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All Home Care Matters and our host, Lance A. Slatton were honored to welcome Alder Allensworth as guest to the show. About Alder Allensworth, MM, RN: Alder Allensworth, MM, RN, is a registered nurse and retired hospice counselor who supported families caring for loved ones with dementia at the end of life. Her professional background spans working with both children and older adults, including those living with Alzheimer's disease. The inspiration for this project grew from Alder's personal experience witnessing her mother, who had Alzheimer's, connect meaningfully with her grandchildren—Alder's nieces and nephews. This powerful family experience, combined with her clinical work, deepened her commitment to helping families navigate dementia with compassion, creativity, and connection. Alder is also an accomplished writer, having published several articles in professional journals and books. As a speaker and presenter in the field of disabilities, she has shared her insights on local, national, and international stages. Her advocacy and dedication to promoting quality of life for people with disabilities have been featured on CNN, as well as in international media and local news outlets. About Mackenzie Meets Alzheimer's Program (MMAP): The Mackenzie Meets Alzheimer's Program (MMAP) is a family-centered, multimedia educational program with an online community component designed to help parents, children, educators, and healthcare professionals navigate the challenges of Alzheimer's disease. Created especially for families in the "sandwich generation," it provides practical tools, guidance, and meaningful activities that support positive interactions between children and loved ones living with Alzheimer's from diagnosis through the severe stage. The program helps children and their families stay meaningfully connected throughout the journey. At the heart of the program is the Mackenzie Meets Alzheimer's Awareness Program (MMAAP), a 5-video educational series covering each stage of the disease, along with guidance for adults raising children while caregiving. The program also includes a quick reference guide, transcripts, and accessible audio and visual resources to support a wide range of learning needs. Importantly, the MMAAP helps children understand Alzheimer's in age-appropriate ways and gives them simple, meaningful activities they can do with their loved one to maintain connection and nurture the relationship. Complementing the video series is the Mackenzie Meets Alzheimer's Disease Picture Book, a gentle, child-friendly introduction to Alzheimer's. The book follows a young girl learning how to understand and connect with her grandmother as the disease progresses. It includes a QR code for a free Story Song download whose lyrics are the text for the book—making the learning experience engaging, memorable, and accessible for young children and early readers. The complete MMAP is also a valuable resource for Adult Day Centers and Memory Care Communities, offering a ready-to-run educational program for families. It helps answer common questions proactively, reducing the need for staff to repeatedly provide the same explanations. This allows them to focus more on care and connection. Together, the program and book go beyond education—they empower families to create meaningful moments, maintain connection, and build positive memories throughout the course of Alzheimer's and other dementias.
On our geocaching podcast today, we take you along with us on a cache maintenance day and we share about the containers we're using for our cache replacements. We also have feedback on the hot topic of shareables, cool geoart in the form of a QR code, a listener question about oddities found while geocaching, a WWFM update and much more. Listen To The Show (35:01) Show Discussion: Please chat about the show by commenting on this post below. Show Images: Go to the Flickr set for the show Links mentioned in the show Rubbermaid-TakeAlongs-Twist-Seal 3 Pack Rust-Oleum Camouflage Spray Paint, 12 oz, Black QR216 Russell's challenge: very busy hid date X 25 - Idaho The Challenge Compendium SUPPORT PodCacher: Join the PodCacher Club Geocaching WWFM Official Site WWFM XXIII Bookmark List WWFM XXIII - Berlin Soap Bubbles - FTP (Publish) Support our friends at FTF Geocacher Magazine 2025 Celebration Trackables - ON SALE! Check out the PodCacher Prize Vault Never Miss Out: Join the PodCacher Insider Mailing List Ways to contact us! Easily send us audio via Speakpipe Find MANY ways to listen to PodCacher Follow the PodCacher Geocaching Blog PodCacher Hotline number for your speed dial! (760) 300-3633 Call us with your rants, raves and as a roving reporter The post Show 950.0: Geocache Maintenance Day appeared first on PodCacher: Geocaching Goodness.
Today's solo episode shares a timely reminder that AI can absolutely support school communication - but it should never replace the real, authentic stories that build trust with families.You'll hear why student photos, names, and likenesses need extra caution when AI tools are involved, even when families have already signed photo permission forms.AI-created flyers may look impressive, but they often create problems for social media. Andrea explains why tiny text, too many details, and QR codes can make your message harder for families to act on.This episode gives you practical language and simple guardrails to share with staff so your district can use AI responsibly while protecting privacy, accessibility, clarity, and trust.Email: andrea@socialschool4edu.com Connect on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andreagribble/ Website: www.socialschool4edu.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/socialschool4edu Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/socialschool4edu/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SocialSchool4EDU USEFUL INFORMATIONDownload the 2026-2027 Special Days to CelebrateAI flyer example and draft of letter to send to your staffOrder your copy of my book Social Media for Schools: Proven Storytelling Strategies & Ideas to Celebrate Your Students & Staff - While Keeping Your Sanity now!Interested in our membership program? Learn more here: https://socialschool4edu.com/MORE RESOURCESFree Video Training: Learn the simple secrets behind social media for K12 schools!Sign up for our free e-newsletter - click herewww.SocialSchool4EDU.com
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Para precio y disponibilidad, vaya a este vínculo: https://amzn.to/4vXanah En este episodio presentamos un análisis práctico del nuevo dispositivo de MoveSmart: una unidad de estado sólido con conectores USB-A y USB-C y una pantalla integrada a color que muestra en tiempo real el espacio disponible, la actividad de lectura/escritura, la temperatura y si está grabando. Hablamos de su velocidad de lectura/escritura, compatibilidad para grabar vídeo 4K directamente desde el teléfono, los iconos informativos de la pantalla y la utilidad de poder verificar al instante si el USB está lleno o funcionando correctamente. También se indica dónde obtener más información mediante el código QR en Telemundo PR, la app de Telemundo y las redes de Oto Tecnología. Al final del episodio compartimos el chiste enviado por Víctor Galloza: una anécdota sobre un asiento vacío en la final de fútbol que añade un cierre ligero al programa. www.ottotecnologia.com
España celebra su victoria en el Mundial, logrando su segunda estrella con el gol de Ferran Torres en la prórroga. La alegría es inmensa en todo el país, con sismógrafos registrando la euforia y el equipo ya en Madrid para las celebraciones en Cibeles. Sin embargo, esta noche de júbilo contrasta con la dramática situación en la sierra norte de Guadalajara, donde un incendio forestal sin precedentes arrasa más de 26.000 hectáreas y provoca el desalojo de casi 30 pueblos. Los servicios de emergencia trabajan incansablemente, enfrentándose a un terreno escarpado y vientos cambiantes, mientras los ganaderos lamentan la pérdida de pastos y la burocracia que dificulta la prevención. Además, se destaca la historia de David y Marta, quienes dan la bienvenida a su hijo Pedro minutos antes de la victoria mundialista. Por otro lado, España es el tercer país más ciberatacado del mundo, con un alto número de códigos QR fraudulentos, por lo que se aconseja precaución para evitar el robo de datos. ...
MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on Donald Trump's disastrous Sunday all of his horrible plans are backfiring in his face. Go to https://Ground.News/MTN to cut through misinformation, critically analyze the news shaping our lives and hold the media accountable. Save 40% off unlimited access to Ground News with my link or scan the QR code on screen. Pre-order the new book from MeidasTouch, WTF America?!: The Way Out of This Hell and Back to Democracy, today: https://bit.ly/wtfamericayoutube Visit https://meidasplus.com for more! MeidasTouch relies on SnapStream to record, watch, monitor, and clip the news. Get a FREE TRIAL of SnapStream by clicking here: https://go.snapstream.com/affiliate/meidastouch/meidasnews?utm_campaign=4490308-affiliate2025&utm_content=customerpartner Support the MeidasTouch Network: https://patreon.com/meidastouch Add the MeidasTouch Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-meidastouch-podcast/id1510240831 Buy MeidasTouch Merch: https://store.meidastouch.com Follow MeidasTouch on Twitter: https://twitter.com/meidastouch Follow MeidasTouch on Facebook: https://facebook.com/meidastouch Follow MeidasTouch on Instagram: https://instagram.com/meidastouch Follow MeidasTouch on TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@meidastouch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Send us Fan MailThe hosts introduce a weekly cannabis law and policy podcast, promote membership and an emailed news report via QR code, and discuss building AI software to run their dispensary using an MCP server connected to Dutchie's API. The main story is that the DEA's administrative rescheduling hearing has wrapped without an interlocutory appeal, with 50-page post-hearing briefs due August 17; they outline the ALJ recommendation process, potential Schedule III timing, and expected judicial review lawsuits by SAM and drug-testing interests. Other topics include criticism of the Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act as election-year grandstanding, a TerrAscend dispute where the IRS seeks repayment of an $8.37M 280E-related refund, declining pre-employment marijuana testing, a Michigan Supreme Court ruling limiting probation bans on legal cannabis, California regulators linking local bans to illicit markets, stalled Pennsylvania legalization, a Kenyan court rejecting a Rastafari legalization case, and mention of online clone sales under hemp claims.00:00 Welcome and Subscribe00:19 Dispensary Updates and Weekly Report01:28 AI POS and MCP Explained03:29 DEA Hearing Wraps Up08:34 Schedule III Timeline and Process13:30 Single Convention and Break14:28 COCA Bill Returns17:38 Hemp Backlash and Seed Panic19:38 Military Testing and Legal Use23:37 280E Refund Fight28:52 Advertising Rules and Classes30:16 Rolling Class and Loans30:45 Workplace Testing Debate33:09 Military Drug Test Story35:23 Michigan Probation Win36:47 Why Weed Costs More38:39 Jimothy and Name Game43:07 Local Bans Fuel Illicit48:05 Pennsylvania Politics50:48 Kenya Rastafari Ruling54:16 Clones and Hemp Hustle55:49 Wrap Up and DisclaimerSupport the showGet our newsletter: https://bit.ly/3VEn9vu
Zaragoza combate el incendio de las Cinco Villas, que calcina 14.000 hectáreas y mantiene a cinco localidades en aviso. El fuego está "fuera de su capacidad", con el viento clave. España sigue la final del Mundial de fútbol entre España y Argentina en Nueva York. Luis De la Fuente minimiza la presión. Los hoteles de Manhattan están completos y caros; muchos buscan alojamiento en Jersey City. Francia e Inglaterra juegan por el tercer puesto. España es el tercer país con más ciberataques. Se alerta sobre códigos QR fraudulentos que roban credenciales y datos de pago. Se recomienda denunciar y avisar al banco si se introducen datos en enlaces maliciosos. La Catedral de Toledo revela pinturas murales de Juan de Borgoña de 1511, ocultas más de 250 años. El hallazgo recupera casi 150 metros de arte renacentista, con yeserías y un artesonado policromado de gran valor, inspirado en el "Ortus Conclusus". Borgoña introdujo el Quattrocento italiano. Consejos de salud para el verano: para la ...
QR Code : L'arnaque invisible qui vide votre compte en banque Par la rédaction de XY Magazine Au restaurant pour consulter la carte, sur un parcmètre pour payer votre stationnement, ou à une borne de recharge pour alimenter votre véhicule électrique : les QR code est devenu le roi de nos interactions estivales. Mais en ce mois de juillet 2026, au cœur des départs en vacances, ce petit carré de pixels noirs et blancs s’est transformé en l’une des armes de cyberextorsion les plus redoutables de l’année. Son nom ? Le Quishing (la contraction de QR Code et Phishing). En coulisses, des réseaux criminels industrialisent le piratage physique de l’espace public pour dépouiller les touristes. XY Magazine décrypte ce piège indétectable à l’œil nu et vous donne le guide de survie pour protéger votre compte bancaire. Une étude de Microsoft montre que sur le premier quarter 2026 les attaques sont passées de 7 millions à 18 millions et les tentatives de phishing par mail avec QR code de 1 million à 5 millions (graph ci dessous) #image_title L'arnaque du « sticker miroir » Contrairement à un piratage informatique classique qui s’attaque aux serveurs d’une entreprise, le quishing utilise une méthode d’ingénierie sociale d’une simplicité enfantine, mais redoutable d’efficacité. [ QR Code légitime du restaurant ] │ ( Les escrocs collent par-dessus ) ▼ [ Autocollant malveillant ] ──> [ Scan du smartphone ] ──> [ Faux site de paiement ] Le QR code que vous scanner est un leurre qui vous dirige vers un site malveillant et va vous faire réaliser un paiement à un tiers. C’est vous seul qui commettez l’erreur. L’arnaqueur à juste à coller ses faux QR codes partout. Le repérage physique Les escrocs ciblent des lieux à fort passage et à faible surveillance : les terrasses de café bondées, les horodateurs municipaux, ou les stations de charge en libre-service. tous les services de confiance pour lesquels vous savez que vous allez devoir payer. Le masquage Les pirates génèrent un QR code malveillant et l’impriment sur un petit rouleau d’autocollants transparents de haute qualité. Ils viennent ensuite coller manuellement leur sticker exactement par-dessus le QR code légitime de l’établissement ou de la borne de paiement. Le clonage d’interface Lorsque vous scannez ce code avec l’appareil photo de votre smartphone, vous n’êtes pas redirigé vers le site officiel, mais vers une copie conforme (un site miroir). L’interface affiche le logo de la ville pour le stationnement, ou la charte graphique exacte du restaurant. Pensant régler votre note de 15 € ou votre place de parking, vous entrez vos coordonnées bancaires ou validez un accès Apple Pay / Google Pay. À l’autre bout du fil, l’escroc récupère vos jetons d’authentification et vide votre compte en quelques minutes. Pourquoi l’arnaque explose cet été Le quishing fait des ravages pour une raison psychologique simple : nous faisons naturellement confiance au support physique. Un internaute a appris à se méfier d'un e-mail suspect ou d’un SMS inconnu. En revanche, face à une borne de recharge ou une table de restaurant bien réelle, son niveau de vigilance baisse drastiquement. Pour l’utilisateur, l’objet physique valide la sécurité du lien numérique. Un angle mort que les cybercriminels exploitent au maximum. Le piratage des parcmètres ou des menus de restaurant (le Quishing par sticker) n’est que la face émergée de l’iceberg. Les cybercriminels ont compris que le QR code est le cheval de Troie parfait pour s’introduire dans nos smartphones. Trois autres illustration du mode opératoires des escrocs avec les QR codes. L’arnaque à la “Fausse Amende” sur le pare-brise C’est une variante particulièrement perverse qui touche de nombreuses municipalités françaises. Le mode opératoire : Vous retrouvez sur votre pare-brise un avis d'infraction qui ressemble en tout point à un véritable avis de contravention (mots d’ordre juridiques, logos officiels de la République Française ou de l’ANTAI). Le papier cartonné comporte un QR code avec la mention : “Payez votre amende minorée en ligne sous 48h pour éviter les poursuites”. Le piège : Pris de panique à l’idée de payer plus cher, l’automobiliste scanne le code. Il arrive sur une réplique parfaite du site de l’ANTAI (l’Agence nationale de traitement automatisé des infractions). Non seulement la victime se fait voler ses coordonnées bancaires, mais elle donne également son numéro de permis de conduire et son adresse (des données en or pour l’usurpation d’identité). La parade : En France, l’ANTAI n’envoie jamais d’amendes physiques à scanner directement sur le pare-brise. Les vrais avis de verbalisation arrivent toujours par courrier postal ou par e-mail sécurisé via le site officiel antai.gouv.fr. Le “Reverse Quishing” : L’arnaque au faux paiement de l’acheteur Cette technique cible directement les millions de Français qui vendent des objets d’occasion sur des plateformes comme Leboncoin ou Vinted. Le mode opératoire : Vous vendez un meuble ou un vêtement. Un acheteur se montre très intéressé et vous propose de vous payer immédiatement via une application populaire (Paylib, Lydia ou PayPal). Il vous envoie par SMS ou via la messagerie de l’application un QR code en vous disant : “Scannez ce code pour recevoir directement l’argent sur votre compte”. Le piège : C’est une inversion des rôles. Ce QR code n’est pas un ordre de crédit, mais un ordre de débit ou un lien vers une fausse page d’authentification bancaire. En le scannant et en validant sur votre application bancaire, vous n’encaissez pas de l’argent : vous autorisez un virement vers le compte de l’escroc. La parade : On n’a jamais besoin de scanner un QR code pour recevoir un paiement. Un simple numéro de téléphone ou une adresse e-mail suffit pour recevoir de l’argent via les applications sécurisées. Le piratage des avis de passage de colis (La fausse livraison) Face à la méfiance grandissante vis-à-vis des SMS frauduleux (comme les arnaques de faux colis Chronopost), les escrocs sont repassés au papier dans les boîtes aux lettres. Le mode opératoire : Vous trouvez un papier jaune ou blanc dans votre boîte aux lettres qui imite un avis de passage de La Poste, de DHL ou d’Amazon. Il y est écrit : “Votre colis n’a pu être livré. Pour planifier une nouvelle livraison à domicile, scannez ce QR code sous 24 heures”. Le piège : Le code renvoie vers un faux site de transporteur. On vous demande d’entrer vos coordonnées et de payer “des frais de reprogrammation” minimes (souvent entre 0,49 € et 1,95 €). Ce petit paiement sert d’hameçon pour enregistrer votre carte bancaire et déclencher, quelques jours plus tard, des abonnements cachés de plusieurs dizaines d’euros par mois ou des achats frauduleux. La parade : Les vrais transporteurs laissent des avis de passage comportant un numéro de colis clair. Il faut aller soi-même sur le site officiel du transporteur et taper manuellement le numéro de suivi pour vérifier le statut de la livraison. Comment déjouer le piège ? Pour éviter que vos vacances ne virent au cauchemar financier, trois réflexes élémentaires doivent être adoptés dès aujourd’hui : Pratiquez le « test du toucher » Avant de dégainer votre smartphone et de scanner un QR code dans l’espace public, passez simplement votre doigt sur le support. Sentez-vous une surépaisseur ? S’agit-il d’un autocollant collé à la va-vite par-dessus le panneau d’origine ? Si le QR code bouge ou se décolle, ne le scannez sous aucun prétexte et prévenez le personnel de l’établissement ou la mairie. Si c’est un restaurant demandez aux employés si c’est le bon code. Analysez l'URL avant de cliquer Lorsque l’appareil photo de votre smartphone (iOS ou Android) détecte un QR code, il affiche un petit encadré jaune ou une notification indiquant l’adresse web (l’URL) de destination. Ne cliquez pas machinalement. Prenez deux secondes pour lire l’adresse. Si vous êtes censé payer un stationnement à Paris et que l’URL se termine par un domaine étrange (ex: .ru, .cc, .xyz) ou contient des fautes d’orthographe dans le nom de la marque (ex: pariis-stationnement.com), fuyez. Utilisez une application de scan sécurisée L’application photo native de votre téléphone ouvre les liens de manière aveugle. Pour vos déplacements, téléchargez une application de scan intégrant un filtre de sécurité. Des outils gratuits conçus par des laboratoires de cybersécurité reconnus (comme Kaspersky QR Scanner ou Trend Micro Check) analysent la réputation du lien en temps réel et bloquent instantanément l’affichage si le site de destination est répertorié comme frauduleux ou malveillant. C’est le système le plus sur. Conclusion : Restez connectés, restez protégés Le QR code reste un outil formidable de praticité au quotidien, mais l’espace public n’est plus une zone de confiance absolue. Cet été, le mot d’ordre est la vérification.The post QR Code : L'arnaque invisible first appeared on XY Magazine.
