Podcast appearances and mentions of tom clifford

Three-time IRONMAN World Champion, two-time 70.3 World Champion, former Kona course-record holder, and now IRONMAN U Master Coach—Craig “Crowie” Alexander has done it all. In this episode of the Without Limits Endurance Podcast, host Tom Clifford discusses Crowie's career, and reviews several questions we all have when it comes to being a World Champion.Whether you're gunning for your first finish line or shaving minutes off a PR, you'll walk away with straight-up, actionable insights you can plug into your training and racing.

Episode 66 is an awesome one! Tom Clifford and Colin Hackman interview Greg Meyer, one of the greatest American long-distance runners. Greg made history with a 2:09.00 victory at the 1983 Boston Marathon, a title that stood for over 30 years. He also holds 10 American road racing records, 2 world records, and has won the River Bank Run seven times in his hometown of Grand Rapids.We dive into Greg's journey, including his training for Boston, tips for the course, and his legendary career, which includes breaking the four-minute mile and winning the 1978 U.S. cross-country title. Greg was inducted into the University of Michigan Athletic Hall of Honor and the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame in 2011.Ad: check out Runners Essentials Daily Vitamin. It's designed to meet the specific needs of runners, with 122% of your daily iron and a blend of B vitamins, D3, zinc, antioxidants, and adaptogens to support endurance and cardiovascular health. Visit runners-essentials.com to order now.

In this episode, Tom Clifford sits down with the legendary Andrew Starykowicz, the 2024 White Lake Half Champion. Andrew, a renowned professional long-distance triathlete, shares insights from his impressive career, which includes holding the Ironman bike split record at 3:54:59 and the Ironman 70.3 World Championship bike split record from 2009.A former All-American swimmer and triathlete at Purdue University, Andrew has won prestigious races such as Ironman Florida, Ironman 70.3 Puerto Rico, and the inaugural Ironman 70.3 Waco. In this conversation, he discusses how he got started in triathlon, how his engineering background helped him create one of the fastest bike splits in the sport, and his incredible race history with over 50 podium finishes.Andrew also shares invaluable tips for triathletes looking to improve their bike splits and race performances. His passion and expertise make for a fascinating interview—tune in to hear his incredible story and career highlights!Find Starky on Instagram @tri_starkyInfo on Andrews Camp at Lake Logan

In this episode, Tom Clifford sits down with athlete Stephen Durley to discuss how taking control of your running extends beyond just the training itself. Tom, who coaches Stephen, explores how Stephen incorporates various daily practices into his routine that significantly boost his performance and recovery. Topics include beet powder, sleep and alcohol, ice and hot baths, scouting courses and competitors, the power of positivity, managing stress, grounding mats, nasal breathing, supplements, and more. Tune in for a conversation filled with valuable insights – you're sure to walk away with a tip or two to enhance your own routine.

Here is our 2025 Novant Health Wilmington Marathon, join race director Tom Clifford and our athlete services coordinator Tracy Meyerson to review all things Marathon 2025! #MarathonReady#RunStrong#WilmingtonMarathon#WilmingtonNC#RunnerLife#RUNWILMINGTON#WILMINGTONMARATHON#RunWilmington#HalfMarathon#RunILM#IAmWithoutLimits

Can technology stocks push our equity markets to a third consecutive year of double-digit increases? Will continued government deficits cause the Fed to forego additional interest rate cuts? These are just a few of the possibilities discussed by Tom Clifford, Brian Granato and Doug DeGroot in this 2025 Market Outlook podcast.With You Every Step of the WayWith over seven decades of collective experience, Providence Wealth Advisors has the expertise necessary to understand your financial goals and identify the best strategy to achieve them.Thank you for listening. Connect with Providence Wealth Advisors on Facebook, LinkedIn or X (formerly Twitter).

Tom Clifford has an extensive background in taxation and fiscal matters for New Mexico. He was Cabinet Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration in the Martinez Administration, Tax Policy Director at Taxation and Revenue Department, and Economist at Taxation and Revenue Department, Department of Finance and Administration, and the Legislative Finance Committee. Paul and Tom discuss the issues affecting taxation in New Mexico, discuss some strategies to improve the economy of the state through tax policy as well management of the large permanent funds that exist in New Mexico.

Race Directors Colin Hackman and Tom Clifford review the 2024 race course and tips! Tune in and watch the video to have your best race! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/wol-runners-podcast/support

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Can anyone honestly say they expected the NASDAQ to shoot up 20 percent in the first half of this year? How about the S&P 500 gaining 14 percent? These results surprised everyone. Can we expect inflation to continue moderating and the Fed to provide a rate cut before year-end? And how much volatility will the election cause? Tune in as Senior Vice Presidents Brian Granato and Tom Clifford of Providence Wealth Advisors join Executive Vice President Doug DeGroot to share their thoughts about interest rates, inflation and stocks in this 2024 Mid-Year Update podcast.With You Every Step of the WayWith over seven decades of collective experience, Providence Wealth Advisors has the expertise necessary to understand your financial goals and identify the best strategy to achieve them.Thank you for listening. Connect with Providence Wealth Advisors on Facebook, LinkedIn or Twitter.

Did anyone really expect technology stocks to rise by 57 percent in 2023? Can it happen again? What about inflation and interest rates - will they hold at levels Americans can live with in 2024 and beyond? These are just a few of the issues Tom Clifford, Brian Granato and Doug DeGroot discuss in this Your FinancialJourney podcast as we recap 2023 and share our thoughts on the year ahead. With You Every Step of the WayWith over seven decades of collective experience, Providence Wealth Advisors has the expertise necessary to understand your financial goals and identify the best strategy to achieve them.

On this week's interview Paul sits down with Tom Clifford to discuss New Mexico's hidden pots of money and billions of dollars in unspent funds sitting around, often not  generating a return. Tom Clifford was cabinet secretary of the New Mexico Department of Finance and Administration under Gov. Susana Martnez. He now works as Research Director with New Mexico Tax Research Institute.    Why is New Mexico sitting on billions in unspent funds? Could there be a better approach? What should be done with those dollars instead? 

Can anyone honestly say they expected tech stocks to shoot up by 38 percent in the first half of this year? How about the S&P 500 gaining 14 percent? We think it's safe to say these results surprised everyone. What might we expect from the U.S. economy and financial markets in the second half of this year? Listen in as Senior Vice Presidents Brian Granato and Tom Clifford of Providence Wealth Advisors join Executive Vice President, Doug DeGroot to share their thoughts about interest rates, inflation, the FED and stocks in this podcast – the 2023 Mid-Year Update.With You Every Step of the WayWith over seven decades of collective experience, Providence Wealth Advisors has the expertise necessary to understand your financial goals and identify the best strategy to achieve them.

This show aired on Tuesday, February 21st, 2023 on 107.9 and 980 The WAAV in Wilmington, NC. Guests include Tom Clifford with the Wilmington Marathon. New UNCW Athletics Director announcement, Woke UNC Medical School, and more.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What can investors expect in 2023? Listen in as Doug DeGroot and senior PWA team members Tom Clifford and Brian Granato discuss how inflation, interest rates and politics may impact our economy and your investments in the year ahead.With You Every Step of the WayWith over seven decades of collective experience, Providence Wealth Advisors has the expertise necessary to understand your financial goals and identify the best strategy to achieve them.

