Podcasts about Zing

Was she petty? YES. Does she regret it? HELL NAH! Pop the champagne and cue the celebration playlist — Jayna is *FINALLY* officially DIVORCED!  YESSS! If you've been paying close attention, then you know It's been over TEN YEARS since our host split from her husband...so what's the hold up? Well don't worry, because Jayna explains everything in an episode that's cheeky, empowering, revengeful and spiteful with a dash of cringe and a pinch of ZING!!! Just wait till you hear why the marriage dragged on this long, what had her giggling in the courthouse and what she did to celebrate when it was all said and done.  Find out how Jayna went from "I do" to "I'm done".... You probably never imagined divorce could be so much fun!    IN THIS EPISODE -Funny divorce stories -Moving on after divorce -Getting married a second time -How to move on after a second divorce -How to tell you're in a bad marriage   If you loved this episode and would like to support Big Lash Energy please click here: Buymeacoffee.com/BigLashEnergy Our not-so-secret goal is to create a tribe of badass women who find beauty in the messiest parts of life. We're learning and laughing as we go! If you know someone who could use a little BLE in their life? If so, could you pretty please share this show with them! ...let's grow this tribe together!    HOW TO CONNECT:  Find us on INSTAGRAM!  BigLashPodcast   Jaynas makeup and personal IG: JaynaMarieMakeup   We're official! Here's our website: www.biglashpodcast.com   

Today I am reading and explaining the first chapter of my second book, Your Salon Team. This book should be every Salon owners guide to finding, motivating and keeping an AMAZING team, that supports you on your journey towards 25 hours on the Salon floor each week.I am running a FREE Masterclass in May 2025 the details are:  https://thesalonmentors.com/2025-masterclass MY OTHER FREE STUFFSalon Success Playbook https://salonsuccessplaybook.comFacebook https://www.facebook.com/lisaconwayzing/Instagram https://www.instagram.com/lisa.conway_/TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@lisa_salonmentorMY PAID STUFFMy Healthy, Wealthy and Kind Retreats in Bali   https://healthywealthykindretreat.comLisa Conway's Reboot Your Salon 28-Day Challenge  https://salonreboot.com/MY BOOKSThe Naked Salon, Your Salon Team, and Your Salon Retail Are essential reading for Salon owners are available in Paperback or Audio at Amazon, Audible, Kindle or from my store. https://www.thenakedsalon.comTo contact Lisa, just reach out to jess@zingcoach.com.au

Team Targets, what a tough topic! This is the part 1 in my Salon Team Target and Performance series. If this is something you are interested in, I am running a FREE Masterclass in May 2025 the details are below.https://thesalonmentors.com/2025-masterclass MY OTHER FREE STUFFSalon Success Playbook https://salonsuccessplaybook.comFacebook https://www.facebook.com/lisaconwayzing/Instagram https://www.instagram.com/lisa.conway_/TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@lisa_salonmentor MY PAID STUFFMy Healthy, Wealthy and Kind Retreats in Bali   https://healthywealthykindretreat.comLisa Conway's Reboot Your Salon 28-Day Challenge  https://salonreboot.com/ MY BOOKSThe Naked Salon, Your Salon Team, and Your Salon Retail Are essential reading for Salon owners are available in Paperback or Audio at Amazon, Audible, Kindle or from my store. https://www.thenakedsalon.comTo contact Lisa, just reach out to jess@zingcoach.com.au

Ds. J.Burggraaf ( vanuit Pelgrimvaderskerk ) over Handelingen 16 vers 22 t/m vers 35; thema : Zing in gevangenschap.

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Sdílíme dojmy z londýnského výstaviště.(00:00) Sponzor(00:05) Úvod(00:52) Nintendo Switch 2 Experience(03:17) Dojmy z konzole(16:06) Mario Kart World(23:40) Donkey Kong Bananza(32:35) Metroid Prime 4 Beyond(41:39) Cyberpunk 2077(48:48) Hogwarts Legacy(51:46) The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom(54:01) Kirby and the Forgotten Land(56:12) Drag x Drive(01:03:00) Super Mario Party Jamboree(01:03:48) Shrnutí(01:09:52) Co momentálně hrajeme(01:22:39) Závěr

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Prop. J.J Jacobse ( Niddelburg )( vanuit Pelgrimvaderskerk ) over Exodus 15 vers 1 t/m vers 21; thema : Zing in redding.

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In episode 175, Jill and Chris speak with Sally Duplantier, a gerontologist, health educator and researcher. She founded her current company, Zing, with a mission to help older adults live their best lives longer through better lifestyle choices and health equity. She is passionate about increasing Healthspan—the number of years we are free of chronic disease and disability. Sally returned to school in her 60s. She received an MS in gerontology from the University of Southern California and a graduate certificate in Qualitative Research from Indiana University. She was recently accepted into a doctoral program at the Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health.  Sally is a regular guest speaker for organizations like Stanford University and the American College of Lifestyle Medicine. Her research has been published in peer-reviewed journals such as Nutrients and The International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. We discussed:     For more information, visit our website: BecomingElli.com  

A blocked vacuum cleaner led to a billion-dollar idea for British inventor Sir James Dyson. After studying art, then reinventing the wheelbarrow, Dyson struck gold with his iconic bagless vacuum, but only after years of effort.BBC business editor Simon Jack and journalist Zing Tsjeng take us back to the entrepreneur's youth in post-War Norfolk and discover a childhood marked by tragedy. From his years as a jobless inventor, frustrated by existing technology, Dyson's story is one of innovation, ambition and risk, with legal battles once leaving him on the verge of bankruptcy. But the engineer's determination and obsession with perfection paid off, with his company now worth billions. The Dyson name has become synonymous not only with vacuum cleaners, but also fans, heaters, hand dryers and hairdryers. He's even started his own engineering university. Simon and Zing look back at Dyson's success story and find out how he made his fortune, before deciding if they think he's good, bad, or just another billionaire.Good Bad Billionaire is the podcast exploring the lives of the super-rich and famous, tracking their wealth, philanthropy, business ethics and success. There are leaders who made their money in Silicon Valley, on Wall Street and in high street fashion. From iconic celebrities and CEOs to titans of technology, the podcast unravels tales of fortune, power, economics, ambition and moral responsibility, before inviting you to make up your own mind: are they good, bad or just another billionaire?

Aan de slag!Luister naar het lied: Opwekking 479 - Wij zijn meer dan overwinnaars. Zing het mee, óók als je gevoel of je situatie iets heel anders zegt. Zet je speaker misschien nog wat harder en herhaal de woorden om ze op je in te laten werken. Ervaar dat er kracht zit in het zingen van deze woorden!Deze overdenking is geschreven door schrijfster Mathilda van Triest-Cozijnsen.

