurants.Eventually, Matan found himself back in his hometown of Portland, Oregon where he met the original founders of Bull in China. He immediately connected with their mission of making professional-grade bar tools built specifically for bartenders, and eventually purchased the company from them.Since taking over Bull in China, Matan has dedicated himself full-time to designing and sourcing barware that balances durability, functionality, and unapologetic beauty. Whether it's solving common frustrations behind the bar or creating unnecessarily luxurious versions of everyday tools, he's constantly chasing ways to make great barware feel even better in the hand.----------Don't miss out on any of the action!  Head to www.bardtender.com to stay up to date with all of the Bardtender content, find resources for mental and physical well-being, get access to education materials, and check out what all of our bards are up to!Support the show

Watch it here: https://youtu.be/z1FR2TIxyRAIn Episode 265 of the Further Your Lifestyle podcast, host Chris continues last week's conversation about the myth of “overnight success,” using Steve Jobs as a familiar example to highlight the messy, repetitive process behind big outcomes. He explains how we usually only see the polished wins—money, fame, confidence—while missing the years of uncertainty, pivots, setbacks, rejection, reinvention, and unglamorous repetition that actually create success. Chris references Jobs being fired from Apple at 30, building NeXT, investing in Pixar, and later returning to Apple, framing failure as part of the foundation. He encourages listeners to stop comparing their early stage to someone else's later version, stay adaptable, focus on the reps nobody applauds, and reflect on where they need to pivot instead of quit.00:00 Overnight Success Myth01:54 Steve Jobs Setback03:01 Version Twenty Mindset04:02 Pivoting in Business04:44 Process Over Outcomes06:09 Apple Vision Lessons07:40 Questions to Reflect09:47 Stay in the Game11:05 Final EncouragementPodcast Sponsors:Robert PiperHi Voltage BargainsEthan “Rooshock” The BOLO Hunter PODCAST: https://www.furtheryourlifestyle.com/► SUBSCRIBE to the podcast on▹ Spotify | https://bit.ly/FYL_Spotify▹ Apple Podcast | https://bit.ly/FYL_Apple▹ Google Podcast | https://bit.ly/FYL_GooglePod► Let's CONNECT on social media:▹ instagram | http://www.instagram.com/furtheryourlifestyle▹ email | hello@furtheryourlifestyle.comMUSIC:» via https://www.epidemicsound.com/referral/6hfvrvContinue the conversation:  @furtheryourlifestyleJoin the Newsletter: check it out

