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Positioning your brand correctly is the most powerful thing you can do to attract and retain customers. Effective copywriting is how you do it.  My guest on this episode is none other than The Email Copywriter, Chris Orzechowski, and he's here to deliver massive value about copywriting, positioning, and marketing strategy.  We talk about how to think about copywriting, ways to improve your emails, and different styles of email campaigns and flows. We go deep into positioning and ways to unlock advertising angles for your brand that are probably already inside your own head if you're passionate about your business and products.  Chris is a member of the Coalition, our community of 250+ eComm founders, and recently did a training on How to Make Your Emails Irresistible. It's one of our most popular trainings so definitely check it out. If you're interested in joining the Coalition to access this training and more like it, sign up here.  Episode Highlights: 4:08 How Chris became The Email Copywriter  4:54 Why Chris chose to focus on eCommerce copywriting 9:01 Where Chris's advertising inspiration comes from 11:36 Debunking the biggest misconception about email marketing - sending too many emails  15:18 Long form copy - why you should test it  19:28 Writing about your product with dimensionalized benefits  21:07 Levels of market sophistication and how to position yourself in your industry 24:21 Appealing to your market identity  26:26 Chris's favorite email testing opportunities 28:15 The process Chris uses to test copy  32:08 Copywriting that shifts people's mindset  33:17 Using your product knowledge to write inspiring copy  39:09 How to talk to your customers to inform your copywriting 40:49 The future of email marketing - what you should be thinking about 46:11 What's working right now in email marketing - things to test today 52:28 The new marketing copy opportunity - SMS  58:59 How to hire a copywriter  Resources: Chris's Website  Make Your Marketing Emails Irresistible Training Copychief.com The Coalition @a_brawn on Twitter Review or subscribe on iTunes

How did TikTok become popular? We try to answer that question in this week's podcast with the author of the TikTok Boom, Chris Stokel-Walker.Chris joins us to discuss the story of TikTok, what made TikTok successful, TikTok vs. YouTube, TikTok vs. Vine, plans for the future and so much more.Chris is a freelance journalist based in the UK and has had his work featured in places like The Times, Bloomberg, WIRED, BBC and more. His new book, TikTok Boom, which chronicles TikTok's rise is available now and you can get your copy of the book here.WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT2:40 - Chris's background13:30 - Getting into journalism24:28 - Learn by doing37:05 - Being a freelance journalist today42:03 - Why Chris wrote a book on TikTok56:31 - TikTok's early growth  and success with a younger demographic1:11:20 - How will TikTok continue to innovate without losing its uniquenessFOLLOW CHRISTwitter - @StokelFOLLOW JACOBhttps://www.jacobkelly.ca/YouTube - Jacob KellyInstagram - @TheJacobKellyFOLLOW MY SOCIAL LIFEhttps://www.jacobkelly.ca/mysociallifeFOLLOW TRUFANhttps://www.trufan.ioInstagram - @Trufan.ioMUSICSong: Tough Love - Joakim Karudhttps://soundcloud.com/joakimkarudhttps://www.facebook.com/joakimkarudmusichttps://www.youtube.com/user/JoakimKarudMusic from SoundcloudMusic provided by RFM:https://youtu.be/jaoStyAQN4o

Sticks and sticks! Listen how to improve your golf game from the founder of Carolina Blue Cigars. It's all course management and ball placement, explains Chris Moore to https://bovedainc.com/box-press-podcast/ (Box Press) Host Rob Gagner of https://bovedainc.com/tobacco/ (Boveda) at the 2021 Tobacco Plus Expo in Las Vegas.  Along with golf tips, learn: How not to kill your palate smoking cigars How to kill tobacco beetles without ruining your cigars How to spot a fake Cuban How Chris launched his North Carolina cigar company Why you couldn't find Carolina Blue Cigars for awhile Why Chris relaunched his cigar brand In this Boveda cigar podcast, Rob and Chris are smoking the https://shopcarolinabluecigars.com/products/limitada-20pc-box (CBC Limitada). Chris protects Carolina Blues with Boveda to preserve the sugars and oils of his boutique cigars. You can protect your cigars just like cigars makers, too. Preserve your passion with Boveda, makers of https://store.bovedainc.com/collections/boveda-for-tobacco (2-way humidity control for cigars), https://store.bovedainc.com/collections/boveda-for-tobacco (easy seasoning for wood humidors), https://store.bovedainc.com/collections/tobacco-accessories/products/tobacco-humidor-bags (humidor bags) and https://store.bovedainc.com/collections/tobacco-accessories/products/hygrometer-calibration (one-step hygrometer calibration kits).  https://shopcarolinabluecigars.com/ (https://shopcarolinabluecigars.com/) https://cigarsforwarriors.org/ (https://cigarsforwarriors.org/) https://tobaccoplusexpo.com/ (https://tobaccoplusexpo.com/)

Big machine learning models can identify plant species better than any human, write passable essays, beat you at a game of Starcraft 2, figure out how a photo of Tobey Maguire and the word 'spider' are related, solve the 60-year-old 'protein folding problem', diagnose some diseases, play romantic matchmaker, write solid computer code, and offer questionable legal advice. Humanity made these amazing and ever-improving tools. So how do our creations work? In short: we don't know. Today's guest, Chris Olah, finds this both absurd and unacceptable. Over the last ten years he has been a leader in the effort to unravel what's really going on inside these black boxes. As part of that effort he helped create the famous DeepDream visualisations at Google Brain, reverse engineered the CLIP image classifier at OpenAI, and is now continuing his work at Anthropic, a new $100 million research company that tries to "co-develop the latest safety techniques alongside scaling of large ML models". Links to learn more, summary and full transcript. Despite having a huge fan base thanks to his explanations of ML and tweets, today's episode is the first long interview Chris has ever given. It features his personal take on what we've learned so far about what ML algorithms are doing, and what's next for this research agenda at Anthropic. His decade of work has borne substantial fruit, producing an approach for looking inside the mess of connections in a neural network and back out what functional role each piece is serving. Among other things, Chris and team found that every visual classifier seems to converge on a number of simple common elements in their early layers - elements so fundamental they may exist in our own visual cortex in some form. They also found networks developing 'multimodal neurons' that would trigger in response to the presence of high-level concepts like 'romance', across both images and text, mimicking the famous 'Halle Berry neuron' from human neuroscience. While reverse engineering how a mind works would make any top-ten list of the most valuable knowledge to pursue for its own sake, Chris's work is also of urgent practical importance. Machine learning models are already being deployed in medicine, business, the military, and the justice system, in ever more powerful roles. The competitive pressure to put them into action as soon as they can turn a profit is great, and only getting greater. But if we don't know what these machines are doing, we can't be confident they'll continue to work the way we want as circumstances change. Before we hand an algorithm the proverbial nuclear codes, we should demand more assurance than "well, it's always worked fine so far". But by peering inside neural networks and figuring out how to 'read their minds' we can potentially foresee future failures and prevent them before they happen. Artificial neural networks may even be a better way to study how our own minds work, given that, unlike a human brain, we can see everything that's happening inside them - and having been posed similar challenges, there's every reason to think evolution and 'gradient descent' often converge on similar solutions. Among other things, Rob and Chris cover: * Why Chris thinks it's necessary to work with the largest models * What fundamental lessons we've learned about how neural networks (and perhaps humans) think * How interpretability research might help make AI safer to deploy, and Chris? response to skeptics * Why there's such a fuss about 'scaling laws' and what they say about future AI progress Get this episode by subscribing to our podcast on the world?s most pressing problems and how to solve them: type 80,000 Hours into your podcasting app. Producer: Keiran Harris Audio mastering: Ben Cordell Transcriptions: Sofia Davis-Fogel

Chris Tay is a successful serial entrepreneur who made his riches in restaurant supply chain solutions and consumer packaged goods businesses in Asia, mostly mainland China. He has been hustling hard since 1994, so he has an extremely long resume. He started at least four businesses and led sales efforts at pan-Asian conglomerates, such as 康师傅 Kang Shi Fu and 伊利 Yili. Soon after graduating university in Texas in 1992, he started Singapore's first handmade burger restaurant chain modeled after Johnny Rockets in the US. He sold that business a few years later for a few million dollars. Then he caught the Internet wave in the 90s, and started an online company to help Japanese hot-bath businesses buy supplies. He later sold that business for a few million dollars. Later, he headed up sales for various consumer packaged goods conglomerates such as 康师傅 and 伊利. He is currently working on his new consumer packaged goods startup. Chris is originally from Malaysia. Despite being ethnically Chinese, he didn't know the language before entering the China startup scene. But through dedicated and rigorous training, he now speaks like a local. Besides being wildly successful, Chris is humble, generous, and full of wisdom, as you will hear from this episode. My friend Mike Yan interviewed Chris in Shanghai. Mike is in the venture capital space in China. They discussed: the idea of the more people you know, the luckier you get; why he wants to treat all his business acquaintances with humility; what it's like to build a B2B internet startup in late nineties; how he adapted to the local business culture in order to win businesses from the Japanese; and much more. As usual, don't forget to like, subscribe and ring the bell on our YouTube channel. Thank you. YouTube: https://youtu.be/l4sSeHtk_R0 0:00 Intro 3:03 The more people you meet, the luckier you get 6:41 Chris' first startups: Fundraising from family and friends 10:23 Why Chris' parents expected him to become a doctor, didn't support his dream of graduating as an astrophysicist 11:23 Don't get married before 30 and not working for other people; Chris parents' valuable philosophy 12:22 The 3 people that change your life; parents, your first respected teacher, and your first real boss 13:57 Failing in the first 3 months of starting a Mexican restaurant; lacking management skills and being arrogant, capital miscalculations 18:40 Bringing Jonny Rockets to Singapore with a twist; innovating flavored Coke, and becoming profitable 22:26 Hiring people to cover your disadvantage and inexperience 23:50 Benchmarking with international franchises by not reinventing the wheel, leveraging relationships & a whole lot of creativity to survive 27:17 Sour partnerships, managing cashflows in restaurant businesses, and having people who believe in you 34:53 Getting IT startup capital from the Rothchilds, challenges introducing POS tech in restaurant business, and a simple solution that ensured the use of the software end-to-end 47:24 A failed business model pivots into software business; a different experience doing business with the Japanese - KTV Sessions 55:25 The innate selfishness in human behavior; the reason why B2B models don't work 59:00 Chris has never been cheated in China: Investing in China with no experience 1:01:21 Chris' diverse background: Growing up in KKK Waco, Texas; Islamic school; Buddhism and Taoism; Sikhism; and Southern Baptist graduate school 1:07:48 The most important 'people' decision: family and business partners 1:09:33 Why Chris prefers ladies running companies; their threshold for pain is higher 1:10:45 Why I didn't want to be in the family business and why family businesses don't last for generations 1:13:02 People don't have to come back to China to be successful: Why the choice to establish roots in China was easy, over Malaysia, India or Indonesia 1:19:20 Learning how to establish a foreign company in China: Recognizing the need to learn from others and having no ego 1:30:10 A wake-up call: Nobody is going to be loyal to you other than family, money is important to achieve your goals and for philanthropy 1:40:21 Leadership styles in China vs US' hero culture 1:43:46 Lessons from big food companies: Managing family and company politics to maintain support from the board, nominal room for mistakes for a big company vs a startup 2:04:41 Resigning from a job on the first day: Why it's important to work where you can have impact 2:12:36 Selecting a team, managing high employee turnover and the art of negotiating with suppliers 2:20:30 The fundamentals of fundraising, what to focus on as CEO at different stages of the business and transitioning out of company positions 2:25:11 The skillset Chris needs to lead a new startup and leveraging what he doesn't have in team members 2:36:12 Outro