Vertrekt de Tour de France in 2027 vanuit 't Gooi????  Met deze vraag kondigden we de show van vanmiddag aan. Wetende dat de motie veel ruimer was geformuleerd …. Want met het organiseren van een grote wielerronde denkt men een impuls te kunnen geven aan de bekendheid, het toerisme en de economie van deze gemeente. In de studio ….. Vera van Etten, raadslid WIJ Gooise Meren ligt wel, ze komt vertellen.Op zaterdag avond 29 maart zal het Loosdrechtse koor Fun4All een concert organiseren dat begeleid zal worden door het Vegas Orchestra … en nu even meetellen … want een koor van 45 leden, waarbij zich 14 zgn meezingers voor hebben aangemeld … en zoals gezegd ….. begeleid door een orkest van 21 personen. Een en vindt plaats vanaf 19.30 uur en de locatie is De Morgenster te Hilversum. In de studio violiste Desiree Wijma.Mark Winter is een sportman Pur Sang ! Dat wisten wij al bij Gooische Business, want wij hebben al eens op bezoek gehad toen hij een paar jaar geleden de Sportschool Mea Gym opzette. Nu wij tegenwoordig met onze Podcast veelal op locatie zijn, is een goede conditie van het team van groot belang. Immers trappen op en af met apparatuur, van hot naar her !  Zo kwamen wij op het idee om eens uitgebreid te praten met Mark, niet zozeer over zijn sportschool, maar wel over zijn sportieve roeping als "Personal Trainer"  en begeleider van allerlei mensen die iets aan hun gezondheid wil doen. Hoe doe je dat, wanneer doe je dat en waarom doe je dat, allemaal vragen, waarop je een antwoord krijgt van Mark in onze Podcast van aanstaande vrijdag 21 Maart, de dag waarop ook nog eens de Lente begint.Adverteren? Dat kan gewoon ..... mail ons voor de opties.

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Neste episódio do podcast, Nathália Zing e Thais Fisher, em colaboração com o HEMATOTalks e a ABHH, reunimos os residentes Fernando (R4, Santa Casa de São Paulo) e Júlia (R3, C. Camargo) para refletir sobre as mudanças na Hematologia e Hemoterapia nos últimos dez anos, desde a época em que Nathália e Thais eram residentes, até 2025. A conversa destaca a evolução surpreendente da especialidade, com novas drogas, terapias como CAR-T e um foco crescente na medicina de precisão e qualidade de vida dos pacientes, além da transição de tratamentos agressivos para abordagens mais elegantes e integradas com equipes multiprofissionais. Olhando para o futuro, discutem o papel da inteligência artificial e tecnologias na prática e formação médica, enfatizando a importância do treinamento em serviço e do aspecto humano na hematologia, enquanto reconhecem avanços culturais, como a valorização da saúde mental dos residentes.

Probíráme nové hry od tvůrců It Takes Two a Life is Strange.(00:00) Sponzor(00:06) Úvod(00:49) Split Fiction(28:18) Lost Records: Bloom & Rage(01:00:06) Co momentálně hrajeme(01:12:23) Závěr

In this episode I discuss the benefits of tiered pricing in you Salon Spa or Clinic. If you would like to attend my FREE webinar on Tuesday 8th of April 2025 where I will do a deep dive on this topic, just CLICK HEREMY OTHER FREE STUFFSalon Success Playbook https://salonsuccessplaybook.comFacebook https://www.facebook.com/lisaconwayzing/Instagram https://www.instagram.com/lisa.conway_/TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@lisa_salonmentor MY PAID STUFFMy Healthy, Wealthy and Kind Retreats in Bali   https://healthywealthykindretreat.comLisa Conway's Reboot Your Salon 28-Day Challenge  https://salonreboot.com/ MY BOOKSThe Naked Salon, Your Salon Team, and Your Salon Retail Are essential reading for Salon owners are available in Paperback or Audio at Amazon, Audible, Kindle or from my store. https://www.thenakedsalon.com To contact Lisa, just reach out to jess@zingcoach.com.au

Ds. Jeroen Hagendijk Pelgrimvaderskerk over Psalm 104; thema Zing in ontzag.

Each week I am going to read a chapter of my book The Naked Salon and talk about how I got there, and how you can put what you hear into action. This week - Chapter 20, the last chapter. On February 25, I am running a FREE Masterclass on how to Successfully transfer your client's to your team. To register click on this link, https://thesalonmentors.com/2025-masterclass MY OTHER FREE STUFFSalon Success Playbook https://salonsuccessplaybook.comFacebook https://www.facebook.com/lisaconwayzing/Instagram https://www.instagram.com/lisa.conway_/TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@lisa_salonmentor MY PAID STUFFMy Healthy, Wealthy and Kind Retreats in Bali   https://healthywealthykindretreat.comLisa Conway's Reboot Your Salon 28-Day Challenge  https://salonreboot.com/ MY BOOKSThe Naked Salon, Your Salon Team, and Your Salon Retail Are essential reading for Salon owners are available in Paperback or Audio at Amazon, Audible, Kindle or from my store. https://www.thenakedsalon.comTo contact Lisa, just reach out to jess@zingcoach.com.au

Neste podcast abordamos a trajetória de médicos hematologistas, explorando suas motivações, desafios e o profundo vínculo com os pacientes na especialidade de Hematologia e Hemoterapia. Thais Fischer, coordenadora do programa juntamente com Nathália Zing , ao lado de residentes como Júlia e Fernando, compartilham experiências sobre a escolha da hematologia — muitas vezes inesperada —, destacando a diversidade da área, que vai do diagnóstico laboratorial à terapia celular, e o impacto emocional de tratar doenças graves. A discussão também reflete sobre as disparidades entre o SUS e o setor privado, a importância de um cuidado humanizado e a evolução constante da especialidade, reforçando a necessidade de formar profissionais completos e apaixonados por gente.

Each week I am going to read a chapter of my book The Naked Salon and talk about how I got there, and how you can put what you hear into action. This week - Chapter 19. Tomorrow  I am running a FREE Masterclass on how to Successfully transfer your client's to your team. To register click on this link, https://thesalonmentors.com/2025-masterclass MY OTHER FREE STUFFSalon Success Playbook https://salonsuccessplaybook.comFacebook https://www.facebook.com/lisaconwayzing/Instagram https://www.instagram.com/lisa.conway_/TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@lisa_salonmentor MY PAID STUFFMy Healthy, Wealthy and Kind Retreats in Bali   https://healthywealthykindretreat.comLisa Conway's Reboot Your Salon 28-Day Challenge  https://salonreboot.com/ MY BOOKSThe Naked Salon, Your Salon Team, and Your Salon Retail Are essential reading for Salon owners are available in Paperback or Audio at Amazon, Audible, Kindle or from my store. https://www.thenakedsalon.comTo contact Lisa, just reach out to jess@zingcoach.com.au 

Aan de slag!Nodig een gelovige vriendin, zus, moeder, nicht of tante bij je uit en focus op de lof en eer voor God! Zing samen, deel je zegeningen van afgelopen week, bid voor elkaar. Misschien is dit wel iets waardevols om elke maand te doen met elkaar. Praat erover en deel hoe je samen God meer in jullie relatie kunt betrekken. Deze overdenking is geschreven door schrijfster Eline Verhaar.

