Podcasts about unfair advantages

In this conversation with Dr. Jim Harris, we talk about his book The Unfair Advantage and what he's learned about walking with the Holy Spirit in every area of life. Whether you're running a business, leading a family, or simply trying to navigate your everyday life, what could change if you stopped trying to do it all on your own and started leaning into the Holy Spirit?Learn more about There is More: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://thereismorecollective.com/Check Out Our Resources, including the Father's House Study, Go to Girls, and the Spiritual Warfare Workshop: https://thereismorecollective.com/resourcesGet 10% discount on Father's House Study with code: FH10Follow There is More Podcast on Instagram: @thereismorepodcastPartner With Us: ⁠⁠https://neveralonewidows.kindful.com/?campaign=1284937⁠

Brian Windhorst Says LeBron James Hated Competing Against Teams Unless He Had An Unfair Advantage, LeBron James Exposed For Facing Just 1 All-NBA First Team Player During East Finals Runs, The Athletic Ranks LeBron James 20th & Fan Claims He's Better Than SGA Go to https://kachava.com and use code DREAMERS for 15% off your first order. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Great service managers don't simply survive the month—they build stronger teams, improve the customer experience and create consistently profitable service departments. In this episode of Service Drive Revolution, automotive fixed operations expert Chris Collins reveals five overlooked habits that separate great dealership service managers from average ones. Great service managers: 1. Reject the status quo and continually improve their processes. 2. Know their numbers and understand how to change them. 3. Become "people collectors" who constantly recruit, develop and retain talented employees. 4. Make the customer experience easy, trustworthy and worth returning for. 5. Find coaches and mentors who challenge them to keep learning. Chris explains why dealership service departments are closed-loop systems, how tribal knowledge keeps managers trapped in outdated processes and why exceptional performance can actually make a manager's job easier—not harder. The conversation also examines service department profitability, net-to-gross, unproductive wages, CSI, NPS, technician recruiting, service advisor performance and customer retention. You'll learn why sales scripts and objection handling cannot replace customer trust, why technology such as video multipoint inspections cannot fix a broken process and why successful service managers are always recruiting. Chris also discusses former CIA intelligence officer Andrew Bustamante and his book Outsmart Everyone: Spy Skills to Gain an Unfair Advantage in Work and Life. The team explores charisma, vulnerability, intentional leadership, parenting and the ability to make genuine connections with people. This episode is for: Dealer principals General managers Fixed operations directors Service managers Parts managers Service advisors Automotive technicians Dealership and repair-shop leaders. If you want a healthier, more profitable automotive service operation, this episode provides a practical leadership framework you can immediately apply.

David and Ryan sit down to talk through the new DealMachine. Ryan has used the app since 2019, closed 73 deals with it, and now holds 59 rentals. He shows how one search pulled 675 properties and how he narrowed it to about 200 owner occupants worth mailing. David covers the export changes that stop you paying for DNC-only records, plus a few features coming next.   KEY TALKING POINTS: 0:00 - Intro & Guest Background 2:51 - Money-Saving Export Filters 5:43 - Finding Leads with AI Search 8:52 - Designing Postcards 10:19 - Manual Filters, Maps & Hexagons 13:11 - Finding Cash Buyers with AI 15:24 - Upcoming Features & Classic Access 18:57 - CRM App & API Integrations 20:53 - Using AI to Manage Email 22:18 - Finding Top Real Estate Agents 24:23 - Data Credits Explained 26:14 - Birthday Trip & Life Advice 29:46 - Outro   LINKS: Instagram: David Lecko https://www.instagram.com/dlecko   Website: DealMachine https://www.dealmachine.com/pod   Instagram: Ryan Haywood https://www.instagram.com/heritage_home_investments   Website: Heritage Home Investments https://www.heritagehomeinvestments.com/

We’ve all seen it happen, someone gets promoted or hired out of nowhere, not because of their skills or experience, but because of who they know or who they're related to.

Florida gubernatorial candidate James Fishback joins The Connect to explain why he believes it's time for a political revolution at the state level—and why Florida must stand up to Washington, Wall Street, foreign influence, and the growing surveillance state. In this wide-ranging conversation, Fishback lays out his plan to eliminate Flock license-plate cameras, oppose Palantir-style mass surveillance, protect First and Fourth Amendment rights, and repeal Florida laws he believes restrict criticism of foreign governments. He also breaks down his opposition to the H-1B visa system, arguing that major corporations are replacing qualified American workers with cheaper foreign labor. Fishback explains how he would penalize companies that refuse to hire qualified Florida residents, prevent private-equity firms and foreign investors from buying up single-family homes, and stop taxpayer-subsidized AI data centers from spreading across the state. The discussion also covers Florida public schools, student accountability, crime and “teen takeovers,” restoring rights to former nonviolent offenders, gun rights, undeclared foreign wars, the National Guard, AIPAC influence, state sovereignty, and his legal battle to remain on the ballot. Can Florida become a model for a new American liberty movement—or is the political machine too powerful to defeat? Go Support James! Website: https://www.votemyflorida.org/ Join The Patreon For Bonus Content! https://www.patreon.com/theconnectshow 00:00 Introduction: The Fight for Freedom 00:42 Why I Support James Fishback 01:30 Fishback's America First Platform 02:44 A Call to Action for Floridians 03:01 The National Significance of Florida's Fight 04:41 A New Experiment in Liberty 06:50 The Easiest Problem: Banning Flock Cameras 08:20 The Fourth Amendment and Mass Surveillance 10:50 The Existential Battle for Privacy 12:10 Repealing Florida's Hate Speech Law 14:40 The Real Test of the First Amendment 15:56 Taking on the Opposition: Byron Donalds 17:00 The Education Crisis in Florida 20:00 Accountability in the Classroom 22:55 The H-1B Visa Scam 26:50 Protecting American Jobs 29:00 Resistance at the State Level 32:10 Banning Private Equity from Buying Homes 34:00 The Unfair Advantage of Private Equity 36:45 Foreign Buyers and the Housing Crisis 38:00 Capitalism vs. America 39:12 The Threat of Data Centers 42:40 The Data Center Invasion in Florida 44:30 Defending State Sovereignty 47:00 Consistency and Truth in Politics 48:00 Existential Issues vs. Cultural Differences 50:00 The Case Against Zero Crime 53:00 Addressing Teen Takeovers and Riots 57:40 The El Salvador Model: Tough on Crime 58:40 Restoring Rights for Former Felons 01:01:00 The Lawfare Battle and Victory 01:03:00 The Un-American Nature of Merging Militaries 01:04:40 The True America First Agenda 01:06:00 Byron Donalds: A Puppet of Foreign Interests 01:08:00 America Comes First 01:10:00 Christian Values and Governance 01:12:00 Teaching Kids What It Means to Be American 01:14:00 Mass Surveillance vs. Freedom 01:18:00 The Unanimous Opposition to Data Centers 01:20:00 The Momentum of the Fishback Campaign 01:22:00 Final Call to Action: Vote for James Fishback Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Havva Sevay: The Car Configuration Team That Spiraled Into Silence—and the Workshop That Saved It Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agile and Scrum directly on the Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast website: http://bit.ly/SMTP_ShowNotes.   "First they tell you their opinion. Then they start shouting, getting emotional. And the third one is silence—and resignation. That's the worst part." - Havva Sevay   Havva remembers a highly motivated development team working on a car configuration system so complex it began to wear them down. They asked for training. The Product Owner waved it off—they've had enough training, they should understand it. What followed was a three-stage spiral Havva now recognizes anywhere: first the team shares opinions and solutions, then frustration turns to emotion and shouting, and finally comes silence and resignation. The team even kicked the Product Owner out of their daily—a low point Havva calls the worst she has seen in her career. The turning point was a LEGO Serious Play workshop. By getting both sides to build how they wanted to work together, the Product Owner did active listening for the first time, recognized the team needed an experienced developer to guide them, and the relationship transformed. The lesson: Scrum Masters are the facilitators of those moments of coming together—and there need to be many, at every level.   Self-reflection Question: Is a team you support moving through opinion → emotion → silence right now? What moment of coming-together could you facilitate before they reach resignation?   [The Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast Recommends]