Join Host Dawn Fleming and hubby Tom Clifford for the kickoff of a new monthly segment on Leadership: Taking Command with Captain Tom.  Find out how and why the subject of leadership is so important and the origin of this part of the show.  In this episode you'll also learn:1) What is Leadership? What are the different types and why they matter.2) How do we and can we lead (hint: you're doing it whether you know it or not.)3) The First Step in Leadership and why it's so important.Listen to Tom's incredible story of how he took command of his health and went from and potentially devastating  diagnosis to living a healthy life.Referenced in the Episode: Episode 78: How to Access Top Shelf Medical Care at Bargain Prices in MexicoSupport the show

In this episode Host Dawn Fleming announces the Birth of the New Life in Paradise on a Shoestring Podcast!  She was inspired to relaunch and rebrand the show attending a Podcasting conference in Southern California. Even with all that the podcast has accomplished, Dawn realized the show could be even better - and MORE FUN!The new name is the Life in Paradise on a Shoestring Podcast - with really fun Artwork. You can find out more about all of the exciting change at our new website: https://lifeinparadisepodcast.comThe new name/brand is FUN, Inspirational, and the image invokes multiple senses. And honestly - Who doesn't want Life in Paradise on a Shoestring?? Dawn also announced a new  Podcast Fan Reward Program with amazing prizes and rewards. It's not a “Launch” Campaign, but an ongoing program that's a vehicle to reward our Podcast Fans and serve our listeners better.The show is all about creating a Life You Never NEED a Vacation From. (It's ok if you still WANT to take Vacations) The purpose of the show is to give you insights and wisdom to create your “somebody pinch me” reality.  It's about Inspiration, so we'll share experiences, strategies and practical steps you can take to live your dream life in paradise. To kick off the launch of the new show, we're publishing FOUR brand new Episodes Featuring Subject Matter Experts who are each providing our listeners with a Free Gift. These Expert Interview Topics are:The True Secret to Creating Your Dream Life in Paradise Doing Work You Love in a Community that Loves YouHow to Find Your Voice and Tribe by PodcastingAuthoring a Book to share your passion and wisdom with the world.We know you'll be blown away by these expert interviews and inspired to take action. Starting in January 2023,  we have some super fun monthly segments and even more expert interviews!Once a month Tom Clifford will Host or Co-host: Cocktails and Taking Command with Captain Tom.  Leaders are Readers so once a month we'll focus on an impactful new or old book. When possible, we'll interview the author to go deeper.Monthly Free Coaching Sessions: One of our new podcast fan rewards is to get help from Dawn  or Tom with a specific problem. Maybe it's finding a way to earn in paradise, or you're stuck and need a different perspective to move forward or like Dawn and Tom,  you dreamed a dream, it came true but now you're ready to dream a new dream. We now have an easy way to ask questions and get them answered on the show with our Ask Dawn page.  We can't wait to hear from you!Support the show

Listen in on Tom Clifford and Cam Holman's record breaking race at Swim/Run NC (Hanging Rock). Tom and Cam finished by just a hair in a 3:05 making 5 lead exchanges with the 2nd place team. It was an amazing experience! Learn more about the race and swim/run the sport. Swim/Run NC Recap on Slowtwitch: https://www.slowtwitch.com/News/Fast_Action_at_SwimRun_NC_8528.html Upcoming races: https://www.iamwithoutlimits.com/events/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wol-runners-podcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/wol-runners-podcast/support

Dreamt of living on a little Caribbean island? Has the fear of being distant from city conveniences prevented you from realizing your fantasy? Isla Mujeres in Mexico may be the answer. The island is a short commute from the stores, restaurants and services of Cancun. Dawn Fleming and Tom Clifford moved to Isla Mujeres and claim it's an 18 minute ferry ride and a world away from Cancun. While around 25,000 tourists set foot on the island each day, solitude is found. Learn more about Isla Mujeres on Episode 99 of Retire There with Gil & Gene.Dawn Fleming's book is Claim Your Dream Life: How to Retire in Paradise on a Shoestring Budget.Dawn's website is Overseas Life Redesign.Dawn also has an Overseas Life Redesign podcast.

How high will interest rates go? What might the war in Ukraine and mid-term elections mean for our economy and financial markets? It's hard to believe that it's time to review current market conditions and look ahead to the second half of 2022. Doug DeGroot, Brian Granato and Tom Clifford provide a mid-year update on these important topics that have the potential to impact the performance of our economy and your investments in this second half of 2022. With You Every Step of the WayWith over seven decades of collective experience, Providence Wealth Advisors has the expertise necessary to understand your financial goals and identify the best strategy to achieve them.

Tom Clifford and Tracy Meyerson discuss race rules, athlete communication, advice for athletes from a race directors point of view and an athlete's point of view. Tracy Meyerson is 58 year young and has done 34 out of 50 states for the marathon. She has done over 50 marathons (or greater distance) is the USATF 2015 Marathon Trail Champion age 50-54 an a Barkley Fall Classic Finisher. She has been the president of the Wilmington Road Runners and a board member for 15 years. She started her own company Good Habits in 2019 and calls herself a lifestyle modification specialist. Her favorite quote is "YOU MUST BE THE CEO OF YOUR OWN HEALTH" Tony Robbins. https://goodhabits.guru/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wol-runners-podcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/wol-runners-podcast/support

Tom Clifford talks with one of the top Hyrox and Dekafit athletes in the world Terra Jackson. Terra began her athletic career in running and had major eating and body issues. Her image was her nemesis and she found a way out and is now faster than she has ever been. Listen in on what Terra has to say and hopefully she will inspire you! You can follow Terra at: @terranovatrainer on instagram and on Facebook --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wol-runners-podcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/wol-runners-podcast/support

What can investors expect in the coming year? Listen as Doug DeGroot, CFP®, Executive Vice President and senior PWA Team members Tom Clifford and Brian Granato discuss the issues that have the potential to impact the performance of our economy and your investments in 2022. Listen here!With You Every Step of the WayWith over seven decades of collective experience, Providence Wealth Advisors has the expertise necessary to understand your financial goals and identify the best strategy to achieve them.

Tom Clifford talks with certified breathing instructor and Without Limits Coach Angela Midget on breathing, Wim Hof Method and how breathing can help you overcome many things in life and may enhance performance in endurance sports! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wol-runners-podcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/wol-runners-podcast/support

Let's Talk VIP status at your next race with Destination Marathon! Tom Clifford and Mark Janik, two Eastern Michigan grads talk VIP packages. Destination marathon is a great option for your next marathon experience and they come to the Novant Health Wilmington Marathon along with other large races around the world. Listen in if you are thinking "I might want to go VIP" --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wol-runners-podcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/wol-runners-podcast/support

Tom Clifford talks about exploring the benefits of Ice Baths, Wim Hof Breathing and Intermittent fasting during a period of low training load time. Does all of this work? We will get into more details about each of these on separate podcasts but for now, chime in and take a listen to how this has affected Tom. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wol-runners-podcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/wol-runners-podcast/support

Episode 52 -  Dr Tom Clifford - Sports Nutrition & ExerciseThis week Eddie and Gary have a great conversation with Dr Tom Clifford. Tom holds a BSc (Hons) in Sports and Exercise Science from Brighton University (2010) and an MSc in Sports Performance from Portsmouth University (2012). After working for the NHS and Nuffield Health for 2 years, Tom returned to education and completed a PhD in Exercise and Health Nutrition at Northumbria University. Upon completion of this PhD (2017), Tom took a job at Newcastle University as a Teaching Fellow and subsequently a Lecturer in Sports Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism at Newcastle University. In October 2019, Tom joined Loughborough University as a lecturer in Physiology and Nutrition.Each week we'll bring you interviews with runners from the front, back and middle of the pack. We'll share training advice, nutrition advice and kit reviews too. We'll talk about current running stories and stories from inspirational people who we feel you might be interested in.This podcast is available to listen to at Spotify and Apple Podcasts too. Links below.https://open.spotify.com/show/2HlWHlGA8D6ifm1TmnP2Kthttps://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/run-to-the-hills/id1504643103YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaUcGDYF8919iZSDC8uV9xgFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/groups/1005937909821744Blog - https://www.chiacharge.co.uk/​blogs/newsTwitter - https://twitter.com/run_tothehillsStrava - https://www.strava.com/clubs/runtothehillspodcastInstagram -  https://www.instagram.com/runtothehillswithchiacharge/?hl=enStrava - https://www.strava.com/clubs/runtothehillspodcastFind out about the hosts:http://edwinasutton.com/https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQT_k0rezXc0AShKx3VirvA/featuredChia Charge - Since 2012 Chia Charge has been making sports nutrition which not only helps you perform better but tastes great too. You won't find any oddities in our Yorkshire baked flapjacks either, just good honest kitchen cupboard ingredients that make you move and feel great.

Welcome to SCUM of the Earth Episode 11! In this episode Matt talks all things running with Without Limits Coach/Founder Tom Clifford. https://www.iamwithoutlimits.com/

Without Limits turned 14 this summer of 2021. Tom Clifford talks a little bit about the past and the future. Read the WOL 14 Year Story here Tom then interviews athlete Kim Baldwin gets into a deep Podcast on her past fight with depression, an eating disorder, weight loss and a near death experience. How did she do it? What was her journey like? This is a must listen because we all know someone going through it, but what are they feeling. This is a great listen. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wol-runners-podcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/wol-runners-podcast/support

Tom Clifford interviews psychologist and clinical social worker Tracy Hilsman (hilsman3@gmail.com) Mental fatigue is real for all of us and all athletes. So what happens when you are mentally fatigued and how do you overcome it? Do you have physical symptoms? Can you perform when you are mentally fatigued? How does your brain affect your performance. Take a listen on what ALL OF US go through when life hits, a pandemic hits and we are extra busy while trying to race and train. - Music by O.A.R. Taking on the World Today --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wol-runners-podcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/wol-runners-podcast/support

Within sport, it is well known that recovery plays an important part of any training schedule, but how exactly does this impact team sports? Host Martin Foster (Applied Sport Management Lead) is joined by Dr Tom Clifford, from the University’s School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences, Lauren Delany, Loughborough University alumna, and Performance Nutritionist for Leeds Rhinos, and Dr Will Abbott, Academy Performance Manager at Brighton and Hove Albion Football Club. 