In this episode I discuss how important it is for your  Salon, Spa or Clinic for you to be HEALTHY - it's just makes sense!  If you would like to checkout my Healthy Wealthy and Kind Retreat in Bali in August 2025 click on the link, there are only a few spots left so hurry as we always sell out.  https://healthywealthykindretreat.com MY OTHER FREE STUFFSalon Success Playbook https://salonsuccessplaybook.comFacebook https://www.facebook.com/lisaconwayzing/Instagram https://www.instagram.com/lisa.conway_/TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@lisa_salonmentor MY PAID STUFFMy Healthy, Wealthy and Kind Retreats in Bali   https://healthywealthykindretreat.comLisa Conway's Reboot Your Salon 28-Day Challenge  https://salonreboot.com/ MY BOOKSThe Naked Salon, Your Salon Team, and Your Salon Retail Are essential reading for Salon owners are available in Paperback or Audio at Amazon, Audible, Kindle or from my store. https://www.thenakedsalon.comTo contact Lisa, just reach out to jess@zingcoach.com.au

We read the papers so you don't have to. Today: Pics from the BAFTAs are all over the front pages, but Miranda only has eyes for Wallace and Gromit's red carpet debut. The Times wonders what will happen when Boomers pass down their wealth and Zing breaks down why Millennials and Gen Z shouldn't get too excited. Plus – Friend of the show Anniki Sommerville mourns the death of ‘kept women' in the Daily Mail as Jacob reveals he wouldn't mind being kept. Miranda Sawyer is joined by journalist Zing Tsjeng and comedian Jacob Hawley. Use code PAPERCUTS to get an exclusive 60% off an annual Incogni plan: https://incogni.com/papercuts Support Paper Cuts and get mugs, t-shirts, extended ad-free editions and access to our exclusive live streams here: back.papercutsshow.com Follow Paper Cuts: • Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/papercutsshow.bsky.social • Threads: https://www.threads.net/@papercutsshow • Twitter: https://twitter.com/papercutsshow • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/papercutsshow • TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@papercutsshow Illustrations by Modern Toss https://moderntoss.com  Written and presented by Miranda Sawyer. Audio production: Simon Williams. Production. Liam Tait. Design: James Parrett. Music: Simon Williams. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. Exec Producer: Martin Bojtos. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. PAPER CUTS is a Podmasters Production Podmasters.co.uk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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In this episode of the UXDA Podcast, we explore the failure of HSBC's Zing app, a $150 million cross-border payments platform, and examine the key UX pitfalls that led to its downfall. Despite solid technical features, Zing faced challenges with weak branding, lack of emotional connection with users, and poor operational efficiency, making competing in the fast-paced fintech market difficult.This episode breaks down how Zing's failure underscores the need for traditional banks to prioritize authentic branding, innovation, and a customer-first approach. Discover valuable insights on how banks can succeed in fintech by creating distinctive, purpose-driven products. Find out:The core UX missteps that kept Zing from gaining tractionWhat Zing's brand strategy got wrong compared to fintech success storiesHow operational issues amplified its UX challengesRead the full article on UXDA's blog: https://theuxda.com/blog/150m-down-drain-ux-reasons-behind-zings-banking-app-failure* AI podcast on UXDA article powered by Google NotebookLM

Send us a text. We love to hear from our fans.SummaryIn this conversation, Janet Engel interviews Sally Duplantier, a gerontologist and founder of Zing, a mission-driven company aimed at helping older adults live their best lives. Sally shares her journey of entrepreneurship, the evolution of Zing during the pandemic, and the importance of public health education and health equity. They discuss the significance of healthy aging, the impact of Wellness Wednesdays, and the feedback from participants. Sally emphasizes the need for a lifespan approach to healthy aging and the importance of community support. The conversation also touches on personal insights into living with vitality, addressing grief and loss, and Sally's aspirations for the future of Zing.TakeawaysSally Duplantier has reinvented her career multiple times, leading to the creation of Zing.Zing's mission is to help older adults live their best lives through education and support.The pandemic forced Zing to adapt, leading to the creation of Wellness Wednesdays.Wellness Wednesdays has grown to include over 15,000 participants from 57 countries.Healthy aging is a lifelong journey, and it's never too late to start making positive changes.80% of chronic diseases are linked to lifestyle choices, highlighting the importance of education.Sally emphasizes the importance of community support and health equity in aging.Participants of Wellness Wednesdays report increased awareness and motivation regarding their health.Sally's personal approach to health includes prioritizing nutrition, movement, and sleep.The conversation highlights the importance of addressing grief and loss as part of the aging process.Sound Bites"I started my first business when I was 28.""Zing is a mission-driven company.""You're never too old to make positive change.""I love what I do.""We're all getting older.""You matter as an older adult.""You have your own unique gift.""Don't compare your gift to someone else's."Chapters00:00 Introduction to Sally Duplantier and Zing02:13 The Evolution of Zing During the Pandemic04:54 Public Health Education and Health Equity06:33 The Importance of Healthy Aging09:15 Wellness Wednesdays: A New Approach to Health14:25 Guest Highlights and Topics on Wellness Wednesdays18:52 Exploring Peptide Therapy and Gut Health22:38 Community Impact and Feedback from Participants25:31 Global Perspectives on Aging26:57 Living with Vitality: Sally's Personal Insights31:30 Addressing Grief and Loss in Aging36:34 Future Aspirations for Zing and Personal GrowthSupport the showwebsite: https://homedesignsforlife.com/Email: homedesignsforlife@gmail.com