Is your CV enough to help you stand out at work?In this episode, we unpack what really gives people an edge in the workplace from excellence and visibility to integrity, wisdom, and the power of godly character. Join the conversation and discover how to steward your gifts and thrive where God has placed you.#UnfairWorkplaceAdvantage #TheRelationshipGarage #CITAMChurchOnline #ChurchEverydayGet in touch with us:http://www.citam.org/churchonline@citam.org(+254) 784 277 277(+254) 728 221 221

Sean Stone of Spillover Commerce joins Mike to explain why most Amazon sellers fail when they try Meta ads and the fix: anchor your first campaign to a real event, not a generic sale. They break down a live case study: a Father's Day push that turned $8K in ad spend into $38K in sales for a brand whose Shopify site normally got 10 visitors a day. Topics include the offer ingredients you need, reverse-engineering winning ads from the Facebook Ad Library, avoiding creative fatigue, and building a year-round holiday calendar for your product. We'll see you in The PPC Den!

In this episode of Business Brain, we welcome a special third brain to the table for World Brain Day as Lisa joins Shannon and Dave with real questions about turning household clutter into a reselling business. We walk through the exact path we’d take: start by selling what you already own, research your market before spending a dime using eBay’s free product research, and register on every platform early so your accounts have time to warm up. From first-edition Stephen King books to collectible dolls, we get into where to sell, how to price with sold-listing data, and why the profit is always made when you buy, not when you sell. We dig into the reselling gold that never shows up in the how-to guides: buy with math and sell with emotion, work every deal backward from what it sells for, and lean into the one unfair advantage nobody can copy. People buy from people, so a credibility statement and a noble cause in your listing turn “eBay user 559678” into a real human someone wants to support. We cover sourcing from B-Stock, GovDeals, and BidSpotter, using Claude to crunch manifests, and setting a hard bidding ceiling and walking away. Small wins compound, personalization wins the sale, and that’s how we keep living the Charmed Life.We turn clutter into cash: reselling research, pricing with math, and why people buy from people on Business Brain. 00:00:00 Business Brain – The Entrepreneurs' Podcast #772 for Wednesday, July 22, 2026 July 22nd: World Brain Day 00:01:34 With a new business, learn the system Start with small wins! 00:04:35 Learn what your market is? Use eBay Product Research Learn from them. Add video if your market uses that! BStock.com Shannon Jean's Reseller Mastermind 00:10:11 For your listings Your credibility statement. One or two sentences at the beginning of your listing. A quick blurb that helps you stand out. What's your noble cause? (trying to get out of debt, lifelong learner, paying for a new car) People buy from people. 00:12:25 Scribe. Don’t get caught being the only person who knows how something works. For a limited time, book a demo at https://scribe.how/brain and mention BRAIN for your first month of Scribe Capture free. 00:14:18 SPONSOR: FanVue. Are you ready to start your own creator journey and make it big? Visit https://www.fanvue.com/ today and launch your career! 00:15:31 What sites to use…beyond eBay? Poshmark (mainly fashion, plus others) Facebook Marketplace Vinted Depop Tools: Comet Browser Claude Create your social accounts 00:18:17 All the profit is made when you buy. You never want to buy ANYthing until you KNOW what you can sell it for Buy with math and sell with emotion 00:22:15 Where do we buy? BStock.com GovDeals BidSpotter 00:26:20 Do Your Research! Work the deal backwards 00:28:25 Auction or Buy It Now? 00:30:18 This Episode's Big Takeway: People Buy From People. Bring Your Personality. 00:31:22 Business Brain 772 Outtro Check out Business Brain Blueprints Tell Your Friends! Business Blueprints Review Business Brain Subscribe to the show feedback@businessbrain.show Call/Text: (567) 274-6977 X/Twitter: @ShannonJean & @DaveHamilton, & @BizBrainShow LinkedIn: Shannon Jean, Dave Hamilton, & Business Brain Facebook: Dave Hamilton, Shannon Jean, & Business Brain The post Reselling, Unfair Advantage, People want to Buy from People – Business Brain 772 appeared first on Business Brain - The Entrepreneurs' Podcast.

On today's episode, recorded live at the Dental Success Summit 2026, Dr. Mark Costes sits down with Gino Wickman, creator of the Entrepreneurial Operating System and author of Traction, Rocket Fuel, and Shine. Gino shares the lessons behind building EOS, the six essential traits of an entrepreneur, and why the right visionary-integrator partnership can transform a growing business.  They discuss how to find and evaluate an integrator, the five rules that keep the relationship strong, the most overlooked components of EOS, and the foundational tools dental leaders can begin implementing immediately. Gino also opens up about the deeper message behind Shine and why lasting success requires more than achievement alone. Be sure to check out the full episode from the Dentalpreneur Podcast! EPISODE RESOURCES https://www.truedentalsuccess.com Dental Success Network Subscribe to The Dentalpreneur Podcast

S19EP3: ADHD : Your Brain Isn't a Bug, It's a FeatureAre you "rotting" at your desk because you can't focus on the 9 to 5 grind? Mark felt the same way until he realized he was trying to fit a lightning bolt into a candle jar.In this episode, Zulfiqar Ali explores the "Neurodivergent Engine." Using research from the Journal of Business Venturing and ADHD UK, Zulf explains why the traits that make you a "bad employee" actually make you a world class entrepreneur. Learn the difference between time management and energy management, and how to use hyperfocus to build your "Freedom Fund."Timestamps:0:01 - Mark's Wall: Why You Aren't Lazy1:45 - The Firefighter Story: Talent vs. Consistency3:44 - Sprints vs. Marathons (Energy Management)5:16 - The Science of the ADHD Business Brain8:24 - Being a Lightning Bolt, Not a CandleStop rotting. Start building. Resources and show notes at zulftalks.com/s19.#ADHD #Neurodivergent #ZulfTalks #Entrepreneurship #SelfEmployment #CareerAdvice #EnergyManagement #StartupLife

In this episode, host Mike chats with Shane White from NoBul Partners about practical and highly effective ways to use AI in Amazon marketing. Shane explains his transition from ChatGPT to Claude, highlighting its powerful capabilities in visualizing large datasets and generating client-ready presentations. He also shares a clever hack for training the AI to scrape a client's website to automatically match brand colors and fonts in slide decks. We'll see you in The PPC Den!

It's Women in League round, and Andrew Moore, Matt Elliott and Ruan Sims celebrate the women on and off the field that help build the rugby league community. MC has the latest news in MC's Hammertime. Plus, Andrew and Matt chat to Titans hooker Oliver Pascoe about how he found his best footy.

