Podcasts about tasks

Book Alan's Business Breakthrough Session. Your first 30-minute coaching call is FREE. Learn how to prioritize success and let your quality of life become the byproduct. - https://calendly.com/alanlazaros/30-minute-breakthrough-sessionFitness is forever, it's a lifestyle. Get jacked and join the Next Level Fitness Accountability Group. This group is invite-only. Reach out to Kevin or Alan on Instagram:Kevin: https://www.instagram.com/neverquitkid/Alan: https://www.instagram.com/alazaros88/_______________________Your future is shaped by what your calendar reveals, not what your intentions promise. In today's episode, Kevin and Alan investigate why so many people feel short on time while their daily choices quietly pull them away from the goals that matter most. They break down the value of a practical time audit, the difference between perceived busyness and measurable priorities, and how to account for the 168 hours available each week. You will also hear how small, repeated time investments can compound into better health, stronger habits, greater productivity, and more intentional personal growth. This episode offers a direct framework for identifying where your time, effort, and money are going, then evaluating whether those investments are helping you build the future you say you want. _______________________NLU is more than a podcast. From the Next Level Dreamliner to Group Coaching, we provide tools and communities to help you grow with more clarity, consistency, and accountability.Visit our website and socials through the links below.

Today, we dive into the rise of America's Robber Barons—the industrial titans who built enormous fortunes, controlled entire industries, and helped define the Gilded Age. From John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil empire and J.P. Morgan's financial power to Jacob Astor, Leland Stanford, political corruption, labor strikes, and the scandals that followed, we explore how these men became some of the richest and most powerful figures in American history. We also look at how Ida Tarbell, Theodore Roosevelt, and Howard Taft fought back—and ask whether the Robber Barons ever really disappeared, or simply evolved. Welcome to History Camp!

Every solopreneur eventually meets the client who pays the bills but crushes the soul. The one who calls at odd hours, ignores your boundaries, pays late, and somehow still feels impossible to let go of because the money is good.In this episode, Carly and Joe tackle one of the hardest parts of running a life-first business, walking away from a client you cannot afford to lose. They explain why the difficult client is not always the mean one, sometimes it is the perfectly nice person who has pulled your business away from its core.You will learn how to do the real math on what a problem client is actually costing you per hour, why communicating your boundaries comes before firing anyone, and how raising your rates can either fix the relationship or end it cleanly. Carly and Joe also share why keeping things professional matters more than venting, how to give enough notice so you never leave someone in a lurch, and what to do with your freed-up time once the client is gone.Whether that client is your only client or the one funding your vacations, this conversation gives you a clear, calm path out. Your paycheck and your peace of mind do not have to be at war.Leave a five-star review, share this with a fellow solopreneur, and subscribe wherever you listen, including YouTube.

John Maytham speaks to Greg Oelofse from the Cape Peninsula Baboon Task Team about the rollout of the new baboon –proof bins. Presenter John Maytham is an actor and author-turned-talk radio veteran and seasoned journalist. His show serves a round-up of local and international news coupled with the latest in business, sport, traffic and weather. The host’s eclectic interests mean the program often surprises the audience with intriguing book reviews and inspiring interviews profiling artists. A daily highlight is Rapid Fire, just after 5:30pm. CapeTalk fans call in, to stump the presenter with their general knowledge questions. Another firm favourite is the humorous Thursday crossing with award-winning journalist Rebecca Davis, called “Plan B”. Thank you for listening to a podcast from Afternoon Drive with John Maytham Listen live on Primedia+ weekdays from 15:00 and 18:00 (SA Time) to Afternoon Drive with John Maytham broadcast on CapeTalk https://buff.ly/NnFM3Nk For more from the show go to https://buff.ly/BSFy4Cn or find all the catch-up podcasts here https://buff.ly/n8nWt4x Subscribe to the CapeTalk Daily and Weekly Newsletters https://buff.ly/sbvVZD5 Follow us on social media: CapeTalk on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CapeTalk CapeTalk on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@capetalk CapeTalk on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ CapeTalk on X: https://x.com/CapeTalk CapeTalk on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CapeTalk567 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

*FOUR* different types of to do lists: Sequenced Lists, Brain Dump, Menu of Options, & the 'Done' List — and how to use them to support your executive functioning beyond the traditional 'to-do' (especially if to-do lists can get overwhelming or are unhelpful for you!) 

There is a page in Emma's notebook that has been written out, in more or less the same words, most weeks for months. Five things on it. Email the curator she met last spring. Book the studio visit. Get the new work up on the website. Finish the residency application. And every week, in that big looping handwriting of hers, the same five things go down on a clean page, and by the following week not one of them has a line through it. If you have a page like that, and I think most of you do, I think some of you could recite yours to me right now, then this one is for you. It will help you to work out why you are repeatedly delaying doing those specific tasks, so you can finally break that cycle, get them done and make some real progress.Before we go any further, if you haven't followed the show yet, do that now, because these solo episodes land every week and they are built to be used rather than just listened to. KEY TAKEAWAYS The task that´s been on your list for weeks isn't a procrastination problem; it's an emotional one. Emailing the curator, updating your website, raising your prices look like simple tasks, but by not doing them you are actually dodging the risk of rejection, judgement, or getting it wrong in public. Instead of asking, “Why can't I just do this?”, say, “I'm not avoiding the task, I'm avoiding the feeling that…”.  Reframe the task, make it tiny and less threatening: “email the curator” becomes “practice reaching out,” “update my website” becomes “practice being seen.”  Make taking action embarrassingly small. Send a three‑line email to that curator, spend 30 minutes on updating your website – so fear doesn't get a vote, and you can actually do it on an ordinary, messy day. BEST MOMENTS “Not one of those five tasks was a task. All five were feelings that she'd already decided the task would produce.” “You tell yourself to put the new work online, and it (your brain) files that under judgement. And you tell yourself to raise your prices, and it files that under losing everything you've built.” “Confidence arrives afterwards. It arrives as evidence. Every difficult email that you've sent, every application you've submitted, every room that you've walked into before you felt ready, your brain quietly loved that you came out the other side.” “Practising saying it out loud to yourself over and again is how it becomes embodied.” PODCAST HOST BIO With over 35 years in the art world, Ceri has worked closely with leading artists and arts professionals, managed public and private galleries and charities, and curated more than 250 exhibitions and events. She has sold artworks to major museums and private collectors and commissioned thousands of works across diverse media, from renowned artists such as John Akomfrah, Pipilotti Rist, Rafael Lozano-Hemmer and Vito Acconci. Now, she wants to share her extensive knowledge with you, so you can excel and achieve your goals. **** Ceri Hand Coaching Membership: Group coaching, live art surgeries, exclusive masterclasses, portfolio reviews, weekly challenges. Access our library of content and resource hub anytime and enjoy special discounts within a vibrant community of peers and professionals. Ready to transform your art career? Join today! https://cerihand.com/membership/ **** Unlock Your Artworld Network Self Study Course Our self-study video course, "Unlock Your Artworld Network," offers a straightforward 5-step framework to help you build valuable relationships effortlessly. Gain the tools and confidence you need to create new opportunities and thrive in the art world today. https://cerihand.com/courses/unlock_your_artworld_network/ **** Book a Discovery Call Today To schedule a personalised 1-2-1 coaching session with Ceri or explore our group coaching options, simply email us at hello@cerihand.com **** Discover Your Extraordinary Creativity Visit www.cerihand.com to learn how we can help you become an extraordinary creative. This Podcast has been brought to you by Disruptive Media. https://disruptivemedia.co.uk/

There's a big difference between wanting a successful sleep consulting business and actually building one.Kari spent more than 20 years working as a nanny before deciding she wanted something different. She loved working with babies and families, but she wanted more flexibility, and the ability to work entirely from home.So she got certified as a sleep consultant and got to work.For Kari, that meant putting herself out there in ways that didn't always feel natural or comfortable. She reached out to pediatricians and other perinatal professionals, booked meetings that made her nervous, and spent hours making connections and building relationships. She worked tirelessly to market herself before the referrals were coming in and trusted that the effort would eventually pay off.And it did.Somewhere along the way, Kari gained confidence in herself and in the value of the experience she already had. Tasks that once felt intimidating became easier simply because she kept doing them over and over again.In this episode of Becoming a Sleep Consultant, we talk about what it took for Kari to turn the career she imagined into the career she can be proud of. She's ahead of schedule! Links: Website: https://karipoppinz.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/karipoppinz_babysleepmagic/If you'd like to learn more about becoming a Sleep Consultant, please join our Facebook Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/becomeasleepconsultantCPSM website: https://thecpsm.com/Book a free discovery call to learn how you can become a Certified Sleep Consultant here: https://jaynehavens.as.me/CPSM-Inquiry

Mitch Horowitz joins us today for a deep dive into the hidden layers of our reality, exploring the intersection of high strangeness, ritual magic, and ancient mysticism. From the dimensional nature of UFOs and the "masks" worn by entities to the startling parallels between modern contact rituals and religious miracles, we investigate the forces that shape our world from the shadows. We also touch on the power of sigils, the dangers of occult experimentation, and Mitch's own personal experiences with the esoteric. Welcome to Camp!

