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Lt. General Keith Kellogg (ret), co-Chair of American Security at AFPI, who served as an Assistant to the President, Senior National Security Advisor, and Special Presidential Envoy for Ukraine, joined us on the Guy Benson Show today for a conversation on foreign policy, and international relations. Kellogg and Benson went over the latest on Iran, which includes a deployment of a third U.S. aircraft carrier, alleged Iranian involvement in the FlyDubai attempted hijacking, and attempted U.K. bombing attack. Lt. Kellogg also discussed the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war, the relationship between the U.S. and China and why we need to view them as an “adversary,” and more. Listen to the full interview with Lt. Kellogg and Benson below! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

George was at an event with 5,000 people when friends started texting him.He walked in and found someone giving his exact customer journey framework, word for word, to a full room.He had no legal ground to stand on. That was the day he understood what intellectual property actually costs when you haven't protected it.This episode is the conversation that follows.Robin Colucci is a book coach, journalist, and advisory board member of the American Society of Journalists and Authors. In this second appearance on the show, she and George dig into copyright law, AI-generated content, what you actually own when you publish, and how to build a body of work that cannot be taken from you.What You'll Learn In This Episode:Why AI-written content is not copyrightable under US law right nowWhat happened when a Big 5 publisher pulled a title flagged as 78% AI-generatedHow to use AI as a research and process tool without losing ownershipWhat traditionally published authors must now declare in their contractsWhy accuracy is the non-negotiable responsibility of every content creatorHow to create intimacy with a reader and why AI cannot replicate it yetKey Takeaways: ✔️US copyright law requires human authorship. AI-written content cannot be copyrighted. If you publish it, anyone who markets it better than you becomes known for your work.✔️Traditional publishers are now requiring authors to contractually declare they own the copyright to their material. Breach of that is a legal exposure, not a technicality.✔️AI is a research tool, not a writing tool. Use it to surface information faster. Do not use it to write your final content.✔️A book is an intimate conversation with a reader in one of the most private spaces in their life. Treat it that way. AI cannot generate that.✔️See the reader before you serve them. Readers do not care about your process or data until you demonstrate that you see them as a human being first.✔️Accuracy still matters. As a thought leader or content creator, you are responsible for what you publish. That does not change because a tool generated it.✔️You are the hammer operator. The tool does not absorb your responsibility for the outcome.Timestamps & Highlights:[00:00] — George's IP theft story and the question it raised[01:28] — If AI wrote it, you don't own it: starting straight[03:16] — The American Society of Journalists and Authors and why it matters now[06:00] — US copyright law: what qualifies and what does not[08:00] — The Shy Girl case: Big 5 publisher pulls title after 78% AI detection[12:00] — What traditional publishing contracts now require authors to sign[18:00] — How to use AI ethically in the writing process[28:00] — AI for research: tips and guardrails[40:00] — What makes a book actually land with a reader[52:00] — Creating intimacy with the reader: what AI cannot replicate[58:00] — See the reader before you serve them[1:02:27] — Wrapping it together: AI as a hammer, not the carpenter[1:04:24] — Where to find Robin and how to start a conversation about your book[1:05:37] — Departing wisdom: accuracy still mattersConnect with Robin Colucci Book coach, journalist, author of How to Write a Book That Sells YOU, and advisory board member of the American Society of Journalists and Authors. Her clients have collected over $6.3 million in advances from Big 5 publishers and hit bestseller lists from Amazon to the New York Times.Website: worldchangingbooks.comEmail: robin@worldchangingbooks.comInstagram: @worldchangingbooksYouTube: youtube.com/@AuthorAlchemist Your Challenge This Week:If you create content for a living, share this episode with one other person today.And if you have a book in you, reach out to Robin at worldchangingbooks.com.Follow George: @itsgeorgebryantWork with George:The Alliance — Community for entrepreneurs building bodies of work they actually own.1:1 Coaching — Limited spots. Apply at mindofgeorge.com/coaching-consulting/Live Retreats — In-person experiences for entrepreneurs ready to build something that lasts.

Today's Gen Wars brought on a lot of catchphrases and important takeaways. Did you know the phrase Yippy Kiyay Motherf*ucker was coined by Woody the Woodpecker? It was a heated battle between Gen Z and Millennials today, and we think the right person won in the end. *Trigger warning* for anyone who doesn't like sad stories about dogs. Is that how trigger warnings work? Ally brought a story to ADD news today really bummed a lot of you out, and we get it. People who hurt dogs suck ass. It ended with Klein and Ally pledging over $2,000 to help find the suspect in the story. We also heard yet another dildo-left-in-a-hotel story today, not from someone on the show. It actually made the news! Apparently this happens way more than we realized. If you're free this Friday 10/2, stop by the Klein.Ally.Show "We Suck!" Blood Drive happening at the Autry Museum in Griffith Park! The first 250 people get tickets to Six Flags Fright Fest, a Klein.Ally.Show 'We Suck!' T-Shirt, plus we have tickets to a ton of other shows like Mumford & Sons, Dirty Heads, The Beaches, Empire of the Sun, Almost Monday, The Paradox & more! Help save a life while making yours way more fun! Stop by anytime 7a-3p.

Could the land beneath your solar project help finance the next one, without giving up equity in your company?Laura Pagliarulo, CEO and co-founder of SolaREIT™, returns to SunCast to share what six years of financing solar and battery real estate have taught her about how developers grow without overextending themselves. Her company has financed real estate beneath projects representing nearly $8 billion in total value.Laura explains how land purchases, lease purchases and land loans can provide flexible capital without selling equity in the developer's company. She describes repeat partners planning transactions six to eighteen months before a portfolio closes, with proceeds supporting interconnection deposits and other pipeline needs.Expect to learn:

Jerry Cedicci never says, "trust me." He builds trust, then lets the deal speak for itself. This is Part 2 of Kison's conversation with Jerry, The mentor who started with a French bakery and went on to build hundreds of millions in real estate across Chicago and Los Angeles.  Part 1 told the story.  Part 2 is the playbook:  How Jerry gets a seller to hand over a business with no down payment Why he never puts the first number on the table, and Why the phrase "trust me" is the fastest way to lose his Near the end, Kison brings Jerry a live deal: a competitor he's looking to acquire who won't share financials. Jerry works through it in real time, including what to ask for instead of the numbers, how to set a ceiling before you negotiate, and the exact offer he'd make. What you'll learn Remove the seller's downside before you ask for trust. Jerry structured his earliest deals so the seller kept all the leverage and could walk away anytime. He earned trust by giving it up first, not by asking for it. Never say "trust me." Jerry treats those two words as a warning sign. He'd rather let his track record and what other people say about him do the talking. Put a number on your ceiling before you negotiate. When Kison brought him a live acquisition target, Jerry's first question wasn't the asking price. It was Kison's own walk-away number and the value he thought he could create. Ask for the metric a target will actually hand over. When a competitor won't open their books, skip the financials fight. Ask for client count instead, then work backward from what those clients are worth. Treat a lender's "no" as a checklist, not a verdict. Jerry's response to every loan rejection was the same question: what exactly made you say no? Fix those things, then go to the next banker. Separate opportunities from deals. Jerry only calls something a deal once it's closed. Everything before that is an opportunity he has to seize fast, not overthink. Build at the high end so you stop competing on price. Jerry's rule on margin: build something nobody else can match, and you're no longer negotiating against 500 other bidders. --- Turn what you heard into a repeatable M&A practice. Explore the Buyer-Led M&A™ Certification for practical frameworks, tools, and decision-making habits you can apply on your next deal.

Share a commentCriticism can harden you or soften you, and the difference shows up in how you treat people who have nothing to offer you. We start with a surprising window into Abraham Lincoln's presidency: mocked daily, threatened constantly, and yet remarkably available to the overlooked. That kind of openhearted attention feels rare in any era, and it sets up the deeper question we all face in church life: when we're tired, irritated, or different from each other, do we retreat or do we move closer?From there we look at Jesus, who consistently crosses the lines everyone else protects. He speaks with the Samaritan woman, stops for the desperate, touches the untouchable, and turns interruptions into mercy. It's easy to admire that from a distance and then excuse ourselves with “I'm not Jesus.” But Peter won't let us off the hook. In 2 Peter 1:5-7, brotherly affection is not optional, not automatic, and not reserved for people with a naturally warm personality. It's a deliberate supplement to faith that makes our lives fruitful and effective.We unpack what “brotherly love” means in the New Testament, why the local church is meant to function like a family, and why our self-focused culture makes this so hard. We also share practical, grounded observations: real love is practiced one act at a time, cultivated supernaturally through repeated choices, and expressed through small deposits of grace that honor others. A member testimony and Ronald Reagan's unforgettable act of kindness bring it all down to street level: time, attention, and warmth that the world can't explain.If this challenged you, subscribe for more, share it with a friend who needs encouragement, and leave a review so more people can find the show. What's one simple act of brotherly love you can choose this week?Learn more about twenty-five years of global impact, and reserve tickets to our gala. https://www.wisdomonline.org/mp/25 Learn more: https://www.wisdomonline.org/Support the show

Episode 212 kicks off 31 Days of Halloween on The Conner & Smith Show! We begin with one of Stephen's favorite Halloween cartoons, Disney's Trick or Treat (1952), featuring Donald Duck, Huey, Dewey and Louie, and the unforgettable Witch Hazel. It's a little Disney history, a little Halloween nostalgia, and the perfect way to start 31 days of spooky fun.Support The Conner & Smith Show on Patreon:


Episode SummaryMost transformation programmes are built around the hardware of an organisation: the systems, the ERP rollout, the AI licences switched on and handed out. Michael J. López, consultant, author of CHANGE, and the person behind a new national workforce study of 1,000 workers, has spent two decades delivering that traditional playbook, and the last five trying to change it. His starting point is simple: when his team asked employees for the top five things they get from their company during change and the top five things they actually need, the two lists had nothing in common. What people get is the stuff done to them. What they need is the stuff done by them.The conversation with Dan and Pia moves from diagnosis to what leaders can actually do differently. Michael names the "failure minimisation cycle," where everyone downplays how hard change will be to get budgets approved, which leaves people under-resourced and more cynical each time. His alternative is to treat change as a capability rather than a project: stress-tolerant cultures, executive teams that genuinely lead together, goals people feel they've contributed to, and progress measured through behavioural inputs and stories as well as hard outputs. It's an honest episode about why change takes 18–24 months, and why pretending otherwise costs more.Key Themes & TakeawaysIn Michael's study, the top five things employees receive during change (emails, communications, training) had zero overlap with the top five they need (experimentation, room for productive mistakes, coaching, leaders going first, the right environment).The "failure minimisation cycle" is well-intentioned but corrosive: underselling complexity to win approval leaves people under-resourced, so change feels harder than promised and trust drops with every programme.Treat change as an organisational capability, a muscle built over time, rather than a project with an end date, because the next change is always coming.65% of employees in the study felt their company's change plan asked them to move faster than was realistic; the systems can be installed quickly, but people need more time.The "what's in it for me" document rarely moves anyone; people commit to goals they feel they've contributed ideas and effort to, not goals handed down with a reward attached.The CEO's job includes preparing the executive team to lead change together; a committee without a committed champion is where programmes stall.Measure progress through "hard input signals" (new leadership and team behaviours) and "soft signals" (stories and cultural shifts), not only red-amber-green dashboards of outputs.Three Reasons to ListenListen if you've watched a transformation programme get approved on a promise everyone privately knew was too optimistic, and then watched people pay the price for it.Listen if your AI rollout amounted to "here are the licences, go and innovate" and you're wondering why so little has changed.Listen if you've ever been expected to show certainty in a planning meeting when the honest answer was "we'll learn as we go."Notable Quotes"What we tend to get from change is all the stuff that's done to people. And what employees really said is we need all the stuff that's done by people." — Michael J. López"I believe that change is about accuracy more than about precision." — Michael J. López"It does take boldness in a world where people mistake confidence for competence." — Dan HammondResources from MichaelWebsite: michaeljlopez.coachRethinking Change Management (the 2026 workforce study): Free Executive Summary · Full studyBook, CHANGE: Six Science-Backed Strategies to Transform Your Brain, Body, and Behavior: Amazon · Audiobook on Apple BooksTop Voice Podcast (live every Tuesday): YouTube · Apple Podcasts · SpotifyFollow Michael: LinkedIn · Instagram

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Blue wrote an epic poem! What! We sit down with legendary author G. B. Stewart as discuss his process for writing modern classic the Veneziad. Plus some insights into our creative process, tips for tackling large projects, and the secrets of embodying tenets of a society! Our podcast, like our videos, sometimes touches on the violence, assaults, and murders your English required reading list loves (also we curse sometimes). Treat us like a TV-14 show.The Veneziad is available now! Order your copy today at:https://overlysarcastic.shop/products/overly-sarcastic-productions-the-veneziadOSP has new videos every Friday:https://www.youtube.com/c/OverlySarcasticProductionsChannelQuestion for the Podcast? Head to the #ask-ospod discord channel:https://discord.gg/OSPMerch:https://overlysarcastic.shopFollow Us:Patreon.com/OSPBlueSky: @overlysarcastic.bsky.socialIndigo: @sophiekay.bsky.socialMusic By OSP Magenta ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

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 Subscribers! Be sure to go to the blog to read the description easier & check out links for this episode!Treat yourself or your friends this Halloween! Use code "NOSTALGIA" for $5 off your first #TokyoTreat box through my link: https://team.tokyotreat.com/theanimenostalgiaA brand new sequel series to the original Samurai Troopers anime started earlier this year! But many fans know it better under it's American localized title, Ronin Warriors. So what better time to go back and reminisce about this beloved 80s series that was such a big part of our anime experience? We ramble on about the original series and its characters, why we love them, and how it uses a lot of the same mechanics that we also see in the magical girl & tokusatsu shows we adore, as well as what we think of the brand new sequel Yoroi-Shinden Samurai Troopers (MILD SPOILERS FOR THE FIRST FEW EPISODES!) and what it gets right that so many sequels don't. So don your armor and jump into the thick of it with us, as we also answer some of your burning questions! Stream the episode above or [Direct Download]Subscribe on apple podcasts | SpotifyRelevant links:Watch Ronin Warriors, the 90s American localized version for free (with ads) on Tubi or on Pluto TV in the US!Watch the sequel to the original Japanese series, Yoroi-Shinden Samurai Troopers on CR (requires paid account)Buy Discotek's Ronin Warriors/Samurai Troopers bluray collection on MediaOCD's webshop or with my affiliate link on AmazonVisit the YST Translations forums for translated Japanese articles, books, and other cool things by fans!Visit Yoroiden Temple, one of the oldest fansites still online!Check out The Samurai Troopers Fanzine on Tumblr, which started for a fanzine project and continues to post lots of info and images on both the original series and the new!Visit Soul of the Seasons - a fansite for the Dark Warlords of Ronin Warriors!Follow Paula on Bluesky!My theme song music was done by Kerobit! You can find more about them on their website!See how you can get access to behind-the-scenes stuff, early access to the podcast, and a BRAND NEW subscriber exclusive podcast with my new Ko-fi Subscriptions!As always, feel free to leave me your thoughts on this episode or ideas for future episodes here—or email me directly at AnimeNostalgiaPodcast@gmail.com.Thanks for listening! 

October Energy Update 2026October is bringing a full recalibration, with Venus retrograde, Mercury retrograde, a Libra new moon, a Taurus full moon, Pluto turning direct, and the shift from Libra into Scorpio. Christine Gold explores what this means for relationships, values, boundaries, rest, and creative momentum. She also pulls cards from The Empaths Journey Oracle deck and the Light Seers Tarot to underline the month's core message: review, don't retreat.Timestamps00:00 — October's recalibration energy and the mix of retrogrades, moons, and Pluto turning direct01:30 — Libra season: balance, reciprocity, relationships, and values01:58 — Venus retrograde and the difference between harmony and keeping the peace03:05 — What you actually value now: love, money, self-worth, and desire04:12 — Libra new moon intentions: receiving more and overgiving less05:14 — Scorpio season and the move from relating to revealing the truth06:44 — Mercury retrograde as a time to revisit, reflect, repair, and revise07:47 — Taurus full moon grounding: safety, nourishment, and sustainability09:15 — Mars and Jupiter in Leo: a push toward creativity and courage10:43 — Why Christine brought back the energy updates11:12 — Oracle and tarot pulls for October's overarching energy12:05 — Vibrational frequency, self-care, deep rest, and removing what drains you14:09 — Reversed Emperor themes: control, rigidity, defensiveness, and overanalysis16:24 — The October recalibration giveaway and how to enter17:52 — The month's core message: get honest about what no longer fits18:30 — Closing encouragement and the Soul Healer Sanctuary messageKey takeawaysNotice where you're saying yes when you mean no, or over giving to avoid discomfort.Reconsider what you value now—not just what mattered to you in the past.Look for more reciprocity in relationships, work, friendships, and your relationship with yourself.Treat review as an opportunity to reflect and revise, rather than retreat.Choose a sustainable pace and take a step toward the creative project you've been postponing.“Review, don't retreat.”“October isn't asking you to become someone new. It's asking you to get honest about what no longer fits.”“The life that feels good on a random Tuesday morning.”Join the workshop here

A firefighter finds a notebook in the ashes of a burned cabin. Inside, Joe describes an isolated childhood, a forbidden railroad tunnel, and the Halloween night he dared to go trick-or-treating. His first taste of freedom leads toward a new family—but a shadow from home refuses to let him go. Michael Kelso's Halloween ghost story follows a boy caught between the life he wants and a haunting presence that keeps whispering one demand: home. What survived the fire, and why was the notebook protected? Hear this supernatural horror story on Weekly Spooky, narrated by Henrique Couto. Written by Michael Kelso.Bonus episodes & support: https://weeklyspooky.com/joinMore scary stories: https://weeklyspooky.com/Story submissions: WeeklySpooky@gmail.com

What happens to the role of the financial advisor when AI can handle more and more of the work happening behind the scenes?In this episode of the Top 50 Most Innovative Voices in Advisor Growth series, Paul G. McManus sits down with Matt Halloran, Chief Evangelist at Zocks and the self-described human voice of AI in the advisory industry. Matt has spent more than two decades coaching financial advisors. He argues the industry is asking the wrong question. The issue is not whether AI will replace advisors, but what they will do with their time once technology takes on more of the invisible work around client meetings.You'll learn how financial advisors can:- Use an AI assistant to take on Michael Kitces's "invisible work": meeting prep, live transcription, follow-up, CRM tasks, and updates into planning and tax tools, so the advisor can stay face to face with the client- Explain a privacy-first approach to note-taking: Zocks listens and transcribes in real time, with no stored audio or video, because high-net-worth clients do not want a recording that could be used in a deepfake- See why many advisors still hesitate: not the features, but giving up control. Matt's trade-off law names five things you always trade: time, talents, treasures, relationships, and control- Put the time back to work. He cites about 10 hours a week of admin returned, roughly a week a month, and asks whether that time goes to a more deliberate enterprise, a niche, a book, or a life outside the office- Meet a client who walks in with an AI printout without getting defensive. Be glad they are engaged, ask what prompt they used, and answer the question they actually asked- Treat judgment as something you show, not something you claim. Matt pushes back that judgment is the byproduct of connection, understanding, and empathy, and that AI can sound decisive while facing no consequences and trying to please you- Stop using AI like a junior-high band playing "Three Blind Mice." Challenge it, including telling it to prove your own research wrong, instead of accepting garbage-in, garbage-out answers- Turn speed into trust. Matt tells the story of an advisor, fourth of four meetings, whose sample plan, next steps, and summary email were in the prospects' inbox before they got home. They hired her on the spot. The other three firms still had not followed up- Query the whole book of business the way a longtime assistant once did, such as who talked about Roth conversions last month or who had a child or grandchild in the last two years, then ask AI better second- and third-level questions about how to open that conversation- Choose, on purpose, between building the enterprise and running a lifestyle practice, and notice the "no man's land" in between. Matt's unpopular point: more money will not fill a one-dimensional life, and time is the one resource you cannot make more of- Build influence over years, not from one viral post. Niche down to successful independent advisors, say yes so you can practice, and remember that the most influential people he knows are the kindest- Accept that influence repels as well as attracts, and get comfortable in your own skin. Most people who want to be influential want to be liked, and that is where they stall- Accelerate reach with what Matt calls OPA, other people's audiences, and what Paul calls borrowed trust at scale: podcast swaps, local media, and stages, practiced long before a "Super Bowl" appearance- Start creating without a production team. After a client meeting, record a short phone recap of what you talked about, keep it clear of investment advice so compliance can approve it, and post it where your ideal clients actually spend time- Treat comments as the new gold. Matt says interacting on other people's posts, not only publishing your own, is what gets you seen, and that pre-retirees with a large 401(k) are often on Facebook, not LinkedInMatt's clearest point is that what will separate you from the advisor down the street is your humanity, not your tech. Your tech is there to support your humanity. Face to face, listening, engagement, empathy, and understanding are what AI cannot replace. Features and efficiency, he says, are becoming table stakes. The question that remains is what you do with the time you get back.ABOUT MATT HALLORANMatt Halloran is Chief Evangelist at Zocks, where he describes himself as the human voice of AI in the advisory industry. He has worked in practice management and financial services for more than 20 years, starting in the industry in 2006, and holds a master's in life coaching. He has also worked as a therapist and coach. He has written three books, including The Social Media Handbook for Financial Advisors (Bloomberg Finance, 2012), and is writing a fourth, The Trade-Off Law. He delivered a TEDx talk, "Hope, Help One Person Every Day." With co-founder Kirk Lowe he built ProudMouth, an influence-acceleration firm, and hosted about 500 episodes of the Top Advisor Marketing Podcast. On the episode he says he has coached about a thousand offices, appeared on about 1,500 podcasts, and was voted the 10th most influential person in financial services last year. His stated mission is to spread magic, joy, and love, and to help advisors use AI to get their time, and their humanity, back.WHERE TO FIND MATT HALLORANMatt asked listeners to find him on LinkedIn. He said that is where he actually is: he answers every direct message, he is the one commenting, and he spends about 90 percent of his time there because that is where advisors are. He did not give another URL on the episode.ABOUT INFLUENTIAL ADVISOR MEDIAThe Influential Advisor Podcast, hosted by Paul G. McManus, features conversations with leading voices shaping the future of financial advisor growth, marketing, authority, media, and business development. Subscribe for more strategies on financial advisor marketing, authority building, books, referrals, AI search visibility, advisor growth, and building a more influential advisory business.https://influentialadvisor.com/Support the show