Allison Komiyama, a consultant and senior regulatory strategist at DuVal & Associates and founder of Bluestocking Health, shares her journey from neuroscience and an FDA reviewer role into regulatory affairs and consulting. Allison explains why companies should educate FDA about their device by telling a compelling, respectful story, and discusses why “getting through FDA” is often the starting line. She highlights the post-clearance work of launch, adoption, and promotion while staying within FDA marketing rules. Allison also reflects on leadership, relying on community and advisory boards, her volunteer work, and the moments that affirm her impact when devices reach patients.  Guest links: https://www.bluestocking.health/  Charity supported: Feeding America Interested in being a guest on the show or have feedback to share? Email us at theleadingdifference@velentium.com.  PRODUCTION CREDITS Host & Editor: Lindsey Dinneen Producer: Velentium Medical   EPISODE TRANSCRIPT Episode 083 - Allison Komiyama [00:00:00] Lindsey Dinneen: Hi, I'm Lindsey and I'm talking with MedTech industry leaders on how they change lives for a better world. [00:00:09] Diane Bouis: The inventions and technologies are fascinating and so are the people who work with them. [00:00:15] Frank Jaskulke: There was a period of time where I realized, fundamentally, my job was to go hang out with really smart people that are saving lives and then do work that would help them save more lives. [00:00:28] Diane Bouis: I got into the business to save lives and it is incredibly motivating to work with people who are in that same business, saving or improving lives. [00:00:38] Duane Mancini: What better industry than where I get to wake up every day and just save people's lives. [00:00:42] Lindsey Dinneen: These are extraordinary people doing extraordinary work, and this is The Leading Difference. Hello, and welcome back to another episode of The Leading Difference podcast. I'm your host, Lindsey, and today I'm delighted to welcome as my guest, Allison Komiyama. Allison is a consultant focused on getting medical devices to market and helping them stay there. She frequently presents at conferences, is an advisor at numerous technology incubators, and teaches students around the world about the regulatory submissions as a faculty member at SDSU Global Campus. She received her doctorate in neuroscience in 2009, was an FDA reviewer from 2010 to 2011, received her Regulatory Affairs Certification US in 2014, and became a RAPS Fellow in 2024. Throughout her career, she's been actively involved in hundreds of pre-submissions and pre-market submissions for a wide variety of medical device companies. She recently started a medical device hype company called Bluestocking Health, where she continues to elevate and amplify the message of exciting technologies entering the market. She's also a senior regulatory strategist at DuVal & Associates, where she helps companies navigate the FDA pre-market process. Alright, well, welcome to the show. I'm so glad you're here today. [00:01:59] Allison Komiyama: Thank you so much. I'm so glad to be here. [00:02:02] Lindsey Dinneen: Well, I've been looking forward to this conversation very much. I got to meet you, I think it was maybe last fall, and it was after watching a video where I believe you were chopping wood while explaining a medtech concept, I and was like, "I have to meet this person." [00:02:21] Allison Komiyama: I like that that is how we, we, yeah, that you were introduced to me is through a wood chopping video. But yes, that was me. I love... I am a lumberjill, so yeah. [00:02:31] Lindsey Dinneen: See? And we will get into this, let's start with just a little intro into who you are, your background, and what led you to medtech. [00:02:39] Allison Komiyama: Sure. So background's actually biology, neuroscience. Left academia after graduate school and went and worked at FDA. I was just there for a brief period of time, but it was very instrumental in having me understand what I wanted to do with my life. I knew I loved regulatory affairs. I knew that I loved med devices and the intersection of medtech and innovation and regulatory and, and, and, and, and, right? Like, so all the things I was just super excited to be part of this space. But after leaving FDA, sort of tried to figure out what... You know, did I wanna work at a company? Did I actually wanna be at a specific industry job? Tried that on. Tried that hat on for a little over a year at an IVD company and just sort of missed all the stuff I got to work on at FDA. So I kind of saw it as the second-best thing after FDA is to go into consulting. So really worked with a lot of startups and companies that were bringing their technologies to market, and yeah, never looked back. I did sort of change positions over the years from going from a small consulting company to my own consulting company to a large consulting company, and now I'm sort of back at a, a smaller regulatory law firm. It's not that small, but, you know, 15-some people at DuVal & Associates working with companies that need help with strategy and regulatory support as well. And also started my passion project, which is Bluestocking Health. It is a medtech hype company, is what I call us. And we really work on helping companies after they've made it through FDA onto what... you know, what does, what does their launch look like? How do they get people to adopt their technologies and not sort of flounder and, and fail, right? So I, I love seeing really cool, nerdy, geeky tech get to market, and I think we all have a sort of inner geek that loves stuff like that, and it's my happy place where I can just kind of talk about those things and share it with patients and caregivers alike. [00:04:47] Lindsey Dinneen: Amazing. I love that. Yeah, and so much to dive into. But one of the things also I remember, so so I, I watch this video and you're chopping wood, and you're, you're clearly super passionate about medtech. And then I think the next one, were you possibly like baking or doing some sort of maybe chopping? [00:05:08] Allison Komiyama: Yes. I do flower arranging, so it might've been that one. I, I-- That's a great idea, though. I love to bake. I love protocol, so I think you're onto something. I need to come up with a video maybe where I'm talking about, like, the de novo process and, like, baking a cake or something. So. [00:05:27] Lindsey Dinneen: Amazing. And you're right, it was flower arranging, and I was thinking at the time, "Is there anything you don't do?" [00:05:35] Allison Komiyama: Yes. I-- There's a lot of things I don't do or don't even dare to do. Mostly dangerous sports. I, I'm a rower, so I love to row where no one's touching you. You know, like no one... There's no physical contact. You're just in a boat pulling an oar, and it's quiet and peaceful and, you know, also you're working hard. So, but otherwise, yeah, don't want any contact sports in my life. And but there's a lot of things I don't do, of course. I just have a lot of hobbies and things that I enjoy doing. [00:06:10] Lindsey Dinneen: Okay. So did the idea for Bluestocking Health come from? I mean, I know you explained a little bit about what the company does and who it helps, but first of all, I'm really curious about the name, and second of all, I'm just curious about, yeah, what made you go, "Gosh, this is the right time for this"? [00:06:27] Allison Komiyama: Yeah, great question. I-- So Bluestockings were... I'll, I'll go first into the origin story 'cause I think it kind of helps explain why I picked up that name. The Bluestockings were a group of mostly women in the 1700s in England who were, you know, kind of tired of sitting around playing card games and, you know, learning new dance routines-- not that there's anything wrong with that-- I love doing all of those things. But they decided they wanted to pursue some more intellectual and intellectually stimulating conversations with people. So they would invite women and men into their salons to have these conversations, and they would talk about botany and, yeah, science, art, literature, theater, all of the things that sort of sparked their interest. And they would say, you know, "Don't worry about wearing your black stockings," which were, like, the highly fashionable, expensive stockings of the day. They said, "Just come in your blue stockings. It's fine." You know, which were wool and, you know, cheaper. And I was like, oh, I love that idea of just people getting together, talking about stuff that they find interesting, and having it be like, "Come as you are. Wear your sweats," you know? "Don't worry about getting fancy." And that resonated with me. And so I thought, you know, what I want to build is something similar to what the Bluestockings had, but have it be more medtech or health-focused, and so hence Bluestocking Health was born. I, yeah, I really... A-as I said earlier, I saw a lot of companies feel like getting through FDA was the finish line, and I s- you know, I would tell them, like, "No, that's kind of the starting line with a lot of what you're going to now need to build." You know? It's-- I, I think historically FDA was seen as, like, the hardest thing to get through, which isn't always the case, right? The, the 510K program is historically very successful with getting devices cleared. You know, FDA does wanna work with you, and that was my narrative and my mantra always was like, you know, "How do you work with FDA to get through FDA?" And then once you're through FDA, what's next? And I wanted to have those honest conversations, you know, as these companies were considering the product development, their quality system, their regulatory, and, you know, even reimbursement is also part of that post-market conversation. And I wanted them to also think about, "How are you gonna get patients to know about this? Like, what are ways that you can promote yourself and promote what you're doing without misbranding or mislabeling or adulterating anything, right?" You wanna stay within FDA's regulations and not do anything wrong marketing-wise. But it's also something to get really excited about, and I think we've often forgotten that a lot of these medtech devices do really, really cool things, do really amazing work to help people, help people s- you know, improve their quality of life. Let-- Help them survive, get them to live longer, let kids actually make it to adulthood, right? So there's so much good that I wanted to amplify that more. I wanted to get people to not just focus on the negative, right? There is, there is a lot of harm that can come from any sort of drug, device, anything, but there's also a lot of good. And so I think especially right now in the world we need more good things to talk about. Not that I wanna, you know, look at everything through rose-colored glasses. But I do think if we can focus on some of the good that's going on in the world and the things that we have in common, what a great conversation to have. [00:10:14] Lindsey Dinneen: Oh, yeah, I couldn't agree more. And I love the fact that and you're so much fun. You're helping these companies also get excited too, because I think sometimes it's really easy-- I mean, we need to take our industry seriously. It's a serious industry and real life consequences, good and bad, from innovation... [00:10:29] Allison Komiyama: Yes. [00:10:30] Lindsey Dinneen: ...But I think you know, we've, we've talked a lot about this recently, even ar- along amongst just some of my colleagues, is like we're gonna take, we're gonna take our actual work very seriously, of course, but we're gonna not take ourselves super seriously. We're gonna have fun. We're gonna celebrate. We're going to each other why we're here and why we're doing this, 'cause otherwise it can get easy to get kind of bogged down in the, the nitty-gritty. [00:10:52] Allison Komiyama: Oh, it's so easy to spiral. I-- And I feel like a lot of media allows us a-and, and capitalizes on that doom scroll/spiraling of, "Oh gosh, everything's bad." And I wanna be informed, but I also, as you said, I don't wanna take myself that seriously. Like, I have so many hobbies. I laugh a lot. I have really great conversations with people, and I think that's what I, you know... the legacy I wanna le- leave behind is that I made the world a little better than when I started here. And also that I had a lot of joy to share. So yeah. [00:11:31] Lindsey Dinneen: Okay. So I-I'm curious, going back to your days at the FDA, what are some of the common things that you saw where perhaps there's either a misconception about the process of approval or just mistakes you might have seen that were kind of common that maybe those who are listening who are trying to, you know, get through it as, as easily as possible could benefit from? [00:11:54] Allison Komiyama: I think one of the biggest misconceptions and it wasn't anyone's fault, was that FDA are the experts in what you're building. And maybe, maybe folks knew that that wasn't the case. You know, they walk in and they know that they're living and breathing their technology and their device day in and day out. They've been building it for years oftentimes. And so to think that FDA understands your patient population, understands the, the sensor technology or whatever technology you're building understands your software, your materials, all, all the various things that go into a s- a pre-market submission, is a terrible assumption to make, right? Not that you wanna treat FDA like a bunch of dummies, that you're like, "Oh, you guys don't know anything. I'm gonna have to start from, you know, square one here to really walk you through everything." But you definitely want to communicate and be able to tell a really solid story to FDA about what you're building or what you've built, and why you believe it's either safe and effective, or why you believe it's substantially equivalent, or why you believe the benefits outweigh the risks. And so I think if you can be that storyteller, if you can really walk FDA through what it is you've built, and why you think it should be, you know, allowed to enter interstate commerce, you've w- you know, you, you're already ahead of the game. So I think any company that really is trying to figure out what's that first interaction they're gonna have with FDA, whether it be at a pre-submission or just straight to pre-market submission, right? They're just gonna file the, the, the 510K or what have you. Really making sure that you've explained your product and they know why you're there. Otherwise, you are going to cause more questions than answers from FDA, and that's a big concern when you have somebody who doesn't understand what you're doing or why you've built it the way you've built it. That can really set you back. [00:13:56] Lindsey Dinneen: That's great advice. So, so being really prepared to kindly educate while telling the story, but you know, doing so, of course, in a, like you said, a respectful way. But, but having those answers ready, having the narrative really thought out so that you can walk in with that authority, but also explanation and storytelling. Yeah. Okay. [00:14:19] Allison Komiyama: Exactly. Yeah. It is. I mean, I always my-- I've actually, I have a podcast that I f- a few of my guests recently, they've all been expert or experts in how we tell stories, which I love even just... I mean, how we tell stories to our children is very different to how you tell a story to a colleague at work or, you know, the... and there's a way that, once you know your audience and once you know what it is you're trying to convey, there's a very clean path that you can follow. I'm still working on it. I have to, I have to confess, I am not a great storyteller. I have a tendency to get sidetracked and off topic, probably like what I'm doing right now. But, but you know, bringing it back and, like, what are, what are we trying to do? What are we trying to accomplish? And that I think that storytelling is really valuable when you have FDA as your audience. [00:15:15] Lindsey Dinneen: So I know, like you said, you have many hobbies and lots of things that keep you occupied, but you also do a lot of volunteering for boards. And I was wondering if you could share just a little bit about some of that experience and what you're passionate about there. [00:15:29] Allison Komiyama: Yeah. I think I've always been a big fan of volunteering. I think it's one of the ways that I I meet new people, I get involved in s- things that are outside medtech, which I think is extremely valuable. There's so many voices that even if it's not directly in medtech, everyone's impacted by medtech in some way, right? Like I always say, "You're either gonna start in a hospital or end in a hospital, and you're probably gonna go into a hospital at many different times or use a medical device, whether it be on your phone or, well, while you sleep or," you know, for any-- I don't know, there's a million purposes that people use medical devices. And I wanted to have more voices around me that that are, that are helping humanity, but in a different way. So, one of the boards that's always been near and dear to my heart, of course, my rowing club. I love... It's the oldest women's rowing club in the world. It's called Slack Rowing Club, based here in San Diego, and I help with a lot of the programs, but also fundraising, membership, and just, you know, having this really dynamic group of 400 women that some of them row, some of them are just there to be part of a community and help each other, which is pretty marvelous. And we do a lot of actually talks. Like we'll have a speaker series and we'll bring in physicians or we'll bring in people who are talking about sleep and perimenopause and menopause or, you know, various topics that definitely impact our our cohort. It, it's actually kind of similar to Bluestockings, like the original Bluestockings, where we'll have someone come in and talk about architecture. Like there's various things. So I love doing that. It's also-- They're-- The members are from like 12 years old to 102 years old. It's pretty amazing, and just, like, this great dynamic group of women who are fun to volunteer with and also sit in a boat with. The other one that I've joined last year was the International Relief Teams, which works on helping bring some sort of relief to an emergency situation, whether it be floods or fires or famine or war. Like, there's, They partner-- We partner with different organizations that are, like, boots on the ground in those areas to either build houses or get m- meals or get water to where it needs to be in an emergency. So IRT is fantastic. They get, like, one of the highest ratings of nonprofits. The other one is Indy Medtech. Really cool. That's a very medtech-based one. It's a virtual board, but it is building a community of medtech suppliers and people who are just needing support from each other or you know, either hiring or, "Hey, I have a question. Can someone help answer this 'cause I don't know where to go to get the answer to this?" So really cool, and they, they're doing a podcast as well. I love it. And then last but not least is the San Diego Regulatory Affairs Network. So I have been in San Diego, moved here back here, I should -- i'm from San Diego-- but moved back here in 2011, 2012, and I joined the San Diego Regulatory Affairs Network. It's the SoCal... Like, there's a similar one in Orange County, the Orange County Regulatory Affairs, so OCRA, and then there's also, of course, RAPS, and there's a Southern California chapter. And it's just a group of regulatory folks that love to meet up, love to support each other. "Hey, I have this job opening coming up. Hey is there a mentee that would like a mentor?" And so I'm now the VP of programs for that, and once a month we try to have a speaker either virtually or in person. There's gonna be some in-person ones. And I love it. It's just a great way to network, to support each other, and also to learn more cool stuff going on in regulatory. So yeah, that's a smattering of the ones that I'm part of. So, you know, as, as you said, like, it's kind of like they're all over the place, but it definitely makes me feel more connected with humans, with our-- you know, like, and, and not doomscroll. I'm, I'm too busy to doomscroll. So. [00:19:44] Lindsey Dinneen: That's, that's a good thing, I feel like. So, I love that. Okay. Those are g- those are such cool organizations. Thank you for sharing a bit about them. [00:19:51] Allison Komiyama: Yeah. Thanks for asking. [00:19:52] Lindsey Dinneen: Yeah. So all right, I'm curious. Going back, could eight-year-old Allison have ever imagined what you're doing now? [00:20:02] Allison Komiyama: Never in a million years. Yeah, I think I, I knew I loved biology and bugs and science at a very young age, so I knew that I was probably on that trajectory. But if you asked eight-year-old-- or actually, I-- if you asked five-year-old Alison what she wanted to be, the first was hummingbird, and I did... That did not pan out. [00:20:29] Lindsey Dinneen: Dang it. [00:20:29] Allison Komiyama: But and then I would say florist 'cause I love flower arranging, so that is something that I've s- I've kept up with, as you said, like you saw the video of me arranging flowers. I still love doing that. I, I enjoy that creative outlet. But not in regulatory. I didn't really know that regulatory affairs existed as a career especially until I was 26. I mean, which is crazy to think, like I was in grad school, and I took a course on the history of FDA, and I was like, "What is this? This is so exciting, so interesting." And I knew that was something, that something along those lines is what I wanted to do with using my biology and, and neuroscience background, but also how do I maybe get closer to medicine in a certain way? Like, I, I didn't wanna be a medical doctor, but I knew I wanted to help people. Like, I think most people wanna help people. And that was, that was the right pivot for me at that point. [00:21:32] Lindsey Dinneen: Amazing. So, all right. So you've had a bunch of different leadership positions now over the years. And of course, you have led your own company now a couple different iterations, I suppose, of, of what you've been doing. But what has that leadership journey been like for you, especially perhaps how different it is between working for another company where you might be in a leadership role versus leading yourself and your company? [00:21:56] Allison Komiyama: Great question. I-- what was it, what's it been like? I would say there's like equal parts fearlessness, excitement, and terror. I don't know, like I-- maybe those are all kind of, of the same like ilk of those, those feelings. My daughter always says, she's like, "I'm nervous and I'm excited," like before she goes on stage in the talent show, and she's like, "I'm nerve-cited." And I, I, I use that a lot now too 'cause, you know, before I give a talk or before I you know, go on a podcast like this, I'm like, "I'm nerve-cited," 'cause it's gonna be something that I haven't done before, right? Every day is a little different and... But it's also exciting to do. I Yeah. I, I feel like it was not always easy. Like, people are like, "Oh, you made it look so easy and, and just, you know, seamless." And oof, there were moments that I really struggled. It's... You know, there have been times that I really relied on my family, on therapy, on my friends to really help me. And even just, you know, something as simple as I had a friend who made my first website for me. He was like, "You're so busy and stressed," like, "Let me help you." And so I think calling on others and really having people be your community that you've built, right? Like, I think sometimes we try and go it alone, and maybe that's the worst thing to do when you're building something 'cause you really need to rely on others to help you out. And so I've had, you know, I've, I've, I've worked really hard on my network and to build the friends and colleagues that I want to surround myself with, and then I have reached out to them when I knew I need them. So I, for example, I think with Bluestocking Health, I... When I was-- Before I launched in last year, so September of 2025, I called a bunch of folks that I really trusted to tell me if I was going off course or to also help me build stuff. And my advisory board for Bluestocking Health is amazing. Like, they're not all in regulatory, 'cause that's not what I wanted to build. They're in media. They're in quality system, reimbursement, business strategy. Like, there's such a diverse group of folks that will also help be my sounding board, right? Like, I had a couple medical doctors that I reached out to that are on the advisory board that I was like, "I'm thinking of doing this. Can you give me, like, your thoughts pro/con?" And they always are so willing to help, right, if they have the time. It's been extremely rewarding. So I would say that leadership journey, again, not the easiest at times, but also when it gets hard calling on those friends to really support me has been really marvelous. [00:24:49] Lindsey Dinneen: Yeah. You know, that's such an interesting thing because this has come up a lot, especially in the last few episodes and just conversations I've had in the industry of the importance of community and mentorship and surrounding yourself with those good people who you can call and go, "Okay, I have this, I have this, I think maybe crazy idea. What do you think?" Or just, "Hey, life is a little tough right now. Can we just, can we just talk?" So that's... [00:25:15] Allison Komiyama: Yeah. [00:25:15] Lindsey Dinneen: ...Really cool. [00:25:17] Allison Komiyama: Yeah. Absolutely [00:25:19] Lindsey Dinneen: Yeah. Okay. So as you've gone through your career, and especially within the medtech industry, which seems like you've really just, you know, fell in love with and, and stayed, so that's wonderful. Are there any moments that stand out to you as really affirming that, "Yes, I am in the right place at the right time"? [00:25:40] Allison Komiyama: I think every clearance De Novo granting that I've ever been part of, even if my name's not on the file, has been one of those moments where, oh, it feels so good. It feels so great to see those companies make it through FDA. And then also, you know, to the next point or d- you know once they are selling and they're, they're helping patients, I've had clients reach out to me and say, "I just got this amazing testimonial from somebody and I wanted to share it with you because you were part of that journey." And oftentimes I'll say, "Can I share that with the FDA reviewer that helped us 'cause they're still there and I really think that they would value that, that piece of information, just that commentary and that validation." I mean, w- I've had ones where the testimonial was like, "Because of this device, my kid is alive today. My kid would have been-- would have died two years ago if it hadn't been for this product." And like, I even just got chills. Like I-- honestly, it feels like even though I'm not a medical doctor, even though I was, you know, integral maybe in putting their 510K together or their submission together, and I've never touched the device necessarily, I feel so rewarded that it's like, we did it. We did it together, right? And I, I wanna share that with others. I think that's part of what I'm trying to do with Bluestocking Health is like we all are part of this community, and it's not that we just like clock in and we, you know, do document control or, you know, work on our risk assessments and, you know, clock out for the day. It's like, no, we, we do all help save lives, right? What a, what a powerful thing to be part of and to know that that's, that's something that you helped do. I don't know. I, I-- maybe that sounds again a little too like look how great we are. Like how, you know, look at, look at how amazing this space is, but oh, it is. It 100% is, so. [00:27:43] Lindsey Dinneen: No, I could not agree with you more. I've, I've always felt the same way of just like, "Okay, I'm, I'm not the scientist, I'm not the engineer, I'm not the regulatory affairs person. I, you know, I play a very small role. I, I help talk about the devices." I sh- you know, the marketing... [00:27:59] Allison Komiyama: Yes. [00:28:00] Lindsey Dinneen: ...And that's, you know, that's, that's not the biggest component of bringing these devices to market by any stretch of the imagination. But I do get to play a role, and I think that is the coolest thing ever. Yeah. [00:28:12] Allison Komiyama: Yeah. Well, and think of-- I mean, I'm gonna be your hype woman for a second because think of all the people who learn about that tech or understand, "Hey, this might be something right for me or my loved one, and if I hadn't learned about it or if I hadn't you know, been exposed to this idea or even knowing that this is in clinical trials, okay, now I'm gonna go look into the clinical trial." Like, that information sharing and even just talking to people or talking to laypeople, like, there's such an important piece of the marketing and the strategy around that, that it's huge. I-- you know, like, directly or indirectly, you've saved a life, right? How cool is that? [00:28:56] Lindsey Dinneen: Yeah, exactly. How cool is that? It's, it's remarkable. Okay. So, all right. Pivoting the conversation a little bit just for fun. Imagine that you were to be offered a million dollars to teach a master class on anything you want. [00:29:09] Allison Komiyama: Ooh, yes. [00:29:10] Lindsey Dinneen: What would you choose? [00:29:10] Allison Komiyama: I mean, all of the things in my header, I think at LinkedIn. So I lo- but I'll, I'll give you a real answer in a second. I think, I mean, all of the... I love my creative outlets. So I love flower arranging, I love face painting, I love chopping wood. I love cross-stitch and needlepoint, and my daughter and I just started doing crocheting together. So I feel all of those things are so I... Not that I'm a master in any of those things, but maybe it's being willing to try new things or having that, I don't feel, I don't consider myself to be a totally fearless person, but maybe channeling some of that fearlessness and a willingness to try new things, and where do we find that and how do we kinda overcome some of that activation energy sometimes to get to try those new things? And I think innovators have that in spades, right? So a lot of the companies that we work with, they're like, "I have an idea, and I don't know if this is gonna work, but I'm gonna go for it." And I think a lot of those cre- it, it's a creative outlet for them as well, right? They're trying something new. And so maybe it's giving people more more support or more confidence that they can try new things. I feel like I don't love change. Like I, I, as a child, I like, I liked the things that just stay the same. But when you look at my arc and my, my origin story, it has been all about very unsettling moments or, you know, like where I was felt, feeling very unsettled or like trying something new, and I'm so grateful for all of those things, and I'm also really grateful that I did it, right? So a- and again, it came down to a lot of my community, my friends, my family that supported me and said, "Yeah, you can do this," right? Having those hype people to help me. So maybe a masterclass in just like being the hype person for people who wanna try new things and try leadership, right? Or try a new path that they hadn't thought about yet. [00:31:24] Lindsey Dinneen: Like, I think to your point too, the more that you're willing to do that and kind of step a little bit outside of your comfort zone and have that potential for quote unquote "failure." But, you know, first of all, the more you do that, the more resilient you get, which means it's easier and easier and easier to take those first steps, right, into something new. [00:31:43] Allison Komiyama: Yes. [00:31:44] Lindsey Dinneen: But I also think-- I, I often think about it in terms of if you can frame those kinds of moments as "I am exploring, this is an exploration" and not like pass-fail, if you're exploring, there's, there's no chance of failure, right? You can, you can explore something and go, "Ugh, not for me," or you can go, "Oh, I actually love this, but it's hard and I'm gonna have to keep working at it." But I think if you can like kind of maybe take it in a slightly different mental direction, that also helps, you know? [00:32:13] Allison Komiyama: Ooh, I like that. Yeah. Like reframing. This is not, this is not something that's gonna, you know, end in failure, 'cause I agree with you. You know, I've called it failure in the past where it's like, "I'm gonna try things. If this fails, then I'll go do something else," right, which then it's not really a failure. You learned something. But it is being able to change directions. It is the ability to say, "Okay, I figured out that I something from that, and then what am I, what am I gonna do with that information?" So I love that. [00:32:48] Lindsey Dinneen: Oh, that'll be a masterclass. I can't wait. okay. And how do you wish to be remembered after you leave this world? [00:32:55] Allison Komiyama: Oof. I hope I... It's, oof. I, I, I hope to be remembered. Yeah. What does my dash look like? Isn't that what they say? Like, what is the dash between the, the birth year and your the year of your death? I definitely wanna be remembered for, like, what my kids are doing, 'cause I'm pretty proud of, like, how badass both of those girls are. But back to your question. I would like to be remembered as somebody who helped innovators and people who were building in the medtech space to grow their brand, to get their message out there, and to really bring awareness to the benefits of medtech. I think it's so easy, as I said earlier, it's very easy for us to get caught up in the bad and the negative, and here are the risks, and we really are so nervous about the risks of things, as we should be. We should be a res- risk-averse population. Like, they-- I don't wanna be walking towards something that's gonna cause me harm. And at the same time, there's a lot of benefit to what we're doing, and I think if we can I guess what we were just talking about, reframe a little bit and say, "Yes, there's risk. There's inevitable things that are gonna happen, but here's the potential benefit," and how do we h- in a human way, weigh those things so that we can get other people to also see that this is something that could benefit them. So it's sharing that message. I wanna know, be, you know, considered somebody who also didn't take herself too seriously, made people laugh. You know, maybe they showed their, their kid a, a video of me doing something silly, but also maybe there's some kid out there that's like, "Oh, she was talking about regulatory affairs. What's that? Maybe I should look into that as a career option." So, yeah, I hope some of it is inspiring to others. [00:34:48] Lindsey Dinneen: Okay. That's, that's great. And then final question: What's one thing that makes you smile every time you see or think about it? [00:34:59] Allison Komiyama: I wanna say my kids, but really it's probably hummingbirds. I have never lost the total fascination with hummingbirds. They are so interesting. They're so beautiful. There's a lot of them here in San Diego where I live, and I kid you not, last year, a mother hummingbird built her nest right outside of our front door. And so we'd have-- we told our guests, like, "Come through the, the side gate 'cause do not walk close to, to our sweet hummingbird." And she laid two eggs, and I was able to watch these two little hummingbirds grow and fledge. And I... It was just one of-- again, it makes me smile every time I think about it. Every time I see a hummingbird, I'm like, "That might be our girl that, that had, that had her nest right here." So yeah, I think that whimsy, the, the, the fun and just how gorgeous they are. They always bring... sparks me joy, for sure. [00:35:58] Lindsey Dinneen: Absolutely. Me too. I adore hummingbirds. One of my favorites. Yeah, love that. Oh my goodness. Well, this has been an amazing conversation. Allison, thank you so much for taking time today to speak with me, and we are so honored to be making a donation on your behalf today to Feeding America, which works to end hunger in the United States by partnering with food banks, food pantries, and local food programs to bring food to people facing hunger, and also they advocate for policies that create long term solutions to hunger. So thank you so much for choosing that charity to support. Oh my gosh, and just thank you so much for everything you're doing to change lives for a better world. We're grateful for you. [00:36:42] Allison Komiyama: Thank you. It's so nice to be here. Thank you so much for having me on. [00:36:45] Lindsey Dinneen: Absolutely. Until next time. [00:36:49] Dan Purvis: The Leading Difference is brought to you by Velentium Medical. Velentium Medical is a full service CDMO, serving medtech clients worldwide to securely design, manufacture, and test class two and class three medical devices. Velentium Medical's four units include research and development-- pairing electronic and mechanical design, embedded firmware, mobile app development, and cloud systems with the human factor studies and systems engineering necessary to streamline medical device regulatory approval; contract manufacturing-- building medical products at the prototype, clinical, and commercial levels in the US, as well as in low cost regions in 1345 certified and FDA registered Class VII clean rooms; cybersecurity-- generating the 12 cybersecurity design artifacts required for FDA submission; and automated test systems, assuring that every device produced is exactly the same as the device that was approved. Visit VelentiumMedical.com to explore how we can work together to change lives for a better world.