Warren Kornblum spent decades inside some of the biggest brands in retail, including Toys R Us across 27 countries, and he is convinced the solopreneur holds an advantage the giants would kill for. In this episode, Warren joins Carly and Joe to break down what really builds a brand when you are a business of one.Warren makes the case that branding was never about technology, reach, or advertising. It is about the customer, and solopreneurs are uniquely positioned to keep that focus razor sharp. He introduces his idea of the brand stand, the promise your business makes and keeps, and explains why a relationship will always beat a transaction.You will also hear why chasing followers and views can quietly work against you, the difference between share of mind and share of heart, and the danger of using AI to do the personal work that actually earns trust. Warren keeps it refreshingly real, and by the end you will have one simple thing you can start doing this week.In this episode you will learn:Why the solopreneur has a branding advantage over billion-dollar companiesWhat a brand stand is and how to build one that does not collapse into performanceThe difference between share of mind and share of heartWhy vanity metrics mislead you and what to measure insteadHow to earn trust without selling your soul for likesWhere solopreneurs most often overpromise and underdeliverWhether you are just starting or years into building your business of one, this conversation will change how you think about your brand.

On the podcast, we are highlighting some exciting new initiatives that the UMSOM has been launching. In this episode, we are shining a light on the First Generation Task Force, a group of students creating a support structure and social and educational events to help all first-gen medical students feel empowered and well informed about the medical school journey. We'll hear from three medical student leaders of the First Gen Task Force: Wasilat Dosunmo, Annice Ufoh, and Akshaya Balaji. We cover the First Gen Task Force's origin story, mission, and how to get involved, as well as a few personal stories about imposter syndrome and asking for help. 

Why do you keep avoiding things you know you need to do?You know what I mean. The unopened post sitting on the side. The form that would probably take five minutes. The donation bag you keep walking past. The email you still haven't sent.Task avoidance can be so frustrating, especially when you know the job itself is small. But avoidance is not always about how long something will take. Often, it is about the emotional weight attached to the task, the uncertainty around it, or simply not knowing how to begin.In this episode, I'm talking about ADHD avoidance and why small tasks can start taking up so much mental space when we keep putting them off. If you have ADHD, avoiding tasks can also be connected to executive function and task initiation, which can make getting started feel much harder than it looks from the outside.We'll look at what is really happening when you keep putting something off, including the avoidance cycle that so many of us get stuck in, why telling yourself to “just do it” usually doesn't help, and how to make taking action easier.You'll learn:Why a five-minute task can feel much harder than it actually isWhat can be happening underneath avoidanceHow uncertainty and hidden steps can make small tasks feel overwhelmingWhy avoidance gives you temporary relief but can create more stress laterHow ADHD can affect task initiation and getting startedWhy the emotional weight of a task can grow the longer you leave itHow guilt and self-criticism can make task avoidance even harderSimple ways to make the first step feel smaller and more manageableHow to identify the next physical action instead of thinking about the whole taskWhy you do not need to finish everything for your progress to countIf you're looking for help to take action the things you've been avoiding, this episode is for you. Here's to fewer things competing for your attention,CarolineIf this is something you struggle with, you may also want to listen to Episode 203, 3 Shifts to Finally Start the Tasks You Keep Putting Off, and Episode 211, Why Tiny Tasks Start Feeling Huge When You're Overwhelmed.Thanks for listening! For more organizational motivation, support and free resources:Join my online membership Clutter Free CollectiveJoin my podcast Facebook group Living Clutter Free Forever Podcast: KonMari® Inspired Organizing | FacebookVisit my website www.caroline-thor.com Come and say 'hi' on Instagram @caro.thor Follow me on Facebook @carolineorganizer

Hi Mamas, ,  What if the goal isn't to get better at doing everything... but to make some of it easier?  As busy working moms, we become incredibly capable. We manage careers, kids, calendars, meals, appointments, school activities, relationships, homes—and about a million tiny details no one else seems to realize we're keeping track of.  And somewhere along the way, we can start believing that because we're capable of doing it all, we should do it all.  But this week's Monday Mindset is your reminder:  “Every task you simplify creates space for something that matters more.”  Because simplifying your life isn't just about saving time. It's about deciding what you want to do with the time you get back.  Maybe simplifying dinner gives you more time to sit with your family.  Maybe automating a task gives you time to take a walk.  Maybe delegating something gives you more patience with your kids.  Maybe finding a faster way to handle something at work helps you close your laptop on time.  Or maybe that extra time gives you a few minutes to sit on the couch and do absolutely nothing—and yes, mama, that counts too.  In today's Monday Mindset, we're talking about why being capable doesn't mean you have to do everything yourself, why productivity shouldn't simply mean squeezing more into your day, and how simplifying the small things can help reduce your mental load and create more work-life balance.  Because the goal isn't to become more efficient so you can do more.  The goal is to become more efficient so you have more room for the people, priorities and moments that matter most. 

Ever finish a meeting and struggle to focus on the task in front of you? The problem may not be distraction, it may be attention residue. Dr. Gabby Caviedes explains how unfinished, rushed, or emotionally charged tasks can follow us into our next activity, draining focus and productivity. Learn a simple 30–60 second "close the loop" practice that can help your brain fully move on and make your attention work harder for you.

A a midday reset between focused tasks practice centered on a small circle of still water beneath an open sky. It offers one gentle arc with room to notice breathing, contact, sound, and the next comfortable step.Chapters:00:00 Arrival02:00 Settling06:00 Practice13:00 Integration18:00 ReturnThis general-wellness practice is not medical or mental-health treatment. Stop or adjust whenever anything feels uncomfortable.Your Quiet Moment is part of HustleStudios Podcast Network. Questions or corrections: hustlestudioph@gmail.com.Sound CreditsSound effect from #Uppbeat: ‘Forest ambience with rain birds' by Mechanical Wavehttps://uppbeat.io/sfx/forest-ambience-with-rain-birds/1252/7061Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/your-quiet-moment--6944063/support.Thank you for sharing this quiet moment with us.Follow Your Quiet Moment for daily guided meditations, calming affirmations, mindful breathing, gentle relaxation, and peaceful practices designed to fit into real life.If this episode helped you slow down, consider sharing it with someone who may need a quiet moment today.Support the podcast and help us continue creating accessible moments of calm:https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/your-quiet-moment--6944063/supportPlease do not use guided meditation while driving, operating machinery, or doing anything that requires your complete attention.This podcast provides general relaxation and wellness content. It is not medical advice, diagnosis, psychotherapy, or a substitute for professional mental health care.Your Quiet Moment is produced by HustleStudios Podcast Network.

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Today, we’re bringing you the best from the KUOW Newsroom… First, the Suquamish Tribe has unveiled a new social studies curriculum for neighboring public schools to use. It’s part of a statewide decades-long effort to teach Washington state students tribal history. Next, at least three research and development facilities in the Northwest are being considered for closure after US Forest Service restructuring. Scientists are working to continue long term research as they wait for answers. And finally, a group that’s been working for years to help address the opioid epidemic in Pierce County is being quietly shut down. We can only make Seattle Now because listeners support us. Tap here to make a gift and keep Seattle Now in your feed. Got questions about local news or story ideas to share? We want to hear from you! Email us at seattlenow@kuow.org, leave us a voicemail at (206) 616-6746 or leave us feedback online or on the KUOW App.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