The future will be built on the big ideas we dare to conjure up today. We know that the most groundbreaking ideas often seemed ludicrous or simply impossible when first dreamed up, from the telephone, to human flight, to artificial intelligence. The key was a willingness to be creative and test the limits.While many of us might not consider ourselves creative people, Duncan Wardle assures us that we can take our ideas and brainstorms to the next level, no matter who we are or what we do. Today on Faster, Please! — The Podcast, Wardle and I explore some concrete tools for breaking down our own barriers to innovation and accessing the genius within all of us.Wardle is the former Head of Innovation and Creativity at Disney and founder of ID8. He has delivered multipl eTED Talks and teaches innovation Master Classes at Yale,Harvard, and the University of Edinburgh. His interactive book, The Imagination Emporium: Creative Recipes for Innovation has just been released.In This Episode* Creativity is learnable (1:37)* Building a career of creativity (8:09)* Tools for unlocking innovation (13:50)* Expansionist vs. reductionist tools (18:39)* Gamifying learning (25:20)Below is a lightly edited transcript of our conversation. Creativity is learnable (1:37)I believe we're all born creative with an imagination. We're all born curious. We're all born with intuition. We're all born with empathy. They may not have been the most employable skill of our entire careers. They are now.Pethokoukis: One of my favorite economists, Paul Romer, loves to use recipes as a metaphor to explain how innovation works in an economy. Like cooking recipes, innovation and ideas can be used repeatedly without being used up, you can combine different ideas as ingredients and create something new. I love that idea, and I love the way you present the book as kind of a recipe book you can sort of dip in and out of to help you be more creative and innovative.How should someone use this book, and who is it broadly for?Wardle: Me. Seriously. When I say me, I mean the busy, normal, hardworking person who says 10 times a day, “I don't have time to think.” And often considered the number one barrier to innovation and creativity: “I don't have time to think.” And I thought, “Okay, when you walk into a business office and you will look around, where's the book?” It's on the bookshelf, it's on the coffee table — nobody reads them. I thought, “Well, that's a waste of their money.” So I thought, “What book have I ever read — nonfiction — that I could read one page, know exactly what I need to do, and don't have to read the rest of the book today?” I thought, “My mom's cookbook! You want shepherd's pie? You go to page 67.” So I've designed the contents page the same way. It says, “Have you ever been to a brainstorm where nothing ever happened? Go to page 14. Fed up with your boss, shooting your ideas down? Go to page 12.”So it is designed to be hop in and hop out, but I also designed the principles around: take the intimidation out of innovation, make creativity tangible for people who are uncomfortable with ambiguity and gray, far more importantly, make it fun, give people tools they choose to use when you and I are not around. I also designed it around this principle and I'll see if this works: Close your eyes for me for a second. How many days are there in September?31?Well, we'll pretend it's 30.Or 30! That's the one thing I always confuse, which is the 30 and the 31.Close your eyes for a second. Just think about how you might have known there were 30 days in September. How might you have remembered? What might you have learned or what can you see with your eyes closed?Well, if I was a more melodic, musical person, loved a good rhyme, I might've used that very famous rhyme, which apparently I don't know veryWell, that's okay, neither do I, but I'll attempt it. About 30 percent of people go, “30 days has September, blah, blah, blah, and November.” They've just told me they're an auditory learner. That's their preferred learning style. They probably read a lot. How do I know that? Because when they learned it, they were six. When I asked the question, they learned it because they'd heard it.I'm sure you've seen somebody at some point in your life count their knuckles: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, et cetera. You may not remember this because you might not be a kinesthetic learner. Those are the people who learn by doing. Again, how do we know this? They learned it when they were six. How did they remember it? By doing it.And then 40 percent of an audience would just go, “No, no, I could just see a calendar with a number 30.” They're your visual learners. So I've designed the book to appeal to all three learning styles. It has a QR code in each chapter with a Spotify playlist for the auditory learners, animated videos where Duncan is now an animated character (who knew?) who pops out with a bunch of characters to tell you how to use the tools. And then hopefully, as of next Tuesday, the QR code on the back for kinesthetic learners will allow you to engage with the book and learn kinesthetically through artificial intelligence and ChatGPT and actually ask the book questions.The fundamental conceit of the book, though, is that being innovative, being creative, that can be learned. You can get better at it. Some people say, “I'm not a math person,” which I also don't believe. They'll say, “I'm not a super creative person. I'm not super innovative.” One, I'm assuming you think that's wrong; and two, you mentioned AI, if people are worried about robots doing more repetitive kinds of tasks, then having the tools to bring out or enhance that imagination seem more important now than ever.There's one thing I firmly believe in: We were all born a human, shockingly enough, and when you were given a gift for a holiday, perhaps, it came in an enormous box and it took you ages of time to take the toy out of the box because the box was the same height as you were. What do you spend the rest of the week playing with?I love a good box.Right? It was your castle, it was your rocket.Love a good box. Oh man, that box can be a time machine, anything.It was anything you wanted it to be until you went to the number one killer of creativity in imagination: western education, and the first thing you were told to do was, “Don't forget the color in between the lines.” Children are very curious. They ask, “Why, why, why, why?” Again, because they're after the insight for innovation. The insight for innovation comes on the sixth or seventh, why not the first one?If I were to survey you and ask you, “Why do you go to Disney on holiday?” People would say they go for the new attractions. But that's not strictly true, is it?So if you say, “Well, why do you go for the new attractions?”“Well, no, I like the classics.”“Well, why do you like the classics?” Why?“I like It's a Small World.”“Well, why do you like It's a Small World?”“I remember the music.”“Why the music?”“Well, that's my mom's favorite ride. We used to go every summer.”“Why is that important to you 25 years later?”“Oh, I take my daughter now.”There's your insight for innovation. It has nothing to do with the capital investment strategy whatsoever and everything to do with that person's personal memory and nostalgia. But then we go to the number one killer of curiosity: western education. And the next thing our teacher tells us to do is stop asking “why,” because there's only one right answer.We know when somebody is staring at the back of our head. When you've stared at the back of the head of somebody that you think is really hot, a stranger, they turn around and look at you. You have to look away really quickly. It's okay, we've all done it. We have 120 billion neurons in our first brain and 120 million neurons in our second brain, the brain with which we say we make lots of our decisions, when we say “with our gut.” We are all empathetic.I believe we're all born creative with an imagination. We're all born curious. We're all born with intuition. We're all born with empathy. They may not have been the most employable skill of our entire careers. They are now. Why? Because I've been working with Google on DeepMind with their chief programmer — this is the AI program — and I asked her, “How the hell am I going to compete with this? How will any of us compete with this?” She said, “Well, by developing the things which will be the hardest for her to program into AI.” And I asked her what they were. She said, “The ones with which you were born: creativity, imagination, curiosity, empathy, and intuition.”Will they be programmed one day? Interestingly enough, she said intuition will go first. I was like, oh, that hurt. So I said, “Why intuition?” She said, “It's built on experience and we could build an algorithm that will give them experience.” I'm like, oh, so will they be programed one day? Perhaps. Anytime in the short term? No.Building a career of creativity (8:09)Your subconscious brain is 87 percent of the capacity. Every innovation you've ever seen, every creative problem you've ever solved, is back here to work as unrelated stimulus, but when the door is shut, you can't access it. So what do I do? I'm playful. I'm deliberately playful. In a moment, I want to briefly roll through the book, but first I want to ask about your job as the former head of innovation and creativity at Disney, which sounds like a fake job. It sounds like the kind of job someone would dream up and they wish there was such a job. It sounds like a dream job, but that was a real job. And what did you do there? Because it sounds fairly awesome.I finished as Head of Innovation — I didn't start that way. I started as a coffee boy in the London office. In 1986, I used to go and get my boss six cappuccinos a day from Bar Italia, and about three weeks into the role, I was told I would be the character coordinator, the person that looks after the walk-around characters at the Royal Premier of Who Framed Roger Rabbit in the presence of the Princess of Wales, Diana. I was like, “What do I do?” They said, “Well you just stand at the bottom of the stairs, Roger Rabbit will come down the stairs, the princess will come in on the receiving line, she'll greet him or blow him off and move into the auditorium.” How could you possibly screw that up? Well, I could. That was the day when I found out what a contingency plan was, because I didn't have one.A contingency plan would tell you, if you're going to bring a very tall rabbit with very long feet down a very large staircase towards the Princess of Wales, one might want to measure the width of the steps first before Roger trips on the top stair, is now hurdling like a bullet, head over feet at torpedo speed directly down the stairs towards Diana's head, whereupon he was taken out by two royal protection officers. There's a very famous picture of Roger being taken out on the stairs and a 21-year-old PR guy in the background from Disney. “Oh s**t, I'm fired.” I got a call from somebody called a CMO — didn't know who that was, I thought I was going to tell me I'm fired. He goes, “That was great publicity.” I was like, “Wow, I can make a career out of this.”So for the first 20 years I had some of the more mad, audacious, outrageous ideas for Disney, and then Disney purchased Pixar, then they purchased Marvel, then they purchased Lucasfilm, and we found that we all had different definition of creativity and different innovation models. I tried four models of innovation.Number one, I hired an outside consultant and said, “Make me look good.” They were very good at what they did, but they weren't around for execution and they weren't going to show us how they did what they did. They were worried we wouldn't hire them again.Model number two, innovation team. Duncan will be in charge. What could possibly go wrong? Well, when you have a legal team, nobody outside of legal does legal. When you have a sales team . . . So when you have an innovation team, the subliminal message you've sent to the rest of the organization is: You are off the hook, we've got an innovation team.Third model was an accelerator program where we were bringing some young tech startups and take a 50-50 stake in their business. They could help us bring it to market much quicker than we could. We could help them scale it. But we had failed in the overall goal that Bob Iger had set for us: How might we embed a culture of innovation and creativity into everybody's DNA? So I set out to create a toolkit. A toolkit that takes the intimidation out of innovation, makes creativity tangible, and the process fun. And essentially, that's what the book is. It's not a book, it's a toolkit. Why? Because I want you to use it. It's broken up into creative behaviors, which I think if you don't get the creative behaviors right, the tools won't matter. They'll just be oblivious. I think the creative behaviors are the engine, and I'll explain what I mean by that.Let me ask you a question. Close your eyes if you would?I've done very poorly on the questions. Very poorly, but I will continue to answer them.Where are you usually, and what are you doing when you get your best ideas?I would say either on walks or, I think a lot of people say, in the shower, one of the two.There we go. Alright. But here's the thing. I've done it with 20,000 people in the audience. Do you know how many people say at work? Nobody ever says at work. Why do we never have our best ideas at work?Well, think about that last argument you were in. You turn to walk away from that argument, now you're still a bit angry, but you're beginning to relax, you're 10 seconds away, 20 seconds, and what pops into your brain? The killer one liner, that one perfect line you wish you'd used during but you didn't, did you? No. Why? Because when you are in an argument, your brain is moving at a thousand miles an hour defending yourself.When you're in the office, you're doing emails, reports, quarterly results, and meetings. And I hear myself say, “I don't have time to think.” When you don't have time to think, the door between your conscious and subconscious brain is firmly closed. You're in the brain state called beta, and you're only working with your conscious brain. 