David Bujnicki, senior vice president of investor relations and strategy at Kimco Realty(NYSE: KIM), joined the REIT Report podcast to discuss the significant changes that have occurred across the investor relations landscape. The importance of understanding your audience, leveraging technology, educating and managing expectations, and soliciting feedback were among the main themes addressed.Bujnicki described how the focus of investor relations has shifted from net asset value and portfolio management to earnings growth and how companies are managing their cost of capital. He attributed this to the continued rise of passive investors and hedge funds that are more short-term focused. He emphasized the importance of adapting IR strategies to cater to the evolving needs of these investors.Furthermore, educating investors on operational fundamentals has become crucial, Bujnicki said. He noted that while Kimco's operating fundamentals are at their best, it is essential to help investors understand why earnings growth may not always reflect that reality. Informing investors about the longer timelines involved in real estate transactions can help manage these expectations more effectively, he noted.Chapters: 00:00 Flexible Disclosures00:28 Welcome to REIT Report00:53 IR Changes Decade01:25 From NAV to Earnings03:32 Educating Investors Today05:25 Capital Allocation Levers06:39 Staying Long Term08:06 Pivoting in Crises08:44 AI in Investor Relations10:57 Investor Feedback Loop12:59 Future IR Priorities14:12 Symposium Takeaways15:58 Closing Thanks