There is a sentence here from St. Isaac that overturns almost everything we are inclined to think about asceticism: You suppose these things were ordained simply to oblige you to labor. We imagine the vigil primarily as something difficult. Sleep is surrendered. The body is constrained. Psalms are prayed while the world sleeps. Nature protests and the monk remains standing before God. Looked at from the outside, it appears to be an extraordinary act of discipline. But Isaac tells us that if this is all we see, we have not yet understood the vigil. The question is not how much a man can endure for God. The question is what begins to happen within the heart of a man who desires God enough to seek Him in the night. Something is born there. This is why Isaac speaks so fiercely about the following day. The tragedy would not simply be that we failed in some ascetical rule. The tragedy would be that we received something precious and then lived carelessly enough to lose it. Seeking the One Who Has Already Come to Us The night vigil is born from desire. The monk rises because Someone is there. This is what distinguishes Christian asceticism from mere religious exertion. We are not trying to force our way toward an absent God. We are responding to the God who has already drawn near, already called us, already awakened desire within us. The Beloved has come seeking us. And eventually the heart begins seeking Him. There comes a moment in the spiritual life when prayer is no longer adequately described as obligation. The language of duty becomes too small. A man discovers within himself a hunger for silence because silence allows him to hear more clearly. He desires solitude because solitude removes the thousand competing claims upon his attention. He rises in the night because there are hours when the world has become quiet enough for the heart to recognize what it has always desired. Isaac knows this experience. This is why he speaks of Scripture as well. Reading is not merely preparation for prayer or the acquisition of religious knowledge. Scripture “sows” something within the soul. It gathers the scattered mind. It irrigates prayer. It plants the remembrance of God. It makes the understanding subtle enough to perceive things that previously escaped it. Scripture, silence, prayer, vigil—all begin converging upon the one thing necessary. Christ Himself. And once the heart begins to taste this, the whole ordering of life must change. The Day Must Become the Guardian of the Night Here Isaac becomes extraordinarily demanding. What sense is there, he asks, in sowing throughout the night only to scatter the seed during the day? We stand before God in darkness, struggling to gather the mind. Perhaps after a long while the thoughts settle. Something softens. The Name descends more deeply. Scripture opens itself in a way that cannot easily be explained. A stillness appears that we could never manufacture. Then morning comes. And we throw ourselves back into dispersion. Conversation. Curiosity. News. Opinions. Tasks that did not need to be done. Encounters that did not need to occur. Words that did not need to be spoken. The endless grazing of the mind among things. Isaac's question is devastatingly simple: Why would you do this? Why labor through the night to gather what you willingly scatter during the day? This reveals something essential about the monastic heart. Vigil cannot be isolated from the rest of life. There cannot be one life before God and another life afterward. Isaac says that we must place “no wall of separation” between the night and the day. That phrase is astonishing. The stillness of the night is meant to flow into the day. The remembrance of God cultivated in darkness must become the hidden atmosphere in which we move beneath the light of the sun. The silence of the cell must follow us. The Name must remain near. Our encounters, our speech, our work, even the manner in which we allow ourselves to think must begin to be governed by one question: Will this help me remain with the One whom I have found? This is not narrowness. It is love. Love Makes a Man Careful When something becomes precious to us, we become careful around it. This perhaps explains Isaac's asceticism better than almost anything else. The Fathers guard the senses because something precious has been entrusted to the heart. They guard speech because words can disturb what silence has gathered. They flee unnecessary encounters because the mind can quickly become populated by images, arguments, memories, anxieties, and judgments. They restrain curiosity because the heart cannot gaze simultaneously in every direction and remain simple before God. From outside, such a life may appear severe. From within, it is tenderness. A man in love does not experience every renunciation as deprivation. Some things simply become less interesting because something infinitely more beautiful has appeared. This is why the ascetical life is so counterintuitive. We ordinarily construct our days around what must be accomplished and then attempt to fit prayer somewhere within them. Isaac reverses the order. Order the day around what must not be lost. What if the most important thing that happened today occurred while the world was sleeping? What if the deepest work was not something we accomplished but the quiet gathering of the heart before God? What if the purpose of tomorrow were, in part, simply not to lose it? Then discernment changes. We begin asking not merely whether something is sinful, permissible, useful, interesting, or productive. We begin asking whether it preserves the heart's capacity for God. This is a much more demanding question. “You Would Have Embraced Jesus' Bosom” And then Isaac says something almost unbearably beautiful. Had the monk allowed his daytime life to correspond to the meditation of the night, had he placed no division between them, Isaac says that “in a short time you would have embraced Jesus' bosom.” Here the entire meaning of vigil is unveiled. Not achievement. Not spiritual heroism. Not mastery over sleep. The bosom of Jesus. Communion. Intimacy. Rest in the Beloved. Everything else exists for this. We constrain ourselves because we desire freedom from everything that prevents love. We become silent because we desire to hear. We remain awake because we desire to see. We read because we desire the mind of Christ. We guard ourselves because we have discovered something worth guarding. Even the night itself becomes sacramental in this sense. The darkness strips things of their urgency. The machinery of the world slows. The identities we carry during the day become less important. There is less to perform and less to defend. There is simply the creature before the Creator. The beloved before the Beloved. And the Name. Lord Jesus Christ. The New Life Begins in the Night Isaac finally speaks of those who desire “knowledge of the new life.” That is what vigil opens before us. A new life. Not merely a more disciplined version of the old one. Perhaps this is why the call to stillness can become stronger rather than weaker as the spiritual life deepens. The field of vision narrows. Things once regarded as indispensable reveal themselves as secondary. Activities that once seemed important begin to feel strangely weightless. Even good works must find their proper place. Not because love has diminished. Because desire has become concentrated. One thing is necessary. The night teaches this with a clarity the day rarely permits. And so perhaps Isaac's teaching on vigil reaches far beyond the question of how many hours we sleep. He is teaching us how to construct an entire life around the remembrance of God. Receive the night as gift. Read until the mind is gathered. Call upon the Name. Stand before God when nothing seems to be happening. Remain. And when something begins to awaken within you—some tenderness, some compunction, some clarity, some quiet awareness of the One who has been waiting for you—do not rush away from it. Guard it. Carry it into the morning. Let your speech become quieter because of it. Let your choices become simpler. Let unnecessary things fall away. Let the day itself become an extension of the vigil. For the purpose of the vigil was never simply that we should remain awake. It was that we should awaken. And having awakened, that we should refuse to return to sleep. The Fathers went into the night because they had begun to glimpse the astonishing truth hidden beneath all asceticism: God is worth seeking. God is worth waiting for. God is worth arranging an entire life around. And once the heart has begun to discover Him in the silence, wisdom consists largely in learning not to lose during the day what Love has given us in the night. --- Text of chat during the group: 00:21:49 Ambrose Little: It's supposed to make your head hurt.

SEO doesn't care if you're grieving, growing a human, or just trying to remember to drink water—it's still gonna do its thing & work BTS for you 24/7.I love SEO as a marketing strategy because it's so sustainable & works with the energy you have available. It requires a bit more time & focus at the very beginning, but then the “sustainable” part really gets to shine. In this episode, I'm getting a lil sentimental & sharing the story of how I fell into SEO during one of the hardest seasons of my life, & then I'm walking you through the monthly SEO tasks you can do with whatever capacity level you're working with.Low energy day? There's a task for that. Brain fully firing? There's a task for that, too.→ Get the full show notes here!https://brittanyherzberg.com/blog/monthly-seo-tasks-that-fit-every-energy-and-capacity-level——