La unidad militar de emergencia continúa trabajando en el fuego de Lozoyuela, Madrid, que aún no está controlado, con 770 hectáreas afectadas y preocupación por el viento y las altas temperaturas. Otros incendios activos se registran en La Mierla, Guadalajara, y Ores, Zaragoza, este último ya en Navarra. Manuel Llamas, el DAU de la Guardia Civil, comparece ante el Senado, acusado de obstrucción a la justicia y prevaricación por conspirar contra agentes que investigaban la corrupción del gobierno y el PSOE. El PP pide su cese y la dimisión de los ministros implicados. España se posiciona como el tercer país más ciberatacado del mundo, con el secuestro de datos como delito frecuente y una alerta sobre los códigos QR falsos que roban información personal. La final del Mundial de Fútbol Femenino enfrenta a España y Argentina en Nueva York, con la incertidumbre del humo de los incendios de Canadá que afecta la calidad del aire. Además, se aborda la importancia de establecer límites en las ...
De L'Autre Côté du Plateau - Le Podcast de Jeux de Société
Send us Fan MailVendredi 17 juillet 2026: Cette semaine, Martin & Martin vous proposent des anecdotes croustillantes de joueurs... pour le meilleurs et pour le pires ! La vérité sort du sac ...Au menu: 7th continent, Boss fighters QR, the Road, Harmonies, Cryptid et bien plus !Pour nous laisser un commentaires et partager vos campagnes en attentes, rendez-vous sur la page Facebook De l'Autre Côté du Plateau.https://www.facebook.com/groups/150380860556421Pour notre boutique en ligne :https://zonesocietedesjeux.myspreadshop.ca/C'est un rendez-vous chaque vendredi pour un visite de l'autre côté du plateau !Merci à notre commanditaire:https://boutiquelapioche.com/106 boulevard René-Lévesque Ouest,Québec, QC, G1R 2A5info@boutiquelapioche.com581-983-6895Abonnez vous pour découvrir nos meilleurs jeux de société !Martin Montreuil de La Société des Jeuxhttps://www.youtube.com/@lasocietedesjeuxMartin Lafrenière de la Zone Jeux de Sociétéhttps://www.youtube.com/zonejeuxdesocieteRandolph: Rassemblons-nous !Chez Randolph, nous sommes des experts passionnés et rassemblons les gens autour des jeux de sociétéDisclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.
SPAN is the smart electrical panel that tells you exactly which circuit is draining your wallet, can charge your car only on solar power, and somehow also looks cool enough that homeowners show it off to their friends. Reina Smyth and Mark cover the origin story behind the product, the wrong QR code that caused two weeks of frustration, and Mark's very ambitious idea to turn his wellness home into a Faraday cage for family quiet time. The idea did not pan out, but it did lead to one of the better rabbit holes in recent podcast history. Support the show - https://www.curiousbuilderpodcast.com/shop See our upcoming live events - https://www.curiousbuilderpodcast.com/events The host of the Curious Builder Podcast is Mark D. Williams, the founder of Mark D. Williams Custom Homes Inc. They are an award-winning Twin Cities-based home builder, creating quality custom homes and remodels — one-of-a-kind dream homes of all styles and scopes. Whether you're looking to reimagine your current space or start fresh with a new construction, we build homes that reflect how you live your everyday life. Sponsors for the Episode: Pella Website: https://www.pella.com/ppc/professionals/why-wood/ Where to find the Guest: Website: https://www.span.io/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/get_span/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/reinasmyth/ Where to find the Host: Website - https://www.mdwilliamshomes.com/ Podcast Website - https://www.curiousbuilderpodcast.com Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/markdwilliams_customhomes/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/MarkDWilliamsCustomHomesInc/ LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-williams-968a3420/ Houzz - https://www.houzz.com/pro/markdwilliamscustomhomes/mark-d-williams-custom-homes-inc
Send us Fan MailMost teams push mini plans hard from October through March, then go silent the moment the season starts — right when they're creating new fans at every home game. In Episode 174, Jeremy Neisser makes the case that your warmest mini plan prospect is the fan driving home from tonight's game, not a cold name from last winter. He breaks down the psychology of selling to fans while the experience is still fresh, why teams stop even when they know better, and five tactics you can run this week to turn single-game buyers into repeat fans.KEY TOPICS COVERED• Why the fan who just attended is a qualified buyer — not a cold prospect — and how that erases the hardest part of the sale• The simple math that proves every home game produces a fresh list of mini plan prospects• The real reason fans buy mini plans (hint: it's not the sport) and how to sell to fresh emotion instead of faded memory• The ladder that moves a casual fan to a lifer: single game = acquisition, mini plans = habit formation, season tickets = loyalty• How to build packages from the games left on your schedule instead of waiting for a full season of inventory• Why in-season prospects are already warm — you have their email, phone, and attendance data right now• How selling mini plans in July feeds next year's season ticket pipeline before renewals even start• The organizational trap that quietly kills mini plan sales during the season — and the one-person fix for it• The commission problem that pushes reps toward big groups and away from mini plans• The 24-hour thank-you email that hits fans at their highest-value moment• The "two games in 30 days" CRM trigger that flags your warmest in-season leads• The limited-time ticket-credit offer that lowers the barrier to commit• Using a QR code on the video board to catch fans at peak enthusiasm• The post-game text that turns a first visit into a second oneTIMESTAMPS[00:00] — Jeremy spots the pattern: teams promote fireworks, giveaways, and bobbleheads front and center, but stop selling the one product built to create repeat buyers[00:56] — Why quitting mini plan sales in-season means walking past new fans you're creating at every home game[02:05] — Prospect vs. qualified buyer: the fundamental thing most teams miss about in-season selling[03:11] — The hottest lead in your database is the fan driving home from tonight's game[03:45] — Run the math on one game: 3,500 fans, 700 first-timers, 300 who had a great time — and why they should be on tomorrow's outreach[04:35] — The real reason in-season selling works, and it's not about tickets — it's fresh emotion[05:30] — Selling the day after asks fans to repeat what they felt; selling in October asks them to remember it[06:20] — You're not selling tickets, you're selling habits: how repeat attendance becomes a behavior pattern[07:00] — Mini plans as the bridge: acquisition to habit formation to loyalty, and walking fans up the ladder[07:44] — Five reasons in-season mini plan selling works[08:14] — Reason #1: Every home game is a lead-generation event — treat attendance as a list, not a number[08:43] — Reason #2: The remaining schedule is your inventory — package fireworks, rivalries, and flex nights intentionally[09:12] — Reason #3: Fans understand the value better after attending (the Chick-fil-A analogy)[09:41] — How the post-game follow-up feels like a reminder, not a sales pitch[10:08] — Reason #4: You already have their contact info — email, phone, and which games they attended[10:29] — Reason #5: In-season mini plans build next year's season ticket pipeline right now[10:58] — Why teams stop selling mini plans — and why it's not really their fault[11:25] — How game-day execution mode crowds out sales mode across the whole organization[12:19] — Mini plans disappear because nobody owns them anymore — not because nobody cares[12:46] — The commission problem: why reps chase $2,500 groups over $150 mini plans, and how marketing can help[13:15] — The fix: assign one person to own in-season mini plan selling and automate the outreach[13:45] — Tactic #1: The 24-hour thank-you email with a simple mini plan offer[14:11] — Tactic #2: The "two games in 30 days" trigger — flag repeat attendees as warm leads[15:10] — Why multi-game buyers are the warmest in-season list you can build[15:40] — Tactic #3: The limited-time ticket-credit offer that lowers the barrier to commit[16:10] — Tactic #4: A QR code on the video board to catch fans at peak enthusiasm[16:36] — Tactic #5: The post-game text to recent buyers the morning after[17:05] — This week's challenge: audit your CRM for one-game buyers nobody has personally contacted[18:04] — The main takeaway: acquisition, habit formation, loyalty — and why mini plans are the bridge[18:58] — Final reminder: the best time to sell the next ticket is while the experience is still freshCALL TO ACTIONIf you're building your second-half sales strategy, there's a lot more on this topic — reach out and Jeremy is happy to talk through how it could look as you export lists and work on selling more tickets in the back half of the year. And if the episode helped, leave a rating or review on Apple or Spotify to get it in front of more people trying to sell more tickets and grow their fan base.QUOTE PULLS"The hottest lead in your database is the fan driving home from tonight's game — not the one from last April." — Jeremy Neisser"The issue isn't that fans won't commit. It's that teams stop asking at the exact wrong time." — Jeremy Neisser"Sell a mini plan the day after the game and you're not asking a fan to imagine something. You're asking them to repeat something they just felt." — Jeremy Neisser"Single game tickets are acquisition. Mini plans are habit formation. Season tickets are loyalty. Mini plans are the bridge." — Jeremy Neisser"Mini plans don't disappear because nobody cares. They disappear because nobody owns them anymore." — Jeremy NeisserRegister for the upcoming July 23 webinar: REGISTERRevelocity Sports Sports Marketing Machine on LinkedInSports Marketing Machine on InstagramBook a call with Jeremy from Sports Marketing Machine
A bi-weekly news show informing you on the latest in Bitcoin, privacy and open source tech hosted by Ungovernables, Max and Q. AOBEnvoy 2.3.0Full 2.3.0 out of beta: redesigned Send flow with inter-account transfers, message signing, Address Explorer, sub-satoshi fee rates, QR-density adjustment for Passport signing.Passport Prime 1.3.0-betaVault imports, BIP85 passwords, mass 2FA imports, universal QR scanner and loads of bug fixesVisual improvements to the docs siteApp showcase is now liveNEWSEU "Chat Control" — scanning derogation survives Parliament, permanent client-side-scanning law stalls again - TFTC: EU Chat Control, private message scanning, and Bitcoin's open protocols / Patrick Breyer: Chat ControlRadar Chat launches: a Signal fork with self-custodial Lightning payments built in - Decrypt: Radar Chat wants to make sending Bitcoin as easy as firing off a text / Atlas21Bull Bitcoin sues the French Finance Ministry over DAC8/CARF crypto surveillance reporting - The Rage: French Finance Ministry sued over global surveillance databaseMiCA deadline forces a self-custody exodus: ~70% of departing Binance EU users chose self-custody over a licensed exchange - Blockonomi: Binance reveals 70% of EU users chose self-custody after MiCA / CoinDesk: Binance to stop EU services after failing to secure MiCA licenceCLARITY Act developer safe-harbor (BRCA / Section 604) goes to the wire as Wyden fights to keep it intact - TFTC: Wyden, CLARITY Act, Section 604 developer safe harbor / Coin Center: The BRCA survived CLARITY's markup, do not give it up nowBIP-110 data-filtering soft fork heads for its deadline with miner signaling near zero - CoinDesk: Bitcoin's BIP-110 fork deadline nears with miner support at zero / Bitcoin Optech #412RELEASESBitcoin core / protocolBitcoin Core 30.3 - 2026-07-10Point release on the current 30.x line. Grab binaries from bitcoincore.org (deterministic + signed), not GitHub attachments.Bitcoin Core 29.4 - 2026-07-10Maintenance release keeping the older stable branch patched for sovereign self-hosters.Hardware / signingSeedSigner 0.8.7 "Summer of SeedSigner" - 2026-07-0880 PRs from 20 contributors: localization to 22 languages (first RTL language, Persian), BBQr PSBT decoding, and a big codebase professionalization pass. Airgapped DIY signing for a much wider audience.BitBox02 Firmware 9.26.4 - 2026-07-09Small fix following the 9.26.3 security batch (out-of-bounds write fix, silent-payments and EIP-712 validation hardening). Paired with BitBoxApp 4.51.3.LightningCore Lightning 26.06.3 - 2026-07-09Latest in-window CLN (a coincurve dep bump in pyln-proto superseded 26.06.2 from 06-30).lnd 0.20.2-beta - 2026-07-10Maintenance release on the 0.20 branch, no migrations, built with go1.25.5. Follows the zero-timestamp DoS fix discussed last episode.LNbits 1.5.5 - 2026-07-08Revolut + Square payment options, better payment reliability across backends, faster theming, cached rates, improved CSV exports and OIDC/SSO fixes. (A same-day 1.5.6 followed.)Zeus 13.1.2 - 2026-07-02Bug fixes and UX polish: pasteable amount input, copy Lightning address, UTXO-picker label and LND address-generation fixes.EcashCashu TS 4.7.0 - 2026-07-09LTS release for the JS/TS Cashu library: NUT-29 batch quote checks plus fixes for malformed tokens and NUT-28 locking slots. Foundation layer for ecash wallets/mints.Cashu CDK 0.17.2 - 2026-06-29Exposes NUT-27 mint