90 percent of your working day — you can look this up — your conscious brain is 13 percent of the capacity of your brain. Your subconscious brain is 87 percent of the capacity. Every innovation you've ever seen, every creative problem you've ever solved, is back here to work as unrelated stimulus, but when the door is shut, you can't access it. So what do I do? I'm playful. I'm deliberately playful. There's a chapter of energizers in the book. They're 60-second exercises. What are they for? To make you laugh, laughter with purpose.What's an example of one of those?Okay, I'll tell you what then, you are the world's leading designer of parachutes for elephants. I will now interview you about your job. So question, “How did you get into this industry in the first place?”I was actually interviewing for a different job, I walked in the wrong door, and I ended up interviewing for that job.Okay, and do you have to use different material for the parachutes? What are the parachutes made of? How big are they? Do you have to make bigger ones for elephants with smaller ears and smaller ones for elephants with big ears, the African and Indian elephants?Thankfully the kind of material is changing all the time. A lot of advances: graphene, nanotechnology materials. So the kind of material is changing, which actually gives us a lot more flexibility for the kind of material and the sizes, depending, of course, on the size of the elephants and perhaps even their ears, and tails, and tusks.So we'll stop there. You do that in a room full of people and you'll hear laughter. And the moment I hear laughter, I've opened the door between your conscious subconscious brain and placed you metaphorically back in the shower where you are when you have your best idea. I don't expect people to be playful every minute of every day. I do expect, particularly leaders, to be playful when they're trying to get other people to open up their brains and have big ideas.Tools for unlocking innovation (13:50)If you like breaking rules, this tool is for you. It's about breaking rules metaphorically. So step one, you list the rules of your challenge. Step two, you take one and ask the most audacious question. Step three, you land a big idea.In the book, you sort of create these three animated characters representing . . . there's Spark who represents creative behaviors; Nova, innovation tools; and then Zing for these energizing exercises. But you sort of need all three of those?You do, but you don't have to know them all at the same time, and that's the beauty of the book. But here's the thing: I created a character called Archie. Archie was a direct descendant of Archimedes, because when I ask people where they are when they get the best ideas, they say the shower. Archimedes was in the bath. And my daughter, who's about 25, walks in the room and she goes, “Dad, he's an old white guy. You are an old white guy. You can't do that s**t anymore.” So I created three new characters. Spark is male, introduces creative behaviors; Zing, gender-neutral, introduces the energizers; and Nova, the brains of the organization, introduces innovation tools. The tools are split between what I call expansionist tools and reductionist tools. The more expertise and the more experience we have, the more reasons we know why the new idea won't work.But here's the challenge: Up until 2020, we pretty much got away with doing what we did, and then came a global pandemic, enormous climate change, generation Z entering the workplace who don't want to work for us, and here comes AI. We don't get to think the way we thought four years ago. So the tools are designed specifically to stop you thinking the way you always do and give you permission to think differently.I'll give you an example of one, it's called “What If.” A lot of people will say, “Oh, but we work in a very heavily regulated industry.” If you like breaking rules, this tool is for you. It's about breaking rules metaphorically. So step one, you list the rules of your challenge. Step two, you take one and ask the most audacious question. Step three, you land a big idea. So for example, it was created by Walt, but that's in the book, I won't go through the whole Walt Disney story because I want people to understand that this tool can work for them too.There was a very tiny company in Great Britain in the late '60s, before the days of mass automation, that used to make glasses that we drink out of, and they found too much breakage and not enough production when the glasses were being packaged and shipped. So they went down to the shop floor, observed the process for eight hours, and just wrote down the rules. Don't think about them, because then you'll think of all the reasons you can't break them, just write them down. So they wrote them down. 26 employees convey about cardboard box, six glasses on the top, six on the bottom, separated by corrugated cardboard, glasses wrapped in newspaper, employees' reading newspaper. So somebody asked these somewhat provocative “what if” question, “What if we poke their eyes out?” Well, that's against the law and it's not very nice, but because they had the courage to ask the most audacious “what if” question of all, the lady sitting next to them immediately got out of her river of thinking — her expertise and experience — and said, “Well, hang on a minute, why don't we just hire blind people?” So they did. Production up 26 percent, breakage down 42 percent, and the British government gave them a 50 percent salary subsidy for hiring people with disabilities. Simple, powerful, fun.You just mentioned briefly this notion of the river of thinking, which is sort of your thoughts and the assumptions that really come from your lifetime of experience. People obviously really, when evaluating ideas, they really value their own personal experience. You could have a hundred studies saying this will work, but if something about their personal experience says it won't, they won't listen to it. Now, I believe experience is important, it helps you make judgments, but sometimes I think you're right, that it's an absolute trap that leads us to say no when we should say yes, and yes when we should say no.So that was one of the expansionist tools. One of the reductive tools is ideas. Ideas are the most subjective thing on the planet. You like pink, I like green, our boss likes yellow, there's a very good chance we're going to be doing the yellow idea. Well, wait a minute, was that the right one targeted for our consumer? Was it aligned with our brand? So there's a tool called stargazer. I borrowed it with pride from Richard Branson of Virgin. Virgin is the most elastic brand on the planet, right? They've done condoms, they've done space travel, and everything in between. Disney is a non-elastic brand. They do family magical experiences. So how does Virgin decide, of all these ideas they get pitched, how do they decide which ones to bring to market?They have a tool, I call it stargazer, it looks like a starfish, it's got five prongs on it, you'll see it in the book, and each one has three criteria, and you can make up your own criteria at the beginning of the project. Let's say, is this a strategic brand fit? Is this aligned with who we stand for as a brand? Is this embedded in consumer truth? Is it relevant to our consumer? Can I get this into the market the next 18 to 24 months? Is it going to hit my financial goals? And is it socially engaging? Is it going to get people excited? And all you do with all of your ideas at the end is go around those five criteria and ask, does this do a poor job, a good job, or an outstanding job of being aligned with our brand, a poor job, a good job, or an outstanding job of being targeted at our consumer, relevant to our consumer? And then guess what? With different colors for each idea, you join the dots just as you did when you were a kid. And one idea will rise to the top as to meeting your criteria, objectives, the most, not the one you like the best.Expansionist vs. reductionist tools (18:39)I define creativity as the ability to have an idea. We all have hundreds a day. I define innovation is the ability to get it done. That's the hard part, and that's what the tools are designed and helping you with.Do you think that the book and your approach is most helpful in helping people be more creative and come up with ideas or helping other people judge ideas as being good ideas and being open to ideas and closed to the wrong ideas?I think people use confusing terms just to make themselves more intelligent. The amount of times I've been in a meeting and somebody used an acronym, nobody knows what it is, but nobody's going to put their hand up. I call it expansionist and reductionist, the official name is divergent and convergent, who cares? Expansionist tools are the ones that help you get out of your river of thinking and help you think differently, and the reductionist tools are okay, now we've got all of these ideas, which one goes to market, how do we take it to market, how do we actually get it done?A lot of people say, as you said at the beginning, “I'm not creative.” Well, if you define yourself as a musician or an artist, then guess what? I'm not creative either. I define creativity as the ability to have an idea. We all have hundreds a day. I define innovation is the ability to get it done. That's the hard part, and that's what the tools are designed and helping you with.If you're running a business and you're like, “I want to implement this,” how do you . . . I'm sure you would love this, buy everybody the book, buy everybody three copies of the book. How do you implement it? I mean, I'm just curious how you do that job.How do I do the job? Or how does the business?How would someone do that job if they're like, I'm trying to make my workforce more creative, I'm trying to make sure that we are open to good ideas. How do you institute that at an existing business?Here's a tool that can change a culture overnight: Now you and I have been tasked with coming up with an idea for a birthday party. We've been given a $100,000, which is a reasonable budget for a birthday party. The theme could be Star Wars or Harry Potter. What would you like it to be?I'd probably go with Star Wars.Okay, so I'm going to come at you some amazing ideas for a Star Wars birthday. I'd like you to start each and every response with the words “No, because.” They'll be the first two words you use in each response, and then you'll tell me why not.So I was thinking of coming to your house, painting your kitchen dark, turn it into the Death Star canteen, and we'll have a food and wine festival from Hoth and Naboo and Tatooine.No, no, no. We can't do that because I like the way it looks now, I'm worried about repainting it and matching those colors. That's too significant of a change.What if, then, we just turn the lights out, we do a glow-in-the dark lightsaber fight full of our favorite alcoholic liquid?Well, that sounds like a better idea. Am I still supposed to say “no, because?”“No, because.” Stay on the “no, because.”No, can't do it. Listen, I worry about those lightsabers breaking, I'll be honest with you, and that alcohol flying over the place. Also, there are going to be kids there, and I just worry about the alcohol aspect. Because I'm an American, and we're very tight.So perhaps if there's kids there, we could do a cosplay party, and all the tall people could come as Vader and all the little people could come as ewoks.No, because I think some of the tall people would like to be the good guy, and I think some of the people who are not quite as tall might feel we were infantilizing them by turning them into ewoks.I'll tell you what, then, we'll do a movie marathon and we'll show all seven films back-to-back with some popcorn and coke. What do you say?No, because that would be a really long event. I think people would be super sick of even watching their favorite movies after about two movies, so can't do it.Alright, so we'll stop there. When somebody's constantly saying “no, because” to you, how does that make you feel?Like I really don't feel like coming up with any more ideas and like they will just not get to “yes.”And we started there with a food and wine festival and we ended up with showing the movies. Would you say the idea was getting bigger as we were going, or was it getting smaller? Which direction was it?It was getting progressively smaller and less imaginative.So let's try that again. Can we do Harry Potter?Well, I don't know as much, but I'll do my best.Okay, so have you seen a couple of the films?Kind of?You pick the theme, then. What do you want?Marvel. A beautifully licensed property. Yes, Marvel.I'm going to come at you with some ideas for a Marvel party. I'd like you to start each and every response this time with the words, “yes, and,” and we'll just build it together, okay?I tell you what, we could do a Spider-Man party where everybody gets those little web things that they could shoot out of their hands, but are actually made out of cotton candy, so we could eat it, we could eat the webs.Oh yes, and perhaps we could have villain-themed targets the shoot at?Oh, yes, and we could have a room full of superheroes and a room full of villains, and we have cosplay party and there'll even be a make-your-own Iron Man suit!Yes, we can have an Iron Man suit, obviously, and we can have the other costumes, and perhaps some of their other tools, like Thor's hammer, those could somehow also be candy-related.Oh yes, and we could actually invite the stars of the film, we could have Chris Hemsworth, Robert Downey, Jr., and Chris Pratt, and Rocket, and Groot.Yes. Love the idea. And perhaps if that's not quite possible —— That was a “no, because!”Oh that sounded like a “no.”Come on, come on.We've reached the limits of my creativity.We'll stop there. A couple of observations: a lot more laughter, a lot more energy.Bigger or smaller?We're taking our steps into an ever-wider world!We work in big organizations, we work in small organizations, we have colleagues, we have constituencies, we have bosses, we have local regulators, et cetera, to bring on board with our ideas. By the time we just finished building that idea together, whose idea was it by the time we'd finished?That is lost to the fog of history. It is now a collaborative idea that we both can take credit for when it's a huge success.Ours. Two very simple words from the world of improv that have the power to turn a small idea into a big one really quickly. You can always value-engineer a big idea back down again, but you can't turn a small idea into a big idea. Far more importantly, it transfers the power of “my idea,” which we know never goes anywhere outside an organization, to “our idea” and accelerate its opportunity to get done.For people listening today, I'll give you one word of advice to take away: Don't let the words “no, because” be the first two words you use when somebody comes bouncing into your office with an idea you are not thinking of. They may have genius two seconds from now, two weeks from now — they ain't coming back.Just remind yourselves: I know you have responsibilities, I know you've got deadlines, I know you've got quarterly results. We are not green-lighting this idea for execution today, we are mainly green-housing it together using “yes, and.”Gamifying learning (25:20)Gaming is the future of education, there's no question. So now I have one more question I think that's super valuable advice, actually. As you were talking about western education squashing the creativity. . . Do you have you any thoughts about how to change that, keeping the best of what we do?Gamify. Gamify everything. Gaming is the future of education, there's no question. Universities will fall, but why will universities fall? That's a fairly outrageous statement. Well, let me think. Blue-collar workers, the white collar workers laughed at them because they didn't go to university. Let me think — people who use their hands, artificial intelligence, probably not taking them out anytime soon. White collar workers, not so much. Goodbye. Not quite, that's a slight exaggeration, but universities are teaching the same thing that we learned.So I walk into a classroom, a professor says, “In the year 3 AD, Brutus stabbed Julius Caesar in the back on the steps of the Senate of Rome.” Okay, well I'm asleep already. 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Whitney Wolfe Herd, the “queen of the swipes”, launched a female-led dating app after a public scandal around her sexual harassment and discrimination lawsuit against Tinder. BBC business editor Simon Jack and journalist Zing Tsjeng follow her story from a popular student with a flair for marketing, to carving her own path in the male-dominated tech world. Owning the ‘girlboss' image, she took her company Bumble public aged just 31 with her baby "on her hip", making her the youngest self-made female billionaire. But she wouldn't stay one for long. Simon and Zing explore her story before deciding if they think she's good, bad, or just another billionaire.