In this episode, we're talking with Denise Parkes of The Crafty DIYer. Denise and I know each other well. She's a member of Launch Your Box, Scale Your Box, and my Elevate Mastermind. As one of my Mastermind Ladies, I get to see Denise in person 3 times a year! Her strength and the story of the last year in her business inspire me and the other members of our Mastermind. It will inspire you, too.  Denise is an artist and a crafter. She is passionate about teaching others to enjoy crafting. Denise serves mainly women over the age of 60 and, by going LIVE six days a week for a long time, had built up a devoted following.  When Denise learned about me and my annual Subscription Box Week, she joined right away. During that week, Denise got to know me and my teaching style as well as what she could expect inside Launch Your Box. Denise was convinced a subscription box was the right next step for her. She actually launched during Subscription Box Week (remember she already had a large audience) and got 120 subscribers!  Denise's subscription box grew quickly and soon she needed to rent warehouse space to handle inventory and fulfillment. But all was not well inside Denise's business. Denise and her business reside in Canada where shipping costs are prohibitive. She simply couldn't afford to ship to her largely US based subscribers, or even those in her own country. Shipping costs were eating up all of her profits.  Denise was also dealing with health issues and found herself stressed and unhappy. Her business in its current form was no longer serving her. She knew she still needed to make an income, but couldn't go on as she was.   But Denise is someone who gets back up and figures things out. And during our September 2023 Mastermind Retreat, she did just that. There is power in being in a room with other smart, like-minded businesswomen who want the best for you.  Denise realized the way forward was with printables – no shipping required! She'd had a super successful printable lead magnet in place to grow her list and further proved the viability of her idea by selling one-off printables. When she was able to get out of her warehouse lease, Denise felt able to start from scratch again… even though doing so was scary.  Starting from scratch for Denise meant “doing everything Sarah teaches.”  Building her list Driving traffic to her website Putting effective lead magnets out there  The Digital Print Clubhouse launch was a big success – 150 subscribers big. And it has continued to grow. Denise now has more than 400 subscribers and celebrated hitting 6-figures only 10 months after making this major pivot.  So what's different now?  Less stress More joy  Nothing to pack and ship More time and energy to create  Denise talks about the importance of being around women who support and understand her – like the ones found inside Launch Your Box. She also reminds us of the importance of not worrying about what anyone else thinks and resisting the urge to compare yourself to anyone else.  Pivoting was necessary for Denise's business to survive. And now she's not only surviving, she's thriving… and celebrating hitting six-figures in less than a year!  Join me for this episode as Denise and I talk about realizing when it's time to pivot, working through the fear, and coming out stronger… oh, and reaching six-figures in revenue in less than a year!  Find and follow Denise:  ⁠Crafty DIYer on Facebook⁠  ⁠Crafty DIYer on Instagram⁠ ⁠Crafty DIYer Website⁠ Join me in all the places:   ⁠Facebook⁠ ⁠Instagram⁠ ⁠Launch Your Box with Sarah Website⁠  Are you ready for ⁠Launch Your Box⁠? Our complete training program walks you step by step through how to start, launch, and grow your subscription box business. ⁠Join the waitlist ⁠today!

I was watching my dog Bear completely lose the scent of a fox on the trail, and it hit me differently this time. Foxes don't circle back because they're confused. They do it with full intention, and that deliberate move is exactly what most people skip in their own pursuit of growth. In this episode, I break down the concept of fox trailing and why strategically revisiting your plans, your goals, and even your identity is not weakness. It is one of the most intelligent things you can do. Key Takeaways Circling back is only powerful when it is deliberate, not driven by confusion or second-guessing a decision you already committed to. Reviewing past plans with new information lets you determine what worked, what did not, and what can be made better. The wisdom you gain through experience does not disappear. You can look at old situations through a sharper lens because you know now what you did not know then. Locking yourself into a goal you have outgrown is not loyalty. It is a failure to use the growth you have earned. Pivoting to a bigger or better-aligned goal is not quitting. It is applying new intelligence to the same core mission of building the best version of your life. Action Steps Pick one current goal and ask yourself honestly: does this still reflect who I am and what I know now, or am I chasing it only because I said I would? Pull out an old plan, a draft, a strategy, or an idea you set aside and revisit it with fresh eyes and new experience to see if it can be made better. Before your next major push forward, spend time deliberately reviewing what has and has not worked so your next move is informed, not just motivated. Notable Quote You can look at old situations through a new lens because you know now what you didn't know then.

Ep. 211 - Kimberly is joined by lifestyle entrepreneur, author, and fitness expert Audrey Dunham for an intimate, hilarious, and inspiring conversation about motherhood, marriage, and the realities of building a business from the ground up. Audrey reveals the quintessential Hollywood story of how she met her husband, famed comedian and ventriloquist Jeff Dunham, while working at a restaurant in Studio City—and how she ended up touring the world as his fitness trainer for seven years. And she opens up about her whirlwind IVF journey and the surprise of naturally delivering her fraternal twin boys, Jack and James, 5 weeks early. She shares the raw (and exhausting) reality of navigating the first two years of raising twins all while building her business: Autumn Sons Baking Co. Chapter Timestamps:  01:04 – IVF, Natural Twin Birth, and Surviving the Early Years  04:39 – Hollywood Meet-Cute: Meeting Jeff Dunham  06:04 – Touring Logistics with a Celebrity Husband  08:18 – Pivoting into the Allergen-Free Food Industry  11:24 – Rebranding Peanut's Bake Shop to Autumn Suns  14:52 – Sourcing, Tariffs, and Scaling across the Border  16:47 – The Manufacturing Nightmare: 7,000 Defective Cookie Mixes  18:59 – Overcoming the Seasonal Hurdles of Baking  19:35 – Writing Cookbooks during COVID  21:05 – Future Ventures: Mug Muffins & Outro Follow Audrey: https://www.instagram.com/audreydunham/ Follow Autumn Sons Baking Co.: https://www.instagram.com/autumnsonsbaking/ Purchase Product!: https://autumnsonsbaking.com/?utm_campaign=button_list_Visitourwebsite&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=later-linkinbio Follow Kimberly: https://www.instagram.com/kimberlylovi/ Subscribe:  @iconicnationmedia 

Branden Hudson thanks listeners for supporting Champ Talk and asks them to like, subscribe, review, and share, then recounts attending the UFC “Freedom Fight” event at the White House after his wife won access through a selection process. He describes the festival-like atmosphere, heavy security, favorable weather after earlier storm fears, and memorable visuals like lightning and a rainbow during the fights. He highlights the event's respectful tone, military presence, USA chants, and an absence of widespread protests or hostility despite diverse attendees, arguing this contrasts with online narratives of division. Branden praises the UFC's cultural impact and notes Donald Trump's early support of Dana White, then urges listeners—especially youth—to stop believing manipulated online content, research facts, and lead with discipline, unity, and long-term thinking while challenging older generations to mentor better.00:00 Welcome and Thanks00:55 UFC White House Hype01:41 Getting Tickets and Arriving03:43 Hotel and Pre Fight Day05:20 Storm Miss and Festival Vibes06:14 America UFC and Trump History07:44 No Division in the Crowd12:36 Fight Night Highlights14:40 Unity and What We Needed17:25 Politics and Personal Takeaways23:11 Stop Believing Online Rage24:07 Message to Youth Leaders29:29 Calling Out Older Generations33:09 Pivoting the Mission35:21 Final Charge and Sign Off

Listen and subscribe to Money Making Conversations on iHeartRadio, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, www.moneymakingconversations.com/subscribe/ or wherever you listen to podcasts. New Money Making Conversations episodes drop daily. I want to alert you, so you don’t miss out on expert analysis and insider perspectives from my guests who provide tips that can help you uplift the community, improve your financial planning, motivation, or advice on how to be a successful entrepreneur. Keep winning! Two-time Emmy and Three-time NAACP Image Award-winning, television Executive Producer Rushion McDonald interviewed Brian Custer.

Listen and subscribe to Money Making Conversations on iHeartRadio, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, www.moneymakingconversations.com/subscribe/ or wherever you listen to podcasts. New Money Making Conversations episodes drop daily. I want to alert you, so you don’t miss out on expert analysis and insider perspectives from my guests who provide tips that can help you uplift the community, improve your financial planning, motivation, or advice on how to be a successful entrepreneur. Keep winning! Two-time Emmy and Three-time NAACP Image Award-winning, television Executive Producer Rushion McDonald interviewed Brian Custer.

