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Stop Letting Your Calendar Run Your Life | Design Your Week Like a CEOI used to think that being busy meant I was making progress. My days were packed with meetings, emails, phone calls, and endless to-do lists. I was constantly moving—but I wasn't actually building the business or life I wanted.Everything changed when I stopped asking, "What do I need to get done today?" and started asking, "What would the CEO of the business I'm building prioritize this week?"In this episode, I'm sharing one of the biggest mindset shifts that transformed how I lead my business. Your calendar isn't just where you schedule appointments—it's a reflection of your priorities, your leadership, and ultimately, your future.If you've ever felt overwhelmed, constantly reactive, or like there's never enough time, this conversation will help you stop chasing productivity and start designing your week with intention.Things I Cover:Why being busy doesn't always mean you're making progressThe hidden reason your calendar reveals your true prioritiesThe difference between reacting to your schedule and leading itThe five questions I ask every week to stay focused on growthHow to schedule revenue-generating activities firstWhy CEO Time is one of the most valuable appointments you'll ever makeThe importance of protecting your health, family, and personal life before filling your calendarThe biggest calendar mistakes entrepreneurs make (and how to avoid them)Why eliminating tasks is often more powerful than becoming more productiveA simple weekly habit that will completely change how you plan your business and your lifeYour future isn't created by your to-do list—it's built one calendar block at a time. If you want more freedom, more growth, and more impact, it starts with intentionally designing your week instead of letting it design you.---

HITM: We are joined by Dr. Leigh J. Mack, founder of the First Responders' Veterinary Network, to discuss how his organization integrates veterinary expertise into emergency management. Plus, Mongol Derby and WEG news and a SPAM email that covers it all. Listen in…Auditor Post Show: Glenn has a rant and some good news! HORSES IN THE MORNING Episode 4017– Show Notes and Links:Hosts: Jamie Jennings of Flyover Farm and Glenn the GeekJamie and Glenn's Amazon StoreCo-Host: Ashley Winch of Sleep Stories for EquestriansTitle Sponsor: Chewy EquinePic Credit: First Responders' Veterinary NetworkGuest: Leigh J. Mack, MD, FF, EMT, Executive Director - First Responders' Veterinary NetworkSponsor: Care CreditSponsor: Spalding Labs Fly Predators Coupon: HRN10 for 10% off your first order.Additional support for this podcast provided by: Equine Network and Listeners Like YouTime Stamps: 01:00 - Mongol Derby leader drama05:30 - WEG dressage format & standings08:20 - Opening ceremony highlights09:34 - Daily Winnies 10:40 - Ashley's riding confidence & mindset coach13:47 - Intro to Dr. Mac & FRVN17:20 - How vet response would work with 91121:14 - Scale of incidents (trailers, pets, livestock)22:06 - Equipment, training, and funding needs24:12 - How listeners and vets can get involved (frbn.org)27:27 - Spam email reading & comedy segment35:16 - Episode wrap & Aachen teaser / post-show tease

How can a boutique consultancy scale beyond founder-led growth without losing the culture that made it successful?Rob Ferrone is a product data and PLM strategy advisor who founded and led Quick Release, a specialist engineering consultancy focused on product data management and product data flow. In this episode, he explains how the firm grew through referrals before developing a structured, consultative approach to business development and expanding to more than 200 people across the UK, US, Europe and Australia.Rob discusses how technical consultants learned to contribute to sales by diagnosing customer issues, consequences and value rather than relying on conventional sales techniques. He also shares lessons from international expansion, including the importance of repeatable recruitment, cultural ambassadors, clear leadership responsibilities and greater employee autonomy. The conversation examines Quick Release's acquisition by ALTEN, the value of preparing for a sale before a buyer appears, and the operational foundations that can reduce acquisition risk. Rob also introduces his latest startup work, which uses AI to improve employee engagement, insight gathering and communication during transformation programmes.In This Episode You Will Learn:How to move beyond referrals and founder-led sellingWhy consultative sales methods work well for technical teamsHow regular practice improves pitches and objection handlingWhy recruitment and culture become critical during international growthHow clearer leadership responsibilities can reduce scaling frictionChapters:(00:00) Introduction(01:37) Quick Release Origin Story(02:55) From Referrals to Sales(05:12) Scaling Beyond Founders(07:03) Training Technical Sellers(08:39) Practice and Objections(12:03) Growing Pains at Scale(15:07) Culture Across Countries(16:22) Lessons and Mistakes(20:27) Selling to Alton(27:11) Final AdviceResources:Connect with Rob  on LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/robert-ferroneLearn more about Quick Release:https://quickrelease.co.uk/Send us Fan MailProf. Joe O'Mahoney helps boutique consultancies scale and exit. Follow Joe on LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/joeomahoney/Follow Joe on Twitter:https://twitter.com/joeomahoneyVisit Joe's Website:https://www.equitysherpa.com

[REBROADCAST FROM February 10, 2026] For over 20 years, truck driver Joe Macken worked to make a model of New York City, building by building, block by block. He finished in 2025, and after his kids encouraged him to post about the project online, Macken quickly went viral, garnering millions of views. The result of that publicity is a new exhibit open at the Museum of the City of New York, 'He Built This City: Joe Macken's Model,' which displays Macken's creation in full for the first time in New York City. Macken discusses his inspiration for the project alongside curator Elisabeth Sherman.  Photo by David Lurvey/MCNY: Joe Macken, New York City Model (detail), 2004–2025.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

"The ecological movement is the largest movement in human history, yet it is fragmented because it is using the "tools of the master" for coordination, resource sharing, and conflict resolution...While many technologists have created social networking technology, they have not succeeded in creating good coordination because social networking tools do not address enough of the primary coordination mechanics for scalable trust."  Grace Rachmany: Sideways Earth on GithubFriend of the podcast, Grace Rachmany is a mother, a tech industry trouble shooter, author of over a hundred white papers and co-author of the book, 'So you've got a DAO: Handbook for Distributed and Connected Leadership'. She's Executive Director of the Decentralized Identity Foundation and it's this that we're exploring today. It's long been established on this podcast that the old paradigm is not fit for purpose and is, in fact, in the process of disintegrating beneath our feet. We know we need to create communities of place, purpose and passion - but if we can do this, how do we find other communities to link with so we can:Scale from community to region. (based on shared action)Keep one another accountable for behaviors that reflect what we say our values are (people are also squishy when they say the word values). Scale behaviour change beyond a closed or Dunbar-number community to multiple communities. Scale actions and collaborations to regional levels without a hierarchical coordination structure. Coordinate actions and behaviors based on the commons we share, whether or not we share "values". This is the missing link that is often overlooked as we craft a way forward to a world that works, and I'm so glad someone with Grace's outstanding intellect and depth of heart is exploring this.  And that she's willing to come here and talk about it. So here we go: a wide, deep, full conversation on the missing link of scaleable trust.  Enjoy! LinksGrace's websiteGrace on LinkedInDecentralized Identify FoundationGrace on YouTube - co-creating the third attractor Sideways Earth Website Sideways Earth on Github Elinor Ostrom's 8 Principles for Governing a Commons —About Accidental Gods—We offer three strands all rooted in the same soil, drawing from the same river: Accidental Gods, Dreaming Awake and the Thrutopia Writing Masterclass Our next Open Gathering offered as part of our Accidental Gods Programme is 'BECOMING A GOOD ANCESTOR' which will run on Sunday 13th September 2026 from 16:00 - 20:00 GMT - details are here. You don't have to be a member of Accidental Gods to come along, but if you are, all Gatherings are half price.If you'd like to join us at Accidental Gods, this is the membership where we endeavour to help you to connect fully with the living web of life. If you'd like to train more deeply in the contemporary shamanic work at Dreaming Awake, you'll find us here. If you'd like to explore the recordings from our last Thrutopia Writing Masterclass, the details are hereManda and Louise both offer one-to-one Mentoring Calls.  Manda is writing a book just now, but if you'd like to contact Louise, details are here.

Send us Fan MailManufacturers are under increasing pressure to adopt AI, yet many find it difficult to distinguish practical opportunities from market hype. In this webinar, we explore what AI actually looks like within a manufacturing ERP environment and where it can deliver measurable business value. We address common misconceptions, including the belief that AI requires replacing an existing ERP system, investing in enterprise-scale budgets, or operating as a Tier 1 manufacturer. Instead, attendees will learn how AI can enhance their current ERP platform by leveraging existing operational data to improve decision-making, automate routine processes, and increase overall business efficiency.Video: https://www.elevatiq.com/events-and-webinars/ai-for-manufacturers-practical-erp-use-cases-without-a-costly-system-reset/Questions for Panelists?

HITM: We are joined by Dr. Leigh J. Mack, founder of the First Responders' Veterinary Network, to discuss how his organization integrates veterinary expertise into emergency management. Plus, Mongol Derby and WEG news and a SPAM email that covers it all. Listen in…Auditor Post Show: Glenn has a rant and some good news! HORSES IN THE MORNING Episode 4017– Show Notes and Links:Hosts: Jamie Jennings of Flyover Farm and Glenn the GeekJamie and Glenn's Amazon StoreCo-Host: Ashley Winch of Sleep Stories for EquestriansTitle Sponsor: Chewy EquinePic Credit: First Responders' Veterinary NetworkGuest: Leigh J. Mack, MD, FF, EMT, Executive Director - First Responders' Veterinary NetworkSponsor: Care CreditSponsor: Spalding Labs Fly Predators Coupon: HRN10 for 10% off your first order.Additional support for this podcast provided by: Equine Network and Listeners Like YouTime Stamps: 01:00 - Mongol Derby leader drama05:30 - WEG dressage format & standings08:20 - Opening ceremony highlights09:34 - Daily Winnies 10:40 - Ashley's riding confidence & mindset coach13:47 - Intro to Dr. Mac & FRVN17:20 - How vet response would work with 91121:14 - Scale of incidents (trailers, pets, livestock)22:06 - Equipment, training, and funding needs24:12 - How listeners and vets can get involved (frbn.org)27:27 - Spam email reading & comedy segment35:16 - Episode wrap & Aachen teaser / post-show tease

Why do so many companies struggle with cash flow at the exact moment they have their biggest opportunity in front of them? Today we're talking about the hidden financial challenges of growth, how businesses can prepare for larger opportunities, and why access to the right capital strategy can determine whether a company scales or stalls. Our guest today is Eric Rabinovich, Managing Director of X-Caliber GovCon Capital. Eric brings a rare perspective to this conversation, having worked as a government contractor, served as a federal contracting officer with the FDA, and now helping businesses access the capital they need to execute on major contracts. During the show we discuss: Why landing a major contract can create a cash-flow crisis even when it's one of the biggest growth opportunities for a business. How to bridge the award-to-payment gap when payroll, vendors, materials and other expenses have to be paid before the customer pays you. How contract-backed working capital works, including how lenders can evaluate unbilled obligated dollars to determine available capital. Why cash flow and profitability are two different conversations and why a profitable business can still run into serious financial trouble. Why waiting until you need capital can dramatically limit your options, and how proactive capital planning can put you in a stronger position. How to prepare your business for financing by maintaining accurate, reliable books and understanding your P&L and financial position. How to compare different financing options, including traditional bank lines of credit, invoice factoring, asset-based lending and contract-based working capital. How to choose capital based on your specific situation, rather than assuming one financing product is automatically the best option. Resources: https://x-calibercap.com/x-caliber-govcon-capital/

Twenty thousand dollars a month was my dream number. Then I got there, and I could not move past it for years.I'd have a good month, tip over, feel amazing, and then slide straight back down again. Working harder than I ever had. Keeping almost none of it. A business that looked great on paper and felt terrible on the inside.There are three things that break that ceiling. Two of them I've talked about on this podcast about a hundred times. The third one I've barely mentioned publicly, and it's the one that tripled my business and gave me my first seven-figure year.If you're flat out at a level that looks successful from the outside and refuses to budge no matter what you throw at it... this episode is for you.Why does the exact thing that got you to $20K months become the thing that caps you there? What are the three ways to build monthly recurring revenue, and which one actually suits your business (because it's probably not the one you're thinking of)? And why did one of our clients flat-out reject the perfect offer for her business before going away and building it anyway?I'm also announcing something at the end of this episode that I've been building quietly behind the scenes for months. You're hearing it first, and there are only twenty spots in the first round.