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Treating your content archive as an asset, diversifying your platforms, and building content around your lived experience with Yvette Marquez.  ----- Welcome to episode 590 of The Food Blogger Pro Podcast! This week on the podcast, Bjork interviews Yvette Marquez.  Building a Sustainable Creator Business Around Family Recipes with Yvette Marquez This week, we are welcoming back Yvette Marquez to the podcast to share how she's built a sustainable creator business around family recipes, storytelling, cookbooks, and brand partnerships. She walks through what her work looks like today, from updating older blog posts and developing her next cookbook to resharing classic recipes in new formats. She and Bjork dig into why your archive can be a long-term business asset, which means you don't have to keep coming up with brand-new ideas all the time — a game-changer! Yvette will also share how Facebook, Substack, virtual assistants, business managers, and behind-the-scenes recipe development all contribute to her business. Her advice for new creators: choose authenticity over perfection, invest in the skills and people who support your strengths, and build a business on genuine stories and audience trust! Three episode takeaways: Treat your archive as a long-term business asset: Updating older posts and resharing classic recipes in new formats can keep your business growing without having to worry about coming up with a constant stream of brand-new ideas. Diversify your platforms and income: With AI overviews and declining search traffic, relying on a single platform or revenue source is a gamble. Yvette shares how Facebook, Substack, and other channels each play a role in her business. Build around your lived experience: Prioritize genuine stories and audience trust over perfection, and invest in the skills and people (like virtual assistants and business managers) that support what you do best. Resources: Muy Bueno Muy Bueno — Yvette's cookbook! Hippocrene Books The Diary of a CEO — YouTube MKBHD GRO Meta One Cocina to Career — Yvette's Substack! Google Isn't Sending You to Recipe Blogs Anymore… Here's What That Means — Substack Spoiler Alert: My Cookbooks Don't Pay the Bills — Substack Show Me the Money: How I Actually Make a Living Online — Substack What My Analytics Told Me About Food Blogging in 2026 — Substack From My Grandma's Stove to the Age of AI — Substack Episode 420 of The Food Blogger Pro podcast: ChatGPT, Substack, and the Changing Landscape of Food Writing with Dianne Jacob Episode 566 of The Food Blogger Pro podcast: What Food Bloggers Need to Know About AI Search and the Fight for Fair Traffic with Adam Gallagher from Inspired Taste Stacked Red Enchiladas — Muy Bueno Follow Yvette on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube Join the Food Blogger Pro Podcast Facebook Group Thank you to our sponsors! This episode is sponsored by Clariti and Raptive. Learn more about our sponsors at foodbloggerpro.com/sponsors. Interested in working with us too? Learn more about our sponsorship opportunities and how to get started here. If you have any comments, questions, or suggestions for interviews, be sure to email them to podcast@foodbloggerpro.com. Learn more about joining the Food Blogger Pro community at foodbloggerpro.com/membership.

David Tashjian is the Senior Vice President of Comcast's Xfinity Communities national business unit, where he leads strategy, transformation, and performance for one of the company's fastest-evolving growth segments. He has spent more than 20 years at Comcast and over three decades in telecommunications. David started his career in restaurants, bars, and retail management before moving into telecom in the mid-1990s. He took on his first leadership role at 19 and has worked with multifamily properties throughout his telecom career. In this episode, John sits down with David Tashjian of Comcast's Xfinity Communities to break down how apartment owners should approach connectivity and technology. David explains why deployment and service delivery decide the resident experience, how the Connected Building retrofit upgrades older properties using existing wiring, and how national owners are turning technology into higher rents and technology fees. He also shares where multifamily proptech is heading and why a fragmented market is ready for a single partner at scale.     Make sure to download our free guide, 7 Questions Every Passive Investor Should Ask, here.     Key Takeaways Talk to every stakeholder, from owners to residents, before making technology decisions Use resident feedback and competitor comparisons to spot when an upgrade is due Consider retrofits that reuse existing wiring before committing to a full fiber rebuild Judge providers on deployment, service delivery, and long-term stability as well as price Tie technology upgrades to rent premiums or technology fees to capture a return Treat connectivity as the foundation for access control, cameras, and other proptech     Topics From Restaurants to Telecom David grew up around his father's restaurants and bars, then moved into retail management A blind ad in the mid-1990s led him to a satellite company and into telecom He is approaching 21 years at Comcast Serving Every Stakeholder David's customers include owners, developers, consultants, attorneys, property managers, maintenance teams, and residents A strong resident product fails without the right deployment strategy and on-site buy-in What Owners Want Today Ease of use and ease of deployment top the list Xfinity Communities is a new business unit with dedicated leadership over multifamily sales, deployment, and product development David sees the service experience as the main differentiator The 186 Steps Behind a Deployment A new-build managed Wi-Fi fiber deployment involves 186 steps across Comcast and the property Many connectivity complaints trace back to deployment or bandwidth issues Every property Comcast serves gets its own full engineering design Connected Building and Legacy Properties Connected Building is a post-build retrofit that uses most of a building's existing wiring David says it costs pennies on the dollar compared to a fiber retrofit, with no walls torn apart It includes proactive network monitoring, real-time data, and proactive fixes Property-wide Wi-Fi can also support smart devices, security, access control, and cameras Signs It Is Time to Upgrade Resident complaints, such as trouble working from home or dropped connections Occupancy that lags nearby properties Competing new builds charging more in rent or amenity fees The ROI of a Technology Upgrade Residents will pay for what they want, through higher rents or a technology fee Many national accounts are upgrading portfolio-wide, timed with contract renewals Some have built dedicated revenue-generating technology teams Proptech and the Future of Multifamily David describes multifamily proptech as fragmented, much like single-family home automation Xfinity Communities is running three to four beta deployments toward an integrated, white-label experience The team is evaluating acquisitions and partnerships with proptech companies Residents increasingly expect keyless entry, garage access, and entry cameras Scale lets one provider serve owners with properties spread across multiple states    

Podcast experiments are my favorite way to find out what actually works for my show, so I'm making this a tradition! I'm catching up with Whitney Archibald on the experiments we planned last season, then sharing the new ones we're trying. From skipping bonus episodes to vibe coding an app, we're sharing honest results so you can borrow our sustainable podcasting strategies and skip our mistakes.I'm Andi Smiley, a podcast coach for women and host of The Friendly Podcast Guide, where I share podcast marketing strategies that won't take over your life. My guest, Whitney Archibald, hosts two podcasts, has beaten the odds of pod fade, and is the queen of experimenting. Comparing notes with her is always a blast.Topics Discussed in This EpisodeLooking back at our podcast experiments from last seasonWhy a whole season on one topic can lead to podcaster burnoutBalancing an editorial schedule with flexibility for sustainable podcastingWhat happened when I skipped bonus episodes between seasonsTrusting listeners to dig through your archive (418 downloads with no new episodes!)Vibe coding an app that points to your podcast contentWhy I'm focusing on Pinterest as a podcast marketing strategy this seasonKey TakeawaysBuild flexibility into your schedule. Whitney found that one deep-dive topic per season keeps her excited, which makes podcast experiments easier to sustain.Look at your numbers. My first month back had the same downloads with or without bonus episodes, so I'm skipping the extra stress.Plan breaks around your burnout cycles. Recording extra episodes ahead isn't a real break, and it's one of the best sustainable podcasting strategies I know.Trust your listeners. People search your archive for what they need, so make your website easy to search by topic.Treat every season as a test. My Pinterest-heavy season is proof that podcast marketing strategies can be tried, tracked, and tweaked.Timestamps00:00 Intro and why I'm doing a podcast experiments episode01:46 Whitney's self-reliance season experiment06:22 Finding balance between structure and flexibility07:55 My experiment: no bonus episodes between seasons12:42 Trusting your listeners and your archive14:43 Whitney's new experiment: vibe coding an app20:16 My Season 6 experiment: a Pinterest-focused seasonLinks & ResourcesConnect with Whitney ArchibaldConnect with me on ThreadsFollow me on Pinterest

Carotid endarterectomy is a critical procedure requiring careful management to protect cerebral perfusion, especially during cross-clamping. This episode delves into essential intraoperative considerations, particularly mean arterial pressure (MAP) targets, and strategies to maintain cerebral blood flow through monitoring and potential shunting.Preoperative assessment and baseline establishmentIntraoperative monitoring techniques and A-line importanceMAP target calculation and cerebral autoregulation adjustmentsInduction and maintenance anesthesia specificsStrategies for smooth emergence and minimizing complicationsFREE RESOURCE FOR THIS EPISODE:SEE/NCE Study Plan — A structured, week-by-week plan to pass your boards. Head to atomicanesthesia.com/freebies/see-nce-study-plan to grab it free.MORE FREE STUDY RESOURCES:Non-Opioid Pharmacology Cheat Sheet — Every non-opioid analgesic you need to know, on one pageGPCR Cheat Sheet — G-protein coupled receptors decoded for anesthesiaMalignant Hyperthermia Reference Guide — Recognize MH fast. Treat it faster — one-page referenceWANT THE FULL PLATFORM?Atomic Anesthesia is the all-in-one study platform built specifically for SRNAs — lessons, quizzes, flashcards, and more. Join at atomicanesthesia.com.