AI is moving faster than almost any marketing opportunity we have seen before.For years, business owners, marketers, and entrepreneurs had time to adapt when a new platform or strategy became powerful. Facebook Ads had a window. Amazon had a window. YouTube had a window.But AI is different.The opportunity is bigger, faster, and much more practical than most people realize.In this podcast, I explain why I believe we are entering one of the most important windows in business and marketing history, and why waiting too long could put you behind the people who are already learning how to use these tools inside their daily workflows.This is not just about using AI to write captions, brainstorm ideas, or create content.This is about using AI to save time, analyze information, connect tools, improve production, build systems, research faster, and help you execute at a level that was not possible before.I break down how tools like Claude, ChatGPT Codex, Gemini, MCP connections, plugins, data analysis, and AI search are changing the way entrepreneurs and marketers get work done.The biggest shift is simple:AI is no longer just an information tool.It is becoming an action tool.When you connect AI to your apps, your data, your CRM, your email, your projects, your advertising, and your business systems, you start creating leverage that can multiply your time, speed, and output.That is the real opportunity.In this training, I share how I am personally using AI across my businesses, why I believe the next few months are crucial, how AI search is changing visibility, and why entrepreneurs need to start getting their feet wet now instead of waiting until the market is already saturated.If you run a business, manage marketing, create content, lead a team, or want to stay ahead of where technology is going, this podcast will help you understand what is happening and why it matters.The people who learn how to use AI now will have a massive advantage over the ones who keep doing everything manually.The opportunity is here.The question is whether you are going to use it before everyone else catches up.#AIMarketing #ArtificialIntelligence #AIForBusiness #MarketingStrategy #DigitalMarketing #MCP #ClaudeAI #ChatGPT #GeminiAI #BusinessGrowth #MarketingAutomation #Entrepreneurship #AISearch

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A premed student shadowed me recently, and it reminded me of everything nobody told me when I was in their shoes.In this episode, I break down what med schools are actually looking for once you have cleared the GPA and MCAT cutoff. Spoiler: it is not more grades.We cover:Why GPA and MCAT only get your foot in the doorThe physician roles framework and how to use it in premedDepth over breadth in clinical exposure, research, and volunteeringWhy you are a product and how to market yourselfUsing unfair advantages the right wayWhy your premed years do not have to be miserable0:00: Introduction and Why This Video Exists1:14: The Physician Roles Framework2:49: Clinical Exposure: Depth Over Breadth5:02: Research and Volunteering Done Right7:01: You Are the Product: The Marketing Mindset9:22: Unfair Advantages and How to Use Them11:29: Stop Making Premed Harder Than It Has to BeFollow Along:

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Is the world fair? How do you find your true purpose in business? In this episode of the BRAVE Southeast Asia Tech Podcast, Jeremy Au shares his deeply personal journey into the cancer diagnostics space following a tragic loss. He breaks down the crucial difference between "problem-market fit" and "founder-problem fit," the reality of life's unfairness, and why you must play to your unfair advantages to succeed in the hyper-competitive tech ecosystem. Whether you are a founder in Singapore or an aspiring entrepreneur anywhere in Southeast Asia, these insights will redefine how you view marketing, leadership, and resilience. Tune in to discover the "Yin and Yang" of marketing, why good things don't always happen to good people, and how to harness your unique strengths to build something that truly matters. 00:00 - The Yin and Yang of Marketing 01:09 - The Importance of Founder-Problem Fit 02:07 - Jeremy's Personal Mission to Fight Cancer 04:13 - Breaking the Fairytale: The World Isn't Fair 06:47 - How to Find Your Unfair Advantage 07:46 - Outro & Community Watch, listen or read the full insight at https://www.bravesea.com/blog/find-your-unfair-advantage Audio Description Watch, listen or read the full insight at  Get transcripts, startup resources & community discussions at https://www.bravesea.com WhatsApp: https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VakR55X6BIElUEvkN02e TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@jeremyau Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jeremyauz Twitter X : https://x.com/jeremyau LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bravesea English: Spotify | YouTube | Apple Podcasts Bahasa Indonesia: Spotify | YouTube | Apple Podcasts Chinese: Spotify | YouTube | Apple Podcasts

In this Break/Fix Pit Stop Minisode, the hosts welcome back legendary sports car driver Hurley Haywood to revisit his defining years with Audi in Trans-Am and IMSA. Hurley explains how Bob Tullius and Audi brought him into the program after he broke his leg, describes Group 44's professionalism, and contrasts team dynamics once Audi factory engineers controlled strategy and development. He recounts early surprises with the Quattro, learning all-wheel-drive technique, and how the cars became overwhelmingly dominant, winning a Trans-Am championship before SCCA banned four-wheel drive and IMSA piled on weight and engine restrictions that rarely slowed them. Haywood discusses the advanced 90 Quattro GTO, politics that ended Audi's program, his brief Ferrari F40 IMSA experience, lessons from Walter Röhrl, and reflections on technology, dominance, and Audi's prospects in Formula 1. ===== (Oo---x---oO) ===== 00:00 Hurley Haywood Returns 01:54 Injury to Audi Opportunity 03:21 Audi Quattro First Test 04:49 Bob Tullius Team Culture & Factory Team Dynamics 08:25 Quattro Dominates TransAm 09:47 IMSA 90 Quattro Monster 14:17 Penalties Couldnt Stop Audi 16:26 Rivals Rage and BOP Politics Begin 20:03 Audi Track Antics ... Hans' Mischief Stories 21:53 Walter Röhrl Wisdom: Turbo Lag Techniques 24:31 Le Mans 911 Turbo Reunion 25:46 The Five Cylinder Sound 26:41 NASCAR Talladega Test 27:33 IMSA Exit Politics & The Ferrari F40 Detour 30:20 Revisiting Legends Today 36:04 Can Audi Win F1? 36:53 Final Thanks and Outro ==================== The Motoring Podcast Network : Years of racing, wrenching and Motorsports experience brings together a top notch collection of knowledge, stories and information. #everyonehasastory #gtmbreakfix - motoringpodcast.net More Information: Visit Our Website Become a VIP at: Patreon Online Magazine: Gran Touring Follow us on Social: Instagram