Send us Fan MailMost ERP initiatives struggle not because of technology limitations but because of misalignment among business stakeholders, IT, and software vendors. Organizations often move too quickly into product demonstrations without establishing structured requirements, assuming the software will naturally adapt to their processes. This webinar explores how a well-designed ERP request for proposal (RFP) serves as a strategic cost-control tool rather than a procurement formality. By creating clear requirements, reducing ambiguity, and establishing a shared framework for evaluation, a disciplined RFP process helps organizations avoid costly implementation mistakes and make more informed ERP investment decisions.Video: https://www.elevatiq.com/events-and-webinars/erp-rfp-how-to-save-30-on-erp-selection-costs/Questions for Panelists?

Northisle Copper and Gold's newly integrated mineral resource estimate adds 330 million tonnes of indicated material, a 36% increase, across the North Island Project's four deposits on northern Vancouver Island. CEO and President Sam Lee spoke to Mining Stock Daily. Lee attributed the growth primarily to a 405-million-tonne, 0.5% copper-equivalent high-grade zone identified near surface across the Northwest Expo, Red Dog, West Goodspeed and Hushamu deposits, which he said would be mined early in the project's roughly 29-year life to fund the balance of development.

In this episode, Leo Rodriguez of River Plate, Inc. breaks down the reality of modern warehouse management and 3PL fulfillment! Leo shares exactly how his family's Southern California logistics business evolved from local LTL freight shipping back in 1992 into a full-scale multi-channel fulfillment powerhouse handling everything from direct-to-consumer e-commerce to wholesale retail distribution. We get straight to the facts on why growing brands struggle with order processing, highlighting the absolute necessity of proper ERP and WMS system integrations before you ever ship a single pallet out the door. If you want to stop bleeding money on reverse logistics, avoid massive routing guide deductions from retail giants, and finally optimize your supply chain from top to bottom, you need to hear this episode!   About Leo Rodriguez Leo is the Vice President of River Plate, Inc., a Los Angeles–based logistics and fulfillment company. Since joining the organization, Leo has played a key role in expanding the company's capabilities across warehousing, distribution, and freight logistics. His leadership has helped position River Plate Inc. as a reliable partner for businesses navigating complex supply chain demands.   Connect with Leo Website: https://www.riverplateinc.com/  Email: lrodriguez@riverplateinc.com  Phone: (818) 718-1114  

In this episode, Christopher Hemmert shares his journey from traditional financial planning to founding the War Chest Principle, emphasizing the importance of principles, leverage, and serving others in wealth creation. Discover how he integrates biblical principles with business strategies to serve entrepreneurs and build sustainable wealth.   Professional Real Estate Investors - How we can help you: Investor Fuel Mastermind:  Learn more about the Investor Fuel Mastermind, including 100% deal financing, massive discounts from vendors and sponsors you're already using, our world class community of over 150 members, and SO much more here: http://www.investorfuel.com/apply   Investor Machine Marketing Partnership:  Are you looking for consistent, high quality lead generation? Investor Machine is America's #1 lead generation service professional investors. Investor Machine provides true 'white glove' support to help you build the perfect marketing plan, then we'll execute it for you…talking and working together on an ongoing basis to help you hit YOUR goals! Learn more here: http://www.investormachine.com   Coaching with Mike Hambright:  Interested in 1 on 1 coaching with Mike Hambright? Mike coaches entrepreneurs looking to level up, build coaching or service based businesses (Mike runs multiple 7 and 8 figure a year businesses), building a coaching program and more. Learn more here: https://investorfuel.com/coachingwithmike   Attend a Vacation/Mastermind Retreat with Mike Hambright: Interested in joining a "mini-mastermind" with Mike and his private clients on an upcoming "Retreat", either at locations like Cabo San Lucas, Napa, Park City ski trip, Yellowstone, or even at Mike's East Texas "Big H Ranch"? Learn more here: http://www.investorfuel.com/retreat   Property Insurance: Join the largest and most investor friendly property insurance provider in 2 minutes. Free to join, and insure all your flips and rentals within minutes! There is NO easier insurance provider on the planet (turn insurance on or off in 1 minute without talking to anyone!), and there's no 15-30% agent mark up through this platform!  Register here: https://myinvestorinsurance.com/   New Real Estate Investors - How we can work together: Investor Fuel Club (Coaching and Deal Partner Community): Looking to kickstart your real estate investing career? Join our one of a kind Coaching Community, Investor Fuel Club, where you'll get trained by some of the best real estate investors in America, and partner with them on deals! You don't need $ for deals…we'll partner with you and hold your hand along the way! Learn More here: http://www.investorfuel.com/club   —--------------------

In this episode, Dante shares his journey into real estate investing, focusing on relationship-driven lending, market opportunities in multifamily properties, and the importance of authenticity and relationship building in business success.   Professional Real Estate Investors - How we can help you: Investor Fuel Mastermind:  Learn more about the Investor Fuel Mastermind, including 100% deal financing, massive discounts from vendors and sponsors you're already using, our world class community of over 150 members, and SO much more here: http://www.investorfuel.com/apply   Investor Machine Marketing Partnership:  Are you looking for consistent, high quality lead generation? Investor Machine is America's #1 lead generation service professional investors. Investor Machine provides true 'white glove' support to help you build the perfect marketing plan, then we'll execute it for you…talking and working together on an ongoing basis to help you hit YOUR goals! Learn more here: http://www.investormachine.com   Coaching with Mike Hambright:  Interested in 1 on 1 coaching with Mike Hambright? Mike coaches entrepreneurs looking to level up, build coaching or service based businesses (Mike runs multiple 7 and 8 figure a year businesses), building a coaching program and more. Learn more here: https://investorfuel.com/coachingwithmike   Attend a Vacation/Mastermind Retreat with Mike Hambright: Interested in joining a "mini-mastermind" with Mike and his private clients on an upcoming "Retreat", either at locations like Cabo San Lucas, Napa, Park City ski trip, Yellowstone, or even at Mike's East Texas "Big H Ranch"? Learn more here: http://www.investorfuel.com/retreat   Property Insurance: Join the largest and most investor friendly property insurance provider in 2 minutes. Free to join, and insure all your flips and rentals within minutes! There is NO easier insurance provider on the planet (turn insurance on or off in 1 minute without talking to anyone!), and there's no 15-30% agent mark up through this platform!  Register here: https://myinvestorinsurance.com/   New Real Estate Investors - How we can work together: Investor Fuel Club (Coaching and Deal Partner Community): Looking to kickstart your real estate investing career? Join our one of a kind Coaching Community, Investor Fuel Club, where you'll get trained by some of the best real estate investors in America, and partner with them on deals! You don't need $ for deals…we'll partner with you and hold your hand along the way! Learn More here: http://www.investorfuel.com/club   —--------------------

The strategies that get your home service business to $3 million will not get you to $30 million.In this episode of Owned and Operated, John Wilson and Jack Carr break down why contractors stall at different stages of growth and how the owner's role has to evolve as the business gets bigger.They discuss escaping “hero mode,” building the right teams and systems, reinvesting in growth, and why the owner can ultimately become the biggest bottleneck in the business.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━In This Episode━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• Why the playbook that gets you to $3M stops working as you scale• Why contractors commonly stall between $3M and $10M• Getting the owner out of "hero mode" and building a real organization• Reinvesting profits versus pulling cash out of the business• The systems and positions you need as the company gets bigger• Why adding trades and locations too early can slow down growth━━━━━━━━━━━━━━Connect━━━━━━━━━━━━━━John Wilsonhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/johnbwilson1/Jack Carrhttps://x.com/thehvacjack Owned and Operatedhttps://www.ownedandoperated.com/━━━━━━━━━━━━━━Sponsors━━━━━━━━━━━━━━AvocaSee how Avoca helps home service companies book more jobs with AI that handles calls, texts, follow ups, and dispatching without adding more chaos. Book a demo: https://www.avoca.ai/partners/oao Service ScalersGet more high quality leads with marketing built for home service companies. Book a free strategy call with Service Scalers and see what's driving real jobs: https://os.servicescalers.com/go/oao_podcast/referral/podcastSend Us Mail!More Ways To Connect with O&OJohn's Podcast YouTube ChannelOwned and Operated Newsletter Bonus Videos From JohnLeave a ReviewJohn Wilson, CEO of Wilson CompaniesJack Carr, CEO of Rapid HVAC

Everyone has a list of 2026 breakout candidates. Almost nobody puts a number on how confident they actually are.Kendall Valenzuela and Peter Overzet take the most popular breakout names in fantasy football and rate each one from 1 to 10 on how likely they are to genuinely break out — with a strict definition: a breakout means you'll be drafting that player at least one full tier higher next season. And Pete is only allowed to give one player a 10 all episode.They work through Luther Burden, Emeka Egbuka, Tetairoa McMillan, Bhayshul Tuten, Jonathon Brooks, Parker Washington, Ladd McConkey, Josh Downs and Matthew Golden, then move to quarterback with Jaxson Dart and Bo Nix before closing on tight end with Kenyon Sadiq. Every player comes with Fantasy Life's projections and the second-half splits that show whether the leap already started last season.The scores get contentious. There are multiple players where Kendall and Pete are four full points apart, and at least one name where one of them is completely out on a consensus favorite. If you've been staring at a breakout list wondering which names are real, this puts a number on all of them. Topics in this video: 2026 fantasy football, fantasy football breakouts, breakout candidates, fantasy football sleepers, Luther Burden, Emeka Egbuka, Tetairoa McMillan, Bhayshul Tuten, Jonathon Brooks, Parker Washington, Ladd McConkey, Josh Downs, Matthew Golden, Jaxson Dart, Bo Nix, Kenyon Sadiq, fantasy football draft strategy, fantasy football rankings, target share, breakout wide receivers Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join the #1 real estate community for agents and investors: https://www.skool.com/offmarketmethod/about?ref=791b3644f63045c9a6d3d8634e57c1f1Want to SCALE your real estate business to $100k/month? Go here: https://easybuttonrealestate.com/leads?utm_source=YouTube%20%28Funnel%29&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=Social&utm_content=Direct&utm_term=PerpetualSummary:Just got back from a weekend in San Diego with a good chunk of our leadership team and about 15 investors and flippers from all over the country, and I've got to be honest, it left me thinking. We ran hot seats, did some presentations, and heard from guys on the East Coast, the Midwest, and the West Coast, so this wasn't just one market's problem. There was one theme that kept showing up over and over again, and it's not sexy, but it might be the single biggest reason some people are struggling right now while others aren't.In this episode, Tucker and I break down what we saw at the event, why houses are basically illiquid right now compared to a hot market, and the real difference between the investors who are stressed out chasing deals versus the ones sitting comfortably with options. We also get into where we think rates and the broader market are headed, why the AI hype might be a bigger bubble than people realize, and how that could actually end up being good news for real estate. If you're feeling the pressure to keep the machine running right now, this one's for you.Connect with Cole Ruud-JohnsonInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/coleruudjohnsonTwitter: https://twitter.com/coleruudjohnsonLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/coleruudjohnsonTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@coleruudjohnson