backup through the wallet bindings; Android 16KB page-size and Swift compatibility. (A 0.17.3 with NIP-47/NWC support shipped 07-13.)On-chain privacy / coinjoinAshigaru Desktop 1.1.0 - 2026-07-11Major redesign: dedicated Whirlpool mixing experience, private Electrum server discovery over Tor, card-based UTXO views with PayNym support, and a Whirlpool Stats tool. Post-Samourai sovereign coinjoin keeps shipping (this is a 1.0 -> 1.1 jump from last episode's launch).Wasabi Wallet 2.8.0 - 2026-06-27 [borderline, grace window]P2P sync of compact block filters (drops the central-server dependency), pay-in-coinjoin, sub-1 sat/vByte fees, payment batching, and arm64 Linux/Tails/Whonix support.P2P / no-KYCBull Bitcoin 6.12.8 - 2026-07-11Coins (UTXO) view, Coldcard NFC support, BitBox02 Nova Bluetooth on iOS, sub-1 sat/vByte fees, and swap recovery via mnemonic. Self-custody + non-KYC buy/sell.Aqua Wallet 0.5.1 - 2026-07-07OpenCryptoPay QR compatibility, broader LNURL support, more reliable Lightning via direct Boltz broadcasting.Bisq 1.10.3 - 2026-07-06Security update: disables filter-provided BTC nodes, hardens deposit-tx checks, and requires message signatures from the expected trade peer.Mostro Mobile 1.3.0 - 2026-07-03Transport-protocol v2 migration and more African payment methods (KES, MZN, TZS, UGX, ZAR, ZMW). Nostr-native P2P Bitcoin trading, no KYC.BasicSwap DEX 0.17.0 - 2026-07-09Cross-chain atomic-swap DEX. (A 0.17.1 patch followed 07-12.)Arkade 0.9.13 - 2026-07-07Small indexer fix. Ark self-custodial off-chain scaling.Self-hosting / infraumbrelOS 1.7.4 - 2026-07-10Fixes connectivity where remote access over Tor and Tor-using apps could fail to connect.StartOS start-wrt 1.0.0 - 2026-07-11First stable release of StartWRT, Start9's OpenWrt-based router OS. Sovereign networking layer to pair with a self-hosted server.Nostrngit-cli 2.6.3 - 2026-07-10ngit init now gives actionable account-setup guidance. Git-over-Nostr tooling, directly relevant to the GitHub-exodus / censorship-resistant-code thread.EDUCATIONEvolving Casa's Defenses Against Social Engineering -Practical writeup on how attackers social-engineer Bitcoin holders and how to defend. Pairs directly with the Lopp voice item for a self-custody-security segment listeners can act on.Bitcoin Privacy Tools Compared: CoinJoin vs PayJoin vs Silent Payments -Clean side-by-side of the main on-chain privacy techniques. Good "where do I actually start" pointer, topical given the Ashigaru and Wasabi releases and the ongoing Silent Payments rollout (BIP 352 reached Complete and the secp256k1 module merged in June; Sparrow shipped SP receiving last fortnight).Cove Wallet tutorial (BTC Sessions) -BTC Sessions walkthrough of the Cove wallet. 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Deepfake CEOs. QR code scams. MFA push bombing. In 2026, cybercriminals have weaponized AI to fool even the most careful employees. Discover the four evolving threats targeting small businesses and the psychological triggers attackers exploit to bypass your defenses. TechEd Shield City: Poole Address: Building 148741 Website: https://techedshield.com
EPISODE DESCRIPTION I sat down with Wei Zhou, CEO of Coins.ph, to dig into how they're building stablecoin infrastructure that's genuinely changing lives in the Philippines and beyond. Wei walked me through his journey from Goldman Sachs to Binance CFO to buying Coins.ph from Gojek in 2022 and rebuilding it from scratch. We talked about why the Philippines has become a global leader in stablecoin adoption, how they slashed payment fees from 4-8% down to near-zero for Filipino freelancers, and why Wei believes every country needs its own blockchain currency , not just a blockchain dollar. We also got into the Genius Act, the Clarity Act, the upcoming wave of tokenized assets, and what it will take for stablecoins to go truly global. This one is packed with real-world insight from someone actually in the trenches of building payments infrastructure at the intersection of crypto and emerging markets. DISCLAIMERNothing mentioned in this podcast is investment advice and please do your own research. It would mean a lot if you can leave a review of this podcast on Apple Podcasts or Spotify and share this podcast with a friend. Be a guest on the podcast or contact us - https://www.web3pod.xyz/ CONNECT Coins.ph Website: https://www.coins.ph/en-phCoins.ph Twitter/X: https://x.com/coinsphLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/coins-ph/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@coinsph_officialWeb3 with Sam Kamani: https://www.web3pod.xyz/ KEY POINTS WITH TIMESTAMPS • [00:01] Introduction to Wei Zhou and Coins.ph, building stablecoin infrastructure for the Philippines• [01:11] Wei's journey: Goldman Sachs, Binance CFO, buying Coins.ph from Gojek in 2022 and rebuilding it from scratch• [04:49] Why the Philippines is a natural fit for stablecoin adoption , the gig economy, English fluency, and the unbanked• [06:22] How Coins.ph cut payment fees from 4-8% (PayPal) to under 0.2% using USDC and USDT rails• [09:36] New feature: users can now spend USDT and USDC directly without converting to pesos, protecting against FX losses• [10:47] Financial literacy over crypto education , why Coins.ph focuses on helping people avoid scams first• [15:44] The importance of being a licensed VASP and e-money issuer , stacking regulatory 'Lego blocks'• [18:50] Institutional adoption in the US vs retail/payment adoption in emerging markets , why they differ• [19:49] The Genius Act's impact on stablecoin growth and why the Clarity Act could unlock the next wave of token issuance• [26:39] Why USD will remain dominant in stablecoins , mirroring the traditional FX market structure• [33:47] Tokenization wave: NASDAQ, SWIFT, DTCC, and the SEC all moving toward blockchain-based assets• [36:26] Coins.ph super app redesign , crypto payments via QR at local merchants with near-zero fees• [36:58] PHP-C: a Philippine peso-backed stablecoin already in BSP sandbox, waiting for regulatory sign-off• [38:03] Why every country needs 'blockchain pesos' to match blockchain dollars , currency sovereignty on-chain• [39:56] Vision for Coins.ph: evolving into an all-in-one fintech with trading, payments, savings, investing, and lending• [43:29] Expansion into Brazil and other regions, plus ongoing fundraising conversations
Have an idea or tip? Send us a text!Your camera can shoot 3,000 sharp photos in a day. So why does delivery still take a week? We sit down with Aayush Arora, CEO and founder of FilterPixel, to unpack the real “last mile” problem in professional photography: what happens after the shutter click. The bottleneck is not capture, it is the post-production workflow, especially photo culling and image selection when modern cameras produce tons of near-duplicate keepers that all look “good.” We trace the personal moments that pushed Arora toward building AI tools for photographers, then get specific about what makes culling so brutal: repeated sittings, decision paralysis, and the challenge of choosing the best frame from bursts where expressions change by millimeters. From there, we dig into how FilterPixel approaches AI photo culling with genre-aware criteria, why weddings and sports should not be judged the same way, and how transparency builds trust when an algorithm is picking images for your brand. Privacy is a major theme too. Arora explains consent-driven model training, retention policies, and why a clear privacy policy matters more than the simplistic “offline is safer than cloud” argument. We also explore AI editing as automation for redundant tasks like white balance and basic color correction, not a replacement for creative taste, plus event-ready tools like branded frames, live galleries, and QR-code sharing aimed at same-day delivery for conferences and high-volume shoots. Energize your sales with Shareme.chat, the proven texting platform. ShareMe.Chat ShareMe.Chat platform uses chat-to-text on your website to keep your customers connected and buying!MediaclipMediaclip strives to continuously enhance the user experience while dramatically increasing revenue.Buzzsprout - Let's get your podcast launched!Start for FREEIndependent Photo ImagersIPI is a member + trade association and a cooperative buying group in the photo + print industry.Photo Imaging CONNECTThe Photo Imaging CONNECT conference, March 2027, at the RIO Hotel and Resort in Las Vegas, NDisclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the showSign up for the Dead Pixels Society newsletter at http://bit.ly/DeadPixelsSignUp.Contact us at gary@thedeadpixelssociety.comVisit our LinkedIn group, Photo/Digital Imaging Network, and Facebook group, The Dead Pixels Society. Leave a review on Apple and Podchaser. Are you interested in being a guest? Click here for details.Hosted and produced by Gary PageauAnnouncer: Erin Manning
The conversation about the reconstructed T206 Honus Wagner takes an unexpected turn. What begins as a debate over one controversial card quickly becomes a broader discussion about grading company transparency, authentication standards, and whether collectors are receiving enough information to make informed buying decisions. Jeremy Lee is joined by David Chase, Joe Poirot, and Josh Adams as they debate whether the famous "FrankenWagner" should really be considered authentic, restored, rebuilt, or something entirely different. More importantly, they ask whether grading companies owe collectors far more transparency than they're currently providing. In this episode: The FrankenWagner debate continues Should grading companies disclose more information? Why "Authentic" may not be enough QR codes, restoration reports, and collector transparency Are grading companies following their own standards? Restoration vs. reconstruction Can collectors truly trust the label? The future of grading and authentication This conversation goes beyond one famous card and explores what collectors should reasonably expect from the companies entrusted to authenticate the hobby's most valuable collectibles. Please support the show!
The Making Of Evelina Smiles - SIXDelays, Profit Sharing, and the Week Before Everything ChangesIn this episode Ashley sits down with Dr. Rich Constantine for a look at what the final stretch before a soft opening actually feels like. Setbacks, systems, 300 patients on a priority list, and the first peek at how Rich thinks about rewarding his team.What You'll Hear in This Episode:The Weeks Leading Up to Opening Supplies delayed by the Fourth of July holiday. Design Ergonomics trainer flew in but not everything was ready. Certificate of occupancy and zoning permit still pending over a landscaping detail. How Rich is keeping his head right when things do not go as planned. His mantra this week: pressure is a privilege.Where the Building Stands Software integrated. Imaging bridged with practice management. Phones hooked up. Wi-Fi working. TVs up. Chandeliers hung. Interior signage still coming. Half the waiting room furniture arrived. Scanner still in transit. Soft open pushed back.Training and Systems CareStack boot camps underway. Admin team working through UCR fees, third party financing conversations, patient portals, and building out Q and A for the AI phone system. Say this not that verbiage in place for both front desk and clinical team. Written playbooks and binders being built from scratch before the first patient walks in.300 Patients on the Priority List Rich casually drops one of the biggest wins of the episode. How the landing page, social media, QR code signage, and periodic email updates built a pipeline of 300 prospective patients before the doors even open. What he is doing first when the phones go live and why he is keeping ad spend light to start so he can see what is actually working.Merch, Giveaways, and Branded Everything The T-shirt rabbit hole. Why Rich wants to do premium branded gear or nothing at all. Printful, Real Thread, BYLT, and Cuts all come up. Ashley makes the case for buying great shirts and just getting them embroidered locally.Profit Sharing vs Bonus Culture Rich opens up about how he thinks about rewarding his team. Why he calls it profit sharing and not a bonus. Clear KPIs, collective rewards, and why nobody gets money that is not there. The difference between rewarding people blindly and building a team that understands the numbers. And why you do not own a business if you have to be there for it to run.Connect with Ashley: Instagram: @ashleyjovesddsConnect with Rich: Instagram @dr.c_smiles or richconstantinedds@gmail.comThank You to Our PartnersNet32: The dental marketplace that helps practice owners stop overpaying for supplies. Compare and save at net32.com/themakingof.Studio 8E8 — Dentistry's story-driven growth agency for startups. s8e8.com/vslKasper Opportunity Finder: Fill those empty chairs and reclaim lost revenue with one click. Get it free at meetkasper.com/register.Support the showFind Out MoreThank you for listening to The Making Of podcast. If you enjoyed it, please share with anyone you think will gain value from the show by clicking on one of the sharing tabs above.SUBSCRIBE to our NEWSLETTER HEREAlso, please consider leaving an honest review on iTunes. It helps other listeners find the show, and I would be forever grateful.Questions or comments? Feel free to contact us at - themakingofadental@gmail.comFollow us on Instagram or Facebook and improve your dental practice every day!Have you subscribed? Don't miss a single episode!