Clifford Power System is the largest generator company in America with locations over five states throughout south-central America. They cater to all customers but they specialize in commercial and industrial establishments. Since the company was founded by Ken and Tom Clifford in 1985 they have maintained their commitment in providing the expertise and exceptional service upon which Clifford Power was founded to their customers. They can provide everyone the power that they need during any kind of power outage. To schedule a FREE real estate specialists consultation please contact Darryl Baskin and Pamela Wright of Baskin Real Estate Specialists powered by eXp Realty. DARRYL BASKIN Baskin Real Estate Specialists, eXp Realty Email: darryl@darrylbaskin.com Tel: 918 258 2600 Tel: 918 732 9732 Thinking of Selling? Get your FREE Home Valuation complete with local comparables instantly. https://www.homeguidetulsa.com/sell.php Looking to Purchase? Search thousands of current listings directly from our local MLS. https://www.homeguidetulsa.com/index.php?advanced=1&display=&custombox=&types[]=1&beds=0&baths=0&min=0&max=100000000&rtype=map#rslac

Tom Clifford, cofounder of Clifford Power Systems, shares to us the story of how Luxa was born. Due to the need of attention to the other aspects of business where a lot of entrepreneurs and business mens lost focus, Luxa was made to fill up that gap. It aims to help those entrepreneurs who do great on their business but fails to handle accounting and other aspects of the business. He also shared about The Global Garden, Global Garden is a local Tulsa based profit organization which aims to partner with Tulsa public school to teach students how to grow a garden. They basically involve underprivileged childrens to learn about nutrition and also how to grow their own food. They also teach peace initiatives to childrens to resolve conflicts through peaceful resolution. You can go check on the Global Graden website at www.global-garden.org. To schedule a FREE real estate specialists consultation please contact Darryl Baskin and Pamela Wright of Baskin Real Estate Specialists powered by eXp Realty. DARRYL BASKIN Baskin Real Estate Specialists, eXp Realty Email: darryl@darrylbaskin.com Tel: 918 258 2600 Tel: 918 732 9732 Thinking of Selling? Get your FREE Home Valuation complete with local comparables instantly. https://www.homeguidetulsa.com/sell.php Looking to Purchase? Search thousands of current listings directly from our local MLS. https://www.homeguidetulsa.com/index.php?advanced=1&display=&custombox=&types[]=1&beds=0&baths=0&min=0&max=100000000&rtype=map#rslac

With a rowing career leading him to a 4th place finish at the 2016 Rio Olympics Hans Struzyna has a unique perspective on sports recovery. He started rowing at an early age, but his career really exploding during his collegiate career where he helped the Washington Huskies to 2 varsity-8 National Titles. We chat about his recovery routine, his experience at the Olympics, and his mentality when entering the 'pain cave'. Notable Links: Snowflake Regatta: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHMtf7lxRdo (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHMtf7lxRdo) Episode 2 of Science of Sports Recovery with Austin O'Brien: https://www.scienceofsportsrecovery.com/02-olympic-trials-marathoners-recovery-routine-austin-obrien/ (https://www.scienceofsportsrecovery.com/02-olympic-trials-marathoners-recovery-routine-austin-obrien/) Episode 1 of Science of Sports Recovery with Tom Clifford on Tart Cherry Juice: https://www.scienceofsportsrecovery.com/01-tart-cherries-beetroot-juice-for-recovery-fact-or-fiction-dr-tom-clifford/ (https://www.scienceofsportsrecovery.com/01-tart-cherries-beetroot-juice-for-recovery-fact-or-fiction-dr-tom-clifford/) Video of Hans's Qualifying Race: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcxSonMwTjQ (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcxSonMwTjQ) Vidoe of Han's Olympic Final: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIetslktFQk (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIetslktFQk) Hans's Information: Website: https://hansstruzyna.com/ (https://hansstruzyna.com/) Podcast: https://hansstruzyna.com/podcast/ (https://hansstruzyna.com/podcast/) Jase's Information: Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/jaecheese (www.instagram.com/jaecheese) Website: http://www.scienceofsportsrecovery.com/ (www.scienceofsportsrecovery.com) Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4cHv4ysGa6u3h22NjUkFEw (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4cHv4ysGa6u3h22NjUkFEw) Email: jase@scienceofsportsrecovery.com

We talk about ultra running, the magic of Southern Tour, and dig into the newest event this year, Last Man Standing. It was AWESOME! Tom Clifford was interviewed by The Ultra Running Guys Podcast You can search "The Ultra Running Guys" wherever you get your podcasts. This is one you don't want to miss! LINK TO: @theultrarunningGuys LINK TO: Without Limits Events #TheUltraRunningGuys #Podcast #RunningPodcast #IAmWithoutLimits #UltraRunning #SouthernTourUltra --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wol-runners-podcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/wol-runners-podcast/support

We had so much fun talking with the one and only Tom Clifford about one of our favorite events, The Southern Tour Ultra! As well as being a heck of a runner and the lead coach at Without Limits, Tom is the Race Director for Southern Tour which boasts 50K and 50 mile individual events as well as an age graded 50 mile relay. Tom recently announced the addition of a Last Man Standing event kicking off on Jan 15, 2021 and our very own Jeremy Reynolds was the first to sign up. We hope you enjoy hearing why this event has a vibe like no other! And be sure to join us for the next episode when we sit down with Jeremy and 3 other runners that will also be participating in Last Man Standing. You won't want to miss it! Thanks so much, Tom! Check out www.iamwithoutlimits.com to to see everything that Tom and his team are up to!

Coach and athlete Tom Clifford discusses his own set back and also has guest athlete Alecia Williams on who overcame a broken femur in the Boston Marathon and 3 surgeries to fix it. Alecia is now a grand master and is running 7:30 miles on the track. You will get inspired and learn how to mentally overcome the hurdles you experience when you are deeply injured or in an athletic slump. BLOG ABOUT ALECIA: https://www.iamwithoutlimits.com/being-without-limits-by-alecia-williams/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wol-runners-podcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/wol-runners-podcast/support