To stand out from competitors, start with what makes you different. Identify your ideal target market. It’s largely going to consist of people who want to do business the way that we do business. Then matching up our style of business with the way that they want to do it. David: Hi, and welcome to the podcast. In today’s episode, co-host Jay McFarland and I will ask the question, what makes you different? Welcome back, Jay. Jay: Thank you for asking me to be with you again. David. I love this question. Because if we don’t know what makes us different, I think it becomes harder to sell or to present yourself or anything else. Knowing your strengths and weaknesses, and playing to your strengths is key. That’s obviously something we should be doing. But I’ve met a lot of people who don’t have self-awareness. They wouldn’t be able to answer this question. So they don’t really know where to focus and they’re kind of haphazard. David: Yeah. In the promotional products industry in particular, people struggle with this. You have all these distributors who are essentially representing very similar lines of product. Often it’s the same lines of product from the same manufacturers. So a lot of people look at that and say, “how can I be different if I’m selling exactly the same products as all the other people that I’m competing with?” And if you ask that question in a rhetorical sense, “how can I possibly do it?” You’re doing it wrong. You need to actually ask yourself that question in a way where you demand results of yourself. Sit down and bullet point it out. What is it that makes me different? What could make me different? Many times I ask the question in live seminars. I say, what differentiates you from your competition? Sometimes people will shout things out and somebody will say service, right? And I’ll say, who here feels their service differentiates them and sets them apart? 40% of the hands in the room go up! And I say, okay, keep ’em up and look around. Can you all be right? Can your service differentiate you from the other people who have their hands in the air? And it’s kind of a rhetorical question, but the answer kind of has to be yes. It has to be yes. I have to be able to differentiate myself in a way that justifies my existence in the market. And so I can be different. I can be different than you. We can both be great potentially in different areas. You know, if you think in terms of the Walmart approach, you know, their thing is cheapest price. Ideally, we don’t want to be that in our market, right? But there is probably something that we can do that will better serve the clients that we’re looking for than what other people in our market are doing. Jay: Yeah, it’s such an important question if we’re all selling the same product. Then what’s going to make somebody choose me over somebody else? And we talked about it in the last podcast. Relationships can be a, a certain part of that, but our systems are turnaround. You know, there’s so many things we can look at internally to say that we live up to that. I think the other hard part, and maybe it’s an important part, is to figure out how to assess what your competitors are doing. If you’re losing sales to your competitors, can you try and assess what they’re doing that is making them win and you not? David: Yeah, and for a lot of people, the difference between an online business and an offline. Is like night and day. Very often there are offline businesses that are trying to compete with online businesses, which have a completely different set of rules and a completely different set of benefits. So very often, rather than saying, how can I compete with this website or whatever, it’s often better to say, how can I be competitive among the people who aren’t really interested in buying from a website, the people who are actually interested in buying from a human? If I’m selling as a human, right? If I’m selling through a website, then I have to ask the opposite question. But there’s always something that we could and should be doing that will differentiate us from our competitors, and that’s what we need to find out. Dan Kennedy, the marketing legend, I remember he said in a seminar one time, the question that we really need to ask ourselves: Why should I do business with you versus any and every other option available to me, including doing nothing? And I was like, wow. Mind blown. Right? But I’ve considered that question so many times over the years. And the last part of it, “including doing nothing” is huge. Because the biggest thing that people tend to do when they’re not buying is they’re deferring. They’re delaying, they’re not doing anything. So the answer to that question has to position us in a way where doing business with us is better than them continuing to do what they’re doing or doing nothing. Jay: Yeah. Yeah, exactly. And such a great point. I’m just sitting here thinking about ways to differentiate myself. I personally am somebody who I don’t want to talk to anybody. I want to do it all online. In fact, I will look for every last option to do it online. But if I’m looking for it online and then suddenly I get something in the mail that is a free piece of, you know, talking about promotional products. No website is going to do that, right? And so now I have something tangible and there’s a name attached to that. And if that gets followed up by a phone call, then that’s a way in the door, that a website is never going to do. A website is going to sit there. They’re going to do their Google ads and everything else, and they’re going to be competing for the same space in those search engines. And so for you to try and rank even at a place where you’re going to get seen can be very difficult. So, the website path, I think in many ways is the harder path if you’re not already dominant in that area. David: Right, and so many of the people that we work with are individuals or small businesses that are looking to get attention. They’re looking to create awareness in their market. They’re not sure how to do it. They look at all the online solutions and they get overwhelmed by that. But it really is apples and oranges. And one of the analogies I use very often is it’s the difference between the kind of person who is going to hire a contractor to put a deck on the back of their house or go to Home Depot, buy the lumber, buy the nails, buy the tools, buy the saws, and do it themselves, right? The people who end up going to the websites are the do-it-yourselfers. And so for most business, If you don’t want to compete with that, then you need to make sure that that’s one of your differentiators. That you’re looking for the people who would much rather interact with another human being. And even those who might prefer to do business online, like you indicated. If I can do it quietly myself, I’m happy to do that. The only time that’s really different is that if you’re going to buy something and you know somebody and you trust somebody in that realm, then you’re actually kind of excited to pick up the phone. When you want to buy something from somebody that you know and like and trust, as the old saying goes, you’re excited to do that. You’d rather do that than go online and find it. Which also goes back to our last discussion about relationships. So, When we think in terms of what makes us different, a lot of it should be addressing who is our ideal target market? And it’s largely going to consist of people who want to do business the way that we do business, and then matching up our style of business with the way that they want to do it. But identifying those people and disqualifying those who don’t meet those criteria are really the quickest ways to do that. Jay: Yeah, I love that because I think so often in business, we feel like we have to sell to the whole world, like everybody is our client and that makes it very hard to zero in, very hard to market to. You’re going to dilute your marketing power when you do that And what also occurs to me, David, is that you can do both. I mean, in the business model I’m in, we have a website that gives information. But we also offer a free 20 minute consultation. So now you’ve got kind of both. If they just want information from the website, then great. If they want to talk to a human being and have specific answers to their situation, then great. And we do well off of both of those models. So it’s not like you have to pick one over the other. But one of the things I think is very important is you have to have somebody during that consultation who is good. And if it’s you, then great. But if that 20 minute consultation is a sales call, then you’ll have blown your credibility. You need to make it a legitimate consultation where you provide a value and a service. If they just get a sales call, man, I will hang that phone up so fast, you know, and move on to the next person. David: Right. And I think for a lot of people, a lot of businesses, a lot of salespeople, the website is a good place for them to be able to deliver information that will advance the sale, advance the conversation. So if you’ve got access to resources like that, you can say to someone who would like to interact with a human being you can go to the website, you can download that, or if you’d like, I’ll email it to you. And the people who want to do business with humans might say, “yeah, just email it to me. I’d rather do that.” So identifying your target audience, letting people know the way that you do things. Those are the big differentiators that people are looking for. And at that point, a lot of it becomes simply finding the right audience. Not trying to convince or persuade people who are not interested in doing business the way you do business to change their minds. You another great analogy that I love is, you can either try to preach to the choir or convert the heathens, right? And converting the heathens is a lot harder. So if you can get yourself in front of a group of people who are already singing your tune, you’re in much better shape. Jay: Yeah, and I’ll also add to that, you know, we talked about targeting the audience that will be best for your business model. But I think also assessing your strengths. There’s a great book, it’s called Unfair Advantage, and it’s where you figure out where you excel more than other people or where you have contacts that other people don’t or whatever. If you are really good at building relationships and really good at working with people, that should inform your business model, right? Because then the website is not going to be as effective as you reaching out and talking to somebody. If you’re not that way, and you’re not a people person, you don’t want to talk to people, you just want a website that converts sales without you, well then that kind of speaks to your business model. So it’s important to know your own strengths and where you are going to be the most successful. David: Yes, and the type of person that your approach is likely to attract. Because if you just want to do it all online, there is a market for that. There are people who just want to do business that way. But when you’re not doing business that way, I think it’s a mistake to try to bang that square peg into a round hole. Jay: Mm-hmm. Yeah. Absolutely. How do people find out more, David? David: You can go to TopSecrets.com/call to schedule a call with myself or my team. We’d love to have the conversation if you’re having trouble differentiating yourself in the market. If you’re having trouble identifying the people that you need to be interacting with, the ones who are actually likely to spend money with you, this will be time well spent. So go to TopSecrets.com/call. We’d love to have the conversation. Jay: All right. I always love our conversation. David, thank you so much for your time today. David: Thank you, Jay. Are You Ready to Differentiate Yourself and Close More Sales? 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In this insightful interview, real estate expert Charles Kao shares his journey from family roots in Taiwan to leading Twin Oaks Capital. He discusses market strategies, risk mitigation, and building strong investor relationships, offering valuable insights for scaling and succeeding in real estate investing.   Professional Real Estate Investors - How we can help you: Investor Fuel Mastermind:  Learn more about the Investor Fuel Mastermind, including 100% deal financing, massive discounts from vendors and sponsors you're already using, our world class community of over 150 members, and SO much more here: http://www.investorfuel.com/apply   Investor Machine Marketing Partnership:  Are you looking for consistent, high quality lead generation? Investor Machine is America's #1 lead generation service professional investors. Investor Machine provides true 'white glove' support to help you build the perfect marketing plan, then we'll execute it for you…talking and working together on an ongoing basis to help you hit YOUR goals! Learn more here: http://www.investormachine.com   Coaching with Mike Hambright:  Interested in 1 on 1 coaching with Mike Hambright? Mike coaches entrepreneurs looking to level up, build coaching or service based businesses (Mike runs multiple 7 and 8 figure a year businesses), building a coaching program and more. Learn more here: https://investorfuel.com/coachingwithmike   Attend a Vacation/Mastermind Retreat with Mike Hambright: Interested in joining a "mini-mastermind" with Mike and his private clients on an upcoming "Retreat", either at locations like Cabo San Lucas, Napa, Park City ski trip, Yellowstone, or even at Mike's East Texas "Big H Ranch"? Learn more here: http://www.investorfuel.com/retreat   Property Insurance: Join the largest and most investor friendly property insurance provider in 2 minutes. Free to join, and insure all your flips and rentals within minutes! There is NO easier insurance provider on the planet (turn insurance on or off in 1 minute without talking to anyone!), and there's no 15-30% agent mark up through this platform!  Register here: https://myinvestorinsurance.com/   New Real Estate Investors - How we can work together: Investor Fuel Club (Coaching and Deal Partner Community): Looking to kickstart your real estate investing career? Join our one of a kind Coaching Community, Investor Fuel Club, where you'll get trained by some of the best real estate investors in America, and partner with them on deals! You don't need $ for deals…we'll partner with you and hold your hand along the way! Learn More here: http://www.investorfuel.com/club   —--------------------