Body recomposition for women is one of the most underexplained concepts in all of fitness and the gap between "I know what a cut is" and "I know what recomposition is" has cost a lot of women a lot of wasted time on programs that were built for a completely different goal. Here is the thing. When most women say they want to tone up or lean out, what they are actually describing is recomposition. They just do not have a word for it. And that word — and the clear explanation of what it actually takes — has been missing from almost every conversation about women's bodies and training. Everyone talks about cutting and bulking. Nobody sits a woman down and says: there is a third option, it is probably the one you actually want, and here is exactly what it looks like. This episode is that conversation. What's Discussed: Why a stalled scale is not a plateau — and what it actually signals for a woman who is strength training and hitting her protein The simple definition of body recomposition: losing fat and building muscle at the same time, and why most women are already in the middle of it without knowing it The three options — cut, bulk, and recomposition — what each one actually does to your body and why the third one is the option diet culture never handed you The honest trade-off: why recomp is slower than a dedicated cut or bulk, why that is not a flaw, and why the metric everyone hands you (scale weight) does not align with the actual goal The biology of why recomposition works — muscle protein synthesis, fat mobilization, and why these two processes can run in parallel without a calorie surplus if the training stimulus and protein are where they need to be Who recomposition works best for — and the specific scenarios where a dedicated cut or bulk makes more sense instead The two non-negotiables: protein at 0.7–1 gram per pound of bodyweight and progressive overload — why both are required, and what happens to the whole process when either one is missing The four metrics that actually tell you recomposition is working — and why the scale is the least useful one of the bunch The five most common ways women accidentally sabotage their recomposition: chasing two goals with contradictory behaviors, undereating during the day and overeating at night, switching programs before the current one had time to work, treating lifting as a calorie-burning activity instead of a signal, and quitting in the window right before results actually show up What a real recomposition week looks like across all five variables: calories, protein, training, cardio, and recovery — made concrete How to find your starting point based on exactly where you are right now — and the single adjustment that changes more than any new program would Want to go deeper on everything covered in this episode, including the hormone piece? Our free Body Recomp Webinar covers it all. https://www.broads.app/body-recomp-webinar Ready to have progressive overload built in by design so recomposition actually happens instead of just being something you hope for? Apply for BroadsCOACH: https://www.broads.app/broadscoach Learn more about Broads: https://www.broads.app/ https://www.instagram.com/broads_coach/ Check out more from Tara LaFerrara: https://www.taralaferrara.com/ https://www.instagram.com/taralaferrara/ YouTube: @TaraLaferrara TikTok: @taralaferrara

What if the reason your customer experience strategy isn't working... is simply because nobody can remember it?The best processes in the world don't matter if your team can't recall them when a customer is standing right in front of them.In this episode, I'm diving into one of my favorite (and most overlooked) tools for creating consistent customer experiences: mnemonic devices. From "righty tighty, lefty loosey" to Starbucks' LATTE service recovery model, I'll share why simple frameworks stick—and how the world's best brands use them to help employees make better decisions under pressure.Then I'll walk you through my own five-step STICK framework so you can create memorable, actionable systems tailored to your business. Whether you're training new employees, improving service recovery, or looking for a way to make your customer experience more consistent, this episode will help you build processes your team will actually remember—and use.In this episode, you'll learn:Why most customer experience frameworks fail (even when they're good)How mnemonic devices make training more memorable and repeatableReal examples from brands like Starbucks, Apple, Marriott, and McDonald'sMy five-step STICK framework for creating your own memorable customer experience systemsHow to turn complicated processes into simple habits your team can execute with confidenceBecause if it doesn't stick... it doesn't scale.--------------------------------About Brittany Brittany Hodak is an award-winning entrepreneur, author, and customer experience speaker who helps businesses turn customers into superfans. She's delivered keynotes to hundreds of organizations around the world, including American Express, Benihana, and Keller Williams. Her trademark SUPER Model™ framework has empowered teams in every industry to transform customer apathy into advocacy. Enjoying the show? Subscribe, leave a rating and review, and share this episode with someone who wants to create more superfans.Subscribe to Brittany's biweekly newsletterFollow Brittany on LinkedIn and InstagramGrab a copy of Creating Superfans on Amazon

