The Chris Voss Show Podcast – Life in Five Senses: How Exploring the Senses Got Me Out of My Head and Into the World by Gretchen Rubin

Darrell Stern, Unleashing Marketing Magic with Video and Storytelling Wizardry Stern.marketing About the Guest(s): Darrell Stern is a marketing expert who transitioned from a child voice actor to a marketing visionary, leveraging his unique background to revolutionize video marketing strategies. He started his career at the young age of a kid actor and was famously the voice of Scooter Computer on ABC's Schoolhouse Rock in 1983. Fast forward to his adult life, Darryl founded Stern.Marketing and Stern Marketing Agency. His innovative methods in digital marketing emphasize combining video content with strategic blogging to dominate search engines. Episode Summary: Join host Chris Voss in this riveting episode as he interviews Darrell Stern, a marketing guru with a unique approach to digital marketing. Once a child actor, Darrell shares insights from his journey from the world of ABC's Schoolhouse Rock to becoming a strategic force in video and content marketing. This episode is packed with actionable insights on how businesses can leverage video coupled with expertly crafted blogs to skyrocket their online presence. Darrell delves deep into how he helps entrepreneurs and businesses capture stories that resonate on a personal level, aligning with Google's search algorithms. Discover his revolutionary tactics of transcribing videos into articles that not only attract organic traffic but also build credibility and audience trust. Darrell explains this strategy through case studies like Saul, the mechanic who skyrocketed his business using video storytelling and smart SEO practices. Key Takeaways: Merging video and blog content is a powerful strategy for dominating Google's search results. Businesses should focus on creating relationships through authentic storytelling rather than traditional advertising methods. Sextons need to truly understand video marketing mechanics and storytelling to pull out potential viral stories. Darryl stresses the importance of continually appearing in social feeds to nurture leads and maintain brand presence. The value of expertise: Ensure your marketing reflects true proficiency and knowledge in your domain. Notable Quotes: "If you think sex is a pain in the ass, you're doing it wrong." "Video is everything. What is it? Video killed the radio star." "Every business person needs a little acting background. The show must go on." "The internet was invented so we could link all that together." "All of your stories are already inside of you. All I've got to do is pull them out of you."

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Build New Bridges: The Art of Restoring Impossible Relationships by Greg Stephens Amazon.com Alignment-resources.com Do you have relationships you'd like to repair but feel it's too late or don't know where to start? It could be a co-worker, ex-friend, or family member. Perhaps the conflict has gone on for so long that trying something new and different seems hardly worth the effort or even feels like a complete waste of time. In Build New Bridges: The Art of Restoring Impossible Relationships, author Greg Stephens offers practical tools and hope for tackling seemingly insurmountable conflicts. Stephens, a seasoned relationship coach who transformed more than 36 damaged relationships in just 2.5 years, shares his proven methods for rebuilding fractured connections. Key principles include: Embracing Conflict as Growth Accountability and Ownership Mindset Shift and Self-Mastery Effective Communication Skills Tailored Approaches This book provides the tools, inspiration, and practical strategies to restore even the most challenging relationships by fostering breakthroughs, growth, and connection through meaningful conversations and intentional effort.