Has salido últimamente del supermercado pensando: "compré lo mismo, pero gasté mucho más. Eso tiene nombre, se llama inflación. Hola! Que bueno que sigues por aquí! Mi nombre es Mabel Burgos, hoy nuevamente te comparto un episodio para ti que trabajas con intención y enfoque, porque ni en tu diario vivir, ni en tu fecha de retiro quieres estar constantemente preocupado por tus finanzas. Y Yo no soy la dueña de una gran compañía en PR, no soy el influencer con miles de seguidores que entrevistan en WAPA o Teleonce, no soy la que tiene anuncios por radio, pero sii, la que ha trabajado más de 30 años en una empresa, dando un excelente servicio al cliente, la que junto a su esposo, creció una familia de tres hijos, y la que emprendió una nueva carrera a los 50 años. Y también soy, la que ya obtuvo su licencia de Seguros de Vida, de Auto y Propiedad para proteger tus activos y tu hogar de aquí en adelante. Hablar de tus finanzas personales es hablar sobre cómo construyes una vida más estable, más consciente, con mejores decisiones que aporten al retiro tranquilo que mereces tener. Quizás tienes menos de 30 años, y aun no lo ves, Yo me hice las preguntas pertinentes luego de mis 50 's. Y, ¿qué significa para mí haber empezado a tomar conciencia de mis números a esa edad? Significa que perdí tiempo, pero, que no todo estaba perdido. Por eso quiero decirte que a mi me hubiera gustado escuchar: que siempre es mejor empezar hoy. Así que no importa la edad que tengas, 25, 30, 60, puedes contactarme, puedes comenzar a tu ritmo a trabajar para Ti. Fíjate primero que nada en el título de este episodio. Tu no necesitas leer un informe económico del país para saber que hay inflación; la vez, la sientes igual que yo, cada vez que llenamos el carrito en el supermercado. La inflación significa que el mismo dinero compra menos cosas que antes; y eso puede ser en el supermercado, en la universidad, en la gasolina, o en la vivienda. ¿Cuál es la tendencia de la mayoría de las personas, ante ese panorama? —-Dejar de ahorrar Y yo, me lo he planteado en el pasado, …caramba, será que tengo que parar de seguir ahorrando? —---¡No! —-- Aprendí y he decidido trabajar en otras cosas que puedo controlar. Escucha: Tu puedes controlar las compras impulsivas, tu puedes hacer presupuesto, tú puedes detener pagos recurrentes innecesarios y puedes evitar endeudarte para mantener un estilo de vida insostenible. Porque no controlamos la inflación, pero sí nuestras decisiones. Fíjate que si en tu presupuesto has estado ahorrando por ejemplo $200 mensuales, puede que te suceda que este año no has podido con los $200, pero ahorras $75. Si es así, bravo por ti, sigues siendo una persona que ahorra, que el hábito siga vivo es demasiado importante. Y vas a recuperar la cifra más alta en cuanto tengas la oportunidad porque te has propuesto ser responsable contigo mismo. Quédate con esta pregunta para estas semanas: ¿Qué cosas sí están bajo tu control, aunque la inflación no lo esté? Soy Mabel Burgos, nuevamente es un placer compartir contigo estos minutos de reflexión y aprendizaje… y pendientes al podcast…que con cada episodio nos acercamos más hacia las finanzas personales qué quieres tener. ¡Hasta la próxima! IG https://www.instagram.com/eligetranquilidad buscame por allí. Contactame tambien a través de mi website www.primerica.com/burgosgonzalez o el email: mabel.burgos@primerica.com y entérate de todo lo bueno que puedes adaptar hoy a tu vida, para vivir en la tranquilidad de estar en orden con tu presente y futuro retiro. Escanea el QR code que está abajo.
In hour 3, Mark is joined by Jason Law, the Former Mayor for the City of Lake St Louis, and a current Lt. Col. with the St Louis County Police Department that is seeking Republican nomination for St Charles County Executive. He explains what he would do in office including improving public safety, fight against taxes and more. He is later joined by George Rosenthal, a Co-Owner of Throttlenet for Tech Talk Tuesday. They discuss the rise of ticket scams over the summer, the rise of QR code phishing and more. They wrap up the show with the Audio Cut of the Day.
Mark is joined by George Rosenthal, a Co-Owner of Throttlenet for Tech Talk Tuesday. They discuss the rise of ticket scams over the summer, the rise of QR code phishing and more.
In hour 1 of The Mark Reardon Show, Mark and the crew react to Jordan Walker's epic Home Run Derby victory. Mark is then joined by Leland Vittert, a Host on NewsNation, a Former Fox News Reporter, a St Louis Native & Former KMOX Intern and the Author of "Born Lucky: A Dedicated Father, a Grateful Song, and My Journey with Autism." He shares his thoughts on President Trump's upcoming announcement and what it could involve, the passing of Senator Lindsey Graham, the Maine Senate race and more. In hour 2, Sue hosts, "Sue's News" where she discusses the latest trending entertainment news, this day in history, the random fact of the day and more. Mark is then joined by Catherine Hanaway, the Missouri Attorney General. She makes the case for the need to pass Amendment 5 on the August primary ballot in Missouri. She also pushes for federal government to further crackdown on illegal robocalls and more. He's later joined by Scott Warmann, a Pregame & Postgame Host for Cardinals TV. They discuss Jordan Walker's epic Home Run Derby championship and more. In hour 3, Mark is joined by Jason Law, the Former Mayor for the City of Lake St Louis, and a current Lt. Col. with the St Louis County Police Department that is seeking Republican nomination for St Charles County Executive. He explains what he would do in office including improving public safety, fight against taxes and more. He is later joined by George Rosenthal, a Co-Owner of Throttlenet for Tech Talk Tuesday. They discuss the rise of ticket scams over the summer, the rise of QR code phishing and more. They wrap up the show with the Audio Cut of the Day.
The 10 Commandments E17 — We just finished exploring the 10 Commandments, or the 10 Words as they're called in the Bible. In community, we've sought God's wisdom in these 10 Words, first through Jon and Tim's conversations and then with your questions in the Q+R episode! And this communal reading approach also extends to how we make videos with our animation studio. The artists start with a blank slate, wrestle with ideas from the podcast recordings, and then formulate a plan for how to make it all come to life through animation. So what is their process? How do we move an idea from podcast to script to video? In this special behind-the-scenes episode, Jon talks with a few artists from our animation studio about making the 10 Commandments video series. CHAPTERS The Story Sprint With Bot and Everett (0:00-15:01) Visual Development and Storyboarding With Rose and Nyssa (15:01-26:58) Animation With Greg and Josh (26:58-40:44) Concluding Thoughts From the Artists (40:44-44:58) OFFICIAL EPISODE TRANSCRIPT View this episode's official transcript. REFERENCED RESOURCES Watch the 10 Commandments video series here. Find the 10 Commandments full collection of video, podcast, and written resources here. Everett compares the storytelling approach of this video series to our Sermon on the Mount video series. SHOW MUSIC “Solace” by Lofi Sunday feat. ahmo “Strolling Through The Park” by Lofi Sunday feat. Goodiegumdrops “The Commands” by Lofi Sunday feat. Oly.Lo BibleProject theme song by TENTS SHOW CREDITS Production of today's episode is by Lindsey Ponder, producer, and Cooper Peltz, managing producer. Tyler Bailey is our supervising engineer, who also edited today's episode and provided the sound design and mix. JB Witty is the creative producer for this episode, and he also wrote the show notes. Our host and creative director is Jon Collins. Special thanks to our guests from the animation studio: Bot Perez, Everett Patterson, Rose Mayer, Nyssa Oru, Greg Stewart, and Josh Espasandin. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
Want to scale your property management or co-hosting business past 10, 20, 50 listings? Book a call here: https://strsecrets.com/applyConnect with Mike Reilly : https://www.instagram.com/mikereillync/How do you onboard 7 vacation rental properties in one month without burning out your team?Mike Reilly breaks down the exact 6 stage onboarding system NC Stays uses for every new property, from the first homeowner call to the post launch celebration.Homeowner trust in property managers is at an all time low.Nearly every owner has been burned before.The managers who onboard properties with a real system are locking in 5 to 10 year relationships and standing out in a market flooded with new co-hosts.In this training you'll learn the full checklist:Why the first 30 days with a homeowner decides the next 10 yearsThe 6 stages of onboarding: Handoff, On-Site Setup, Photography, Listing & Software Setup, Final Touches, and Post LaunchHow Mike's team uses Meta glasses to capture every inch of a home and turn it into checklists automaticallyThe QR code trick that eliminates guest questions about the grill, hot tub, sauna, and game roomThe exact roles to hire: project manager, contractor help, listing team, and data qualityHow one Pinehurst property pulled $30,000 in bookings from mood boards alone, before it was even readyThe review stay strategy that gets Airbnb pushing your listing to page one in week oneTIMESTAMPS00:00 Trailer00:37 Welcome back + what's coming for the podcast02:02 Onboarding 7 properties in one month (all 4,000+ sq ft)03:59 The trust crisis and why onboarding is your biggest advantage05:00 The system and the 6 roles you need on your team07:58 The 6 stages of onboarding explained08:01 Stage 1: The Handoff (welcome email, onboarding form, group text)09:55 Stage 2: On-Site Setup with Meta glasses11:12 QR codes, inventory counts, and the house manual14:30 Stage 3: Photography (lifestyle shots, staging, shot lists)15:35 Stage 4: Listing & Software Setup (custom GPT listings, PriceLabs)16:55 $30,000 in bookings from mood boards before launch17:36 Stage 5: Final Touches (data quality, review stays, financials)19:07 Stage 6: Post Launch (social posts, email list, owner shareables)20:02 Why you can't scale without this process20:41 Inside the STR Secrets Mastermind
What are your first-time guests talking about on the drive home? Pastor Victor Ehiemere says his entire goal is to "hijack the conversation on the way home," and it's one of the biggest reasons The Well Church has grown so fast.In this episode of the Build the Church Podcast, host Josh Roberie sits down with Pastor Victor Ehiemere, a trained medical doctor turned church planter who leads The Well Church in Maryland. Since launching in 2022 with around 470 people, The Well has grown to 1,300 to 1,400 every weekend, with 2,800 this past Easter, largely because they've become experts at connecting first-time guests and helping them take a next step.At the center of it all is a simple, fun idea Victor calls "Party With the Pastor." If you've ever struggled to move people from the crowd into your Growth Track, next-steps class, or small groups, this conversation will give you a practical, repeatable strategy you can start using right away.In this episode, you'll learn: How to "hijack the conversation" so guests talk about your church all the way home What a "Party With the Pastor" is, and the exact 15-minute (5-5-5) formula that makes it work Why Victor tells his church, "We're here more for the first-time guests than we are for you" How to naturally feed your Growth Track every single month without begging people to sign up The in-person and online "feeder" systems that get guests to the party (cards, texts, personalized videos) Why "nothing makes a person stick to a church more than finding a friend" How a doctor from Nigeria ended up planting one of the fastest-growing churches aroundThis is a masterclass in church connection, guest follow-up, and assimilation for pastors, church planters, and ministry leaders who want people to move from attending to belonging.About our guest: Pastor Victor Ehiemere is the lead pastor of The Well Church in Maryland, which he planted with his wife, Pastor Amby. He's a trained medical doctor, a communicator, and the creator of resources to help people take their next step of faith.
Russian intelligence services are targeting Signal, WhatsApp, and Telegram users — not by breaking encryption, but by stealing accounts through phishing, QR code tricks, linked-device abuse, and backup recovery key theft. Tom and Kevin break down the FBI warning, the $10 million Rewards for Justice bounty, and the practical security lesson for anyone relying on encrypted messaging: your app can be secure while your account, endpoint, or recovery path is still the weak link.They also discuss why QR-code phishing and linked-device abuse can bypass what users expect from encrypted messaging, why endpoint and account recovery hygiene matter as much as encrypted transport, what to do when "support" asks for recovery keys or codes, and Tom's personal career update joining Secure Ideas as Executive Director of Consulting.Special thanks to Guardsquare for sponsoring this episode! Guardsquare is the leader in mobile application security, with multi-layered protection for your Android and iOS apps. Learn more at Guardsquare.com.** Links mentioned on the show **FBI IC3 PSA — Russian Intelligence Services Continue to Target Commercial Messaging Applications https://www.ic3.gov/PSA/2026/PSA260626The Hacker News — FBI Warns Russian Intelligence Hackers Target Signal Backup Recovery Keys https://thehackernews.com/2026/06/fbi-warns-russian-intelligence-hackers.htmlInfosecurity Magazine — FBI Sounds Alarm Over Russian Intelligence Signal Phishing https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/fbi-alarm-russian-intelligence/Rewards for Justice — UNC5792 https://rewardsforjustice.net/rewards/unc5792/SecurityWeek — US Offers $10 Million Bounty for Russian State Hackers as Messaging App Attacks Evolve https://www.securityweek.com/us-offers-10-million-bounty-for-russian-state-hackers-as-messaging-app-attacks-evolve/** Watch this episode on YouTube **https://youtu.be/fxFfY_e_MOI** Become a Shared Security Supporter **Get exclusive access to bonus episodes, listen to new episodes before they are released, receive a monthly shout-out on the show, and get a discount code for 15% off merch at the Shared Security store. Become a supporter today by going to our YouTube channel's membership section: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCg9CCDIYkDDqwEZ3UYaxjnA/join** Thank you to our sponsors! **SLNTVisit https://slnt.com to check out SLNT's amazing line of Faraday bags and other products built to protect your privacy. As a listener of this podcast you receive 10% off your order at checkout using discount code "sharedsecurity".** Subscribe and follow the podcast **Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/SharedSecurityPodcastFollow us on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/sharedsecurity.bsky.socialFollow us on Mastodon: https://infosec.exchange/@sharedsecurityJoin us on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/SharedSecurityShow/Visit our website: https://sharedsecurity.netSubscribe on your favorite podcast app: https://sharedsecurity.net/subscribeSign-up for our email newsletter to receive updates about the podcast, contest announcements, and special offers from our sponsors: https://shared-security.beehiiv.com/subscribeLeave us a rating and review: https://ratethispodcast.com/sharedsecurityContact us: https://sharedsecurity.net/contact
Arranca la temporada de verano y con ella los nuevos colaboradores. Otro año más, nos acompaña Miguel Ayuso, director de Directo al paladar, para hablar de bares de toda la vida y sus cartas: ¿Qué ha hecho la IA con los menús? ¿Por qué seguimos viendo QR a día de hoy?