Summary: Dr. Tom Clifford is a world leading researcher in the world of tart cherry juice and beetroot juice when it comes to athletic recovery. Dr. Clifford has a bachelor's in sports and exercise science and a master's in sports performance. He also has a doctorate and exercise, health, nutrition. He's worked with several elite sports teams, including the Newcastle Falcons rugby team. Our conversation today sheds some light on the truths, the myths, and the theories behind tart cherry juice and beetroot juice when it comes to athletic performance and recovery. (Transcript Below) Dr. Tom Clifford's Information Twitter: https://twitter.com/TomClifford7 (https://twitter.com/TomClifford7) Email: T.Clifford@lboro.ac.uk University Profile: https://www.lboro.ac.uk/departments/ssehs/staff/tom-clifford/ (https://www.lboro.ac.uk/departments/ssehs/staff/tom-clifford/) Jase Kraft's Information: Instagram: https://instagram.com/jaecheese (https://instagram.com/jaecheese) Website: https://scienceofsportsrecovery.com (https://scienceofsportsrecovery.com) Email: jase@scienceofsportsrecovery.com Jase Kraft: [00:00:00] Today's guest is the world's leading researcher in the world of tart cherry juice and beetroot juice when it comes to athletic recovery. Tom has a bachelor's in sports and exercise science and a master's in sports performance. He also has a doctorate and exercise, health, nutrition. He's worked with several elite sports teams, including the Newcastle Falcons rugby team. Our conversation today sheds some light on the truths, the myths, and the theories behind tart cherry juice and beetroot juice when it comes to athletic performance and recovery. Jase Kraft: [00:00:36] Let's get into. Jase Kraft: [00:00:41] You're listening to the Science of Sports Recovery podcast. Each week, we explore how to recover more efficiently from training so you can work out harder and realize your full potential. This is the Science of Sports Recovery podcast. Jase Kraft: [00:01:10] Hey, Tom, it's great to have you on the show. Tom Clifford: [00:01:13] Hi, Jase. So nice to see you. Jase Kraft: [00:01:16] So there's a brief intro on your background and stuff, but we just run down your education. You have a bachelor's degree in sport and exercise science, then a master's degree and sport performance from the University of Portsmouth. And if I'm correct in saying you also were a boxer and a football, is that American football? Is that soccer that you playing at the University of Brighton. Tom Clifford: [00:01:47] Oh, wow, where have you dug this out from, so, Yes, so, Tom Clifford: [00:01:53] In my undergraduate in sport science, I've always been football, soccer. So, you know, Americans soccer. That was always my main sport. I did try and take up boxing. I really enjoyed it. It wasn't very good. Tom Clifford: [00:02:08] It's really good fun. Tom Clifford: [00:02:10] But that was, you know, I stuck mainly to soccer when I realized that boxing. Jase Kraft: [00:02:15] Yeah, sweet, do play all of three or four years that you were there. Tom Clifford: [00:02:20] Yeah. So we did four years. Tom Clifford: [00:02:21] So the first year I still played for my home club, so I used to travel back then I decided to play for the university for the second. Jase Kraft: [00:02:30] Cool, cool, after university, did you, did you play any more club or do you currently do the any of that kind of stuff now. Tom Clifford: [00:02:40] Yeah. So not so much. Tom Clifford: [00:02:41] So I carried on playing for a few more years and then I stopped, I started to move around a lot for work and I decided to bring back kind of my Saturday afternoons and my Tuesday. It was the evenings instead of training. So I just stopped playing over there and, you know, kind of local five aside, things like that. Tom Clifford: [00:03:01] And now now I'm a runner, a very, very distinctly average runner...

On this episode, Tom Clifford and Nick Rodina. Nick and Tom are both long time members of Sycamore Ridge Golf Club, and I have spent some time with them lately at the golf course. Though it’s not a lot of time, I can say they are two of the biggest ambassadors of Sycamore Ridge Golf Club but more importantly to the game of golf. Their positivity and support towards others inside and outside the game of golf is second to none, and for that I thank them both. Please welcome to the show Tom Clifford and Nick Rodina.

On this episode, Tom Clifford and Nick Rodina. Nick and Tom are both long time members of Sycamore Ridge Golf Club, and I have spent some time with them lately at the golf course. Though it’s not a lot of time, I can say they are two of the biggest ambassadors of Sycamore Ridge Golf Club but more importantly to the game of golf. Their positivity and support towards others inside and outside the game of golf is second to none, and for that I thank them both. Please welcome to the show Tom Clifford and Nick Rodina.

On this episode, Brad Volker and Tom Clifford. Brad owns and operates Flight Golf Academy and teaches lessons at Sycamore Ridge and Shoal Creek. He’s a 13-year PGA Member, Flightscope Certified instructor and uses V1 video analysis for complete feedback on your swing. Tom Clifford is the current Sycamore Ridge Golf Club Champion, Tom played college golf at Johnson County Community College and Missouri Southern and probably has one of the purest golf swings I’ve seen. Please welcome Brad Volker and Tom Clifford to the show.

On this episode, Brad Volker and Tom Clifford. Brad owns and operates Flight Golf Academy and teaches lessons at Sycamore Ridge and Shoal Creek. He’s a 13-year PGA Member, Flightscope Certified instructor and uses V1 video analysis for complete feedback on your swing. Tom Clifford is the current Sycamore Ridge Golf Club Champion, Tom played college golf at Johnson County Community College and Missouri Southern and probably has one of the purest golf swings I’ve seen. Please welcome Brad Volker and Tom Clifford to the show.

Tom Clifford interviews U.S. Olympian Paul McMullen about his running experiences. Paul talks about his career in High School, his Collegiate experience at Eastern Michigan, his professional career and what drove him to greatness. Paul gives great advice to young athletes who are striving for greatness and adult athletes who are looking for the edge. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wol-runners-podcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/wol-runners-podcast/support

Tom Clifford talks to Father Richard Sutter of St. Gabriel Church in Charlotte, NC. Father Sutter and Tom connected after the 2017 IRONMAN NC 70.3 Triathlon at Sunday Mass. Father Sutter, himself, is a triathlete and marathon runner. He has competed in the 70.3 world championships and run 2:58 at the Boston Marathon. Father Sutter talks about the connection between endurance sports and faith, how to pray better when in your sport, who to pray for, how suffering in life and endurance sports are related and more! If you want to grow in your faith and use your sport as an outlet, this is a great listen. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wol-runners-podcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/wol-runners-podcast/support

Tom Clifford and Colin Hackman talk about racing the mile and why it is good for everyone to do and try. Then they transition to ULTRA MARATHON crazy distance running, Colin talks about Avery Collins a normal 8K 10K guy that now is a known Ultramarathon runner "RUNNING HIGH" The talk then transitions to the importance of sleep, then to Colin discussing mental health, addiction, his own personal experiences and how it ties together into his love for running. We finish up with some quirks and funny stories about Tom. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wol-runners-podcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/wol-runners-podcast/support

Tom Clifford interviews Kristen Jeno a coach, event director and SwimRun guru. Kristen has a long list of accolades for SwimRun as an athlete but she is also a SwimRun race director for SwimRun Lake James and race director of Swim the Loop 3.5 mile swim. Kristen has done the Otillo world championships, the 2016 SwimRun Georgia, 2016 SwimRun Casco Bay – 4th place female team, 2016 SwimRun Hanging Rock – 3rd place female team, 2017 SwimRun Casco Bay – 2nd place female team, 2017 SwimRun Hanging Rock – 1st place female team, 2018 SwimRun Hanging Rock – 1st place female team, 2019 Rockman SwimRun. Kristen and Tom discuss how to get into the sport, what it all entails, some tips on training, what its like to train with a partner, and equipment needed. Learn about SwimRun and maybe you'll want to add it to your bucket list for the journey and experience or to really race it and take it on as your new sport. You never know! EMBRACE THE CHALLENGE #IAMWITHOUTLIMITS --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wol-runners-podcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/wol-runners-podcast/support

Tom Clifford has guest runner, race director, timer, and meteorologist Colin Hackman on the program. Colin and Tom have been friends and work partners for over 10 years. The conversation begins with current events with COVID-19. We start out by discussing Colin's solo 26.2 B.Q. on a 10 x 2.6 mile course, then go into COVID-19 discussion on smaller race events this fall. Tom's talks about his background, what motivates him, how he still competes, runs 3 businesses and raises his two daughters. Colin then interviews Tom on his background, mistakes, and a little fun Q and A. If you want to get to know us better, this is one to listen to:) --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wol-runners-podcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/wol-runners-podcast/support

Tom Clifford interviews Dave McGillivray, owner of DMSE Sports and Race Director of the Boston Marathon. Tom and Dave discuss the impacts of COVID-19 on the race event industry, tips for race directors, how runners themselves can assist in understanding what is happening and how they can help to make races successful when they return.  Dave is a runner himself and has a list of accomplishments personally and professionally.  This podcast is sponsored by Long Run Recovery Formula and Without Limits Events. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wol-runners-podcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/wol-runners-podcast/support

On this week's podcast interview Paul talks to Tom Clifford, PhD about New Mexico's precarious budget situation.    While Tom has extensive political and budgetary knowledge including time spent working for the Joint Tax Committee in Washington, he is known to most for his recent work with Gov. Susana Martinez as Secretary of Finance and Administration, In this role, Tom acted as the Governor’s senior advisor for economic policy.    What would he tell Gov. Lujan Grisham right now? How bad is the budget situation and what should be done about it? Tom helps us find answers to these vexing but pressing problems.  