Afford Anything founder Paula Pant joins Chris to discuss how you can afford ANYTHING (but not everything). They also discuss how you can escape the 9-5, start making passive income, and take mini and/or semi-retirements throughout your life. Paula Pant (@affordanything) is the founder and creator of Afford Anything where she runs an award winning personal finance website, a monthly newsletter, a top rated podcast and a Real Estate Investing Course. She built her career from scratch starting as a journalist making only $21,000 a year.Full show notes available at: https://www.allthehacks.com/paula-pant-afford-anything Selected Links From The EpisodeConnect with Paula: Twitter | Instagram | YouTubeAfford Anything: Website | Podcast | Real Estate Investing CourseHer Book: Escape E-book Full Show NotesWho is Paula Pant? [00:15]What does it mean that you can afford anything? [01:15]What you get wrong about spending your money. OR How you trick yourself into thinking you are being smart with money. [01:58]Saving money might not be what you should focus on. Focus on growing the gap. [05:05]What is financial freedom and does it mean you have to retire? [06:21]Can you escape the 9 to 5 and still have a job? (and 4 factors great jobs have) [08:00]If you hate your job, here's a two step plan to help you build a better life. [10:14]The two main types of side hustles (ones you can scale, and ones you can't). [13:59]How Paula transitioned her side hustle into a full business.  [17:59]If you're terrified of the risk of taking a leap, this advice will help. [20:29]Why passive income is NOT free money. [24:17]Should you invest in rental properties for passive income? [26:48]What you must  do BEFORE investing in rental properties? [29:06]Mistakes beginner real estate investors make. [30:12]How to start learning about real estate investing for beginners. [31:38]Should you invest in alternatives to buying rental properties (REIT portfolios and why crowdsource real estate investing is not good for you). [34:25]How can you better value your time? [37:59]How to get more comfortable with spending money on outsourcing things you can potentially do yourself. [39:23]Why Chris went bought a one way ticket to cairo?[43:46]How the idea of Afford Anything was born (you heard it here first).  [47:58]What are mini-retirements and semi-retirements and how are they different? (and which should you do). [49:47]Taking short vacations vs. taking long trips. [52:53]Paula Pant's favorite hack: reframing your thoughts (you are probably richer than you think). [56:05]How to build a daily gratitude habit and stop it from fading away. [59:48]How to connect with Paula Pant. [1:04:20] Connect with All the HacksAll the Hacks: Newsletter | Website | Facebook | EmailChris Hutchins: Twitter | Instagram | Website | LinkedIn

Chris Larsen is the founder and Managing Partner of Next-Level Income, through which he helps investors become financially independent through education and investment opportunities. Chris has been investing in and managing real estate for over 20 years. While completing his degree in Biomechanical Engineering and M.B.A. in Finance at Virginia Tech, he bought his first single- family rental at age 21. During his subsequent career in the medical device industry, Chris expanded into development, private-lending, buying distressed debt as well as commercial offices, and ultimately syndicating multifamily properties. He began syndicating deals in 2016 and has been actively involved in over $225 million of real estate acquisitions. In addition to real estate, Chris has invested in equities, oil & gas, and small business lending, as well as being active in Venture South, one of the nation's Top 10 Angel Investing groups. Chris lives with his wife and two boys in Asheville, NC where he loves spending time with them in the outdoors and enjoying the food and culture that the region has to offer. What you'll learn about in this episode: How Chris lost his father at just 5 years old and lost his best friend at 19, and how those losses had a dramatic impact on Chris's life and future How Chris first got started in investing, and what key money lessons he learned along the way while growing his portfolio Why Chris sees the multi-family space as “the Holy Grail of investing” with the best risk-to-return ratio What Chris's business looks like today, and why “following where the moving trucks are going” is a great way to find a market to target Why it is important to build relationships and develop trust in a market before you get started How Next-Level Income's mission is to help people achieve financial independence through education, and how he sponsors a financial literacy program for kids How Chris has structured an allowance system for his kids to teach them money lessons about investing, saving, and growing their money Chris highlights some of the best (and worst) deals he has done over the course of his real estate investing career Why one of the key money lessons Chris learned through experience is that you shouldn't diversify your portfolio just for the sake of diversification What advice Chris would share with brand new real estate investors, and why the first step is to find and learn from a mentor Resources: Website and a Free Book from Chris Larsen: www.nextlevelincome.com LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/nextlevelincome/ Facebook: www.facebook.com/nextlevelincomeshow Instagram: @thenextlevelincomeshow Skype: chlarsen_3 Additional resources: Follow Chris and Zach on Club House to learn even more about deal structures and how to get 3 paydays from your real estate investments. If looking to secure some lines of credit for your business, check out Fund and Grow – Visit our Resource page at https://www.smartrealestatecoach.com/resources Schedule a FREE Strategy Call: SmartRealEstateCoach.com/action Register for our free masterclass: www.SmartRealEstateCoach.com/mastersclass Real Estate on Your Terms by Chris Prefontaine SmartRealEstateCoachPodcast.com/webinar SmartRealEstateCoachPodcast.com/ebook SmartRealEstateCoach.com/QLS Smart Real Estate Coach Podcast Sponsor: Paul G. Dion CPA, CTC

Going into 2020, one in seven adults in the United States experienced a substance use disorder. As of June 2020, the CDC said that 13 percent of adults reported an increase in their use of substances to cope with the stress of the pandemic, with this statistic accompanied by a tremendous increase in overdose deaths. As a result, we feel it is important to dive into the difficult topic of substance use disorders and their impact, not only on the individual but also on the family system, and examine what the recovery process looks like from both perspectives as well. To help us do this is local counsellor, Christopher Crawford, who has over 20 years' therapeutic experience working with adolescents, young adults, and adults with mental health and substance abuse issues. In this episode, Chris addresses the shame and blame cycle that families experience and how to navigate through it, some of the tools he uses to help families and individuals impacted by addiction, and the importance of setting boundaries and constant communication. There is no one-size-fits-all solution for recovery, which is why this is an important conversation for both families and individuals struggling with addiction. Tune in today to learn more!Key Points From This Episode:An introduction to Chris and his experience as a licensed chemical dependency counsellor. What Chris wants individuals suffering from substance use disorders to understand.The shame and denial that individuals struggling with addiction often feel.Why it can be so difficult to navigate out of a ‘shame and blame' cycle.The relationship between dysfunction and disorder and the internal conflict it creates.Why change can feel threatening and how Chris aids families through those changes.Some of the tools Chris uses to help families and individuals impacted by addiction.Understanding that the substance is just a symptom of a much larger issue.Chris shares some example to illustrate the importance of setting boundaries.When it might be necessary for your counsellor to set boundaries for you.Find out why Chris makes it clear to his clients that he can't treat them while they are under the influence of substances.What he looks for in a treatment center: accountability, structure, and collaboration.Chris explains the process of entering treatment at an in-patient facility and emphasizes the importance of continuity of care.Some of the options available to you when it comes to insurance cover.Common emotions that family members experience while an addict is in treatment.What recovery looks like after leaving a treatment facility, from support meetings to professional mental health guidance.The value of replacing unhealthy habits with healthy ones, like exercise.How families can participate in the journey of recovery, including family support meetings.Why Chris advocates for keeping the family together in the recovery journey.Chris shares a story of hope about two of his clients, Justin and Zach.A final reminder from Chris that there is a solution, there is hope, and you are not alone.Links Mentioned in Today's Episode:Christopher Crawford on Psychology TodayLife Spring Behavioral HealthAlcoholics AnonymousMosaics of Mercy Resources

Chris Barrett is the Clinical Director for Britely Dentures + Implants Studio, a practice that exclusively offers implants and dentures services. Some of the services they offer are full mouth dental implants, traditional dentures, and single tooth replacement. He has provided over 1,000 implants to his name and over 1,000 hours' worth of continuing implant education. Chris also serves as a clinical instructor at Implant Pathway to guide other dentists to safe and effective implant treatments. Today, Chris joins us to share why he chose to exclusively offer implants in his practice and the significance of mentorship. He describes why he had to travel around the country a lot and why he eventually settled down in Arizona. He explains why he initially found no interest in doing implants and why implants piqued his interest. He shares his experience in looking for a dental coach and the importance of networking in the dentistry industry. He also discusses building your team and the roles you want to fill to maximize efficiency."Realistically, if you want to build a mentorship, figure out how to make life easier for the other person." - Chris BarrettThis week on T-Bone Speaks Dentistry Podcast:How Chris overcame the fear of moving from one city to another.Why Chris initially thought implants looked boring.What Chris would recommend to those who don't have connections to mentors.What it's like being an implant-only practice and opening in the year of COVID-19.How Chris structures his work week for efficiency and customer satisfaction.The experts you should be actively searching for to build your team.Our Favorite Quotes:"Make it a point to build relationships to get into other surgeons' offices." - Chris Barrett"It's imperative to have an onsite removable lab technician." - Chris Barrett"For every case you do, there are so many patients you have to see and screen to get to this point." - Tarun AgarwalConnect with Chris Barrett:Britely Dentures + Implants StudioImplant PathwayInstagramSubscribe, Connect & Share Your Favorite EpisodesThanks for tuning into this week's episode of T-Bone Speaks Dentistry. If you enjoyed this episode, please head over to Apple Podcasts or Google Play Music to subscribe to the show and leave your honest review. For more great content and helpful tips to grow your dental practice, visit our website. Follow us on Facebook and LinkedIn, subscribe on YouTube, and don't forget to share your favorite episodes with other dental practitioners.

After going through a massive business failure almost 10 years ago, Chris decided to give real estate a try. He's always been attracted to this industry because of the many different things one gets to learn from it and how there are no limits on personal growth. Chris started doing really well as an agent.  But eventually, he found that the work that needed to be done was taking too much of his time. He started to lose flexibility and freedom which are some of the main reasons why he went into this business in the first place.  This led him to build his own brokerage in the summer of 2011. Unfortunately, things didn't go as well as he had planned. From a profitability perspective, he knew he worked harder but he realized that he made less money now than he did a couple of years back.  He ended up literally burning his business down to the ground and started to implement Gary Keller's MREA model.  Today, Chris is the founder of Watters International Realty which is one of the most respected teams in Central Texas.  In this episode, we talked about how Chris took his business to the next level and who are the first three key hires to hitting $1M in annual GCI. Top Takeaways: 01:36 Why Chris got into real estate 02:12 What made Chris decide to build a team 05:55 How much do you need to make to afford leadership to help you run the business 07:16 The one skill you need to master to become wealthy in real estate 08:26 Who your first hire should be from a leverage perspective 13:36 The 3 things a listing agent should be focusing on 16:09 What are the 3 unique phases of the growth curve 21:09 One of the biggest mistake people make when hiring an agent 23:14 The 3 things to look for in candidates while within the 90-day probationary window  25:36 The value of creating a conducive environment to set people up for success.   To get a FREE copy of Chris' book, The Million Dollar Real Estate Team, go to https://www.themilliondollarrealestateteam.com/

Today's guest is not someone who started traditional non-profit or initiated a movement for social good, but they live their life in such a way that they have inspired many of their followers to follow their hearts, to do what they love, and to take leaps of faith; and you know by now that your host, Light Watkins, is all about a good leap of faith! Please join in in welcoming Chris Classic, father, founder, perfumer, artist, creative director, and personal inspiration. In today's episode, Chris shares how he took a stand on what he wanted for himself and literally leapt out a window to pursue his vision, which turned out to be one of the best decisions of his life.Key Points From This Episode:Chris talks about his childhood, growing up as a Jehovah's Witness in Long Island, New York.Why Chris says he learned to separate himself from rejection at a young age.He shares his first idea of a dream job; to write commercials for an advertising agency.How rap music sparked his decision to run away from home and live with his aunt.Hear about the relevance of 310 Riverside Drive, which was the address of Zoe Ministries.How witnessing Rev Run become a minister confirmed for Chris that rap wasn't unholy.What the beginning of Chris' career as a rapper looked like and where his name originated.Chris shares how he viewed success as attainable and inevitable at that point in his life.What he learned from Run DMC about keeping the crowd engaged.How he learned that he could be professional and still have a self-identity.The experience of collaborating with Run on the Let's Get Married remix and how it launched Chris' career as a songwriter.Why Chris says his life would've taken a different trajectory if Jam Master Jay weren't killed.Find out how Millésime Impérial by Creed got Chris into exploring niche fragrances.Where his following on social media came from: his life as a dad and a creative and a sociable person in New York City.How Chris came to create his own perfume thanks to an encounter with one of his followers.Chris' belief that his perfume brand has been successful because it is a service to others that comes from a place of love.Someone connecting with his fragrances versus someone licensing one of his songs.How the name, Savoir Faire, reflects the plight of Black creatives.Discover what the significance of the crown is on Savoir Faire's bottles.The trick to selling something as experiential and subjective as a fragrance online.The legacy Chris hopes to build for Black men and women to aspire to create for themselves.Find out what he has learned after 10,000 orders: that he is still knocking on doors.Chris reflects on his core audience, which isn't one that he targets.Hear his advice for other aspiring perfumers (and creatives in general): make something you absolutely love!How Chris views success these days: the ability to control his time and spend it with family.