Want to scale your property management or co-hosting business past 10, 20, 50 listings? Book a call here: https://strsecrets.com/applyConnect with Mike Reilly : https://www.instagram.com/mikereillync/How do you onboard 7 vacation rental properties in one month without burning out your team?Mike Reilly breaks down the exact 6 stage onboarding system NC Stays uses for every new property, from the first homeowner call to the post launch celebration.Homeowner trust in property managers is at an all time low.Nearly every owner has been burned before.The managers who onboard properties with a real system are locking in 5 to 10 year relationships and standing out in a market flooded with new co-hosts.In this training you'll learn the full checklist:Why the first 30 days with a homeowner decides the next 10 yearsThe 6 stages of onboarding: Handoff, On-Site Setup, Photography, Listing & Software Setup, Final Touches, and Post LaunchHow Mike's team uses Meta glasses to capture every inch of a home and turn it into checklists automaticallyThe QR code trick that eliminates guest questions about the grill, hot tub, sauna, and game roomThe exact roles to hire: project manager, contractor help, listing team, and data qualityHow one Pinehurst property pulled $30,000 in bookings from mood boards alone, before it was even readyThe review stay strategy that gets Airbnb pushing your listing to page one in week oneTIMESTAMPS00:00 Trailer00:37 Welcome back + what's coming for the podcast02:02 Onboarding 7 properties in one month (all 4,000+ sq ft)03:59 The trust crisis and why onboarding is your biggest advantage05:00 The system and the 6 roles you need on your team07:58 The 6 stages of onboarding explained08:01 Stage 1: The Handoff (welcome email, onboarding form, group text)09:55 Stage 2: On-Site Setup with Meta glasses11:12 QR codes, inventory counts, and the house manual14:30 Stage 3: Photography (lifestyle shots, staging, shot lists)15:35 Stage 4: Listing & Software Setup (custom GPT listings, PriceLabs)16:55 $30,000 in bookings from mood boards before launch17:36 Stage 5: Final Touches (data quality, review stays, financials)19:07 Stage 6: Post Launch (social posts, email list, owner shareables)20:02 Why you can't scale without this process20:41 Inside the STR Secrets Mastermind
VOV1 - Thành phố Hà Nội đang đẩy mạnh chuyển đổi số trong quản lý nông sản, từng bước xây dựng thị trường minh bạch, nâng cao chất lượng sản phẩm và bảo đảm an toàn thực phẩm.Với vai trò cơ quan chủ trì, Sở Nông nghiệp và Môi trường Hà Nội đã triển khai đồng bộ hệ thống truy xuất nguồn gốc nông, lâm, thủy sản từ năm 2018, tạo nền tảng quan trọng cho công tác quản lý hiện đại.Đến nay, hệ thống đã cập nhật hơn 12.300 sản phẩm của gần 3.300 doanh nghiệp, hợp tác xã và cơ sở sản xuất, đồng thời kết nối với hệ thống của Bộ Nông nghiệp và Môi trường. Việc liên thông dữ liệu không chỉ giúp các cơ quan quản lý nâng cao hiệu quả giám sát mà còn giảm thời gian, chi phí thực hiện thủ tục cho doanh nghiệp.Theo Phó Giám đốc Sở Nông nghiệp và Môi trường Hà Nội Tạ Văn Tường, hệ thống truy xuất nguồn gốc đã số hóa toàn bộ quá trình sản xuất, chế biến và lưu thông nông sản, giúp minh bạch thông tin, nâng cao chất lượng và sức cạnh tranh của sản phẩm. Chỉ với thao tác quét mã QR, người tiêu dùng có thể dễ dàng tra cứu nguồn gốc, quy trình sản xuất và các thông tin liên quan trước khi lựa chọn sản phẩm.Bên cạnh đó, Sở Nông nghiệp và Môi trường Hà Nội tiếp tục đẩy mạnh tập huấn trực tuyến về an toàn thực phẩm cho các cơ sở sản xuất, kinh doanh, góp phần nâng cao nhận thức và trách nhiệm trong toàn chuỗi sản xuất. Thời gian tới, Sở sẽ tiếp tục hoàn thiện hệ thống theo hướng hiện đại, tích hợp thêm nhiều dịch vụ công trực tuyến, cập nhật dữ liệu thường xuyên, tăng cường bảo mật thông tin và từng bước triển khai truy xuất nguồn gốc điện tử đối với các nhóm nông sản, góp phần xây dựng nền nông nghiệp số và phát triển bền vững./.Công nghệ số đang mở ra hướng đi mới cho ngành nông nghiệp Hà Nội, chuyển từ sản xuất truyền thống sang kinh tế nông nghiệp hiện đại, thông minh, sinh thái. Ảnh minh họa
MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on Donald Trump becoming terrified over the sudden death of Lindsey Graham and Meiselas reports on how Trump's strikes against Iran instantly backfired. Go to https://Ground.News/MTN to cut through misinformation, critically analyze the news shaping our lives and hold the media accountable. Save 40% off unlimited access to Ground News with my link or scan the QR code on screen. Visit https://meidasplus.com for more! MeidasTouch relies on SnapStream to record, watch, monitor, and clip the news. Get a FREE TRIAL of SnapStream by clicking here: https://go.snapstream.com/affiliate/meidastouch/meidasnews?utm_campaign=4490308-affiliate2025&utm_content=customerpartner Support the MeidasTouch Network: https://patreon.com/meidastouch Add the MeidasTouch Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-meidastouch-podcast/id1510240831 Buy MeidasTouch Merch: https://store.meidastouch.com Follow MeidasTouch on Twitter: https://twitter.com/meidastouch Follow MeidasTouch on Facebook: https://facebook.com/meidastouch Follow MeidasTouch on Instagram: https://instagram.com/meidastouch Follow MeidasTouch on TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@meidastouch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on Donald Trump panicking as time runs out on the strategic reserves and he looks for a false flag with to further escalate with Iran. Go to https://Ground.News/MTN to cut through misinformation, critically analyze the news shaping our lives and hold the media accountable. Save 40% off unlimited access to Ground News with my link or scan the QR code on screen. Remember to subscribe to ALL the MeidasTouch Network Podcasts: MeidasTouch: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/meidastouch-podcast Legal AF: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/legal-af MissTrial: https://meidasnews.com/tag/miss-trial The PoliticsGirl Podcast: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-politicsgirl-podcast Cult Conversations: The Influence Continuum with Dr. Steve Hassan: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-influence-continuum-with-dr-steven-hassan The Weekend Show: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-weekend-show The Ken Harbaugh Show: https://meidasnews.com/tag/the-ken-harbaugh-show Majority 54: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/majority-54 On Democracy with FP Wellman: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/on-democracy-with-fpwellman Uncovered: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/maga-uncovered Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Rest Tech innovator Shalece Daniels previously built and operated a seven-figure real estate investment and property management firm, coached multiple seven-figure businesses on scaling, then stepped fully into her zone of genius as an executive rest coach. Shalece created FLOW, an AI rest-tech assistant for organisations, and delivers corporate rest workshops that upgrade meeting norms, cut decision fatigue, and protect recovery time.Summary of PodcastKey Takeaways90-Second Reset: Emotions metabolise in 90 seconds. Shalece's method uses specific tools (e.g., Mind Fold, bubble-blowing) to reset the nervous system from "fight or flight" to "rest and digest," enabling clearer thinking.Data-Driven Proof: A smart ring tracks Key Relaxation Indicators (KRIs) like heart rate and HRV. This anonymised data proves the program's effectiveness to corporate clients, overcoming a key sales hurdle.Referral-Based Growth: The business grew from personal burnout and a Costa Rica sabbatical. Referrals from initial clients and a vocal advisory board were the primary drivers for landing larger corporate contracts.Respectful Disagreement: A discussion on DEI and immigration highlighted how personal experience shapes perspective, reinforcing the need for tools to manage emotional triggers and maintain respectful dialogue.The Problem: Nervous System OverwhelmHigh-pressure work environments keep leaders in a "fight or flight" (sympathetic) state, which impairs decision-making.The goal is to shift into the "rest and digest" (parasympathetic) state, creating the mental space for clear, strategic thinking.The Solution: 90-Second Reset TechniquesThe method is based on Dr. Jill Bolte-Taylor's research: emotions metabolise in 90 seconds.Key Tools & Rationale:Mind Fold: An eye mask that blocks light while eyes remain open. The brain's confusion triggers an automatic reset.Bubble Blowing: Exhaling longer than inhaling activates the vagus nerve, lowering heart rate and inducing calm.Acupressure Wristband: Stimulates the P6 nerve to reduce anxiety.Foot Roller: Activates nerve endings in the feet for discreet, bottom-up grounding.Personalised Approach: The method is tailored to the individual ("N=1"), requiring participants to find the 1–3 tools that work best for their nervous system.Proving Effectiveness with "Rest Tech"Key Relaxation Indicators (KRIs): A smart ring tracks vital signs (e.g., heart rate, HRV) to provide objective data.Corporate Dashboard: Anonymised data from all participants is aggregated into a dashboard.Why it matters: This data-driven proof overcomes the "how do I know it works?" question from corporate clients, enabling the program's sale and adoption.Business Growth & Client AcquisitionOrigin: The method was developed after Shalece experienced burnout and took a sabbatical in Costa Rica.Initial Growth: Spread organically through referrals from a personal network who noticed a positive change.Scaling: A vocal advisory board and speaking engagements helped attract larger corporate clients.Program Delivery: Includes a physical kit, video exercises via QR code, and a tiered service model.Broader Application: Managing Triggers in DialogueA discussion on DEI and immigration highlighted how personal experience shapes perspective.Key Insight: Acknowledging that everyone is "triggered" by different inputs underscores the value of having tools to manage emotional responses and maintain respectful dialogue.The Next 100 Days Podcast Co-HostsGraham ArrowsmithGraham founded Finely Fettled in 2014 to provide data from The UK High Net Worth Database to marketers targeting affluent and high-net-worth customers. He's the founder of MicroYES, a Partner for MeclabsAI, creating lead generation AI Agents & Workflows and introducing the MeclabsAI Platform. Graham also provides an Answer Engine Optimisation solution to get your website in shape to be found by LLMs.Kevin ApplebyKevin specialises in finance transformation and implementing business change. He's the COO of GrowCFO, which provides both community and CPD-accredited training designed to grow the next generation of finance leaders. You can find Kevin on LinkedIn and at kevinappleby.com
"When you're late, you tell people you don't care. I didn't agree with it at the moment. But then I started really just disciplining myself. And it is hard work for me every single day to be early."Welcome back to The Speaker Lab Podcast! In this Alumni Spotlight episode, host Dan Irvin brings on Michael Hidalgo — a keynote speaker who helps teams actually talk to each other. His core idea is deceptively simple: words are vehicles, and what the receiver unpacks may not be what you loaded them up with. But what makes this episode fire is the business side of Michael's story — and the habits that are fueling a serious run right now.Start with the headline: Michael just landed his highest-paid gig yet off a single email. Except it wasn't really a single email. He did the homework — researched the organization, understood the need, sent a tailored pitch — and then heard nothing for two months. Instead of chasing with "did you get my email?", he followed up twice by adding value: an article relevant to their challenge, a lesson he learned from a client. Seventy-three days later, the planner wrote back with four words: "Are you still available?" Booked on the spot — and now they want his consulting, too.Then there's the keynote that produced six hot leads. Michael put a Calendly QR code on his final slide with a $50-value team assessment offer. By the time he walked off stage, four CEOs had already booked calls. He stayed for dinner with another contact who introduced him to two more executives. Two proposals went out that week. And every one of those consulting opportunities came from the speaking — the keynote was the tip of the spear.Whether you're figuring out how to follow up without being annoying or wondering what separates speakers who get rebooked from speakers who get forgotten, this one is a masterclass in the business behind the business!You'll learn:Why Michael's biggest booking came 73 days after his initial pitch — and what he did in the silence that made it happenHow to follow up with event planners by adding value instead of asking "did you get my email?"The QR code + free assessment strategy that generated six hot leads from a single keynoteWhy speaking is the tip of the spear for consulting revenue — and how to build that pipeline from stageWhat "be fun and easy to work with" actually looks like in practice (hint: show up early and set up chairs)The pre-talk ritual Michael never skips: handwriting an abbreviated outline, connecting with the tech team, checking in with the planner, and glide-handing the roomHow to pivot mid-call when an event planner says "this isn't what we want" — without getting defensive or losing the gigWhy the two magic phrases "tell me more about that" and "help me understand" buy you time and keep conversations aliveThe difference between value addition and value extraction — and why givers get rememberedWhy the gig is actually won before you ever send the first emailAnd much, much more!"How can I leave someone with something that is going to make them either personally or professionally better? How can I give something to them? I promise you that will pay dividends."Give more than you take? That's the whole business plan. Grab a free 15-minute Speaker Business Assessment at thespeakerlab.com/SBA and build a system that turns generosity into bookings.Episode Resources:Get Your 15 Minute Speaker Business AssessmentMichael Hidalgo's WebsiteCalculate Your Speaking Fee Subscribe on Apple PodcastsSubscribe on SpotifySee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Lesley Logan and Brad Crowell recap the conversation with Julian Barnes, co-founder and CEO of the BFS Network and a leading voice on boutique fitness market data. They unpack what his numbers-first view of the Pilates business reveals about pricing, client commitment, and the confidence it takes to run a profitable studio. With twenty plus years guiding studio founders, Julian brings hard data to the soft topics most owners avoid. If you have any questions about this episode or want to get some of the resources we mentioned, head over to LesleyLogan.co/podcast https://lesleylogan.co/podcast/. If you have any comments or questions about the Be It pod shoot us a message at beit@lesleylogan.co mailto:beit@lesleylogan.co. And as always, if you're enjoying the show please share it with someone who you think would enjoy it as well. It is your continued support that will help us continue to help others. Thank you so much! Never miss another show by subscribing at LesleyLogan.co/subscribe https://lesleylogan.co/podcast/#follow-subscribe-free.In this episode you will learn about:What it really means to sell the transformation not the process.How to help clients see the cost as an investment.Where courage and conviction change who becomes your client.Signs the Pilates bubble is bursting and what survives it.Stepping into your authority so clients commit and get results.Episode References/Links:OPC Membership - opc.me/beiteLevate Waitlist - xxll.co/waiitlisteLevate Replays - lesleylogan.co/elevateOPC Summer Tour (Powered by Balanced Body) - https://opc.me.tourOPC Flashcards - https://opc.me/flashcardsOPC Pilates Posters - https://opc.me/postersEp. 697 ft. Adrian Starks - https://beitpod.com/ep697Ep. 698 Adrian Stark Recap - https://beitpod.com/ep698Ep. 53 ft. 