On the Get Reelisms Podcast, filmmakers Madam Chase Rani and Christine Chen interview Austin director Jon Vallet about his new film American Dollhouse, which just premiered at South by Southwest and launched its festival run with an Austin “film family” crew. Vallet says the movie uses a character-driven, proto-slasher approach inspired by films like Psycho and Black Christmas, using modern anxieties about public spaces feeling unsafe and the dissonance of daily life in America as thematic fuel. He shares the logline: a woman inherits her childhood home, hoping to escape debt, but the house is falling apart and a doppelgänger-like neighbor becomes obsessively dangerous, escalating into a Christmas-set slasher. Vallet discusses prioritizing actors' performances, early sound and scoring collaboration, shooting on Sony Venice in 4:3 with natural light and night-for-day, a 15-day December 2024 shoot, a difficult third-act set build, and adapting scripts and schedules to budget and resources.   Hosts: Adam Rani (@adamthechase)  & Christine Chen (@cchenmtf)  About Christine W Chen: Christine W. Chen is a Taiwanese American filmmaker, Academy member (Short Films Branch), and versatile producer, director, and writer known for bold, character-driven storytelling. Through her production company, Moth to Flame, she has created award-winning short films, features, and branded content—including Erzulie, a feminist swamp thriller that had a limited theatrical run and now streams on major platforms. In addition to her directorial work, Christine is a seasoned DGA 1st Assistant Director and co-author of Get Reelisms and ABCs of Filmmaking, as well as the co-host of the Get Reelisms Podcast. For more information about Christine Chen: christinewchen.com About Adam Rani: Adam Chase Rani is a production designer and set dresser working in the Austin film market, bringing a sharp eye for visual storytelling and practical creativity to every project. During the pandemic, he co-founded the Get Reelisms Podcast with Christine Chen to foster community within the film industry. Together, they've built a platform that blends education, candid conversations, and industry insights to help filmmakers connect, learn, and grow. About John Valley John Valley became a prolific music video director in Austin TX before honing in on his debut feature The Pizzagate Massacre, a dark horror comedy that VICE called "A grindhouse Pizzagate satire that perfectly captures a moment in time." His sophomore film, American Dollhouse is a modern take on proto-slasher classics like Psycho and Black Christmas.   WEBISODE version of the Podcast   00:00 Actors First Philosophy 00:22 Podcast Intro And Guest 01:41 Origins Of American Dollhouse 04:57 Logline And Setup 06:34 What Makes A Slasher 11:24 Slasher Structure And Metaphor 15:07 Sound Design And Score 17:34 Lessons From First Film 21:21 Crew And Camera Choices 25:05 On Set Trauma And Third Act Build 29:42 Night for Day Magic 30:43 Scheduling as Storytelling 31:54 Budget as Creative Tool 34:03 Practical Effects and Big Punch 37:14 Script vs Set Reality 39:00 Directing Without Attachment 41:39 Next Projects Monster Movie 44:06 Pivoting and People First 46:58 Christmas Theme and Family Pressure 50:28 Austin Film Scene Farewell 52:41 Housekeeping and Sign Off Official Get Reelisms PageGet Reelisms Amazon StoreInstagram

