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Vaughn Vernon, author of the book “Strategic Monoliths and Microservices” discusses his book with host Akshay Manchale about strategies for purposeful architecture from the perspective of both business decision makers and technical leaders.

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Today's show is all business.  It's hard to find a business that doesn't want to succeed and it seems crazy to say that but many times, despite our education and training as a business executive our best efforts wind up backfiring. Recognizing the need to increase work-flow or achieve consistent results can lead to the […] The post Professionalizing Strategic Systems Management for Business and Organizational Success appeared first on WebTalkRadio.net.

A business strategic plan provides companies with a solid platform on which to grow and succeed! You could say that there are two groups of businesses out there - ones that put actual thought into where they are headed, and ones that do not. It's no secret that all high-performing organizations in the world put some real brain space into mapping out the future, to be able to channel resources and human energy towards achieving intentional goals. Our company, Breakthrough Academy - which brings you the Contractor Evolution show - has been ranked among the country's fastest-growing companies for years in a row, and one of our big keys to success has been our rhythmic Annual Strategic Planning process that happens every December. One of my favorite quotes about entrepreneurship comes from Stephen Covey, and it goes something like this “all things are created twice - once in the mind, and then in real life”. What that means is that everything you want to make a reality - the lifestyle you're after, the income you want to make, the size of business, specific employees and leaders to have inside of your company, the dialed-in CRM, or perfect, beautiful office - will first come to life in your mind, and then be created into reality. A great mechanism to allow this creative process to unfold is the Annual Strategic Planning ritual. For years, it has been the arena to reflect, dream, vision, and create a path for a brilliant future. In today's episode, the three Directors at Breakthrough Academy come together to give you a peek behind the curtain and tell you about how they go about their Annual Strategic Planning process. We have Igor Trninic, our Managing Director, James Dale, our Director of Training and Development, and Danny Kerr, BTA's Director of Assessment, as we give you a play-by-play of how they plan the future and bring it to reality with extraordinary accuracy. On today's show, we dive into: - What's at stake for you if you don't take the time for Strategic Planning? - Why you SHOULDN'T be planning in a boardroom with whiteboards and laptops - and where to go instead - How do you know when you've got a plan that will work vs a pipe dream on paper? - The 3 things you should come away with once you've completed your Annual Strategic Plan - The step-by-step process BTA uses when we plan they the next year - The critical moves that happen immediately after your Annual Strategic Plan that ensures momentum Watch the episode on PCA Overdrive PCA Overdrive is free for members. Not a member? Try our 30-day, free trial; $5.99/mo after. Download the app on the Apple Store or Google Play. Become a PCA member

The US decision to shift its focus from the EastMed gas pipeline to regional electricity interconnectors is an opportunity for Greece. That's what energy expert Nikos Tsafos argued in his latest op-ed in Kathimerini - “Beyond the EastMed Pipeline”. Nikos Tsafos joins The Greek Current to talk about this piece, in which he explores the impact the proposed pipeline has had on the region despite questions over its feasibility, looks at this shift in US policy, and explains how this presents a unique opportunity for Greece to reframe the dialogue around energy and climate change in the region. Nikos Tsafos is the James R. Schlesinger Chair in Energy and Geopolitics with the Energy Security and Climate Change Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). Read Nikos Tsafos's latest op-ed in Kathimerini: Beyond the EastMed pipelineYou can read the articles we discuss on our podcast here:Any east Med gas project must include Turkey, says ErdoganGreece to step up Parthenon marbles pressure amid signs tide is turningGreece to ban development in mountain areas to protect habitats

Congressman Ami Bera has represented California's 7th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives since 2013, and he serves as Chairman of the Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, Central Asia, and Nonproliferation for the House Foreign Affairs Committee. Before entering politics, Congressman Bera had a twenty-year medical career in the Sacramento area. He is a first-generation American, born and raised in California, and the longest-serving Indian American serving in Congress. On this episode, we discussed the prospects for U.S. legislation focused on competition with China, U.S.-China relations and Congress' role with regard to Taiwan, and the United States' role and partnerships in the Indo-Pacific region.

This week I take you quickly through six factors to consider as part of a simple strategy to propel your success in the new year. #businessplan #competition #staffing #hiring #threatassessment

In this episode, Jim Ramos shares what we at Men in the Arena believe and why it is important. Christ-centered: We unapologetically trust Jesus Christ to protect, grow, and bless Men in the Arena. We will stand up, speak up, and show up for Jesus even to the point of ridicule, persecution, and death. (Luke 1:37, 1 Corinthians 3:7, 2 Timothy 3:12, and Hebrews 10:39) Biblically-based: We believe the Bible is the infallible word of God that provides moral absolutes. Everything we speak, write, or represent, will be Biblically accurate to the best of our abilities and interpretation of Scripture. (Psalm 119:9-10, 2 Timothy 3:16-17, Hebrews 4:12, and 2 Peter 1:20-21) Strategic partnership: We believe in forming strategic partnerships with diverse, Christ-centered people, and organizations around the world, who will ultimately put Jesus on display. (Matthew 6:10, John 13:34-35, 1 Corinthians 3:2-7, and Philippians 1:13-18) Organizational Integrity: We believe in impeccable organizational integrity. We will be transparent in our financial dealings, ministry reporting, and verbal interactions. (Job 27:5, Proverbs 10:9, Matthew 22:16, and 1 Timothy 3:1-6) Morally Pure:  We believe in living a life that glorifies Jesus, guards those we love, and protects the organization.(Proverbs 5:18-20, Acts 1:8, 1 Timothy 3:1-6, 2 Timothy 2:22, and Hebrews 13:4) Get Your Copy Now! of Tell Them, What Great Fathers Tell Their Sons and Daughters www.meninthearena.org Men in the Arena Books and Swag Support the Podcast  

Hear how Blue Ocean Strategy helps you own your market! In this podcast, Brian Gladden and I go digging into the whys and hows of creating Blue Ocean Strategies®. Brian is a trained Blue Ocean Strategist who helps businesses find unmet customer needs and create uncontested market space by using the tools and methods of Blue Ocean thinking. After conducting 500 workshops and dozens of client engagements, I know the thinking of a Blue Ocean Strategist quite well, and Brian is certainly one of us. He just loves the methodology and objectives behind BOS, as do I. It really works! To learn how to do it, listen in.  Watch and listen to our conversation here It's all about going where the competition isn't When we talk about strategy, most people think that they must compete to build a viable business. Strategic differentiation seems to be the path they must follow. Yet, few really know how to successfully compete, differentiate themselves, or bring in new clients. They tend to be imitative, looking like others in their market segment and doing things in much the same way. This is not the path to true and lasting growth. Entrepreneurs in particular must avoid this, becoming simply another version of what is already out there.  Conversely, those who thrive can see the problems that need to be solved and new solutions to solve them. They understand that they need a new strategy that opens new markets and finds better ways to create and capture demand.  If you have become tired of competing, Blue Ocean Strategy might fit you perfectly. Today, supply outstrips demand. It is going to be difficult to out-compete the competition. So how can you recreate new ways to solve old problems, and add value innovatively? You guessed it: Blue Ocean Strategy. That's exactly what Brian does, and what we talk about in our podcast: how he helps business leaders create new markets, get to markets faster, and focus their attention on what their customers need, not just on what their business does. In other words, how to swim in a Blue Ocean! Get to know Brian Gladden Brian has spent 30 years in hi-tech sales, strategy and business development in international firms. He has a doctorate in strategy and innovation and is the Entrepreneur in Residence at the Sacramento State University Carlsen Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship. You can connect with Brian on LinkedIn, Facebook, his website Strategy & Innovation Institute (www.si2blue.com) or his email bkgladden@si2bue.com. Want to learn how Blue Ocean Strategy can revolutionalize your business?  Blog: How To Survive These Scary Times: Blue Ocean Strategy® Blog: Is Everyone Winning But You? Time For A Blue Ocean Strategy®! Podcast: Ask Andi—Blue Ocean Strategy® Step 1 Additional resources for you My best-selling new book: "Rethink: Smashing The Myths of Women in Business" My award-winning first book: "On the Brink: A Fresh Lens to Take Your Business to New Heights" Simon Associates Management Consultants website  

In today's episode, Anirudh Singh sits down with Basil Darwish, Managing Director and Fintech & Enterprise Tech lead at Wells Fargo Strategic Capital. Basil joined as the team's first hire in March 2016, coming over from Citi Ventures. In this episode, they discuss a range of topics, including Basil's winding path towards venture investing, the pros and cons of different corporate venture capital models, a deep dive into three of Wells Fargo's investments: Trovata, H20.ai, and Arkose Labs, and much more! Basil Darwish: Basil Darwish is a Managing Director at Wells Fargo Strategic Capital and leads the group's focus on Fintech and Enterprise Software. His investments range from early-stage to growth capital investments in companies that are strategically aligned with Wells Fargo. One of his goals is to bring technology-based innovation into the Bank. Basil's investment focus areas include B2B/B2C Fintech, RegTech, AI & Machine Learning, Big Data Analytics, and Cyber Security. Basil has been in the domain of venture investing for the past 12 years, across Silicon Valley, New York, and Southeast Asia. Prior to joining Wells Fargo in 2016, Basil was with Citi for 8 years most recently as Senior Vice President at Citi's growth ventures and innovation group (Citi Ventures), where he focused on venture investments and innovation initiatives across the US and Asia, in the domains of Payments, Big Data Analytics, and Information Security. Prior to moving into financial services, Basil spent several years in the technology industry in various roles across the value chain, from semiconductor product engineering and system-level product development at Analog Devices Inc, as well as digital design engineering at Chinook Communications, a technology startup that emerged out of MIT in 1999 developing spectrum enhancement technologies. Basil currently serves as a board director of Trovata, H2O.ai, OpenFin, and Droit. He also serves as a board observer of Arkose Labs, Socure, Volante Technologies, Elliptic and Atscale. Basil holds an MBA from the Wharton School of Business with a double major in finance and entrepreneurial management, a Master of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering from Tufts University with a focus on semiconductor design, and a B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Jordan. Basil lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with his wife and two daughters.