Tom Clifford interviews Registered Dietitian Diana Davis, R.D. on nutrition pitfalls during COVID-19 lockdown, weight gain, and how to boost the immune system to fight off infection and recover better.  We also discuss the effects of alcohol, the best way to supplement for runners, IRON, and some tips on periodizing eating when training increases and decreases.  Diana has been a registered dietitian nutritionist since 1983 and has been a Without Limits athlete since 2010. She started running to keep up with her husband, Phillip and their two children.  She began as a walker at age 50 and qualified for Boston for the first time in 2019.  She is an amazing inspiration on how to start from ground zero and break through limits! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wol-runners-podcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/wol-runners-podcast/support

Without Limits owner Tom Clifford hosts the podcast on running and endurance sports relating to life. Overcoming obstacles, resilience, and failure combined with personal experience. Guests are Kyle Phillips and Keith Parrella who are both endurance athletes and have served 22 years in the U.S. Marine Corps. Kyle has completed over 10 marathons, Ironman finishes, Swim Run races, and lives the sport every day, and Keith has done several 100-mile races, over 25 ultra marathons and JFK 50 x 3. This is a motivational podcast that will give you advice and guidance of preparation, readiness and overcoming fear of failure. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wol-runners-podcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/wol-runners-podcast/support

Host Dawn Fleming and her Sea Captain husband Tom discuss their novel way of redesigning their overseas lives: a 5000-mile sailing journey from California to Florida. After six years in the Sunshine State, they set sail again - for a Paradise. They now live on a stunning Caribbean Island that boasts one of the Top 10 Beaches in the World. Hear how they went from being at the top of their respective games in California as a business attorney and an electrical engineer - to losing everything. They explain how they recovered and vowed to live a different way - and help others take courageous action to Live Their Dreams - Overseas. For more about the Baja Haha Group Sail/Rally https://www.baja-haha.com.Their sailing blog/website: http://sailblogs.com/member/santoriniFree Visitor Guide to Isla Mujeres, MX http://www.islamujeresvacay.comVacation Villa Website: http://www.castillitocaribe.comProperty Management Website: http://www.integrityvpm.comInvesting in Foreign Real Estate: http://www.offshoredirtbank.comOverseas Life Quiz: http://www.overseaslifequiz.comOLR FB Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/OLRpodcastPlease check out our Facebook Group at:www.facebook.com/groups/liveandearnanywhereDownload Full Show Transcript pdf:Dawn:00:02Welcome. You are listening to the Overseas Life Redesign podcast where you'll hear fun, relaxed and inspirational interviews with people who are really living the dream. I'm Dawn Fleming an attorney turned alchemist and your host for the show, coming to you from the tropical Island paradise of Isla Mujeres, Mexico. Listen to conversations with courageous souls who stepped out of their comfort zone and designed a new way of life. They'll share their experiences, wisdom and offer practical steps you can take to redesign your life overseas. Listen and you'll believe if you can dream it, you can achieve it.00:42This is your host, Dawn Fleming and today I'm here with my husband Tom Clifford and we thought we'd start off our podcast first episode with telling you a little bit about ourselves and how we came up with the idea for this podcast.00:56We moved to a little Island off the coast of Cancun called Isla Mujeres. We bought ocean front vacation rental property three years ago while we were still living in Florida. And it's a now a four bedroom, four bath luxury property located in El Centro, which is basically downtown Isla Mujeres. And then Tom, you want to tell them about where we're living? Tom:01:18Well, when the house is rentedSupport the show (http://www.patreon.com/olr)

With the rise in popularity of MMA and jiu-jitsu over the recent years, many of the more traditional approaches to martial arts have fallen out of favor. Seen as artifacts of a different time, styles like kung fu and karate are sometimes given short shrift as “impractical”, “out of date” or “ineffective”.   Thomas Clifford - our guest today - challenges this notion. A lifelong practitioner and martial arts leader, his decades of experience training and teaching span both traditional and modern disciplines. He believes that practices from kaju kempo to the five animal frolics provide a deeper and more enduring value than they're sometimes given credit for.   With their capacity to benefit participants on a physical, mental and emotional spectrum, they have become more than devices for self-defense or tournament wins - they provide serious insights, rare opportunities for self-development and invaluable lessons for inner growth.   But more than that, he argues that these practices develop skills and attributes we need in the world at large: responsibility, sustainability, accountability and maturity. We can learn flexibility of thought from the Chinese healing arts; an appreciation for our own shortcomings as we study our instructors and peers;  and the importance of perseverance as we learn to lead and follow in the classroom.   Critic, thinker, provacateur, student, teacher - Tom Clifford is all of this and more.  As a teacher straddling the classical and the contemporary (kung fu, kaju kempo and Brazilian jiu-jitsu), he challenges the conventional thinking around the division between what is “modern” and what is “traditional”.  And he raises the possibility that the embedded wisdom in many of these older styles might contain the key not just to survival, but to larger-scale success.   This is an important conversation for all modern martial arts practitioners. We found it insightful, illuminating and engaging. Hopefully you'll enjoy it as much as we did.   ========   In this episode, we discuss Tom Bisio's book, “A Tooth from the Tiger's Mouth”. You can find a link to it here.   If you're interested in the MAM/BBJJ “Chop Wood Carry Water” t-shirt we mentioned on one of our other episodes, you can find it here through DojoPrints.   For more about Tom Clifford's dojo in Pearl River, NY, you can head here.   And the Martial Arts Mind blog is alive and well. More episodes, essays and articles are here.   ========

Tom Clifford joins Tyler in studio to talk about the Wrightsville Beach Madness this weekend, Gov Roy Cooper, to distract from his pipeline controversy, has decided to try and push gun control to get people to hate him for an entirely different reason, The President, Vice President, & the Executive Director of the Azalea Festival join Tyler in studio to talk about the 2018 Azalea Festival, and Larry Kudlow picked as top Trump advisor to be Director of the National Economic Council which could be interesting considering Kudlow disagrees with Trump on trade, a strong dollar, and budget deficits

Join international voiceover artist expert Tom Clifford give us some tips on how to record voice using Adobe Spark. Mildred M. Tassone will discuss some of the issues that she sees as a non-voiceover artist with creating Spark videos and have Tom give us his best advice.  Tom Clifford is an established international voiceover character/imitation artist with award-winning credits and skilled in all phases of audio editing & production. Skilled at an amazing amount of voice variations from millennials to geezers, Tom can accommodate most any script. With an Optical/Digital recording studio that produces broadcast quality audio/video for all types of social & multi media, tv/radio spots, mobile telephone programming, YouTube videos, internet greetings and tutorials, sound grabbing web-imaging – all with rapid turnaround.

0001 Modio Health – Recorded July 25, 2016Dr. Kirk Heath, Co-Founder and CEO along with Dr. Tom Clifford, Co-Founder and Chief Medical Officer discuss www.modiohealth.com. Modio Health is a startup with offices in San Francisco, California and Virginia Beach, Virginia focused on solving the inefficiencies of credentialing and career management for healthcare providers and the healthcare systems they work for.Hear Kirk and Tom discuss how their backgrounds as surgeons and the hindrance to doing the work they love caused by burdensome paperwork, led them to create a high-tech solution to managing physician credentials. Learn how they teamed up experts in healthcare provider management from Virginia Beach with technology and marketing wizards from the San Francisco Bay Area to design and build their system and services. Modio Health is a venture funded company experiencing rapid growth. Kirk and Tom share their story of transition from the Operating Room to the Board Room and how to develop a high performance entrepreneurial team.

Welcome to Episode 17!  We hear of lot of repeated advice about how we’re supposed to make our relationships work.  You’ve got to communicate, you’ve got to build trust and develop teamwork - and you’re never supposed to go to bed angry for some reason.   One of the reasons we created this show is to explore what people really mean when they say these things. Trust, specifically, is quite tricky to pin down.  Peter Pearson and Ellyn Bader - the couples therapists in episode 11 did the best job of giving us an academic definition of the term “Trust” so far; today’s couple–Cheryl and Tom Clifford–do the best job of exemplifying it. Enjoy the show!