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Young Entrepreneur Devin Parks Shares Credit Repair and Funding Success Cleanslateconsulting.info About the Guest(s): Devin Parks is a dynamic young entrepreneur and the CEO of Clean Slate Consulting. With a passionate commitment to assisting individuals and business owners, he has dedicated his career to guiding them towards financial empowerment by enhancing their credit scores and securing business funding. Despite a challenging start, Devin has successfully built a prospering company with over 40 employees and has been pivotal in changing the financial journeys of his clients across all 50 states. Episode Summary: In this engaging episode of The Chris Voss Show, host Chris Voss welcomes young entrepreneurial powerhouse, Devin Parks, CEO of Clean Slate Consulting. With a story marked by resilience and resourcefulness, Devin shares his evolution from a young high school dropout to a successful CEO navigating the complex world of credit repair and business funding. This episode offers listeners an in-depth understanding of financial stability and credit management, alongside inspiring entrepreneurial insights from a thriving, young professional. Devin expands on his journey from humble beginnings involving living between contrasting socioeconomic environments to founding a nationwide business. Leveraging his experiences, Devin articulates the significance of credit literacy, warning that many misuse credit cards as emergency savings rather than leveraging them for financial growth. He underscores the accessibility of credit repair, encouraging listeners to take proactive steps in managing their finances, stating, "If the best exists, then why can't I have it?" Furthermore, the conversation touches upon current credit market trends, financial challenges Americans are encountering, and solutions provided by Clean Slate Consulting, specifically credit monitoring and business funding opportunities. Key Takeaways: Importance of Credit Management: Effective credit management is crucial for financial health, influencing terms for loans and other financial opportunities. Young Entrepreneurial Journey: Devin Parks’s story is one of resilience, demonstrating that alternative paths, like early entrepreneurship, can lead to success. Credit Misunderstanding: Many consumers treat credit as expendable income rather than as a financial tool, leading to increased debt and financial instability. Opportunities in Business Credit: Business credit offers distinct advantages, allowing entrepreneurs to consolidate resources without affecting personal credit scores. Practical Financial Advice: Devin encourages proactive steps in financial management, such as engaging in credit repair to improve financial standing. Notable Quotes: "I sell money, Chris, and they can come to me for that as well." "If the best exists, then why can't I have it?" "You get rewarded and you get to partner up with the rich people in the world, which are banks when you use it properly." "I want the best food, the best clothes, the best access to healthcare – the best of everything." "Our company offers a results or refund guarantee. Those are the only two things that will happen. They will either get results or they will get a refund."

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Running the Light: A Novel by Sam Tallent Amazon.com Samtallent.com A bona fide “instant classic” (Doug Stanhope) novel that tells the story of a road comic crashing and burning by acclaimed comedian Sam Tallent Billy Ray Schafer stepped off the plane in Amarillo, Texas, with twenty-six hundred dollars tucked down the leg of his black ostrich-skin cowboy boot. He walked to baggage claim slowly, jelly-legged and nearing lucidity, coming out from under the Xanax he snorted before the flight. Debauched, divorced, and courting death, Billy Ray Schafer is a comedian who has forgotten how to laugh. Over the course of seven spun-out days across the American Southwest, he travels from hell gig to hell gig in search of a reason to keep living in this bleak and violent glimpse into the psyche of a thoroughly ruined man. Ex-inmate, ex-husband, ex-father—comedian is the only title Schafer has left. Trapped in the wreckage of his wasted career, Billy Ray knows the answer to the question: What happens when opportunity doesn't come—or worse—it comes and goes? “In vivid, electric sentences that read like cinematic tracking shots,” (Denver Post) Tallent hurls you into an absolute mess of a man’s life as we search for the mercy he does not want. About the author Sam Tallent is a comedian. For the last decade he has performed more than 45 weekends per year across America, Canada, Europe, Japan and Australia. His writing has appeared in Birdy Magazine and on VICE.com. Running the Light, his first novel, is soon to be a major motion picture. He lives in Colorado and cooks dinner for his wife every night.

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When She Was Gone by Sara Foster Amazon.com Was she taken ... or did she run? The pulse-pounding new psychological thriller from the bestselling author of You Don't Know Me Rose once walked away from her daughter. Now she may be the only one who can save her. Former London police officer Rose Campbell has been estranged from her daughter, Lou, for almost a decade. But when Lou disappears from a remote beach in Western Australia--and the police suspect her of kidnapping the two young children in her care--Rose is asked to help bring Lou home. This is the final case in DSS Mal Blackwood's illustrious career--and there's a lot riding on it. The missing children are heirs to the Fisher property empire, and while their multimillionaire grandfather is breathing down Blackwood's neck, the media storm is intensifying. Faced with a deluge of evidence and accusations, Blackwood doesn't know who he can trust. Rose arrives in Australia intent on proving her daughter's innocence, but how can she be sure of that when she's no longer part of Lou's life? Meanwhile, as Blackwood begins to expose the Fishers' secrets, the investigation takes a dark turn. Shadows of the past gather around the Fishers, and Rose, and soon it's clear that every hour is critical. What has happened to Lou and the children? And can Rose and Blackwood find them in time?About the author Sara Foster is a critically acclaimed, bestselling fiction author with a passion for contemporary psychological suspense and a keen interest in exploring zeitgeist issues and strong female characters in her nail-biting novels. Her work includes You Don’t Know Me, The Hidden Hours, All That is Lost Between Us, Shallow Breath, Beneath the Shadows and Come Back to Me. Sara sometimes likes to write across genres, and The Hush, a near-future dystopia, was created as part of her PhD thesis. Two of her books have been optioned for television. Sara lives in Western Australia with her husband and two young daughters.