One forgotten task can cost thousands of dollars. HomeZada co-founders Beth Dodson and John Bodrozic reunite behind the mic to break down the difference between one-time tasks (repairs, troubleshooting, replacements) and recurring tasks (the preventative maintenance that keeps your home running efficiently and safely) — and why so many "sudden" repairs are really just skipped maintenance in disguise. They trade favorite and most-forgotten tasks, from air filters and dryer vents to draining the water heater and degreasing the stove hood, and explain the real costs of neglect: shortened equipment life, denied insurance claims, higher energy bills, and genuine fire and health hazards. Key Topics & Timestamps (01:13) — Why tasks matter Beth sets the stakes: one forgotten task can cost thousands, and today's mission is clarifying one-time vs. recurring tasks. (02:16) — What is a recurring task? John's definition: things done on a regular basis — monthly, seasonally, or annually — to keep the home operating efficiently, because a home is a collection of building materials and equipment in constant use. (03:01) — Beyond efficiency: safety and health Beth raises the stakes further — skipping some of these tasks isn't just costly, it can be life-threatening or cause health conditions. (04:23) — What is a one-time task? Something stopped working and needs troubleshooting, repair, or (after repeated fix attempts) replacement. Examples: a garbage disposal that won't spin, a refrigerator that's not staying cold, a leaky faucet knob, a shower head spraying oddly. (08:05) — The key insight: one-time tasks are often failed recurring tasks A warm refrigerator is frequently just a dusty compressor that needed an annual vacuuming. A weak shower head is mineral gunk that needed an annual cleaning. (08:17) — Beth's favorite: air filters Change them 3–4 times a year — even 6 during wildfire season, when they turn black shockingly fast. (11:19) — The hidden dryer vent Everyone cleans the lint trap; few clean the duct behind the dryer that vents outside. Clogged vents mean longer dry times, higher bills — and a serious fire hazard, because lint is highly flammable. (13:17) — The real challenge: nobody gives you a schedule Homes don't come with maintenance calendars. Homeowners forget, don't know, or argue over who's responsible. The fix is a system that remembers for you. (15:04) — How HomeZada solves it At signup, HomeZada auto-creates a recurring maintenance schedule with email reminders and a monthly digest. There are roughly 30–40 preventative tasks per home, spread across seasons — most take about 10 minutes with basic household tools. (17:42) — Rapid fire: tasks people never think about Beth: walk the house checking windows and doors for gaps that leak heating and cooling. John: walk the exterior checking for tree branches growing over the roof, into windows, gutters, or the HVAC unit — high winds turn overgrowth into broken glass and water damage. (19:43) — The task John forgot: draining the water heater Minerals build like a pyramid at the bottom of the tank. An annual partial drain preserves it; neglect means cold showers, flooding, and replacing a 15-year appliance in year five. (21:28) — The task Beth forgot: stove hood grates Grease and grime buildup above the stove is reportedly a leading cause of kitchen fires — one flame catches the grease, spreads to the cabinets, and "bamboo, you have a kitchen fire." (23:44) — Why it all matters: useful life Appliances have manufacturer-rated lifespans (fridge 15–20 years, water heater ~15), but only with maintenance. Skip it and you're paying $2,000–$3,000 replacements a decade early. As John puts it: spend that $3,000 on a vacation instead. (26:04) — The insurance angle Skipped preventative maintenance can void claims — and even honored claims come with $2,500–$5,000 deductibles that often exceed the repair cost anyway. (28:47) — The energy bill angle Uncaulked windows, clogged dryer vents, and struggling equipment all work harder and longer, quietly inflating monthly energy and water bills. (30:20) — John's #1 reminder for every homeowner: clean your gutters Every home gets rain; clogged gutters create leaks, leaks get into walls, walls grow mold, and mold becomes a health issue. (31:22) — Beth's #1: pest defense Regular spraying (including her aromatherapy concoctions) keeps spiders, squirrels, and cushion-eating critters outside. As they coin it: pest defense is the best defense — and possibly a future episode. Key Takeaways Recurring tasks keep the home running efficiently and safely; one-time tasks are repairs — and many repairs are just recurring tasks you skipped. Most preventative tasks take about 10 minutes with basic tools; there are roughly 30–40 per home spread across the seasons. The dryer vent duct and stove hood grates are two of the most-forgotten tasks — and both are genuine fire hazards. Drain your water heater annually or risk replacing a 15-year appliance in year five. Skipped maintenance can void insurance claims, and deductibles often exceed the repair cost anyway. Neglected equipment works harder, silently raising your energy and water bills every month. Nobody remembers 30–40 tasks in their head — use a system (like HomeZada) that creates the schedule and sends the reminders automatically. If you do only one thing this year: clean your gutters.

The All Blacks face a tough task in their hopes to go two for two against South Africa this weekend. Despite snatching a victory in the series' first match in Johannesburg - Coach Dave Rennie he's prepared for the Springboks to bounce back. Rugby reporter Joe Porter spoke to Lisa Owen. 

In this episode of the Pediatric and Developmental Pathology Podcast, our hosts Dr. Mike Arnold (@MArnold_PedPath) and Dr. Jason Wang speak with Dr. Sanjita Ravishankar, a Pediatric, Perinatal, and Gynecologic Pathologist at University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center and Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, who led the Society for Pediatric Pathology's Placental Pathology Reporting Task Force; Dr. Philip Katzman, a Pediatric and Perinatal Pathologist at the University of Rochester Medicine; Dr. Karen Mestan, Professor of Pediatrics and Division Chief of Neonatology at the University of California San Diego and Rady Children's Hospital; and Alicia Loehlein, co-founder of the nonprofit organization Measure the Placenta (@measuretheplacenta). Hear how a multidisciplinary task force of the Society for Pediatric Pathology (@SocPediPath), including pathologists, obstetric and neonatology clinicians, and patient advocates worked together to build a standardized placental pathology reporting template designed to complement the Amsterdam consensus definitions as we discuss their article in Pediatric and Developmental Pathology: Standardized Placental Pathology Reporting: Improving Quality and Clinical Utility Recommendations From the Society for Pediatric Pathology Placental Pathology Reporting Task Force Learn more about the patient advocacy work discussed in this episode: Measure the Placenta: measuretheplacenta.org | Instagram: @measuretheplacenta   Featured public domain music: Summer Pride by Loyalty Freak

In this episode of Ten Tenths, Garrett and Matt sit down with real estate agent Andrea Toole and her Director of Operations, Amber Likewise, to unpack how they built a working relationship based on trust, communication, ownership, and complementary strengths.Andrea shares why she chose to hire for organization, business sense, and people skills rather than real estate experience, while Amber explains how she went from knowing almost nothing about real estate to becoming an integral part of the operation.They also explore why the title “assistant” can unintentionally limit a role, how changing Amber's title to Director of Operations changed the way she saw herself and her responsibilities, and what it takes for an agent to truly let go instead of micromanaging.If you're overwhelmed by the operational side of your real estate business, thinking about hiring your first assistant, or wondering how to help your current support person take greater ownership, this episode offers a practical look at what can happen when you hire for the right strengths, build trust through repetition, and give someone the opportunity to truly own their role.Because the goal isn't simply to find someone who can help you do more. It's to build a business where the right people can do what they do best, so everyone can operate at a higher level.

Would you like to learn how to accelerate your agency growth ?  https://www.agencymastery360.com/training What if your biggest growth bottleneck isn't your team—but how you're leading them? Laura Lee Jones built Lion Share Marketing into a 45-person healthcare agency with an extraordinary retention record by focusing on people before processes. Rather than forcing employees into predefined roles, she learned to build roles around their natural strengths, creating an environment where team members stay for decades, leaders stay in their zone of genius, and the business continues to grow profitably. In this episode, Laura shares how shifting from task management to strength-based leadership transformed her culture, why founder role clarity drives long-term growth, and why profit—not revenue—is the metric that ultimately matters. What You'll Learn Why treating employees the way you want to be treated creates long-term retention. How managing people around their strengths outperforms assigning work based on organizational charts. The leadership shift from directing every task to building complementary teams. Why founders should protect the work only they can do—and delegate everything else. How staying focused on profit instead of revenue leads to healthier decisions. The connection between founder role clarity, team stability, and sustainable agency growth. Key Takeaways Great retention isn't created through perks—it's built through consistent leadership and genuine care for your team. Stop trying to make people fit every role. Build roles around the strengths your people naturally bring. Founders become bottlenecks when they refuse to let go of work outside their highest-value contribution. Revenue growth means very little if profit, team health, and founder fulfillment are declining. Long-term agency success comes from designing a business where the right people are doing the right work—and the founder stays focused on the responsibilities only they can own. Have you been losing good people and telling yourself it is the market, the economy, or bad luck? Maybe you've been watching revenue numbers so closely that you forgot to ask whether the profit and the life underneath them were actually working. Today's featured guest runs a 45-person data-driven healthcare marketing agency she starting building just four days after being fired from an agency job. She'll get into why she intentionally built her agency thinking about employee happiness and fulfillment, how she evolved from drill sergeant to leader who plays to people's strengths, and what she has learned about staying profitable and mentally steady across three decades of business cycles. Laura Lee Jones is the CEO of Lion Share Marketing, a Kansas City-based agency specializing in data-driven marketing for the healthcare industry. They build large patient and prospect databases, layers proprietary software on top of them, and uses front-end analytics and back-end ROI measurement to drive healthcare marketing decisions. Laura Lee started the agency in 1995 after being let go from a firm she had run for ten years. She has grown Lion Share to 45 people with a retention rate that is genuinely unusual: some team members have been with her for close to 30 years, and several who could not join immediately due to non-compete agreements came over as soon as they could. In this episode, we'll discuss: The standard that makes people want to stay 30 years Pairing people with the work they want to do Why revenue is not the number that matters the most Subscribe Apple | Spotify | iHeart Radio Sponsors and Resources E2M Solutions:Today's episode of the Smart Agency Masterclass is sponsored by E2M Solutions, a web design and development agency that has provided white-label services for the past 10 years to agencies all over the world. Check out e2msolutions.com/smartagency and get 10% off for the first three months of service. Why People Stay for 30 Years Laura Lee does not have a complicated theory about retention. She built her agency around a standard she had for herself: treat people the way you want to be treated, and then actually do it rather than just saying it. When she wanted flexibility because she was going to be a mother, she built it into the culture for everyone. When she wanted to leave early on summer Fridays, she made two o'clock the standard. When she needed childcare, she added a daycare to the building so anyone on the team who needed it had access. The outcome of that consistency over 30 years is a team that has watched each other's children grow from birth to college graduation. That kind of tenure is not built through perks or compensation alone, but through a founder who did not treat the team differently than she wanted to be treated herself, and who kept that standard even when the business hit years that were harder than expected. People can tell when a policy is real and when it is marketing. Learning to Lead Instead of Just Direct As Laura Lee herself admits, her early leadership style looked like a drill sergeant with a checklist, trying to fit square people into round holes. The evolution away from that happened as she paid more attention to what people were actually good at rather than what she needed done. Her agency's standard now is pairing people with the work their natural strengths fit, not assigning tasks based on organizational convenience and hoping it works out. The specific example she gives is herself: she does not take detailed notes and never will. So she pairs herself with someone who does it well, gets the net summary she needs, and stays at the altitude where she is most useful. That same principle applies across the team. The grumpy programmer who is brilliant at the work does not need to be socially engineered into a different personality. They need to be left in the seat where the grumpiness does not matter and the brilliance does. That is a structural decision that keeps the right people doing the right work and reduces the friction that makes good people leave. Revenue Is Not the Number That Matters Laura Lee has grown her agency every year but one in thirty years and she believes this is because she stays in the relationship and business development role that only she can fill, and she does not let herself get pulled into operations. The moment she drifts from that job, the numbers move. That clarity of role is the structural discipline behind the growth consistency. For most founders, a revenue dip triggers alarm regardless of what is happening to margin. The more honest measure is whether the business is generating real profit, whether the team has what it needs, and whether the founder is actually enjoying the work. Laura Lee frames it the same way: you are the one who picks what your life looks like, whether you are an owner or not, and you can always pick again. Thirty years in, she is still picking. Do You Want to Transform Your Agency from a Liability to an Asset? Looking to dig deeper into your agency's potential? Check out ourAgency Blueprint. Designed for agency owners like you, our Agency Blueprint helps you uncover growth opportunities, tackle obstacles, and craft a customized blueprint for your agency's success.                                                