The story you've been told about your aging brain is wrong. Strategic attention peaks in your late 50s. Innovative cognition in your early 60s. Integrative reasoning around 62. Meanwhile, AI keeps commoditizing the very capabilities younger workers were supposed to dominate — speed, information processing, rapid adaptation. The math has shifted. Human judgment, the thing the midlife brain actually does best, may be the last unfair advantage left. In this episode of The Trending Communicator, host Dan Nestle welcomes back Dr. Michael Netzley, founder and CEO of Extend My Runway, faculty at IMD and Korn Ferry, and author of the Substack Thrive After 45. Five years after their first conversation about neuroplasticity and the executive brain, Michael returns with new evidence, sharper tools, and a clearer argument — the cognitive abilities AI cannot replicate are exactly the ones that strengthen with age, if you make the investments. Dan and Michael unpack why AI takes the execution but leaves the questions and the judgment, why transformational thinking may be the platinum cognitive skill of the AI era, and the stark choice between offloading your brain and sharpening it. They get into Janus, Mark Schaefer, brain health fundamentals, neurodiversity, and why the survivors of this moment will be the ones who stop competing with AI on its strongest ground. Listen in and hear about... Why different cognitive abilities peak in midlife and what that means for AI-era careers The three-part work model — question, execution, evaluation — and where human value now lives Transformational thinking, neuroplasticity, and the zoom in / zoom out / zoom wide framework Why brain health fundamentals — sleep, exercise, monotasking — are non-negotiable The identity shift from leader to senior advisor, and what midlife professionals get wrong about reinvention Notable Quotes from Michael Netzley "Your adult brain is your last unfair advantage in the age of AI. And if you optimize these midlife strengths by making investments, you can do the things that AI cannot." "Transformational thinking is your platinum cognitive function. Because if you cannot do that sequence of zoom in, zoom out, zoom wide, you literally become irrelevant." "AI is probably not going to make you dumber, but the choices you make definitely can." Resources and Links Dan Nestle Lilypath | Website The Trending Communicator | Website Communications Trends from Trending Communicators | Dan Nestle's Substack Dan Nestle | LinkedIn Dr. Michael Netzley Extend My Runway | Website Thrive After 45 | Substack Dr. Michael Netzley | LinkedIn Timestamps 0:00:00 Introduction: Revisiting aging brain myths and the rise of AI 0:06:36 AI and midlife cognitive strengths: Thriving after 45 0:12:24 AI's impact on communicators: Shifting value to judgment and creativity 0:18:51 AI prompts, creativity backlash, and evolving skillsets 0:25:36 Cognitive offload, adaptability, and career phase challenges in the AI era 0:32:17 Developing curiosity and transformational thinking at any age 0:39:33 Cognitive overload, judgment, and building personal content systems 0:46:40 Transformational thinking, portfolio careers, and identity shifts 0:53:06 Brain health foundations and practical brain training for higher-order skills 0:58:46 Neurodiversity, novelty, and finding fulfillment through varied roles 1:05:21 Senior roles, independence, and the evolving definition of success 1:09:01 The “year of the oops”: AI layoffs, organizational knowledge, and future-proofing careers 1:11:04 Closing remarks and resources (Notes co-created by Human Dan, Claude, and Castmagic) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Money is such a contentious issue. In the world at large, but specifically within the Christian community. The love of money is the root of all evil...but does that mean making money is wrong? Do I really need to tithe 10%? Is budgeting a lack of trust in God? There's a million questions that end up becoming quite theological, and it can be tough to find God's peace in the whole conversation. That's why we brought on Bob Lotich, from Seed Time, to give us an overview from his experience and perspective as a Christian financial expert, on how families can think about money from a Christian perspective and not get totally overwhelmed in the process. On this episode, we talk about: 0:00 Intro 1:23 How does a Christian family approach finances differently? 3:37 Avoiding the financial and spiritual ditches 9:39 God-first finances 19:01 Income and Expenses Imbalance 24:31 The biblical tension with wealth 31:04 Real Money Math Budgeting Resources Mentioned: Seed Time Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@seedtimepodcast/ Website: https://seedtime.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/seedtime/ Simple Money, Rich Life by Bob Lotich: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0593193652/ Rocket Money app: https://www.rocketmoney.com/ --- Follow Family Teams: Facebook: https://facebook.com/famteams Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/familyteams Website: https://www.familyteams.com --- Hi, welcome to the Family Teams podcast! Our goal here is to help your family become a multigenerational team on mission by providing you with Biblically rooted concepts, tools and rhythms! Your hosts are Jeremy Pryor and Jefferson Bethke. Make sure to subscribe on Apple, Spotify, or YouTube so you don't miss out on future episodes!

Learn how to leverage AI agents to build faster, smarter, and more profitable businesses without burning yourself out. AI agents are no longer something you plan for in the future they are working right now for the founders who are paying attention, and in this episode, I sit down with one of my favorite people on the planet to show you exactly what that looks like in practice. We go deep into how AI agents are being used today to automate creative work, produce films, manage workflows, and even build the software that builds the software. If you have ever felt like you are falling behind with AI, this conversation is going to light a fire under you, because the scoreboard has reset and the window to get ahead is open right now. Mike Koenigs is a 5x serial entrepreneur with five exits, a 19x bestselling author, a stage 3a colorectal cancer survivor, and the guy founders call when they are ready to build their next act. Peter Diamandis calls him an arsonist of the mind, and Tony Robbins has said he is an extraordinary man who brings insights so valuable that you need to take advantage of what he has to offer. Mike has taken the stage at MIT, NASA, the United Nations, Abundance 360, Tony Robbins events, Strategic Coach, and Genius Network, demonstrating hands-on AI systems in real time. He is the founder of The Superpower Accelerator and AI Accelerator, co-host of two top 1% podcasts, and has spent four decades working with companies like Sony, BMW, and 20th Century Fox, as well as hundreds of entrepreneurs building high-net, low-overhead businesses they actually love. KEY TAKEAWAYS: AI agents can fully automate creative workflows including scriptwriting, mood boards, video production, and voiceover without needing a large team behind you. Your competitive edge is not the tools you use but the context, experience, and creative thinking you bring to the way you use them. Mike's go-to AI stack includes NotebookLM, Claude, Manus, Replit, and Gemini, and with those tools alone he can build almost anything he needs. We are moving from an output-based economy to an outcome-based economy, and the founders who will win are the ones who lead with creative thinking and critical problem-solving. AI does not have taste and does not know what finished looks like, which means your vision, judgment, and experience remain your greatest assets. The biggest trap in AI is not falling behind but getting pulled into infinite possibility without clear constraints, which costs you focus and precious time. Building agents that handle repetitive background work frees you up to operate as the architect, the creative force driving outcomes rather than the one doing the manual lifting. The founders who come out ahead are the ones who wake up curious every single day, embrace discomfort, and keep showing up to learn and apply before anyone else does. Connect with Mike Koenigs: aiaccelerator.com/free Growing your business is hard, but it doesn't have to be. In this podcast, we will be discussing top level strategies for both growing and expanding your business beyond seven figures. The show will feature a mix of pure content and expert interviews to present key concepts and fundamental topics in a variety of different formats. We believe that this format will enable our listeners to learn the most from the show, implement more in their businesses, and get real value out of the podcast. Enjoy the show. Please remember to rate, review and subscribe to the podcast so you don't miss any future episodes. Your support and reviews are important and help us to grow and improve the show. Follow Charles Gaudet and Predictable Profits on Social Media: Facebook: facebook.com/PredictableProfits Instagram: instagram.com/predictableprofits Twitter: twitter.com/charlesgaudet LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/charlesgaudet Visit Charles Gaudet's Wesbites:  www.PredictableProfits.com www.predictableprofits.com/community https://start.predictableprofits.com/community  