Imagine you had a program that generated over $150,000 a year. Let's also imagine that this program always had a waiting list and that clients loved it. Would you stop the program, or let it run? In 2006, we started the Protege Program and by 2009, it came to an abrupt halt. But was it abrupt? And why did it stop in the first place? These stories and more show up in the Psychotactics story. There's not a moment of boredom as we head into the roller coaster of 2009 and beyond. Where we explore the crazy world of workshops, this time outside the safety of California. It's one nutty, exciting ride. Buckle up, because it's action-packed and full of lessons for your own small business. http://www.psychotactics.com/stopped-protege/ Psychotactics Workshop Story: Part 2 “This transcript hasn’t been checked for typos, so you may well find some. If you do, let us know and we’ll be sure to fix them.”   It was February 2006 I’d just started a crazy venture called the Protege. Well it was crazy for me at least. I’d written a sales letter promising that I would teach six courses in one year. The courses were Article Writing, Copy Writing, Information Product Strategy, Website Strategy, Core Marketing Strategy and  PR (Public Relations). And no sooner than the Protege sessions started up when I had this idea of holding a workshop for the Proteges in California. There was only one problem This workshop was not part of what I’d promised. It was an extra workshop of five days. For the first three days we’d be working on Website Strategy and the next two days would be closed-door Protege sessions. So the problem that arose instantly was one of scheduling, money, effort and a few dozen assorted issues. For me it meant that I had to book a room somewhere in the U.S., book flights and do an entire workshop in slides in less than eight weeks. What’s more interesting is that the workshop didn’t exist. Notes didn’t exist and neither did the slides. This was compounded by a few interesting facts The Protege year was something that was just dreamed up in a salesletter. No material existed for any of the six courses (today they all exist in audio/text, but back then I was creating it as the courses rolled along). So I had this cute little challenge of hosting live teleclasses (training calls), creating content on the fly, managing a forum with 15 proteges and preparing for a workshop all at once. Admittedly those were problems that were pretty rough but that was the least of my problems I also had a bit of a mutiny on my hands. I hadn’t made the workshop a compulsory attendance issue (you could attend if you like to) but I sure stressed it was important. I also required each of the proteges to cough up an additional $500 for the workshop (it was just to cover the costs of the venue etc.) This additional payment didn’t go down well. What made it worse was they had to travel to Campbell, California, stay in a hotel and had all of this additional expenditure—not to mention they all had to take at least a week off from work. They were not happy in the least. It was almost like a bit of bait and switch. But in my mind it wasn’t bait and switch at all I really felt that those five days would be of immense help to the Proteges. For one there was the factor of learning in a compressed state (over five days). There was also the factor of connecting with each other because when people connect, they work better after the connection. To me it seemed quite sensible to have a meeting like this totally out of the blue (just kidding). But this sudden move kicked up a ton of dust and I then spent a fair bit of time on the phone, and via the forums and email sorting things out. Once things were sorted out the real work began We had to find a venue and get on with the job of getting the show on the road. Because Renuka’s sister, Audrey lived in Campbell, she did some scouting around for us and we soon located a meeting room at the adorable Pruneyard Plaza just 5 minutes away from Audrey’s house. And unlike the earlier workshops there was absolutely no drama at all this time around. All we had to do was land in San Francisco, and we were picked up from the airport. We were chauffeured around from Kinko’s (where we got our binders and notes photocopied) to Costco and just about everywhere. In fact the hotel even picked us up at 7am from the house every morning and dropped us back every evening (I bet no one has ever done that before or since). And the workshop went like a dream. Oh I forgot to tell you how we made a profit on the workshop.  So here’s how we made a profit $500 per Protege wasn’t even barely going to cover the airfares and costs of the workshops, and if you’re going to do a workshop might as well make a profit. That’s only part of the issue. When you’re doing a workshop, you want to make sure you have a full house. Having just ten or fifteen people in a room is nice, but having about 25-30 people in the room really creates enormous energy in the room. So we decided to sell 15 -18 seats (we only ever take 33-35 attendees—never more). And the good thing was that we had already “sold” 15 seats because  all the Proteges decided to show up. This created an instant urgency because 50% of the seats were taken. Bear in mind this workshop was selling at $2200 per head or thereabouts, so it wasn’t an easy sell. Even so, the workshop was soon filled. The Campbell workshop was well on its way. The Campbell workshops and the Protege Program went on till the year 2008 The Protege Program was a reasonably profitable program generating anything between $100,000-$150,000 a year. And year after year we’d have the workshop in Campbell, CA and there were never any hitches. And it became part of the Prot’g’ Program. What was even cooler was we started speaking at the System Seminar in Chicago, which was often held around the same time as ourProtege sessions, and so we’d finish the Protege and head to Chicago, do a speaking engagement and head for a well deserved break either within the US or to Europe. But then in 2008 we decided to pull the Protege Program As I said, the Protege Program was a reasonable sum of guaranteed income year after year. But to my mind it wasn’t good for consumption. Expecting a client to learn five or six new skills in a year was like learning five or six new languages a year. It wasn’t just bad for consumption, but it wasn’t (in my mind at least) doing the customer any good. So we pulled the Program. And people often asked me what I would replace the program with. And I didn’t plan to replace it with anything. As far as I was concerned, I was more interested in teaching and getting the clients to learn and implement. To me the Protege Program, wonderful as it was, wasn’t achieving exactly what I set out to do. And so when we pulled the Prot’g’ Program, we pulled the workshops as well. Not all workshops of course We’d still do some workshops in Auckland, where we live in New Zealand. One or two a year if at all. But the workshops held locally didn’t require the same level of planning and precision as the international workshops. Plus there were no travel costs, hotel costs or any fancy costs. Even our core costs of the room hire and expenses were lower here (There’s no gratuity or tipping required in New Zealand and all costs are inclusive of taxes, so there are no surprises whatsoever). And then the year 2009 rolled along. It was the first year we’d didn’t do any workshops. Not in the US. Not in New Zealand. And I hadn’t really planned to do any in 2010. In fact I was pretty much happy to be back in New Zealand after a three week vacation in Argentina and Uruguay. And we were sitting at our favourite cafe when Renuka suggested we do the US/Canada trip. In every situation, I have an idea and Renuka says no In this situation, I was saying no and Renuka wanted me to go ahead. And we had a lead time of just four weeks. In four weeks we had to get at least 35 people to sign up at two venues: Vancouver and Washington D.C. And I wasn’t even keen on doing the trip. But Renuka said we had to do it. Um did I say 35 people? I meant 70 people (35 at both venues). It was a start of a mini nightmare. The nightmare wasn’t so much getting the sign ups for the workshop The nightmare was getting the venue for the event. You see, all those years of California sun had made us pretty complacent. Getting a venue for the workshop simply meant that we fixed a date, called the hotel and got our room. And bear in mind the booking is always temporary. Even though our workshops have always been solidly booked, we still will always make a temporary booking—just in case. This time around there was no temporary booking to be had Unlike the usual California venue, we were looking for places in Washington D.C. and Vancouver, Canada. And two instant problems cropped up. One was the obvious one: we’d never had a workshop in any of these places, so we were totally unfamiliar with the territory. The second one was that we had no relationship with the hotel—and hence not a clue of what to expect. But at first it all seemed simple enough I went online, and looked up hotel meeting rooms and there they were—dozens of options just waiting to be picked. What surprised me was that most of them were costing as little as $200 + taxes per day. I was astounded—truly astounded, because these were hotels in prime areas. Some of them were within walking distance of downtown areas, even the White House. But hey, I wasn’t going to complain. I now had a pick of hotels and I was going to do my cherry picking all right. So I did what any sensible person would do I emailed half a dozen hotels and asked them if they would be willing to book a meeting room for the dates we’d decided upon. And with that job done and dusted, I moved along to making sure I had the sales pages ready, because we needed to get participants to sign up as well. And the first email that went out was pretty darned heartening. Over 50% of the seats got taken in just a few days. This was looking better than I thought, until I checked my email. The inbox was swamped with responses to my queries But the common question I kept getting was: How many rooms can we block for your guests? Hmm, I figured 35 people were going to show up, so I told them we’d have at least 15-20 rooms taken up by the guests. But I couldn’t be sure, I admitted. After all, the guest may choose to stay at the hotel or elsewhere. So I asked them to block a temporary 15-20 rooms and as we signed up participants, we’d direct them to the hotel and they could sign up. Of course there would be a cut off date, so the hotel wouldn’t have to keep the rooms booked forever. But the hotels didn’t want to play ball They wanted us to guarantee the rooms. And guarantee at least 80% of the rooms. So if you consider 35 participants, then 80% is about 28 rooms. Consider that every guest stays 3 nights, and that’s about 84 bookings. Each room may be in the range of $100-$200. You get the idea, don’t you? The hotels were asking us to guarantee between $8500-$17,000 worth of bookings. And if the guests didn’t show up, we’d have to foot the bill. So I changed the question. I asked: If I don’t guarantee the rooms, what will you charge for the meeting rooms? $6016 came the answer from one of the hotels. That’s $6,016 per day. A lot better than paying $17,000, you’ll agree, but still not a risk worth taking. And now we were in a real soup. Most of the participants who’d signed up were told that we’d have the workshop in Washington D.C. and Vancouver, Canada, but the exact details were going to be revealed later. Now we had sign ups but not a meeting room in sight. It was time to fill in every hotel form we could