Steve Grzanich has the business news of the day with the Wintrust Business Minute. A Chicago-based Medicare Advantage insurer has raised $140 million in new funding. Zing Health will use the funding to expand its integrated, chronic special needs focused plans to more beneficiaries. It also plans to invest in integrating its member experience with […]

In this episode of True Stories at Work, host Michelle Aronson sits down with Stella, an HR executive, who shares her journey from sales to Human Resources during the 2009 housing crisis. Stella opens up about the art of building a strong company culture, highlights the core values driving her employees, and reflects on her career journey across three different industries. Don't miss the workplace confession to find out what happens when three people try to hide in the same closet—for very different reasons! 00:00 Introduction 03:12 Stella's Story 09:12 Stories at Work 22:22 Workplace Confession: The Closet Incident 24:48 Culture + Strategy Lab 25:04 Haiku for Stella   Resources Curious about the importance of culture or where to begin building one, here are some links to get started: Corporate Culture In A New Era: Views From The C-suite (harvard.edu) Changing Company Culture Requires a Movement, Not a Mandate (hbr.org) Stella drops some wisdom: Stella's favorite resources? Other HR professionals. Building a network of experts as a sounding board is essential—especially if they're smarter than you! And don't forget to offer support in return. Stella's best friend, a labor & employment attorney, is a prime example of how handy these connections can be. Nurture your network so you're always one connection away from the answer or advice you need. Stories are what we remember and how we connect, so please share yours with me Let's talk about your people strategy Tell a story! Make a Workplace Confession Host: Michelle Aronson Editor: Bella Hutchins