September 27th 2026 The way we treat people can reveal a lot about the reality of our faith. In James 2, we're challenged to move beyond favoritism, labels, disagreements, and judgment. Instead, we're called to see people the way God sees them, love our neighbors, protect the unity of the church, and extend mercy. Real faith doesn't just change what we believe—it changes how we treat people. “Mercy triumphs over judgment.” James 2:13   https://www.lifechurchwilm.com/

What if thinking of alcohol as a “treat” is actually making you want it more? We attach wine to Friday nights, holidays and special occasions, then wonder why not having it can feel like we're missing out on the good bit. And if your “treat” is happening every night, it's worth getting curious about what's actually special, the wine or everything you've taught yourself that wine means?In this episode, I explore the difference between having a treat and treating yourself, why simply replacing wine with another treat can keep alcohol on its pedestal and how to start taking some of that meaning back. Because the goal isn't to find something that can compete with wine. It's to get to the point where wine is no longer automatically the answer.Want to get to the point where you can genuinely take alcohol or leave it? Book a free consultation call with me and let's talk about what's keeping your desire switched on: https://tidycal.com/90dayslater/consult

This post looks at paid advertising on Facebook and Instagram, run through Meta Ads, and where it fits for a small recruitment, search or staffing business. It’s the paid companion to our earlier episodes on organic Instagram and Facebook. The short version is this: Meta ads can be genuinely useful, but they’re rarely the right first move for winning cold clients. The reach is real. Meta’s planning tools suggest advertisers can potentially reach around 38.8 million people on Facebook and 35.5 million on Instagram in the UK alone, with similar coverage across the US and Australia. But reach is not the same as attention, and neither is the same as someone being in a hiring mood. Facebook and Instagram are places people go to switch off, which makes Meta a discovery channel rather than an intent channel. That single distinction shapes everything else. We cover the four jobs Meta does well for recruiters, candidate attraction, retargeting, waking up your database, and getting a useful resource into the right hands, alongside what good recruitment creative looks like and the honest answer to whether Meta can win you clients. It can contribute, mostly by warming people up rather than closing them, but a cold ‘book a call’ advert to strangers rarely works. We also cover the money and the measurement: budgets, how long to give a campaign, and why chasing the cheapest lead is a false economy. We’re clear throughout about what the data does and doesn’t show, including where reliable UK and Australian recruitment benchmarks simply don’t exist. And we give you permission to skip the channel entirely if it doesn’t suit your business. What You Will Learn in This Post What Meta ads is, and how the paid side differs from organic posting on Facebook and Instagram Why reach on these platforms is not the same as buying intent, and what that means for recruiters The four jobs Meta ads genuinely does well for a recruitment business What separates recruitment adverts that get noticed from ones that get scrolled past The honest answer on whether Meta can win you cold clients How much to budget, how long to wait, and why lead quality matters more than cost per lead Who should skip Meta ads altogether A recruitment owner said something to me recently that sums up how many people feel about Facebook advertising. He’d put a small daily budget behind a ‘We’re hiring’ post, waited a couple of weeks, and got very little back. His conclusion was simple. Meta ads don’t work for recruitment. I understand why he’d think that. But it isn’t quite right. What happened is that he asked the wrong channel to do the wrong job for the wrong audience, in the wrong way. Once you understand how paid advertising on Facebook and Instagram really works, that becomes a very fixable problem. This is the paid side of Meta. We covered organic Instagram and Facebook, the posting and the profiles, earlier in this series. Today is about paying for reach and where that money is best spent for a recruitment, search, or staffing business. What are Meta ads  Meta owns both Facebook and Instagram. Meta ads is the system you use to pay for reach across both platforms from one place, through Ads Manager. You choose a goal, choose who you’d like to see your advert, supply the words and pictures, set a budget, and then Meta’s system decides who to show it to. That last part matters more than it used to. Meta’s delivery is now heavily AI-led, which means your detailed targeting choices act more as suggestions than strict rules. The platform tries to find whoever is most likely to give you the result you asked for. That has a big consequence, which we’ll come back to: the quality of the information you feed the system matters more than the cleverness of your targeting. The reach is real, and so is the catch Let’s start with the thing everyone leads with. Scale. In the UK, Meta’s own planning tools suggest an advertiser can potentially reach around 38.8 million people on Facebook and 35.5 million on Instagram. In the US, the figures are roughly 198 million and 182 million, and in Australia around 17.7 million and 15.2 million. These come from DataReportal’s Digital 2026 reports, drawing on Meta’s planning data from late 2025. Instagram’s reachable audience is also growing faster than Facebook’s. Now the catch, because it’s the whole game. These are estimated advertising audiences, not counts of real, active users. Meta itself is clear that the figure is not a proxy for how many people really use the app, and that it moves around for technical reasons that have nothing to do with more or fewer real people. So ‘can reach’ is not ‘is paying attention’, and it’s a long way from ‘is in a hiring mood’. It helps to think about how people use these apps. In the UK, Ofcom’s Online Nation 2025 report found people spend, on average, around 43 minutes a day on Facebook and Messenger, and around 20 minutes a day on Instagram. That’s real time and real attention. But it’s leisure time. Family photos, Reels, hobby groups, holidays, football. For context, Meta’s family of apps reached an average of 3.60 billion daily active people in June 2026, and Instagram passed 2 billion daily users in mid-2026. Those are global, family-wide figures, not Facebook-and-Instagram-only numbers and not country-level advertising reach, so they’re best treated as background rather than something to plan around. Discovery, not intent This idea explains almost everything else. Facebook and Instagram are discovery channels. People are there to switch off, not to buy recruitment. Compare that with LinkedIn or search, where someone is much closer to a work frame of mind. It’s worth being precise about who is reachable, without falling into lazy generalisations. Facebook’s audience includes a large share of working-age adults aged 35 and over, among them managers and hiring decision-makers. In the US, Pew Research found adults aged 30 to 49 were the most likely age group to use Facebook. Instagram reaches a higher proportion of younger adults, with use strongest among those aged 18 to 29. The point is not that one platform is for older adults and the other for young people. The point is that being reachable is not the same as being ready to buy. A hiring manager can be sitting right there in the audience and still have no interest in a recruitment pitch while they’re scrolling in the evening. None of this makes Meta useless. It makes it a discovery channel, and that changes what you should ask it to do. How Meta Helps Recruiters Meta ads does four jobs genuinely well for a recruitment business. Candidate attraction. This is Meta at its strongest. Job seeking happens in the evenings and at weekends, outside professional networks. Facebook has huge reach among working-age adults, and Instagram and Reels let you show what a role or a workplace is really like. If you recruit in volume, or locally, or into roles where people decide on their phone, care, hospitality, logistics, construction, manufacturing, and early-career technology and digital, it can be a very cost-effective way to be seen by the right candidates. Retargeting. This is the one most recruiters underuse. Retargeting means showing adverts to people who’ve already interacted with you. They visited a job on your website, watched most of one of your videos, opened a form, or downloaded your salary guide. They already know you exist, and a well-timed reminder does far more than shouting at strangers. Waking up your database. You can take your own lists, your candidates, your past clients, the people who came to a webinar, and, where you have the right permissions, show them adverts directly through Custom Audiences. Most recruitment businesses are sitting on a database they barely speak to. One word of care: using your own data like this comes with real privacy obligations. You need a lawful basis and a clean process. Don’t skip that part. Getting a useful resource into the right hands. This is the one we’d most want you to take away. Not ‘book a call’, but a genuinely useful thing: a salary guide for your niche, a local hiring report, a short guide on why offers are being turned down, or a webinar on what’s changing in your sector. You advertise the resource, the people who want it give you their email to get it, and you’ve turned rented attention into an audience you own. Our Marketing Trends Report works the same way. What good recruitment creative looks like A generic vacancy graphic with a logo and a salary gets scrolled past. The adverts that stop people do one of four things: teach something useful, name a specific problem, show real proof with permission, or make the next step genuinely easy. So ‘the three salary trends affecting data engineers in Manchester this quarter’ works far better than ‘we are hiring’. And short, native vertical video matters more than it did. Meta’s current guidance points to 9:16 Reels, and a 20- to 40-second specialist insight recorded on your phone is often more persuasive than a polished, generic corporate film. Can Meta win you clients? The honest answer is that it rarely does on its own, and rarely from a cold start. But it can play a real part. It contributes to client work by warming people up, not closing them. Picture the sequence. A hiring manager sees your useful salary guide. Another week, they see a short video of you explaining something smart about their market. Weeks later, they get an email from you or a note on LinkedIn, and this time your name is familiar. You didn’t win that client on Facebook, but Facebook did some of the early groundwork. It goes wrong when a small business expects a cold advert to do the job of a proper conversation. ‘We recruit accountants, get in touch’ means nothing to someone who’s never heard of you and wasn’t thinking about hiring. ‘The three things pushing up finance salaries in your city this quarter’ might make that same person stop. One is a pitch; the other is useful, and useful travels much farther here. The strongest results come when Meta is one part of a joined-up approach: useful content, Meta distribution, retargeting, email nurture, and LinkedIn or direct outreach, with fast follow-up behind it all. The money and the measurement On budget, don’t dip a toe in with a fiver a day and expect to learn anything. Meta’s own guidance is that where you set a cost-per-result goal, your daily budget should be at least five times that goal. A five-pound target cost per result implies a daily budget of at least twenty-five pounds. A serious test needs enough spend to produce real evidence, not just a few clicks. Give a lead campaign enough time to run properly. Meta suggests aiming for 50 or more conversions a week, with performance often improving after the first two weeks and a sensible minimum run of around three weeks. For a niche recruiter with a smaller audience, that volume isn’t always achievable, so judge results over weeks, not days. On quality, this is the point that saves the most money. If you tell Meta to find you the cheapest possible leads, it becomes very good at finding people who fill in forms cheaply and are worth nothing to you. Meta’s own figures show that when you feed the system information about which leads turned out to be good ones, through the Conversions API for CRM, cost per quality lead fell by around 21 per cent on Instant Form campaigns and around 9.5 per cent on website-form campaigns, compared with optimising for volume. Feed it the outcomes that matter. A word on benchmarks, and what the data won’t tell you It’s worth being straight about this. Reliable, like-for-like 2025 to 2026 Meta cost benchmarks, broken out separately for the UK, the US and Australia and specifically for recruitment B2B client acquisition, do not exist in the public data. Anyone quoting you a precise ‘cost per recruitment client’ from Facebook is guessing. The most-cited dataset is WordStream and LocaliQ’s 2025 Facebook Ads benchmarks, which are US and cross-industry. Their broad ‘Career and Employment’ category showed an average click-through rate of 2.81 per cent, an average cost per click of 0.86 US dollars and an average cost per lead of 17.64 US dollars. Treat that as rough US context only. It is not a UK or Australian figure, it is not a recruitment B2B benchmark, and a cheap form-fill is not a placement. Two advertiser examples illustrate how the levers behave, though they are not results you should expect. A B2B company, BLISS, found a shorter Instagram lead form produced 2.5 times the conversion rate and a 40 per cent lower cost per lead than a longer one, although the longer form gave higher-quality leads. Another, Appsee, reported 3.4 times higher click-through and a 25 per cent lower cost per qualified lead from Instagram Stories. Mechanisms, not guarantees. Whatever you run, measure the right things. Not just reach and cost per lead, but qualified leads, booked meetings, job orders, placements, revenue and gross profit. That’s the difference between a campaign that looks busy and one that pays. A note on compliance Recruitment advertising isn’t just a marketing exercise. Employment adverts sit within Meta’s Special Ad Category, which limits some targeting options, and any use of client or candidate data in Custom Audiences needs a lawful basis under UK GDPR and the equivalent rules in the US and Australia. This post is marketing guidance, not legal advice, so take specialist advice for your own circumstances. When to leave it alone Some recruiters should skip Meta ads altogether, and that’s a perfectly good answer if you run a small, confidential senior-search business, where the roles are rare and discretion matters; public advertising on Facebook is usually the wrong tool. Your work happens through relationships and direct approaches, not lead forms. If you can’t yet say clearly who you help and what makes you different, sort that out first. An advert only amplifies your message; it can’t rescue a fuzzy one. And if you don’t have the capacity to follow up leads quickly, or a proper page to send people to, don’t start yet. There’s no prize for being on every channel. The prize is being good on the few that suit your business. What to do this week If you’re curious but cautious, don’t launch a cold campaign at strangers. Start where the warmth already is. First, take a resource you already have, or could make in an afternoon- a salary guide, a short market report, a hiring checklist for your niche- offer it, and let people swap their email for it. Second, if you’ve got a bit of website traffic or a following, set up a simple retargeting campaign so the people who already brushed past you keep seeing you. Both are low-risk; they build something that lasts, and they teach you how the platform behaves before you ever try anything colder. Remember the pattern: Meta rewards useful, and it rewards warm. Get that right, and it stops being a money pit and starts being a proper part of your marketing. Thanks Denise The post Meta Ads for Recruitment: What Facebook and Instagram Advertising Can and Can’t Do appeared first on Superfast Recruitment.