Keith explains why achieving scale rather than simply earning more is the key to long-term financial freedom and how income property uniquely delivers multiple forms of leverage.  He breaks down 25 years of inflation data to reveal which everyday costs have most outpaced wages and what that means for the real purchasing power of the dollar.  Keith also explains why markets like Memphis—combining strong cash flow fundamentals with a massive new AI infrastructure build-out—are positioned as compelling targets for long-term real estate investors. 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Search "how to leave an Apple Podcasts review"  For advertising inquiries, visit: GetRichEducation.com/ad Best Financial Education: GetRichEducation.com Get our wealth-building newsletter free— GREletter.com  Our YouTube Channel: www.youtube.com/c/GetRichEducation Follow us on Instagram: @getricheducation Complete episode transcript: Keith Weinhold  0:01   Welcome to GRE. I'm your host Keith Weinhold. When I talk to a 25-year-old, it's an epiphany. When I tell them that they need this one thing that they're lacking, then some fascinating takeaways about the 93% inflation we've experienced in the past 25 years, and what you can do about it today on Get Rich Education. What if I told you that one of America's strongest cash flow real estate markets is also becoming the new brains and brawn behind AI? That city is Memphis, believe it or not. In September 30th, we're going to show you why the smart money is paying attention now, along with an investing opportunity you won't want to miss. Join me, Terry Kerr and Matthew Van Horn of Mid South Homebuyers, the largest turnkey company in Memphis with more than 6000 homes under management, for a free live webinar the likes of which I've never done before. We're going to look at what billions in new investment could mean for jobs, housing demand, neighborhood appreciation, and your portfolio. Everyone who attends live will also get exclusive access to the best deal terms Mid South has ever offered. Reserve your free seat at getricheducation.com/midsouth again, that's September 30th. Don't say we didn't tell you. Save your spot at getricheducation.com/midsouth.   Speaker 1  1:33   You're listening to the show that has created more financial freedom than nearly any show in the world. This is Get Rich Education.   Keith Weinhold  1:49   Welcome to GRE from Livonia, Michigan, to Laconia, New Hampshire, and across 188 nations worldwide. You are listening to Get Rich Education. I'm your host, Keith Weinhold, heading up this slackjaw operation for another wealth-building week. But at least I'm just a slackjaw. If this slackjaw gets lockjaw, it would probably end the show. Now I've got to tell you, when I meet a 25-year-old, I soon tend to learn about their job because it takes a lot of their time, even if I don't ask them about it, and I find out that a 25-year-old is usually an employee of some sort. They're working for somebody else, depending on our conversational flow. I ask that person this question: Have you considered adding scale to your life? And they usually don't know what I mean. I ask that question because, sadly, today it's less common to live an economically vibrant life if you have a quote normal job like a teacher, engineer, retail manager, app developer, or other normal jobs like a firefighter, truck driver, physical therapist, or social media manager, that is not going to lead to an economically vibrant life with options and freedom. I mean, you used to be able to raise a family of four in New York City. That opportunity is just gone for anyone under a certain age. Well, what about say doctors, corporate executives, and attorneys, including some people that might be older than 25. I mean, professions like this can still pay exceptionally well. But even white-collar careers now have AI breathing down their necks. AI is drafting briefs, reading scans, and virtually attending meetings without pretending to enjoy them. Okay, well, what about the outcome for a 25-year-old that's gone along with the somewhat more nascent trend of rising AI sheltered trades like plumbing, electrical, HVAC, welding, carpentry, equipment repair, and these other types of jobs where ChatGPT can't crawl beneath your sink. Look, here's the thing: it doesn't matter whether you wear scrubs, a suit, or a tool belt. Employment has one stubborn limitation: even if you grind hard, even if your body holds up, even if promotions help you climb to the top of the corporate ladder, when you stop working, the income stops. That's the big problem, and yet people keep designing their life this way, employees lack scale. Now, what is scale? Scale is your ability to increase your wealth or income without increasing your personal time and effort at the same rate. Now, employees can find just a little scale. 401k contributions can compound for decades, sometimes with an employer match. Some employees receive stock compensation or bonuses, but employees generally sell one unit at a time. That unit is an hour. They're selling their hours for dollars, and here scale is limited, if not impossible. Real estate investors can stack several forms of scale simultaneously, and remarkably, doing it takes zero certification, zero qualification, no license, and no permission slip from the dean.   Keith Weinhold  6:05   The first way real estate investors have scale is through something that you already know so well: real estate pays five ways, leverage appreciation, 10 funded income, loan amortization, tax benefits on the entire asset, and inflation profiting on the bank's loan. Secondly, as a real estate investor, you have scale through operational leverage. Property managers, leasing agents, contractors, lenders, insurers, and software all allow just one investor, you, to control multiple properties. You don't personally collect every rent payment or replace every water heater. I mean, sheesh, that could be a plumbing career with less sleep. And this is all tenant funded. Thirdly, real estate investors have geographic leverage. An individual investor living in Los Angeles can own property in Atlanta, Tulsa, Cleveland, and Belize. Physical location does not limit where your capital works. Your body can only work in one city. Your capital can work the night shift in five. The fourth way real estate investors have scale is with replication. Once you learn how to buy and own one suitable rental, the process can be repeated. You buy, stabilize, finance, rent, and repeat. See, the first property is the hardest, and then your second property does not require learning an entirely new profession. It can be replicated. To review what you've learned so far, those are four dimensions where real estate investors achieve scale through real estate pays five ways: operational leverage, geographic leverage, and replication. Here's the important distinction: employees often mistake earning more with achieving scale.   Keith Weinhold  8:16   A surgeon making $900,000 a year earns a nice income, but see that surgeon has limited scale if the income stops when the surgeon stops working. But an investor earning just $150,000 from a portfolio possesses more scale because dozens of tenants, properties, loans, and operating systems continue functioning without your one-for-one labor. That's the distinction. That's why the $150K investor might or might not be living a better life than the 900K surgeon now, but they are set up to live a better life than the surgeon in the future. Now, your employer, the person who hires you, has scale with their many employees. But if you're an employee, you probably don't have scale. You cannot save your way to scale either. That's just stored labor. Savings become scalable only when you convert them into productive assets. Income is how much money comes in. Scale is how little your personal time needs to increase for more money to come in. You can work 20% more hours, but you cannot sustainably work 10 times more hours. Capital can be deployed across 10 assets without requiring 10 times more personal effort. And you know, once I realized this, at a certain point in my life, I was motivated to obtain loans for rental. This helped me scale and own more, replacing my active income with mostly passive income sooner. All right, so what should you do when you have this epiphany? It doesn't mean you should flip over the stupid copier machine as you storm out of work today and announce that you are now a real estate magnet. Not right away, at least employment that can be your launchpad, just like it was for me when I was a humble construction materials inspector for the state DOT. A job does provide you with some benefits like short-term advantages, seed capital, mortgage qualification.   Keith Weinhold  10:45   I'm talking about health insurance and some steady cash flow, and even some skills. But the mistake, whether you are aged 25 or 55, is allowing employment to remain the only economic engine for your entire life. Your job can fund your future, but having just one single linear income source that should not be your entire future. But you know, some people just stay on lazy cruise control at a slow speed and let their life unfurl that way. Others, you know, they merely haven't been exposed to thinking this way, and fortunately, now you have been. Really, the bottom line here is that labor won't scale; capital does scale; it compounds, and few, if any, investments offer more dimensions of scale than real estate. And you also get all kinds of other ancillary benefits by gradually tilting away from active income and toward passive income. Because increasingly, when it comes to taxes, you're going to pay lower capital gains tax rates instead of the higher ordinary income rates. The sooner you optimize this and get into as many properties as you can, you're also going to gain the ability to borrow against your assets tax-free, and so much more. Scale or fail-that's the lesson here, and most people fear change. It's why they stay stuck in relationships longer than they should, and why they stay stuck in jobs longer than they should. They keep settling for a B plus life. Don't settle for a B plus life. This is something that NYU professor Susie Welsh talks about: If you have a D life, oh, everything is lousy. You don't live where you want to live. You don't have reliable transportation. You don't have friends, and you're so very motivated to change that. If you have an A plus life, you've got it all. You get to do what you want to do, who you want to do it with, and you're tremendously incentivized to keep that. But having a B plus life like so many do, and being stuck in it, that is the most dangerous place to be. You could tread water for years and stay stuck in a life that you know you're not fully satisfied with, but it isn't so terrible that you feel compelled to change it. So the people that grow wealth know it means that sometimes you have to give up the good to have the great, and the K-shaped economic divergence that we've had in the past five years. This is really bringing things to a head, so get scale.   Keith Weinhold  13:43   Scale is the difference between grasping the financial abundance that's available to move you toward that A plus life, or staying on the treadmill, stuck and struggling. Two different people living a B plus life, you know, they have the same starting point, and making a plan is your difference maker. We help you with that here. If you're ready to add real estate scale to your financial life, drop a quick email to GRE Investment Coach Naresh for a complimentary strategy session at Naresh at getricheducation.com. You don't need any qualifications. It can take as little as a 20% down payment on a 200k to 400k rental property, and we have access so that you can buy directly from the builders and get a mortgage rate in the fives. And we are chasing the next hot thing here. Last week we discussed co-living on the show. We waited until that strategy was proven. I like strategies that have had some contact with reality. AI can compose a song, or summarize a meeting, or fabricate a photo of some. Wacky like Abraham Lincoln riding a dolphin, but it still cannot download an affordable bedroom, affordable housing. You're scaling into something sustainable that has a future and can't be easily disrupted by AI. Scale or fail. Stop settling for the B plus life. We can help right now at this moment. Drop a quick email to naresh@getricheducation.com. I should spell that out for you. It's n a r e s h@getricheducation.com.   Keith Weinhold  15:36   More straight ahead. I'm Keith Weinhold. You're listening to Get Rich education. What if you got your mortgage loans the same place I get mine? You sure can at Ridge Lending Group NMLS 42056. They provided GRE listeners with more loans than anyone because Ridge specializes in investment property. They'll help you build a long-term plan for growing your real estate empire with leverage. Start your prequal and even chat directly with President Caeli Ridge. While it's on your mind, start at ridgelendinggroup.com. That's ridgelendinggroup.com.   Keith Weinhold  16:13   Let me ask you something: If you've worked hard to build wealth, is your money positioned to actually support your goals? A lot of accredited investors leave capital sitting in cash because it feels safe, but inflation and missed income opportunities can quietly erode its value. Freedom Family Investments offers freedom notes for investors seeking structured income backed by real estate. It's a straightforward approach built on real assets, not speculation. In full disclosure: I'm an investor myself. What I like is that their team walks you through how it all works, so you can decide if it aligns with your portfolio and income goals. Every investment carries risk, and nothing is guaranteed. But with a track record of consistent, on-time investor payouts, they built real credibility. Go to freedomfamilyinvestments.com to book a clarity call, or text family to 66866. That's family to 66866.   Chris Martenson  17:17   This is Peak Prosperity's Chris Martenson. Listen to Get rich education with Keith Weinhold, and don't quit your daydream.   Keith Weinhold  17:33   Welcome back to Get Rich Education. I'm your host Keith Weinhold. Having residual income from real estate, it can make you more comfortable for sure, but for me, I like to primarily use it to buy back my time. I'll tell you how I just did this. It's a small thing, a small win. It is time for my car's annual routine maintenance. Boring. I really don't want to lose my time dropping it off at the dealership in the morning and then picking it up again. Those two boring round trips don't add anything to my life. But the dealership had the option of, for just 100 bucks, picking it up for me and dropping it off for me at the end of the day. Oh well, that is an opportunity for me to buy some time, so that's why I did that. Now, when it comes to flying, sometimes I fly coach and sometimes first class. I just booked a flight and I refused to pay six times as much for first class. It just wasn't really worth it this time because the experience isn't that much better, and it sure doesn't save me any time. I tend to do that if the price is just 3x more, so I'll pay to save time, but not always to borrow a wider seat for five hours. And you and I both make hundreds of time versus money decisions every day, most of them small.   Keith Weinhold  19:04   With the more residual income you have, you're gonna make better decisions where you can choose the time over the money. One thing's for sure: whatever we're doing with our money, and that is that our dollar does not go as far as it used to. Let's look at inflation during the first 25 years of this century. This is really interesting. We're going to see how the cost of goods and services has changed from 2000 to the end of 2025 on some select categories that you spend on, and then I've got some mind-bending takeaways for you once I describe this chart, and this is the same chart that I sent to you last Thursday. If you are one of my newsletter readers, but I can open up and talk about it more here than I can in the newsletter because I keep that short. Overall inflation is about. 93% during this time period. 93% over these 25 years. Now, here are the items that rose less than that much, meaning that they became then more affordable over this span. What fell the most is the price of televisions down more than 90% in the first 25 years of this century? Toys down 74% Computer software down 73% Cell phones down 44% By the way, this all uses the government's CPI inflation rate, clothing up just one and a half percent, and even though it's up, that's still more affordable because it's up less than the overall 93% CPI inflation rate over this span. Household furnishings up 21% and finally new cars up 26% So all those items became more affordable because they rose less than the general rate of inflation. All right, moving on up. Now we're going to go above the line. Items above the 93% overall inflation rate, food and beverages were up 106% housing up 111% average hourly wages up 131% All right, let's pause. Yes, wages then outpacing 93% inflation. but of course, since that 93% uses the government CPI, well, that's pretty understated. Probably, you know, the true dispersing power of the dollar is probably more than 93% So it's debatable about whether there are real wage gains from 2000 to the end of 2025, medical care services up 147% Next in the category that has become less affordable is childcare, up 159% And as I'm naming these, there are some common threads here where I think you're going to have a few epiphanies when I point them out. College textbooks up 177%. Sheesh, what a scam! College tuition and fees up 197%, and finally the major category that became less affordable here at the top is the worst of all: hospital services. They have soared the most, up over 281% All right, there they are.   Keith Weinhold  22:57   And what takeaways do we have here? The items that became less affordable tend to be where the government either provides subsidies or they heavily regulate and mandate the product or service, like education, child care, and medical care. The categories that have become more affordable-that's where there is little or minimal government intervention, like clothing and technology. The lesson is that free market competition kept prices low, and some of these categories that became more affordable-you know-they would have become even more affordable than that if it weren't for profligate dollar printing, sadly, the items that have become less affordable-and this could really upset you-the items whose price increases exceed the overall rate of inflation, like medical care and housing, these are life's necessities. They are not once the stuff you need most got harder to obtain, healthcare is the ultimate example of this. It's sad to say, but you'll either pay the fee or you'll die, and the price reflects this. With hospital services up 281% outpacing the overall rate of inflation by about 3x. Also, items that have become more affordable, they are then generally the more discretionary purchases like furnishings, toys, and televisions. You can live without that stuff. Items that have become less affordable. They also tend to be more in-sourced activity, while those more affordable are outsourced, like to China. If you've noticed the trend, then anything involving people in the United States will be expensive, like child. Care and medical care. It involves people in the United States, and then it just gets more and more expensive. And this is also why service prices increase more and goods prices increase less. People are expensive.   Keith Weinhold  25:18   Microchips don't ask for dental insurance, and microchips don't file sexual harassment lawsuits. Overall, inflation was just 2.66% per year during this time period. But when it's compounded for this long, that's how it got to 93% cumulatively. But of course, inflation is higher than this 2.66 rate here in the late 2020s, and inflation is poised to rise even more than the level that it's at now. The war in Iran has pushed up energy prices 24% and these costs seep into almost everything, all right. But you're probably aware of this already, so I'm not going to discuss it much more because I discussed that before, like on episode 606, nearly two months ago when I called it our most important message in years, all right. But few seem to understand that this is just one part of a new inflation triple whammy. First, you've got spiking energy prices, like I mentioned. Second, more U.S. tariffs, and third, you've got mushrooming AI spending, and as a result of all this, this new inflation triple whammy that most people aren't aware of, this has pushed up bond yields to their highest point since 2007, and pressure is mounting for the Fed to jack up rates. Mortgage rates are soaring right along with them, and they are now near 7% Could mortgage rates reach 8% This is a real question now. The bottom line here is that inflation made the dollar lose nearly half its purchasing power in the first quarter century. Real asset owners will win, especially leveraged income property owners. This raises the property's replacement costs, spikes rents, and erodes your mortgage's real burden. Nearly everyone else is going to lose, and I don't want to lose a learning moment for you here. Bond yields-they are closely tied to what future mortgage rates are going to be. It's not about what the Fed does, and this is not as esoteric as some people think. This correlation between inflation, bond yields, and mortgage rates. Bonds pay a fixed interest rate long term.   Keith Weinhold  28:01   For example, the 10-year Treasury bond right now pays about 4.7% each year for the next 10 years. That's what that means. Now, would you lock in your investment for 10 years in order to get a 4.7% return? Well, if you were a conservative investor, maybe you would if you knew that inflation was only going to be 2% because then you'd be making about a 2.7% real return on your investment each year risk free. But if you expect inflation was going to be 5% over the next 10 years, oh well, then locking in a return of 4.7% means that you would lose real purchasing power every year. Investors don't want to lose money, so if investors expect that inflation is going to be higher, they will only buy bonds if they're paying higher amounts. And the bond market is telling us that as of today, investors expect at least 4.7% inflation over the next 10 years. If things change and they expect inflation to be higher than that, well, then bond yields will go up. If they expect inflation to decrease, for example, from a recession, bond yields will go down. So therefore, Treasury bonds are a true representation of investor inflation expectations and the movement of that bond yield-that is the number one factor that moves mortgage rates in that same direction. There's your explanation. That wasn't so hard. The market does not believe we're going to escape the Middle East war without substantial inflation or energy supply chain issues. That's what that means. Now, what else is going on in this era is the continuation of a reduction in the volume. Of housing transactions, fewer deals are happening. It had its recent peak of 6 million existing homes changing hands back in 2021. In 2022, it was 5 million, and it's been about 4 million transactions every year since. Now, as far as investor activity, just looking at that, for big investors, activity that's been sideways to a little down these past few years. But let's look at ourselves for smaller investors, mom and pop types, defined as those doing 10 or fewer deals per year, which probably includes you. You know, each of the past three years, activity has been up for smaller investors like you. You have gradually been purchasing more property, and this is as reported by realtor.com. Okay, what are the reasons for this?   Keith Weinhold  30:55   Well, back during the pandemic, you had to compete with owner-occupied buyers, that's when open house lines stretch down the block, and today there are fewer bidders in the room, and small investors are buying because builders are buying down your mortgage rate for you. That's another reason, and the source analysis it found that investors are sticking to affordable Midwest and Sun Belt markets that have strong rental demand. In fact, they're buying at least one out of every five homes in Memphis, Kansas City, St. Louis, Birmingham, and Oklahoma City. Real estate providers know that some prospective owner-occupant homeowners and even some investors-they won't buy anything at today's market mortgage rates, even though you and I know that these rates are historically normal. But providers-they need to stay in business. They need to keep turning things over. They need to sell property. They need to keep their people busy. They're not running museums here, so they're making sure that mortgage rate buydowns happen. And one of the most lucrative sources that I know about for investors is Mid South Homebuyers because they have investment property where the numbers work in Tennessee, Arkansas, and Texas with mortgage rates in the fives and a conventional loan with 25% down. A lot of their income properties cost under 200k, and these are quality homes in decent neighborhoods. I've physically walked inside many of them myself, not by drone, not with a virtual tour, not by AI, and not through some glossy brochure with suspiciously perfect lighting. The reason I'm telling you about this now is that this mortgage rate is one part of their limited triple five program. Here's what else we get as investors: a mortgage rate near 5% like I mentioned, and a 5% property management fee for five years. Though leverage has its benefits, if you decide to pay all cash instead, they provide you with the 5% property management for life, even if you finance later. I think they call that their forever five. Frankly, it's just amazing how many investors rave about the quality of their rehabs and say that their property management never seems to mess up in this industry. I mean, that is about as common as a calm political debate, or perhaps an airline actually improving legroom, and I have helped recommend Mid Health Homebuyers to our listeners for over 11 years. I know some followers that have looked at their available properties and scooped up three properties on one phone call. In fact, where they're based and have a lot of their available properties, Memphis. You know, Memphis has a story where I don't know if any other market in America can tell it right now. Do you know what's happening? Memphis is developing into having both the new brains and the brawn behind AI, and you got more smart money moving there now. Memphis is now home to the world's largest AI supercomputer. It's XAI's Colossus. It's now part of SpaceX. It's the biggest single-site AI facility on the entire planet. Anthropic is paying over a billion dollars a month to run Claude on it. Google just signed a deal worth up to 30 billion starting october 1, and I look forward to announcing that I have got a live event that I am co-hosting for you the day before this happens on september 30.   Keith Weinhold  34:56   So yes, that's the night before Google's money starts flowing. Into Memphis in one year, XAI became the second largest taxpayer in Memphis after FedEx, and the city has committed 25% of the property tax revenue from those sites to infrastructure in the surrounding neighborhoods. And when you add in FedEx, because Memphis already moves more physical goods than anywhere else in the country, you can see how Memphis is increasingly becoming the brains of the digital economy, while it's already been the brawn of the physical one. In every other market, you know they showcase things like their population growth and the rent-to-price ratios, and those attributes certainly matter, but now the fact that perhaps the biggest infrastructure story in America is happening in the most affordable major cash flow market—I mean, this is something that almost nobody has connected the dots on. So join me and my two co-hosts that lead Mid South Home Buyers.   Keith Weinhold  36:01   We're going to discuss market fundamentals, the AI build out, what it means for jobs, rent in neighborhoods over the next decade, and then a heavy live Q and A on Mid South. You're invited to join me. This is happening again on Wednesday, September 30th. It's at 8p.m. Eastern. Yes, you will have me live. Sign up at getricheducation.com/midsouth. It's a special event as Memphis is positioning to become both the brawn and brains of AI and a property provider that already makes a lot of sense for investors. Save your spot at getricheducation.com/midsouth. Until next week, I'm your host Keith Weinhold. Don't quit your daydream.   Speaker 2  36:54   Nothing on this show should be considered specific, personal, or professional advice. Please consult an appropriate tax, legal, real estate, financial, or business professional for individualized advice. Opinions of guests are their own. Information is not guaranteed. All investment strategies have the potential for profit or loss. The host is operating on behalf of Get Rich Education LLC exclusively.    Keith Weinhold  37:22   The pre- program was brought to you by your home for wealth building, getricheducation.com