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You have to bring it back to the investment of the transformation they want to have, and how badly do they want to have that. Lesley Logan 0:13 Welcome to the Be It Till You See It podcast where we talk about taking messy action, knowing that perfect is boring. I'm Lesley Logan, Pilates instructor and fitness business coach. I've trained thousands of people around the world and the number one thing I see stopping people from achieving anything is self-doubt. My friends, action brings clarity and it's the antidote to fear. Each week, my guest will bring bold, executable, intrinsic and targeted steps that you can use to put yourself first and Be It Till You See It. It's a practice, not a perfect. Let's get started. Lesley Logan 0:55 Welcome back to the Be It Till You See It interview recap on my coast in life. Brad and I are going to dig into the enlightening convo I had with Julian Barnes in our last episode. If you haven't yet listened to that interview, this will make a lot of no sense, because it was a different type of interview. It wasn't really an interview of what Julian does, it wasn't really a Be It Till You See It, it was very much a "let's talk about the Pilates industry." Brad Crowell 1:17 Yeah, it was an industry debrief. Lesley Logan 1:18 An industry debrief, and so. Brad Crowell 1:20 It was kind of cool, actually.Lesley Logan 1:22 Yeah, and I also, coming off of the recap of Adrian Starks, it made me even more aware of our purpose when it comes to Pilates business coaching. Because I don't know if Julian asked me this when we were on camera or off, but he was like, "You like helping these small studios?" And I was like, "Because that's what accessibility is." There's got to be different types of Pilates studios, because people need different things, and everyone shouldn't be in a 14-person class.Brad Crowell 1:48 Yeah.Lesley Logan 1:49 So, anyways, it's a really... if you are a Pilates instructor, or you have one, then they need to listen to both these episodes. After you listen to the amazing announcement of today, the holiday and the charity, and the other things, if you want to go off to an FYF or something else, I won't be offended. If you like the sound of this voice and you want to keep supporting it, and Brad, just the voice.Brad Crowell 2:12 Just the voice.Lesley Logan 2:13 You should be an OPC member. OPC is not for people who are obsessed with Pilates, I mean, it is, but it's really for people who just want easy access to real Pilates, and then a safe place to be imperfect, and to be themselves, and to be supported, and to be like, "It's okay if you missed a week, you're welcome back. We're all here for you." And if so, "Oh, you recover from injury. Oh, I had that one. Here are these things." It's where you get community support, and you're not alone. So, go to opc.me/40Brad Crowell 2:39 Yeah, actually, we got a new link for you. It's opc.me/beitLesley Logan 2:43 opc.me/beitBrad Crowell 2:45 B-E-I-TLesley Logan 2:47 B-E-I-T. I'm still waiting for my "just be it" things, given that everyone can distill people's shit around here. Why can't I just have "just be it"?Brad Crowell 2:59 I love that.Lesley Logan 3:01 It's okay, but we have "be it," and you can be it too, and you can be an OPC member while you're being it. I promise, I promise it helps. Today is July 9, 2026, and it's International Emergency Kit Day.Brad Crowell 3:13 That's right. It's Emergency Kit Day, y'all. This is a Boy Scout talking to you right now.Lesley Logan 3:18 Today is a day to raise awareness about being prepared when disaster strikes. An emergency kit, sometimes called a go-bag or disaster bag, is a portable kit that has essentials you and your family need to survive in case of emergency. They are easy to grab when you need to evacuate for whatever reason, usually a natural disaster. This day is a reminder to check your kit or build one today. It will make all the difference when an emergency happens. We have first aid kits, but that's what I thought this was, and it's clearly a go-bag, which we do not have, Brad.Brad Crowell 3:44 Yeah, we don't have. I don't have the movie duffel bag that's like, "Go, go, go," and you grab it on the way out the door, or the baby bag when someone is pregnant and has to run to the hospital, they got a bag ready. We probably could put one of those together. I think that would be wise. Don't let someone sell you a $300 go-bag. Put it together yourself.Lesley Logan 4:07 Just put it together. Just please put it together yourself. Photocopies of things are really great. If you learn anything from the fires of LA, it means you need to have copies of very important documents: birth certificates, passports, but also insurance policies, wills, whatever that is.Brad Crowell 4:24 I should digitize those and just put them.Lesley Logan 4:25 Can we have a digitized go-bag, Brad? Because I gotta be honest, we're gonna have to then remember where it is. Because I thought there's an emergency kit thing, and it was so funny, because you were asked if you had one recently by someone, and you're like, "Oh yeah," and I'm like, "Thank God they asked you, because if they had asked me, I'd be like, 'We don't have one.'"Brad Crowell 4:47 But not only that, if you have an emergency kit, go through it, because when was the last time you had it, or opened it, or used it? I went through ours, I don't know, six or 12 months ago, and I pulled everything out, and all the Band-Aids, the stickiness of the Band-Aids was just gone.Lesley Logan 5:03 Not sticky.Brad Crowell 5:04 Yeah, so I was like, "Oh wow, yeah, all this expired in 2005." So I got rid of all that and replaced everything. And then sure enough, somebody asked us, "Hey, do you have an emergency kit?" And I was like, "Yes," and I can stand by that everything is ready for you here. Yeah.Lesley Logan 5:23 And it's really funny because we actually have a really massive emergency kit in the bathroom by our studio in the house, and I was looking for Band-Aids in the bathroom that I get ready in every day. And then I was cleaning things up and getting ready for people to show up, and there's this massive Brad kit, and I was like, "Oh, we have a massive emergency kit," and I opened it up. No Band-Aids. Zero Band-Aids. That has not been updated. I'm like, clearly this is not a real studio, because. So go check your emergency kits, go create a digitized go-bag, because. Brad Crowell 5:56 We want a digitized go-bag, and then maybe a real one that's like, if you got to run out the door and you need a change of clothes or some shoes or something. This is notLesley Logan 6:02 This is not what the holiday is, what the holiday is, but there's that If I Die book. Have you seen this? I got asked for it on my Instagram. It's called If I Die or When I Die, and it's all these important things, and we should really fill that out.Brad Crowell 6:16 Everything You Need to Know Journal. If I Die.Lesley Logan 6:20 Brad's gonna find a digital one.Brad Crowell 6:21 I found it already. Yeah, well, this is a book, actually, by Christopher Lombardi. Collect all the information your loved ones will need to know at a difficult time. And he said, "When my father passed away, I wish I had such a book."Lesley Logan 6:35 Yeah, well, that's interesting. It's a little too much adulting for me in one day, but I like the idea of it.Brad Crowell 6:40 Yeah, there's also When I Die planners with pockets.Lesley Logan 6:44 Pocket.Brad Crowell 6:44 Yeah, that has little pockets in it.Lesley Logan 6:46 Oh, for things like my card, I have a card in Brad's office attached to the refrigerator from when my dad dies, a number to call for them to cremate him.Brad Crowell 6:54 Yeah.Lesley Logan 6:54 I know where the card is.Brad Crowell 6:56 I mean, there's even Reddit arguments about this: I made an "If I die" packet for my husband. My family is now calling me morbid for this effort. I think it's smart.Lesley Logan 7:05 It's incredibly smart, and it's not morbid. And you are gonna be... here's the thing, we talked about grief two weeks ago, had nothing to do with people, but we're just gonna bring it back up, when someone is dealing with the loss of a loved one, the last thing you need to figure out is the fucking password to your shit.Brad Crowell 7:22 Yeah.Lesley Logan 7:23 Don't do that to people. I'm watching The Pit, and that is a trap. You don't want to be dealing with that, plus what is their insurance? All that stuff. No, no, don't do that to people. And as I say this, Brad and I are hypocrites, because we have yet to sit down and do our fucking thing that his parents asked us to do three times, which is the DNR and the will thing, and all that stuff. So.Brad Crowell 7:48 There's a, we talked about this before, there's an organization called Free Will. Make your free will online.Lesley Logan 7:54 Okay, well. Brad Crowell 7:57 freewill.comLesley Logan 7:57 Well, this day just turned into a very helpful day, and my ADHD is really overwhelmed. Upcoming travel and events, you guys, eLevate 2027 is full, sold out, can't take another body, but you can join us today.Brad Crowell 8:13 You can join us today.Lesley Logan 8:17 At 1pm Pacific time.Brad Crowell 8:19 Is that 1pm? Lesley Logan 8:20 Yeah. Brad Crowell 8:20 I'm glad you know that.Lesley Logan 8:21 It's at 1 p.m. to learn about 2028 Elevate, and if you're like, "Well, Lesley, thanks, I'm going back to this on a different date," there's probably a replay up.Brad Crowell 8:31 Yeah, there'll be a replay. We'll put the replay up on the Elevate page, I'm sure.Lesley Logan 8:35 Go to xxll.co/waitlist, and if you missed it. Brad Crowell 8:40 Then go to lesleylogan.co/elevate and that's where the replay will be.Lesley Logan 8:45 Yeah, summer tour is really close, a few weeks away.Brad Crowell 8:49 OPC Summer TourLesley Logan 8:50 Yeah. Brad Crowell 8:50 Come join us in real life, I'm very excited.Lesley Logan 8:52 How many cities are we going to?Brad Crowell 8:53 13 or 14Lesley Logan 8:54 It's the reason we're recording prior to the announcement, so we don't know, but what I can say is it's probably mostly sold out, so you want to go to OPC. I can confidently say that.Brad Crowell 9:04 Yeah, I mean, we're getting close to.Lesley Logan 9:07 Well, because these are not conventions, these are literal pop-ups. These are small studios, we're talking small classes and workshops, and we do that so instead of having 50 people in a workshop, there's 25 and you can actually get to talk to me, and we get to take pictures, and we get to nerd out on Pilates. And the workshops are only 90 minutes. You don't have to take a whole day off, you can just take a part of a day off, and you get to be with other people. And Balanced Body is sponsoring our tour again, and so we'll have the Contrology equipment with us, plus some really fun prizes. So, opc.me/tour.Brad Crowell 9:41 opc.me/tour come join us.Lesley Logan 9:43 If you're new here.Brad Crowell 9:45 If you're new here.Lesley Logan 9:46 I make flashcards with Pilates exercises, and they have QR codes that take you to videos, and they have the setup and action on the back, and they have really cool tips that I gave you that are my words based on these things. If you like the way that I talk about Pilates, they're right there. And they've been edited by a contemporary trained teacher with contemporary women, and they've been edited by someone who's never done any of the stuff before. Shout out to the spine corrector, because after that, she wanted to buy one. So that's how good that deck is. So, go to opc.me/flashcards.Brad Crowell 10:12 Yeah, opc.me/flashcardsLesley Logan 10:15 And if you have the flashcards, do you know that we have posters, and you can get our posters at opc.me/posters? And you want to know something fun about the posters: we make no money on them. However, the shipping, because they're printed on demand, the shipping is cheaper because it's usually shipping to near you versus the flashcards, which come from us. By the way, my Aussies and my Canadians, we have distributors on the flashcards, so just reach out to us if shipping shocked the hell out of you. We have distributors in Australia and Canada.Brad Crowell 10:44 Yeah, awesome. Well, we used to do a question answer session here, but we're going to skip that. We've moved all the live Q&As over to YouTube for Sunday morning at 9 a.m. Pacific, and we shifted our focus here because we really like celebrating good works that other people are doing, and sharing about it with you all. Lesley Logan 11:06 Being more aware about things, just the different things that exist out there, and the different ways we can support things that might be of interest. And so July is actually an awareness month of a lot of awarenesses. So when I looked up July month.Brad Crowell 11:22 It's a month of awarenesses.Lesley Logan 11:23 Yeah, one of the things that July is an awareness month about is the ADA laws, and it's like a Disability Pride Awareness Month. It's also an awareness month of mental health awareness for minority communities.Brad Crowell 11:36 ADA for non-Americans, it's the Americans with Disabilities Act, ADA. So, yeah, and that was a big fight that started in California many years back.Lesley Logan 11:45 Yes, I learned a lot about it. It's very impressive. Yeah, and so anyways, I wanted to highlight the mental health awareness for minority communities on today's episode, because last time we did a recap, we actually did talk about mental health, and I just thought it would be a perfect time to bring that up. This charity is Mental Health America, and they actually have a lot of information and support for BIPOC mental health specifically. And if you go to mhanational.org, they actually have a whole section, because they do have a lot of support for the BIPOC community. Culture, ethnicity, and race all play a large role in the way that each person experiences the world and the types of mental health support that they may need. MHA's online BIPOC Mental Health Resource Center offers a wealth of information and tools to bring light to the unique experiences of Black, Indigenous, and people of color communities and empower and uplift BIPOC individuals on their mental health journeys. And I just thought that this is a really cool resource in case you need it, or there's someone that you know who needs it. Because the reality is, is that if you have had a different experience in this world, having a therapist or someone who can understand that is important, and it's key. And I just think that, how cool that there are people who are making sure that resource is easy to find. They'll have blog posts, but they actually have a whole resource page where you can find someone and find some help near you, especially with the shit going on in the world right now. Specifically in the US, I know we have a lot of international listeners, but they just fucked with the Voting Rights Act one more time.Brad Crowell 13:15 Yeah.Lesley Logan 13:16 And we are back to Jim Crow era shit, and it sucks, because the answer to all this is that we all have to vote in November in a way that tells them to fuck off, but also, people of color have been trying to do that for a really long time. You and I were listening to what's his name, that amazing senator from Georgia, who's a reverend, and he's like, "I lived my whole life under that act, and now my children have to fight..."Brad Crowell 13:44 Raphael WarnockLesley Logan 13:45 Raphael Warnock. "My children have to fight for their rights," and I just...Brad Crowell 13:50 Yeah, I mean, it's.Lesley Logan 13:51 Top of life.Brad Crowell 13:52 It's fascinating to hear him talk about that, where he's like, you know, I don't know how old he is, but he's an adult, he's a senator, he's been a pastor for a long time. He has two kids who are younger than 10 years old, and he said, "For me, because of the changes that happened in the '60s, I actually grew up in a more equitable time that allowed me to become a senator as a person of color," and he said, "Unfortunately, my kids are not going to have that."Lesley Logan 14:23 And what they're doing in Tennessee, where they just literally got rid of the one Black Congress person, just terrible stuff. And that's all just... even if you're like, "Well, that's politics," well, politics affects life, and on top of that, if your job and all these different things just becomes really heavy, we need to make mental health support seem like the same thing as you're gonna go get new toothpaste, or you get your things done, like you go to the dentist for cleaning twice a year, we go three. Mental health support needs to be as routine and normal as all of that, and also if you're BIPOC community, I think it's important that you have people who understand what you're going through, because it is different.Brad Crowell 15:05 Yeah.Lesley Logan 15:05 And you're not alone. So, hopefully, mhanational.org resource helps you. If not, and there are other ones out there that you want us to highlight, please send it in. We would love to do that. We'd love to use the platform to do that to help people who need that.Brad Crowell 15:19 Yeah, so leave us a voicemail, 310-905-5534, or you can also share your wins for our Friday pod at beitpod.com/questions. Brad Crowell 15:31 Let's talk about Julian Barnes. Julian is the co-founder and CEO of the BFS Network, the company behind the most comprehensive market research in the boutique fitness industry. He spent 20-plus years helping fitness and wellness businesses build the structure and strategy they need to grow, and he works directly with CEOs and founders of multi-location studios across the country. He brings a data-driven, numbers-first perspective to the work of building a profitable studio.Lesley Logan 15:59 Yeah.Brad Crowell 16:00 And it's really interesting too, because I mean, his background is law, and then he... I don't remember exactly how he got into fitness, but. Lesley Logan 16:07 He told the whole story. It's very weird how he got into it, but. Brad Crowell 16:10 He told us his story, but it wasn't, it was when we were.. we were talking about.Lesley Logan 16:15 Oh, sorry guys, it was definitely at dinner, but it was like, "Oh, he was helping this out, then he did this thing, there was his trainer." It's really kind of cool. Too bad that that's not on the pod, because it doesn't matter, because that was not what he wanted to talk about. But it really went along with Adrian Starks's finding your purpose kind of a thing. So, at any rate, just know that Julian is the evidence of doing that. If you listened two weeks ago, you know, it's interesting, because a lot of people think that studios are only studios if they have multiple teachers and group classes and things like that, and I think.Brad Crowell 16:47 Maybe the word "legitimate studio," right? Because they are still obviously a studio, a real studio, or whatever.Lesley Logan 16:55 But you and I see a studio as anything where a teacher is teaching in, and that studio could be a one-person show.Brad Crowell 17:03 Yeah.Lesley Logan 17:04 And that person can teach small groups and groups and things like that. And so it was interesting to hear the different ways that, in air quotes, legitimate studios are doing things, the numbers they have. But on the non-data side, one of the things I love that he said was there's no transformation without the transaction, and this is really important, because for any business owner who is listening to this, people don't buy your process. I'll just be really honest with you, please don't tell them your process, no one cares. But they cannot get the transformation they want to have, the goal they want to achieve, without paying you the investment of what that is, that's just part of the deal. If they want to have better posture.Brad Crowell 17:45 There's no transformation without the transaction, yes, but let's, before we go further on that, can we take a step back? What do you mean specifically? What's an example of "don't sell the process"? Because how are people actually making a mistake with that? Lesley Logan 18:02 What does thatlook like? They're saying, "We have classes on three days a week at 10 a.m. and your package of six sessions allows you to come two times a week." That's selling the process, right? "You come three days a week at 10 a.m." or "Mat classes are at 6 o'clock" or "At our studio, we have mat, semi-private, and private sessions on the Cadillac Tower." All of that's process. It's overwhelming information. It's words that they don't want to hear.Brad Crowell 18:30 It doesn't even mean anything to them.Lesley Logan 18:31 Even if they know what most of that stuff is. That's not what they actually care about. They care that you understand the problem that they have and where they want to grow, and that you are excited and a trustworthy person for that, and I think where a lot of people. Brad Crowell 18:50 And that's what they will pay for.Lesley Logan 18:51 Yeah, as well. Yoga Works doesn't exist anymore, it's a perfect example. Their entire advertising model was "first two weeks free, your first two weeks are free." That's a process, right? They were not selling "get meditated in 14 days or less" or "de-stress from traffic," right? They weren't selling what you were gonna gain from doing the yoga for two weeks, whereas if they had actually talked more about how you would feel when you left the yoga class.Brad Crowell 19:29 Sure.Lesley Logan 19:30 I think more people would take them up on that for two weeks free, because it's