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The St. Kitts Connection by Alan E Tonks Authoralantonks.com Amazon.com A young commercial banker gets fired from his job as Vice Chairman at a Florida bank. In his search for employment, he meets a couple of Canadian real estate developers who offer him a job managing all of their real estate holdings including an offshore bank in St. Kitts. He soon finds himself in the middle of a major international drug smuggling and weapons trading conspiracy and before he can walk away, federal agencies close down the US operation and charge the Canadians for their crimes. Two years later he is dragged back into a situation where drug trafficking and international political issues, brokered in St. Kitts, affect the outcome of a general election in India and the ultimate assassination of Rajiv Gandhi, India's former Prime Minister. Story is based on actual events that includes a bank failure, murder and illegal financial activities.

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The Gospel of Fitness: A Rational Approach to Aging Gracefully by Steve McKinney Fitnessandmore.net Amazon.com Are you ready to redefine aging and unlock a healthier, more vibrant life? In The Gospel of Fitness: A Rational Approach to Aging Gracefully, fitness expert Steve McKinney combines decades of hands-on experience with practical wisdom to deliver a transformative guide for losing fat, building muscle, and improving overall well-being. Packed with science-based strategies, easy-to-follow workout routines, and actionable advice on diet and lifestyle, this book cuts through the noise of modern fitness trends to present a simple, effective system for long-term health. Steve’s “3-W Approach” focuses on weight training, walking, and watching your diet, making it accessible for all ages and fitness levels. Discover how to: Lose 20 pounds of fat in just eight weeks Combat the effects of aging with proven strength-building techniques Develop sustainable habits for physical, mental, and spiritual health Through heartfelt stories, expert tips, and a clear path to fitness, Steve inspires readers to embrace aging gracefully while living life to its fullest. Whether you’re looking to regain your strength, improve your balance, or rekindle your hope, The Gospel of Fitness will empower you to become the best version of yourself. Your journey to health starts here.

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Hang On St. Christopher (The Sean Duffy Series) by Adrian McKinty Amazon.com New York Times bestselling author Adrian McKinty continues the Edgar Award-winning Sean Duffy series with Hang on St. Christopher. Rain slicked streets, riots, murder, chaos. It's July 1992 and the Troubles in Northern Ireland are still grinding on after twenty-five apocalyptic years. Detective Inspector Sean Duffy got his family safely over the water to Scotland, to "Shortbread Land". Duffy's a part-timer now, only returning to Belfast six days a month to get his pension. It's an easy gig, if he can keep his head down. But then a murder case falls into his lap while his protege is on holiday in Spain. A carjacking gone wrong and the death of a solitary, middle-aged painter. But something's not right, and as Duffy probes he discovers the painter was an IRA assassin. So, the question becomes: Who hit the hitman and why? This is Duffy's most violent and dangerous case yet and the whole future of the burgeoning "peace process" may depend upon it. Based on true events, Duffy must unentangle parallel operations by the CIA, MI5 and Special Branch. Duffy attempts to bring a killer to justice while trying to keep himself and his team alive as everything unravels around them. They might not all make it out of this one. About the author Adrian McKinty was born and grew up in Belfast, Northern Ireland. He studied philosophy at Oxford University before moving to Australia and then New York City. In 2019 Adrian had a global hit with his standalone novel The Chain. Adrian's novels have won the Edgar Award, the Ned Kelly Award (3 times), The Anthony Award, Barry Award, Macavity Award and the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award. His books have been translated into over 40 languages.

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