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His expertise goes deep into what really drives sustainable growth:money, systems, and people.Highlight Bullets> Here's a glimpse of what you would learn…. Challenges of unfair competition from foreign sellers on Amazon, particularly in the supplement category.The importance of regulatory compliance for foreign sellers using U.S. infrastructure.Strategies for increasing Amazon advertising spend while maintaining profitability.Measuring customer lifetime value (LTV) and optimizing customer acquisition costs (CAC) on Amazon.Driving external traffic to Amazon product pages through targeted advertising on social media platforms.The significance of building a legitimate brand versus relying on short-term marketing hacks.Navigating Amazon's fee increases and the impact of a strong brand on pricing strategies.The role of AI in e-commerce, including its applications in data analysis and task automation.The importance of financial discipline and risk management in e-commerce operations.Key action items for e-commerce sellers, including advocacy for marketplace fairness and focusing on core business fundamentals.In this episode of the Ecomm Breakthrough Podcast, host Josh Hadley speaks with Shinghi Detlefsen, Amazon expert and founder of the American E-commerce Business Alliance. Shinghi discusses the regulatory disadvantages U.S. sellers face against foreign competitors, explains his data-driven approach to maximizing Amazon ad spend using customer lifetime value metrics, and emphasizes building authentic brands over chasing short-term tactics. The conversation also covers AI's practical role in e-commerce, financial discipline, and the importance of staying focused on core business fundamentals rather than distractions.Here are the 3 action items that Josh identified from this episode:Scale ads based on profit, not fear Track CAC vs. 12-month profit (LTV)—if it's profitable, increase ad spend (even +50%) to capture more customers and defend your rankings.Build a real brand (your only long-term moat) Invest in product quality, content, and trust-building (reviews, influencers, external traffic) so you can charge premium prices and stay resilient.Use AI to save time, not replace strategy Automate admin and data analysis, but keep human control over ads, creatives, and growth decisions where nuance matters most.Timestamps:00:00:00 Introduction and Setting the StagePodcast intro, host and guest introductions, and overview of the episode's focus on e-commerce scaling and Amazon.00:02:38 The ABA and Regulatory Disadvantages for US SellersShinghi explains the American E-commerce Business Alliance and the regulatory/tax advantages foreign sellers have on Amazon.00:07:06 How to Get Involved with ABA and the Bigger PictureDiscussion on actionable steps for US sellers to support ABA and why regulatory change matters more than minor Amazon policy changes.00:08:18 The Consequences of Losing US Brands and ManufacturingExplains the broader economic risks if US brands and manufacturing are lost to foreign competitors.00:10:04 Doubling Amazon Ad Spend ProfitablyShinghi shares how he doubled Amazon ad spend without losing profitability, counter to common industry trends.00:11:19 Why Amazon Remains the Best ChannelDiscussion on consumer shopping behavior and why Amazon is still the dominant platform for most buyers.00:12:37 Optimizing Ad Spend with Customer AnalyticsExplains using data to determine optimal ad spend, focusing on maximizing 12-month contribution profit per customer.00:15:32 Customer Lifetime Value and Profitability MetricsHow to track and use LTV and lifetime profit on Amazon, and why these metrics matter more than ACoS/TACoS.00:17:23 External Traffic and Meta Ads Direct to AmazonStrategy of sending Meta (Facebook/Instagram) ad traffic directly to Amazon product pages for better results.00:19:18 Brand Building vs. Short-Term HacksWhy building a real brand with solid fundamentals outperforms chasing short-term hacks or black-hat tactics.00:20:14 Mindset Shift: From Transactional to Lifetime ValueEncourages Amazon sellers to focus on CAC:LTV ratios and long-term customer value, not just single-sale profits.00:22:48 Education and Data-Driven Decision MakingImportance of learning business fundamentals and using customer analytics to drive growth.00:24:25 Amazon Fee Increases and the Real Root ProblemWhy blaming Amazon for fee increases misses the point; the real issue is regulatory imbalance with foreign sellers.00:28:43 Brand Power and Pricing FlexibilityHow having a strong brand allows for price increases and resilience against Amazon's changing policies.00:29:40 AI in E-commerce: Hype vs. RealityDiscussion on the current state of AI in e-commerce, what's real, what's hype, and where to focus your time.00:30:07 Build vs. Buy: SaaS, AI Tools, and Time ValuePros and cons of building your own tools with AI vs. paying for SaaS; focus on time value and maintenance.00:33:51 Where AI Delivers the Most ValueAI's best use is interpreting large data sets, not replacing complex SaaS or business processes.00:35:27 Avoiding FOMO and Focusing on High-Value TasksAdvice to avoid distraction from shiny new tools and focus on automating admin tasks to free up time for growth.00:39:01 SaaS Innovation and Staying AheadWhy SaaS companies will quickly catch up to DIY solutions, and the importance of focusing on your core business.00:40:07 Final Thoughts: Build a Brand and Give BackEncouragement to build a real brand, take care of customers, and use success to contribute positively to the world.00:40:39 Three Action Items for E-commerce SuccessHost summarizes three key takeaways: fight for a fair marketplace, build a real brand, and avoid distractions.00:44:40 The Myth of Constant Product LaunchesChallenges the idea that always launching new products is the best growth strategy; focus on bestsellers and distribution.00:46:39 Risk Management and Financial AdviceAdvice on managing risk by investing conservatively outside the business and building a financial safety net.00:48:03 The Value of Financial Security for Better DecisionsHow having a financial cushion leads to better business decisions and peace of mind.00:48:42 Rapid-Fire Questions: Book, AI Tool, and E-comm LeaderShinghi shares his favorite business principle, AI tool (Claude), and recommends following Logan from Physician's Choice.00:50:10 Outro and Contact InformationHow to follow Shinghi, closing remarks, and end of the episode.Resources mentioned in this episode:Josh Hadley on LinkedIneComm Breakthrough ConsultingeComm Breakthrough PodcastEmail Josh Hadley: Josh@eCom...