What if the real secret to a lasting writing career isn't talent or luck, but learning to thrive in the mess? Why are in-person events worthwhile even if the maths doesn't add up? How do you protect your creativity when the machines never sleep and the community is at one another's throats? With Mark Leslie Lefebvre In the intro, Has AI Already Killed Non-Fiction [Tim Ferriss]; 9 ways that AI would disrupt authors and the publishing industry over the next decade; Pivoting towards The Transformation Economy; and Who do you serve? This podcast is sponsored by Kobo Writing Life, which helps authors self-publish and reach readers in global markets through the Kobo eco-system. You can also subscribe to the Kobo Writing Life podcast for interviews with successful indie authors. This show is also supported by my Patrons. Join my Community at Patreon.com/thecreativepenn Mark Leslie Lefebvre is the author of horror and paranormal fiction, as well as non-fiction travel and books for authors. He's also an editor, professional speaker, and the Director of Business Development at Draft2Digital. His latest book is Stark Realities: Stacked Up Lessons Every Writer Needs to Know About the Business of Writing and Publishing. You can listen above or on your favorite podcast app or read the notes and links below. Here are the highlights and the full transcript is below. Show Notes Why print and in-person events are making a comeback for indie authors The case for (and against) licensing your voice clone through ElevenLabs Why we keep selling books in person when the numbers rarely add up Measuring success by creative satisfaction rather than money Being honest about author earnings and the fear of being truly seen Managing stress, divisiveness, and the noise around AI You can find Mark at MarkLeslie.ca. Transcript of the interview with Mark Leslie Lefebvre Jo: Mark Leslie Lefebvre is the author of horror and paranormal fiction, as well as non-fiction travel and books for authors. He's also an editor, professional speaker, and the Director of Business Development at Draft2Digital. His latest book is Stark Realities: Stacked Up Lessons Every Writer Needs to Know About the Business of Writing and Publishing. Welcome back to the show, Mark. Mark: Oh, hey, Jo. It's always an awesome time chatting with you. Jo: You've been on the show lots of times over the years, but the last time was in September 2024, when we talked about selling books in person. So give us a bit of an update. What does your writing and publishing business look like at the moment? How do you manage it alongside the day job and everything else you do? Mark: Oh my God. Well, sleep is—no rest for the wicked, maybe. I'll sleep when I'm dead. It's so funny, it was just this last weekend in Waterloo. I was at Waterloo Book Fest, and somebody came up to my table—another author from one of the other tables—and said, “I heard you on the The Creative Penn Podcast. And then when you mentioned something about Waterloo, I said, ‘He can't be from Waterloo.' And then when you mentioned the skeleton, I said, ‘I know where he lives.'” Jo: That's scary. Mark: So I love the fact that there are so many of your listeners all over the world, and that's usually how people know me. No matter what else I've done, it's like, “Oh, you've been on Joanna Penn's podcast.” I'll say, “Yes, I have.” You know what's really funny? The last time I was on the podcast, we were talking about A Book in Hand, which I was supposed to release that year. Jo: Yes. Mark: I just added another 5,000 words to it this morning. Jo: Wait, it's still not published? Mark: No, and it's so funny. I actually have the first 60,000 words of it with an editor right now, and I told her I'd get her the rest of it, which I thought would be another 20,000 words, by the end of June. But I think it's going to hit 100,000. Here's the weird thing that happened with this. This is trying to accumulate my life of book selling, as well as doubling down on doing in-person events in the last several years. I thought I was going to have the book done in 2024. I ran into some issues where I didn't back it up properly. It was an old version, and I accidentally overwrote the only version I had. Jo: So, for everyone listening, Mark—how many decades have you been an author and a publisher? How come you're still missing deadlines and still not backing up your work properly? Mark: Yes, this is a lesson: no matter how long you've been doing something, you can still make boneheaded errors. So if you, dear listener, have made mistakes, just know that this old guy who's been doing this since the mid-'80s still makes mistakes like that. Don't beat yourself up. I probably did something worse. Anyway, that book I thought was going to be maybe 40, 45,000 words, it's going to be bigger than Wide for the Win—close to 100,000 words. Here's a really important lesson I learned in that, Jo. I thought the book would be something. It became something else. Through my own experiences of doing more in-person events, book signings, and library event. Also in talking to awesome folks like Johnny B. Truant, Katie Cross, Todd Fahnestock, and so many other authors I know, and seeing what Ben Wolf is up to, and a whole bunch of different people who are doing in-person events. In creating case studies for how they interact specifically with a bookstore or library, or how they do in-person selling—I really think the book wasn't ready then. It's like the recipe wasn't ready. I still needed to play with some things. I do sincerely have faith, since I got it into the editorial process, that this will be the year the book actually gets released. Jo: As you said, there are some really good lessons there around sometimes the book not being quite ready. I'd bought an early version from the StoryBundle, which is how I got this book as well, actually. Mark: Yes. Jo: That's another tip for people—storybundle.com. You can go and find some great bundles there. I was also thinking, as you were talking, that maybe one of the reasons this book about in-person events has got so big is because that's a real trend in the community. It feels like indies, we've moved… Back in the day, I said, “I'm not doing print. No way.” This was the early days of digital, because print was really hard back then. So I was like, “Oh, and we've got all the advantages doing digital, so I'm just going to focus on that.” It feels like the pendulum has swung, perhaps even more with the ease of mass production of digital with AI. The focus on print and in person is getting stronger and stronger. Do you think that's happening? Mark: Oh, yes, 100%. I did print in 2004. It was really hard back then, so that's gotten easier. I think there are a few reasons. One of the reasons is, yes, digital made it so much easier for indie authors to get out there and break into the community. But the reality is that print books still outsell e-books in general—overall—despite the fact that indie authors can make six and seven figures a year from selling e-books alone on a single platform. So print has never really gone away. It was just never something indie authors attended to. They were in a different business than traditional publishers were in. And second, obviously I've got these gorgeous books that you've created on Kickstarter, because I like the beautiful books. I've never stopped buying print books. I actually buy more print books. I read more because of audiobooks and e-books, but I buy more print books, especially when I can get a nice signed copy. Then the other reason comes back, again, to your advice—something I've been following for the longest time, and you've long been saying. I do repeat this, and I try my best to offer attribution to you every time I use it: to double down on your humanity, particularly in this age of digital generation and the ability for even non-writers to leverage tools to create content. I think it's so much more important for me, as a creative who will never be able to catch up with the machines, to exploit my humanity. I mean, we both have digital voices of ourselves, right? There's a digital Mark Leslie Lefebvre voice that people can use, and I'm making money off it because people are able to license it through ElevenLabs. But when I'm there in person, so far the holograms aren't good enough to fool people. I think I'm not just selling a book to somebody; I want to create an experience where, “Oh, I'm talking to the author, and we're signing a book together, and we're taking a selfie together.” For me, there's that tactile experience that's really enriching. And it may not be something that lines my pockets as easily, because the investment is more significant. For every $10 I make, it costs me six or seven dollars, as opposed to an e-book, where the cost is amortised in the most beautiful way over millions of copies. Jo: There are a few things there. First of all, let's talk about that ElevenLabs voice licensing, because, as you say, I also have a voice clone. Bones of the Deep, the latest book, that's my voice clone. I haven't gone with the licensing, partly because you don't have control over what someone can do with it. So, for example, someone could create Nazi content, or content that I might not agree with, in my voice. So how have you got over that? Because part of me really does want to license my voice, and the other part doesn't. Mark: This is a great question, Jo, and I'm glad you asked it. It's the same reason I don't worry about people stealing my books—adding DRM onto my e-books and things like that. I may as well make some money off it, because let's be honest: you and I, our voices are out there. Thousands of hours of our voices, right? In your podcast, my podcast, in various interviews we've done over the years. The technology exists for someone to make a copy of my voice themselves anyway. The tools exist. They can do it easily, so why not do it myself and at least make money? I'm actually getting money deposited into my account. Not a lot—maybe $30, $18, something like that every week. Again, I've taken a lot of my non-fiction books that I haven't had the time to record myself, as I like to do, and I can at least load those to ElevenLabs and make my voice the default voice. But wouldn't it be great to be able to listen to my book in your voice? It would sound so much better. Because you can do that. When you listen to a book on that platform, you can choose my voice if you'd rather hear it in my voice, or you can choose Burt Reynolds' voice, or some other folks who've licensed theirs. Again, for me, the whole concept of wide publishing has always been important. It's another small revenue stream that's adding to my numerous revenue streams. So I guess that's how I've justified just licensing the voice. If someone's going to do something with my voice that I can't control, they can do it regardless of whether or not I put it out there myself. Jo: I agree with you. That could happen, and neither of us is famous enough that it's likely to happen anyway. I do quite like the idea of people using our voices, say, for other books for authors, because that would make sense—that's where we fit in the niche. I will rethink that, because I think it's interesting. I wanted to come back to print books. You said sometimes there are easier ways to line your pockets, and I think that's funny. So, getting into the book, this leapt out at me quite near the beginning: Why do we keep doing this when the maths almost never adds up? Mark: Oh, I have a perfect example of that from an event I did a couple of weekends ago in Burlington, Ontario. I think it was a $60 table fee. It was a new event. I believe I made $90 or $95 in sales. So even after the costs of printing and all that stuff, I really didn't make money. I made my table back, which is always a good thing. There were a few encounters I had with people who were really excited to find my Canadian Werewolf series of books, and just so thrilled to get started. Among the four of them, they bought one copy, but they were going to pass it amongst each other. You know what? Okay, they bought a single copy, and I was like, “Well, the e-book is permanently free online. You don't even have to buy a copy”—which is anti-selling. I just want them to read the book and enjoy it. But if they read it and pass it along and start talking about it, they could become readers for a long time. It's an eight-book series, with the ninth book coming out later this year. There was another encounter I had that day. A woman and her teenage daughter came in, and they were looking at my traditionally published books that I buy at a reduced price from a local bookstore and resell. They were looking at these true ghost story books I had, and they were pointing: “Do you have that one?” “Yes, I have this one, I have that one.” And the mother's like, “Well, she collects all your books, and she wants to make sure she has them.” We had this conversation, and she was so excited to meet me in person and to get a signed copy of the book. That experience was such a vanity moment for me as an author. We're lonely. I'm a big loser. Nobody's buying my books. We're always down on ourselves. So that investment of time and energy, in order to get that little pat on the back or that feeling of, “Wow, I really connected with someone who likes my stuff”—those moments are really precious. They're difficult to explain if you only look at the world in a financial way. I guess I'm fortunate enough that I do have enough income from numerous streams, including the consulting I do part-time, that it's okay if not every bookish endeavour leads to more money in my pocket at the end of the day. I can still have these authentic connections with people, which I think is one of the reasons I'm a storyteller. Yes, it's the stories I have to tell, but it's also putting the story into somebody else's hands and eyes and heart and mind. Jo: You're very giving like that. You have that sense about you, whereas I'm just a curmudgeon in the corner. Mark: That is not true. Jo: It is, generally. I don't do events like you do for readers. Mark: But that's because it takes a lot out of you. Jo: Yes, but that doesn't matter. Why do I write? I write for me. Mark: Ah, very good. Jo: At the end of the day—just being entirely selfish about this—when people say, “Oh, if you won the lottery, what would you do?” I'm like, “Well, I'd do pretty much what I'm doing now.” Mark: Yes, I'd just do the same. Of course, I'd write more books. Jo: I'd write more books. So this is where I'm trying to get to for people as well: measuring success in a different way. You were talking about measuring success by how that girl loved your books, and how you feel when someone says they love your books. With Bones of the Deep, this thriller I've just done, I feel like I had the benefit of that book before anyone even read it. As soon as it was finished, I made a nice proof copy from BookVault, and I held it in my hand and said, “I made this. I'm proud of the story, I wrote the story, and it's outside my head now.” I feel like I'm creatively satisfied in that moment. Then, of course, the Kickstarter was great, and I love that the books are going out around the world, but— I think the happiest I felt was that moment of finishing—that creative satisfaction of holding the book in my hand. You know what I mean? Mark: 100%, Jo. I cannot agree with you enough. I love so many aspects of writing. Yes, the connection with people is amazing. But I often say this when I'm doing my one-on-one consulting with authors: focus on the projects that mean the most to you, those passion projects. The process of writing, and the painful rewriting and editing and all the things you go through—when you finish that book, like you said, you hold it in your hands and it is a thing of beauty. It's a huge achievement. You've won. Whether or not you sell a single copy, you've won by doing it. Everything else is gravy: the sales, the money in your pocket or not, the reviews, positive or not, the people who say, “Oh my God, Bones of the Deep, thank you for writing this book. I'm so glad you introduced this into the world and into my life.” Anything beyond the creation itself, which is a pure joy—I love it so much. It's just why I get up at 5:30 every morning and write for hours before the rest of my day begins. I try to get stuff done before the rest of the world wakes up. I want to get the writing done first, when I have the most energy to give myself to the page. Then the rest of the day is kind of gravy for me too. Jo: You talk there about giving yourself to the page, but in Stark Realities— You talk about the fear of truly being seen. What do you mean by that, and how do you manage that feeling? Mark: For anyone who has written anything—fiction, non-fiction, memoir in particular, since it's a bit more closely tied to reality—it's exposing yourself to the world. I'll never forget an interview I did with Canadian science fiction author Julie E. Czerneda, who, before being a fiction writer, was writing biology textbooks, but her real passion was science fiction and fiction. When her first novel came out, she said, “It's like standing naked on the front lawn.” When you release a book, even a novel, people look at it and they're going to judge you and rate you. I remember early on, Jo—we knew each other through Twitter, I think, where we initially met, and then interacted with and finally met in person at London Book Fair. I think you and I have a very similar reaction. When people know us as positive and upbeat and out there helping authors in the community, and then they read our fiction, they go, “Well, Jo, you burned a nun alive on page one.” Or, “Mark, what kind of… they're drinking from the skulls of dead people? What the heck is going on with you two?” We are exposing parts of ourselves in our fiction and non-fiction. That's a fear I embrace, but also never get over, if that makes any sense. I write scary stories because I'm a big chicken. So maybe the entire process is just cheap therapy for me. Or not cheap, because it's an expensive pastime, isn't it? Jo: It certainly can be, but I agree. I struggle with fear of judgment still. I think it's also because we do this in public, which comes back to the financial side of things. We do a lot of this in public, and then people judge us on our author businesses too. You could look at Bones of the Deep, which was just on Kickstarter, and compare my Kickstarter to another author's Kickstarter for a fiction book, and judge one or the other person based on numbers. I feel like this is because you and I have done so much in public—for me, almost 20 years, and for you, like 40 years or whatever. Maybe 30 years. You look that old. Mark: Listen there, dearie. Get off my lawn. Jo: Yes, get off my lawn—with those skeletons you have on your lawn. Mark: Yes. They're no longer in my closet. Jo: They're not in your closet. I wonder if that also plays a part of it—the pros and cons of doing this business in public. Mark: Yes, that is a part of it. One thing I try to be very clear about, because there's so much FOMO and so much out there about people thinking that everyone else is making a million dollars from their books and “I'm the only loser who's not”—I try to be clear that I have never made more than a mid-five figures as an author from my author earnings, ever. I haven't yet hit six figures. One of the reasons I try to be transparent in sharing that is I don't want people to think that everyone else is a six- and seven-figure success story, and they're the only one who's only made $100 last year on their books. The reality is, 90 to 99% of the people who are writing and publishing are not going to earn a significant amount of money. I realise I'm also very, very lucky that I've earned this much, and it's taken a long time. I just shared this in a Substack post I posted yesterday: it was 10 years of rejections before I got $5 for my first short story that was published in '92. It wasn't until 2001 that I