Lt. Gov. Tony Venhuizen outlines the work of the Governor's Resilience & Infrastructure Task Force. He talks about the disasters the state can prepare for and the limitations of preparations.

John Maytham chats to Baboon Management’s Greg Oelofse about the proposed removal of the Waterfall and Seaforth baboons, and why removal is not feasible. Presenter John Maytham is an actor and author-turned-talk radio veteran and seasoned journalist. His show serves a round-up of local and international news coupled with the latest in business, sport, traffic and weather. The host’s eclectic interests mean the program often surprises the audience with intriguing book reviews and inspiring interviews profiling artists. A daily highlight is Rapid Fire, just after 5:30pm. CapeTalk fans call in, to stump the presenter with their general knowledge questions. Another firm favourite is the humorous Thursday crossing with award-winning journalist Rebecca Davis, called “Plan B”. Thank you for listening to a podcast from Afternoon Drive with John Maytham Listen live on Primedia+ weekdays from 15:00 and 18:00 (SA Time) to Afternoon Drive with John Maytham broadcast on CapeTalk https://buff.ly/NnFM3Nk For more from the show go to https://buff.ly/BSFy4Cn or find all the catch-up podcasts here https://buff.ly/n8nWt4x Subscribe to the CapeTalk Daily and Weekly Newsletters https://buff.ly/sbvVZD5 Follow us on social media: CapeTalk on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CapeTalk CapeTalk on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@capetalk CapeTalk on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ CapeTalk on X: https://x.com/CapeTalk CapeTalk on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CapeTalk567 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Most business owners are asking how AI can save them time. Chick-fil-A Operator Jon Harmeling is asking a different question: What are you going to do with the time AI gives back to you?   In this episode of Franchise Secrets, Erik Van Horn sits down with Jon Harmeling to discuss how he's using AI to automate repetitive administrative work while focusing on something much bigger than efficiency: leadership.   Jon explains how he uses AI to better understand and invest in his 88 team members, identify employees who may be overlooked, keep track of individual goals, and free himself from repetitive tasks so he can spend more time developing people.   They also dive into Chick-fil-A's unique Operator model, servant leadership, building a business that doesn't depend on the owner, experimenting with AI for employee scheduling, Claude Co-Work, and why business leaders need to start taking AI seriously.   Jon's central message is simple: Managers focus on tasks. Leaders focus on people. AI can help get the tasks done—but what you do with the time it gives back may be far more important.   TIMESTAMPS 00:00 Building a business that doesn't need you 04:01 The Chick-fil-A visit that changed Jon's life 09:02 How the Chick-fil-A Operator model actually works 13:20 Servant leadership and building the right culture 18:23 Working on the business vs. working in it 22:30 Can a Chick-fil-A Operator take a vacation? 26:56 How Jon is using AI in his business 28:46 Managers focus on tasks. Leaders focus on people. 32:21 Using AI for efficiency vs. significance 42:45 Preparing the next generation for AI   Connect with Erik Van Horn:

You know that thing where sales are slow, so you check your stats again. And again. Then maybe you make a Pinterest pin, reorganize your shop sections, redo a perfectly fine product photo, or spend 45 minutes reading what other Etsy sellers are doing.You know none of it is really moving your shop forward. So why is it so freaking hard to stop doing it?That's what we're talking about today.Because there are some very real reasons your brain would rather choose the easy, familiar task with an immediate payoff than the harder work that could take weeks to show results. And when sales are slow, that pull gets even stronger.I know because I did this exact thing when I was building my Etsy shop while working full-time as a physical therapist. I spent hours scheduling Pinterest pins months in advance because it felt productive, while avoiding the harder work I actually needed to learn.In this episode, we're getting into the psychology behind busy work, what it's actually costing your shop, and how to finally break the cycle.Why busy work feels so satisfying when your Etsy sales are slowThe connection between feeling powerless and reaching for easy tasksWhy the work that actually grows your shop can feel harder to startHow busy work can become a hiding place from decisions that feel riskyWhy working hard and making progress aren't necessarily the same thingHow to recognize the busy-work loop while you're in itThree ways to start protecting your limited hours for work that actually compoundsFree class, Create $5K Months on Etsy With Part-Time Hours: https://sarahjwaggoner.com/freeclassWork with Me: https://sarahjwaggoner.com/etsy-visibility-acceleratorJoin my Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/theheartlandcreativeFollow me on Threads: https://www.threads.com/@sarahjwaggonerFollow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sarahjwaggonerFollow me on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SarahJWaggonerWhat You'll LearnMentioned in This EpisodeYour Next Steps:

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The 8(a) program lets the government award sole source contracts, and a business without its own 8(a) certification can still reach that work by teaming with a certified firm that brings the bonding and past performance. Eric Coffie breaks down how to find 8(a) companies on SAM.gov, call them directly to propose teaming, and structure the arrangement around real awards, including a $4.5 million sole source IDIQ run over five years and an $800,000 annual maintenance contract. What you'll learn in this episode: How a non-8(a) business partners with a certified 8(a) firm to reach sole source contracts Why you can qualify using the larger partner's past performance and bonding instead of your own The exact way to find 8(a) firms without contracts and call them to propose teaming How 8(a) sole source IDIQs work, including a real $4.5M five-year award and its task orders The work-share rule an 8(a) firm has to meet on any contract it is awarded Chapters: 0:00 - How teaming into 8(a) sole source contracts works 1:00 - Why past performance comes from your partner, not you 1:40 - Finding 8(a) firms without contracts to call directly 3:30 - What the 8(a) partner has to actually do on the work 6:00 - Task orders, recompetes, and December spend on 8(a) IDIQs 7:50 - A real $4.5M sole source IDIQ and an $800K maintenance award 8:50 - Matching partners on bonding, FTEs, and certifications Mindy gives you the federal opportunities, agency signals, recompete intel, and pursuit briefs that tell you not just what contracts exist, but which ones to chase and how to win them. Sign up for free Daily Alerts and get opportunities delivered to your inbox before the day starts.