To celebrate the 50th episode of Relentless Growth, we thought we would do something a little bit different. Today, Chris shares details about the project he has spent his entire professional career working toward: the 24 Hours to Freedom Mastermind. As long as he has been a coach, Chris has seen the same problems crop up among his clients time and again, and this Mastermind is a way to address those challenges in a digestible, accessible format. Rather than releasing a book, Chris wanted to create a dynamic, interactive space for magic to truly happen. Tune in to hear more about this exciting product that might just be the thing you need to turn your life and business around!Key Points From This Episode:Some of the common problems Chris has seen among his clients over the years.  The project Chris has been working toward with Goodman Coaching for over two years. Ask yourself what you are struggling with at the moment. Why Chris has decided to put his work into a Mastermind as opposed to another format. How the 24 Hours to Freedom Mastermind works and who it is for. The Mastermind deliverables: 18 Zoom calls over five-months and an in-person event. Life, leverage, and leadership; the three main pillars that the Mastermind is built upon. Chris shares an example of just how powerful masterminds can be. There are only 12 spots available, so apply as soon as you can!Links Mentioned in Today's Episode:Work with ChrisGoodman CoachingChris Goodman24 Hours to Freedom Mastermind

Chris Littlefield, Founder of Beyond Thank You Today, NatureBox CEO John Occhipinti shares a conversation with Chris Littlefield, Founder of Beyond Thank You. You'll learn about the following topics, among others: Where did Beyond Thank You come from? How do you show appreciation more authentically? (Hint: it's not quite an "Employee Appreciation Day.") What is reflective recognition? Why Chris wrote his book, "75+ Team Building Activities for Remote Teams," plus some nuggets from within it What are the "do"s and "don't"s of welcoming employees back to the office? How will the future of work change? Here's Chris's website: https://beyondthankyou.com/ Find Chris on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christopher-littlefield/ Check out Chris Littlefield's book here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B088ZS1B56 Enjoy! Learn more about NatureBox here: https://naturebox.com/office Connect with our host, NatureBox CEO John Occhipinti: https://www.linkedin.com/in/occhipintijohn/

Chris Gethard has never seen Ironman 3, but he rewrote it and we read his script. You will never believe WHY Chris has never seen Ironman 3. You need to listen and hear the story. A sprawling, wonderful episode where Chris dissects his intense Marvel fandom, his insightful reasoning behind why superheroes might be so popular now, and more.  A long, cathartic talk about comedy and scenes and community.  Then we cap it off with a couple of rounds of KyleDadMovieTrailerGame. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today is the first day of Pride Month, yet, as we kick off this month-long celebration designed to achieve equal justice and equal opportunity for the LGBTQ+ community, we continue to see many states introducing harmful legislation aimed at preventing transgender youth from participating in sports. At NRPA, it’s our position that being recognized as the gender with which you identify is a basic human right. Meaning that for the purposes of recreational sports, youth should be allowed to participate in the gender with which they identify. Last month, NRPA published guidance to empower park and recreation professionals to build more inclusive sport environments that welcome all youth into programming. Today we look forward to building on this guidance through a conversation with someone who is doing incredible work in this space.   We are thrilled to welcome Chris Mosier (he/him) to the podcast today. Chris is a trailblazing athlete, coach and the founder of TransAthlete.com. He is a six-time member of Team USA, and in 2015 he became the first openly transgender man to represent the United States in international competition. He was the catalyst for change for the International Olympic Committee policy on transgender athletes and has been called “the man who changed the Olympics” by the BBC and New York Magazine. He is also a two-time National Champion and the first transgender athlete to compete in the Olympic Trials in any sport in a category different than their sex assigned at birth. Chris is a go-to source for policy and information on transgender inclusion in sports, and we couldn’t be more excited to welcome him to the show today. Tune in to the full episode below to learn more about Chris’s story, what all of these ‘firsts’ mean to him, and why his motto is, “Be who you needed when you were younger.” You’ll also learn: How we can apply the same principles used in changing the International Olympic Committee’s policy on trans athletes for adult and youth recreational sports. Why Chris started Transathlete.com, a resource for students, athletes, coaches and administrators about trans inclusion in athletics. What advice he would give to park and recreation professionals trying to create cultures of inclusion in their communities where everyone can thrive. How to take action against recently proposed bills in many states that would prevent transgender youth from participating in sports. Why we need to consider people and our facilities when implementing more inclusive policies. What Chris has planned for Pride Month, and more! Additional resources: Transathlete website Transathlete action items (to see state bills and take action) Follow Chris on Instagram Follow Chris on Twitter Chris Mosier's website NRPA: Supporting Transgender Inclusion in Youth Sports NRPA Webinar: Transgender Inclusion in Sports: 101 (taking place June 17, 2021 at 3 p.m. EDT)

Today we have some extra BEAM magic for all of you! Joining us on the show is Chris Miller, who currently works as an Associate Software Engineer at Corvus Insurance. We get into a great conversation with Chris about his history with programming, his long-held interest in mathematics, and how he is trying to bring these two worlds closer together through his work. Chris weighs in with some very important expert perspectives on a range of subjects, from monads and monoids to Vim and Emacs, before we get into the different avenues of Chris' work. Along with an old college friend, Chris runs the informative YouTube Channel, Coding Cave, helps other coders through mentorship and tutoring, and is also multilingual, speaking Mandarin, Spanish, German, and English! We get some illumination on interesting and important concepts such as Turing completeness, programming language theory, and more, all delivered with an accessibility that belies the high level of the material. So for all this, plus our bonus mini-segment with Semsee employee, Sidney Leatherwood, at the end, be sure to listen in today! Key Points From This Episode: The story behind Chris' Twitter handle and his admiration for Leonhard Euler! How Chris is bringing his love of math into his programming work. A crash course on monads and monoids! Chris' teaching and tutoring work and his aim of bringing fun examples into learning. The YouTube channel that Chris runs with an old friend, called Coding Cave. Chris' take on the Vim versus Emacs debate. How Chris learned to program from his father, and his return to it during college. Unpacking programming language theory and the idea of Turing completeness. Chris clears up the difference between computer science and mathematics. Reasons that Chris enjoys working in Elixir compared with other languages. Chris' goals for his YouTube channel and his hopes to spread advanced education. Magic and languages; a programming language theory perspective. Chris' day job as a software engineer at Corvus Insurance using Elixir and Elm. The array of languages that Chris can speak; Mandarin, German, and Spanish. The process of language acquisition and Chris' methods for learning. Why Chris believes starting with the function is the best way to learn a new programming language. The aspects of Elixir and the BEAM that have Chris the most excited at the moment! This week's mini-feature with Sidney Leatherwood and his use of Elixir in production. The comparative rating service that Semsee offers their customers. Hiring in Elixir currently; perks, challenges, and resources in the space. Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode: SmartLogic — https://smartlogic.io/ Chris Miller on Twitter — https://twitter.com/blackeuler Elixir Wizard Conference — http://smr.tl/conf-podcast Leonhard Euler — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LeonhardEuler Curry–Howard Correspondence — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curry%E2%80%93Howardcorrespondence Haskell — https://www.haskell.org/ Brooklyn Zelenka — https://medium.com/@expede Coding Cave — https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwIO8jv71cbOyEwJdrYovg Conversations with the Creator: José Valim — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXpoKKkqAX4 Functor — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Functor Spacemacs: Emacs advanced Kit focused on Evil — https://www.spacemacs.org/ hlissner/doom-emacs — https://github.com/hlissner/doom-emacs Turing Completeness — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turingcompleteness Cal Newport — https://www.calnewport.com/ Boolean Algebra — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Booleanalgebra Clojure — https://clojure.org/ Corvus Insurance — https://www.corvusinsurance.com/ APL — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/APL(programming_language) Gleam - https://gleam.run/ Sidney Leatherwood on LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/in/leather-s Semsee — https://semsee.com/ Special Guest: Chris Miller.

Do you ever wish you had a special angle to distinguish yourself from your competition? Establishing your competitive advantage in the market requires research, strategic planning and creating a magnetic message that sets y Claiming that competitive advantage is a game-changer for your business, but so is collaboration and connection. So how do you balance finding “your edge” along with deepening strategic relationships that lead to a goldmine of new opportunities and sales. On Amplify Your Success Podcast episode 232, my guest Chris Ross, the founder of Winject Network, and the WinWin Effect Podcast joins me to share how he leveraged his massive success in sales to create a collaborative digital network. Be sure to join the conversation in the Amplify Your Authority Group.   Key Takeaways How Chris transformed his extensive background in sales into an online network for digital media. The #1 thing that Chris has used over and over to establish his competitive advantage. What puts an entrepreneur in the top 1% over their competitors (vs causing a business owner to be “one of the many.”) Chris shares some of the biggest reasons entrepreneurs don’t succeed in business, even though they are smart and talented. Why Chris sold his sales consulting empire to start Winject Studios   About The Guest Chris Ross is one of the world's leading experts on high-performance sales teams and is the creator of the sales industry's first privately owned Nationally Accredited program, TCR Consulting Agency/TCR Education. Chris specializes in training international business executives on his "Win-Win Effect," which leads to a radical transformation of business development processes and benefits both sides of the buyer-seller relationship. Chris combines this with his one heartbeat, one mission, one outcome, philosophy, and uses this framework to drive goals and produce transformation for marginally performing sales teams. In February of 2020, Chris assumed the board's Chairman's role, which freed him up to focus on his newest venture Winject, Inc. and Winject Studios. Having always been fascinated with Broadcasting & Media, Chris has quickly turned his Network Corporation into a podcasting powerhouse. Winject is the home of his Top-Ranked Podcast Show, The Win-Win Effect & Winject Radio. With more than 2,000,000+ downloads in the first year on the shows, Chris hosts he has begun adding other shows to the network to help grow their listenership.   Resources Mentioned in This Episode: Get on the Wait List for Winject Studios http://bit.ly/winjectstudios-waitlist Adam Schaeuble, Podcasting Business School Ready to amplify your authority as a highly paid expert.? Get my free 8 Step guide to Amplify Your Authority here.

This week Aaron Reed talks with fly angler and shop owner Chris Johnson of Living Waters fly shop in Round Rock, Texas.  00:00 Intro 00:58 Shoutout to Real Ale Brewing and Real Spirits Distilling (realalebrewing.com) 01:32 Shoutout to Duck Camp (duckcamp.com). 02:37 Thanks to our underwriter, The Local Angler series, and Imbrifex Books (thelocalangler.com) 03:25 We join Chris in his office at Living Waters Fly Fishing. 04:00 Chris and Aaron discuss the Baetis hatch at Luna’s Tacos that afternoon. 05:00 We gotta mention Round Rock Donuts (roundrockdonuts.com) 05:43 Chris stands in line so we don’t have to. 07:30 We discuss the guide service and Chris’s guide line-up. Chris inadvertently gives away his (shockingly young) age. 09:30 Shoutout to OG Texas freshwater guide Marcus Rodriguez. 11:58 We take a Chaco’s detour (chacos.com) 13:10 We introduce the amazing shop staff, all our friends. 15:53 The youngest member of the staff, and Aaron’s small-world connection to the Pafk family. 19:18 Fly fishing as a lifetime sport; does that contribute to the notable “small world” phenomenon we often remark upon? 22:25 By the way, most of the best flies in the shop were designed by people who work (or worked) there. 22:40 Shoutout to Matt Bennett at FlyGeek.net. 23:15 Walk through the doors of LWFF, and you’re family. 24:00 Got any crickets? 24:29 The first shop was a reclaimed cat shelter. 26:50 What’s a “creek shop,” and why is Living Waters Fly Fishing one of them? 28:44 “I was in college and found I couldn’t major in fishing, and that was a real downer.” 34:25 We take a quick Tenkara detour. 35:00 The pandemic year and the shop. Aaron means “March of 2020,” natch. 38:10 How the biggest year began. 40:45 Williamson County declares fly fishing “essential.” 44:20 Building community: weekly fly-tying, and monthly “Intro to Fly Fishing” classes. 45:22 Aaron mispronounces guide Pat Vanek’s last name. Look for Pat at Bosque Valley Fly Fishing. 46:50 Why Chris doesn’t offer free beer at the shop. (Hint: It’s not because he is opposed to a good craft beer.” 51:40 So how did the pandemic year work out for Living Waters? 52:40 The importance of not cutting pre-season orders. 53:45 “Head and shoulders, our best year ever.” 53:49 “We invented ‘social distancing.’” 55:35 “It was a bigger boom than the movie.” (“The movie,” of course, is “A River Runs Through It.”) 56:25 Chris and Aaron discuss home waters and the Central Texas fisheries. 1:00:15 Just how much public water is there in Texas? Aaron runs down the numbers. 1:01:20 Chris is a not-so-closet birder. 1:02:18 Population and development pressures on Central Texas waters, especially Brushy Creek. 1:03:08 “The fight is now over water.” 1:04:10 “All water is connected.” 1:05:16 Last year’s big conservation win on Brushy Creek. 1:07:00 The coming Tesla invasion. 1:09:00 Aaron grasps for an analogy, and inadvertently places Black’s BBQ in Luling (it’s in Lockhart, y’all). 1:09:58 New stickuhs in Chris’s shop, including two natives from Mike Williams. 1:10:37 How the Rio Grande cichlids fared in the historic deep freeze we experienced this year. 1:15:02 Check out the new “Fly Fish the Republic” sticker from our friend Nate Karnes at Remedy Provisions (remedyprovisions.com). That’s the first flag of the Republic, designed by Tejano patriot Lorenzo de Zavala in 1836. 1:16:45 What does “Fly Fish the Republic” mean, anyway? 1:19:00 #flyfishtherepublic actually raises money for native fish conservation within the borders of the historic Republic of Texas (that included some fishy parts of present-day New Mexico, Colorado, and Wyoming). 1:19:30 What are the similarities between Guadalupe bass and Rio Grande cutthroat, and what can fishing about the former teaches you about the latter? 1:21:35 Here’s a tip: try a size 14 damsel nymph for big Guads. 1:24:20 Where to find Living Waters Fly Fishing in person and online. 1:25:17 Oh yeah, what brands does Living Waters Fly Fishing carry? 1:26:26 Central Texas is Scientific Anglers country. (scientificanglers.com) 1:27:30 Tearful goodbyes. 1:29:02 A final tip: right now, Brushy is on fire from the Dell Diamond west through town. Go fishing! http://livingwatersflyfishing.com/ https://remedyprovisions.com/ https://realalebrewing.com/ https://duckcamp.com/ https://thelocalangler.com/