find I don’t know how many forms I filled up, but I hated every one of them. It was the same boring set of questions over and over again, and because they’re all forms, both Renuka and I were cutting and pasting endlessly. And then the responses started coming in by the truckload. Every time we’d check our email there was a whole bunch of emails with counter questions: How many rooms will you book? Will catering be involved? What is the minimum catering you’d require. The answer was none, no and nothing. But it still took up hours and more hours every day. I was feeling like a zombie dealing with what seemed like an endless barrage of queries. That wasn’t the only problem The other problem was they were so many hotels (some with similar brand names) that they all started merging into one in my head. It was at this point that three saviours stepped right up. In Vancouver, Leanne asked if she could help. In Washington D.C., Marina and Natalya volunteered as well. By this point we were exhausted, but we’d managed to get a few hotels to agree to our terms. So yes, we’d do a temporary booking. And no, there’s no need of any fancy catering. And no we can’t guarantee the rooms. And some agreed. So now it was a matter of creating a shortlist. Excel and me aren’t the best of friends In fact we hardly know of each other. In all my year on a computer—and I’ve been on computers since around the early 1990s, I’ve never so much as opened up Excel, let alone do a spreadsheet. But as I said, I was desperate. Someone (I forget who) created a Google docs spreadsheet and we started to fill in whatever details were available. And things were starting to look good. The sign-ups had slowed down considerably since the early burst, but to be fair we’d only sent out one or two emails. Now that the hotels were kinda falling in place, we could have the luxury of filling in the rest of the seats. Actually things were looking better than good We’d settled on hotels that were in great areas: In Georgetown, Washington D.C and downtown Vancouver. At which point Marina and Natalya volunteered to look up the hotels. Natalya was in Washington with her husband and kids, so she jumped on the metro and very magnanimously checked out the hotels we’d shortlisted. And she came back with a “F” on the hotels. She wasn’t impressed. The one we’d set our hearts on, was in the basement, very squeezed and with a distinct odour of mildew. But Natalya wasn’t giving up Right at the start she’d hinted about a hotel called Hampton Inn, located near the Reagan National Airport. Now she set about checking it out as an alternative. And yes, the “shoe” fit. She approved of the meeting rooms and the hotel accommodation. But this close miss had set our hearts racing. What if we’d made the same mistake in Vancouver? This time it was Leann’s turn. She made the long drive from Whistler to downtown Vancouver just to recce the various options. And yes, lightning does strike twice. The one we’d originally chosen was a bit of a dump. Slightly tacky. Not so hot. But just like Natalya’s story there was a happy ending The Listel on Robson Street, Vancouver was actually happy with our crazy terms. And they were ready to make a booking for those meeting rooms. That Excel spreadsheet was finally down to two choices, one in D.C and one in Vancouver. But it’s not like the emails stopped. You see we’d contacted (I don’t know) maybe 40-50 hotels (maybe some twice, even). And they were all writing in asking to confirm. We even had some long distance calls to top up the emails. For a change it was nice to say NO. And yes, our trip was finally getting underway. And not a moment too soon Participants had to fly in—and some from tiny airports, so they needed to know quickly which airport to fly into. By this point we knew the answers. Luckily from that moment on, nothing much went wrong, but that week or two was pure misery. I’d go to bed completely drained—even frustrated. To have those rooms booked and the event underway was such a relief. All I had to do was make sure that the rest of the seats were filled and I got down to the business of making sure we got the blog rolling (to create a factor of excitement and anticipation) and the slides and the music for the event. The Brain Audit workshops were kinda unusual For one it wasn’t just a workshop. Every four years, we have a Cave Party + workshop. At this Caver Party, we not only learn, but we go out on a day trip, do a treasure hunt, sample the wines in wineries and spend lots of time over lunch and dinner. But I was still a bit apprehensive. Some of the participants had been with Psychotactics and 5000bc for a long time. And some of them had read The Brain Audit in Version 1, Version 2 and also Version 3. They were members. They’d been on our courses. And there I was, talking about The Brain Audit. I was afraid it would be super boring for them. I mean we’d gone over this stuff before in the books, audio and video. How could I straddle the expectations of those who’d just read the last version of The Brain Audit vs. those who’d read every version. Sleep wasn’t easy to come by And it wasn’t because of jet-lag either. Sure we’d flown in from New Zealand to California, woken up at 4am and got onto a flight bound for Washington DC. Sure we were tired and crossing squillions of time zones. But exhausted as I was, I couldn’t sleep. I’d wake up at 2am to practice my presentation and go over it again and again, making dozens of changes. Even the second day (which was the day off) had me a little perturbed. I wasn’t sure how we’d go about the treasure hunt. Were we going to play dodge ball? How would people react to having to spend an extra day for no apparent learning? These things bothered me a lot. And it wasn’t till Day 3 that I truly started to relax just that tiny bit. I wasn’t well either I was definitely very exhausted. Not sleeping well. Apprehensive. And yes, I had a reasonably irritating acidity problem as well. This meant instead of gorging everything in sight, I had to restrict myself to “baby food”. Anything that was bland, non-oily—as I said, baby food. Alcohol, chocolates, coffee, icecream: they were all off the menu. Of course I wasn’t paying much attention at first. So I went out. I ate Ethiopian food, then Mexican, then Italian—yes, back to back meals. And I was in more than slight discomfort. That didn’t help me overall. And now I’m sounding like a real wus, but I managed to stiffen my shoulder and neck as well. So why am I telling you all this? Well there’s sympathy (ha, ha) but more because you need to know that these things happen. That you’re not going to get this free ride into everything turning out just hunky dory. And yet if you listened to the recording of the workshops or were there at the workshop itself, you’d notice little or nothing unless I told you about it. The last night in D.C. We’re all packed and ready to catch an 8am flight the next day to Vancouver, Canada. It’s an international flight, so we have to be at the airport by 5 am or so. And so we make sure we get to bed before 10pm. Then at 10:30pm, the fire alarm goes off. There’s this insistent beeping, and we’re roused from a deep, tired sleep racing around the room madly. I tried to call the reception, but the phone seemed dead. Renuka ran barefoot into the corridor only to find it completely peaceful (Folks were coming back from dinner, and seeing Renuka barefoot, another woman took off her shoes). No one seemed slightly disturbed. It was like we were the only ones panicking. Then I looked at our bags. They were sitting right under the sprinkler. And I thought it was a good idea to move the bags before the sprinklers went off and soaked all the equipment. As I moved the bag, the sound of the fire alarm shifted Aaaagh! It was our travel clock. There was no fire. Somehow the travel clock had shifted and an alarm had been set for 10:30pm. And that’s what was going off. I know it seems funny to you. And it was funny too us. We enjoyed the madness for five minutes and then hopped back to bed and dozed off immediately. By the time we got to Vancouver, my diet was doing really well. The workshops were far more relaxing for me. I smiled a lot more. And then, after a few days in Vancouver, we were ready to go back to San Jose, California for a week, before heading back to New Zealand. The original plan was to have three workshops. One in Vancouver, Canada. One in Washington D.C. and one in London, UK. Thank goodness we stopped at two. I was exhausted. I was ready to see sheep and head back on my Air New Zealand flight back home. And we did. We had a little hiccup or two (the flight was delayed by 12 hours; I acted like an idiot and ate spicy Indian food and re-started up the acidity) but all in all it was just part of the game. Workshops are stressful There’s so much to do. So little time. It involves pre-selling, getting venues, making sure everyone’s comfortable, getting great content and running a tight ship in terms of budgets—amongst other things. Things go crazy in workshops. And not so crazy. And these experiences may intimidate you a bit. Believe me, you should have workshops. They’re what helps you connect with your audience in a way that no Internet browser can do. They’re what help you become a better teacher, presenter and consultant. And it forges a bond that causes clients to become friends. We went with Marcus Stout for sushi. Stew Walton spent close to 6 hours to come and say hello, join us for dinner, and then went back the next day (another six hour journey). Greg Lee brought his daughter, Rabia and his wife Penelope along to meet us for dinner. Marina Brito took us to lunch, showed us around, and hosted another lunch for several of us. Steve Washer helped us with the video shooting, production and editing. Tom Clifford helped us by being the perfect interrogator. Karen Tiede and Warren Hayford made sure I ate sensibly at the workshops. The list goes on and on and these are just folks I’m mentioning from the D.C. Workshop. Everyone plays a massive role—way more than you can imagine. This isn’t just some passive “show up and learn” workshop. Everyone gets “goodies” from their hometown. Everyone takes pictures. They have long chats. Dinners. This is like Thanksgiving or Christmas lunch (without all the tension ;)). It’s magical. Often even very emotional. And yes it’s a moment in time that you can’t recreate by just being a speaker at some event. You have to wade in and it’s not always pretty, but it’s always exciting and memorable. And so far, it’s always had a happy ending. These are events you can’t recreate sitting at your desk in the comfort of your office. You have to be a little brave. A little scared. A lot hassled. And you’ll find rich rewards in hosting workshops. So there you have it. A glimpse into just some of the episode into our workshops. Let’s head off to the next chapter: the story of 5000bc. Footnote: You always want enough people in the room, and it’s not because of cost and profit factors alone. There’s also the factor of having enough people in a room. If there are too few participants, it’s much harder for both the presenter and the audience. For the presenter, having a group size of between 20-30 ensures a high level of energy in the room. You get all sorts of folks when you have about 30 of them in the room, and invariably you get introverts, extroverts, funny folks, more serious folks. In short you get a good mix. This is critical for a presenter, because not only does it assist in the actual presentation, but also in group sessions where a good mix is pretty darned essential. Still reading? Don’t miss the Psychotactics Workshop Story: Part 1  