You don't need an hour-long morning routine to improve your well-being. Sometimes twenty seconds is enough—if you actually keep doing it. AJ sits down with researcher Eli to explore micro-practices: well-being practices designed to add no more than thirty seconds to your day. They challenge the belief that meditation and mindfulness require long sessions, perfect environments, or expensive retreats, and explore why consistency may matter more than duration when it comes to building habits that actually stick. You'll learn how to weave mindfulness into things you already do, use movement, touch, breath, and flow to regulate yourself in stressful moments, and practice self-compassionate touch when you need support. Eli also shares strategies for turning tiny practices into lasting habits—including why giving yourself permission to skip can actually make you more consistent. Episode Resource https://amzn.to/4d4eJ9p Chapters 00:00 – Why three breaths can be enough02:38 – The science behind twenty-second practices06:17 – Stop treating mindfulness like something you escape to do09:22 – Turn everyday moments into practice12:00 – Why consistency matters more than duration17:24 – Bring mindfulness into your actual life25:48 – A micro-practice for social media envy35:01 – Move, touch, breathe, and flow42:41 – Try twenty seconds of self-compassionate touch45:25 – How touch can help during stressful moments48:11 – Turn micro-practices into automatic habits51:33 – Why skip days can make you more consistent56:01 – Treat self-improvement as self-friendship Keywords micro practices, mindfulness, meditation, habit formation, self compassion, stress reduction, emotional wellbeing, self compassionate touch, mindfulness practice, healthy habits, consistency, behavior change, breathwork, emotional regulation, self improvement, meditation practice, social media envy, habit building, mental health, personal growth Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this series of topic-focused mini-episodes, Gilbert and Frank share their love of unheralded films, underrated TV shows, underappreciated pop songs and (often) unknown performers, discussing, dissecting and (occasionally) defending their handpicked guilty pleasures and buried treasures.  This week: Rod Steiger's a ladykiller! Tim Robbins invents the Hula Hoop! And the subtle genius of Paul Newman! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Daily Boost Podcast Expanding Your Comfort Zone September 28, 2026 | Episode 5551 Host: Scott Smith Episode Description Get out of your comfort zone. People say it like it is gospel, and most of the time I think they are flat wrong. I like my comfort zone. You probably like yours too. The real question is not how to escape it. It is how to stretch it just far enough that you are standing on the edge instead of hiding in the middle. A listener wrote me from a place a lot of you are sitting in right now. Her email changed the way I talk about this, and I read the whole thing on today's show. Featured Story An email showed up, and I read it out loud slowly, exactly as she wrote it, because I didn't want to change a single word. She said all she had ever wanted was to experience a little comfort zone. She'd had success these last few years, and it cost her. Actions she didn't want to take. Digging deep when all she wanted was to bury her head in the sand. Bad marriage out of her life. Big burdensome house sold. A little cash in the bank. And she can finally feel some comfort on her horizon. Then she asked me three words that stopped me cold. Important Points * You do not need to blow up your comfort zone. You need to expand it a little, over and over, on purpose. * Most people live anxiety-neutral until something forces them to move. Fear comes first, then learning, then growth. * A comfort zone you had to fight for is a different animal than one you were handed. Treat it like you earned it. Memorable Quotes * The goal for ninety-nine percent of our time is to expand your comfort zone a little. Stay comfortable, my friends. * My comfort zone is a bubble. Sometimes it expands and connects with somebody else expanding theirs, and that is wild. * What a man can be, he must be. Maslow taught that in 1943 and went deep into the human psyche, and it still holds. Scott's Three-Step Approach * Take an honest look at your own bubble and name the edge of it, the thing sitting just past what you normally do. * Step one inch over that edge sometime this week, small enough to stay safe and big enough that you truly feel it. * Look around from that new spot before you move again, and notice whose bubble is expanding right next to yours. Chapters 0:15 - Your comfort zone is not the enemy people claim 3:09 - An email that said everything I had been thinking 4:07 - All she ever wanted was a little comfort zone 5:18 - What a comfort zone you fought for actually changes 6:08 - Anxiety neutral, fear, learning, and growth zones 7:11 - Why I picture the whole thing as a bubble 9:43 - Expand a little, and go, Goggins only when you must Connect With Me Search for the Daily Boost on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify * Email: support@motivationtomove.com * Main Website: https://motivationtomove.com * YouTube: https://youtube.com/dailyboostpodcast * Instagram: https://instagram.com/heyscottsmith * Facebook Page: https://facebook.com/motivationtomove * Facebook Group: https://dailyboostpodcast.com/facebook Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bill Krueger, “Old School Baseball”  and Puck put the finishing touches on the season, the Dan Wilson firing and how poorly the organization handled it and how big of a step did the Mariners take backwards this year?Puck didn't get to the whole Krueger interview on today's Daily Puck Drop so its for your listening pleasure! 

Spoilers and candy ahead homies! Movie breakdown starts at 15:45. We decided (if Sam didn't mind) that we would start celebrating our favorite month a little early. So throw those costumes on and follow the rules while listening to us discuss Trick 'r Treat! Did this movie feel like a treat? Or was it all tricks? Also, Erika and Roshane discuss traditions. 

To watch a video version of this podcast, click here: https://youtu.be/bMFQ70dvop0 In this episode, Reuben Saltzman welcomes longtime guest Eric Houseman as a co-host and takes a closer look at Eric's career journey and leadership experience. Eric shares lessons from his time at Home Depot, Discount Tire, and Structure Tech, including why taking care of employees leads to better client experiences and how treating people with dignity and respect can make a difference in challenging situations.Eric also discusses how his leadership style has evolved, emphasizing autonomy, problem-solving, learning from mistakes, and avoiding micromanagement. He shares some of his life outside of work, including his love for outdoor activities, community theater, family, faith, and disc golf, before wrapping up with details about Inspector Empire Builder's upcoming Rapid Gain Training.Here's the link to Inspector Empire Builder: https://www.iebcoaching.com/eventsTakeawaysTake care of employees so they can take care of clients.Give employees the tools and autonomy they need to succeed.Treat people with dignity and respect.Don't take difficult customer interactions personally.Focus on solving problems instead of becoming defensive.Avoid micromanaging your team.Encourage employees to bring solutions, not just problems.Allow people to make mistakes and learn from them.Failure is part of trying new things and improving.Trust employees to use good judgment.Lead people the way you would want to be led.Leaders Eat Last by Simon Sinek is a valuable leadership resource.Life and identity should extend beyond your career.Personal interests and relationships are important outside of work.Chapters00:01 Introducing Eric Houseman as Co-Host01:53 Eric's Role as Service Manager at Structure Tech02:51 Trying New Things and Learning From Failure03:16 Eric's Career Background04:06 Starting at Home Depot06:17 Moving Into Leadership at Home Depot08:00 Career at Ultimate Electronics and Discount Tire09:02 Leaving Discount Tire and Finding Home Inspection10:11 Shadowing a Home Inspection10:40 Joining Structure Tech10:56 Leadership Lessons From Discount Tire11:31 Taking Care of Employees First13:38 Working Through High-Pressure Environments15:46 Handling Difficult Customer Situations17:01 How Eric's Leadership Style Has Changed17:55 Autonomy vs. Micromanagement18:23 Encouraging Employees to Bring Solutions19:39 Using Good Judgment in Home Inspections20:46 Eric's Recommended Leadership Book22:26 Life and Identity Outside of Work24:31 Looking Beyond Career and Profession25:30 Eric's Outdoor Interests26:00 Discovering a Love for Community Theater27:55 Returning to the Stage28:47 Family, Faith, and Disc Golf29:41 Inspector Empire Builder Rapid Gain Training31:03 Tessa Update and Closing

Pastors Casey and Caleb Treat sit down together for an honest conversation about Christian Faith’s eight-year eminent domain battle with Sound Transit, what the court case means for our Federal Way campus, and the vision for where we’re going next. Plus, a preview of our upcoming series on identity. The post Where We're Going Next | with Casey and Caleb Treat appeared first on Christian Faith.