Chris McIntyre, founder of McIntyre partnerships, discusses his investment thesis for Garrett Motion (GTX). GTX just emerged from bankruptcy after filing in 2020, and Chris thinks the stock is significantly too cheap. He walks through how Garrett's near term projections are significantly understated, how minority shareholders are aligned with the new controlling shareholders, and why the company is likely to "melt" at a much slower rate than the market is pricing in.Chris's GTX website: gtxisacheapstock.comChapters0:00 Intro1:25 Garrett Background8:40 Why Garrett is better than your average auto-supplier11:15 Why wasn't the bankruptcy auction more robust?16:15 Why Garrett filed for bankruptcy25:55 Risk from Garrett's controlling shareholders32:30 Garrett's management team36:00 Garrett's valuation and prefs versus common43:25 Why Chris thinks Garrett can far exceed their bankruptcy projections52:10 Medium to longer term capital allocation at Garrett56:35 Garrett's melting ice cube1:01:30 Closing Thoughts

NBC Sports Boston's Chris Forsberg chimes in on what went wrong with the 2020-21 Celtics.  Will Boston consider firing Brad Stevens or Danny Ainge? Chris joins Bob & Jeff as the three explore options, make predictions and explain why the Celtics were so underwhelming 0:50: Forsberg's Bob Ryan story 2:52: Jaylen Brown's injury & future 4:53: Why Goodman says Celtics should still trade Jaylen Brown for Bradley Beal 7:00: Are the Celtics the most disappointing team of the 2020-21 NBA season? 8:32: Who sits atop of the Celtics blame game? 13:41: Why Goodman wants kind of wants Brad Stevens out of Boston 17:06: Why Chris believes Celtics need better coaching 21:26: Bob on what could have salvaged the Celtics' season 23:35: Do Jayson Tatum & Jaylen Brown even like playing together? 25:40: Could the Celtics trade Brad Stevens to the Pacers? 28:33: How realistically close were the Celtics to making it to the NBA Finals in 2020? 30:28: Is Bradley Beal a better fit next to Jayson Tatum than Jaylen Brown? 34:06: Steph Curry's incredible season with the Warriors 36:38: Is it time for the Celtics to tank the season away? 43:26: Could Danny Ainge decide to walk out on the Celtics?

Real estate is fun and rewarding, but success in this game is no walk in the park, so it is of utmost importance to have a mindset of unshakeable positivity. Chris Salerno has achieved some remarkable things in a short space of time and today we talk to him about what they are and the role of mindset in his success. Our chat begins with an introduction to Chris, his journey into real estate, and how he realized that multifamily was the niche for him. He talks about excelling quickly in his first job and then going on to start CQ Capital which now has over $55 million and 500 units under management. Chris gives us the lowdown about the markets and asset classes he focuses on and his efficient method of vetting deals to stay afloat in the competitive niche he has chosen. He also shares a few golden nuggets for how to plan and set deadlines to ensure that time gets used as efficiently as possible. In the next part of our conversation, we ask Chris about the habits he practices and the resources he consults to keep operating on such a high level. Here he drills down on the absolute necessity of taking care of the mind by meditating, thinking positively, and doing what you love! For a conversation packed with actionable tips from Chris today, be sure to tune in!Key Points From This Episode:An introduction to Chris and his impressive growth in the real estate space.Why Chris loves multifamily and a window into the assets CQ Capital has under management.The different markets and asset classes Chris focuses on and why.Strategies Chris uses to stay afloat in such competitive markets.The passion Chris feels about competing in this competitive market.The importance of mindset for Chris and habits he uses to stay so energetic.How to nurture and nourish your mind and use it to grow your business and success.Shifting to a mindset of positivity and how this brings in opportunities.How Chris prepares for his busy schedule by factoring in downtime with family.The value of intentionality and planning ahead for being more efficient and productive. Squeezing the most out of meetings and projects by setting time limits and deadlines.Why the most important question investors should ask sponsors is about collections.Pride Chris felt when he realized he was good at learning after finding real estate.Why Chris recommends Think and Grow Rich and Mistakes Millionaires Make.Final words from Chris about the main key to success.How to get hold of Chris and learn more about QC Capital!Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:Kent RitterChris SalernoQC CapitalWarren BuffettThink and Grow RichMistakes Millionaires Make

Today I am joined by Dad and Founder of the organisation Miscarriage for Men - Chris Whitfield Miscarriage effects 1000's of women each year and the impact it has on families, relationships and most of all the men that support them through it is not often discussed. This despite the fact that losing an unborn child is a grieving process in the same way as losing any other child. Chris and I discuss: How Chris originally set up Miscarriage for Men to throw himself into something positive off the back of his wife's recent miscarriage. He realised very quickly that there was nothing for men in dealing with the grief involved in coping with a family miscarriage. Why Chris believes part of the stigma around miscarriage is that people just don't know how to talk about it. The way in which the unresolved grief impacts many other parts of a Dads life and can go on for decades. How as Dads we all visualise the new arrival of a baby and our life with them from the minute we find out its happening. **To grab a FREE copy of my new e-book The Dad Blueprint https://www.thedadscircle.com/e-book (click here)** Get involved and find out more To get involved with the conversation on social media we are on https://www.facebook.com/guildofdads/?modal=admin_todo_tour (Facebook), https://www.instagram.com/guildofdads/ (Instagram) & https://twitter.com/guildofdads (Twitter) If you want to join the Guild of Dads you can do so via our https://www.facebook.com/pg/guildofdads/groups/ (Facebook Group) Episode show notes can be found on our https://guildofdads.com/ (website) If you like what we are doing, leave a rating and review https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/guild-of-dads-vision-action-meaning/id1489225209 (here)

Chris Hutchins (@hutchins) is the Head of Autonomous Financial Planning at Wealthfront. Previously he was co-founder and CEO of Grove (acquired by Wealthfront), co-founder of Milk (acquired by Google), and a Partner at GV, where he focused on seed and early-stage investments. 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[01:52] If anyone knows how to get the most out of his credit card points, it's Chris. Between credit cards, bank accounts, and brokerage accounts, how many accounts does this Pointsmaster have -- and why? [02:38] Thoughts on new cards that offer Bitcoin instead of cash-back rewards, and why Chris has changed his mind about them over time. [03:39] What Chris considers to be the best way to pack your finances. [05:18] How do Square's Cash App "boosts" work? [06:43] How Square and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey continues to pleasantly surprise us with his forward-thinking entrepreneurial prowess. [08:38] Remember how hard it used to be to accept credit cards as a business? We do. [10:13] Why does Chris have such good credit? [10:57] How does someone get on the waitlists for BlockFi and Gemini cards? [11:54] What goes into building a diverse crypto portfolio. [12:32] Gemini offers interest on crypto. [16:41] Chris shares his tragic CryptoPunks story. [19:35] My mission with this podcast. 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Financial advisors will tell you that playing the long game and investing in stocks is the path to financial independence. But here’s the secret that they don’t tell you — very few financial advisors ever achieve true financial independence themselves. Today we speak with Anti-Financial Advisor, Chris Miles, who teaches entrepreneurs and professionals how they can find financial independence by getting their money to work for them. We open our conversation by diving into Chris’s past as a financial advisor and how he discovered the flawed assumptions underpinning this industry. We then explore the link between cash flow and financial independence before discussing what it means to be caught in the rat race. With incredible openness, Chris shares his story of how he found financial independence before a few critical mistakes and the 2008 recession forced him back into the rat race. We touch on the lessons that he’s learned, the mindset needed to unlock your cash flow, and why adding value to people is a sound money-making strategy. Near the end of the episode, Chris unpacks common financial advice and gives listeners his top tips on expanding their financial literacy. Tune in for more insights on escaping the rat race from Chris Miles, AKA, the Cash Flow Expert.Key Points From This Episode:Introducing Chris Miles, famed “Cash Flow Expert and Anti-Financial Advisor”.Why Chris quit being a financial advisor and began investing in real estate.Getting out of the rat race and the differences between financial independence and freedom. Chris shares why he left his early retirement to help others.How Chris ended up escaping the rat race for the second time. Why doing what you love won’t always bring you money.Having a saving versus a spending mindset and the key to managing your finances. Hear how Chris grew from difficult circumstances and the importance and embracing an abundance mindset. Exploring the many flaws behind traditional financial advice.Why alternative investment strategies are the key to attaining financial independence. Tips on how you can expand your financial literacy. Teaching your children about passive income and how to think about money.Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:Chris Miles on LinkedInChris Miles on TwitterMoney RipplesThe Chris Miles Money ShowWho Took My MoneyRich Dad, Poor DadU.S NewsCNN BusinessDave RamseyThe Brady BunchThe Lehman BrothersKilling Sacred CowsCASHFLOW ClassicAPT Capital GroupPassive Income Through Multifamily Real Estate on FacebookSchedule a Call with Kyle MitchellGarzella Group 

Chris Sonnenday is the Transplant Center Director for Michigan Medicine. As Peter’s senior resident while at Johns Hopkins, Chris made a lasting impression on him with his remarkable leadership and ability to maintain his humanity through the stressors of that challenging environment. In this episode, Chris tells the incredible backstory of the history of transplant medicine, focusing on the kidney and the liver. He discusses the surgical and immunologic developments that launched the field forward, but also lays out the challenges ahead for the field, such as the rising prevalence of chronic kidney and liver failure. Chris also tells many stories of tragedy and triumph that comes with working in organ transplantation, but ultimately explains the rewarding nature of being a witness to the gift of organ donation.   We discuss: What attracted Chris to medicine, and his leadership in residency (3:30); How Chris maintained his empathy and humanity through the stresses of med school and residency (8:30); Why Chris chose a complicated field like transplant medicine (23:15); Explaining kidney transplantation to showcase the challenge of organ transplantation surgery (28:00); Overcoming the immune-based challenges of transplant surgery (37:00); How the discovery of cyclosporine transformed the field of organ transplantation (49:00); Rising chronic kidney failure due to the prevalence of pre-diabetes and metabolic syndrome (53:45); Why living kidney donations are superior, and the possibility of a market for kidney donation (59:30); Designing a fair system of organ distribution (1:17:30); The debate on what constitutes “death” when deciding when to take organs from a registered organ donor (1:21:45); Reflections on the gift of organ donation (1:33:15); The history of liver transplantation and why it’s so complex (1:39:15); Addressing acute liver failure and the amazing baboon experiment (1:46:15); The potential for the rising prevalence of NAFLD and NASH to overwhelm the liver transplant infrastructure in the US (1:54:45); The importance of teamwork in successful organ transplantations, and the most tragic event Chris has ever witnessed (2:05:45); and More. Learn more: https://peterattiamd.com/ Show notes page for this episode: http://peterattiamd.com/ChrisSonnenday Subscribe to receive exclusive subscriber-only content: https://peterattiamd.com/subscribe/ Sign up to receive Peter's email newsletter: https://peterattiamd.com/newsletter/ Connect with Peter on Facebook | Twitter | Instagram.