Narrative Summary Amy shares the origin story behind Columbia Surgical Partners — the practice she now runs with three additional partners across three locations. After 17 years in the Army and a stint as an employed surgeon in a Tennessee community hospital, Amy hit a breaking point: she wanted to make decisions, choose her team, and build the patient experience she believed in, and the employed model wouldn't let her. She walks through the exact moment she quit without a backup plan, how she bought and renovated a building in six weeks right as the pandemic hit, and the financial formula and mindset shifts that took her from a paper planner and a phone app to a thriving four-surgeon group six years later. Episode Notes The Setup: Military Discipline, Employed Frustration Amy's 17 years in the Army gave her early exposure to leadership and committee work, plus a broad-based general surgery skill set (thoracotomies, neck explorations, abdominal cases) and strong breast cancer training from Walter Reed. When she got out, she took the path 'everyone said you're supposed to do' — an employed job at a Tennessee community hospital that seemed to check every box on paper. But the fit wasn't right: decisions felt illogical (the clinic famously had no voicemail because leadership 'didn't want to give them the impression that we'd be checking messages'), and Amy felt she couldn't shape the environment or the patient experience the way she wanted to. The Breaking Point Around 2019–2020, at the end of her three-year contract, Amy started working with coaching for the first time and began asking for changes at the practice. When she hit a wall with administration, she found herself in a meeting with the medical group's CEO. He told her, 'that's just the way it is.' She responded, 'I don't think that I want to do this anymore' — and when he asked if she was quitting, she said yes, on the spot, without a plan. She describes the moment not as fear but as relief: 'it felt like someone was clipping the tethers... I felt free.' The Leap — Built On Her Own Safety Net Amy didn't have a financial safety net waiting for her — she built one herself. No student debt from her military years, strong financial habits, and the confidence that she could always find another job if the practice failed. That self-trust, more than any external backup plan, was what let her take the risk. Building Fast, During a Pandemic After quitting, Amy drove around her neighborhood the same day, found available buildings through a patient who happened to be a real estate agent, and closed on one within weeks. She gave her contractor six weeks to renovate — right as COVID-19 began. A fortunate decision to buy all renovation materials and supplies upfront (funded partly by the sale of her mother's house) meant she avoided the supply shortages that hit shortly after. She ran the entire early operation on a paper planner and the Spruce app, personally booking the first appointments before the doors even opened. Negotiating the Transition Amy's former group initially wanted her to stop seeing new patients six weeks before her departure. Using a negotiation lesson from Chris Voss — treating a 'no' as the start of a negotiation, not the end — she asked the hospital CEO, 'What would make it a yes?' The answer: proof she could follow up with new patients after the move. She provided it, and the restriction was lifted. The Overwhelm — and Monday Hour One Amy is candid that the early days were consumed by decision fatigue — design decisions, financial decisions, hiring decisions, all at once. What helped was a technique she credits to Brooke Castillo of The Life Coach School: Monday Hour One. Instead of an endless task list, Amy took an hour each week to convert her list into things that would actually get done — put on the calendar, not just written down. 'If it's on the list, good luck. If it's on the calendar, you have a chance.' The Formula: Income Minus Expenses Minus Tax Burden Amy built her practice around a simple formula: income minus expenses minus tax burden. Owning her building (rather than renting) helped control both expenses and tax exposure. She deliberately kept a 'micro clinic' model to minimize overhead, was profitable from month one, and has watched reimbursement percentages shrink industry-wide since — which is part of why she now teaches that physicians who only get paid for clinical work are, in effect, capped hourly workers. Diversifying income and thinking like an entrepreneur, not just a clinician, is what changes the math. Where It Is Now Six years later, what started as a 'cute little solo practice' has grown into Columbia Surgical Partners: four surgeons, two nurse practitioners, and three locations. Amy never set out with that scale in mind — she credits following instinct, building systems as she needed them, and getting better at delegation (an area she admits she still struggles with) for the growth. The Bigger Lesson Amy closes with a reminder that private practice isn't the only path to autonomy — many of the mindset and business lessons she describes can be applied inside an employed job too. Her core message: you don't need someone else to be your safety net. Everything you've built up to this point already is one. Key Takeaways A 'no' from leadership is often the start of a negotiation, not the end of one — ask what would make it a yes. Financial safety nets can be self-built through skills, work ethic, and low personal debt, not just savings. Buying supplies and materials upfront ahead of a tight renovation timeline protected Amy from pandemic-era shortages. Task lists create overwhelm; calendars create progress. Converting 'to-do' into 'when' is what makes work actually happen. The core private-practice formula is income minus expenses minus tax burden — and real estate ownership can help control two of the three. Being paid only for clinical work caps your income; thinking like an entrepreneur is what changes the ceiling. Growth doesn't require a five-year plan — Amy scaled from solo practice to four surgeons and three sites by following instinct and building systems as she needed them. The lessons of autonomy, delegation, and boundary-setting apply whether or not you ever start your own practice. Pull Quotes It felt like someone was clipping the tethers that I had, and I felt free. You don't need someone else to be your safety net. Everything you've done for yourself to this day is what has created your safety net. If it's on the list, good luck. If it's on the calendar, you have a chance. It's not how much money you make, it's who you become in your career.

Get your business suits on poddies, ChinesePod's discussion of internet marketing techniques continues with a discussion about email and search engine marketing. In this part, learn the Chinese equivalents of internet marketing buzzwords like “keyword”, “click-through rate” and more. To enhance your experience, be sure to make use of the new Task feature for this lesson where you can upload your work in Chinese! Episode link: https://www.chinesepod.com/2118

Bill Atkins put a Mac mini in his spare room so local models can handle the coding chores he would rather skip, all without sending Stylebook's code to the cloud. Bill joins Kotaro, Steve, and Aaron to unpack his setup with OpenCode, Ollama, and Gemma, including SwiftUI migrations, crash-report utilities, RAM limits, and permission guardrails. Bill and The Trio also compare local models with their bigger cloud counterparts, explore Xcode's growing agentic toolkit, and confirm that even LLMs hate Jira.## Chapters00:00 Meet Bill Atkins 01:36 Why Keep AI Local 04:37 From Aider to OpenCode 09:17 Mac mini RAM and Model Choices 14:22 Permissions and Guardrails 17:17 Putting Local Models to Work 19:24 Coding Workflows and Xcode Agents 27:59 Smaller Models, Macros, and Planning 37:14 Cloud Brains and Local Tradeoffs 43:14 Bill Bot and What Comes Next 44:34 One More Thing: Stylebook 45:52 Tag ## Show Notes- Bill has developed Stylebook with his wife since 2009, and the app is entering its seventeenth year.- Keeping Stylebook's proprietary code away from third parties pushed Bill toward local models.- Aider and Devstral proved the idea, but running them meant closing Xcode and Safari on Bill's 32 GB MacBook.- Apple's WWDC26 MLX session inspired a smoother setup with OpenCode, Ollama, and Gemma on a 24 GB Mac mini.- Bill finds Gemma particularly helpful with UIKit and SwiftUI, while smaller models still need tighter prompts and context.- Bill locks down OpenCode so anything beyond safe directory listings and searches requires permission.- A local model built Bill a Mac utility that turns crash reports into symbolicated stack traces.- Aaron explains custom ACP agents in Xcode, while Steve praises its headless builds and improved SwiftUI preview tools.- Swift macros, tests, migrations, and small utilities are ideal jobs when the work is mechanical but worthwhile.- Aaron lands the final verdict after Steve describes Jira's API: even LLMs hate Jira.## Links**Bill's Local AI Setup**Aider: https://aider.chat/ (terminal AI pair programming with local model support)Run local agentic AI on the Mac using MLX: https://developer.apple.com/videos/play/wwdc2026/232/ (WWDC26 session on MLX, OpenCode, Xcode, and multi-Mac scaling)OpenCode: https://opencode.ai/ (open source terminal, desktop, and IDE coding agent)Ollama: https://ollama.com/ (runs and serves open models)Gemma models: https://ai.google.dev/gemma/docs (Google's lightweight open models)**Coding Agents and Workflows**Writing code with intelligence in Xcode: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/xcode/writing-code-with-intelligence-in-xcode (Apple's agentic coding guide)Skills for Real Engineers: https://github.com/mattpocock/skills (Matt Pocock's skills for planning, testing, and debugging)SPS #105, How Alex Hillman Built an AI Assistant with Claude Code: https://podcast.phillycocoa.org/episodes/105-how-alex-hillman-built-an-ai-assistant-with-claude-code (a VPS assistant using Tailscale and safety guardrails)**Notes, Tasks, and Experiments**Obsidian: https://obsidian.md/ (local-first linked notes)Shadertoy: https://www.shadertoy.com/ (create, browse, and share real-time shaders)**Additional Resource**OmniFocus: https://www.omnigroup.com/omnifocus (task management for projects and next actions)**One More Thing**Stylebook: https://www.stylebookapp.com/ (Jess and Bill Atkins' closet app for outfits, value, and wear)**PhillyCocoa:** https://phillycocoa.orgIntro music: "When I Hit the Floor", © 2021 Lorne Behrman. Used with permission of the artist.