One-med-at-a-time sounds tidy on paper, but alcohol use disorder rarely behaves like a tidy problem. Dr. Reb Close and I sat down to discuss treating alcohol use disorder, and we've learned that many patients do better when we treat AUD the way we treat other chronic conditions: with a multimodal plan that targets more than one pathway and stays anchored to the person's real reason for drinking. We walk through how we think about combination medication strategies for alcohol cravings, including naltrexone, acamprosate, gabapentin, baclofen, and topiramate. You'll hear the practical “why” behind pairing meds, how we set expectations for naltrexone response, and how targeted dosing can give patients more control during high-risk moments. We also talk about monthly extended-release naltrexone (Vivitrol) and how we approach add-on oral dosing without overdoing it. Just as important, we keep coming back to the central clinical question: what does alcohol do for you? If drinking is driven by anxiety, insomnia, or trauma, the best AUD treatment may start with sleep, PTSD symptoms, nightmares, or triggers rather than another anti-craving pill. We close by zooming out to what best practice really looks like: therapy or groups, good sleep, nutrition, exercise, treatment of co-occurring mental health conditions, and more than one medication when it fits. Subscribe for more practical addiction medicine, share this with a clinician or friend who cares about recovery, and please leave a review so more people can find the show.To contact Dr. Grover: ammadeeasy@fastmailcom

Pastors Casey and Caleb Treat sit down together for an honest conversation about Christian Faith’s eight-year eminent domain battle with Sound Transit, what the court case means for our Federal Way campus, and the vision for where we’re going next. Plus, a preview of our upcoming series on identity. The post Where We're Going Next | with Casey and Caleb Treat appeared first on Christian Faith.

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Have you ever felt like you didn't fit into the very place meant to welcome everyone?Following my recent autism diagnosis, I've been reflecting deeply on neurodiversity, in addition to the focus on mental health. After opening up about my journey, so many of you reached out to share a painful truth: you felt cast aside, misunderstood, or completely pushed out by your churches because you are autistic.The church should be a place that lifts people up, not tears them down. In this episode, we are pulling back the curtain on the raw reality of being an autistic Christian. But we aren't just talking about the hurt—we are focusing on the behavior or a Jesus-following church. How do we fix this? How can faith communities move past simple awareness and start creating spaces of true belonging and support for neurodivergent believers?Whether you are an autistic individual looking for healing, a church leader wanting to do better, or someone navigating your own mental health journey, this conversation is for you. You are not alone, and you belong here.Join the Conversation:Have you experienced this in your own faith journey? What steps do you think churches need to take to truly support neurodivergent individuals? Let me know in the comments below.Resources Mentioned / Connect with Me:Subscribe for more videos on mental health and neurodiversityReach out to me at TheFightWithDepression.com/contact#AutismAndFaith #ChurchOutcast #NeurodivergentChristian #MentalHealth #AutismAwareness #InclusionInChurch #LateDiagnosedAutims

Get more at PatRigsby.com Playing the Long Game in Your Fitness Business Most gym owners want results now. More leads. More members. More revenue. More sales. But building a truly durable fitness business requires something that is increasingly rare: patience. In this episode, Pat Rigsby explains why playing the long game has been one of his greatest advantages in business—and why gym owners should think beyond today's transaction. In This Episode The lesson Pat learned from college baseball Recruiting isn't about meeting a player once and immediately asking them to commit. It's about identifying the right people, building a relationship, following up, creating opportunities to connect, and determining whether there's a good fit. Pat explains how that same process applies directly to marketing and sales in the fitness industry. Marketing isn't always about immediate conversion A common mistake is expecting someone who sees your gym's ad today to immediately join. Pat explains why bigger commitments require more discovery, trust, and consideration. Stop thinking "closing" and start thinking "opening" A sale shouldn't be viewed as the end of the relationship. It's the beginning of one. The goal isn't simply to get someone to buy. It's to create the foundation for a long-term relationship with a client who believes your gym is the right fit. Why consistent follow-up matters Pat shares that he's sent a daily email newsletter for more than 20 years—and some of his best clients consumed his content for years before ever having a direct conversation with him. That patience allowed prospects to research, learn, build trust, and eventually make an informed decision. The best clients aren't always the fastest buyers Desperation purchases and impulse decisions aren't necessarily the foundation for great long-term relationships. The people who take their time, do their homework, and determine that you're the right fit can become some of your most valuable clients. Don't burn bridges Pat shares lessons from college baseball about maintaining relationships even when someone doesn't choose you. A prospect who doesn't join your gym today may become a client next year. A coach who doesn't work with you today may become a valuable connection in the future. A former client may eventually come back. Every relationship has a future you can't necessarily see today. Make relationship deposits One of the biggest ideas in this episode is simple: Every interaction is an opportunity to make a relationship deposit. Be valuable. Help people. Treat prospects well. Take care of your clients. Don't leave scorched earth behind when someone leaves. Those deposits can eventually turn into referrals, strategic partnerships, speaking opportunities, new clients, returning members, and other opportunities. Think beyond this month Pat challenges gym owners and fitness entrepreneurs to ask a different question: Instead of asking, "What can I get out of this right now?" Ask: "Where do I ultimately want this to lead?" That shift can change how you approach marketing, sales, leadership, client retention, networking, and business growth. Key Takeaways for Gym Owners Don't expect every lead to convert immediately. Build trust before asking for a major commitment. Follow up consistently without becoming desperate or pushy. Think of sales as the beginning of a relationship—not the end. Treat every prospect and client interaction as a relationship deposit. Don't burn bridges when someone leaves your gym. Continue providing value even when someone isn't ready to buy. Build relationships that can create opportunities years from now. Don't let short-term pressure dictate every business decision. Think about the business and legacy you want to build long-term. The Big Idea The gym owners who build something lasting aren't necessarily the ones who get the fastest result. They're the ones willing to consistently do the right things long enough for those efforts to compound. Play the long game.

In this episode of the Grow A Small Business Podcast host Troy Trewin interviews Myriam Barthes shares how she and her husband built Journey Clinical from a COVID-era living room startup into a 100+ person company. She reveals how the business grew to support 3,000+ clinicians and deliver over 1 million hours of ketamine-assisted psychotherapy. Myriam discusses raising venture capital, scaling teams, hiring the right people, and building a sustainable company culture. She also explains why customer obsession, strong execution, sleep, and treating yourself like an athlete are essential for founders. Plus, she shares lessons on navigating rapid growth, overcoming challenges, and building a business around an emerging industry. Journey Clinical posts an outstanding patient NPS of ~80—well above the global average of 20 and the tough benchmark of 50. This score reflects deep loyalty in a sensitive mental-health space, where 9–10 scorers actively recommend the service. Learn how to measure customer love in 21 minutes with free NPS: https://www.growasmallbusiness.com/an-easy-way-to-measure-if-your-customers-love-you-in-21-minutes--use-the-net-promoter-score-nps-and-its-free Why would you wait any longer to start living the lifestyle you signed up for? Balance your health, wealth, relationships and business growth. And focus your time and energy and make the most of this year. Let's get into it by clicking here. Troy delves into our guest's startup journey, their perception of success, industry reconsideration, and the pivotal stress point during business expansion. They discuss the joys of small business growth, vital entrepreneurial habits, and strategies for team building, encompassing wins, blunders, and invaluable advice. And a snapshot of the final five Grow A Small Business Questions: What do you think is the hardest thing in growing a small business? Myriam Barthes shares that the hardest thing in growing a small business is showing up every day and giving it your best. She highlights the importance of staying consistent and committed throughout the challenges of business growth. What's your favorite business book that has helped you the most? Myriam Barthes shares that *Who: The A Method for Hiring* by Geoff Smart and Randy Street was the business book that helped her the most, particularly by improving her approach to hiring, especially in the early stages of building her team. Are there any great podcasts or online learning resources you'd recommend to help grow a small business? Myriam Barthes shares that she mainly uses podcasts to distract herself and take a break from work, so she does not have one particular podcast or online learning resource that she would recommend. What tool or resource would you recommend to grow a small business? Myriam Barthes shares that the most important resource for growing a small business is being obsessed with your customers, talking to them, listening to them, and acting on their insights. She believes staying close to the customer is the most important thing. What advice would you give yourself on day one of starting out in business? Myriam Barthes shares that she would tell herself, "You got this. You're going to be okay. And also, it's fun." She encourages herself to trust the journey and remember to enjoy the experience of building the business. Book a 20-minute Growth Chat with Troy Trewin to see if you qualify for our upcoming course. Don't miss out on this opportunity to take your small business to new heights! Enjoyed the podcast? Please leave a review on iTunes or your preferred platform. Your feedback helps more small business owners discover our podcast and embark on their business growth journey.     Quotable quotes from our special Grow A Small Business podcast guest: Treat yourself like an athlete and take care of yourself – Myriam Barthes Your belief system is what ends up driving everything – Myriam Barthes Be obsessed with your customers and listen to their insights - Myriam Barthes      