Join us for some of the interesting tips and recommendations for small business and non-profits. Visit our Pinterest board and Facebook page for guest updates. 

Join Tom Clifford and Mildred Tassone who host tonight's guest John Reid with Tricky Business , magic, balloons and more. 

Holloween Special How to scare up some shocking results with your social media.  Tom Clifford, our voice over expert will discuss how to add music then comments to your YouTube videos. Mildred Tassone will discuss the changes to the New York State Association of Realtors updated advertising requirements.  Special thanks goes out to Jeremy Raffer (Photographer) Find us on http://facebook.com/blogtalkradiony and http://www.pinterest.com/mildredtassone/blogtalkradio-shows/

Join Denny Doherty - Constant Contact, Tom Clifford, Mildred Tassone, Tom Jacoby, & Jeanne Madrid on connecting your social media.

  Welcome  Joanne K. Adams, Director of Community Relations at The New York Racing Association, Inc., as Tom Clifford and Mildred M. Tassone chat about the 144th running of the Belmont Stakes, how Belmont Festival Week effects the Floral Park Community  and what to expect from the Triple Crown Hopeful by "I'll take Another".

35th Anniversary World Trade Center Climb Thirty Five Years since George Willig, a 27 year old toy maker-inventor climbed the South Tower of the World Trade Center.  Three and a half hours of heroic history were made when George’s inventiveness gripped New York… and the world. It was one of those moments in time when everything stopped.  George was interviewed in his Hollis, Queens apartment by Tom Clifford and Bob Brown, and his candidness portrays an "Everyman" whose love of climbing had all of New York hold it's collective breath. Joining them is Mildred M. Tassone. You can now listen to this exclusive informal interview with George, recorded a few weeks after the climb, as he candidly relives that day.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_8k3fNBCD4 

Join Tom Clifford, Tom Jacoby, RM Downey and Mildred M. Tassone for a discussion on how you can connect your social media and grow your business or your community groups. We will discuss: Pinterest - How we are using it and Adding Sound and Music to Your YouTube Videos, and answer questions from listeners and each other.

Join Tom Clifford, Tom Jacoby, Mark Madrid and Mildred M. Tassone for a discussion on how you can connect your social media and grow your business or your community groups. We will discuss: Seach Engine Optimization Content Planning & Posting Google+ Hangouts Pinterest - what it is and how to use it Creating your YouTube Videos Adding Sound and Music to Your YouTube Videos

Following up on our Social Media Workshop at Keats Insurance on Thursday night, Tom Clifford, Tom Jacoby and Mildred M. Tassone will answer questions on how to integrate your marketing and communications.

Join Mildred M. Tassone+ and Tom Clifford+ along with RMDowney+  with NewMediator.com for an informative session on Google+ and how we areintegrating it into our current marketing and communications processes.  RM Downey is the Founder of New Mediator, a Blog that covers Social Media & Internet Marketing.  

Join Mildred M. Tassone+ and Tom Clifford+ along with RMDowney+  with NewMediator.com for an informative session on Google+ and how we areintegrating it into our current marketing and communications processes.  RM Downey is the Founder of New Mediator, a Blog that covers Social Media & Internet Marketing.

Join us for a conversation on how to use your Google+ hangouts and what to do once you are on Google+. Tom Clifford, http://gplus.to/tomclifford and Mildred M. Tassone, http://gplus.to/mildredtassone, will be joined by Bob Brown. They will discuss how Tom and Bob are using social media for their Word Trade Center documentry.

An all-star cast on this week's show.  Solomon Blaylock and Amber McCalister from The Lobster Quadrille, Tom Clifford from...uh...Mrs. Clifford and our old friends Peter and Omar are all on board this week...and low-jinks ensue.  Solomon, Amber and Tom are on to promote their upcoming live variety show called The Pleasant Show.  It's coming up soon, so if you're in Rochester you best be going to it.  We explore Omar's Kinsey Rating and help Peter write an apology letter to a bank.  We also explore Bert and Ernie's relationship as only TSBS can.  Did you know that Oscar The Grouch's song I Love Trash has a "rusty trombone" reference in it?  I did not!  Pack a lunch, kids.  This show goes into overtime. Music: Public Enemy - Notice-Know This Alasdair Fraser and Natalie Haas - La Sansonette

Join Mildred M. Tassone+ and Tom Clifford+ along with Nryn Datt+ of My Path Builder and RM Downey+ with NewMediator.com for an informative session on  Google+ and how we are integrating it into our current marketing and communications processes.  We will discuss current projects including the New Hyde Park Museum that is just being launched using some of the latest technologies. 

Jeremy wants to give back to horse racing, and his hope is that it will raise bothawareness and funding for the Permanently Disabled Jockey Fund (PDJF) and Anna House that benefits the children of the backstretch workers at Belmont Park and sustained by the Belmont Child Care Association (BCCA). You can find Jeremy on facebook.com/thewalkingbrit. Tom Clifford will join us.

Join the Floral Park Chamber of Commerce's Social Media & Marketing team this week to hear an overview of some of the events throughout the week preceding the Belmont Stakes. Hear about all the events going on this week and how you and your family and friends can attend. There will be updates on the Belmont Stakes luncheon, the Ribbon Cutting for new class rooms at the Belmont Child Care Assoication's Anna House, the Floral Park Art Show and the 10th Annual Floral Park Street Fair. We will have several internet specials from the local merchants. Come and enjoy the best Floral Park has to offer during this event-filled week. Featured guests will include some of the members of the Social Media & Marketing Committee: Tom Clifford, Social Media Director, Jerry Baldassaro and Mildred Tassone - who will host. For event information: http://floralparkchamber.org Committee Members: Tom Clifford, Social Media Director, Jerry Baldassaro, Tom Schrafel, Mohamed Aly,  Judy Torre and Mildred Tassone.

Join us today for a conversation with: Tom Clifford - (http://facebook.com/tomcliffordvo/), Social Media Chairperson for the Floral Park Chamber of Commerce, (http://facebook.com/floralparkchamber) Jerry Baldassaro, publisher of The Town Planner Community Calendar in Nassau County, NY, (facebook.com/tpofgli). We will be discussing putting into practice social media with your current marketing strategies. Hosted by Mildred M. Tassone, (http://facebook.com/mildredmtassone).            

Why and you need a Facebook Business page if you are trying to use Facebook for business.

Today's show features Donna Chenkin the Director of Belmont Child Care Association that has established Anna House. Anna House is an on-site childcare center for the benefit of working families at New York area racetracks.She is discussing the upcoming Holiday Bazaar on December 11th and how you can help. The second part of the show features Tom Clifford, Voice Over Guy. TC & Co. is a full service audio & visual production company offering a full range of broadcast services for Animation, Media, Film & Production companies, Television & Radio Stations as well as Corporate and Industrial clients throughout the World. Host of show is Mildred M. Tassone.

This weeks' segments will include a conversation with Jason Marcus of Continental Home Loans Inc., Tom Clifford of The Floral Park Chamber of Commerce and Gail Hartnett of the Keller Williams Realty Gail Hartnett Team. Mildred M. Tassone of Keller Williams Realty Greater Nassau will be the host. Jason Marcus will go over what is the latest on the First Time Home buyers tax credits and New York State programs. Tom Clifford will discuss Floral Park and will provide a look into the voice recording industry. Gail Hartnett and I will discuss our New Hyde Park Memorial High School reunion with the possibility of some real estate added in.