This bonus episode is from the CSIS Korea Chair's YouTube series, The Capital Cable. Amb. Mark Lippert is joined by special guest Amb. Wi Sung-lac, former vice foreign minister and foreign policy advisor to South Korean presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung of the Democratic Party of Korea, Dr. Victor Cha and Dr. Sue Mi Terry of the Wilson Center for a discussion on Governor Lee's foreign policy agenda.

Not everyone enjoys talking about taxes, but with the current state of the economy, you need to locate the best accountant to meet your demands. In today's episode, Catherine Tindall discusses the tax planning and techniques you'll need to help you upgrade your portfolio. Key Takeaways To Listen ForHow tax depreciation impacts investorsDifferences between active and passive investment tax benefitsHow to choose and evaluate the right accountant for your investmentsWhat to keep an eye out for changing tax landscapeWays to utilize 1031 exchangeTips to efficiently work with your accountantAbout Catherine TindallCatherine Tindall is a CPA, and partner at Dominion Enterprise Services, a concierge tax advisory practice. With all the recent and upcoming tax changes, I am excited to talk to an expert that can help us, not only stay informed but also provide some insight into how we can reduce our overall tax burden. Connect with CatherineWebsite: Dominion Enterprise ServicesLinkedIn: Catherine Tindall, CPATo Connect With UsPlease visit our website: www.bonavestcapital.com and please click here, to leave a rating and review!SponsorThinking About Creating and Growing Your Own Podcast But Not Sure Where To Start?Visit GrowYourShow.com and Schedule a call with Adam A. Adams

Founder and CEO of Strategic SEO Solutions, Jon Lightfoot, wraps up discussions on practical SEO tips. Google is looking at how and where you are discussed to determine your domain authority. So it's worth investing the time to build organic relationships with reputable sites for linking purposes. Today, Jon discusses link building and domain authority dos and don'ts. Show NotesConnect With: Jon Lightfoot: Website // LinkedInThe Voices of Search Podcast: Email // LinkedIn // TwitterBenjamin Shapiro: Website // LinkedIn // TwitterSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Jon Lightfoot, Founder and CEO of Strategic SEO Solutions, discusses practical SEO tips. Typically, when considering lead generation, we focus on traffic volumes and keyword difficulty. However, integrating SEO into your lead generation efforts will deliver lasting results. Today, Jon demonstrates how you can harness SEO for lead generation. Show NotesConnect With: Jon Lightfoot: Website // LinkedInThe Voices of Search Podcast: Email // LinkedIn // TwitterBenjamin Shapiro: Website // LinkedIn // TwitterSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The past 22 months have brought ample challenges for leaders across the country. Schools leaders have all had to make difficult decisions. Staying connected to our purpose can help keep us fueled with passion during difficult times. Our guest today models this so well.  In this episode,  Dr. Lisa Herring, the Superintendent of Atlanta Public Schools, joins us for a candid conversation about overcoming challenges, while still moving forward and innovating. In just under a year and a half on the job, Dr. Herring launched a Center for Equity and Social Justice in the district as well as the Summer Academic Recovery Academy, to overcome learning loss. Listen as Dr. Janet Pilcher asks Dr. Herring about her journey and how she stayed committed to success.This episode addresses questions, such as:How can leaders stay confident when making decisions in the face of pressure?Where can we start as we lead and manage change in our organizations?How can leaders reignite their passion when feeling burned out?Recommended Resources: Decision-Making Confidence, High-Level Scenario Thinking, If-Then, & Leading ChangeRelated Podcasts: Measures that Matter and Decision Rules, Leading Change with Creative Tension, How Do We Achieve Team Success?, & Bold Leaders, Bold Decisions, and Bold Results

In today's episode, I share with you 3 things you need to do in order to build a business that lasts. After all, you want to do this a while, right? READ MORE HERE:      https://www.kimberlybrock.com/blog/episode117New here? GET STARTED below:1. FREE Business Starters Checklist + Business Idea Guide HERE - yay!2. JOIN the awesome, private FB group HERE - it's so much fun!3. WORK with me HERE - wahoo! GET HELP FOR YOUR NEW BUSINESS in 3 ways:1 - 

This one goes out to the one I Yawg. It's been a long time coming, but it's finally time for us to sling some wither counters and get undying with everyone's favorite physician, Yawgmoth. Tune in to hear us fumble around with triggers, stacking, and life totals, and to hear Shane give his tepid approval to a deck beloved by millions. Stan's approval is even more tepid. Dave claims he'd rather be playing Titan (is that a bit?). Before we get into all this though, we go over one of this weekend's Modern Challenges and talk about the weirdness that is Jund Reclaimer and a few other things. Thanks for tuning in, #yawgsqwad! The Break Down: They Reclaim Sagas Now Don't They? The Dive Down: -1 for You, -1 for Me The Dive Down, pt.2: For the Yawg Stans but Not for Our Stan Check out our NEW SPONSOR, Barrister and Mann! https://www.barristerandmann.com/ Use code THEDIVEDOWN2022 for 15% off your first order of some incredible fragrances, soaps, beard oils, and more. Become a citizen of The Dive Down Nation!: http://www.patreon.com/thedivedown Get 15% off your first 2 months of ManaTraders! https://www.manatraders.com/?medium=thedivedown and use code "THEDIVEDOWN2022" Timestamps: 3:00 - Housekeeping 4:48 - Barrister and Mann Promo Time 6:20 - The Break Down - The Sunday Challenge 18:08 - Cool Decks, Inc. 27:26 - The Dive Down Begins - Yawgmoth! 30:00 - Our history with Yawg 32:05 - The Yawgmoth combo 37:15 - Yawgmoth, Thran Physician 42:52 - The Undying creatures 48:12 - The mana dorks 54:13 - The tutors 58:07 - Grist, the Hunger Tide 1:05:15 - Sideboard options 1:11:41 - Strategic considerations and playing with Yawgmoth 1:20:34 - Keeps and mulls 1:26:45 - Life-total management 1:29:00 - Matchups 1:35:20 - Proliferating 1:37:45 - Strengths and weaknesses of Yawgmoth 1:42:16 - Our bottom line on Yawg Links from this week's episode: Sunday's Challenge: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/tournament/modern-challenge-12372530#paper DemonicTutors Yawg list: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/4541927#paper Our opening music is Nowhere - You Never Knew, and our closing music is Space Blood - Goro? Is That Your Christian Name? Watch us stream our episodes every Sunday night at 8pm Central: https://www.twitch.tv/thedivedown_shane email us: thedivedown@gmail.com (mailto:thedivedown@gmail.com) twitter: https://twitter.com/thedivedown Leave us an audio message: https://www.podinbox.com/thedivedown

Duane speaks on how to prune your Life to Perfection. Removal is equally as important as addition. Plus we will talk about why your "no" is as important as your "yes".

Photo:  "The New Europe with Enduring Peace. The unionization of Central Europe." EU not invited.   Judy Dempsey, @Judy_Dempsey, CEIP Strategic Europe @Carnegie_Europe.  https://carnegieeurope.eu/strategiceurope/86138 Judy Dempsey, @Judy_Dempsey. Editor in chief #StrategicEurope, blog of @Carnegie_Europe. 