Tesla, Gary Vaynerchuk, and Kylian Mbappé all figured out the same thing: the most valuable thing a business owns is the reputation of the person behind it. Mike Brevik draws on 30 years of building brands like Nike, Jordan, and Harley-Davidson to lay out a six-step system for turning your personal brand into a financial asset. It's the difference between competing on price and competing on trust. KEY TAKEAWAYS Research Mike cites shows up to 44% of a company's market value can be tied to the reputation of the person leading it, which makes your personal brand a financial asset, not a vanity project. Familiarity builds trust. The mere exposure effect means the right thousand people seeing you consistently is worth more than chasing a massive following. Positioning is a point of view, not a job title. "I believe most [industry] is wrong about [topic]" filters in the right audience and makes the wrong one curious. Strong personal brands show three layers in order: identity (what you believe), expertise (how you think), and output (what you produce). Most founders only ever post the output. Every post, episode, and case study is a deposit. Treat your content like equity, the way Mbappé chose ownership over a bigger guaranteed paycheck. LINKS AND RESOURCES Brand Retro Podcast: brandretro.com Cyberdogz Agency: cyberdogzmarketing.com Mike Brevik: mike@cyberdogzmarketing.com KEYWORDS personal branding, personal brand strategy, founder personal brand, founder reputation, founder-led marketing, compete on trust not price, personal brand equity, brand positioning, thought leadership, mere exposure effect, pratfall effect, document vs create, content consistency, LinkedIn content strategy, Kylian Mbappé On Running, Dua Lipa Instagram, Steve Jobs personal brand, Gary Vaynerchuk, Brand Retro Mindset, Cyberdogz EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS [00:00:00 - 00:01:00] Mike opens with Tesla, Gary Vaynerchuk, and Mbappé, and makes the case that none of them were born famous. [00:01:40 - 00:02:30] The 44% number: how much of a company's value research ties to the reputation of the person behind it. [00:02:50 - 00:03:40] Mike on the moment Cyberdogz stopped being "just another agency" and trust started following visibility. [00:03:50 - 00:05:00] Dua Lipa's 89 million followers and the psychology of the mere exposure effect. [00:06:20 - 00:07:00] Mike's own belief statement about AI and agencies, and why it started more conversations than any ad campaign. [00:07:40 - 00:09:00] Identity, expertise, output: why Steve Jobs showed the first two layers so the third was trusted on sight. [00:09:10 - 00:10:40] The pratfall effect and Gary Vaynerchuk's "document, don't create" approach to content. [00:10:50 - 00:12:00] Mbappé walks away from a reported $200 million Nike deal to take equity with On Running. [00:12:00 - 00:13:00] Why every post is a deposit, and the one question that tells you if you're building equity or running on a content treadmill.

Treat others with respect and dignity just as Christ would do for you. -------- Thank you for listening! Your support of Joni and Friends helps make this show possible. Joni and Friends envisions a world where every person with a disability finds hope, dignity, and their place in the body of Christ. Become part of the global movement today at www.joniandfriends.org Find more encouragement on Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and YouTube.

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What do you do when an artwork you've been quietly developing for years suddenly goes stratospheric? And how do you turn a hit into a career-changing opportunity without sacrificing your health, your family, or the work itself? My guest today is extraordinary artist Freddie Yauner, whose work explores how our drive for continual growth impacts people and the planet. Held in MoMA's permanent collection, his projects range from world-record-breaking toasters to portraits of CEOs painted with pollen. Years ago, I invited Freddie to make a film using his Mirror Mask, an ingenious piece reflecting the viewer rather than the wearer. Newly edited and reposted, the film exploded - racking up millions of views, reaching fans like Dawn French, and sending thousands of masks around the world. We discuss the mechanisms of success: how great ideas are mobilised, navigating health issues and imposter syndrome when things take off, and how to reinvest a hit to protect your creative life. Freddie also shares what shifted for him when he joined my six-month Artist Mastermind Circle. KEY TAKEAWAYS Sometimes a number one hit arrives years after you first made the work. Your job is to be ready for it. Treat virality not as a fluke but as the moment when preparation meets opportunity. You don't have to do everything yourself. Investing in help with admin, social media or production isn't indulgent, it's how you create the capacity to stay creative, resilient and available to new opportunities. Doing less, better, is a radical act. When health or life reduces your capacity, it can also sharpen your priorities. Limitation can become a lens that clarifies what really matters in your practice. BEST MOMENTS “Luck favours the prepared mind.” “Treat a successful artwork like a number one hit… don't abandon it because you're already thinking about the next thing… stay curious about how far it can travel, who else it might reach and what doors it might open.” “You put all this energy into making the work, and then actually it's not complete until you work out how to share it as well.” If you're an experienced artist who's already had some success through exhibitions, but you know there are areas where you're ready to level up, applications are now open for my next Artist Mastermind Circle. It runs for six months, from November 2026 to May 2027, with twenty-five artists from around the world. A carefully curated group, so places are by application, and the deadline is Monday 28 September. Apply here: cerihand.com/artist-mastermind-circle. EPISODE RESOURCES https://freddieyauner.co.uk/ https://www.instagram.com/freddieyauner 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 - 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. 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 This Podcast has been brought to you by Disruptive Media. https://disruptivemedia.co.uk/

That 7.3% next to an immediate annuity isn't a yield. It reflects how long you're expected to live. In this episode, Stan explains why there are only two kinds of annuity rates, and why tracking the Fed won't help you get either one right.    In this episode, The Annuity Man discussed:  The PILL framework: principal protection, income for life, legacy, long-term care Payout rates and life expectancy in lifetime income products MYGAs as the annuity version of CDs and bonds Why the Fed and annuity rates don't always move together Shopping all carriers for the highest contractual guarantee   Key Takeaways:  A payout rate isn't an interest rate. Lifetime income payouts depend mostly on your life expectancy. The older you are, the higher the payout. MYGAs work like CDs. You lock in a guaranteed interest rate for a term you choose, from 1 to 10 years, and you can ladder several terms. Both rate types shift risk to the insurer. With a MYGA, you hand off interest-rate risk. With lifetime income, you hand off the risk of outliving your money. You can't time the market, so don't try. A carrier may cut its rates even when the Fed raises them, if it already has enough business from people like you. Treat annuities as commodities. Shop every carrier for the highest contractual guarantee, and for lifetime income, only use insurers rated A+ or better.   "Do not buy annuities for market growth. Listen to me: buy them for the contractual guarantees of the policy. End of story." —  Stan The Annuity Man   Connect with The Annuity Man:  Website: http://theannuityman.com/  Email: Stan@TheAnnuityMan.com  Book: Owner's Manuals: https://www.stantheannuityman.com/how-do-annuities-work YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCXKKxvVslbeGAlEc5sra2g  Get a Quote Today: https://www.stantheannuityman.com/annuity-calculator!