like, "Wow, two weeks free, this class must be full." No, they weren't, and they're not in business. But I see this all the time in people posting about their Pilates stuff: "Hey, I've got, I'm opening up two spots on Mondays and Wednesdays." Unless someone already trusts you, that's unhelpful. Launa Jae, who's been on our show, has done this really well: "Hey, I'm opening in two weeks, I'm moving four spots for women over 40 who are tired of yo-yo dieting, and they want to actually make a change that lasts a lifetime."Brad Crowell 20:03 Right.Lesley Logan 20:03 You can hear the difference, right? "I'm accepting four new clients," or "In two weeks I will have four spots available for this type of person."Brad Crowell 20:11 Yeah.Lesley Logan 20:12 That is listing the transformation someone's gonna have. She doesn't say, "And when you sign up, you'll have to do eight weeks of macro counting." No, she's not saying that, because no one wants to do that. That's too much information. Yeah, and then we get this a lot, because people will say, "Pilates is too expensive." People have been saying Pilates is too expensive since it was fucking cheap. People have been saying Pilates is too expensive since I started teaching, and people weren't even charging $1 a minute, right, for a private session. But you have to understand that if people are making decisions based on cost, they will always do that. You have to bring it back to the investment of the transformation they want to have, and how badly do they want to have that? Brad Crowell 20:51 Yeah, that's the shift.Lesley Logan 20:52 Some people don't actually want to pay the investment that the transformation would cost, so those people will always be looking for a deal, constantly frustrated. They're the ones who are buying this silly tool this week, and the next thing over here, they're bouncing around. But there are people when, if you reframe it to the investment for what you want to achieve, as Julian said, the investment you want to achieve for your desired goal is going to be one of time and money, right? So you change the word to investment, and then in doing that, you're going to shift the mindset from cost to investment, right? Which is a really good shift you want to make in someone's brain, because they invest in things all day long. They invest time in scrolling on their Instagram, they invest time in being in traffic, they invest time on a lot of different things. So, how can we shift the investment of time and money to something that actually works for them? When I was teaching mat classes only, and I was trying to get people in them, I would say, "Stop spending time in traffic, spend that hour in Pilates and get home in 20 minutes after,"Brad Crowell 21:54 Right.Lesley Logan 21:54 So I had people literally come to my mat class two nights a week that I had it, and they loved it, because instead of sitting in traffic for 90 minutes, they did an hour of Pilates, and then it takes them 25 minutes to get home, same amount of time, but they actually got a transformation to go with it. So really shifting that mindset. And then when people do ask for discounts, you have to have some confidence in the product that you have. I keep telling our agency members, "You need to have courage and conviction in what you do," and that also means telling people how they have to be to be a client of yours. My trainer has so much courage and conviction, she is like, "You cannot be a client of mine if you can't commit to this many times." Yeah, and I really do think that if a lot more Pilates instructors said that, yes, they might have fewer clients in the beginning, but I actually think they would have more later, because the transformation of their clients that they're getting would get them more clients.Brad Crowell 22:44 Yeah, I think this is a perfect transition into what I was hoping to talk about, which is... there was a moment where he was talking about Steve Jobs and the iPhone, right? And he's like, he wasn't like, "Hey, do you think it'd be cool if maybe you guys might want..." none of that. It was like, "Hey, check out this amazing tool that we built that's gonna change your lifeLesley Logan 23:07 Yeah.Brad Crowell 23:07 radically," right? And he said, so he was talking about confidence, right? And there's a difference between polling your audience and getting feedback, and how do you present the thing that you sell or do, right?Lesley Logan 23:21 Absolutely certain that there were NDAs signed of people who were looking at the iPhone before we got it. Brad Crowell 23:27 Yeah, but Julian pointed out that you have to be confident enough that the universe will present you what you need when you need it, riht? Lesley Logan 23:35 Yeah.Brad Crowell 23:36 And that is a scary thing. That is the "leap and the net will appear" kind of approach, right? And obviously, that's definitely something that gets severely tested, and Julian acknowledged that, for sure, especially when you have financial needs, and the wrong clients are coming through your door, but saying... y'all were talking about clients, and the clients that will stay with you for the long haul or not, right? And it's always a scramble at first, like we'll take anybody who comes in the door, but what if our messaging, like we were just talking about, was attracting the correct person who we want to serve and is excited to get the transformation? Yeah, they're going to stay with you way, way longer. And I am... I don't know if you picked up on it if you listened to the interview, but I was so proud because we had a bunch of agency members fill out his big questionnaire, and he compared agency members' stats against the industry stats. And what he said was that agency members retain their clients longer. Yeah, and I was really, really excited to hear that.Lesley Logan 24:49 Yeah and it's because our Agency members, even their process to become a client of theirs sets them up so that they're not getting these crazy wackos that just want to bounce from place to place. They are actually set up to make sure that they are the right client, they're advertised in the right place. One of our members is actually changing her website to being specifically their Pilates studio for women over 40.Brad Crowell 25:15 Cool.Lesley Logan 25:15 Right? Because she's like, "I'm tired of getting calls from 20-year-olds who are comparing me to this other studio over here. That's not what we offer. And even if they can't afford my intro offer, they don't like the classes because they're not for Pilates princesses." And it's like, right. So, there are women who are fucking tired, like, "I want to go to Pilates, but all these Pilates princesses are pictured." And so this client of ours has women over 40 pictured. That's going to matter so much to them, right. And so I am so proud of our agency members. They have solid businesses, and you have a business you can depend on, you're not going off what the trends are. And I really think that right now the Pilates bubble is bursting in several ways. One, Hailey Bieber just announced that too many studios are out there, and they're crappy teachers. Hailey Bieber wrote this. And then The Guardian did an entire article about how people are getting hurt all the time doing Pilates. And here's the thing: if you were doing real Pilates, you could not get hurt if you were actually ready for the exercise that you're doing. Most of the time, people are getting injuries because they're in large group classes that are not on real reformers, and or their teacher was not trained thoroughly enough, and so the teacher's boss is all about how fun the class is and how entertained and how packed the classes are versus the results that they're getting. And I think Julian would back me up on this. Going back to the transformation you want to have and the investment you have to have: I have to get you that transformation, which means you have to show up, but I have to have the teachers that are quality. And so I actually think between the recession that we are all expecting to show up and the fact that people are not going to see the results they want by studios where the people aren't trained fully.Brad Crowell 27:04 Yeah.Lesley Logan 27:05 I do see the pendulum swinging now. How far is it? It's not going to swing that far if you are a solid studio that truly knows what you're doing and why you do it, and you're not begging people to take class for you by offering it for free, but instead you're like, "If you want to participate here, here's how often you have to come, here's the transformation we can provide you, and here's how we do that." You come every other week, I can't get you shit.Brad Crowell 27:26 Yeah, and being real with them. That's where that confidence comes into play, having the confidence to know that the universe will present you what you need when you need it. I remember trying to convince clients, I remember how much time I spent trying to convince clients that we were the right agency for them, or coaching group for them, or web development company for them, or whatever. And it always felt like I'm really good at that, but then we would land a client and they were just the fucking worst client. They never delivered the photos that they said that they had, or they never gave me copy, and so ultimately I'd start this project, we would take a deposit, start the project, and then get stuck, right? Or we would have clients come in, they'd pay us one time for coaching, and then they would never participate, and then they would disappear. And that just felt like such a waste of effort on both our time and theirs.Lesley Logan 28:25 Totally.Brad Crowell 28:26 That time payment didn't feel worth it. It certainly wasn't satisfying. We didn't help them, right? And so.Lesley Logan 28:31 It's also why we've even changed how agency operates now, because it definitely is only attractive to people who are willing to actually do the work.Brad Crowell 28:39 Yeah.Lesley Logan 28:39 You have to do the work. You can't just do calls with me or Brad every quarter and whine and whatever, and then go, "Well, I got this action, I can go make a checklist, and I can feel like I did something new." No, Agency now requires you to ask a lot of questions, put your problem in there, go watch a course, come to an office hour, ask which course to watch, ask what next steps to take, like, you actually have to do the action. And the reason I love that more, even though it's definitely not a sexier sell, is that what we do actually fucking works. I know that, and the people who've listened to us have been with us for years, and when they do the work, it works. Period, end of story. And we recently were at an event, and I saw one of our ex-Agency members who paid because they wanted the transformation, but didn't want to do the work. And then this person would also do the things I said not to do all the time, and then they would come back with a problem. And it's like, "Okay, with the contract you've already signed, there's not a lot I can do, because you made a contract without asking our opinions, and then you signed it." And that person is like, "Yeah, I've just been so overwhelmed, and I'm closing these two studios, I'm doing this, I'm just downsizing a lot." And I just wanted to go, "I fucking told you." Yeah, but here's the thing: I have courage and conviction in how we coach and who we are for, and I know what we can do with people who will do the work. And that means, though, you have to also have courage and conviction in what you offer as a studio. And if that means telling someone, "I actually don't work with clients who are in and out every single week, unless they're gonna do homework, and if you're gonna do homework, it means you have to do it three to four days a week." You have to tell people, "I just don't work with those people, because I don't want to take your money, that's dirty money." Any studio that takes your money and tells you that they can get you what you want, and you're only going to come in once a week or every couple of weeks, is lying to you. If you educate people on that, I'm telling you, you will get a great client. And here's why I can tell you this with my own courage and conviction, with another story: I used to sell a teacher training program for Equinox, and I would always ask people, "Where are you in your research process? Oh, I'm the first person you're talking to? Great, let me explain to you how training programs are not apples to apples. Let me explain to you what it is that you need to be looking for, what questions to be asking." By the way, these are all in my book. "What questions to be asking, what you need to be experiencing, what these things are. When you go and look to other places, I want you asking these questions, because if they don't have answers that work with your life, it does not matter the price, you will be stuck. So I can tell you right now, based on the local programs that I know that exist, we are more expensive on paper, but here's where we solve a lot of those problems. Why don't you go back, do your research, call me back, let's do another thing." I could follow up with them, and there'd be people who say, "You're too expensive, that's too much time, I can't make blah blah blah." And then they would come back and they'd sign up, because they would go do the research, and they would realize that on paper, while we're more expensive, we actually have more things. So you have to have that with people, because if someone's gonna price shop, they're gonna price shop, but I can tell you why. "Oh, well, we're more expensive than them because we're three people, not 12." Hello, educate them. They don't know.Brad Crowell 31:53 Yeah, they don't know. Lesley Logan 31:55 So you're getting resentful of them, but they don't know what they don't know. You have to say.Brad Crowell 31:58 Yeah can also say something like, "Our teachers have 600 hours of certifications under their belt," or something like that.Lesley Logan 32:04 Yeah, when people would do that when we were at the studios, like, "Oh, well, this is more expensive than the Pilates across the street." "Yeah, well, those teachers can only teach on one item, they can only teach on a Reformer, and that's all they're trained on. These are comprehensively trained teachers. These people did at least nine months to a year of training, they spent $8,000-plus, and they have access to all this equipment to get you the goals you want. But if you have to go off of that investment, I get it, go do it over there." Anyways, well, I could keep talking for hours, but we should get to the Be It Action Items, because clearly, I love Julian's data, and I love that we can help people. Knowing what the data is really helps us understand where they are in their business and what they have to focus on. Because you're not going to focus on new clients and retention at the same time. If you have great retention, you don't need new clients.Brad Crowell 32:51 Right.Lesley Logan 32:52 You know, you don't need as many anyways. Okay.Brad Crowell 32:54 Yeah. Well, stick around, we'll be right back. All right. So, finally, let's talk about those Be It Action Items: what bold, executable, intrinsic, or targeted action items can we take away from your conversation with Julian Barnes? He said on client commitment and transformation, Julian said that the first step in the transformation is transforming your daily routine. He emphasized that people need to adopt a new routine, one that says, "I'm coming on Tuesday morning, Thursday after work, and Saturday morning. I'm committed to this change," right? For studio owners, you are more likely to be successful if you present a prescription that gives your client the opportunity to adopt a new routine from day one.Lesley Logan 33:41 Yeah.Brad Crowell 33:41 Right? Like, think about it, if you've got a person coming in the door and you try to get them to make a change, let's say you've had a client for a really long time, and then you try to get them to make a change, do they make the change? Very rarely, right? People get annoyed at change, they get frustrated at change, they like what they like, they like what they have. But if you set that precedent right out of the gate, this is how people get change here.Lesley Logan 34:08 Yes, right, I love that. Well, also, I had a client who was always late, and they'd always apologize, and I had a client before them and after them, and I never gave them more time, and they weren't asking. I said, "Hey, don't apologize to me. This is on you. If you only want a 45-minute session, I have no problem with that. But if you want the full session, you have to ask yourself why you don't feel worthy enough to have a full session so that you can figure out how you have to leave work early. But that's the change you have to make. It has to be based on what you want, it can't be on me." And you know what? She was never late again.Brad Crowell 34:41 Yeah, it's a great example, because what Julian said, which I thought was kind of snuck in there again, he said, "Keep your power."Lesley Logan 34:52 Yeah.Brad Crowell 34:53 Right? We have power. The power is that we are the authority figure, right? And I mean, not in a tyrant kind of a way, but you can say to someone, "This is how it works here, this is how we see people have success here, and this is what we recommend for you."Lesley Logan 35:10 I think we'll just go into my action takeaway, which is like, if you're actively listening to what they have to say, you literally hear what they are, and you use those words, and you connect them to how your services are offered, then you have to step into the authority, because they came to your house.Brad Crowell 35:26 Yeah.Lesley Logan 35:26 If this person came to your house, and you are a "no shoes in the house" person, would you just go, "I guess I'll let them wear shoes"? No, this is a no-shoes house, right? It's a no-shoes house. So, if you are like... I always tell people, take my shoes off, we don't, but you're the person who does, how come you can't be that at the business where you actually are an authority? This is where, I think a lot of people have doubt about the benefits that they can have, because they themselves have forgotten their own practice.Brad Crowell 35:53 Sure.Lesley Logan 35:54 And they themselves have not made any clients actually have consistency, and so they're not actually having the benefits to back up their power. But you have 100 years of Joe Pilates's work working to go off of. So if you are a new teacher, you have 100 years, literally 100 years. This is the year, this year is 100 years that he came to the United States to go off of this, and then you go... I'll give you the advice that I was given, and we'll wrap this up. My first week as a teacher at a studio at Equinox, this teacher said to me, "The best advice they can give you is to get one client and make them your own, like, make them obsessed with you, and you'll have all the clients." And I made those clients obsessed with me, and they did start getting results, results that they weren't getting with their other Pilates instructor, because I got them from... right, because that other Pilates instructor let them come and go. So, please, I was like, "Nope, you have to make up that session you're about to miss next Sunday. I'll see you on Friday. Let's do it. Let's go. I'll make the time." And it's because, one, I need the money, but two, I listened to that advice, and that advice gave me conviction and authority to sit here today and tell you, if you make people be consistent, they get results.Brad Crowell 37:05 Yeah.Lesley Logan 37:06 So be the boss. They came to you.Brad Crowell 37:08 Yeah, they came to you. Don't give away your power.Lesley Logan 37:11 If you need help with that, if you need these pep talks, you should just go to agency.Brad Crowell 37:15 Yeah, this couldn't be an easier segue here. Lesley Logan 37:19 I mean, so profitablepilates.com/agency go there. We have for sure, at the time that we're recording this, one amazing way to work with us. It's quite possible the second way, which is a secret, is available. I'm not sure.Brad Crowell 37:31 It's possible.Lesley Logan 37:32 possible. And if you don't see it, then you book a call with Brad, and you ask him which one is best for you and what's going on there. But we can help you. We can help you.Brad Crowell 37:40 We can certainly support you with these things.Lesley Logan 37:42 Yep.Brad Crowell 37:42 And you can keep your clients longer, too.Lesley Logan 37:44 Yeah, you get all the benefits that our clients get.Brad Crowell 37:47 Yeah.Lesley Logan 37:47 And also, guess what? You get a predictable, boring business, which is so nice. Go be entertained by your streamers, not by your business. Okay, life's stressful enough. I don't need an up and down on my business to be what's going on, what I'm going my vibes off of. Okay, I'm Lesley Logan.Brad Crowell 38:04 And I'm Brad Crowell.Lesley Logan 38:05 Thank you so much. I hope this was fun. It was an interesting deep dive into the industry, and Julian, his company does some really great work that is on the data. So, BFS is the company. We'll put the links in the show notes. Share this with a Pilates instructor friend who needs to hear it.Brad Crowell 38:21 Yeah.Lesley Logan 38:22 And until next time, Be It Till You See It.Brad Crowell 38:24 Bye for now.Lesley Logan 38:26 That's all I got for this episode of the Be It Till You See It Podcast. 