Business owners and entrepreneurs make mistakes and take risks that other people are unwilling to do. However, they learn from them because nobody's perfect! Property management growth expert and founder/CEO of DoorGrow, Jason Hull talks about one of the biggest mistakes he made in his business. He calls it his $2 million mistake, although it was probably even bigger. You'll Learn... [01:37] Validation: Everyone makes mistakes, even entrepreneurs are human. [02:20] Growing Company: Be super cautious and picky when selecting clients. [03:23] Start Small, Not Big: Conference idea requires everything a business requires. [06:54] Lesson Learned: Big deal turned out to be a $2-million or more mistake. [08:27] Results: Clients got the best results, but a lot of team members left business. [09:08] Change to Grow: Focus on clients, not sales, marketing, website, or branding. [11:00] Dilemma: What should I do? Something new? Expand? Go after shiny objects? [11:30] Premature Problems: Why expand business into new niches, markets, or areas? [12:29] Hand Holding: Some people are not willing to put in the effort or do the work. [15:16] 3 Commitments: 1 hour for strategy, 2 hours to implement tactics, and show up. [17:45] Coaching Calls: Clients access calendar to work through problems, challenges. Tweetables “I recommend you to be very picky about the clients that you take on.” “We weren't able to focus on the main thing, which is our customer and which is our product.” “I have fired clients. I have just refunded clients. We've let clients go. Some just quit.” “The lessons end up always being worth the risk. So, take a risk, invest in yourself, invest in your business.” Resources DoorGrow and Scale Mastermind DoorGrow Academy DoorGrow on YouTube DoorGrowClub DoorGrowLive Transcript Welcome, DoorGrow Hackers, to the DoorGrowShow. If you are a property management entrepreneur that wants to add doors, make a difference, increase revenue, help others impact lives, you are interested in growing your business and life, and you are open to doing things a bit differently, then you are a DoorGrow Hacker. DoorGrow Hackers love the opportunities, daily variety, unique challenges, and freedom that property management brings. Many in real estate think you're crazy for doing it, you think they're crazy for not because you realize that property management is the ultimate high trust gateway to real estate deals, relationships, and residual income. At DoorGrow, we are on a mission to transform property management businesses and business owners. I'm your host, property management growth expert, Jason Hull, the founder and CEO of DoorGrow. Now, let's get into the show. For today's show, I wanted to talk with all of you about what's been going on at DoorGrow. Over the years, I've made some big mistakes in business like most business owners, this is part of how we learn. We take risks that other people are unwilling to take. One of the biggest mistakes that I made in my business was, I sometimes call my $2 million mistake, but it was probably even bigger of a mistake. A lot of people probably would not tell you their mistakes in business. But one thing that I think is super validating as an entrepreneur is to hear about some of my mentors' challenges and some of the mistakes that others that I have worked with that they have made, it makes me feel safe. It makes me feel like they're human, I'm human. It helps entrepreneurs also to see that you're not supposed to be perfect all the time. It's not always going to be great or perfect in business. One of the big mistakes that I made is I had really great growth in my business. Things were going really well. We were bringing out a lot of clients. We had some clients getting great results. We had some clients not getting great results. Usually, in most coaching programs, what I've learned is that about 20% will be bad clients. They're not going to do it, they're not going to take action, they're not going to get results. No matter how hard you try or how good you do, that's generally going to be the case if you're a growing company. If you're not a growing company, then you can be super cautious, super picky, and that sort of thing. But we are in high paced growth. One challenging factor is we had some clients that were a bad fit, and over time, we were always trying to filter, be more careful, raise our pricing, and be pickier about the clients that we take on, which is what I recommend to all of you. I recommend you to be very picky about the clients that you take on. But we had great growth. I started working with the coach. We had 300% growth in a year. We were really moving. Things were going really fast. Things were really good. There was a lot of momentum. I built out a really awesome team, it felt really exciting, and then I had this great idea that I thought would be a great idea. I had always had this dream of doing a conference. So I came up with this idea to do this big conference. I didn't want it to be small. I was looking at all the other conferences that were going on. I saw what they did and this has to be next level. It's got to be as good as this. Even my coach at the time was like, hey, do something small, just start small. I'm like, no way, I'm going big, I'm going to make this awesome. We're going to have the best food, Paleo food, and gluten-free options. Even the food was going to be really nice. We're going to do this really ritzy venue. We did it at this really nice hotel. This conference cost us well over six figures. It was, I think, $150,000 or something like that all in we spent on this conference. That's not that bad if you're a business that's doing about a million in revenue, I guess that's okay as long as you make revenue from it, if you're just doing simple math. Anybody that's done a significant event knows how challenging these are to put together. But here's the caveat to this or the challenge is we had 300% growth in the year. Then the year we decided to do a conference, we then had to shift all of our attention towards this conference. The thing that you don't realize when you launch a conference or you get on the hook for a conference is you have to get this venue and you're on the hook with the venue, which means you owe them money. You have a contract with them. If you don't sell enough tickets and you don't sell enough people getting there, you're not going to get enough people into rooms, you're responsible for a certain group rate and amount of people, and there's this big expense. The other thing is they usually want that money upfront, a lot of it or in big chunks, and then there's this whole racket hotel. They are a monopoly on food. They don't allow outside food vendors or outside food to be brought in. You have to pay thousands. I think we spent like $8000 or $9000 just for coffee—it's crazy—for two days, I think it was, three days. It just gets really crazy, and then they do things like some of these venues will charge by the plate. Say it's like $50, $60, $80 a plate, but what they do is they go around. They pick up the plates, and then people go and get another plate to get another item or another food and they're charging you per plate. There are just little things that are a little bit shady in how that industry can work sometimes. I was completely blind to a lot of this stuff. I was really nervous about putting it together, but here's the real problem. Launching a conference like this required sales. It required marketing, it required organization. It requires everything that a business requires. It's like starting a business. We have this business that's doing really well. We're moving really fast. It's going really rapid, 300% growth in the year, hitting about a million in revenue. We hit a million in revenue and things were moving really fast. We probably could have continued that trajectory. Things were really good. We had a really good team in place and everything and then decided to do this conference. That year, we had no growth. We stayed flat at about a million in revenue because we did the conference. So that's why I call it my $2 million mistake because we easily could generate probably $2 million more in revenue just that year. But we also stayed flat the year after and the year after as a result. As a result, things got really crazy because we did this crazy conference, it took a massive amount of work. All of our time and attention had to shift towards that as a team, sales, marketing, everything because we were on the hook to make this work. The conference went well and we had some great speakers. I got great feedback, but to me, it was massively stressful. I wasn't really able to enjoy it. I have kind of an introverted side to me. It wasn't quite the dream that I thought it would be, but I'm glad that I did it as a learning experience. It was $2 million tuition for this learning opportunity. Maybe, if I really did some math, maybe it was a $10 million mistake, hindsight being 2020. Not only that, but by shifting our focus towards this conference and so much attention having to be placed on it, we weren't able to focus on the main thing, which is our customer and which is our product. So I had to shift out of some of the coaching stuff that I was doing. We tried to go more towards just getting people to move through the program and follow the material. We had people that weren't getting as good of results. Really, that's the piece that I enjoy the most, the one-on-one personal depth and interactions and coaching clients. Those are always the clients that get the best results. We realized that. Now, we lost a lot of team members as a result. It took a while for us to get back in momentum. I was working with a coach at the time. I got a lot of personal growth through that time period, so it was a good time period. It caused me to wake up to a lot of things in my life that were really challenging or frustrating. I ended up ending my marriage of 13 years also. This is in the last several years and becoming single again after like two decades. There was just a lot, a lot of change, a lot of growth. Now we're getting back into a nice growth mode in the business and I've got some really good team members building up our team back up. My focus is really just on clients. I'm not even doing sales anymore. I'm not having to do the marketing stuff. I'm not doing any of the website stuff, branding stuff. I really just get to focus on coaching clients, which is really what I enjoy. It's the fun part for me. So I built this awesome team. What's interesting is due to these painful situations, the COVID, and all these things which were causing cash crunches or constraints, it forced us to tighten the business up. My team is smaller than it's ever been. We're more effective than we've ever been, and our product offering is better than it's ever been. We're able to deliver more value than we've ever been able to deliver at a much lower price point. Overall, these things made us, these difficult situations, these problems, and these challenges like a conference and team members quitting and leaving as a result of, then financial challenges in the business, and divorce. These kinds of things are the refiner's fire that improves us as human beings if we allow it, and improves our businesses if we allow it. Now, I'm not saying you're going to go jump into problems. I'm not saying that that's a good idea either. But I am grateful for the lessons and I'm grateful to have learned those things that I've learned. I wouldn't give up those lessons in hindsight. It enables me to have conversations with clients. This is a common entrepreneurial dilemma. Should I do this new thing? Should I expand into this thing? Should I do this cool, new idea? Should I go after the shiny object? I have this really powerful story that I get to share with clients and say, look, let me tell you about my $2 million mistake, why the main thing always needs to stay being the main thing, why focus equals power in your business, and why your attention shouldn't be diluted. Some of the concepts that I teach and some of the ideas like premature expansion, a lot of property managers prematurely want to expand their business into new niches, new markets, or new areas. They do that prematurely, they're not really ready to do that, and they just dilute their focus, which dilutes their potency and their ability to grow and scale, for example. There's a lot of lessons that came out of this. Personally, business-wise, that came as a result of that. There were clients that went through our processes and came on board as clients during some of these challenging time periods. We had some that got phenomenal results. We had some great success stories, clients that just did what we told them to do, but not every client is like that. Not every client will just watch all your videos, show up to every call, invest all the time that you tell them to do, and do the work. Most need a lot more hand-holding, I've realized. We weren't able to really hold people's hands very effectively during that. So there were people that sort of fell through the cracks, and I felt bad about that. Some became very vocal about me and my business online. But the most vocal people, ironically, that are negative about DoorGrow and about me are people that have never worked with me in a lot of instances. They love hearing that the decision they made to never work with me is so validated by the few [...] clients that really don't like us, that didn't get a good result, or didn't put in the effort and didn't do the work. As a property manager, you're going to have these situations too. You're going to have an owner that you shouldn't have taken on. You didn't realize it. Maybe you had pretty good qualifications and you qualified them during the sales process, but they still made their way into your business. Unbeknownst to you, maybe they're wolves in sheep's clothing or whatever, but you realized it and you fired them. I have fired clients. I have just refunded clients. We've let clients go. Some just quit. That is a situation that comes up, and so we've gotten much better over the years at qualifying clients. We have an application people fill out just to work with us to make sure that we can help them. We're looking for certain qualities and we make them jump through some serious hoops. We give out. We give away a two-hour training currently called The Seven Frameworks for Growth or DoorGrow Secrets that we give out of free material teaching a lot of my frameworks and the secrets that I love to share with clients. I just give that away because I know if the right people will go through this and they'll see value in it, and the wrong people will go through this and they won't find it valuable. So they sell filters, or they just won't even invest the time to do that because it's kind of a prerequisite. If they're not willing to watch all that and do that, they're not going to really watch all the material, take action, and do the things that we tell them to do in the program either because they're lazy, so they're not going to get the result. There have been zero clients that I've had that have actually done what I've told them to do that have not won and gotten results and benefited from the program. The one quality or one characteristic that I have to have in a client if they're going to get a result is that they're willing to do the work and take action. So now, in our program, just to become a client, not only do they have to watch a two-hour training, they have to fill out an application. We also have a requirement I call the three commitments. This is something that I would recommend that you implement in your own business. But we have this framework we call the three commitments. The three things they have to commit to in order for us to guarantee that they're going to get results, and we offer a guarantee. If you are willing to spend one hour being a business owner of your business, this is the first commitment. One hour of strategic time means you actually operate like a business owner. Not doing all the tactical stuff, which a team member or an employee could do—emailing, calling, or whatever. Strategic stuff: planning, scheming, watching the material that we have in DoorGrow Academy. This needs to be done early in the morning before work, before you start your day, before kids, before pets, and before your day runs away from you. You need some quiet time for strategic time, the best time, after you've had a good night's rest and your brain is full of all the brain decision-making chemicals that it needs to think strategic time. Give you the best time. The king or queen needs it first. Otherwise, you'll always have a starving kingdom, I like to say. The second commitment that's required is to be willing to dedicate at least two hours each workday, five days a week towards implementing tactically the strategies and tactics that I give you. Doing the work, making the calls, outreach, dialing in operations, or whatever is the big challenge that we're solving or working on. Really, that just means, for people that want to grow that are on the growth path, because we have three different paths in our program, that means that just being a part-time salesperson for 10 hours a week. I mean, that's really a [...] salesperson. That's it. Just at least do that. Ten hours minimum a week. Track your time, be accountable, check in on our weekly check-in, and let us know how many hours you've done and at least do 10. That's it. Third commitment is to show up to the weekly coaching call. I find that clients that don't show up to the call don't have any pressure, they're not accountable. I can't coach them. I can't check in with them on how they're doing. I can't redirect them away from some of the things they might be thinking, doing, or that are holding them back. I can't really coach them if they're not reachable by me. Those are the three commitments. Now we give them even more support than that. We have a Telegram group. I give all my clients access to my calendar to schedule one-on-one calls. This is all I do now is coach. They can schedule one-on-one calls with me. We work through problems, challenges, objections, things they're dealing with, or whatever, to make sure that they're in momentum and moving forward. How does that apply to your business? Could you have maybe three commitments and could you also keep your focus as I talked about on your main thing a little bit more? These are just some things that I wanted to share just in my struggles as a business owner and in my journey in developing my business. If you are one of those clients that struggled in the past, you worked with us, you didn't get a great result, I'm perfectly willing to coach you for free. We'll do a 30-day trial between the two of us. If you're willing to commit to taking action, I'll coach you for free. We'll get you a result, and then at the end of that 30 days, we'll both have a conversation and it will be, yes, I want to do your program and I'll pay for your mastermind. I've been getting great results and I've been keeping the three commitments. Or if you're not keeping those three commitments, then we'll part ways and I'll kick you out, but you'll probably choose that. You'll realize, hey, this isn't for me, I'm not really going to do this stuff. We've got clients that are adding hundreds of doors to this program, and they're not spending any money on advertising. They're not having to deal with cold [...] leads, they're able to charge more money, the potential clients are less price-sensitive because we're capturing them earlier in the sales cycle. So I'm going to teach you how to do the unscalable things that actually scale your business. It's all about more depth, more personal connection, and creating more relationships, and we'll scale your business. Most property management companies are losing doors right now. They're down. Mostly, the larger ones are down about 200 doors. A significant chunk of their portfolio is selling because the markets are high, investors are getting the itch, and they want to get out, sell, and make some money. They're cashing out. Our clients are growing and they're adding doors. They're net positive. They're making money and building up residual income. They're not even spending money on advertising. That's my client. That's pretty powerful and it's true. It's working really well. I'm going to teach you how to do unscalable things. SEO, Google ads, all that kind of stuff, that's scalable. It's something you can hand money and whatever. I'm going to teach you how to do the unscalable things that actually are really working in the marketplace right now to help you grow your business, so you can capture more businesses that are less price-sensitive, that are captured earlier in the sales cycle, and your close rate is infinitely higher with those warmer leads, and it is with cold leads through those other strategies. We'll give you that free training that you can watch—our Seven Frameworks training. Just reach out, we're happy to give that to you and get you hopefully on as a client in our process. I don't know if there's anything else I should say about my $2 million mistake. All of us as entrepreneurs are going to have experiences and challenges that we make a bad decision or business. Maybe you've never had one, but that probably means you're playing a game that's too small or you're being too cautious. The lessons end up always being worth the risk. So take a risk, invest in yourself, invest in your business, reach out if we can help you, and keep your business focused on your main thing, which is your property management business. Grow that thing and keep the focus tight. It's so tempting as an entrepreneur to be distracted and to go towards other things. Let's start a roofing company. Let's start a pool cleaning company. Let's start a carpet cleaning company. Let's start a maintenance company. There may be a place for these and maybe it will help you add some revenue. But in a lot of instances, adding more to the business ends up actually taking away from the main thing. So you have to get to the place where you've got a solid team that you can trust to make sure everything's running smoothly before you start to add additional pieces and start additional companies. Anyway, that's it. I've had this on my agenda for a while to share my $2 million mistake. I just had other topics that were a lot more exciting for me to share, but I wanted to share this. If you have any questions, if you are a client that went through some of that stuff with us and you felt like you didn't get results, reach out to me. I want to make sure that we take care of you. If you're bitter and upset and you're not open to that, then that's cool. Don't reach out. I know there's always some of those out there. The more successful we are, the more we attract. We build up a little group of haters because we've worked with thousands of clients, and I've talked to thousands of property managers. We've got hundreds of clients right now. We've got 80 businesses in our mastermind right now, which is just crazy to me. It's really awesome. People are getting great results. Today's call was a really good call since I'm just kind of riffing and chatting here. I love hearing our clients get results. Yeah, it was a good call today. Anyway, each week we start by sharing wins on our Grow call. Anyway, that's all I have today to share. Feel free to hit me up on social media if you want to check in with me. My username is @kingjasonhull. Happy to have a conversation because this is all I do. I love coaching my clients. I really enjoy helping people grow and win in their businesses. If you want to know if I'm the real deal, set up a call with me. Let's chat. I will say I'll point out that I'm in every property management group and every real estate group probably that exists on Facebook. There's a property management group that has a kind of a culture of negativity towards me and they don't like me, which is cool. It's not my group. I chime in every now and then to try and be helpful. I'll admit, as a business owner, it hurts, just like it probably hurts you when you see an owner bad mouth your business or whatever. But when I see a past client maybe that really I didn't even know or they didn't really talk to me, they didn't show up to the calls, they didn't really work with me, they didn't really take action, they just signed up with us and hope the website would magically do the work for them for some reason, something like that, yeah, it hurts. It hurts to see people complain. Especially, it's frustrating to see people that have never worked with me tell other people to work with businesses. I saw one guy mention like, somebody said, hey, should I work with DoorGrow? One of my past clients was like, yeah, we had a good experience, but he knows the culture there and was afraid of really saying too much like talking to them directly. Then there were a bunch of people that were negative. One guy was like, hey, you, don't use them, use this other company. So I reached out to this guy directly and I said, hey, what was your experience with that other company? I'm always looking for ways to benefit my clients and they're like, oh, I've never worked with them, but the people seemed cool there. I was like, okay, so you've never worked with me. You've never worked with this other company either, but you're telling people not to work with me and to work with this other company. To me, that is a massive lack of integrity. I'm not going to recommend somebody go do something or work with something unless they've done that themselves or gotten a lot of feedback from other clients or people that have done this so that I can share that, but that's just me. Anyway, that made me sad. That's part of the challenge we have to deal with as business owners. You're going to have some haters and you just do what you can. That sort of inspired this episode. I hope this was helpful. I hope hearing my situation was helpful. I hope you stay focused on the main thing and you win in business and life. If I can support you in any way, reach out. Anyway, until next time, to our mutual growth. Bye, everyone.