Angelo Poli is the founder of MetPro, a concierge nutrition and fitness coaching company that uses metabolic science and personalized coaching to help clients transform their health and bodies. With more than 20 years of experience, Angelo has coached Olympic athletes, NFL MVPs, business leaders, and thousands of other clients. A TEDx speaker featured in major media outlets, Angelo built MetPro around the idea that sustainable health comes from individualized strategies, measurable data, accountability, and focusing on what actually moves the needle. On this episode we talk about: Why investing in your health can have a direct impact on your productivity, longevity, and ability to enjoy the fruits of your work The importance of accountability, measurable goals, and having someone help you focus on what matters most Why your health and fitness goals need to become non-negotiables rather than things you do only when you have time How simplifying your nutrition and fitness strategy can make long-term progress more sustainable MetPro's approach to metabolic profiling, baseline testing, and personalizing nutrition based on individual data Adaptive thermogenesis and how the body adapts to changes in energy intake Why one-size-fits-all diets and generic nutrition advice don't work equally well for everyone How conditioning your metabolism can help you increase your food intake while still working toward specific body-composition goals Top 3 Takeaways Make health a non-negotiable. If exercise and nutrition only happen when you have extra time, they are unlikely to remain consistent. Treat your health like other commitments you make regardless of how busy you are. Simplify the goal and focus on what matters. Instead of trying to overhaul everything at once, identify the most important behaviors and cut the plan down to something realistic enough to consistently execute. Use data and accountability to personalize your approach. Rather than blindly following generic fitness advice, track meaningful metrics, understand how your body responds, and adjust your strategy based on actual results. Notable Quotes “The question is when do I get to see you? Before, after.” “It has to make its way into the non-negotiables. And I'm not the first expert... but it's a truthful pattern.” “I want you to give me your fitness and nutrition, and I want to fall into that non-negotiable category, and then they tell me what they're gonna do, and I say, Great, now cut it in half.” “Your metabolic rate is not fixed. You can condition it.” “What to do, what not to do. And then once I got there, I needed someone that would hold me accountable.” Connect with Angelo Poli: Website: metpro.co/travis LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/angelo-poli/ Other: MetPro offers a free consultation through the link above A Word from Our Sponsors: - The most successful business owners don't do it all themselves — they delegate. Upwork lets you build a team of highly skilled specialists for every function your business needs, so you can focus on what you do best and let experts handle the rest. Visit Upwork.com right now and post your job for free! - Scribe captures workflows as work happens and automatically generates step-by-step guides with screenshots and instructions, so no one has to sit down and write documentation from scratch. Learn more at scribe.how/tmm and mention Travis Makes Money for your first month of Scribe Capture free on select plans. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Getting told the problem is user error when you know it is not is a special kind of frustrating. Lesley Logan takes listeners through a baffling computer glitch she experienced, a Genius Bar visit that went sideways, and what she ended up buying as a real fix for long haul flights. Celebrate with her twelve years of YouTube growth, a listener who survived two tough classes, and a mantra for treating yourself with kindness. This episode is a reminder that trusting your own experience counts as a win.If you have any questions about this episode or want to get some of the resources we mentioned, head over to LesleyLogan.co/podcast https://lesleylogan.co/podcast/. If you have any comments or questions about the Be It pod shoot us a message at beit@lesleylogan.co mailto:beit@lesleylogan.co. And as always, if you're enjoying the show please share it with someone who you think would enjoy it as well. It is your continued support that will help us continue to help others. Thank you so much! 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Welcome to the Be It Till You See It podcast where we talk about taking messy action, knowing that perfect is boring. I'm Lesley Logan, Pilates instructor and fitness business coach. I've trained thousands of people around the world and the number one thing I see stopping people from achieving anything is self-doubt. My friends, action brings clarity and it's the antidote to fear. Each week, my guest will bring bold, executable, intrinsic and targeted steps that you can use to put yourself first and Be It Till You See It. It's a practice, not a perfect. Let's get started. Lesley Logan 0:47  Be It, babe. Welcome back to the Be It Till You See It podcast. Oh my God, guys, we are slaying through episodes more than 740. So I mean, this is insane. I can't believe we're going to be on 800 before we know it, but anyways, that's not our win. That's not it. All right. So on Fridays, it's real talk. It's real life chat with me. I'm just chatting with myself, and hopefully you're enjoying it. And then I share one of mine and one of yours. And so, okay, remember my technology pissy moments a couple months ago. So I've had something happen in my computer three times that no one can explain, and I can show it to people. And Brad has seen it in real time, and it is the whole thing.Lesley Logan 1:27  But at any rate, my computer would be looking so great, and I would put the charger on. I wouldn't read that there was a charger there, and it'd be the appropriate before anyone tells me something. It's the appropriate type of charger for the computer, and it's plugged in appropriately to an outlet, and that outlet works. And then I've tried other outlets that I know work, and other chargers are the right size and the right currency and whatever, blah blah blah. And so, anyways, I made a Genius appointment. I made a Genius appointment, and I go and I explain to the guy, and the guy is looking at me like I'm a crazy person, and he is checking to make sure that my charging thing is clean and all this stuff. Basically, the long story example of is when your car makes a sound, you take a mechanic, and the sound doesn't work anymore. It's like that. So, of course, there's no way to recreate what happened. And of course, I didn't film myself having the problem that was happening. And next time I will because I felt like a crazy person. And then, of course, they go, "Oh, we'll help you early," only for the guy to go, "Oh, I'm getting off work now, so you have to wait for this other person." And then the other person was just, I think he's. This is really a user error experience. User error. This is not my first MacBook. I know what the fuck I'm doing. I know how chargers work. Do you know who my husband is?Lesley Logan 2:34  So, anyways, while waiting in purgatory for my computer to reboot and whatever I was going to do, I will say that I did treat myself to headphones I didn't need, but I guess my event is I just think that computer technicians, mechanics, everyone should just be trained in. God, that really sucks. I don't see why that's happening. And what I will say is maybe next time, why don't you do these three things? Because it sounds like you actually are doing all the right things, so would you film it next time and then come back because we can see what's going on? Because we can't see it in the technology. There's nothing. The computer's not telling us anything, and it sounds like you're doing everything right. Blow smoke up my ass. That would be great. Just tell me I did everything right, and what to do next time it happens. And then, even though they didn't do that, did I buy something I didn't need? Fuck yeah, I did, and I am really excited about it. I'm really excited about it. In fact, it probably come a win later on.Lesley Logan 3:25  But I bought myself these headphones that they also said you don't need those because you have the AirPod Three Pros, and I was, yeah, but they're not noise canceling enough, and you don't understand. Last year I was, this is how dramatic I do sound dramatic. If waterboarding could be a baby's cry, right? That's what it was for 15 hours on a flight. And my AirPods, now they weren't the Three Pros; they were the two. At any rate, they cut. They did nothing. Zero, nothing. I even put a sweatshirt hoodie over me. I tried everything. 17 hours of flight, 15 hours of nonstop crying. So I bought these things. I didn't need. This is not my win, but they also didn't want to sell me that. People don't know what you're talking about. I put them on while the landscaper was doing his leaf blower outside my office, and I barely heard it. I'm gonna tell you right now. I'm gonna have the best flights to Asia. I have three in Q4, three, and I'm gonna have the best ones, all because my computer did something stupid that they couldn't figure out. So my computer actually, my computer was looking out for me. Maybe I shouldn't yell at it so much. Anyways, okay. Thanks for going that journey with me.Lesley Logan 4:11  My win is my YouTube, my YouTube channel growth. Oh my God, you guys! I don't know if you know this, but my YouTube channel has been a real time, 12-year Be It Till You See It. I didn't ever want to do it. I would get nervous every time I'd film the videos. I would cry during some of the times because you don't even understand. 12 years ago, you couldn't even afford a tripod. My young friends who are listening couldn't even afford a tripod. That was $175 or $125, and even then, it was hard to find the thing would hold the iPhone because you didn't film. Your iPhones. You film with a DSLR. Wow, I didn't even know I would pull those letters out of my mouth. And so we didn't have lights. We didn't have microphones. Oh my God, a microphone so expensive. So, anyways, I used to just yell at the camera. But here we are, 12 years later, and in the last couple months, the channel has been growing so much, and I really have that that win is a collective community effort because I have several people on the team who help me make this magic happen. I met an incredible expert consultant who gave me some really great tips, and I'm so grateful for him. And I'm just grateful for all of you for subscribing to it and being part of it. So it's not the podcast YouTube channel; it's the OPC YouTube channel. Although you can subscribe to the podcast YouTube channel and tell me how you like it. If you like watching the videos, I recognize that I don't look at the camera most of the time on this because I just look around the room because I don't know ADHD is real and it's hard to look at a green dot all day. But at any rate, my online Pilates classes YouTube channel's growth has been so wonderfully organic, beautiful, and it's just nice to see that the work I'm putting out there is something that's helping you and the people are sharing with their friends, and I'm grateful. I'm grateful. I'm grateful. I'm grateful. And if you have yet not subscribed to that, and you want to support this podcast and me, subscribe to my YouTube channel. That's a great way to do it. All right, thank you. That's my win. Lesley Logan 6:16  Okay, your win. Ready? @lakesaintlouisliving I did two Pilates classes at two different studios with two tough instructors, and I didn't die. I love it. That's a great win. That's a great win. Brad just did a Pilates session with me today, and he didn't die because you want to know something. You're not going to die. It's going to be hard. Might be uncomfortable, but you're going to find something new in yourself, and you're not going to die. And then that is practice that you can do hard things. See, Pilates is helping you practice. If you don't die during that, you're not going to die in other things. So there you go. Challenge yourself. I love that.Lesley Logan 6:49  All right, let's get you a mantra and get you on your weekend. I treat myself with kindness and understanding. I treat myself with kindness and understanding. Oh, do you do that? Do you feel a cognitive dissonance? Is that what you have to Be It Till You See It this week? Treat myself with kindness and understanding. Love you so much, Be It, babe. Thank you so much for supporting this podcast any way you can. Subscribing to our OPC YouTube channel, subscribing to OPC, or buying flashcards. We it means the world to us. And by the way, when you buy those flashcards, it supports the Nevada SPCA as well. So look at you supporting so many people with just one action. You are awesome. Go Be It Till You See It.Lesley Logan 7:25  That's all I got for this episode of the Be It Till You See It Podcast. One thing that would help both myself and future listeners is for you to rate the show and leave a review and follow or subscribe for free wherever you listen to your podcast. Also, make sure to introduce yourself over at the Be It Pod on Instagram. I would love to know more about you. Share this episode with whoever you think needs to hear it. Help us and others Be It Till You See It. Have an awesome day. Be It Till You See It is a production of The Bloom Podcast Network. If you want to leave us a message or a question that we might read on another episode, you can text us at +1-310-905-5534 or send a DM on Instagram @BeItPod.Brad Crowell 8:09  It's written, filmed, and recorded by your host, Lesley Logan, and me, Brad Crowell.Lesley Logan 8:13  It is transcribed, produced and edited by the epic team at Disenyo.co.Brad Crowell 8:18  Our theme music is by Ali at Apex Production Music and our branding by designer and artist, Gianfranco Cioffi.Lesley Logan 8:25  Special thanks to Melissa Solomon for creating our visuals.Brad Crowell 8:28  Also to Angelina Herico for adding all of our content to our website. And finally to Meridith Root for keeping us all on point and on time.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

On Episode 192 of Trap Talk, Richard Marshall Jr. and Zach Nannini sit down with Randy Moeller, the new Executive Director of the Amateur Trapshooting Association, for a wide-ranging conversation about his career in the shooting sports and his vision for the future of trapshooting.Randy's journey started on the trap field, but it certainly didn't stop there. Over the years, his career has included stops with USA Shooting, the NRA, Remington, the MidwayUSA Foundation, and other major parts of the shooting sports industry before ultimately bringing him to the ATA.Randy shares stories from that journey, the people and experiences that shaped his career, and what he learned along the way about growing shooting sports, building strong organizations, supporting youth programs, and serving shooters.Richard and Zach also dig into Randy's goals for the ATA, including strategies for attracting new shooters, improving communication with members, strengthening the relationship between the ATA and its shooters, and preserving the history and traditions that have made trapshooting a lifetime sport.The conversation also looks at the importance of beginner and youth programs, the role gun clubs play in growing participation, organizational leadership and succession planning, and the need to better tell the story of trapshooting to current and future generations.Randy puts it simply during the conversation: “Treat the shooters like customers.”This episode is a chance to get to know Randy Moeller, understand the road that brought him to the ATA, and hear directly from the man now helping guide the organization into its next chapter.KEY TOPICSRandy Moeller's background and journey through the shooting sportsHis career with USA Shooting, the NRA, Remington, and the MidwayUSA FoundationHis goals and vision for the ATAStrategies for growing trapshooting participationThe importance of youth and beginner shooting programsImproving ATA member engagement and communicationSupporting gun clubs and the shooting communityPreserving trapshooting history and its legacyOrganizational leadership and succession planningBuilding on small wins and improving the shooter experienceCHAPTERS00:00 Introduction to the episode and guest02:33 Randy Moeller's start in shooting sports09:33 Transition from shooter to industry professional21:37 Goals and vision for the ATA34:39 Building a strong organizational foundation50:23 Small wins and improvements at the ATA01:00:07 Engaging members and telling the sport's story01:08:18 Closing thoughts and future outlookTrap Talk Podcast — Episode 192Guest: Randy Moeller, Executive Director of the ATAFollow & Subscribe to Trap Talk!  It really helps the show!  YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@traptalk27Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/traptalkfromthebackfence/Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/traptalk27TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@trap.talk.podcast*** Email us your listener questions to askus@traptalkpodcast.com *** *** Visit TrapTalkPodcast.com for all our links! ***

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