finally made pro rate, six cents US a word, for a short story that, ironically, Julie Czerneda bought from me back in the day. For me, I've been lucky that it's always been a long, slow slog. It's been a marathon, and I've never instantly sprinted across any dramatic finish line. I've had some really phenomenal moments—doing a book signing in a Costco, walking into Walmart and seeing my books there. Even last night at the Burlington Public Library, going, “Wow, they have eight of my books here—four of my self-published books and four of my traditionally published books, in two different sections.” I was like, “That's kind of cool.” So I've had these amazing moments as a writer, but I've never had the blockbuster—the Brandon Sanderson, or even the Dungeon Crawler Carl, Matt Dinniman, kind of moments. I still think I've had a very fortunate and lucky journey. Even if I wasn't making the money I'm making, I'd still be writing, and I'm sure you would be too. Jo: Oh, yes, for sure. I actually think the thing most of us would probably let go is the marketing. If we won the lottery, we'd carry on with all the creative stuff, the writing, the community stuff, and we'd just literally do no marketing at all. Mark: Well, yes, of course. Or potentially say, “Oh, here, ad agency, here's some money. You just run it, whatever. Let me know if it works or not. I don't care.” Jo: That's a much better idea. Mark: At least I've got the extra disposable income, so I may as well, because I'm helping the world when my books are out there. I know my books will help people. I really honestly think that as storytellers—whether it's fiction or non-fiction, we're still storytellers—what we do in writing and podcasting and all the things we do, the re-sharing on social media, is really helping connect people. I think that is one of the most profound things we can do as writers. And I mean that the writing, in and of itself, is a reward. Jo: Like you said, we met on Twitter when Twitter was what it was back in the day. I do very, very little social media now. But you just mentioned your Substack, and you also have your podcast, Stark Reflections. So how are you balancing what you put on each? I only do this podcast now. I don't even blog. I write books, obviously, and then I do the podcast. So what are you doing differently on Substack to the podcast, and what part do they play in income and marketing? Mark: Great question. I realise most people have never heard of me, or read or listened to the things I put out into the world. And I've been a longtime fan of “reduce, reuse, recycle my IP.” My podcast is not as long-running as yours, but I'm in my ninth year, and I've not missed a single Friday in the full eight years, or eight and a half by now, that I've been doing this. Every week I reflect on what I learned from an interview, or I'll reflect on something you've posted and say, “This episode is not an interview, but Jo said this last week, and I'm going to talk about it.” The podcast itself takes a lot of work. I still do all of it myself, and I know I probably shouldn't, but I like doing it, so it's one of those tasks I enjoy. I also have reflections that aren't going to come out vocally but might come out in writing. Sometimes in the morning I'm not in the mood to write the novel or the non-fiction book I'm writing, but I'm writing some tangent. I just let the creative monster go. I find that re-sharing… I might have reflected on something for a couple of minutes at the end of an interview, but I really want to expand upon it, so I write the Substack article. I try to reuse some of that content. Someone's going to enjoy seeing it on a short video clip I share on YouTube, or whatever the platform is. Someone else is going to listen to it on a podcast, wherever they listen to podcasts, and someone else is going to want to read it. It could be the same information, just shared in a slightly different way, to potentially get it out to other people. So for me, it's part of that wide publishing mentality. I'm trying not to completely duplicate the work, although I am duplicating some of it. I'll give you an example. Hey, Canadian listeners—if you have not registered for Public Lending Right in Canada, please put something in your calendar for February 2027, because the deadline's over. It was May 1st of 2026. Put it in your calendar for next year. I even had somebody at this writers' event I was at this last weekend say, “You mentioned something in a presentation you did for the Canadian Authors Association about Public Lending Right, and thank you, because now I get thousands of dollars a year from this.” So just look up Public Lending Right. I've been saying stuff about Public Lending Right for at least 10 years now. Every time I get my beautiful multi-four-figure cheque from them in February every year, I post on social media and remind authors to check it out. I know it exists in the UK, and it exists in 36 countries in the world—just not the US. Jo: Not the US. Mark: They don't have a programme like this, probably because the big publishers—and probably one of the authors' associations—think that libraries are cannibalising book sales, which is not true. It's been proven time and time again, and that lobbying has prevented it from happening. Whereas here in Canada, the Canada Council for the Arts and the Writers' Union of Canada worked hard to make this happen. Anyway, I talk about something like Public Lending Right and I feel like I must have said this so much that people are sick of it, but every single time I mention it, someone goes, “Oh my God, thanks for saying that. I never heard it.” That's a good reminder, especially for folks like you and me. We know the basics. We know what an ISBN is. We know KDP Select means you can't put the e-book on any other retailer, or even sell it on your own website. We know all these things, but it's hard for us to remember that there are folks coming to this for the very first time who've never heard it, even though we feel like, “Oh my God, I've said this till I'm blue in the face.” I think I got that from retail. When I worked in retail, I recognised that somebody's going to come in and ask for “that blue book that Reese Witherspoon was talking about,” or Oprah was talking about, or whatever. And you do your darn best to help them figure it out rather than mock them. I try to take the same approach when people ask me those questions, because I'm trying to remember what it was like when I honestly did not know the answer, and having someone take the time to help me. I've been very, very lucky that I've had a lot of people take the time to help me. I'll never forget—God rest her soul—Nancy Kilpatrick, a horror writer here from Canada who passed away a few years ago. She gave me a blurb for my very first book in 2004 because she'd acquired one of my short stories for an anthology she'd edited. I was trying to call my short story collection an anthology, and she very kindly took me aside and said, “It's not an anthology if it's a single author. An anthology is a…” Jo: I didn't know that until, like, last year. I got that wrong as well. There are lots of words like that. I want to circle back, because you didn't really answer earlier about the time management. You just mentioned YouTube, on top of Substack and all the things you do. You also have a day job at Draft2Digital—it's part-time, right? You also do part-time at the university, teaching publishing, right? You do all kinds of things. How do you manage your time with all of that? Mark: Well, I mismanage my time more than I manage it, Jo. That's the God's honest truth. Fortunately, most of the things I have that aren't scheduled—like, scheduled to do this lecture at this time, or scheduled to have this meeting at this particular time with Draft2Digital—most of my work is very flexible. I do not work a regular 9:00 to 5:00, Monday to Friday. Well, I never did. I always worked way more. But I have a very flexible schedule. Every single day is a work day, and every single day is a play day for me. So I'm very, very lucky. I do schedule in the very important things, particularly where somebody else is reliant upon me—meetings and connections and stuff like that. Then I make the time first thing in the morning to get the writing done. Everything else is not as important, and it's part of… I guess it's part of playing. You know, like the social media sharing. I don't look at social media as marketing. I just look at it as another way to connect with people, with other creatives, and with readers potentially, all six people who read my stuff. I probably could do a better job of managing my time. I've tried several times over the years to adapt processes to make it better, but I consistently default back to what I do, and so far I guess I've been getting away with it. So I was like, “Do I want to waste more time trying to come up with a process, or do I just want to roll with it?” Because so far I haven't killed myself doing it, and I've been enjoying the journey. So, if it ain't broke… Jo: I think that's the point, if it doesn't feel like it's broken. Having known you for a long time now, and we work together—obviously we co-wrote The Relaxed Author—you do work very, very differently to me. You definitely are a little bit more chaotic. I'm chaotic in some ways too. Mark: Oh, you're very generous. “A little bit chaotic.” Thanks. That was generous, Jo. Jo: You're chaotic in your work practices and scheduling and all that, which I couldn't cope with very well. Even though I feel like a part of my brain is very chaotic—the creative side, I guess, can be quite chaotic—I think I'm actually quite controlling and very scheduled in my work practices. As you say, for someone else on the outside, it might feel to me like you have too many balls in the air. But if you don't feel that, then that's the way of working that works for you. So this is another important thing, isn't it? You can't adapt to what other people say your life should look like. It's what feels good to you. Mark: Oh, for sure. One thing I know about my procrastination tendency is that panic and fear motivate me. So, a deadline—”I have to get this into a publisher by this date, I have to get this manuscript to an editor by that date”—I'm motivated by fear. And I'm afraid of everything, so I guess I'm always motivated. Jo: But I also know that when you hear the word “deadline”—and I know a lot of people who do this—the deadline means you get it in on the deadline, or the day before the deadline. To me, a deadline means I have it ready a month earlier. Mark: I love that. I've done that a few times and shocked myself. I actually had a pre-order up—with the audiobook, the print, and the e-book—a month in advance, and I didn't know what to do with myself. I was like, “Well, what am I going to do now in the next month?” Jo: Work on the next thing. Mark: But I'm so used to working on it up to the last second that I was kind of like, “What do I do?” That actually caught me by surprise, and I honestly felt weird. I was like, “I've never felt this before.” I'm really lucky. I know you have a very supportive and amazing partner, and so do I. My partner, scarily enough, is maybe a bigger procrastinator than me, so she never gives me a hard time. She supports me, and I do the same thing with her own work. I'm up all night with her at the last minute so we can get something turned in. So, fortunately, we really understand one another, and we don't give each other a hard time. We just go, “Well, got away with it again. I guess I'm not going to change my ways.” Jo: We made it. And again, that's the point. You and I could stand up in front of people, both hold up the last book we wrote, and say, “We made this,” and our processes are completely different. Our brains are completely different. We come from different countries. There are lots of things that are different, and yet we both made a book. So hopefully that encourages people. You don't have to do anything that we're telling you, or anyone else tells you. But if you want to be an author, at some point you have to produce a book. Mark: Exactly. As Brian in the classic Monty Python film gets them to say: “Yes, we are all different.” Embrace that difference. I think that's such a powerful reminder that there is no one process for getting anything done. Jo: Given that we co-wrote The Relaxed Author back in 2021—and we did that because we had another show, and we were talking, and we said, “Oh, everyone's stressed and the anxiety levels are really high, and we think there's a better path”—we co-wrote that book, which I think is still a very good book. Definitely people should get it. Interestingly, I think the stress and anxiety might actually be higher now than it was. So what do you think the main stresses are in the community now? You also see a lot with Draft2Digital, I guess, as well. Mark: Oh, for sure. Honestly, Jo, I'm so glad we wrote that book, because I actually pick it up every once in a while to remind myself of the things we tried to help others with. Again, it's therapy for me as well, so I'm so glad we did it. I think we're 10, if not 100, times more stressed. The world events and things going on, the divisiveness—not just in the world in general, in politics and everything else, but the divisiveness in the author community. The witch-hunting that happens, people trying to tear down other authors either because they're successful, or because, “Oh my God, you dared use a new technology.” All of these things are happening, and everyone's at one another's throats. I need to pick that book up and reread it. I'm a lot more stressed than I was. I'm just getting over shingles, which is… Jo: Oh. Which is actually related to stress as well, isn't it? Mark: It is, yes. I was in LA for Writers of the Future—I'm a judge for that science fiction and fantasy conference. I went right from LA, like a week in LA, which was a phenomenal experience getting to mentor the winners. And I mean, come on, it's a free trip to Hollywood, hanging out with Kevin Anderson, having beers and stuff like that. Then I came back to the Toronto Indie Author Conference, run by Tao Wong, here in Toronto. I went right from the airport—didn't even go home—straight to the hotel, because I kicked into another conference. We did a display on how to set up an in-person booth, so I ended up having to hand-bomb boxes, blocks down the street from where I was parked. My chest was really sore when I got home on the Monday, and I thought it was because I hadn't used these muscles, because I'm not in the best shape. Then I took my shirt off and went, “Oh, there's a rash there.” Liz goes, “You have shingles.” Because the pain in my chest, which I thought was the muscle, was actually underneath. I'm one of those lucky people that it's taken the full five weeks, and I'm still in pain even afterwards. So, again, public notice: if you're an older person like me, and there's a vaccine available for shingles, you may want to consider it. Jo: Yep, get it. Mark: Oh my God, it hurts. But, yes, the stress, I think, is higher—even though I didn't know I was feeling it. It was happy stress, right? I was stressed out because I'm there in Hollywood, helping people and doing some good things, and then I'm doing the same thing, interacting with some amazing authors at the Toronto Indie Author Conference. I didn't feel anxious stress. I was happy stress. Is that a thing? Jo: I think possibly… your physical body masks stress, physical stress, because you enjoy all of that stuff. Whereas someone like me, I'll feel it quicker and withdraw. Although I say that, back probably a decade ago, Jonathan would say to me, “You're going too fast, and you're going to hit the wall. And when you hit the wall, it's not going to be fun.” And I did hit the wall. Then, probably in 2021—I mean, that was when I just started going into menopause, and obviously we had the pandemic, and I wrote Pilgrimage, and I was doing all those walks, which I think really helped me. I learned a lot about maybe stopping that before it happened. Becca Syme obviously talks a lot about this too. But I find it interesting with you, because I think you're so positively happy with these events you do that it might mask your physical symptoms in a different way. That's really hard to watch out for. I'll give a tip to you and everyone else listening: schedule the calendar, and look at your calendar and go, “I can't go back-to-back-to-back. I have to put in some rest days.” Mark: Well, thank you. You know, Jo, you and Becca Syme are two of my best unpaid therapists. I appreciate that. Jo: You just don't listen, Mark. Mark: Or sometimes I do. Jo: Just coming back to the community, and the divisiveness there is primarily over AI at the moment, I think that's one of the biggest things. And the arbitrary lines as to what you're allowed to use it for and what you're not allowed to use it for, which is just kind of crazy. Obviously, you know I've opted out of that whole discussion now. How do you think we can move through this [divisiveness over AI], move on? We remember when it was trad versus indie, and then it was wide versus KU. So this will pass—it's just hard, when you're in it, to know when it might pass. Mark: Yes. I think the more generic advice—for whatever may come, whatever has come—is: why are you doing this? Why are you a writer? Heads down, focus on what gives you pleasure, and do that, because everything else is noise. All the marketing tactics and strategies, and all the people yelling at one another. Write your books. Do the things that motivate you. Do the things that give you that intrinsic reward. It's hard to ignore. I get it, it is hard to ignore. I have difficulty ignoring the haters and the yelling and the screaming that happens, but I do my best. Like this morning, when I was in the throes of my manuscript and I looked up and went, “Oh my God, I've got to shower. I'm going to be talking to Jo soon, I should comb my hair”—which I have none of. Because I was so in my book that everything else melted away. That, for me as a storyteller, as a writer, is one of the most beautiful places to be. Jo: I think you're absolutely right. I have a little thing that pops up in my calendar sometimes which says, “If you're feeling all of these things, just go create something.” The moment you refocus on creation—whatever that means to you—things change. It changes the energy. That, or go for a walk. That's my other tip. Mark: Outside. And I have to say, Jo, Pilgrimage is still one of the most profound and powerful books you've written, and you've written a lot of amazing ones. Jo: Oh, you're very sweet. Mark: That one really resonates, not just for me, but with Liz. Because one of the things we often do when we get stressed is go for a walk, ideally in nature. The vitamin N. I think there's something really profound in that, and it really helps me a lot. And again, sometimes going for a walk listening to your podcast, or an audiobook, or sometimes just attending to the environment. A tip I picked up years ago from Brooklyn author Denis Hamill was: go for a walk with your character. Listen to what they see. What do they comment on? How do they approach this environment that you've seen a million times? How do they see it? What do they notice that you don't notice? That's such an incredible experience of creativity—when you're not writing, but writing. That really helps me a lot. Jo: Oh, nice one. Okay, so your latest book is Stark Realities, but you have so many more. Where can people find you and your books and your podcast online? Mark: Jo, you can find everything you want to know about me—and stuff you don't want to know about me—over at MarkLeslie.ca. It links to all the other places from there. Jo: Brilliant. Thanks again for your time, Mark. That was great. Mark: Thanks so much, Jo. Bye-bye. The post Creative Satisfaction, In Person Print Book Sales, And Author Mindset With Mark Leslie Lefebvre first appeared on The Creative Penn.