Reverse dieting gets sold as a slow, safe way to “fix” your metabolism after fat loss, but the evidence and the real-world experience rarely match the promise. Reverse dieting came out of coaching, not research. Add 50 calories a week, bring your metabolism back up, stay lean while you do it. We break down why most people cannot execute it, why it often delays recovery, and how to transition out of a cut with faster metabolic and hormonal rebound while keeping your head straight about the scale. If you're coming out of a fat loss phase (or years of dieting) and want metabolism recovery in days instead of months, hit play!Try MacroFactor with code WITSANDWEIGHTS for an extended free trial, the food logging app that calculates your expenditure dynamically so you know your maintenance calories the week your cut ends.You'll learn:Where reverse dieting came from and why it sounds so reasonable Why adherence collapses even in disciplined physique competitors What the limited research shows on reverse dieting vs. maintenance vs. “eat normally” What the Minnesota Starvation Experiment reveals about delayed rebound Why staying in a deficit slows metabolic rate and hormone recovery A practical post-cut planThe scale math behind rapid post-diet weight gain (and why it's rarely body fat)Timestamps:0:00 - The reverse dieting promise 4:33 - Where reverse dieting came from 7:42 - Problem 1, can you even do this? 10:20 - The one randomized trial we have 13:15 - Finding your real maintenance calories 16:26 - What happened when compliance was guaranteed 19:55 - What your metabolic rate responds to 20:58 - What happened to the women's cycles 22:31 - Who this research applies to 25:33 - 5 steps for the week your cut ends 32:23 - Scale math after a cutEpisode Resources:Why Your Body Fights Fat Loss (The Truth About Setpoint Theory)

Most vendors at Black Hat USA 2026 have something to say about agentic AI. Jeremy Powell, CISO at Sumo Logic, spends this conversation on the harder proof, which is what happens when a company runs its own product in production at scale. Sumo Logic has been doing that for roughly ten to eleven months. Powell calls it customer zero, and it shapes how he answers almost every question here. The Sumo Logic SecOps team ingests seven exabytes a day globally, which Powell puts at roughly half a billion 8K movies. Against that volume, the team reports 100 percent first level triage handled through automation and about 25 hours saved per analyst per week. Everything learned in production feeds back into the product organization in real time. Security tooling is notoriously hard to use, especially in the enterprise, and Powell is candid that the realization drove a concerted engineering and product effort to fix it. One result showed up at Black Hat this week in the evolved version of Mobot, the conversational interface inside the product. Users can now prompt their way into an investigation, see the audit trail behind it, and get to an answer without configuring their way there first. So how do you trust a decision an agent made? Powell points to an audit trail and a log trail behind every decision the SOC Analyst Agent produces, traceable back through every conceivable log to the root decision. He describes it as human on the loop rather than in the loop. People keep the decisions. Execution and delivery get automated. That changes the shape of the job. Powell describes the SOC becoming something closer to an agile QA organization, where analysts assess the fidelity of what the agent did instead of grinding through first level alerts. On the question of whether automation costs analysts their jobs, he uses a phrase he borrowed from someone else: pay attention to the tension. His answer is that the work gets better and more interesting and the analysts get more capable. The same logic carries up to the board. Powell argues a security leader's job at the executive level is to measure risk transparently and report it accurately, and that boards will build a trend line out of three data points. Telemetry becomes the raw material for informed risk decisions communicated in an executive-friendly way, with the full reasoning available on request. As he puts it, the auditor cares, and the board cares if you fail the audit. This is a Brand Spotlight. A Brand Spotlight is a ~15 minute conversation designed to explore the guest, their company, and what makes their approach unique. Learn more: https://www.studioc60.com/creation#spotlight GUEST Jeremy Powell, CISO, Sumo Logic LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/executivembajeremypowell/ RESOURCES Sumo Logic: https://www.sumologic.com/ Sumo Logic at Black Hat USA: https://www.sumologic.com/events/black-hat Dojo AI agentic security and cloud operations: https://www.sumologic.com/blog/dojo-ai-agentic-security-cloud-operations Building an AI-first SOC, the customer zero story: https://www.sumologic.com/blog/building-ai-first-soc-customer-zero See Mobot in action: https://youtu.be/ZZLXaft7tYM View all of our Black Hat USA 2026 coverage: https://www.itspmagazine.com/black-hat-usa-2026-cybersecurity-event-coverage-in-las-vegas Are you interested in telling your story? ▶︎ Full Length Brand Story: https://www.studioc60.com/content-creation#full ▶︎ Brand Spotlight Story: https://www.studioc60.com/content-creation#spotlight ▶︎ Brand Highlight Story: https://www.studioc60.com/content-creation#highlight ▶︎ Get your own Brand Briefing at an upcoming event: https://www.studioc60.com/buy-brand-briefings KEYWORDS Jeremy Powell, Sumo Logic, Sean Martin, brand story, brand marketing, marketing podcast, brand spotlight, Black Hat USA 2026, agentic AI, SOC analyst agent, security operations center, human on the loop, first level triage, security automation, telemetry, exabyte scale, customer zero, Mobot, conversational interface, CISO, board reporting, risk communication, SIEM, AI governance Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Why do so many founder-led companies hit a growth ceiling... even when they have a great product? In this episode of Sales Lead Dog, Christopher Smith sits down with Adam Rojas, Founder and Managing Partner of Bellmoore Consulting, to discuss how growth-stage businesses can build scalable sales systems, improve revenue operations, and move beyond founder-dependent selling. Adam shares practical lessons from more than 25 years in enterprise sales leadership, explaining why predictable growth comes from building the right sales process, qualifying opportunities early, using CRM strategically, and leveraging AI to help teams work smarter instead of harder. If you're a founder, sales leader, revenue executive, or business owner looking to build a repeatable go-to-market strategy, this episode is packed with practical advice you can apply immediately. What You'll Learn • How to build a predictable revenue operating system • The biggest mistakes businesses make with CRM • Why most companies suffer from a "leaky sales bucket" • The KPIs every growing business should measure • Why sales is still built on human relationships About Adam Rojas Adam Rojas is the Founder and Managing Partner of Bellmoore Consulting, a fractional commercial and revenue leadership firm that helps founder-led technology and tech-enabled services companies build predictable, scalable revenue engines. Adam specializes in helping growth-stage businesses in the $2M to $15M revenue range create the commercial infrastructure needed to scale, including revenue strategy, sales process, pipeline management, leadership coaching, and go-to-market execution. Before founding Bellmoore Consulting, Adam spent more than 25 years leading enterprise sales organizations, beginning his career in telecommunications with BellSouth before moving into leadership roles at AT&T after its acquisition. Throughout his career, he has worked with organizations ranging from small businesses to Fortune 100 companies, helping teams modernize their sales strategies, improve CRM adoption, and build sustainable revenue growth. Today, Adam partners with founders who have outgrown founder-led selling and need experienced commercial leadership without making a premature Chief Revenue Officer hire. His work focuses on transforming inconsistent sales into repeatable systems that support long-term growth. Connect with Adam Rojas LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamrojas/ Bellmoore Consulting https://www.bellmooreconsulting.com/ About Sales Lead Dog Sales Lead Dog is hosted by Christopher Smith, CRM technology and sales process expert, and founder of Empellor CRM. Each episode features sales leaders who have separated themselves from the rest of the pack, sharing how they achieve success with their teams and their CRM strategy. Unless you are the lead dog, the view never changes. Connect and Learn More All episodes and show notes: https://empellorcrm.com/salesleaddog/ If this episode brought you value

In this episode, Unity Stoakes talks with Kimmi Grewal, Vice President of AI Ecosystem Partnerships at Microsoft, about what it actually takes for health innovators to turn AI potential into products, partnerships, and scale. Grewal – who has served on...

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What if breaking the seven figure ceiling has less to do with working harder and more to do with completely changing how your practice grows? Many clinic owners hit a point where more patients, longer hours, and more personal effort simply create more exhaustion. In this episode, Dr. Lauryn sits down with Allison Maslan to explore what actually has to change when your own capacity becomes the bottleneck.They unpack scalable business models that can help practice owners grow without trading more time for money, including building a team of providers, creating recurring revenue, and acquiring other practices. Allison also explains why owners often wait too long to hire support, how to develop employees into strategic thinkers instead of task takers, why creativity matters in scaling, and how mindset and leadership must evolve alongside your business.Key TakeawaysScaling requires leverage, not simply more volume. If your growth plan is based entirely on seeing more patients yourself, your personal capacity eventually becomes the ceiling of the business.Build a team that multiplies the business. Hiring support earlier, empowering employees to think strategically, and developing other providers allows the practice to grow beyond what the owner can personally produce.Look beyond the traditional chiropractic business model. Memberships, recurring revenue, ancillary services, multiple locations, and practice acquisitions can create new paths to growth without requiring the owner to work more hours.Your leadership and mindset must scale too. Breaking through a revenue plateau requires strategic execution, bigger thinking, creativity, delegation, and a willingness to stop controlling every part of the business yourself.Guest BioAllison Maslan is a Wall Street Journal bestselling author, CEO of Pinnacle Global Network, and business scaling mentor who has built ten successful companies over more than four decades. Through Pinnacle Global Network, she works with CEOs and leadership teams to break through growth plateaus and build companies that can thrive without depending entirely on their founders. She is the author of Scale or Fail and creator of the SCALEit Method, which combines strategic planning, leadership, team development, marketing, sales, cash flow, and mindset to help entrepreneurs multiply their growth, impact, and freedom.Learn more about Allison, Pinnacle Global Network, and how to work with her and her team by visiting their website.Follow Allison on InstagramGet your free copy of Scale Or Fail, Allison's best selling book, by visiting here. Resources:Find all things Dr. Lauryn B including ways to work with herFollow Dr. Lauryn: Instagram | Facebook | LinkedInFollow She Slays on YouTubeMentioned in this episode:Clinic MindClinic Mind is the all-in-one EHR and practice management platform built for chiropractors — billing, documentation, scheduling, and patient follow-up in one place, whether you run a cash practice, take insurance, or are scaling to multiple locations. She Slays the Day listeners get an exclusive offer.Clinic MindINSiGHT CLAThis episode is brought to you by the INSiGHT scanning system from CLA, the tool that helps chiropractors show patients objective neurological data so the value of care becomes clear, fueling conversion, retention, and growth. She Slays listeners get preferred pricing, affordable financing, and a free Getting Into Scanning guide.CLA (Current)Holistic Marketing HubThis episode is sponsored by Holistic Marketing Hub. Created by marketing strategist Molly Cahill, it's a proven Instagram system with a 500+ caption content library and a step-by-step curriculum that's helped 400+ chiropractors, acupuncturists, and other health pros fill their practices with right-fit patients. Enroll Now!Holistic Marketing Hub

I just told the internet I'm adding an extra million dollars to my business in the next twelve months. Then I felt slightly sick about it.Here's what didn't fit in the Instagram post: the reason behind the number, the three rules I've put around it, and the seven years of backstory that made me finally decide to do it.Because my business has done seven figures every single year since 2019, within about fifteen percent either way. Through a newborn. Through two years of lockdowns and homeschooling. Through a year where I couldn't use my right arm. And for almost all of that time, I've been running it on cruise control on purpose.If you've built something that genuinely works, and you're now sitting there wondering why every attempt to make it bigger seems to want more of you... this episode is for you.What made me rebuild my entire business in 2019 around a child who hadn't been born yet? Why is doing this inside school hours the hardest part, not the million dollars? And what's the actual difference between a business that survives without you and one that grows without you?This is episode one of Scale Like A Girl, a pop-up mini-series with multiple episodes a week. Next up: the $20K a month slump, why it's a ceiling and not a milestone, and the $500 offer that finally got me out of it. Make sure you're subscribed so you don't miss it.