La ética es la única rama práctica de la filosofía, es algo que habla de las cosas que nos pasan al común de los mortales, y por ahí es por donde mi invitado de esta semana ha conseguido ‘colarse' en la cabeza y en el corazón de miles de personas que devoran sus libros y le escuchan en sus conferencias. Y no te estoy hablando del último gurú de la autoayuda, sino de un filósofo profesor de universidad.  David Pastor Vico es filósofo, escritor, divulgador y poeta, e imparte clases desde hace una década en la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM). Lleva años trabajando para convertirse en guerrero contra el individualismo y apóstol del pensamiento crítico, e invitando a todos aquellos que le seguimos a ser valientes y pensar.  Libros de David Pastor Vico: Filosofía para desconfiados (2019), Ética para desconfiados (2021), Era de idiotas (2024).

Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw built a pharmaceutical empire after failing to get a job brewing beer. She also overcame gender bias to become India's first self-made female billionaire. Her company Biocon is now Asia's biggest insulin producer. BBC business editor Simon Jack and journalist Zing Tsjeng follow her story, from a childhood living on a brewery compound in Bangalore to adventures in Australia and Ireland. How did Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw go from extracting enzymes from papaya fruit to mass-manufacturing medicines and being named among Time magazine's most influential people in the world? She calls herself an accidental entrepreneur; Simon and Zing decide whether they think she's good, bad or just another billionaire.