Chris Larsen is the founder and Managing Partner of Next-Level Income, through which he helps investors become financially independent through education and investment opportunities. Chris has been investing in and managing real estate for over 20 years. While completing his degree in Biomechanical Engineering and M.B.A. in Finance at Virginia Tech, he bought his first single family rental at age 21. During his subsequent career in the medical device industry, Chris expanded into development, private-lending, buying distressed debt as well as commercial offices, and ultimately syndicating multifamily properties. He began syndicating deals in 2016 and has been actively involved in over $225 million of real estate acquisitions. In addition to real estate, Chris has invested in equities, oil & gas, and small business lending, as well as being active in Venture South, one of the nation’s Top 10 Angel Investing groups. Chris lives with his wife and two boys in Asheville, NC where he loves spending time with them in the outdoors and enjoying the food and culture that the region has to offer. Some of the areas we touched on in this interview: How losing his father and best friend inspired Chris to quit his quest to become a professional cyclist and become an investor • Using the “infinite banking” concept to establish a family bank and supercharge investments • Why Chris believes multifamily real estate is the “Holy Grail” of real estate investing • How Chris’s background in engineering has influenced his investing • What metrics are most important when evaluating investments

In this one-of-a-kind episode of the Smart Real Estate Coach podcast, guest host Stephen Woessner turns the tables on Chris and interviews him about his background, how he got into real estate, and how he navigated the crushing challenges of the 2008 real estate market crash. Whether you're new to the Wicked Smart community or you've been here for the long haul, this episode gives you a glimpse into who Chris Prefontaine is and why he feels so passionately about helping others build true financial freedom through real estate. Chris's Bio: Chris Prefontaine is the best-selling author of Real Estate on Your Terms: Create Continuous Cash Flow Now, Without Using Your Cash or Credit. He's also the founder of SmartRealEstateCoach.com and the Smart Real Estate Coach Podcast. Chris has been in real estate for over 25 years. His experience includes the construction of over 100 single-family and duplex homes (mostly in the 1990's and selectively to date), has owned a Realty Executives Franchise (Massachusetts 1994-2000) as broker/owner which maintained high per-agent standards and eventually sold to Coldwell Banker in 2000. The 2000's included coaching ½ million and higher REALTORs® in order to scale & automate their business throughout the US and Canada. He also participated (and still does selectively) in doing condo conversions (multi-family homes to condos) and “raise the roof” projects (converting single-family ranches to colonials in growth neighborhoods). Chris has been a big advocate of constant education and participates regularly in high-end mastermind groups, as well as consults with private mentors. He runs his own buying and selling businesses with his family team, which buys 2-5 properties monthly, so they're in the trenches every single week. They also help clients do the same thing around the country. Chris and his family team have done over 80 million in real estate transactions. They mentor, coach, consult, and actually partner with students around the country (by application only) to do exactly what they do. Stephen's Bio: Stephen Woessner is the Founder and CEO of Predictive ROI and the host of the Onward Nation podcast, a top-rated podcast for learning how business owners think, act, and achieve success. Onward Nation is listened to in more than 120 countries around the world. He is the author of three bestselling books including the Amazon #1 Bestseller Profitable Podcasting. He is also a speaker, trainer, and his digital marketing insights have been featured in SUCCESS, Entrepreneur, The Washington Post, Forbes, Inc. Magazine, and other media. What you will learn in this episode: What important lessons Chris learned during the 2008 collapse that have continued to pay dividends even today Why developing the right mindset was crucial for Chris's survival after losing everything in 2008, and why having the right mindset is vital for Chris's students Why TTFD (Time To First Deal) is one of the key metrics Chris tracks in his students, and why the biggest slowdown they often encounter comes from mindset and fear How focusing on the “third pillar” of mindset has helped Chris and his team dramatically decrease students' TTFD How Chris realized his “Three Paydays” system was going to allow him to create the financial freedom he wanted for his family How an early deal morphed and converted over time, and how Chris has been able to hang onto that deal for over eight years and continue to profit Why being able to smartly pivot is a key skill that has helped Chris repeatedly grow his profits from his deals What important lessons and “aha!” moments Chris has experienced that he has been able to share with the Wicked Smart community Why Chris does the work that he does, and why his purpose is to empower people and change their lives How Chris built the Wicked Smart community with intentionality and care, with the goal of creating something to truly support his students Additional resources: Download the 7 Steps PDF Here SmartRealEstateCoachPodcast.com/webinar SmartRealEstateCoachPodcast.com/termsbook SmartRealEstateCoachPodcast.com/ebook SmartRealEstateCoach.com/QLS Smart Real Estate Coach Podcast Sponsor: Paul G. Dion CPA, CTC  

Join my discussion today with Chris Richardson, co-founder of Argo, a tech-enabled company that connects visa applicants with former consular officers to prep and support them for their visa interviews. Here's what we'll be discussing: Chris’s early days and his path in college and law school, How Chris ended in big law doing employment and immigration, Why Chris left law firm life and became a Foreign Service Officer, Life as a consular officer, and moving posts, Why Chris ultimately left the service in 2018, How the idea for Argo came about and first steps to launching it, How Argo works today and the company’s mission and future, What Chris thinks about immigration tech today and going forward, And more! For More Information On Argo: http://www.argovisa.com​

Chris Prefontaine, real estate coach and bestselling author of Real Estate On Your Terms: Create Continuous Cash Flow Now, Without Using Your Cash Or Credit, joins our show in this special episode of the Elite Man Podcast! In today’s episode Chris talks about how to make money in the real estate world by making deals and buying and flipping houses. He breaks down his formula for success and what he’s done to make sure he’s recession-proof while still having a massive portfolio of properties he owns. Chris shares his best tips and secrets to success in the real estate game. If you’re wondering how to crack the real estate code and start making money by making deals, check this episode out now! *Download this episode now and subscribe to our channel to get more of these amazing interviews! In our episode we go over: • How the 2008 Recession and Housing Crash effected Chris and his family • What he was doing wrong in his real estate business for years • Why he doesn’t put himself on the hook anymore with his real estate deals • How Chris Prefontaine has a 3 Payday system set up for his real estate deals • Why Chris recommends doing deals through your business entity and never your own name • How he learned all the real estate information he has today • The fact that Andrew Carnegie was doing master leases over 100 years ago, essentially rent-to-own deals • Getting the most out of your deals and making more money up front and long term • Whether or not you need a certain amount of money to start making real estate deals • What Chris recommends people do with their savings • Having a mentor who can show you the ropes and show you all the little tricks to success in the real estate world • What Chris does differently than most other real estate investors and deal-makers out there • Having patience in the real estate world • The mental side to real estate and making investments • What Chris does differently than other guys like say Grant Cardone • What to look for when making deals in the real estate world • Single family homes and how to optimize your success in this niche • Building your investment portfolio and having some variance within it • What wealth stacking is and the importance of it • Whether or not it’s possible to measure or quantify critical thinking • Having zero money and zero credit and still making deals on real estate • How to deal with banks and not get taken advantage of • Creative financing and what this actually means • How to be recession proof and how covid has affected the market Check out Chris on: Website: smartrealestatecoach.com Book: Real Estate on Your Terms Facebook: facebook.com/smartrealestatecoach Sponsors: * Follow Justin on Instagram now for daily content not found anywhere else! *Check out Justin’s new book ELITE MIND at EliteMindBook.com. *Join our email list at EliteManMagazine.com/newsletter now!

Today’s episode is a case study that provides a detailed blow-by-blow of a multifamily deal by Founder and CEO of Sterling Rhino Capital LLC, Chris Roberts. Chris has been a full-time entrepreneur and investor since 2007. He owns and operates a sales and marketing company that, when acquired, had annual sales of 7.2 million in 2007. By 2019, Chris and his team grew that business to 24.5 million. Chris holds investments or shares in over 2,100 units across the country and recently closed on 112 unit in Georgia and 104 unit property in Virginia. In this episode, Chris shares the details from the 112 unit deal in Georgia, from how he came across the property to what stood out about it and why he describes it as a diamond in the rough. He addressed the challenges and the lessons he learned along the way, namely the importance of building rapport, putting in the hours, doing the hard work, and following the numbers! Chris also shares some of his favorite tools and what others can learn from his biggest mistake, so make sure to tune in today!Key Points From This Episode:Chris shares a bit more about himself and his business.This specific 112 unit deal and how Chris stumbled upon it via a different group.What stood out about the property, and why Chris describes it as a diamond in the rough.The biggest challenge in closing this deal were the people between Chris and the seller.Chris explains how he went about closing the deal, given the owner had no digital records.The importance of establishing relationships with owners and helping them with the process.Working with the brokers on the deal is important, but this was a unique circumstance.Negotiating a lower price – Chris explains why he asked for the discount in the first place.Going about negotiation the right way: Chris says it’s about understanding the other side.Chris explains what his ultimate business plan for this property and what they are testing now.While Chris shops everything, he is always on the lookout for off market deals.Why Chris believes that brokers are a valuable resource for finding deals.Put in the hours, do the hard work, and follow the data, your deals should pay off.The real estate investing tool Chris can’t do without is the team he has built.Chris says his biggest mistake was not taking action and building a vision plan sooner.To grow his life to the next level, Chris says he needs to work on work-life balance.Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:Chris Roberts on LinkedInChris Roberts EmailChris RobertsSterling Rhino CapitalSterling Rhino Capital on FacebookSterling Rhino Capital on YouTubeHow to Win Friends and Influence PeopleBullpen

On this week's show, I'm chatting to Chris Hides, managing director of The Academy.Chris joined The Academy in December 2020 having previously been co-founder and MD of M&C Saatchi Talk, which was the merged business of M&C Saatchi PR and Talk PR.The Academy employs 50 people and has revenues of £4.4m.As many of our listeners will know it was founded by Mitch Kaye and Dan Glover in 2014.Before we start, thanks so much as ever to the podcast sponsors, the PRCA.And if you haven't taken a look yet, all the categories for the PRmoment Awards 2021 are on the awards microsite PRmomentawards.com Here’s a summary of what Chris and I discussed:01.00 min How Chris during 10 months of lockdown has merged an agency, launched an agency, left an agency and joined an agency? 03.00 mins How a chance lockdown meeting with The Academy co-founder Mitch Kaye led to Chris joining The Academy.04.00 mins How well did Chris know Mitch or Dan Glover before he joined The Academy?06.00 mins What it had been like for Chris being the new boy in a business for the first time in 18 years! 07.00 mins Why Chris has met all his new colleagues in his bedroom!09.00 mins How joining a business as a senior player you have to earn your stripes all over again.10.00 mins Bearing in mind the history of Dan Glover and Mitch Kaye in PR, does Chris feel the pressure of expectation as the new managing director of their business?12.00 mins How Chris started his PR career with Angie Moxham at Le Fevre and an office dog called Bollinger!15.00 mins “One of the greatest constraints to creativity is a lack of confidence”.16.00 mins How the most successful agencies must recognise, reward and promote creativity and not constrain creative talent.17.00 mins Chris talks us through his time at Talk PR and why he then co-founded M&C Saatchi PR.22.00 mins Chris talks us through the rapid growth of M&C Saatchi, alongside CEO Molly Aldridge.26.00 mins In 8 years M&C Saatchi PR went from a start up with pretty much zero revenue to, at its height in 2016/17, a 120 person agency with offices in New Your, Madrid, Paris, Milan, London and UAE. Chris talks us through the reasons why the business went through a period of decline.27.00 mins Chris says growing a business at that pace “is very much like a rollercoaster, you sit yourself in it and the ride starts and off you go. That’s the deal. My philosophy was always, you’re not getting off until the ride has finished.”28.00 mins “A lot of the decisions about expansion are about risk and your ability to manage risk and calculate it.”29.00 mins “America...was a real challenge. We tried incredibly hard to get America right and I don’t think we ever did.”30.00 mins Looking back Chris says “he would be more considerate in the attitude to accumulate costs. It’s very easy to put people into a business, it’s quite difficult, damaging to then remove them.”33.00 mins How the PR agency model has shifted - “the range of skills sets needed has increased...the costs go up, so you’re placing bigger bets! You can’t win the work without the talent.”34.00 mins Why do, in the main, UK consumer PR firms struggle to thrive in the US? 41.00 mins Chris talks about what it’s like joining The Academy’s management team of Mitch Kaye and Dan Glover who have worked together for so long.

