The Chris Voss Show Podcast – Elie Y. Katz Talks NRS Innovations for Small Retail Success

Lauren St George, Creativity Expert and Change Facilitator Answerwhatsnext.com Lauren St George is a South African by birth, an American by choice and a global explorer by design. These life experiences have fostered in her an appreciation for the diversity of people’s ideas, motivations, strengths, and dreams. She is a coach and a consultant. Lauren specializes in helping people and businesses think more creatively, overcome big hairy challenges and envision a brighter future. She wears her coach hat with What’s Next. What’s Next is a radically different approach to finding more fulfillment in your life. What’s Next’s process is based in brain science, social psychology and the best practices used by the top businesses to drive innovation, plan for the future and yield success and applies them to our personal lives to disrupt comfortable patterns and design true change. Our program approach and tools get people to breakthroughs and jumpstarts change quickly in a unique and engaging way. Lauren wears her consultant hat with Accenture helping internal teams and their top clients solve big challenges – innovate products/services, envision the future, build partnerships, create targeted messaging for specific audiences, and help win projects ranging from $100+ Million – $2 Billion. Before Accenture, she ran Fresh, a consultancy dedicated to helping startups and innovation teams create fresh brand and marketing strategies. Previous to Fresh, Lauren co-owned a boutique creative agency. UnitOne partnered with clients such as Coca-Cola, Georgia Pacific, Hershey’s, Citi, J&J, TNS, and 3M to name a few. Lauren has worked with everyone from individuals to non-profits and from start-ups to Fortune 500s across most industries, geographies, and products + services. Her experiences help to bring multiple perspectives to all her clients. At the heart of Lauren’s entire career, the single thread that connects it together is creativity. Whether that is through herr work with marketing and branding, storytelling, coaching or consulting she helps people think disruptively, break through obstacles and reach their bold goals.

14 Okt 202335min

Great Hands, Great Life!: Why Proper Hand Exercise Must Be Part of Your Life by Dr. Terry Zachary https://amzn.to/3turzsK Proper hand muscle training is essential. Therapists, trainers, grip athletes, musicians, workers, esport athletes, computer users, hobbyists & general population: What if we have been training hand muscles & grip wrong for decades? Or always? Could this entire fitness area have been misunderstood for so long? What health & performance costs have resulted? Could the hand muscles be a connection to general health, life vibrancy & life longevity? Could imbalanced hand muscles negatively affect the fingers, thumbs, wrists, carpal tunnels, forearms & elbows? Turns out the answer to ALL of these questions is… YES! Dr. Terry Zachary has been studying & training hand muscles & grip mechanics for over 25 years. He was inspired by witnessing rampant repetitive grip injuries (RGI’s) while playing professional golf on mini-tours throughout USA & Canada in the mid-90’s. Combine that experience with 10 years of private practise as a sports & family chiropractor & many questions about standard ‘squeeze-only’ hand exercise were brought to question. Dr. Zachary had especially been ‘woken up’ to the importance of hand exercise via studying elbow & wrist injuries in professional golfers, a pervasive problem. Most every study and expert pinned the blame on wrist extensor tendonitis as the root cause of tennis elbow. Dr. Zachary disagreed strongly. He studied the principles of grip & developed the term ‘kinetic chain of grip’ to explain how forearm muscles contract to support wrist position during grip, grasp or finger action & how the finger extensor muscles in turn contract to support finger flexor muscles. In the kinetic chain of grip, the finger extensor muscles are constantly contracting. The main finger extensor muscles attach at the lateral epicondyle & are thus a factor in most, if not all, tennis elbow cases. Dr. Zachary further explored the common presence of imbalanced hand muscles in relation to finger, thumb, wrist, carpal tunnel, forearm & elbow breakdown. He recognized a poor posture parallel of the hand muscles; but the training & rebalancing took too long, was confusing & used too many tools. And each tool did not move the hands naturally through full, 3-dimensional ranges of motion (ROMs). A close friend who was travelling with Dr. Zachary as a professional golfer developed tennis elbow & Dr. Zachary responded by developing what is now Handmaster Plus. Handmaster Plus made complete hand & grip exercise easy & convenient for the masses, coupling multiple exercises into few, eliminating the need for multiple resistance items. The ‘HC/HO Exercise,’ the ‘Figure 8 Exercise’ and the ‘Finger Tip Grip Exercise’ have become common exercises in NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, PGA, ATP circles as well as in amateur grip sports, music, workplace ergonomics, esports, computers & hobby. ‘Great Hands, Great Life!’ explains general hand muscle layout & function, & illustrates well how imbalanced hand muscles affect the stability of all upper extremity structures from the elbow to finger & thumb tips. He gives exercises that are easy-to-do so that each user’s grip is balanced & the kinetic chain of grip is solid & stable. Dr. Zachary reviews dozens of studies in the book that relate hand exercise to numerous disease conditions, even to the extent of multiple famous studies that draw direct correlations between grip strength & life longevity. Dr. Zachary also illustrates how proper hand exercise stimulates maximum circulation that likely affects the whole body. Hand exercise improves lymph flow, in turn stimulating lymphatic duct drainage, a key to removing toxins from the head, neck, body and brain. We have ignored hand exercise for far too long. Dr. Zachary teaches us that we need to rethink the importance of the hands if we expect high performance, low risk of injury, & a long life. ‘Great Hands, Great Life!’ is an easy read for all. Experts can absorb. Lay people are encouraged to skip when so moved. Everyone learns! Everyone benefits! Win! Win!