Matt Lombardi (@mattlombardi24) is a former professional athlete, entrepreneur, and co-founder of Beam (@beam). He began his collegiate athletic career at Boston College playing hockey, a dream he developed as a child. Winning two national championships in his four years, he went on to play professional hockey, signing with the New Jersey Devils and the Pittsburgh Penguins. Matt moved into a different career path after a bad injury in his last year. Throughout his entrepreneurial endeavors, he was still very devoted to his passion for sports and living an active lifestyle. In 2018, Matt was training for The Boston Marathon with his long-time friend and former professional athlete, Kevin Moran. The two trained rigorously while balancing their everyday social and work lives, which became not so seamless anymore. With that, they both found relief in CBD, and in their findings, they realized that there were many issues in the CBD marketplace. That is when Lombardi and Moran decided to create beam, their line of organic, pharmaceutical-grade, full-spectrum CBD products made from organic hemp grown in Colorado with no additives and consumer transparency. EPISODE SUMMARY: Matt's intricate journey from Professional Athlete turned Entrepreneur and the story of creating BEAM! Finding yourself through trial and error through life experiences– in everyday life & in the workplace. Understanding the value of failures and how to apply that to life and business for success. All things CBD - sourcing, creating, launching a top-of-the-line CBD Company. Understanding and diving into the “Entrepreneurial Mindset” Creating goals and underlining the important steps in order to achieve them is so crucial as an entrepreneur Taking care of yourself through healthy habits can produce such an impact in your daily life in all aspects How to innovate product lines in your CPG Brand that generates consumer buzz and traction How to Build a Raving Community for your brand Investors, Funding, Strategic and Celebrity-Backed Partners Relationship building in business! Why Entrepreneurship is a SPORT. How Matt applies physical and mental wellness in his everyday life to be a better leader and version of himself Matt's non-negotiable routines and personal development habits Matt's own personal struggles, experiences, and dealing with life's biggest adversities His self-serving mindsets, beliefs, and ethos for LIFE A MUST-LISTEN for anyone who has ever dealt with pain/loss/struggle. & SO much more! Share the love & let me know your thoughts over on Instagram, @coffeeandagoodvibe | @ayeshasehra CONNECT: YOUTUBE ➟ Watch & subscribe to our channel here ➟ Coffee & A Good Vibe Video Interviews To connect with Ayesha Sehra ➟ click HERE Check out our podcast insta ➟ click HERE To learn about my Branding & PR Agency Grow The Social ➟ click HERE To connect with this week's guest click ➟ HERE