Co-Host Jim Wolfe (https://mountaintoppodcast.com/funny) My long-time friend and fellow coach Jim Wolfe returns, this time to talk about how to use the kind of humor that women find attractive. We kick things off by talking about the oxymoron that the harder we try to be funny, the less funny we are. What do you do with that situation? Well, the good news is being funny is a learned skill...but one few men ever master. What kind of humor attracts women, and what kind turns them off? It's important to get that part right. Jim lives right next to Iran these days, which is decidedly not funny. How does humor relieve stress and make life in general more bearable? What is the difference between having a sense of humor and being funny? You don't actually have to be a comedian to make women laugh, all you need is THIS (which most men are allergic to!) What about using humor as a Dad, as well as with women? What's the same and different? And what's the same and different about the humor you use when meeting women vs. the humor you use to keep a long-term relationship interesting? What is the difference between tension and pressure, and why is it so important to this conversation? And what is it about being funny that has a meta-level effect on a woman's attraction level toward you? Why is taking ourselves too seriously an even worse problem than simply not being funny at all? Best of all, you want practical tips and examples, and we bring 'em. At the very least you'll be slightly funnier having listened to his show! You're a "Big Four" man, now meet your "Big Four" woman: https://mountaintoppodcast.com/bigfourwoman === HELP US SEND THE MESSAGE TO GREAT MEN EVERYWHERE === This show is built on the "Big Four": Confidence, Masculinity, Liking Women, and Good Character. Better men get better women. If you love what you hear, please rate the show on the service you subscribed to it on (takes one second) and leave a review.

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Rory's "controversial" Masters prep, a caller's take on Frank the Tank vs. Tommy Lugauer, and a ten-year milestone for Lupus Mike. After recapping the Yankees' sweep and Aaron Judge's late homer, we hear from Rory on his repeat win and discuss Haotong Li's pre-tournament bathroom disaster. We wrap up with NBA play-ins on Amazon Prime and Boomer's Montreal hockey trip that left him with a busted knee.

The boys break down the preposterous Rory McIlroy debate taking place among casuals and lay into CBS for bungling the 72nd hole. Plus, did Augusta National play too soft? And was that it for Justin Rose? Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

If you want to level up your running, we're going to explain exactly how to do it. Because the truth is, there are ways to get better faster, if you know what actually works. There are certain factors that do give runners an advantage. So in this episode, we're going to break them all down, and tell you how to apply it to your training. These are 5 brutally honest truths that will give you an unfair advantage - and stick around for a few bonus truths at the end because we thought of a few more EDGE Coach Quip Podcast: Ep 235: Brutally Honest Truths That. Give You an Unfair Advantage in Running

In this episode, we dive deep into the "Power Law" of e-commerce. According to recent data from Marketplace Pulse, the top 1.6% of sellers now generate a staggering 50% of all sales on Amazon. The gap between the "thriving" and the "distressed" is wider than ever.Joining us is Sean Stone, founder of Spillover Commerce, to break down the specific strategies that allow elite brands to dominate the marketplace. We move past basic PPC tactics to explore how the world's most successful brands manufacture their own "unfair advantages."Don't forget to like, subscribe, and hit the notification bell to stay ahead of the e-commerce curve!We'll see you in The PPC Den!

At YNAB we often talk about how getting good with money can help you reduce stress, improve your confidence, improve your relationships, and generally bring you a sense of peace and security -- which is true! There are also some hard mathematical advantages to getting good with money. Jesse points out how getting good with money, learning to set money aside for future expenses can net you great deals. In today's age of ubiquitous consumer credit, paying for things upfront becauase you already have the money can save you anywhere from a few percent to a large chunk (Jesse references a medical bill that was nearly 60% cheaper when paying cash upfront).   Watch The Jesse Mecham Show on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@jessemechamshow   Got a question for Jesse? Send him an email: askjesse@ynab.com   Sign up for a free 34-day trial of YNAB at: www.youneedabudget.com   Follow YNAB on social media: Facebook: @ynabofficial Instagram: @ynab.official Twitter/X: @ynab Tik Tok: @ynabofficial  

In this episode, Dr. Peter Kim talks about the unique advantages physicians have when it comes to building wealth. He shares insights from his early experiences at a real estate meetup and explores how physicians, with their reliable and high income, are already in a prime position to invest. Tune in to hear how you can leverage your clinical income, borrowing power, and risk tolerance to create passive income and financial freedom. Don't miss it! Join the Passive Real Estate Academy! Are you looking for a community to encourage you as you begin, or want to accelerate your business to the next level? Then join thousands of physicians who share the same journey of creating their ideal lives through multiple streams of income by joining us in our Facebook communities such as Passive Income Docs and Passive Income MD.

Service Managers, Fixed Ops Directors, and Dealership Owners — the gap between the leaders and the laggards in our industry is about to become an abyss. Most dealerships are looking at AI as a "maybe later" project, but the early adopters are already creating an unfair advantage that saves thousands in marketing and streamlines production. In this episode of SDR #352, we break down: ✅ The "Virtual Assistant" Fail: Why bad AI implementation is driving your customers away ✅ Critical takeaways from the TMC Conference: What the future of trucking and service looks like ✅ The "Igloo Cooler" Psychology: Why humanizing your tech matters more than you think ✅ Optimization of things that shouldn't exist: Are you perfecting a broken process?  ✅ How AI is moving from "Chatbot" to "Predictive Maintenance" in the shop ✅ The Unfair Advantage: Why being early to AI will slash your marketing costs ✅ Preview: A sneak peek into non-traditional ways to motivate your technicians If your service department struggles with: - Inconsistent customer communication - Bloated marketing budgets with diminishing returns - Resistance to new technology from your team - Or simply feeling overwhelmed by the "AI hype" This episode will cut through the noise and show you exactly where the industry is heading and how to stay ahead of the curve. The strength of your future production depends on the technology you embrace today. #FixedOps #ServiceManager #AIinAutomotive #ChrisBulldogCollins #TMC2026 #DealershipTechnology #ServiceDriveRevolution #futureofwork