13 Okt 202354min

Jennifer Chapman, Founder of Just Commit Coaching, ICM Certified Mindset Coach & Speaker Justcommitcoaching.com Jennifer Chapman, an Indy native and Ball State graduate spent the first 16 years as a sales professional in a variety of roles with several organizations where she thrived. After life had different plans for her in 2017, she had to learn how to accept and embrace this new version of herself. She felt the call to create Just Commit Coaching in 2021 after the power life coaching had on her life after suffering a major health scare. Jennifer’s passion lies in supporting an individual’s whole self on all levels so they can excel in every area of their life.  She has completed a year-long certification through Institute of Coaching Mastery. Jennifer is passionate about supporting others through 1:1 and group coaching as well as speaking her message on Embracing Your Inner Warrior: Overcoming a Victim Mentality.

13 Okt 202344min

Gregory Stern, Chief Foot Officer and Owner of From the Ground Up Physiotherapy Rebuild.groundupphysio.com Greg Stern is the owner of From the Ground Up Physiotherapy and creator of Rebuild Your Body From the Ground Up mobility program. After experiencing years of chronic pain himself and trying everything, he discovered unqiue methods that most other healthcare professionals don’t know. He helps people get to the root cause of their pain by taking on a holistic approach that teaches them how to get their entire body working together rather than simply focusing on the area of pain. His chief mission is to help guide people through their own path of self-discovery on their health journeys and guide people to not only be pain-free, but to thrive in their everyday lives.

12 Okt 202348min

Mr. Bear Speaks Without Fear: The Easiest Way to Learn the Hardest Subject by Reesa Woolf PhD Confidentspeaking.com Dr. Woolf understands our struggles and fixes each one with 45-techniques to stop public speaking fear. This book uses 25 years of research to guide the most fearful person to stop fear of public speaking. Before you speak, are these some of your thoughts? They are judging me! All eyes are on me! What if I make a mistake? What if I lose my place or my mind goes blank? I ramble and don’t know how to Get to the Point! You will be helped by Mr. Bear Speaks Without Fear to: Look Confident When You Don’t Feel It Stop your Tormenting Thoughts To recover from Speaking Mistakes To Confidently Speak to Large and Important Groups To recapture attention when you’ve lost it You will stop saying “uh, um, er, you know…” It fits your learning style if you learn from a fable and if you like bullet lists of the highlights (at the end of each chapter). Mr. Bear Speaks Without Fear allows you to be your best self speaking in front of any group, small and large.

12 Okt 202343min

Rachel (The Lawyer King) King, Owner of King Law Firm, Attorney at Law Inc. on Best Practices in Life and Legal Issues Rachelkingattorney.com

11 Okt 202351min

Alexandra Renders, Founder and CEO of Willow, Investments for Loving Change and Heart-Centered Leadership Investwithwillow.com Biography Alexandra Renders is the Founder/CEO of Willow, Investments for Loving Change, in Berkshire County MA. Holding both a certified B-Corp and Woman-Based Enterprise (WBE) designation, a rare combination in the USA. Alexandra is known for her keen, intuitive calls around thematic trends and market cycles. Willow pioneers Caring Capitalism with her core values of honesty, love, and caring for all of humanity. In addition to finance, Alexandra is an intuitive healer and guides all beings to their inner state of freedom, bringing abundance in all aspects of life.

11 Okt 202336min

Borderline: Defending the Home Front by Vincent Vargas https://amzn.to/3FccY7R An inside look at the U.S./Mexican border through the eyes of former U.S. Border Patrol agent, Vincent Vargas, who served in Iraq and Afghanistan with the U.S. Army’s 75th Ranger Regiment. Featuring a Foreword by #1 New York Times bestselling author Jocko Willink. The U.S./Mexican border stretches nearly 2,000 miles and is protected by a thin line of overworked and underfunded U.S. Border Patrol Agents, who risk their lives every day. Stigmatized in the media and fought over in the halls of Washington D.C., this is the true story of what is really happening on the U.S./Mexican border. Borderline provides an inside look through the eyes of former U.S. Border Patrol agent, Vincent Vargas, who is no stranger to violence, having served in Iraq and Afghanistan with the U.S. Army’s 75th Ranger Regiment. The story begins on the battlefields of the Middle East and culminates on the southwest border of the United States, where Vargas was tasked with protecting his country, his fellow agents, and the immigrants caught in the middle. He learned firsthand about the unforgiving brutality of the cartels, human traffickers and the desert. After bearing witness to the carnage, Vargas made the decision to join the Border Patrol’s elite search & rescue unit called BORSTAR. With almost unfettered access, Vargas provides an in-depth, never-before-seen look into the U.S. Border Patrol, from the agency’s origins to its present-day missions.

11 Okt 202337min