Today I'm going to tackle one of the things that this podcast is all about—growing your business. These will be your 2022 business growth strategies for your Amazon and your product-based business. In e-commerce, everything is changing so rapidly that it's tough to keep up. Just when you think you've got it nailed, something changes. But guess what? There's nothing new under the sun. So if you're in business, you better be ready to make changes regularly because that's what's going to be required of you.   I begin this episode with a timely reminder that this is the last week that you can sign up for the in-person bundle-building workshop, and that we also have a virtual workshop available. This, then, brings me to the discussion today about business growth strategies. You don't have to be a billion-dollar global brand to get the lion's share of the market for your products and for the competitors around you. What you need is just an unstoppable business growth strategy. This episode touches on five strategies you can implement in 2022 to grow your business. These include minding your own business, where I stress that you need to know where you are and where you want to go to grow and stop chasing someone else's finish line or climbing someone else's ladder. I emphasize that you must know your business numbers, such as cost of goods, operation costs, sales, and your breakeven. Other strategies I explain in detail include marketing, diversification, meeting a need unmet by all the other products in the marketplace, and strategic partnerships. Finally, I give real-life examples and stories to show the practicability of these strategies. As we begin 2022, today's episode will go a long way toward helping you ensure growth for your FBA business not only this year, but every year.   You can be part of the Amazon Files and Mommy Income community by joining our Facebook group using code word GROW, where you can learn more about bundling, ask questions, and participate in the conversation with other sellers. And if you're ready to take your business to a whole new level, visit MommyIncome.com/Coach to schedule your one-on-one coaching call today.   This week on the Amazon Files:     This is the last week to sign up for the in-person Competent Wholesale Bundlers Workshop.   2022 business growth strategies for your business o   Strategy #1: Mind your own business o   Strategy #2: Marketing o   Strategy #3: Diversification o   Strategy #4: Meet a need unmet by other products in the marketplace o   Strategy #5: Strategic partnerships   Why you must know your business' numbers   Things to troubleshoot before you put PPC on your listing   What A/B testing is, and why you need it   Off-Amazon marketing strategies you can implement   Why you should think twice about Facebook ads   The shortcomings of retail arbitrage   Margin-based versus volume-based business. Which is better?   Why you should consider diversifying into brick-and-mortar stores   Case Study of Dollar Shave Club's strategy.   Case Study of the Taco Bell and Doritos partnership for Doritos Locos Tacos   The value of documenting    "If you always do what you've always done, you'll always get what you've always gotten. And if you're trying to grow, you're going to have to do things differently."   - Kristin Ostrander   Quotes: "Don't spend time chasing someone else's finish line or climbing someone else's ladder."   "You can make a really decent profit without having a huge business."   "You need to know where you are and where you want to go to grow."   "The money is made in the numbers. The money is made at the end of the day when you actually sell that product and then see how much you're making on it."   "You want to make sure that you're minding your business and who's doing what, when, and why are they doing it."   "Marketing does not start with PPC campaigns."   "In reality, if you're not offering what a customer wants, then more visibility isn't going to help you."   "Sometimes it takes time and energy and a little bit of love and a little bit of work to make the listing the best it can possibly be."   "If your listing is more than six months old, it's time to look at it."   "High quality, high-resolution images are going to sell your product. The title, optimized title will bring someone in via search. And once they get to your search, then they're going to be using the images to kind of decide if your listing is even worth looking at."   "A growth strategy can be what's already working and how can we enhance what's already working. That's called working smarter, and not harder."   "Get uncomfortable because that's where growth happens. It happens when we're uncomfortable. When we're chilling, and we're comfortable and whatever, we're living a life of ease - usually, there's not a whole lot of growth that's happening."   “You don't have to be a billion-dollar global brand to get the lion's share of the market for your products… what you need is an unstoppable business growth strategy."   "Don't pigeonhole or box yourself into just Amazon. If you've got great products that are selling well, it's time to expand them."   "Bundles disrupt. And why do they disrupt? Because they're bringing something new and relevant while saving people money, saving them time, saving the environment, all these different things."   "Disrupt by using bundle strategies that are different than anything else."   "You need to know your customers' pain points or their desires, and satisfy their needs. And all you have to do is do it slightly better than your competition."   Related Content:   2022 Workshops - Coupon code: workshop50 Wholesale Bundle System Email questions Learn With Us Coaching The Amazon Files Hub   Grow Your Amazon Business!   Thanks for tuning into this week's episode of The Amazon Files, the show to help Amazon sellers along their business journey one step at a time with Amazon expert and your host, Kristin Ostrander. If you enjoyed this episode, head over to Apple Podcasts, subscribe to the show and leave us your honest review. Don't forget to share your favorite episodes with your friends on social media! Use the codeword GROW to join us on Facebook. Each week, Kristin hosts a live discussion on how to grow your Amazon business. Don't forget to check out our website and subscribe to our mailing list for even more resources.  

Jim Steele, President of Global Strategic Customers at Salesforce, is the man, the myth, and the legend who helped increase Salesforce's revenue from $22 million to over $5 billion. Working since he was 10 years old to support his family, Jim's drive and ambition are still just as strong today as he views new challenges and opportunities with a “beginner's mindset.” As Jim puts it, his 43-year career in sales is a series of stories–in this episode, he reflects on poignant moments that helped shape who he is as a leader in the industry. Jim offers anecdotes from his early days at IBM and paints a vivid picture of Wall Street in the ‘80s. Through his stories, Jim emphasizes an important theme—building authentic relationships—and explores the value of remembering people's names and faces. Jim also discusses the incredible growth of Salesforce, offers takeaways from his 12-year experience, and opens up about his return to the company. In this episode, we cover:  Chateau de Steele: the story behind Jim's Beaver Bar and his legendary open house. (01:49) How Jim became the first chief customer officer, ever - and he describes the lasting effect of his first job at 10 years old. (05:55) Jim's perspective on humility and sincerity - and what he says to people who are not motivated at their job. (10:24) “IBM was the boot camp of sales training”: A key takeaway from Jim's experience at IBM's sales school and how it set the stage for success on Wall Street. (15:16) Through the “three-martini lunches” story, Jim explores Wall Street in the '80s and the value of building trusted relationships. (23:05) Jim's insight on developing personal connections and the value of remembering names and faces. (29:40) A look at Jim's unconventional Salesforce interview experience - and why the Salesforce culture doesn't accept “armchair quarterbacks.” (39:54) Jim reflects on the positive impact of his sabbatical and how COVID-19 gave him a new perspective on work/life balance. (50:14) A conversation about Jim's LVI methodology (listen, validate, and inspire), cultivating genuine relationships, and active listening as a seller. (55:12) Jim's perspective on empowering salespeople - and why Salesforce's unique offering has everything to do with its customers. (01:07:04) What led Jim back to Salesforce, why he loves what he does, and what's next. (01:16:01) Links: Connect with Jim LinkedIn Salesforce Connect with Joubin Twitter LinkedIn Email: gtmg@kleinerperkins.com  Learn more about Kleiner Perkins

Kazakhstan's former chief of intelligence was arrested on Saturday after being charged with trying to overthrow the government. The Central Asian country has seen widespread protests, which its president has blamed on terrorists. Meanwhile, the Russian military arrived after requests from the Kazakh president. Jeffrey Mankoff, senior associate at the Russia and Eurasia program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies joins. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

Each leg, and each supporting rung, will be described and how they interact with a continually progressive explanation of those interactions as the chapters unfold.  Key takeaways: 1.  Common change management efforts fail! Senior and middle managers, who attempt to change their organizations, are offered a glut of analysis techniques that only provide short-term solutions. Many […] The post Professionalizing Strategic Systems Management for Business and Organizational Success: Introducing the CCIM Three-Leg Stool by Dr. Terrence L. Farrier appeared first on WebTalkRadio.net.

About Larry Kozin and MainStreetChamber: Larry Kozin, has been creating innovative new marketing methods since leaving ArtVan Furniture in 1979 and opening up partner owned stores~up and down the west coast with his mentor, Henry Kraus of Electropedic. As the Founder of Advanced Licensing, Larry joined forces with John Bellave of 99cent store fame, and together they opened over 300 independently-owned locations called iDealFurniture, and recruited an Army of over 5000 home based furniture brokers and had a front-row seat to the nightmare of logistics and technology that seemed to elude small and micro furniture entrepreneurs. Advanced Licensing is dedicated to helping privately held companies expand nationally with a focus on building local economies and creating post-pandemic opportunities for the masses to become successful entrepreneurs on a shoestring MainStreetChamber™, a National Membership Organization, provides interactive connections and opportunities that advance Small Business growth and profitability. * Fostering leadership by developing and engaging a wide network of business professionals * Strategic alliances with companies that offer relevant products and services for small business * Extending negotiated discounts of products and services to small business owners * Support system for small business owners and encouragement of member to member business * Giving back to our community by the group involvement with local charities and non-profit organizations In uncertain economic times so many organizations are problem focused, belaboring the frustration of ever tightening markets. MainStreetChamber™ is solution oriented, we help our members face problems and turn them into opportunities for growth and profit. We are redefining business and positioning ourselves through leadership and diversification; to not only make it during tough times, but to be poised for profit in the future. We are a service oriented organization and encourage community involvement. MainStreetChamber™ supports multiple national Non-Profit Organizations as well as many local Non-Profit Organizations through the participation of members in each Chamber. Many of our networking events have a dual purpose to also raise funds, through the sale of donated products and services, for locally supported charities. We provide our members with interactive connections and opportunities that advance Small Business growth and profitability.

In this Sellernomics Podcast episode, Rachel Hasson talks about How to Write Your Amazon Listings Without Being a Copywriter. Rachel will also talk about the difference between an IMPULSIVE buyer VS. STRATEGIC buyer? How do you know if you PRODUCT SOLVES A PROBLEM OR ACHIEVES A GOAL? How do you FIND out WHO YOUR BUYER PERSONA IS! What should people know about BRAND DEMOGRAPHICS? Define your product FEATURES VS. BENEFITS. How to FIND A UNIQUE SELLING PROPOSITION. What is the importance of BULLET POINTS? Define the structure of a PRODUCT DESCRIPTION. Why are REVIEWS ARE A GREAT RESEARCH RESOURCE? - #RachelHasson #evolveadagency

In today's episode, I interview Kim Aguilar, landscape designer and consultant, and owner of her very own new business: The Southern Daisy.  Kim shares with you how she went from dreaming about starting her business to actually living that dream today :)  Kim is amazing and I can't wait for you to learn from her so you too can see that running a successful new business is possible for you too :)  READ MORE HERE New here? GET STARTED below:1. FREE Business Starters Checklist + Business Idea Guide HERE - yay!2. JOIN the awesome, private FB group HERE - it's so much fun!3. WORK with me HERE - wahoo! GET HELP FOR YOUR NEW BUSINESS in 3 ways:1 - 

Today we are talking about Tip #2 for what it takes to achieve your goals, which is to use strategic thinking. Sadly, failing to consider issues from a different perspective is common—plus limiting and short-sighted. Strategic thinking, though, means you can analyze critical factors that affect long-term success. To improve this skill, consider the big picture and planning ahead. Then, you're able to view your options and make more intentional decisions. Strategic thinking helps put your thoughts into action, allowing you to meet those goals. Applying strategic thinking practices to your business will accelerate your success by allowing a crystal-clear focus to drive daily tasks - for you and your team. To download my complimentary copy of a strategic thinking model, go to https://www.accountabilitycoach.com/strategic-thinking-model/. Tune in tomorrow for tip #3 for what it takes to achieve your goals. If you get value from these Podcasts, please take a minute to leave me a short rating and review. I would really appreciate it and always love to hear from you. Subscribe to my high-value business success tips and resources Blog (https://www.accountabilitycoach.com/blog/) Take advantage of all the complimentary business tips and tools by joining the Free Silver Membership on https://www.accountabilitycoach.com/coaching-store/inner-circle-store/. Want more from The Accountability Coach™, subscribe to more high-value content by looking for me on https://www.accountabilitycoach.com/my-podcast/ and on most podcast platforms and in most English-speaking countries, or by going to https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/accountabilitycoach.com/id290547573. Subscribe to my YouTube channel with business success principles (https://www.youtube.com/annebachrach) Connect with me on Linked-In (https://www.linkedin.com/in/annebachrach) Connect with me on Pinterest (https://pinterest.com/resultsrule/) Connect with me on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/annebachrach/) Connect with me on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/TheAccountabilityCoach) Go to https://www.accountabilitycoach.com to check out for yourself how I, as your Accountability Coach™, can help you get and stay focused on you highest payoff activities that put you in the highest probability position to achieve your professional and personal goals, so you can enjoy the kind of business and life you truly want and deserve. As an experienced accountability coach and author of 5 books, I help business professionals make more money, work less, and enjoy even better work life balance. Check out my proven business accelerator resources by going to https://www.accountabilitycoach.com/coaching-store/. Aim for what you want each and every day! Anne Bachrach The Accountability Coach™ Business professionals and Advisors who utilize Anne Bachrach's proven business-success systems make more money, work less, and enjoy better work life balance. Author of Excuses Don't Count; Results Rule, Live Life with No Regrets, No Excuses, the Work Life Balance Emergency Kit and more. Get your audio copies today.

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It should come as no surprise that the current property boom will create a new generation of wealthy Australians. However, if history repeats itself, most people who get into property investment this cycle won't become financially independent. Just look at what happened during the last property boom, and the ones before that. 92% of those who held onto their property never got past the second property. You can't develop financial independence from just one or two properties. Real estate has soared in value by more than 500% in the last 25 years, but most investors failed to develop a substantial portfolio. So, I've put together a special two-part series to help you make the most of our property markets. In today's show and the next one, I'm going to share with you 40 property investment lessons I've learned in the last 40 years to help you become a successful property investor and create lifetime wealth. Let me ask you a question… With the benefit of hindsight and knowing what you know now, if you had the opportunity to do so, would you have bought an investment property 40 years ago? I bet your answer would be yes. But what if you didn't have the benefit of hindsight and there we both were, back in 1980 and just as you were about to invest in a property I told you that in the next year or two Australia would fall into a recession and that in 6 years' time negative gearing would be removed only to be reintroduced a couple of years later. What if I told you there was going to be a stock market crash in 1987, and a severe recession in the early '90s, meaning that in the first decade of owning your investment property you would have had to face all those headwinds. Of course with the benefit of my time machine and you still being back in the 1980s as you planned to buy your first property I would also warn you about the upcoming AIDS scare and the SARS pandemic, the Asian financial crisis, September 11th, the Global Financial Crisis, the Coronavirus induced world recession. Would still have had the courage to buy that property back then in 1980? The answer for many people would now be: “No…why on earth would I invest in property knowing there are so many challenges, problems, and risks ahead?” Of course, they would have missed out on some amazing wealth-building opportunities, wouldn't they? I was already investing for almost a decade back in 1980 and I did buy another investment property that year. And over the years the capital growth I achieved from my investment properties allowed me to keep adding to my portfolio meaning that today I have a significant “cash machine” that gives me the lifestyle choices I was looking for back then. Of course, along the way, I've had some great investment wins but I've also made more than my share of mistakes. And I learned many lessons that I wish I knew back then, so here are… 40 property investment lessons I learned in the last 40 years The economy and our property markets move in cycles. Booms never last forever, neither do busts. That is mainly because most of us get swept up in the optimism or pessimism of others. Despite the ups and downs, the long-term trend for well-located capital city properties is rising values. Even though they are armed with all the research available in today's information age, economists never seem to agree where our property markets are heading and usually get their forecasts wrong. Every year we get hit by an X factor – an unforeseen event or situation that blows all our carefully laid plans away. Then every decade or so we have a major event and the world “breaks.” There are multiple property markets in Australia. Property investment is risky in the short term, but secure in the long term. It is definitely not a way to get rich quickly Since property is a long-term game, don't look for “what works now.” Instead, look for “what has always worked.” Residential property investment is a high growth, relatively low yield investment class. Don't try to make it something different. At times of poor or no capital growth, strategic property investors “manufacture” capital growth through property renovations or development. Residential investment is a game of finance with some houses thrown in the middle. Taking on debt is not a problem. Not being able to repay debt is an issue, meaning cash flow management is a critical part of wealth creation. Property investment is a process, not an event. Strategic investors not only buy properties, but they buy themselves time to ride out the cycle by having financial “cash flow” buffers in place. Wealth is the transfer of money from the impatient to the patient. I must thank Warren Buffet for that quote. The media is not there to educate you, but its job is to get you to click on their links so that they receive revenue from their advertisers. So don't rely on the media for investment strategy or advice. There will always be someone out there telling you not to invest in property. There will always be people out there telling you to invest in property. So, understand their vested interests – they don't usually have your best interests in mind. Savvy investors surround themselves with a great team and are prepared to pay their advisors – they see it as an investment, not a cost. If you're the smartest person on your team you're in trouble. You are going to make investment mistakes along the way and you'll either end up paying a significant learning fee to the market or you can pay your advisors and learn from their experience and mitigate your risks. Resources: Michael Yardney Get the team at Metropole to help build your personal Strategic Property Plan Click here and have a chat with us  Shownotes plus more here: 40 property investment lessons I learned in the last 40 years – Part 1 | Summer Series Some of our favorite quotes from the show: “Don't be surprised when the booms and the busts come around and don't overreact.” – Michael Yardney “Over the years, I've found that it takes the average property investor around 30 years to become financially independent.” – Michael Yardney “Knowing what not to do, in my mind, is just as important in achieving success as knowing what to do.” – Michael Yardney PLEASE LEAVE US A REVIEW Reviews are hugely important to me because they help new people discover this podcast. If you enjoyed listening to this episode, please leave a review on iTunes - it's your way of passing the message forward to others and saying thank you to me. Here's how

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Ignacio M. Sánchez Prado is Professor of Spanish, Latin American Studies, and Film and Media Studies at Washington University in St. Louis. His areas of research include Latin American intellectual history, neoliberal culture, world literary theory, and Mexican cultural studies. He is the author and editor of several books, including Screening Neoliberalism: Mexican Cinema 1988-2012 and most recently Strategic Occidentalism: On Mexican Fiction, The Neoliberal Book Market, and the Question of World Literature (Northwestern UP, 2018). Strategic Occidentalism examines the transformation, in both aesthetics and infrastructure, of Mexican fiction since the late 1970s. During this time a framework has emerged characterized by the corporatization of publishing, a frictional relationship between Mexican literature and global book markets, and the desire of Mexican writers to break from dominant models of national culture. In the course of this analysis, engages with theories of world literature, proposing that “world literature” is a construction produced at various levels, including the national, that must be studied from its material conditions of production in specific sites. In particular, he argues that Mexican writers have engaged in a “strategic Occidentalism” in which their idiosyncratic connections with world literature have responded to dynamics different from those identified by world-systems or diffusionist theorists. Strategic Occidentalism identifies three scenes in which a cosmopolitan aesthetics in Mexican world literature has been produced: Sergio Pitol's translation of Eastern European and marginal British modernist literature; the emergence of the Crack group as a polemic against the legacies of magical realism; and the challenges of writers like Carmen Boullosa, Cristina Rivera Garza, and Ana García Bergua to the roles traditionally assigned to Latin American writers in world literature. Bryant Scott is a professor of English in the Liberal Arts Department at Texas A&M University at Qatar. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/latino-studies

Dr. Adrienne Wallace knows busyness–and the anxiety that comes with it–all too well. As a professor, an advisor, a digital marketing strategist, and a writer (and much more), she has a lot on her plate. So where do rest and relaxation fit in? Adrienne shares her experience and offers advice on taking effective and healthy breaks, managing anxiety, and prioritizing commitments to ensure time and health are maximized. This episode is packed with tidbits of gold for students on semester break, and Adrienne's words of wisdom extend into the typical work and school day. Find a rhythm, avoid avoidance, and know your limits. There's more where that came from. Give it a listen!

Today, in our first episode of the year, we will go through five strategic questions you can ask yourself to start your 2022 the right way and start framing it to reach success. I'll be sharing examples of how these questions helped me build my business, structure my life and reach my goals.  What You Will Learn In This Episode: - Why we need to focus on the words that feel expansive, motivating and inspirational - How to structure the following year based on future projects - Structuring when to plan, promote, sell, launch, and deliver our 2022's products - Finding your sacred spaciousness, and it looks and feels like in 2022 - How to know the difference between what we should do and what we need to do As a coach and a mentor, I'm aware of the power questions can have, how they can motivate us and clarify the path towards our goals. We are stronger than we know, and we know more than we think, and asking powerful questions is an excellent way of unlocking that hidden power and knowledge.  Resources: - Sign up for Niyc's "Happy Coaches Make More Money" Masterclass here: www.happycoachesmasterclass.com  - Sacred Scribes: http://sacredscribesangelnumbers.blogspot.com/p/index-numbers.html  - Kundalini Yoga with Tej: https://tejtv.yoga/pages/live  - Sign up for Niyc's Sales & Marketing Workshop: https://www.unstoppablesuccess.com/workshop  - Check out Niyc's Positive Psychology Coach Certification: https://niyc-pidgeon.mykajabi.com/positive-psychology-coach-academy-1  - My website https://www.unstoppablesuccess.com - Find me on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/niycpidgeon  - Find me on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/niycpidge

Larry is a seasoned financial consultant disrupting the way companies get strategic financial advice. At the same time, he's changing the way you view a guy (still working) in his 70's. This "old guy" can certainly tell stories that will remind you of your favorite uncle, while at the same time teaching you how to increase profitability in your business. And in the process, make you hope you have that kind of energy when you are his age.   Website: www.cfosimplified.com

HAPPY NEW YEAR!The CPG Guys, PVSB and his guest co-host Daniel Torres Dwyer (co-host of the new FMCG Guys podcast) are joined in this episode by Paola Peretti Global Vice President, Digital & Consumer Experience at Mars & Kishor Gummaraju, Chief Customer Officer of Tiger Analytics which develops bespoke insight solutions powered by data and technology for several Fortune 500 companies.This is a the second in a 2-episode partnership with Tiger Analytics where Paola and Kishor discuss opportunities for leveraging data and insights to drive Omnichannel excellence.Visit https://www.tigeranalytics.com/omnichannel/ to know more about the Omnichannel offerings.Follow Kishor Gummaraju on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kishor-gummaraju/Follow Paola Peretti on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paolaperetti/Follow Tiger Analytics online at: https://www.tigeranalytics.com/Follow Tiger Analytics on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/company/tiger-analytics/Link to interesting research work by Prof. Mohan Sawhey & Paola Peretti: https://tinyurl.com/paolaperetti  Paola & Kishor answer these questions:1) Paola, you are the VP of Digital & Consumer Experience at Mars. Help our audience understand your journey so far and your current role.2) Give us an overview of the value propositions you brought for Mars and the KIND brand?3) Paola, what are some of the best examples where you have seen data being used as a strategic asset?4) How do you help with day to day decision making in an Omni Channel environment.5) How can Test and learn experiments help to drive digital transformations? Please share more from you current and previous experiments6) But making this happen in a large organization is not easy. What are the challenges you see and how do you overcome them?7) A lot of the things that Paola mentioned are very internal to the organization. How does Tiger Analytics help in overcoming the challenges that Paola outlined?8) How do you see the future evolve from each of your vantage points? “Crystal ball” the future for us if you will.9) What advice do you have for women in the FMCG industry, who aim to make it big in their careers?10) Finally how is Tiger evolving as a company to adapt to the changing environmentCPG Guys Website: http://CPGGuys.comFMCG Guys Website: http://fmcgguys.com DISCLAIMER: The content in this podcast episode is provided for general informational purposes only. By listening to our episode, you understand that no information contained in this episode should be construed as advice from CPGGUYS, LLC or the individual author, hosts, or guests, nor is it intended to be a substitute for research on any subject matter. Reference to any specific product or entity does not constitute an endorsement or recommendation by CPGGUYS, LLC. The views expressed by guests are their own and their appearance on the program does not imply an endorsement of them or any entity they represent. CPGGUYS LLC expressly disclaims any and all liability or responsibility for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, consequential or other damages arising out of any individual's use of, reference to, or inability to use this podcast or the information we presented in this podcast.

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Sean: Aside from taking your name off the wall, and stepping back on the sales process. What other things did you fully commission or fully delegate so that you can work on the business rather than in the business? Chris: Yeah, well, and I think it was gradual, cause I started out doing everything. So the first thing I took myself out of was any kind of the front-end customer service type of thing and organizing the office. So that was kind of the first night that it was hiring other teachers to take some of the students. And then, as the marketing became more complicated, you know, I got into doing websites, really digital marketing. We first started getting into it in 1996 and back then it was AOL homepage. There was no Google, Google that people forget, the Google didn't exist. You really couldn't find anything on the web. So you had these weird AOL home pages and you know, or like what, like if you had a website that, you know, you could have like one page, not everybody had mean. But for us, we said, okay, we built a website. We've held the whole region. So we, I learned how to build websites, not doing code, but like templates, right? Like whatever, Go Daddy website. We learn how to do that. And so as I learned that I learned what worked and what didn't work. And that was something I found somebody to do for me. So someone else does the websites now I talked to them about it, but, and talked about the content and things like that. But I stepped back from it. So gradually you sort of can step out of different roles. I'm very actively involved in our Google advertising and our Facebook advertising. Someone else actually does our Facebook advertising, but it's, it's something that I'm involved in as far as messaging and the images and what are we presenting to the customers, but I'm not the one actually uploading the picture and typing things in. So you're able to kind of, you still need to be there, but you're doing maybe a different thing. Strategic work, I guess, would be the term to do this. Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/leadershipstack Join our community and ask questions here: from.sean.si/discord Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/leadershipstack

I'm so glad you are listening today as I share with you 3 important things I have learned about business in 2021 - and am passing on those valuable lessons to you :)  READ MORE HERE

In this minisode, we read and share our own, and listener's, unbelievable and hilarious can't evens. For full show notes go to www.drinkandfarm.com/mini62.

In this episode of Chasing the Insights, I talk to Instagram marketing guru, cat lady, and Latte lover; Stephanie Rigby. Steph talks to us about how you can reach your business goals with an Instagram marketing strategy. Stephanie Rigby is an Instagram content mentor who empowers her clients to create authentic content and helps them focus on using Instagram to grow their business.

Brooklyn-based Douglas Davis enjoys being one of the variety of voices needed in front of and behind the concept. As principal of The Davis Group, Douglas offers strategic solutions to client branding, design, and communications problems. As author of Creative Strategy and the Business of Design, Douglas regularly contributes to the design discourse in The European Business Review, RGD Design Thinkers, and the OneClub Educators Summit. Douglas is an Emmy Award-winning strategist who serves on the advisory boards of the Poster House Museum CMYK council, The Type Director's Club, The University of Oregon's Masters in Advertising and Brand Responsibility, and City College's Masters in Branding and Integrated Communications.

Ross Brannon is not your typical Financial Advisor. As a fee based “strategic wealth advisor” he meets with his clients' multiple times to get a baseline of their current financial position before together they even begin to plan out a retirement strategy.Savings is king in Brannon's world – not getting the highest rate of return for investments. It's his unique “Savings Strategy” that has earned him the reputation as the ‘go to” advisor for dentists and physicians. Dentists and physicians are busy. They have a lot of moving parts to juggle all the time. They are often earning a high salary but when Brannon works with them to peel back their financial situation, it becomes apparent that unless adjustments are made, they won't be able to retire with the lifestyle they want at the age they want.His strategic wealth method is 180 degrees opposite of what other planners usually do. It's why he's fee based. A long term relationship with his clients depends on creating a workable, strategic plan that not only protects them from unforeseen issues, but gives them the peace of mind they will be prepared when they're ready to retire.Brannon can work with clients in all 50 states. He may be reached through his website at RossBrannon.com or by calling his office at 850-566-7999.**************This podcast is for informational purposes only. Nina Hershberger and her firm are not affiliated with or endorsed by PAS, Guardian, or North Florida Financial and opinions stated are their own. Ross is a Registered Representative and Financial Advisor of Park Avenue Securities LLC (PAS). OSJ: 3664 Coolidge Ct., Tallahassee, FL 32311. 850-562-9075. Securities products and advisory services offered through PAS, member FINRA, SIPC. Financial Representative of The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America® (Guardian), New York, NY. PAS is a wholly owned subsidiary of Guardian. North Florida Financial is not an affiliate or subsidiary of PAS or Guardian. AR insurance license #16139032, CA insurance license #0L10073. 2021-127853 Exp 10/23MegaBucks Radio with Nina Hershbergerhttps://businessinnovatorsradio.com/megabucks-radio-with-nina-hershbergerSource: https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/ross-brannon-strategic-wealth-advisor-shares-his-unique-retirement-savings-strategy

We are entering a new era of missile warfare. Today Dr. Tom Karako from CSIS joins AUSA's Dan Roper to discuss the state of Long-range Strike and Air Defense in the Indo-Pacific, particularly the challenges and opportunities associated with the proliferation of multiple weapon systems capable of hypersonic speeds and maneuver.  They describe the importance of both air and missile defense and land-based long-range fires to the defense of Guam and to enable the power projection necessary to secure a Free and Open Indo-Pacific for the U.S. and its Allies and Partners. Guest: Thomas Karako, PhD, Senior Fellow, International Security Program and Director, Missile Defense Project, Center for Strategic and International Studies Host: COL (Ret) Dan Roper, AUSA's National Security Studies Director Resources: CSIS: Center for Strategic and International Studies Web: https://www.csis.org/ Recommendations for future topics are welcome via email at podcast@ausa.org.

A hard truth here, friends... Just because you're amazing in your field (health coaching, relationship coaching, etc.) doesn't mean you know how to actually build your business. Let me ask you...

From October 17, 2015: Last week, the Center for Strategic and International Studies hosted Ben, along with Laura Donohue of Georgetown Law School, former NSA Director Michael Hayden, and Robin Simcox of the Henry Jackson Society, to discuss the future of surveillance reform in a post-Snowden world. What have we learned about NSA surveillance activities and its oversight mechanisms since June 2013? In what way should U.S. intelligence operations be informed by their potential impact on U.S. on economic interests? What privacy interests do non-Americans have in U.S. surveillance? And domestically, has the third-party doctrine outlived its applicability? Tom Karako of CSIS moderated the panel.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/lawfare. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Photo:  Carl von Clausewitz "Clausewitz acknowledges that friction creates enormous difficulties for the realization of any plan, and the fog of war hinders commanders from knowing what is happening. It is precisely in the context of this challenge that he develops the concept of military genius, whose capabilities are seen above all in the execution of operations." "Strategic Friction" management by the US Navy. Bill Gertz @BillGertz, @BillGertz_AIFS;  @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/16/us/politics/scientists-letter-nuclear-arsenal.html https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/dec/21/pacific-military-command-adopts-software-tool-moni/ William L. Gertz, @BillGertz,  @BillGertz_AIFS ; national security correspondent for The Washington Times