George Soros escaped Nazi occupation in Hungary, before becoming one of the most successful investors in history. After making his name on Wall Street and setting up the hedge fund Quantum, he also become known as “the man who broke the Bank of England” after making a billion dollars in a day by “betting against” the pound. BBC business editor Simon Jack and journalist Zing Tsjeng track the incredible life of one of the world's most polarising billionaires, and find out how the philanthropist became the target of countless conspiracy theories. According to Soros himself, he's “a little good, a little bad”. Ultimately, Simon and Zing decide whether they think he's good, bad, or just another billionaire.

How did Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson become one of only four filmmakers worth a billion dollars, and one of just three billionaires from New Zealand? BBC business editor Simon Jack and journalist Zing Tsjeng find out how a childhood obsession with movies led to a booming film industry in Jackson's homeland. From Bad Taste to King Kong and The Hobbit, he went from shooting home movies and directing low budget horror films to running a major special effects house and creating some of cinema's biggest hits. Simon and Zing look back at the life of a Wellywood legend, before deciding if they think he's good, bad, or just another billionaire.

How a communist mime artist became the billionaire boss of a luxury fashion house. Miuccia Prada changed her name, then made it famous with one of the runway's biggest brands. BBC business editor Simon Jack and journalist Zing Tsjeng explain how the Italian fashion designer turned her grandfather's shop into a fashion powerhouse. Alongside her husband, she's run her empire from Milan for over four decades, becoming known affectionately known as ‘the master of ugly'. Simon and Zing look back on her life before deciding if they think she's good, bad, or just another billionaire.

By founding Google, tech titan Sergey Brin helped shape the internet. He also got very, very rich, as his company Alphabet became one of the biggest in the world. BBC business editor Simon Jack and journalist Zing Tsjeng tell the story of the billionaire who partied on planes after escaping prejudice in Russia. Sergey Brin and his best friend Larry Page became two of history's biggest tech giants by building the planet's most popular search engine. How did their technology startup become one of the world's biggest companies? Simon and Zing find out, before deciding if they think he's good, bad, or just another billionaire.

Golfing superstardom made him incredibly rich. Personal disasters nearly took it all away. How did Tiger Woods go from a child golfing prodigy to the world's highest paid athlete for a whole decade? BBC business editor Simon Jack and journalist Zing Tsjeng explain how one of the greatest golfers of all time broke barriers in his sport, winning 15 major golf championships and 82 PGA Tour events. He's an inductee into the World Golf Hall of Fame, won the Masters five times, the PGA Championship four times and both the Open and the US Open three times, as well as helping the US win the Ryder Cup. High-profile sponsorship deals and business ventures made him a billionaire, but then came affairs, car crashes and scandal. Simon and Zing track the spectacular rise of this global sporting superstar, then decide if they think he's good, bad, or just another billionaire.

Classic Episode: TV (Episode 64 - Released September 20th 2021)The boys are hiding out in Bolivia, stick around for the classic episode TV.(original notes)Episode 064 of That Was Disappointing is Live.We put the “boobs” in boob tube.Today's Theme: TV. Otherwise known as ye olde idiot box. I mean, we turned out fine, right? *sobs*Our first topic is the popular show you felt was just the absolute shits. Reality TV, come on down! Speaking of which, we're kind of surprised Art's choice wasn't Maury, given the amount of paternity suits he had against him now. Zing!Our second topic is reminiscent of our show… it's garbage. As in, what is your go to trash TV? Sean couldn't live without the Travel Channel, given his penchant for paranormal programming. Guess that explains his affinity for being ghosted. Hiyo!Our third topic is the decade of TV you feel was the best. Surprisingly, every panelist had a different decade. Lex's was the 1840's, but we still gave him an E for effort. Meanwhile, Producer Kenny chose the 1980's due to his affinity for Mrs. Garrett. “Girls, girls, girls!”Our final topic is the show that started great, only to end disastrously. So many choices, so little time. I mean, the industry is just one giant cesspool. Hell, the only show Ben likes is Let's Make a Deal, and that's because he was able to con a free trip to Aruba out of Wayne Brady.

Back in January, I was feeling so unbothered and bored in life. I just felt meh. The life force energy wasnt there. I wasn't zinging, you know?! And I wanted to ZING. I desired the life force energy back so I didnt have to work SO HARD to get into my desired states of being. So I sat down and began to journal, for the first time in aggggges. I had a little convo with my highest self, that led to me creating an impactful strategy to shift out of the funk. I called it, MISSION: GET OUT OF STUCKNESS AND STAGNANCY. And on it was 6 things. 6 things that would get me back into feeling alive, and able to access my desired states of being with ease. 6 things that would support me in building a life that was my version of wealth. Inside this episode I share them with you. So dive in and enjoy! BOOK A BREATHWORK SESSION(S) COME HANG ON INSTA

This week on The Whiskey Trip Podcast, Big Chief takes a ride to Northern, Virginia to visit Rebecca Harris from Catoctin Creek Distilling Company. Becky takes the big man through the history of Catoctin Creek and their Virginia Rye Whiskies. After years of being a chemical engineer she, along with her husband, started this craft distillery in Purcellville, Virginia. Their passion is rye whiskey done their way. All her products begin with the finest local and organic grains to create the cleanest spirit possible. At the heart of the distillery is a pair of pot stills, where Becky insists on cooking the distillate for a full nine hours, more than twice as long as most other distilleries, to create the unique and award-winning flavors in her distillate. They start the show with the Roundstone Rye Distiller's Edition. Only one in every ten barrels gets selected to be in the Roundstone Rye "92 Proof" whisky. This 100% rye mash-bill is something special. They then move on to the cask proof version of our ever-popular Roundstone Rye.  Released at approximately 58% ABV (it varies depending on the individual barrels), this is seriously strong whisky!  Delicious, dark, complex and ridiculously smooth for the proof To start the second half Becky and Big Chief sip on Rabble Rouser Bottled in Bond Rye Whiskey. "Where Roundstone Rye is sort of restrained and elegant," says Scott Harris, founder of the distillery, "Rabble Rouser is more unruly and vivacious.". To finish the show Becky treats the big man Catoctin Creek Hot Honey Rye. Just as you're savoring the whisky, the peppers come in with a surprising and delightful bit of heat.  Smooth and sweet, with a ZING!  This is a fun one! This ride on The Whiskey Trip shows Big Chief isn't afraid to make a correction from previous shows. Cheers!

Zing is that special something that's hard to describe, but makes things more exciting.

We're Pregaming in the offseason again! And this time, Erin and Charissa let you know what to do if you have a "professional crush", what they feed their dogs, and Erin gives a Mac at the baby gym update. Plus, Charissa tells the story about what she learned from a time she changed for a relationship and what to do to if your partner plans a vacation that you are not into. All that, and Erin teases what's to come in the big show as she is currently dealing with a rut. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.