“The strategy is the questions. You have to ask the right questions. If you don’t, you can be walking away from a smile.” - Chris TurnerWhen Chris Turner was 12 years old he got a metal detector and fell in love with looking for history. Over the years, he would be on the beach or in a park and get approached by a frantic couple looking for their ring. Within minutes, he was often able to help them recover their ring.These rings represent stories and relationships, and when they are lost, it feels as though the stories are lost with them. Chris started The Ring Finders in Vancouver to help people recover their rings and thus their stories. He documented these generous acts and caught the attention of a man in Illinois who invested in the mission.Since then, Chris has built an online directory of 500 independent metal detecting specialists in 22 countries that go out in search of rings, most of which do it on a pay as you wish basis. We talked with him about the human nature of this work and spotlighting stories from the searches.Highlights, inspiration, & key learnings:Origin Story. Why Chris started metal detecting.Rework basis. Pay what you wish and pay it forward.Spotlighting the stories. A video blog documenting searches.Finding Jon Cryer’s ring. The stories that reveal themself after publicity.

“It's going to be hard against the big boys with their war chest of cash, but there is enough room to do something different.” - Chris Torres shares why he decided to build Touriosity - an OTA with a conscience. Chris joins me today to share what Touriosity is all about and how you can register your company and tours. He reveals how tour bookings are managed and the marketing plan for 2021. Chris shares some of the lessons he has learned from the soft launch of Touriosity and the improvements he’s made in handling support requests. We discuss why local tours are not advertising on Facebook and the opportunities that are currently being missed by tour operators. Chris also shares his tips for getting your business through the next twelve months, including the benefits of having a business coach, and how collaborating with your competitors can help your tour business survive the challenges of the current global economy. Plus.. How to register your tours on Touriosity and the requirements for new and existing tour operators. How tour bookings and reservations are handled. How Touriosity is promoting its platform and future marketing plans. The lessons Chris has learned from Touriosity’s soft launch and the improvements they’ve made in handling support requests. Why Chris is taking OTA advertising to Facebook instead of Google Ads. The advantages of Facebook advertising and why it is exceptional for content targeting. How working with your competitors can help you survive 2021. Structuring your day and the value of having a business coach And Much More!

Chris Savage talks with Jason Barnard about brand affinity Brand identity and authenticity is the key for Brand Affinity. One of the biggest mistakes companies make is trying to over-monetize their companies to the detriment of its authenticity. Chris Savage is the co-founder of Wistia, a very successful company designed to serve businesses with on-site videos for marketing purposes. He talks about the early challenges of building a multi million dollar company from the ground up, and the power of brand identity. Chris talks us through a plethora of topics - from faking brand identity to branding through cult of personality to building affinity with your audience. What you'll learn from Chris Savage 00:00 Chris Savage and Jason Barnard 00:36 Chris Savage's Knowledge Panel around the world 05:20 Wisita's story from it's initial challenges to its current success 12:52 Why Chris and his business partner didn't sell the company when presented with big offers 14:04 Would Wistia have died if they had sold it early on? 15:13 The problem with over-monetizing a company 16:20 A story about the power of brand identity 19:12 Is Brand Affinity fakeable? 20:33 Is it OK to present your brand by just being yourself, without a calculated approach? 22:14 How Tim Cook vs Steve Jobs 23:49 Brand Affinity - Wistia's approach 26:30 Using video to connect with your audience? 28:53 Understanding your client - a practical and effective approach 31:58 Your audiences feedback VS their real needs and how that aligns with your company's mission Subscribe to the podcast Subscribe here >> This episode was recorded live on video January 20th 2021 Recorded live at Kalicube Tuesdays (Digital Marketing Livestream Event Series). Watch the video now >>

Chris Savage talks with Jason Barnard about brand affinity Brand identity and authenticity is the key for Brand Affinity. One of the biggest mistakes companies make is trying to over-monetize their companies to the detriment of its authenticity. Chris Savage is the co-founder of Wistia, a very successful company designed to serve businesses with on-site videos for marketing purposes. He talks about the early challenges of building a multi million dollar company from the ground up, and the power of brand identity. Chris talks us through a plethora of topics - from faking brand identity to branding through cult of personality to building affinity with your audience. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mf9haGnn7Uw In partnership with Wordlift What you’ll learn from Chris Savage 00:00 Chris Savage and Jason Barnard 00:36 Chris Savage's Knowledge Panel around the world 05:20 Wisita's story from it's initial challenges to its current success 12:52 Why Chris and his business partner didn't sell the company when presented with big offers 14:04 Would Wistia have died if they had sold it early on? 15:13 The problem with over-monetizing a company 16:20 A story about the power of brand identity 19:12 Is Brand Affinity fakeable? 20:33 Is it OK to present your brand by just being yourself, without a calculated approach? 22:14 How Tim Cook vs Steve Jobs 23:49 Brand Affinity - Wistia’s approach 26:30 Using video to connect with your audience? 28:53 Understanding your client - a practical and effective approach 31:58 Your audiences feedback VS their real needs and how that aligns with your company's mission

Chris Douglas is a Montana-based photographer and creative director who is one of the most sought-after visual storytellers in the American West. Chris is a go-to photographer for iconic brands such as Filson, Stetson, and Mossy Oak, and his editorial work appears regularly in publications including Modern Huntsman and Men’s Journal. In a world flooded with iPhone photography and armchair creatives, Chris’s work stands out as being artistically stunning and of the highest professional caliber. - When viewing Chris’s work, most people would assume that he’s been laser focused on photography for his entire career. But even though his interest in photography began at age ten, the first half of his career was spent in front of the lens-- first as an international model for brands such as Versace, and then as a successful television actor. But life moving between LA, New York, and Milan was not a fit with his love of the outdoors, so Chris eventually moved to Montana, where he continued his life-long passion for hunting and adventure. Then, as you’ll hear him describe, Chris was severely injured in a horse accident, which became the catalyst that led him to leave acting behind and devote his full energies to photography. - Those of you who are long-time listeners know that I spend a lot of time preparing for each of these interviews, but, as you’ll hear, I was completely surprised by much of Chris’s story. Chris is unbelievably humble and keeps a low profile, so I was honored that he was open to sharing his full journey with me on the podcast. We started out chatting about his upbringing in east Tennessee and his tight-knit, supportive family that he credits with being the foundation for all of his success. Then we discussed his fascinating career trajectory-- from international model to soap opera star to television host to photographer. We had a great conversation about his Native American ancestry and how Native culture has influenced his work and family’s life in Montana. - Chris’s story is both entertaining and instructive-- he is a wonderful example of how life’s unexpected twists and turns can lead people on the most interesting journeys. And how hard work, humility, creativity, and professionalism can result in a one-of-a-kind life and career. Check out the extensive episode notes for links to everything we discuss.  Enjoy! --- Chris Douglas Photography --- TOPICS DISCUSSED: 5:00 – Where Chris grew up 6:45 – How did Chris become interested in photography? 10:00 – Chris’s other artistic talents 11: 15 – Chris beginning to work with Bruce Weber 16:00 – Chris learning more about photography through observation 18:00 – Social media’s impact on photography from Chris’s perspective 19:00 – Chris pursuing his passion for hunting while modeling 22:45 – Chris reflects on the best and worst parts of his career in front of the camera 24:30 – What pushed Chris to spend time in the outdoors in the middle of a successful modeling/acting career 26:00 – Why Chris decided to move to Montana 28:30 –Chris’s gradual transition to professional photography behind the lens 30:30 – Chris’s run in with an ornery horse 39:30 – Chris reflects on all the jobs that got him to where he is now 42:00 – Chris’s keys to success in business and photography 47:00 – Chris’s Native heritage 50:00 – Chris reflects on learning about his heritage 55:43 – Where Chris thinks his career will go from here 58:15 – Book recommendations 1:01:45 – Parting words of wisdom --- ABOUT MOUNTAIN & PRAIRIE: Mountain & Prairie - All Episodes Mountain & Prairie Shop Mountain & Prairie on Instagram Upcoming Events About Ed Roberson Support Mountain & Prairie Leave a Review on Apple Podcasts

For whatever reason, most real estate agents shy away from partnering with investors. But here's the thing: Rehabbers and wholesalers are already spending tens of thousands of dollars every month on motivated seller leads. They convert about 10% of those and throw the rest away! So, what if you could turn those turndowns into listings? Chris Craddock is the Founder and CEO of The Redux Group, a real estate team out of Northern Virginia built around an investor-agent lead generation model. His team specializes in closing on distressed properties, selling nearly $120M in volume last year. Chris is also the creator of the REI Agent Program and the co-host of Uncommon Real Estate, a podcast dedicated to helping agents and investors grow their business with creative real estate solutions. Chris shares where to find real estate investor partners and what his team does to build relationships with these rehabbers and wholesalers. He explains how his team closes on investor referral leads at a high level, turning trash into cash and commanding an above-average commission. Chris provides insight on positioning yourself as a problem-solver, and how to leverage investor referrals to get listings! Suggested Topics (more on Bio Sheet!) What inspired Chris to build a team around an investor-agent model How much investors spend on finding motivated sellers Why Chris team commands an above-average commission Positioning yourself as a problem-solver, not a typical real estate agent How Chris turns an investors turn down deals from trash into cash What Chris does to build relationships with rehabbers and wholesalers Chris 17-step process for closing 50% of his investor referral leads How to identify the reason someone is moving in a distressed situation Chris advice on where to look for real estate investor partners Connect with Chris Learn more about Chris at chriscraddock.com and listen to Uncommon Real Estate at chriscraddock.com/podcast. Follow Chris on Instagram at instagram.com/craddrock/ or Facebook at facebook.com/ChrisCraddockBusiness/ Look for REI Mastermind Network and subscribe through iTunes or your favorite podcast app! If you like what you hear please give us a rating, like, and share. It really helps the show grow. • reimastermind.net • https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_6OpKSfSGvgGDG1qtBQw9Q • https://www.facebook.com/REIMastermindNetwork • https://twitter.com/rei_mastermind As you can already tell we have made some changes and a few more are on the way. If you are interested in what we have planned, head over to Patreon.com/REImastermind, and support the show today. Financial contributions are always appreciated along with a LIKE, SHARE, and REVIEW. It really helps us grow and reach more people with this valuable information. See you next time and tell a friend! "You can invest 10,000 hours and become an expert or learn from those who have already made that investment." - JD

Today’s guest, Chris Larsen is the founder and Managing Partner of Next-Level Income. Chris has been investing in and managing real estate for over 20 years. While still a college student, he bought his first rental property at age 21. From there, Chris expanded into development, private-lending, buying distressed debt as well as commercial offices, and ultimately syndicating multifamily properties. He began syndicating deals in 2016 and has been actively involved in over $225 million of real estate acquisitions. Chris is passionate about helping investors become financially independent. We chat about: How losing his father and best friend inspired Chris to quit his quest to become a professional cyclist and become an investor Using the “infinite banking” concept to establish a family bank and supercharge investments Why Chris believes multifamily real estate is the “Holy Grail” of real estate investing How Chris’s background in engineering has influenced his investing What metrics are most important when evaluating investments Connect with Chris: NextLevelIncome.com LinkedIn Facebook The Next Level Income Show Feel good about the way you manage your rentals. Find tenants, view credit history, sign leases, and collect rent — on any device, with tools built specifically for DIY landlords. Head over to https://bit.ly/AvailHD for more information about Avail! Want to work with us? Head over to HouseDudes.com for more information. If you have any thoughts or questions shoot us an email at info@housedudes.com. You can also find us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @HouseDudes Please subscribe through iTunes or your favorite podcast app! If you like what you hear please give us a rating, like, and share. It really helps the show grow. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/housedudes Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HouseDudesPodcast/ iTunes: http://bit.ly/HouseDudesiTunes Google Play: http://bit.ly/HouseDudesGooglePlay YouTube: http://bit.ly/HouseDudesYouTube Stitcher: http://bit.ly/HouseDudesStitcher SoundCloud: http://bit.ly/HouseDudesSoundcloud Follow Josh Koth and Jack Hoss on their journey towards financial freedom using the power of Real Estate through the REI Rookies Podcast (Real Estate Investing Rookies Podcast). We share our experiences as we acquire rental properties, build net worth, and work towards financial freedom. We are focused on creating wealth through conventional and creative real estate investing while improving our financial education. If you are a fan of Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki and Millionaire Real Estate Investor by Gary Keller or are looking for an alternative to the Dave Ramsey, Jim Cramer, Motley Fool or Suze Orman shows we invite you to subscribe today!