More offers do not always create more profit. Sometimes, they create more complexity, more overhead, and more problems. In this episode of The Level Up Podcast, Paul Alex breaks down why simplifying your products and services can improve execution, strengthen margins, and make your business easier to scale. Every custom offer creates additional management, training, resources, and fulfillment demands. The more complicated the business becomes, the harder it is for your team to deliver consistently. In this episode, you'll learn: • Why complexity quietly destroys profitability• How custom services create unnecessary operational pressure• Why focusing on your most profitable offer can improve margins• How specialization and repeatable systems increase efficiency The truth is simple: You do not always need more products. You need more focus. Audit what is actually generating profit. Cut the offers creating unnecessary complexity. Master the core service your customers value most. When you simplify the machine, your team can execute faster, deliver better results, and build a more profitable business. Your Network is your NETWORTH! Make sure to add me on all SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS: Instagram: https://jo.my/paulalex2024Facebook: https://jo.my/fbpaulalex2024YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGhDAD1JyGGzSQUPD9lc9HQLinkedIn: https://jo.my/inpaulalex2024 Looking for a secondary source of income or want to become an entrepreneur? Check out one of my companies below to see if we can help you: www.CashSwipe.com FREE Copy of my book “Blue to Digital Gold - The New American Dream”www.officialPaulAlex.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today on The Gist, guest host Vanessa Quirk steps in to share Mike Pesca's 2024 interview with Kelsey Snelling, creator of the investigative podcast Camp Shame. Snelling outlines the history of Camp Shane (one of America's longest running youth weight loss retreats) and details her own experiences as a counselor witnessing neglected facilities, untrained staff, and severe calorie restriction. The conversation turns contentious as Mike pushes back on the broader tenets of the fat acceptance movement, arguing that society can reject cruelty and fatphobia without dismissing the medical realities of severe obesity or the validity of weight loss goals. Stop online threats before they become real-world attacks. Visit ironwall.com/GIST and request a free Risk Assessment to see exactly how exposed your executives are. Produced by Corey Wara Video and Social Media by Geoff Craig Do you have questions or comments, or just want to say hello? Email us at ⁠⁠⁠⁠thegist@mikepesca.com For full Pesca content and updates, check out our website at https://www.mikepesca.com/⁠ For ad-free content or to become a Pesca Plus subscriber, check out ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://subscribe.mikepesca.com/ For Mike's daily takes on Substack, subscribe to The Gist List https://mikepesca.substack.com/ Follow us on Social Media:⁠⁠⁠⁠ YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4_bh0wHgk2YfpKf4rg40_g⁠⁠⁠⁠ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/pescagist/ X https://x.com/pescami TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@pescagist To advertise on the show, contact ⁠⁠⁠⁠sales@amplitudemediapartners.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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In this episode, hosts Karl Bryan and Rode Dog dive deep into business models, sales mindsets, and the power of operating systems for coaches and business owners alike. Joined by guest Chance, the crew addresses automation, high-level thinking, and actionable strategies for scaling coaching businesses, all while serving up humor, real-life scenarios, and a dash of tough love on what it really takes to make it in this industry. Key Topics Covered Sales: The Reluctant Skill Every Self-Made Entrepreneur Must Master Chance asserts that almost every self-made millionaire or billionaire started with sales skills—not born with money (07:27). Changing your context around sales is crucial; stop seeing it as cold-calling and instead as the fastest path to helping people and building wealth (08:58). Business Models: Scaling vs. Growth Chance distinguishes "growth" (expensive, linear, tied to more resources) vs. true "scale" (growing revenue without matching increases in cost) (15:04). Classic examples: a modular home builder vs. a custom home business, and Amazon's cash-forward approach (16:22). Dell and Salesforce are analyzed for their customer-paid, build-to-order, and upfront revenue models that fuel rapid scale (17:12). Keeping Clients vs. Losing Them: The Two Rules of Business Any business boils down to just two things: "get clients" and "keep clients" (34:43). Why business coaches can keep clients for years, while "solution-completion coaches" (like grief coaching) have expiration built into the model (19:57). 10x Thinking: High Leverage Moves and Mindset Real 10x moves (over just 2x improvements): Ford inventing the car versus upgrading a buggy, Jobs launching the App Store not just a better phone (22:15). How modular systems, software frameworks, and focusing on the biggest three levers in your business accelerate breakthroughs (25:29). Operating Systems: The Secret Ingredient for Calm and Consistent Growth Chance gives a granular breakdown of "operating systems" like those used at McDonald's, and how small incremental improvements compound into big results (26:30). Installers (not wingers or hiders) have the edge—frameworks enable coaches to keep 200+ clients, not just 20 (25:25). Mindset, Leadership, and the Power of Three Chance shares a "moment of zen" on confidence and trust in oneself (32:01), and unpacks why the number 3 is essential for coaching, business simplicity, and focus (FedEx, Apple, Tesla examples). Focused action: Knowing what you want, why you want it, then committing to the price—even if it means failing and course-correcting frequently (43:00). Notable Quotes "You can't transfer that which you don't own." – Chance (09:34) "Growth is buying more trucks… scale is adding more revenue without new expense." – Chance (15:15) "The ultimate hack in business isn't a strategy, a tactic, or a business model—it's a higher level of thinking." – Chance (21:43) "If you want to be lucky, you've got to know what you want, why you want it, and commit to the price required to get it." – Chance (42:49) "The first person you must influence is you." – Chance (37:10) Actionable Takeaways 1. Reframe Your Sales Mindset Stop dreading sales; see it as persuasion and service, not cold-calling (09:02). Sell yourself on your offer before you try to sell anyone else. 2. Build for Scale, Not Just Growth Pursue business models where growth isn't tied 1:1 to expenses (think modular, SaaS, franchise, or upfront-payment approaches). 3. Seek Incremental (2-5%) Improvements Across Multiple Areas The compounding effects of small improvements in 12-40 operating areas outperforms single "big wins" (30:00). 4. Focus on Client Longevity The best business models create situations where clients need and want to stay for years—not short, one-off solutions. 5. Simplify with "Rule of Three" Define your business (and your client work) in threes: top three priorities, services, or outcomes to avoid overwhelm and spur action (39:08). 6. Be an Installer, Not a Winger Develop and implement repeatable frameworks for yourself and your clients—don't improvise every time (26:08). 7. Lead Yourself First True confidence and leadership start with keeping promises to yourself; the first sale is always to you (37:10). Resources Mentioned Profit Acceleration Software™ (developed by Karl Bryan): Core system for demonstrating and delivering client value. Focused.com (44:39): Home to the daily coaching email and business coaching community. The Six-Figure Coach Magazine: Free subscription to strategies and stories from top coaches. Books referenced: 10x Is Easier Than 2x by Dan Sullivan & Ben Hardy Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill If you enjoyed the episode, please subscribe, share with a fellow coach, and leave a review. Grow your coaching business by joining the daily email and using the Profit Acceleration Software™ at Focused.com.

Send us Fan MailMeta Ads for ecommerce in 2026 depend on profitable customer acquisition, ROAS targets, creative testing, and smarter paid media decisions.  @SamPiliero   shares how Meta Andromeda, ecommerce ad creative, contribution margin, and testing budgets affect profitable ecommerce growth. AI advertising, audience data, media buying, and creative volume show how ecommerce brands can improve paid ad performance without wasting spend.Get direct access to Sam Piliero's Meta ads training, real campaign breakdowns, and a community of serious ecommerce brands at http://skool.com/facebookBrands spending more on ads without profitable customer growth can get a paid media plan built around ROAS, margin, and creative testing: https://bit.ly/4jMZtxu#MetaAds #EcommerceMarketing #FacebookAds #ROAS #PaidMediaWant free resources? Dowload our Free Amazon guides here:Download the 2026 Amazon AI Operating Manual: https://bit.ly/3SLmusPAmazon Receiving Delay Guide: https://hubs.ly/Q04cdD4c0Amazon Catalog Spring Cleaning: https://hubs.ly/Q046BVfp0Amazon Proft Margin Defense 2026: https://hubs.ly/Q042trRH0Amazon SEO Toolkit 2026: https://bit.ly/4oC2ClTAmazon Seller Strategy Report 2026: https://bit.ly/3YN1RME2026 Ecommerce Website & SEO Readiness Checklist: https://hubs.ly/Q04btghf0Amazon 2026 PPC guide: https://bit.ly/4lF0OYXTimestamps0:00 – Meta Ads for Ecommerce and Paid Media0:40 – How Ecommerce Paid Advertising Changed Over 10 Years4:18 – Why Ecommerce Customer Acquisition Gets Expensive6:33 – Contribution Margin vs ROAS for Ecommerce8:05 – How to Set a Profitable ROAS Target9:06 – Why Higher ROAS Can Limit Ecommerce Growth11:56 – How Meta Andromeda Changes Creative Targeting13:44 – Why Creative Volume Matters in Meta Ads15:56 – How to Test Meta Ad Creative Variations17:17 – Lowering the Budget Used for Ad Testing18:16 – Creative vs Media Buying for Ecommerce Growth21:05 – AI Advertising for Meta Ads in 202622:55 – AI Creative and Paid Media Reporting Workflows25:33 – AI Advertising Compliance and Brand Risk26:43 – Why Experienced Paid Media Talent Matters-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Follow us:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/28605816/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stevenpopemag/Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/myamazonguys/Twitter: https://twitter.com/myamazonguySubscribe to the My Amazon Guy podcast: https://podcast.myamazonguy.comApple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/my-amazon-guy/id1501974229Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4A5ASHGGfr6s4wWNQIqyVwSupport the show

