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Stop Waiting for the Storm to Pass: Running a Business in Uncertain Times

I asked a half dozen fellow business owners the same question this week: “So what are you doing about it?” Every one of them gave me the same answer. “I’m waiting for the storm to pass.” I understand the instinct. But I’ve lived through that answer once already, and it cost me years.

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How to Cope with Traumatic News: 6 Ways to Recover

One year ago today, Charlie Kirk was shot and killed while speaking on a college campus in Utah. Tomorrow marks 25 years since September 11th. Two very different events, two very different eras — and the same thing happened inside millions of people who were nowhere near either one: the chest tightened, the sleep went, the f...

AI Took 100K Jobs. Here’s How to Start a Business After Being Laid Off.

Two numbers came across my desk this week, and I can’t stop thinking about them together. Through June of this year, 101,743 American job cuts named AI as the reason. That’s the first half of the year alone, so figure it’s over 200,000 by the time the ball drops. Depressing, right? Now the second number: 531,423 new business app...

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What to Do When Your Business Idea Fails: 3 Smart Moves

This week Nvidia agreed to buy Hugging Face – the platform people call “the GitHub of AI” – for a reported $12.9 billion. It is the kind of number that makes an entire company look like it was destined for greatness from day one.

It wasn’t.

Hugging Face started life as a chatbot app for teenagers. It ...

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Rejection-Proof Networking: The Life Hack Mitch Axelrod Used to Turn $16K Into $100K

Every entrepreneur hits the wall Mitch Axelrod hit in 1983: he’d burned through every local audience willing to have him speak, income had stalled at $16,000 a year, and the next move meant asking strangers for something — the exact moment most of us freeze. On the latest episode of Renega...

How to Handle Economic Uncertainty as a Business Owner (Without Losing Your Mind)

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If you’ve felt like the ground keeps shifting under your business this year, you’re not imagining it. In the latest episode of Renegade Breakthroughs, “The Next 90 Days: Bend, Don’t Break,” host Robert Imbriale tackles the question every entrepreneur is quietly askin...

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The Courage to Think for Yourself: What the Fauci Contempt Vote Really Teaches Us

Today, a Senate committee voted 8-7, along party lines, to hold Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress. Last week, he sat in front of that same committee and invoked the Fifth Amendment more than 100 times rather than answer questions about the pandemic response. Whatever side of that vote you...

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The Trust Recession: They Lied, You Knew, Now What?

Yesterday, the man who spent years telling an entire nation to “trust the science” sat down in front of the United States Senate — and refused to answer a single question. After more than 250 appearances before Congress, Dr. Anthony Fauci pleaded the Fifth. And whatever you think of the man, that moment is the perfect...

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Using AI to Beat Inflation: Playbook for Uncertain Times

The tides are shifting, and you can feel it. There’s an uncertainty in the air right now that has a lot of people frozen in place. Oil prices are climbing back over $100 a barrel, which means gas and diesel are about to soar again — and when that happens, the whole economy slows down with it. This post is about that ...

How to Understand Someone's Perspective: The Coach's Ear Method Before I dig into coaching anybody, I want to learn a few things about that person first. I ask questions. Then I shut up and listen. If you're a coach and you're speaking more than the person you're coaching, you're doing it wrong. And if you want to know how to understand someone's perspective — a client, a family member, a stranger on the other side of the ...

Why Entrepreneurs Procrastinate We've been waiting. Waiting for things to shift. Waiting for the plan to be executed. Waiting for the good guys to win. Waiting for the financial system to change, for taxes to be cancelled, for justice to finally get handed out, for the people who "still don't see it" to finally wake up. Meanwhile, time keeps moving. Days keep passing. And there are two questions worth asking yourself right now: ...

Learn From the Best 3 Power Lessons You Can Learn From President Trump In this episode, we dig into 3 Power Lessons we can learn from President Trump — lessons about mindset, decision-making, and resilience that apply no matter what you do for a living. Let's get one thing out of the way first: this episode isn't about politics. Regardless of your political bent, a leader is a leader, and when you can look past the politics...

A New Show New Direction because it was time for a change! Since 2020 when the world was taken by surprise with the COVID event, things have shifted in our world. While back then I decided to turn my attention to being part of the solution in a bigger way, the time has changed and it's time for me to get back to what really makes me happy: working to support passion-driven entrepreneurs! So this is the first show in a new directi...

In this episode, we explore the revolutionary impact of artificial intelligence on life and personal coaching. Can AI replicate the human connection in coaching? How will it enhance the coach-client relationship? Join us for a dynamic discussion with renowned life coach Kellan Fluckiger and personal coaching expert Robert Imbriale, as they share their insights on AI and the future of human-centered coaching in an AI-powered world....

Lessons of Success: Kurek Ashley is a long-time success coach and a person I met way back in 1996. He became one of the first people to introduce me to the world of healthy eating. He's an example of what it takes to be the best you can be and create the kind of success in all areas of your life that you desire. Join us for a lively conversation on lessons of success! Follow Kurek https://KurekAshley.com Fol...

Fear. We all experience it. It can be below the surface. And it can interfere with our lives in ways that we may not even be fully aware. What if you could live without fear? What would you attempt? How much farther would you go in life? We answer that question on this episode of Coach's Corner! My special guest is Kellan Fluckiger who is an executive, speaker, performer, and catalyst. Kellan is dedicated to helping oth...

Time to take charge of your emotions! Society has changed a lot over the last 3 years. Gone are the days when people were extra patient, kind, respectful, and even caring. As these last 3 years have been rough on just about everybody, we are seeing the impact it has had, and it's not always pretty. So how do you keep your head up, stay hopeful, and dare I say even feel positive about life? While it's creatinly not easy ...

This is a call to action! We are at a turning point right now. No matter which way you look, you see things that are not as you'd expect them to be. Many of us have been silent. We've been watching it all unfold and we hope that things will turn back in the right direction soon. But is that the right approach? Is being silent really being part of the problem at this point? It's our complacency that is keeping this al...