Chris's Bio: Chris Prefontaine is the best-selling author of Real Estate on Your Terms: Create Continuous Cash Flow Now, Without Using Your Cash or Credit. He's also the founder of SmartRealEstateCoach.com and the Smart Real Estate Coach Podcast. Chris has been in real estate for over 25 years. His experience includes the construction of over 100 single-family and duplex homes (mostly in the 1990's and selectively to date), has owned a Realty Executives Franchise (Massachusetts 1994-2000) as broker/owner which maintained high per-agent standards and eventually sold to Coldwell Banker in 2000. The 2000's included coaching ½ million and higher REALTORs® in order to scale & automate their business throughout the US and Canada. He also participated (and still does selectively) in doing condo conversions (multi-family homes to condos) and “raise the roof” projects (converting single-family ranches to colonials in growth neighborhoods). Chris has been a big advocate of constant education and participates regularly in high-end mastermind groups, as well as consults with private mentors. He runs his own buying and selling businesses with his family team, which buys 2-5 properties monthly, so they're in the trenches every single week. They also help clients do the same thing around the country. Chris and his family team have done over 80 million in real estate transactions. They mentor, coach, consult, and actually partner with students around the country (by application only) to do exactly what they do. Zach's Bio: Zach Beach is an Amazon Best-Selling Author of The New Rules of Real Estate Investing and revised edition of Real Estate On Your Terms. He has been an authority in real estate for 7 years now and has personally completed hundreds of real estate transactions and has mentored investors to complete thousands of transactions. At the age of 25, Zach decided to leave the world of bartending and personally training and jump into the family business. Now he is an equal partner and runs the acquisitions department, focusing on helping sellers accomplish their goal of selling their property. If Zach is not working, you will find enjoying the outdoors or spending time with his wife Kayla and two kids Remi and Bellamy. His passion for family and business is what keeps him motivated and excited to take on each day. What you will learn in this episode: How the terms niche is booming, even during the global pandemic, and what that means for real estate investors looking for new opportunities Why the terms niche is ideal for being recession-resistant because terms deals are flexible and easy to pivot Why choosing a niche you can get behind and stick with and joining a community who has done what you want to do is the key to success in real estate investing Why you should take action, sustain your momentum, and look for golden opportunities even during the crisis How the Wicked Smart Community has been a powerful motivator, source of inspiration and resource for its members through the pandemic Why Chris, Zach and their family team decided to break into real estate coaching, and how it has impacted their investing business Why much of the coaching the Smart Real Estate Coach team does lies outside traditional real estate but has a major impact on students' success Why being in the right place mentally, physically and emotionally is critically important for your success Why the formula for success is: Be honest with yourself and get clear on where you are Decide where you want to go Identify the core points blocking you right now from getting there Take massive action Work with a coach on your process What the difference between a mentor and a coach is, and why a coach will take you farther than a mentor will Resources: Get a strategy call with the Smart Real Estate Coach team: www.SmartRealEstateCoach.com/action Additional resources: Real Estate on Your Terms by Chris Prefontaine SmartRealEstateCoachPodcast.com/webinar SmartRealEstateCoachPodcast.com/ebook SmartRealEstateCoach.com/QLS

Prolific writer/director/producer Chris Columbus joins host Jenny Curtis in a conversation about his career path, incredible collaborators, experiences working with children, behind the scenes stories and his newest holiday adventure, THE CHRISTMAS CHRONICLES 2. Through the conversation they discuss:  1:08 - His experience in this holiday season and not watching many holiday films.  1:52 - When Chris knew he was going to be a filmmaker, his path to NYU and his first screenplay written on the nightshift of his summer job.  5:22 - The luck of Steven Spielberg reading GREMLINS, the call Chris got that brought him to LA, and working at the Amblin office.  8:08 - A lesson learned by getting fired from INDIANA JONES.  10:20 - Connecting to John Hughes and turning down NATIONAL LAMPOON’S CHRISTMAS VACATION after not connecting with Chevy Chase, and getting the script for HOME ALONE. 12:15 - Being new to stunts for HOME ALONE and being nervous for the stuntmen.  13:55 - His unique approach to working with children on HOME ALONE and HARRY POTTER.  16:25 - The magic of working on HARRY POTTER 17:19 - How Chris is drawn to films that take place over Christmas 18:38 - Putting his own family in his films 19:16 - Why Chris decided to write/direct CHRISTMAS CHRONICLES 2 20:28 - Working with Kurt Russell and the strong woman Goldie Hawn played in Mrs. Claus. 23:45 - Creating the language of Elvish working with Darby Camp.  25:16 - Traveling back in time in the film.  26:03 - Stealing from himself in his films 27:09 - Why he made RENT in the way he did.  28:53 - Listening to film criticism and having critical response differ from audience response.  30:55 - Having mixed reviews on MRS. DOUBTFIRE while having successful test screenings.  31:57 - Working with Robin Williams and MRS. DOUBTFIRE and his cameo in NINE MONTHS 34:21 - His company with his daughter Eleanor, Maiden Voyage 35:49 - Supporting Robert Eggers in sticking to his guns on THE LIGHTHOUSE.  37:28 - Loving to shoot musical numbers and the days on set that are joyful.  37:55 - Being ready to quit and being pulled back.  38:30 - His life in storytelling.  ----------------- Learn More: Hollywood Unscripted Follow Us: Instagram | Facebook | Twitter Hosted and Produced by: Jenny Curtis Edited by: J Whiting Executive Producer: Stuart Halperin Theme Music by: Celleste and Eric Dick A CurtCo Media Production See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today’s episode is a little different than my recent interviews – we’re coming to you from the other side of the entrepreneurial journey.Where most of my previous guests have been around the halftime of their lives, Chris Bello is still in the first half of the game and looking to the future. I connected with Chris on his podcast and wanted to bring him onto my show so you could share in his insights and generosity.Chris Bello is a realtor, podcaster, and entrepreneur and at his young age is pondering questions I’m still working through with many CEOs in their 50s and 60s. One of the things I love about Chris is his drive for deeper self-awareness and self-reflection, both of which are integral parts of the journey to sheer clarity and markers of a true leader by attraction.In this episode, Chris and I talk about how he went from working in his dream job to thinking outside the cubicle and working for himself, what it means to create a company culture that’s attractive to millennials, why it’s important to find your purpose beyond the money, how selfless service brings success, and so much more!  Key Topics:Why I wanted to interview Chris for the show (1:39)What makes a millennial? (2:40)The characteristics of people with the “performer gene” (3:35)Chris’s early journey along a conventional school-to-job path (4:26)Why Chris left his dream job to work for himself (5:13)Thinking of yourself as an independent contractor (6:51)The need to be in control of our destiny (7:55)Why Chris’ thinking on work started to shift (8:55)What Chris learned from behavioral assessments (9:50)Tackling impulsiveness and shiny object syndrome (10:47)How self-awareness helps you to achieve clarity (12:01)The wide range of priorities and goals within the millennial generation (13:51)Creating a company culture that’s attractive and motivational for the under-35s (16:26)Placing value on productivity instead of time spent (19:06)Why you might need to develop better performance metrics (20:36)How Chris’ conversations have changed since becoming an entrepreneur (24:29)Finding your purpose beyond the money (26:01)How Chris thinks about his purpose (27:22)A reminder not to wait to ask yourself the deep questions about life (28:43)Chris’ North Star (31:48)Reframing sales as an act of helping (32:42)Why you should let the sense of helping others be your guide (34:49)Breaking the stigma around counseling (36:39)The microwave mentality (39:00)The alarming decline in empathy in younger generations (40:06)Finding empathy as a high performer (41:55)What Chris would like to be saying about his life at 50 (43:32)What it means to make a difference (44:54)And much more! Mentioned in this Episode:Chris Bello’s Podcast | Entrepreneur Motivation PodcastChris Bello on InstagramChris Bello’s Free Guide | 5 Productivity Hacks to Implement TODAYEntrepreneur Motivation Podcast | Episode 205:  Achieving Sheer Clarity with Kevin McHughSheer Clarity | Starting from a Place of Self-Reflection with Mike Swiger THANKS FOR LISTENING!Be sure to subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.  And feel free to drop us a line at kevin@sheerclarity.com. Follow Sheer Clarity on LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook! 

In this episode of Movers & Shakers Josh & Gino interview Chris Petrakis. Topics touched on include:   How having skin in the game gave Chris the push needed to do his first deal Why Chris is doing multifamily after successful career Chris covers how he shifted from working hard for his money to having his money having work hard for him How Chris was able to go from educating and kicking tires to implementing and getting results.   Chris’s Bio:   Chris Petrakis is originally from Gulf Breeze, Florida but currently resides in Birmingham, Michigan with his beautiful wife and two young daughters. After graduating with a degree in Marketing from Lipscomb University, Chris began his 22-year career in Medical Sales; currently, he is an Aortic Field Sales Associate specializing in Endovascular Aortic Aneurysm repair working with Vascular and Cardiothoracic Surgeons for W. L. Gore & Associates.  Chris started his real estate investing career in 2002 when he bought his first of five rental properties in the Virginia Beach area.  In the meantime, several corporate relocations for career advancement opportunities took him to Baltimore, Boston, Washington, DC and finally to the suburbs of Detroit, where they moved to August of 2019. Moving to his wife’s hometown has surprisingly given Chris the chance to make a leap of faith by committing to multifamily investing. In December of 2019, four months after moving to Michigan, Chris decided to join the Jake and Gino community. It turns out that joining the group was the push he needed to begin his new venture in larger real estate investments. Two months after joining the Jake and Gino community, Chris closed on a value-add Quality Inn and Suites Hotel in February 2020.  Currently, he has his first 8-unit MF deal under contract in his home market of Birmingham, Michigan.  In addition to real estate investing, Chris and some of his business partners recently opened a speakeasy-style bar in the downtown Main Street section of Plymouth, MI, and he is also a part owner of the restaurant above the bar, Greek Islands Eatery, a family-owned operation. While he’s willing to entertain most any investment opportunity that comes his way, Chris believes he has found his passion in Multifamily Real Estate. 

Chris Kalous is the host of the Enormocast and has been immersed in climbing for more than thirty years. We talked about training to be a climber in high school gym class, climbing mountains in New Zealand, soloing El Cap in winter, the infamous “Aid Rant” and the mythical grade of A6+, the ‘Freerider’, old-guy training, raising a kid, and the future of the Enormocast.   Support on Patreon:  patreon.com/thenuggetclimbing  Show Notes:  http://thenuggetclimbing.com/episodes/chris-kalous  Nuggets:  2:41 – Election hangover and my visit to Bonfire Coffee  5:14 – Growing up in the Midwest and reading about John Bachar in Outside Magazine  6:34 – Training for climbing in high school gym class  9:53 – First day of outdoor climbing at Horsetooth Reservoir, and the Outdoor Adventure Floor at CSU  12:15 – Guiding at Colorado Mountain School  15:07 – Chris’s first big international trip to Australia  20:06 – Becoming interested in climbing history, reading ‘Climb!’ cover-to-cover, and idolizing climbers from the 70s  22:29 – Aid climbing in the Fisher Towers  23:30 – Doing an exchange to NZ in ’91, moving to LA, moving away from ice climbing, and starting to climb in Yosemite  27:29 – Climbing A4 in the Fisher Towers, and early aid climbing on El Cap  30:43 – Solo aid climbing ‘Lost in America’ in winter, and aiding through a waterfall  38:33 – Getting down the east ledges in the snow, breaking “the rule”, and the aid climber’s mindset  41:33 – The ‘Aid Rant’, and a breakdown of aid climbing grades (A0 through A5)  47:07 – Aid climbing as an engineering and mental challenge  50:24 – Patron Question: What exactly might constitute the mythical grade of A6+?  51:28 – Patron Question: What is the best way to train for hard aid in a gym?  52:19 – Why Chris moved away from aid climbing  56:30 – How Chris thinks about introducing his son Miles to climbing  57:36 – The ‘Freerider’ chapter  1:06:01 – ‘Learning to Fly’, Didier Berthod, “The bolts don’t make the sport climbing”, and traddy tendencies  1:12:16 – Embracing Rifle, climbing ‘Cantina Boy’, and the mental game of sport climbing  1:16:49 – Back to ‘Learning to Fly’, the advice Chris got from Peewee Ouellet, and taping for finger cracks  1:20:40 – The Canadian Rockies chapter and the FA of ‘Premonition’  1:24:15 – Putting up a 10-pitch 13a in Wadi Rum  1:26:03 – Patron Question: How do you balance fatherhood and climbing? Any secret beta for a new father who would like to keep improving at climbing while being present in his daughter’s life?  1:29:22 – Navigating a relationship with kids, climbing with your partner, and date nights  1:34:08 – Training lessons from working with Kris Hampton (Odub)  1:36:53 – Training can be fun, and “you can do a lot less than you think and still see gains”  1:38:42 – A breadth of experiences, and how climbing harder opens up the world  1:41:11 – One wish about sponsorship and being a sponsored climber  1:43:24 – Hoping to go to Tagia in Morocco, getting shut down on ‘Golden Gate’, prioritizing friends and family in climbing  1:47:34 – The sale offer, and the future of the Enormocast  1:50:31 – The Runout podcast (Chris’s other podcast with Andrew Bisharat)  1:52:12 – Chris’s recommended Enormocast episodes  1:55:11 – Chris’s recommended Runout episodes  1:55:48 – Grateful for Carbondale, CO  1:57:35  – The gift of podcasting, and the guest wish list  2:02:14 – The Mobile Studio 2.0  