"Personal Branding” might be the most overused and misunderstood buzzword in modern marketing. Here's the truth... Posting more doesn't make you memorable, and being visible doesn't mean you're valuable. There's a science to owning the room in 2026...In this episode of Take the Stage, Brad Bialy sits down with Sharon Bondurant to break down what it really takes to own the room in 2026 through clarity, consistency, courage, and human connection in an AI-driven world. About the Guest Sharon Bondurant is the founder of The Finders, an Arizona-based recruiting firm she launched in 1998 that has grown into a twice-named Inc. 5000 company with over 6,000 placements across Tech, HR, and Finance. She's known for her human-first approach to recruiting, emphasizing long-term relationships, trust, and sustainable growth. Key Takeaways Clarity beats chasing everything. You grow when you get uncomfortable on purpose. Relationships compound faster than cold outreach. Consistency builds trust long before opportunity appears. Courage creates access where skill alone cannot. Timestamps [00:00] – Is standing out harder in 2026? [02:10] – Why strategy determines visibility [03:30] – Defining your true ICP [05:15] – The danger of saying yes to everything [07:40] – Letting go of good to become great [09:00] – Starting with your existing network [10:40] – Unlocking revenue in your database [14:00] – Listening as a competitive advantage [19:30] – Rebuilding in-person relationships [22:00] – Becoming the authority in the room [25:30] – The “third door” to new opportunities [36:45] – Why consistency and follow-up win About the Host Brad Bialy is a trusted voice and highly sought-after speaker in the staffing and recruiting industry, known for helping firms grow through integrated marketing, sales, and recruiting strategies. With over 13 years at Haley Marketing and a proven track record guiding hundreds of firms, Brad brings deep expertise and a fresh, actionable perspective to every engagement. He's the host of Take the Stage and InSights, two of the staffing industry's leading podcasts with more than 200,000 downloads. Sponsors and Offers Heard Book a 30-minute business and marketing consultation with host Brad Bialy: https://bit.ly/Bialy30 Benefits in a Card helps staffing firms offer meaningful benefits to their entire workforce through flexible, unbundled plans designed for high-turnover environments—making it easier to control costs, improve retention, and stay competitive. https://www.BenefitsInACard.com TRICOM partners with staffing firms as an asset-based lender and full-service back-office provider, helping owners scale confidently by reducing risk and easing the operational strain of payroll, cash flow, and administration. https://www.tricom.com    

"One Rental to Freedom" and the Creative Wealth AcceleratorWe're thrilled to announce the Creative Wealth Accelerator, a three-day intensive training happening March 26-28 from 10 AM to 4 PM via Zoom. Join Chad and Scott Poirier as we dive deep into the strategies you need to acquire properties without relying on banks or your own cash. We'll cover everything from running numbers and making creative finance offers to talking with sellers and private lenders.At just $97, this is an investment you won't want to miss. Check out the link below for more information and to sign up today!https://go.mydealinc.com/creativewealthaccelerator In this episode of the One Rental to Freedom Podcast, host Chad Harris sits down with 16-year real estate veteran David Randolph to pull back the curtain on short sales. While many investors struggle with high market prices, David reveals how he buys properties at a massive discount—sometimes for pennies on the dollar—by negotiating directly with banks.David shares his step-by-step process for identifying distressed properties, navigating the bank's bureaucracy, and using the "Request for Mortgage Assistance" (RMA) to stop foreclosures in their tracks. Whether you are a flipper or a landlord looking for high cash-flow rentals, this episode provides the blueprint for finding opportunity where others see crisis.Key Takeaways:What a short sale actually is and why banks prefer them over foreclosures.How David bought a house for $29,600 and sold it for $275,000.The "ATR" (Authorization to Release) form: Your key to talking to the bank.Why you should never fax your documents (and what to do instead).How to find leads through public foreclosure notices.

Proverbs 25 teaches a powerful mindset shift through daily faith, praise, and small consistent actions — revealing how spiritual discipline and intentional gratitude create an unfair advantage in life, leadership, and personal growth. In this faith-based motivational podcast episode recorded in Southern California, we explore how praise, biblical wisdom, and “Inchstones” — small daily actions — compound into life-changing milestones.Today's episode dives deep into Proverbs 25 and the idea that transformation doesn't happen through massive moments but through consistent, faithful steps taken every single day. These Inchstones — small actionable choices — eventually become the milestones that define our lives.Growing up, my mama always said: “God is in the midst of the praise of His people — praise Him in all things.”At the time, I didn't realize this was a cheat code for life.Praise becomes an unfair advantage.When you focus on praise:You remove space for negativity.Pride and ego lose their grip.Judgment fades.Gratitude replaces comparison.Opposition loses power.Your words begin to speak life into others.Proverbs 25 reminds us that distractions, pride, and misplaced focus can quietly steal our peace. But praise centers us. It strengthens patience. It builds favor. It creates contentment. And even intense heat — life's hardest seasons — becomes purification instead of destruction.

In this data-driven episode, Michael Blank is joined by returning guest Neal Bawa, one of the most analytical minds in multifamily real estate. Neal breaks down why the market has failed to rebound as many expected, why 2026 may remain a “muddling” year, and how excess supply, construction costs, and policy decisions are reshaping rents and underwriting assumptions. This conversation offers a clear-eyed, numbers-based outlook on what investors should realistically expect over the next several years.Key TakeawaysThe market is behaving rationally, not emotionally — despite abundant capital, investors remain cautious due to fundamentals, not fear.Three consecutive years of oversupply broke historical patterns, causing Class B and C assets to feel pressure previously thought impossible.Rent growth is slowly returning, with projections around ~1.5% in 2026 and normalization closer to 2.5% beyond that.Many deals will never return to original pro formas, requiring investors to reset expectations and focus on survivability over returns.Rising construction costs from labor shortages and tariffs are likely to suppress new development and benefit existing assets long term.2027–2029 may see meaningful upside, as reduced supply finally meets sustained housing demand.For full episode show notes visit: https://themichaelblank.com/podcasts/session511/

We're back! INTC's third season starts… now! Are we celebrating by going full nerd with this one? Does Alex Palou wear Labubu pajamas? Did Sam have a dream last week where Ross and Jeff heckled him from the audience like Statler and Waldorf from The Muppets?(The answers, respectively: yes; definitely yes; and dear lord, it was deeply weird but also oddly delightful, yes.)You asked for it: This is an episode about books! Racing books, to be specific—the ones that changed our lives. And naturally, Sam decided to turn it into a fun little game show, because he's broken like that.***IN THIS EP: The racing book that tops them all — Jimmy Clark scars a young Ross — Mark Donohue scars a young Sam — The zen phrases Ross keeps under his pillow at night — The Lady Badass McSuitcase — and more!This show changes format weekly, because squirrel. This week's format is an experiment—we call it “THOSE PEOPLE DON'T READ.”This episode was produced by Sam Smith.**BOOKS IN THIS EP: “By Brooks Too Broad For Leaping” by Denise McCluggage: https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?ds=20&kn=by%20brooks%20too%20broad%20for%20leaping&ref_=ds_ac_rk&sts=t*“Jim Clark at the Wheel” by Jim Clark: https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?ds=20&kn=jim%20clark%20at%20the%20wheel&ref_=ds_ac_d_22&sts=t*“Stand On It” by Bill Neely and Bob Ottum: https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?ds=20&kn=stand%20on%20it&ref_=ds_ac_d_11&sts=t*“Thinking Body, Dancing Mind” by Chungliang Al Huang:https://www.amazon.com/Thinking-Body-Dancing-Mind-Extraordinary/dp/0553373781/*“The Unfair Advantage” by Mark Donohue: https://www.amazon.com/Unfair-Advantage-Mark-Donohue/dp/0837600693/*“How to Build a Car” by Adrian Newey: https://www.amazon.com/How-Build-Car-Autobiography-Greatest/dp/000819680X**Who We Are + Spicy Merch:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.ItsNotTheCar.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠**Support It's Not the Car:Contribute on Patreon ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.patreon.com/notthecar⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠**Topic suggestions, feedback, questions? Let us know what you think!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠INTCPod@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠**Check out Sam's book!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Smithology: Thoughts, Travels, and Semi-Plausible Car Writing, 2003–2023⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠**Where to find us:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/intcpod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/thatsamsmith/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/j.v.braun/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/rossbentley/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://rossbentley.substack.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://speedsecrets.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠**ABOUT THE SHOW:It's Not the Car is a podcast about people and speed. We tell racing stories and leave out the boring parts.Ross Bentley is a former IndyCar driver, a bestselling author, and a world-renowned performance coach. Jeff Braun is a champion race engineer. Sam Smith is an award-winning writer and a former executive editor of Road & Track magazine.We don't love racing for the nuts and bolts—we love it for what it asks of the meatbag at the wheel.New episodes every Tuesday.