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Welcome to The Cashflow Project! In this episode, the conversation focused on making the leap from a decades-long IT career to building a portfolio of over 2,700 apartment units and venturing into industrial real estate. A key theme that emerged was the value of taking risks, leveraging teamwork, and being willing to pivot strategies as markets shift. The discussion explored the journey from small multifamily investments to syndications, the importance of having a strong network, and distinguishing between being an investor and an owner-operator. One concept discussed was the powerful role mindset and coaching play in breaking through personal barriers and achieving both financial and personal growth. Whether you're new to real estate or looking to expand your horizons, this episode offers actionable insights and inspiration for your investing journey. 00:00 Journey to Becoming a Coach 03:35 Balancing Work, School, and Racing 07:13 Switching to real estate investing 10:30 Expanding through partnerships and coaching 14:00 Adjusting to Market Challenges 16:11 Managing multifamily properties 19:17 Focusing on urban industrial sites 23:47 Expanding client base beyond real estate 27:19 Hosting Small Group Events 29:12 Rewiring your mindset for success 35:01 Networking Meetups in Honolulu 35:38 Thanking listeners and call to action Connect with Jens Nielsen! Website LinkedIn Instagram Connect with The Cashflow Project! Website LinkedIn YouTube Facebook Instagram

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SummaryIn this episode, Tyler Bramlett shares his transformative journey from the fitness industry to building WeShape, emphasizing the importance of inner well-being, authentic service, and long-term vision in business and life.TakeawaysTyler Bramlett's personal transformation and business pivotThe toxic culture of the fitness industry and its impact on mental healthThe importance of purpose and authenticity in entrepreneurshipBuilding a scalable, purpose-driven brand like WeShapeThe psychological aspects of health, fitness, and self-imageThe role of risk-taking and long-term vision in business growthThe significance of core values and company cultureStrategies for sustainable business success and customer trustChapters00:00 Introduction to Coach Tyler and His Journey04:47 The Shift in Fitness Philosophy07:45 Building WeShape: A New Approach to Fitness10:53 The Impact of Diet Trends on Mental Health13:45 Understanding the Psychological Barriers to Fitness16:41 The Role of Insecurity in Fitness Marketing19:48 The Importance of Inner Happiness22:47 Taking Risks in Entrepreneurship25:38 The Challenges of Pivoting a Successful Business29:03 Taking Risks and Building Longevity in Business31:50 The Importance of Authentic Relationships35:26 Core Values and Trust in Business40:48 The Long Game of Entrepreneurship43:49 Scaling with Purpose and Values51:09 The Journey of Continuous Improvement56:47 The Power of Consistent ActionLearn more: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tyler-bramlett-250844114/https://weshape.com/eggsCredits:Hosted by Ryan RoghaarProduced by Ryan RoghaarTheme music: "Perfect Day" by OPM  The Eggs Podcast Spotify playlist:bit.ly/eggstunesThe Plugs:The Show: eggsthepodcast.com@eggsthepodcast on X and InstagramMike "DJ Ontic": Shows and info: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠djontic.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@djontic on twitterRyan Roghaar:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠rogha.ar⁠⁠

What does it take to become a regenerative farmer with no agricultural background? Recorded live at Regenerative Revival in Salado, Texas, the Soil Sisters sit down with David Deitsch of The Moody Goat to talk about building a regenerative goat operation from the ground up. From growing up in suburban Connecticut to managing a thriving herd in Central Texas, David shares the hard-earned lessons, failures, pivots, and mindset shifts that are helping him create a resilient farm business. Whether you're interested in regenerative agriculture, livestock management, grazing systems, homesteading, ranching, or starting a farm from scratch, this episode offers an honest look at what it takes to keep moving forward. Connect with and shop The Moody Goat: Follow David's regenerative farming journey, learn about his goat herd, and discover Moody Goat meat sticks and swag through The Moody Goat website and on Instagram @themoodygoat_ and @moodygoatmeat TIME STAMPS: 00:00 Welcome to Regenerative Revival 01:14 Why regenerative agriculture came first 04:01 The Moody Goat's origin story 06:41 Finding the land in Moody 07:49 Going all in with goats 10:21 Markets and money lessons 15:00 Raising children on the ranch 20:28 Passing a love of land to the next generation 24:18 Dreaming up a rent-a-goat business 25:58 NRCS programs teaser 26:40 Free USDA assistance available to producers 27:47 Regenerative training opportunities 28:31 Learning through community 31:23 Herd-building strategy 33:10 The importance of rest and deferment 35:07 Pivoting through setbacks 36:02 Creating goat meat snack sticks 38:49 How to connect with The Moody Goat 39:57 Why now is the time to start 43:48 Red flags when purchasing your first farm 45:51 The "don't quit" mindset 49:16 The future of regenerative agriculture 51:48 Pride in producing clean food 53:18 Closing remarks

In this episode, we sit down with Sam Knapp, an Alaskan grower and author of Beyond the Root Cellar, to explore what it means to solve the biggest gaping hole in the local food system: winter food security. We dive deep into his journey from chemical engineering and a formative Fulbright grant in Sweden to establishing a successful, low-overhead storage crop farm in Fairbanks, Alaska. We highlight how Sam built a highly viable business on 1 acre by focusing on low-maintenance root crops like parsnips and utilizing efficient, manual systems instead of heavy machinery. Sam breaks down the structural design of his self-built cold storage facility, tips for managing humidity with Inkbird sensors and thermostats, and the reality of fighting thermal mass in the ground. Finally, we discuss how local growers can build predictable, highly profitable “off-season” revenue, his advice on avoiding the "YouTube Academy" trap by finding mentors, and his ultimate mission to democratize cold storage for local communities.Sam's book: Beyond The Root CellarTimestamps [00:00] Intro.[03:34] Shifting local foods from a summer novelty to reliable winter staples.[07:47] Pivoting from a PhD engineering track to an intense physical farm season in Sweden.[17:43] Arriving in Fairbanks and integrating into a resilient community of transplants.[25:03] Operating an off-grid farm through extreme sub-zero winter temperatures.[36:19] Designing a low-maintenance, part-time farm layout to balance summer field research.[46:13] Breaking down the real economics, gross revenues, and net profits of a 1 acre farm.[55:04] Debunking tractor dependency and utilizing manual tools for market gardening.[01:00:22] Structural mechanics of modern root cellars vs. traditional root cellars.[01:23:46] Utilizing residential cooling units and custom micro-environments to preserve crops cleanly.[01:47:47] Rapid fire Q&A, books, fitness and wellness, and traditional dance.SponsorsDubois Agrinovation: Get 10% off by choosing the promo code ‘MasterClass – Jean-Martin Fortier' when you create an account. Some exceptions apply. https://duboisag.com/Johnny's Selected Seeds: Sign up for Johnny's newsletter to receive the latest news, products, and more. New members get $10 off their next order of $50 or more!http://www.johnnyseeds.com/Start Your Market Gardener Journey Here: https://themarketgardener.com/starthere/Links/ResourcesStart Your Market Gardener Journey Here : https://themarketgardener.com/starthere/Market Gardener Institute:  https://themarketgardener.com Masterclass:  https://themarketgardener.com/courses/the-market-gardener-masterclass Newsletter:  https://themarketgardener.com/newsletterBlog:  https://themarketgardener.com/blog Books: https://themarketgardener.com/booksGrowers & Co: https://growers.coHeirloom: https://heirloom.ag/The Old Mill: https://www.espaceoldmill.com/en/Follow UsWebsite: http://themarketgardener.com Facebook: http://facebook.com/marketgardenerinstitute Instagram: http://instagram.com/themarketgardeners Guest Social Media LinksSam Knapp:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/offbeetalaska/ JM:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jeanmartinfortierFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/jeanmartinfortier

#942 What if the key to scaling your business wasn't working harder — but working with your brain instead of against it? In this episode, we sit down with Summer Ray of Soma Lumin, a digital nomad entrepreneur who built an aura photography software business from a van in New Mexico. Summer breaks down how she designed her entire business around her neurodivergent, "squiggly brain" — from cycle-tracking her calendar to schedule high-visibility tasks during peak energy windows, to using AI tools to audit how she actually spends her time. She shares her frameworks for creating artificial urgency and scarcity as motivation, separating the "architect" from the "operator" in her business, and why imperfect action will always beat waiting for the perfect moment to launch. If you've ever felt like traditional business advice just doesn't fit the way your brain works, this episode is for you! What we discuss with Summer: + Building a business around your natural rhythms + Cycle-tracking your calendar for peak productivity + Using AI to audit how you spend your time + Creating artificial urgency, scarcity, and novelty + Separating the "architect" from the "operator" + Scheduling time to zoom out and grow + Setting boundaries with clients to stay resourced + Imperfect action beats waiting for perfect + Pivoting your business model even when things are working + The "squiggly brain" entrepreneur's approach to burnout prevention Thank you, Summer! Check out Soma Lumin at SomaLumin.com. Watch the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠video podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ of this episode! To get access to our FREE Business Training course go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠MillionaireUniversity.com/training⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ To get exclusive offers mentioned in this episode and to support the show, visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠millionaireuniversity.com/sponsors⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Listen and subscribe to Money Making Conversations on iHeartRadio, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, www.moneymakingconversations.com/subscribe/ or wherever you listen to podcasts. New Money Making Conversations episodes drop daily. I want to alert you, so you don’t miss out on expert analysis and insider perspectives from my guests who provide tips that can help you uplift the community, improve your financial planning, motivation, or advice on how to be a successful entrepreneur. Keep winning! Two-time Emmy and Three-time NAACP Image Award-winning, television Executive Producer Rushion McDonald interviewed Amy DuBois Barnett.

Listen and subscribe to Money Making Conversations on iHeartRadio, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, www.moneymakingconversations.com/subscribe/ or wherever you listen to podcasts. New Money Making Conversations episodes drop daily. I want to alert you, so you don’t miss out on expert analysis and insider perspectives from my guests who provide tips that can help you uplift the community, improve your financial planning, motivation, or advice on how to be a successful entrepreneur. Keep winning! Two-time Emmy and Three-time NAACP Image Award-winning, television Executive Producer Rushion McDonald interviewed Amy DuBois Barnett.

The guys shared their frustrations to open the show over a report from ESPN's Buster Olney that the Tigers are so encouraged by their sweep of the Rays that they are now reconsidering their potential plan to trade Tarik Skubal away. They heard from a bunch of the people and then talked about some potential NFL MVPs on an "In Football Today".

https://www.patreon.com/raykump Support the show + get bonus episodes every week.Ray talks about Peter Thiel relocating his family to Argentina, the Freedom 250 concert pivoting to an “America Is Back” rally, the Kennedy Center fight, a proposed $250 Trump bill, Nancy Mace on property taxes for senior homeowners, Mike Pence criticizing Trump, the Iran deal that always seems three days away, Pam Bondi's Epstein files testimony, Palantir, AI war, and billionaire escape plans.