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“I crack the tab open, and I feel the cold metal… I hear the tink and give of the aluminum. And maybe when I'm done, I crush it into a small patty.” — Ian Bogost on the everyday enchantment of a Diet Coke can Don't sweat the small stuff is one of the most persistent (and annoying) mantras of the self-help industry. But the counter-intuitive Atlantic columnist Ian Bogost advises the opposite. In his new book, The Small Stuff, Bogost suggests that gratification lies in our appreciation of small stuff like the crinkle of empty Diet Coke cans and the foldability of plane tickets. Max Weber argued that disenchantment was the defining quality of modernity, but in The Small Stuff, Bogost maps a way back to it. What we need to get away from, he says, is “optimization” — metrics, feedback loops, money as a proxy for a place in heaven. Rather than the cult of delayed gratification, pick up that empty coke can and revel in its architectural glory. Or lick a tree. That's how to be enchanted in postmodernity. Five Takeaways • Sweat the Small Stuff. Bogost inverts three decades of self-help orthodoxy: the small stuff is precisely what we should be sweating. The crack of a Diet Coke tab, the cold metal warming in your hand, the can crushed into a patty before the recycling bin — these sensory encounters are not where deep purpose lives, and Bogost never claims they are. But they recur every day, sometimes several times a day, and accepting them as meaningful rather than as noise to get through delivers what he calls a surprising payload of engagement and enchantment. For some it's Diet Coke; for others, woodworking, gardening, or the gear shift of a manual transmission. • Dematerialization: How We Lost the World. The book's central diagnosis is what Bogost calls dematerialization — the slow disconnection from the physical world driven by convenience technologies. The QR code that replaced the concert ticket you might have pinned to a bulletin board. The automatic faucet you wave at awkwardly in the public restroom — which never works, and doesn't even save water; it just makes buildings easier to manage. The process is decades old, hardly limited to computers, and it stripped the texture from everyday life so gradually that nobody noticed what was being given up. • It's Sensory, Not Physical — and Not Anti-Tech. This is not a go-touch-grass book. Bogost insists the small stuff is sensory rather than physical, and that smartphones are compelling precisely because they are delightful — the smooth glass that demands to be touched, the thunderstorm animation in the weather app. Everything is technology, including the clothes on your body and the language in your mouth. He gave his twelve-year-old a smartwatch rather than banning screens, because parenting means living in the same world as your kids — and kids must live a contemporary life to become the adults who invent the next one. • We Already Got Rid of God — So Meaning Had to Move. Pressed on Weber and the Protestant ethic, Bogost argues that secularization emptied out the place where meaning used to live — good works justified by an infinite time in heaven — and replaced it with happiness, purpose, and wealth as proxies. The result is a hyper-optimized, future-oriented culture in which everything worth doing is worth doing for some later payoff. Bogost admits he struggles with this himself: the health wearable he wears while writing a book against quantification. What he loves about his morning walk isn't the step count. It's the twigs crunching underfoot. • The Quietism Charge — and the AI Twist. Isn't this stoicism for the age of Trump, the same charge leveled at Heidegger's silence before the Nazis? Bogost anticipates the critique: we are and must be both political creatures and creatures who live moment to moment in our bodies — he asks no one to abandon the fight, only to stop missing the life underneath it. And the timing is no accident. As AI takes over the big stuff, Bogost suspects it may push us back into the sensory world — he consults ChatGPT about fixing his range thermostat, then goes and fixes it with his hands. About the Guest Ian Bogost is a contributing writer at The Atlantic and the author of eleven books, including The Small Stuff and Play Anything. He is the Barbara and David Thomas Distinguished Professor at Washington University in St. Louis, where he teaches computer science and engineering, film and media studies, and art and design. He is also an award-winning game designer whose work is held in collections including the Smithsonian American Art Museum. He is the author of The Small Stuff: How to Lead a More Gratifying Life (Simon & Schuster, July 7, 2026). References: • The Small Stuff: How to Lead a More Gratifying Life by Ian Bogost (Simon & Schuster, July 7, 2026). The New Yorker: “Bogost's joy is infectious.” • Play Anything: The Pleasure of Limits, the Uses of Boredom, and the Secret of Games (2016) — Bogost's earlier book, the subject of his June 2020 appearance on the show. • Alien Phenomenology, or What It's Like to Be a Thing (2012) — Bogost's “straight up philosophy book” where he first explored the idea of wonder. • Max Weber — the German sociologist who identified disenchantment as the defining quality of modernity, and whose The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism frames the discussion of delayed gratification and the afterlife. • Matthew Crawford — mutual friend of host and guest, author of Shop Class as Soulcraft and The World Beyond Your Head, earlier explorers of the same terrain. • Martin Heidegger — the philosopher whose ideas of thrownness and being-in-the-world haunt the book, though his name never appears in it, and whose Nazi-era quietism frames the political critique. About Keen On America Nobody asks more awkward questions than the Anglo-American writer and filmmaker Andrew Keen. In Keen On America, Andrew brings his pointed Transatlantic wit to making sense of the United States — hosting daily interviews about the history and future of this now venerable Republic. With nearly 3,000 episodes since the show launched on TechCrunch in 2010, Keen On America is the most prolific intellectual interview show in the history of podcasting. Website Substack
Europa no está aprobando medidas sueltas: está levantando una arquitectura digital de vigilancia. Chat Control para abrir la puerta al escaneo de comunicaciones, euro digital para crear una nueva capa de dinero público digital, cartera europea para meter DNI, permisos y documentos oficiales en el móvil, y coches nuevos con sistemas obligatorios de monitorización del conductor. Visto por separado, todo suena razonable: seguridad, comodidad, protección e innovación. Visto en conjunto, el dibujo cambia por completo. Tus mensajes, tu dinero, tu identidad y tu movilidad están entrando en una misma lógica: digitalización, verificación, trazabilidad y supervisión. En este directo analizamos el Gran Hermano Europeo sin caer en histerias baratas, pero sin tragarnos tampoco el cuento oficial como borregos administrativos. Porque el control moderno no llega con tanques: llega con apps, reglamentos, códigos QR, wallets digitales y sonrisas de burócrata.✅SIN CENSURA en SUBSTACK: https://substack.com/@magnatesladrillo✅¿Necesitas un PSI (Personal Shopper Inmobiliario) para acompañarte a invertir en bienes raíces en la Com.Madrid?: magnatesladrillo@gmail.com✅Si vas en serio «La Biblia del Magnate del Ladrillo» está AQUÍ✅
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This year, almost 1500 people in our listening area have been scammed. PG&E's Paul Moreno says that $211,000 has been stolen so far and that scammers will likely steal more in 2026 than they did last year. Their newest tactic involves QR codes.
Greg Bluestein and Tia Mitchell answer listener questions about the prospect of another special session if Democrats win key statewide offices in November. They also break down Mike Collins' continued embrace of Trump's false 2020 election claims, the fight over Fulton County election board nominees and the stalled effort to replace Georgia's QR code voting system. Greg and Tia close with a look at split-ticket voters and why they could again decide statewide races in Georgia. Have a question or comment for the show? Call or text the 24-hour Politically Georgia Podcast Hotline at 770-810-5297. We'll play back your question and answer it during our next Monday Mailbag segment. You can also email your questions at PoliticallyGeorgia@ajc.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In this episode, we sit down with Allan Paul Roberts to discuss his book, The Globalist Plan to Collapse Everything: To Usher in a New World Order. In the book, Allan presents his perspective on the political, economic, and cultural forces he believes are reshaping modern society. Through an examination of what he describes as the eleven pillars of Western civilization, he argues that many of the institutions people rely on are undergoing significant change… Drawing on a background in technology, marketing, and communications, Allan has dedicated his writing to helping readers make sense of complex global developments. His work combines traditional publishing with multimedia content, using QR codes and digital resources to encourage readers to explore topics in greater depth. This conversation explores: The "instant download" that inspired The Globalist Plan to Collapse Everything. The eleven pillars of society that Roberts believes are under pressure. His views on current political, economic, and cultural trends. How technology and global institutions are influencing modern life. Through his writing and public speaking, Allan encourages audiences to examine current events through a broader lens and consider how large-scale social, economic, and political changes may affect their communities and daily lives. Want to learn more about the ideas behind The Globalist Plan to Collapse Everything? Tune in as Allan shares his perspective on global trends, societal change, and the challenges he believes could shape the future. Connect with Allan: Website Buy The Globalist Plan to Collapse Everything Instagram X
A South African circular economy is already running real payments on Fedimint with seven guardians on Start9 boxes. Users send eCash with zero fees inside the federation and feel the same simplicity as Wallet of Satoshi—except the custody is local and the privacy model is different.Hermann and Joshi explain how non-technical guardians set up 5-of-7 multisig, how the Conduit wallet hides complexity, and why Fedimint beats Liquid on on-chain integration and local trust. They also cover Lightning gateway economics and why small federations may beat one global Spark.Bitcoiners exploring Lightning, eCash privacy, and circular economies in emerging markets should listen.Key Takeaways:Seven-guardian 5-of-7 multisig on Start9 now runs daily in South Africa with high reliability.Users inside the same federation enjoy true zero-fee eCash transfers.Conduit wallet offers a lighter, payments-focused alternative to Fedi with regional QR support.Migration between federations is smooth with parallel running and user-controlled timing.Fedimint severs the transaction graph for privacy while Liquid hides amounts but retains the graph.Local guardians reduce the “custodial guilt” felt when onboarding users to foreign services.Lightning gateways can become profitable side businesses with only a few hours of monthly work.Geographic spread of guardians improves resilience against local internet or power outages.Onboarding still requires one extra step—joining the federation—after app install.Fedimint is on-chain native, allowing direct receive and send without intermediate swaps.Timestamps:00:00 - Fedimint Goes Live in South Africa01:48 - Magic: Pay Across Africa04:15 - Onboard Users Without Custodial Guilt08:08 - Zero Fees Shock Rural Users11:04 - Liquid vs Fedimint Privacy Showdown13:32 - Many Small Federations Or Global Spark16:09 - Non-Techies Run Bitcoin Guardians Easily18:14 - 5-of-7 Multisig Survives Two Failures20:53 - Fedimint QR Is a 5-of-7 Multisig24:05 - Gateway: Profitable Hobby in Hours/Month31:06 - Trust Locals Over Anonymous Custodians34:55 - Spread Guardians to Survive OutagesLinks: Bitcoin Ekasi: https://bitcoinekasi.orgFedimint: https://fedimint.orgConduit Wallet: https://joschisan.github.io/conduit/SLP651 with Eric & Joschi: https://stephanlivera.com/651Follow Hermann: https://x.com/vryfokkenouFollow Joschi: https://x.com/joschisanbtcStephan Livera links:Follow me on X: @stephanliveraSubscribe to the podcastSubscribe to Substack
Learn the Coaching Skill That Saved My Life: Watch HERE We're exactly halfway through 2026 — the perfect time for a farm marketing reset. If the plan you made in January got buried under spring chores, a sick kid, or cows on the loose, this is your halftime huddle. To finish the year profitable, you'll do three things: choose one product to focus your marketing on, plan one focused five-day sales launch, and build your email list with a simple lead-magnet QR code — and underneath each one, Charlotte teaches the mindset skill that actually makes it happen. In this episode: Why being behind at the halfway mark isn't a verdict — and how to use July to reset on purpose The "rule of one": how to choose the single product that will make you the most money this season (and why seven products is really 50+ jobs run by one exhausted farmer) How to plan one focused five-day sales launch — the single biggest needle-mover Charlotte teaches Why your email-list window is wide open right now, and the simple QR-code + lead-magnet setup that turns summer foot traffic into customers for life The mindset coaching skills underneath each move: choosing and staying focused, feeling discomfort without distracting yourself, and asking without apologizing You'll also hear: how Sarah sold over $100,000 of beef in five days after years of selling one quarter at a time, and how flower farmer Brooke went from struggling to sell 20 shares a season to selling 90 in a single week. A few lines worth replaying: "Being behind at the halfway mark is not a verdict. It's just numbers." "Diluted focus gives you diluted results and no money, every single time." "The doubt is not data." Resources & next steps:
Serena Williams is 44, four years retired, and somehow back at Wimbledon. Everyone wants to talk about the 31 pounds she lost to get there. Chalene's got thoughts on why that's the conversation instead of her game, and a stat about who GLP-1 companies are quietly targeting next that's going to make you raise an eyebrow. (Oh, and she's recording this one from the south of France, so don't mind the church bells.) Then there's Taylor and Travis, the wedding nobody can stop speculating about, the prenup, and the conspiracy theories that have apparently convinced more people than you'd think. Chalene's not buying it, but she's got opinions on why we all can't look away. There's also a book Chalene can't put down, the hormone therapy research nobody's talking about that could be the difference between life and death for women over 40, the real story on creatine dosing, and her usual rant, this time covering QR codes, gym hogs, and the people who text "we should talk" and vanish. Join Chalene on her private podcast
Questions for the people out there: Do you use QR codes? Is that a thing people do? Am I Unc for thinking they're kinda dumb? These are the important debates we get to the bottom of on The Josh Potter show. And if you want to contribute, don't be shy. We want your opinion. We want your crazy stories. And most of all, we want you to join our ever-growing legion of Roach Reporters. You know where to find us! JoshPotterShow@gmail.com This week's episode is brought to you by: Quince - Head to https://www.Quince.com/potter for free shipping and 365-day returns! ★★★ This week's Intro Music: “Josh Potter Show Beat” by Jax Marcayah Outro Music: “Live From The Roach Motel (feat. Hendawg)” by Brothers https://www.youtube.com/@HendawgMusic ★★★ See Josh Live! ALL STAND UP LINKS CAN BE FOUND HERE: https://beacons.ai/joshpotter ★★★ Josh Potter:
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