You can list your weaknesses on demand. But when someone asks, "What's your unfair advantage?" — you freeze. That hesitation? That's the real problem. Welcome, Pivoter. In this episode of PivotMe, April challenges one of the most common and costly habits high performers have: obsessing over gaps instead of leveraging strengths. Most people can tell you exactly where they fall short — where the market is crowded, where they're behind, why it's harder for them than everyone else. But ask them to name their unfair advantage, and everything stops. This episode reframes what an unfair advantage actually is, why everyone has one, and how ignoring yours keeps you stuck playing someone else's game instead of winning your own. Key Takeaways Why we fixate on what we lack Focusing on shortcomings feels safer. It gives us a reasonable excuse for mediocre results — but it also keeps us from pushing again. What an unfair advantage really is It's not cheating. It's not luck. Your unfair advantage is anything that makes progress easier for you than it would be for someone else. Unfair advantages don't have to be flashy They might be traits, skills, experiences, timing, or perspective. They just have to be true. Examples of unfair advantages Pattern recognition Communication skills Emotional intelligence Experience watching businesses succeed and fail Early exposure to trends or industries April models her own advantages From bridging generations to disciplined execution and deep internal work, April demonstrates how knowing what you can lean on creates clarity and momentum. Why this matters in business Your unfair advantage tells you: What lane to stay in What problems you solve best What you should stop competing on Why this matters in life Resilience, adaptability, and emotional awareness are advantages — especially if you've survived things others couldn't. The Challenge Write this sentence and finish it honestly: "My unfair advantage is…" Not what sounds impressive. Not what you wish it was. What's actually true. Then ask: How can I use this more intentionally in my business? How can I lean on this more fully in my life? Stop trying to win someone else's game. Win yours. You don't need to fix everything you're bad at. You need to stop ignoring what you're already good at. Your unfair advantage isn't hiding. You've just been apologizing for it instead of using it. Keep pivoting forward, Pivoter. Want help identifying and leveraging your unfair advantage?

In this special coaching episode of Passionate & Prosperous, I coach Michael Barnes, a certified health and life coach in the early stages of building his coaching business.Michael came into the session wanting clarity around three things:where to focus his limited time and energy while working a full-time job, how to talk about his work without sounding “coachy,” and what it really looks like to embody being a coach — not turn it on and off depending on the room.What unfolded was a layered, honest coaching conversation where we got to the heart of what Michael actually does, who he's uniquely positioned to help, and why his lived experience gives him what I call an unfair advantage — even if he hasn't fully been using it yet.You'll hear Michael have real-time breakthroughs around his messaging, his ideal client, and why people are already drawn to him — not because of his certifications, but because of who he is, how he lives, and the life he's actively creating.We also talk about why clients don't hire coaches because of polished language or perfect positioning — they hire us because they see us being, doing, or having something they want for themselves. And why sharing your story, your evolution, and your perspective isn't optional if you want your work to land.In this episode, we cover:Why it's important to know what outcomes and results your clients are really looking for (and not just what you think they want)How to stop hiding behind “coach language” and start speaking in a way that calls in your ideal clientsHow to leverage your unfair advantage — and why it's a key to knowing your nicheWhat it really means to embody your work instead of trying to switch it on for marketingWhy people are drawn to coaches who are visibly living what they teachHow specificity (not being vague or universal) makes your message more powerfulMaking intentional choices about visibility and connection when you don't have unlimited timeThis episode is a powerful reminder that business growth isn't driven by finding the perfect script, niche sentence, or marketing formula. They're built by developing your skills, taking action before you feel “ready,” and letting your lived experience lead the way.

This week is a special episode. Only David Senra could get me to be on the other side of the mic. Because I don't plan on being interviewed often, I wanted to share this conversation, which I so enjoyed, with our audience. It went in a very different direction than I expected. We barely talk about investing or interviewing. Instead, we talk about finding an organizing principle for life, undiscovered talent, and the idea that “the reward for good work is more work.” We also discuss the principles that guide how I think about building Invest Like the Best, Colossus, and Positive Sum. This conversation was originally recorded and released on David Senra, and I wanted to share on the Invest Like The Best feed as well. Please go follow what he's doing, there's no one like David. Enjoy! For the full show notes, transcript, and links to mentioned content, check out the episode page ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ----- This episode is brought to you by⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠Ramp⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Ramp's mission is to help companies manage their spend in a way that reduces expenses and frees up time for teams to work on more valuable projects. Go to⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠ramp.com/invest⁠ to sign up for free and get a $250 welcome bonus. ----- This episode is brought to you by⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Vanta. Trusted by thousands of businesses, Vanta continuously monitors your security posture and streamlines audits so you can win enterprise deals and build customer trust without the traditional overhead. Visit vanta.com/invest.  ----- This episode is brought to you by Rogo. Rogo is an AI-powered platform that automates accounts payable workflows, enabling finance teams to process invoices faster and with greater accuracy. Learn more at Rogo.ai/invest. ----- This episode is brought to you by ⁠WorkOS⁠. WorkOS is a developer platform that enables SaaS companies to quickly add enterprise features to their applications. Visit ⁠WorkOS.com⁠ to transform your application into an enterprise-ready solution in minutes, not months. ----- This episode is brought to you by⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Ridgeline⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Ridgeline has built a complete, real-time, modern operating system for investment managers. It handles trading, portfolio management, compliance, customer reporting, and much more through an all-in-one real-time cloud platform. Visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ridgelineapps.com. ----- Editing and post-production work for this episode was provided by The Podcast Consultant (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://thepodcastconsultant.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠). Timestamps (00:00:00) Welcome to Invest Like The Best (00:04:26) Intro (00:05:14) The Joy of Championing Undiscovered Talent (00:07:33) How One Tweet Changed David's Life (00:10:16) The Upanishads Passage That Shaped Patrick's Worldview (00:15:32) Growth Without Goals  (00:17:24) Why Media and Investing Are the Same Thing (00:33:05) The Search for True Understanding (00:35:36) The Daniel Ek Dinner That Launched David's Podcast (00:39:02) Making Your Own Recipe From the Ingredients of Great Lives (00:43:46) The Privilege of a Lifetime Is Being Who You Are (00:52:06) Bruce Springsteen (00:57:23) Clean Fuel vs Dirty Fuel: The Source of Your Ambition (01:01:43) The Unfair Advantage of Podcasting (01:04:12) Relationships Run the World (01:11:10) The Origin Story of Invest Like the Best (01:12:45) Building Colossus: Why Start a Magazine in 2025 (01:18:42) People Are More Interested in People Than Anything Else (01:22:12) Hiring Through Output (01:26:23) Learn, Build, Share, Repeat (01:30:01) The Daisy Chain: How Reading Books Led to Everything (01:33:15) Red on the Color Wheel: Sam Hinkie's Observation (01:40:17) Finding Your Superpower and Becoming More Yourself (01:45:06) Repetition Doesn't Spoil the Prayer: Teaching as Leadership (01:48:11) Life's Work: A Lifelong Quest to Build Something for Others (01:52:00) The Ten Roles Game and What Matters Most (01:59:12) Husband, Father, Grandfather (02:01:52) The Kindest Thing

Join My 8-Week Transformation Challenge https://ericrobertsfitness.com/erf-8week-challenge.html  In this episode, I'm breaking down my 7 secret dieting tips that will give you an unfair advantage to losing fat in 2026. These aren't your typical 'eat in a calorie deficit' tips—these are the actual strategies I use with my one-on-one coaching clients to make fat loss feel easier and more sustainable. If you're serious about starting the new year right, this episode is a must-listen.