Chris Janke is a father, author, and host of the “Health in the Real World” podcast. He has been a  personal trainer since 2004 and places an emphasis on first building a strong foundation and continuing from there. He is a big fan of bodyweight training and progressing in a safe manner. He aims to help his clients build strength, flexibility, and core at the same time. It was great to talk to Chris and learn about some of the more basic, yet no less important, parts of the human anatomy that should be focused on to live a truly functionally healthy body. You can find him and his personal training business at:Website: https://mycorebalance.com/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/mycorebalance/---(02:52) How Chris became a personal trainer.(06:50) The core, stabilizing, stretching, and recovery.(10:10) Core work is about more than just prevention.(12:22) Assessing a person’s foundation.(15:39) How you look vs how you feel.(17:52) Breaking down a few exercises from Chris’ list of 42 functional exercises.(24:17) How isolation exercises help with dynamic movements.(27:05) Why Chris finds pain relief more rewarding than weight loss.(28:54) The power of consistency and taking your time.(31:31) Closing - How to get in contact with Chris.---If you enjoyed this episode and took value from it, please subscribe, leave a five star review, and share the show with others that you think would benefit from it. Thanks!For helpful health-related articles you can visit my website www.teddybenz.comIf you would like to contact me to ask questions, have a custom workout/meal plan created for you, or even just chat about all things health and fitness you can get in touch with me via:email: teddy@teddybenz.comtwitter: https://twitter.com/theodorebenzyoutube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1YZnNonNJH-6n9OBO2vrVwfacebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100010337169214instagram: https://instagram.com/teddybenztiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@theodorebenzInterested in being a guest? You can schedule an interview at www.teddybenz.com/yff

Chris Cage quit a corporate job to travel and eventually hike the Appalachian Trail. When he was finally done, he had a choice to make. Either go back to corporate life or find a way to fund his new lifestyle. He chose the latter and founded Greenbelly Meals. Chris has had to make some big life-changing decisions that all came at a cost, but that's makes it an adventure. To risk the known for the unknown.On this episode, we get to know a little more about Chris Cage, Green Belly, and how he goes about managing risks. We also dive into entrepreneurship, his book on the AT, and a fun new social networking site for backpacking gear nerds called Packfire. By Land,Emory R. WangerBy Land LinksLEARN HOW TO BACKPACK https://byland.co/learn-how-to-backpackYOUTUBE https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChSSISEgIfwYz2cc0aHQj3gFACEBOOK GROUP https://www.facebook.com/groups/1192723304224313/INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/byland.co SAY HELLO!! https://byland.co/contactShow Notes and LinksIntroduction to Greenbelly Backstory on Chris CageWhy Chris decided to hike the ATLife after the AT and deciding to create a food productDeciding to make BIG life changing decisions Why Chris started a business instead of continuing to travelHow Chris knew Greenbelly would be sustainableHow Chris self published his book on hiking the AT Deciding where to spend your time and energyThe backstory on Packfire and who it's for (ie fun!)What Greenbelly Meals offerBackstory on the name “Greenbelly”Final advice for those needing to make a big decision https://www.greenbelly.co/https://packfire.com/https://www.instagram.com/greenbellymealHow to Hike the Appalachian Trail: A Comprehensive Guide to Plan and Prepare for a Successful Thru-Hike

This week on the Performance Marketer Podcast, I’m joined by a very special guest. Chris Wark is a public speaker, an author, and a health coach, sharing his life story to provide hope to all those who feel like there is none.Just short of 17 years ago, Chris was diagnosed with stage III colon cancer. What came after was a period of excruciating fear and agonizing hopelessness.Desperately searching for ways to cope, he threw himself into exploring the practices of healthy living. By making a radical change to his diet and lifestyle, Chris managed to beat cancer - without ever undergoing chemotherapy!He decided to share his story to support other cancer patients and continues to do so to this day. Chris recently published his second book called Beat Cancer Daily, and with it, he aims to empower people to overcome the biggest obstacles and survive life’s most difficult storms.The topic of cancer hits very close to home for me. I lost my mom to melanoma cancer, my grandpa to lung cancer, and even today, I have several friends fighting the big fight against this horrible disease.If you’re going through an incredibly difficult period in your life, I sincerely hope our conversation provides you with some comfort.Keep fighting!Key Takeaways:Coping with a cancer diagnosis as a young adult (2:25)The surprising disconnection between health care and healthy living (8:18)How does knowing you have cancer affect your mindset? (11:33)Why Chris looked for answers in healthy living and dieting (13:45)Meeting with an oncologist who tried to talk him into chemo (20:49)Why you should NEVER make fear-based decisions (23:45)The many issues of the cancer industry (26:14)Why Chris decided to share his story (28:43)What is Chris Wark’s new book Beat Cancer Daily about? (32:05)How to make money by following your passion (37:47)Life’s challenges can be blessings in disguise (44:33)How our stories change people’s lives (47:13)Additional Resources:Eric Beer's One Affiliate Offer Challenge: View NowSign up for the SurveyDetective VIP Waitlist (Coming 2020): Join Here---Connect with Eric!Send Eric a Text: 917-636-1998Eric’s website: https://ericbeer.comFollow Eric on Instagram: http://bit.ly/ericbeerinstaSubscribe to Eric’s YouTube Channel: https://bit.ly/2Uv1e8M---Subscribe to the podcast on Apple, Spotify, Google, Stitcher, TuneIn, or anywhere else you listen to your podcasts.If you haven't already, please rate and review the podcast on Apple Podcasts!

Chris Grunder teaches photography at Sonoma State University and is a Director at the Bass and Reiner art gallery in San Francisco. Today we talk about contemporary art and the role that photography can play within it. This is a fun and deep theoretical conversation about why we shoot what we shoot. In This Episode You'll Learn: How Chris got into photography How failing at his first few dozen rolls of film pushed him to shoot more What is contemporary art Why Chris moved to New York to work with commercial photographers after getting his masters in fine art What makes up the difference between someone just started in fine art photography and an experienced artist Resources: Chris Grunders Website Bass and Reiner Lightroom 101

In the aftermath of UFC 254: Khabib vs. Gaethje, former UFC middleweight champion, Chris Weidman speaks to Submission Radio about Khabib Nurmagomedov's retirement, why the Khamzat Chimaev fight didn't come together and if he's still interested after Chimaev fights Leon Edwards, Israel Adesanya potentially taking time off and returning to light heavyweight against Jan Blachowicz, Adesanya filming him and their interactions, Why Chris believes Adesanya is a favourable match-up for him, being offered the Derek Brunson fight but Brunson not being interested, Marvin Vettori accusing Weidman of not fighting him, the New York Madden Challenge between him and Daniel Cormier with $1000 per touchdown on the line, and more! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today, joining me is Chris Ducker, who is a keynote speaker and author of two books. His first book, Virtual Freedom, he had traditionally published, his second book, the Rise of the Youpreneur, is self-published. He is known as a Virtual CEO and regarded as an authority on virtual staffing and personal outsourcing. Chris is here to talk about using a book to build your personal brand and your business. “For me, I believe that a book is one of the easiest and most important expert positioning strategies for anyone who wants to build a business based around their experience and expertise should act on - plain and simple.” This is the first action item he works on with coaching clients is to create and publish a book. He knew that authoring his book would bring him more business. The trick was to put all the information he had in his mind into one definitive guide. Currently, his book has over 1000 five-star reviews on Amazon and continues to create monthly sales every quarter. “We don’t give Virtual Freedom away, but we do pitch it as a great starting point for anyone who wants to learn how to work with virtual staff, and to learn how to hire support and run their business with a virtual team.” Chris considers his book a “tripwire product” to get the easy, low-dollar item out of someone to get them warmed up to his business. “I totally agree with qualifying a prospective customer.” Chris recommends not to work on your weaknesses when building your personal brand, but to delegate them to others to get the job done. “Delegate your weakness and work with your strengths. Do the stuff that you’re good at but do it in a way that is uniquely your own path.” Completing this process with the right amount of transparency will build a community of people around you that will consume your content. Listen in to find out why Chris put his face on the cover of his second book, why he self-published his second book, and his mistakes when publishing his first book. Show Notes [02:03] Why Chris writes his books and how he intentionally fits them into his business ecosystem. [05:39] Chris’ experience with traditional publishing.  [07:27] Virtual Freedom launch party details. [08:27] How Chris strategically used his book in lead funnels and sales. [10:25] Using your book to prospect for future clients. [13:21] Why Chris’ book is the $20 business card for his company. [14:42] Why Rise of theYouPreneur is more of an aspirational book. [19:20] Should you put your face on the cover of your book? [23:48] Traditional versus self-publishing experience for Chris. [27:38] Chris wanted to be an example of how to self-publish your book to his students. [30:28] Have your foundations down before you build a personal brand. [34:40] Building a personal brand around you as a digital marketing strategy. [37:08] Advice for new authors. Links and Resources Visit Self Publishing School Online SPS Free Training Course Circle of Profit Get Chris Ducker’s Book Coaching with Chris Ducker

Chris Arnold is the co-founder of COSA Investments, one of the largest wholesale companies in the DFW Metroplex. COSA is operated and managed by a US virtual team, which has allowed Chris to run his company while living in Tulum, Mexico. He is also the founder of Arnold Elite Realty, a cutting-edge boutique brokerage team consisting of seasoned agents. His passion for coaching and mentoring entrepreneurs has led to the creation of The Multipliers Mastermind. Most recently, Chris has launched his REI Radio coaching program. This program is designed to teach real estate Investors the Marketing stream that everyone knows about, but NO ONE is doing! What you'll learn about in this episode: How Chris initially got into real estate in 2005 at just 25 years old, how he built a boutique brokerage, and how he then transitioned into fix-and-flip and wholesaling How Chris took his business into a virtual space, and why creating a company with freedom of location was his primary goal How the global pandemic outbreak accelerated the team's move into virtual space, and what creative solutions the team developed Chris gives an overview of his goals and plans for The Multipliers Mastermind and his REI Radio project Why Chris believes entrepreneurs can benefit from moving to a virtual business, and what suggestions he has to offer to accelerate your transition Why Chris calls radio “the marketing channel everyone knows about but no one is using,” and how radio can be powerful and effective for real estate investors How Chris and his team have refined their system over ten years to be completely easy and plug-and-play How to gain access to Chris's REI Radio system to master the use of radio marketing and establish yourself and dominate your market What daily rituals and practices Chris follows to start his day right and do his best work every day How Chris's passion has shifted from doing deals to making an impact on others within the real estate space Resources: REI Radio Website: www.wholesalinginc.com/reiradio Website: https://cosainvestments.com/ Website: http://myhomesold.com/ LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/arnold-elite-real-estate/ Facebook: www.facebook.com/COSAinvestments/ Twitter: @ArnoldElite Additional resources: LIVE Event September 16-18, 2020: www.qlslive.com Website: www.SmartRealEstateCoachPodcast.com/webinar Website: www.SmartRealEstateCoachPodcast.com/termsbook Website: www.SmartRealEstateCoachPodcast.com/ebook Website: www.SmartRealEstateCoach.com/QLS/ Smart Real Estate Coach Podcast Sponsor: Paul G. Dion CPA, CTC