It's time to clear the decks for September. Here are 26 quick tasks to get you moving while you refresh your space for fall. Mentioned in This Episode: The Move 26 in ‘26 Challenge: https://gretchenrubin.com/move26in26/ Connect with Us: Email: podcast@gretchenrubin.com Website: gretchenrubin.com Instagram: @gretchenrubin | @lizcraft Take Gretchen's free Four Tendencies quiz Enjoyed this episode? Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or rate us on Spotify—it helps other listeners find the show! Find the transcript for this episode on the episode details page in the Apple Podcasts app.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson ran on affordability and just signed an executive order to prove it. Task forces, streamlined permits, and fee eliminations are the levers she's pulling. The problem: none of them move the needle on what actually drives Seattle's housing costs — and Sean walks through every clause to show exactly why.Decades of one-party rule, rent control theology, and pay-to-play affordability programs haven't produced a single durable drop in prices. Red states are building. Seattle is forming committees. The apartment pipeline is drying up, developers are reading the cycle, and Wilson's BIPOC displacement language doesn't change the math.The mayor's office doesn't have levers strong enough to override a market that's been choked by progressive policy for thirty years. The executive order is theater — and the scoreboard two years from now will prove it.Subscribe to @reasonablenews and don't miss the follow-up episode where Sean calls it.#NFRP #SeattleHousing #KatieWilsonGO PREMIUM WITH REASONABLE+ FOR UNCENSORED ACCESS

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Google search comes up with different answers. Finding your teenager's dildo. When was the last time Rover did everyday tasks? Exclusive GTA 6 extended trailer is being released on Netflix. An U.S. Army unit in Georgia is offering 4 days off to play GTA 6 if they reenlist for 2 more years. A 27-year-old man described as a “nihilistic violent extremist” was sentenced to 77 years in prison for targeting girls online as part of the 764 network. Charlie is driving to Toronto for the weekend. Rover was annoyed by a woman in the airport lounge who claimed she was saving a seat for her husband. Dildos on the court. Moms releasing their rage by throwing ice into the tub. Mother pours hot wax on her two kids. Duji and Krystle pour hot wax onto JLR. Would JLR give an open relationship a try? Rover was shocked by the price of a trip aboard the world's greatest sleeper trains.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Send Dr. Li a text here. Please leave your email address if you would like a reply, thanks.This episode is all about conquering overwhelming tasks by setting yourself up for success. Dr. Christine Li shares seven actionable preparation strategies—including clearing mental and physical clutter, becoming your own biggest supporter, enlisting friends for accountability, using time wisely with deadlines and time limits, setting a positive philosophy, and reconnecting with your “why.” These practical tips are designed to help you not only start but also complete your big projects with ease, positivity, and energy to spare.Timestamps00:00:00 Introduction to the episode and topic overview00:00:51 Dr. Christine Li introduces herself and the podcast's mission00:01:33 Setting the stage for tackling overwhelming projects00:02:38 Tip 1: Clear your mental clutter00:04:13 Tip 2: Decide to be your biggest supporter00:07:18 Tip 3: Declutter your physical environment00:08:51 Tip 4: Get a friend for support and accountability00:10:31 Tip 5: Use time in different ways, set deadlines00:13:39 Tip 6: Set a guiding philosophy for your project00:15:04 Tip 7: Remind yourself of your purpose and “why”00:16:21 Summary and encouragement00:17:26 Resources, worksheet offer, and closing remarks00:18:14 Podcast outro and how to connectTo get the free download that accompanies this episode, go to: https://maketimeforsuccesspodcast.com/consistencyTo sign up for the Waitlist for the Simply Productive Program, go to: https://maketimeforsuccesspodcast.com/SPFor more information on the Make Time for Success podcast, visit: https://www.maketimeforsuccesspodcast.comGain Access to Dr. Christine Li's Free Resource Library -- 12 downloadable tools and templates to help you bypass the impulse to procrastinate: https://procrastinationcoach.mykajabi.com/freelibraryTo work with Dr. Li on a weekly basis in her coaching and accountability program, register for The Success Lab here: https://www.procrastinationcoach.com/labConnect with Dr. Christine LiWebsite: https://www.procrastinationcoach.comFacebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/procrastinationcoachInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/procrastinationcoach/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@procrastinationcoachThe Success Lab: https://maketimeforsuccesspodcast.com/labSimply Productive: https://maketimeforsuccesspodcast.com/SP

Skills have been on the HR agenda for decades, but they rarely became the basis for real decisions; frameworks took so long to build that the business had moved on before they were finished. What's different now is that AI agents are starting to handle work that used to require a person, and that changes the question employers need to ask. It's no longer just about who to hire; it's about whether the work needs a human at all. When you can map work to the skills it requires, you have a basis for deciding what stays with people and what moves to an agent. Making that shift isn't straightforward, though; it raises questions about what HR itself needs to look like and what capabilities the function needs to develop. So what does it take to make skills the basis for deciding how work gets done? My guest this week is Ciara Harrington, Chief People Officer at Skillsoft. In our conversation, Ciara shares how Skillsoft is rethinking which work needs a person, why HR has to become more technical to lead that conversation, and what happens when you add "bot" to your talent strategy. In the interview, we discuss: How is AI changing the way we think about skills? Build, buy, borrow, bot Helping leaders understand what work could be done differently Tasks, skills, jobs, and units of work How understanding skills underpins this transformation AI can be more expensive than humans Building an effective governance model Hiring technical skills into HR and connecting the data Critical human skills and why they need to be developed faster What does the future look like? Follow this podcast on Apple Podcasts. Follow this podcast on Spotify.

Raising your rates can feel downright terrifying, even when you know deep down that you are worth it. In this episode, Carly shares the very personal story of prepping for weeks, practicing in the mirror, and walking into rate conversations shaking, only to hear a calm yes every single time.Carly and Joe break down why the fear of loss keeps so many solopreneurs stuck, how imposter syndrome and the feeling of being greedy sneak into these conversations, and why a low rate is not generosity but quiet resentment waiting to happen.You will learn how to do your homework and check competitive rates, why big leaps in pricing can backfire, and how to inch toward the number you actually deserve. Joe shares a smart strategy for raising rates with new clients first to build the confidence to approach existing ones, plus how inflation gives you an easy justification for a bump.If you are running a life first business, this one is for you. Your price protects your capacity to do good work, and raising it might be the very thing that gives you back your time.Know someone gearing up for that scary conversation? Share this episode with them so they know they are not alone.Subscribe on your favorite podcast platform, including YouTube, and leave us a five star review to help us reach more solopreneurs building a life first business.

In this episode of The Sound of Economics, host Rebecca Christie talks about the rise of billionaires in the global economy and United States politics with guests David de Jong, author of the nonfiction book Nazi Billionaires, and Karel Lannoo, chief executive of the Brussels-based think tank CEPS. How are today's billionaires shaping the US political climate, and how have things changed from the first Trump administration? What are the geopolitical consequences? How can Europe emulate US dynamism and economic growth while also resisting the conflicts of interest that arise when money and policy overlap? Will proposals currently pushed by the European Commission – like 'EU Inc' and the Capital Markets Union – shift the needle in this regard? What role does taxation play? This episode tackles some of the hard and complicated questions about money, politics and prosperity in today's world. Related research:  Arnal, J. and Lannoo, K. (2026) ‘Do not blame Basel: the Output Floor and Europe's banking competitiveness debate', CEPS In-depth Analysis, CEPS  Arnal, J., Lannoo, K. and Thomadakis, A. (2024) ‘Staying ahead of the curve', Task force report, CEPS  Christie, R. (2026) ‘The billionaire paradox', First glance, Bruegel  de Jong, D. (2022) ‘Nazi Billionaires: The Dark History of Germany's Wealthiest' Dynasties', Harper Collins   de Jong, D. (2024) ‘The Richest Man in Germany Is Worth $44 Billion. The Source of His Family Fortune? The Nazis Know', News Story, September 12 , Vanity Fair  EU Tax Compass is a Bruegel-led project co-funded by the European Union