My recent appearance with Eric Malzone on the Future of Fitness Podcast. You can subscribe to his show here https://futureoffitness.co/episodes ____________________________________________________________________________________________ Brian Keane has built a fitness empire that most coaches only dream about — four bestselling books, over 580 podcast episodes, a top 0.5% global podcast, and more than a thousand coaches trained through his mentorship programs. But before any of that, he was a primary school teacher who realized twenty minutes into his first day that he'd climbed the wrong ladder entirely. In this conversation, Brian breaks down exactly how fitness entrepreneurs, gym owners, and online coaches can stay relevant — and even thrive — as tools like ChatGPT and Claude start answering the same questions clients used to pay for. He walks through his SCALE framework for building an unshakeable personal brand, why chasing universal likability is killing more coaching businesses than AI ever will, and the wild story of how a plane ride home from an ayahuasca retreat turned into a 16-hour writing session that became his most recent book. Key Takeaways:

Jesse Cole loved baseball. He also knew most people thought it was too long and boring. So he disrupted America's pastime by putting on a yellow tux - and an incredible show. The founder of the Savannah Bananas welcomed host Jeff Berman to Anaheim Stadium before a show recently to talk about how he's scaling Fans First Entertainment into a growing league that sells out pro sports stadiums all over the country.Subscribe to the Masters of Scale weekly newsletter: https://mastersofscale.com/subscribeSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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A storage unit rent hike turned airline pilot Ryan Gibson into a 90-property self storage operator.Ryan Gibson spent 20 years flying for the airlines before a frustrating experience as a storage unit renter sent him down a different path. Today he co-runs Spartan Investment Group, a 90-property, 7.5 million square foot self storage portfolio spread across 15 states, making it the 29th largest operator in the country. In this conversation, Ryan and Jack dig into why storage demand holds up in good times and bad, why Ryan refuses to leverage past 55% on a deal even when the market rewards more aggressive operators, and the due diligence and hiring systems that let a former pilot scale a 200-person company.Key topics:The rent hike that pushed Ryan into self storage investingThe four Ds that make storage demand recession resistantWhy he caps leverage at 50-55% instead of chasing "no money down" dealsThe 700-point due diligence checklist his team runs on every propertyHiring advice: why he'd never hire another entrepreneurUsing AI to automate investor reporting across 55+ assetsGuest bio:Ryan Gibson is a co-founder at Spartan Investment Group and host of the Passive Income Pilots podcast, where he helps fellow airline pilots learn passive real estate investing.Links:Free training and resources: spartan-investor.comWork With RealDealCrewIf you're already closing deals but your intake, follow-up, or visibility feels inconsistent, here are two ways to go deeper:Take the Deal Intake AssessmentSee how resilient your current operation actually is.→ https://assessment.realdealcrew.comBook a Fit CallIf you want to explore what a fully system-driven deal flow looks like, let's talk.→ https://realdealcrew.com/bookLIKE • SHARE • JOIN • REVIEWWebsiteApple PodcastsYouTubeYouTube MusicSpotifyAmazon MusicFacebookTwitterInstagram

Traditional media buying breaks down when attitudinal audience data gets lost between upstream research and downstream media activation. Bright Mountain's Andy Davidson and Deep Focus's Kyle Krueger unpack how synthetic personas, unified YouTube-to-CTV strategies, and responsible creator management keep ad campaigns aligned and effective. Key Highlights

In "Trimble's Perspective: The Future of Freight is Connected", Joe Lynch and Rob Painter, Trimble's President and Chief Executive Officer, discuss how Trimble connects the freight ecosystem—people, data, and workflows—to navigate the difficult truckload market and drive customer efficiency using AI and integrated commercial solutions. About Rob Painter Rob Painter became Trimble's president and chief executive officer in January 2020. From 2016 through 2019, he served as the Company's chief financial officer. Joining the Company in 2006, Painter held a variety of leadership positions, including corporate development, corporate strategy, general manager of Construction Services, general manager of the Intelligent Construction Tools international joint venture, and vice president of Trimble Buildings construction software. In August 2023, he was appointed to serve on the Synopsys Board of Directors. Painter holds a bachelor's degree in finance from West Virginia University and an MBA from Harvard University. About Trimble Transportation Trimble Transportation provides fleets with solutions to create a fully integrated supply chain. With an intelligent ecosystem of products and services, Trimble Transportation enables customers to embrace the rapid technological evolution of the industry and connect all aspects of transportation and logistics — trucks, drivers, back office, freight and assets. Trimble Transportation delivers an open, scalable platform to help customers make more informed decisions and maximize performance, visibility and safety. Key Takeaways: Trimble's Perspective: The Future of Freight is Connected In "Trimble's Perspective: The Future of Freight is Connected", Joe Lynch and Rob Painter, Trimble's President and Chief Executive Officer, discuss how Trimble connects the freight ecosystem—people, data, and workflows—to navigate the difficult truckload market and drive customer efficiency using AI and integrated commercial solutions. Holistic Solution for a Difficult Truckload Market: Trimble's T&L segment directly addresses the pressures of the current truckload market by providing core operational platforms (TMW.Suite, TruckMate) to help carriers, shippers, and brokers manage operations, accounting, and dispatch, ensuring maximum efficiency and cost control when margins are tight. Driving Strategy with the Connect & Scale Message: The entire product portfolio—spanning TMS, maintenance, visibility, and procurement—is structured to embody Trimble's "Connect & Scale" message, which focuses on integrating people, data, and workflows into a unified ecosystem to drive growth and efficiency. AI-Powered Autonomous Freight Procurement: Trimble is leveraging AI within its Freight Procurement solutions (Transporeon, Freight Marketplace) to move toward autonomous procurement. This helps shippers and brokers efficiently source capacity and optimize freight spend in real-time, which is critical in a volatile capacity environment. Commercial Mapping for Efficiency and Safety: Essential tools like Trimble MAPS (CoPilot, Appian) go beyond basic navigation. They provide commercial-grade routing that accounts for truck-specific constraints and HOS, acting as a crucial element in optimizing routes and protecting drivers (part of the people and workflow components of Connect & Scale). TMS as the Core Workflow Integrator: Comprehensive Transportation Management Systems (TMS) platforms like TMW.Suite act as the central brain for workflows, integrating data across the business from operations to financial accounting, which is foundational to the "Scale" component of Trimble's strategy. Proactive Maintenance and Data Connectivity: Solutions for Asset & Fleet Maintenance focus on maximizing uptime—a key lever in today's market. By using data from connected trucks (fault codes, location) for preventative and predictive maintenance, they ensure assets remain productive and reduce unexpected downtime. Regulatory Compliance and Risk Mitigation (People & Data): The Safety & Compliance offerings help fleets mitigate risk and adhere to federal regulations, ensuring the safety and legal operation of their people (drivers) and assets, proving that technology is essential for responsible management and effective use of operational data. Learn More About Trimble's Perspective: The Future of Freight is Connected Rob Painter | Linkedin Trimble Transportation | Linkedin Trimble Transportation Revolutionizing the Road: Trimble's Tech Solutions with Kelly Williams | The Logistics of Logistics Trimble & Platform Science: The Future of Telematics with Rob Painter and Jack Kennedy The Logistics of Logistics Podcast If you enjoy the podcast, please leave a positive review, subscribe, and share it with your friends and colleagues. The Logistics of Logistics Podcast: Google, Apple, Castbox, Spotify, Stitcher, PlayerFM, Tunein, Podbean, Owltail, Libsyn, Overcast Check out The Logistics of Logistics on Youtube

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Everyone is talking about AI—but I believe most entrepreneurs are asking the wrong question.In this episode, I share why AI isn't just another productivity tool or a collection of prompts. It's a completely new operating system for business. The entrepreneurs who thrive over the next decade won't necessarily be the ones using the most AI tools—they'll be the ones building smarter systems.I'll walk you through the exact framework I use with entrepreneurs and real estate agents to eliminate chaos, simplify operations, create scalable systems, and strategically implement AI where it actually creates leverage.If you've been experimenting with AI but still feel like you're working harder than you should, this episode might completely change how you think about the future of your business.Things I Cover:Why every major technology shift creates winners and losersThe three types of entrepreneurs in the AI eraWhy prompts aren't enough to build a scalable businessMy 5-step framework: Eliminate, Simplify, Systematize, Automate, and ScaleThe biggest AI mistakes business owners are making todayHow to use AI to remove bottlenecks instead of replacing peopleWhy leadership—not technology—will determine who wins

The Five Pattern Scale System helps you stop seeing isolated scale shapes and start seeing one connected fretboard. In this episode, I'll explain why I recommend learning all five patterns and how they create the foundation for improvisation, intervals, arpeggios, CAGED, and so much more. Ready to connect the entire fretboard? Check out the Blues Elevation Toolkit, where I'll guide you step by step through the complete Five Pattern Scale System and show you exactly what to practice next. https://www.playguitaracademy.com/blues-elevation-toolkit FIVE PATTERN SYSTEM POST - https://www.playguitaracademy.com/blog/guitar-scales-the-five-pattern-system PLAY GUITAR ACADEMY - Instant access to the tabs, backing tracks, and guitar pro files from all my lick videos, Monthly masterclasses, and weekly Q&A. https://www.playguitaracademy.com 1-on-1 Guitar Lessons - https://www.playguitaracademy.com/play-guitar-coaching PLAY GUITAR PODCAST - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/play-guitar-podcast/id1341900209 https://open.spotify.com/show/0MxjU2Y0L8PoYiTKmCtvpt YOUTUBE (SUBSCRIBE) - https://www.youtube.com/@playguitaracademy FACEBOOK - https://www.facebook.com/PlayGuitarAcademy/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/playguitargroup/ INSTAGRAM - https://www.instagram.com/playguitaracademy Copyright ©2026 Play Guitar Academy

Ready to ditch scale obsession and build a sustainable lifestyle? Ethan sits down with journalist, motivational speaker, and coach Melinda Long to discuss her incredible 120-pound weight loss journey. Melinda shares how overcoming fear sparked a complete life overhaul, leading her to prioritize muscle building and long-term health over a number on the scale. Together, Ethan and Melinda explore the psychological roots of weight loss, navigating family dynamics during major health changes, and the crucial role of women's hormonal health.Want more health insights and updates from Ethan?Sign up for his newsletter at https://ethansuplee.substack.com/subscribe today!SHOW HIGHLIGHTS00:00 - Welcome Melinda Long00:17 - The Catalyst for a 120-Pound Weight Loss01:50 - Shifting Focus From the Scale to Muscle03:48 - Debunking the Fear of Getting Bulky05:32 - Building Sustainable Habits Beyond Diets07:35 - Addressing the Mental Roots of Obesity11:32 - Managing Shame and Weight Maintenance14:13 - Macro Tracking and Healing Your Relationship With Food16:40 - The Power of Real-Life Community18:18 - Relationship Dynamics and Personal Change20:07 - Communicating Health Goals With Family28:20 - Hormones, Perimenopause, and Women's Wellness Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.