Jacob Kosior has over ten years of experience in the multifamily housing industry, spanning operations, marketing, and centralization efforts across conventional, student housing, affordable housing, and build-to-rent communities. He previously served as Vice President of Centralized Services at Cardinal Group Management and has held leadership positions with BH Management, The Dinerstein Companies, and CA Ventures. In 2022, while founding a centralized services team at Cardinal Group, Jacob began testing AI tools across the housing space and co-developed a delinquency AI product for rent collection with the EliseAI team. Today he is at EliseAI, where he works with operators of all sizes to implement AI tools, manage the change required for the technology to stick, and rethink how work gets structured across a portfolio. In this episode, Jacob Kosior breaks down how multifamily operators are actually deploying AI, where to start, and what agentic AI changes about the way workflows get built. Drawing on a decade in operations before moving to the technology side, Jacob explains why leasing is the natural entry point, why speed is becoming the metric that matters more than conversion rate alone, and why owners who call their own properties tend to misjudge voice AI. He and John also work through the harder question operators face once automation is in place: what the human team should be doing instead.     Make sure to download our free guide, 7 Questions Every Passive Investor Should Ask, here.     Key Takeaways Start with leasing, where the tasks are repetitive and already documented Build AI workflows on the same follow-up cadence you train your onsite teams on Track speed alongside conversion rates, because faster cycles compound Decide where human touchpoints serve the customer, not just the org chart Redeploy the hours AI frees up into experience or revenue generating work Ask questions early, since lacking internal AI talent is the most common barrier     Topics From Operations to the Technology Side Jacob spent over a decade in multifamily operations before moving into AI Founding a centralized services team at Cardinal Group in 2022 pushed him to demo every tool available He co-developed a delinquency AI tool and a centralized call center product with EliseAI before joining the company What Agentic AI Actually Changes Generative AI answers prompts; agentic AI follows a workflow toward a defined goal Goals map to work teams already do: book the tour, collect the rent, sign the renewal Operators now control the steps the AI follows, mirroring how they train staff onsite Why Leasing Is the Place to Start Leasing represents the repetitive, high-volume work teams handle every day The old five point follow-up has become 8 to 9 touches per prospect to convert AI works the weekend leads so agents start Monday on tours instead of backlog Who EliseAI Serves The platform crossed 6 million units earlier this year, roughly 1 in 6 US apartments Clients range from top 50 operators to regional operators with a few hundred units Over a billion AI conversations give the platform context on industry edge cases Speed as the Metric Owners Miss The industry tracks conversion rates closely and speed almost not at all A 20% lead-to-tour rate achieved in two hours beats the same rate in two days An assistant manager calls one delinquent resident at a time; AI calls the building Faster cycles give owners earlier visibility into collections, renewals, and leasing velocity Rethinking the ROI Question Operators who never calculated the ROI of a leasing agent struggle to value the AI doing that work The 2025 conversation was about ROI; the 2026 conversation is about creating value Freed capacity opens the door to restructuring teams, not just cutting tasks Deciding Where Humans Step In Human Touch Automations let operators choose where staff enter the customer journey One example is a personal call two hours before a scheduled tour The test is whether the customer wants that touchpoint, not whether the team is used to it Automating administrative work finally gives teams room to deliver the service they advertise The Voice AI Misconception Owners calling their own properties judge voice AI against old press-one phone trees Consumers using AI daily are increasingly comfortable talking to it on the phone Voice AI routes callers to the right person instead of forcing them through a menu Regional dialects lifted both engagement and tour bookings in beta testing What Voice AI Replaces After-hours answering services and overflow call centers become optional Call scoring rates every leasing agent call against a rubric, replacing quarterly mystery shops Self-learning feeds those conversations back into the AI to improve automation rates    

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From the author of the well-known hymn “Deeper and Deeper” To be a Christian for ten years and to be no more like Jesus then, than at the time of conversion, is a tragedy. There are some who have only been saved six months who are more like Christ than others who have been on the way for six years. Only those who spend much time in His presence will ever become like Him. Only those who give Him their undivided attention will really come to know Him. To get His best we must give Him our best. To become men and women after His heart we must let Him have our undivided attention. To win we must surrender. To live we must die. To receive we must give. And, oh! the sweetness of such a life, the joy of His fellowship! There is nothing like it on earth. All the success in the world will not compensate for it. Friends can never mean so much. Even loved ones disappoint. Money brings its burdens, and fame its bitterness. But He, He satisfies. God is never a disappointment. To walk with Him is the sweetest thing on earth. To know that all is well, that there is nothing between, that no black cloud of sin hides His face – ah! that is heaven indeed. Then let us pray it, mean it, and live it: “Lord, make me a man after Your own heart.” About the Author Oswald J. Smith (1889–1986) was a Canadian pastor, author, hymn writer, and one of the twentieth century's foremost advocates for world missions. He established The Peoples Church in Toronto in 1928 and over his lifetime, he preached more than 12,000 sermons in 80 countries, wrote 35 books, and composed over 1,200 hymns and poems, including the beloved hymn Deeper and Deeper. In 1916, he married Daisy Billings, whose faithful support strengthened his ministry for more than fifty years. Together they raised a family, including their son Paul, who later succeeded him as pastor of The Peoples Church.

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Stewart Alsop sits down with Juan Verhook, founder of Tender Market, for a second conversation that ranges from the mechanics of European public tenders to the future of how we organize digital information. They cover how Tender Market helps smaller companies work around barriers like SOC 2 and ISO certification requirements, the surprising scale of public procurement (roughly 20% of GDP), and how AI and machine learning are reshaping the bidding process. From there the conversation opens up into bigger territory: the changing tolerance for being wrong in an AI-saturated information landscape, how language and culture shape perception, the reverse Turing test and the challenge of verifying human versus AI identity online, and Juan's daily workflow running eight or nine MCP servers through Claude Code. They close out talking about whether the folder and file system will survive the shift to AI-native interfaces, tying back to Stewart's own Stewart Squared episodes on the history of the PC. You can visit Tender Market at tendermarket.eu.Timestamps05:00 — Tender Market's origin story and how they help smaller companies work around SOC 2 and ISO certificate barriers.10:00 — Public procurement and its scale, roughly 20% of GDP, plus a look at public-private partnerships.15:00 — Local LLMs on a plane with no Wi-Fi, and comparing local model performance to frontier models.20:00 — Supply versus demand in AI infrastructure and whether hyperscaler token efficiency is quietly improving.25:00 — Whether AI will replace knowledge work tasks, and the shifting reality of what lawyers and other professionals actually do.30:00 — Reverse Turing test, digital identity verification, and the idea of a "pre-AI internet."35:00 — Model poisoning, RLHF, and the difference between pretraining and post-training.40:00 — Interleaved tool calling and how Tender Market ties pricing to task deliverables instead of billable hours.45:00 — RAG versus fine-tuning, prompt engineering, and when context windows actually matter.50:00 — Deterministic programming versus probabilistic agents, and when to build custom tools versus buy existing ones.55:00 — Juan's daily MCP stack (Supabase, GitHub, Calendly, CRM), and whether the folder-and-file system will survive the shift to AI-native interfaces.Key InsightsCertification requirements aren't dead ends—they're routing problems. When smaller companies got rejected from tenders for lacking SOC 2 or ISO certificates, Juan didn't turn them away. He found that EU procurement rules allow bidding as a consortium or subcontracting to a certified partner, turning a disqualifier into a workaround that builds trust with clients.Public procurement is a massive, underexamined market. Roughly 20% of GDP flows through public purchasing of private-sector goods and services, yet most people have no visibility into how tenders work or how governments post and award these contracts.Being wrong has become more socially acceptable. Juan traced this shift to the falling cost of information: in the Stack Overflow era, giving a wrong answer was costly, but now that answers are instant and abundant, both mistakes and corrections happen faster, changing how people learn and communicate.Task-based pricing beats hourly billing for AI-era services. Rather than charging per hour, Tender Market prices around the deliverable, winning a tender, which avoids the perverse incentive of hourly billing to be inefficient and instead rewards actually solving the client's problem.RAG and fine-tuning solve different problems. RAG helps a model reference large documents without hitting context limits, while fine-tuning changes a model's internal weights so it learns new behavior or style. Juan noted that true RAG use cases needing thousands of pages of context are rarer than the hype suggests.Deterministic code should replace repeated LLM calls once a pattern is found. Stewart described his own workflow: solve a task with an LLM a handful of times, then convert the repeated pattern into deterministic software so tokens are no longer spent on it, freeing the model for genuinely new problems.AI agents are never truly autonomous. Both hosts agreed that no matter how many steps an agent chains together, a human operator always initiates the first prompt, meaning accountability and intent trace back to a person even in multi-agent systems.

Mike Sarraille breaks down his path from getting kicked out of college to Force Recon to Navy SEAL to DEVGRU. He talks Delta vs DEVGRU, deploying to Ramadi with Task Unit Bruiser, and standing three feet from Michael Monsoor the day he died saving his team. Also covers DEVGRU selection and why he thinks the Iran conflict is repeating Iraq's mistakes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices