In this episode of the Business Broken to Smokin’ Podcast: 

Lodestone True North’s Head Coach Mark Whitmore and his right hand man Shane Kardos discuss two sides of adaptability.

0:00 Intro

1:36 Two sides to adaptability

3:32 Upcoming book, The Visionary Dilemma in 3 parts

3:41 1st Dilemma - People need an overarching vision, but don’t realize they need one

4:35  Book reference Drive by Daniel Pink

7:14 2nd Dilemma - Visions are invisible pictures

8:28 3rd Dilemma - Visions disrupt normalcy 

12:15 Adapting on the negative side, or to things that should not be…

(Don’t rock the boat)

14:29 Discontent with the status quo

18:56 Reference to a miniseries Brain Games - Memory is malleable https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2078690/ 

24:14 Quote from the blog post…  

**Credits**

Music - Changes by David Bowie

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In this episode of the Business Broken to Smokin’ Podcast:Lodestone True North’s Head Coach Mark Whitmore and his right hand man Shane Kardos discuss delegation.

Link to download the worksheet mentioned in today's podcast:

0:00 Intro
5:15 The Soft Side: Abdicate, Imply, Hint, Imagine, Allude, Assume, Ignore
8:42 The Rough Side: Directing, Remote Controlling, Micro-managing, Intimidate, Pressure, Beg, Demand, Manipulate
10:59 Definitions: 

14:29 Play to someone else’s strengths and free up your own plate
17:31 Tie down those tasks to strategy20:49 It’s unclear how these tasks are tied to strategy
21:26 Setting up pathways and frameworks, or macro processes
24:22 Checking in on progress
24:57 Book Reference: The New One Minute Manager by Ken Blanchard

34:42 Reference to our T.O.M.K.A.T. Episode 017 https://youtu.be/zkbLckE4xEk

37:20 Delegating is vital for scaling the business

41:05 Strengthen the last part of S.M.A.C.K.! – “Kick It” (See our episode on S.M.A.C.K.! https://youtu.be/UgKgysVOME4 )

**Credits**
Music – Song Back by Little Big Town
Gallup Study – “CEO’s who excel in delegating generate 33% higher revenue” https://news.gallup.com/businessjournal/182414/delegating-huge-management-challenge-entrepreneurs.aspx 

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In this episode of the Business Broken to Smokin’ Podcast:

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Download the Strong Hand Tool worksheet mentioned in this episode:

⁠https://lodestonetruenorth.com/podcast-episode-038/⁠

In this episode of the Business Broken to Smokin’ Podcast: 

Lodestone True North’s Head Coach Mark Whitmore and his right hand man Shane Kardos discuss the Strong Hand Tool, a good thinking hack to realize the places where you might get stuck while trying to get things done.

0:00 Intro

0:45 Documentary on Terry Kath, one of the founding members of the band Chicago: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5037288/ 

3:07 Lodestone is here to help! https://www.lodestonetruenorth.com 

3:58 Strong Hand Tool

4:54 The first hurdle is Epiphany…

5:08 “On the pathway to execution, the first problem is that folks just don’t see things.”

8:54 The second hurdle is Context…

10:12 Book reference - Principles for Navigating Big Debt Crises by Ray Dalio 

12:28 The third hurdle is Framework or Format

17:01 “The framework disappears in the hands of the craftsman.”

17:41 The fourth hurdle is Execute…

18:59 Book reference - 20 mile march from Jim Collins book Great By Choice - https://www.jimcollins.com/concepts/twenty-mile-march.html

19:58 Work ethic can sometimes be toxic, especially when going in the wrong direction…

21:11 The fifth hurdle is Review…

21:41 AAR Tool - see our podcast episode 032 for details: https://lodestonetruenorth.com/podcast-episode-032-aar-exercise/ 

23:15 Download the Strong Hand Tool worksheet here: https://lodestonetruenorth.com/podcast-episode-038/

24:59 Some signs that you are a visionary…

28:12 What we do here at Lodestone…

35:26 Sprechstimme singing - https://www.britannica.com/art/Sprechstimme  

**Credits**

Music - Feelin’ Stronger Every Day - Chicago

Music - Remedy - The Black Crowes

In this episode of the Business Broken to Smokin’ Podcast: 

Lodestone True North’s Head Coach Mark Whitmore interviews business coach Preston True https://www.gettpafit.com/ 

About Preston: 

After 25 years of managing and owning entrepreneurial businesses, Preston has lived through some of the brightest days and darkest nights. He’s learned owning and operating a business requires a new level of fitness well beyond the day you started it. The stamina required to scale rocky peaks, navigate dark valleys and reach your pinnacle is not achieved without the right people, purpose, playbook and performance.

0:00 Intro

4:13 Movie reference - Peanut Butter Falcon https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4364194/ 

5:39 Podcast reference - The Real Ones, Jon Burnthal 

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/real-ones-with-jon-bernthal/id1610616073

6:19 Shoutout to Jeremy Radabaugh 

https://agents.allstate.com/jeremy-d-radabaugh-morgantown-wv.html

7:17 Preston’s Desert Island Movies…

11:46 Mark’s Desert Island Movies…

19:14 Shoutout to Greg Cleary https://gregorycleary.com/

22:02 Shoutout to Pinnacle https://pinnaclebusinessguides.com

23:01 Why are you a business coach

24:53 “Light is one of the most powerful antiseptics”

27:02 Podcast reference: Lex Fridman Podcast https://youtu.be/8EguLJgkc54 Empathy vs. Sympathy

29:09 Shoutout to Tip Quilter https://tipquilter.com/

29:55 Breaking down the Hero’s Journey model by Joseph Campbell

34:02 The difference between coaching, teaching, advising, consulting, implementor, mentor, guide, etc…

38:49 Role as a mentor

40:32 “I am going to help you delete chaos, earn more, and fall back in love with your business.”

49:31 Pathway to mastery…

51:21 What are you resigned or attached about?

57:50 Patrick Lencioni reference

59:22 Helping clients out of the weeds…

1:01:32 Sometimes getting in the weeds is recreating the past…

1:03:01 What can create as opposed to what we can predict…

1:04:27 J. F. Kennedy, putting a man on the moon…

1:05:46 Let’s paint a picture of what we’ll look like in the future

1:08:42 DTO - Define The Opposite

1:11:11 Dan Sullivan quote… ”Always make your future bigger than your past”

1:14:50 A coach is your inside voice that has empathy and invites challenge…

1:24:57 Dealing with head trash

1:28:26  20 mile march, Jim Collins Great by Choice book:

https://www.jimcollins.com/concepts/twenty-mile-march.html

1:31:47 Father Mark Livingston…

1:32:47 The Dazzling Dud

1:34:00 Preston’s own Planner/Journal

1:38:07 Shoutout to Brandon Kenney

1:41:54 Stewardship…

“The conducting, supervising, or managing of something.

Especially : the careful and responsible management of something entrusted to one's care”

1:45:51 As parents we are cultural activators

1:50:36 “Become the leader your people deserve.”

1:51:36 Work/Life balance…

1:56:54 What’s the game I’m actually playing?

1:59:32 Mark’s speech…

*** Credits ***

Music - Theme from Sanford and Son, by Quincy Jones

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In this episode of the Business Broken to Smokin’ Podcast: 

Lodestone True North’s Head Coach Mark Whitmore and his right hand man Shane Kardos discuss a bit of the book “Principles for Navigating Big Debt Crises by Ray Dalio.

0:00 Intro

1:27 Book reference - Principles for Navigating Big Debt Crises by Ray Dalio

4:08 Book reference - Principles by Ray Dalio

You have to identify a guiding principle for what you are doing…

5:04 “Pain + Reflection = Progress”

10:49 “Consensus is typically believed to be a good rough picture of what’s to come, even though history has shown that the future is likely  to turn out differently than what’s expected. In other words, humans by nature, like most species, tend to move in crowds and weigh recent experience far more heavily than what is appropriate.”  ~Ray Dalio

11:52 Definitions of consensus:

18:41 The “Strong Hand” tool (hurdles)

PART 2

21:19 The “Strong Hand” Tool (continued)

24:35 Book Reference - Grit by Angela Duckworth

26:00 Reading from he book The Daily Stoic by Ryan Holiday, Quote: Epictedus on page 79 

29:00 Shoutout to Dr. Jim Powell of Powell Chiropractic https://www.powellchiropractic.com/

32:18 Reference to Scrivener https://www.literatureandlatte.com/ 

38:30 Pinnacle framework 

38:45 Rocks - Stephen Covey

**Credits**

Music - Hursts so good by John Mellencamp 

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In this episode of the Business Broken to Smokin’ Podcast:  Lodestone True North’s Head Coach Mark Whitmore and his right hand man Shane Kardos discuss the book “The Millionaire Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of America’s Wealthy” by Thomas J. Stanley & William D. Danko.

0:00 Intro

13:02 Shoutout to Troy Evans

38:29 Take aways:

**Credits**

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In episode 034 of the Business Broken to Smokin’ Podcast:

Lodestone True North’s Head Coach Mark Whitmore and guest Connie Chwan talk about her experiences as a business coach. Connie has over 40 years experience as an entrepreneur and is certified in several business operating systems, the most recent being Pinnacle. More info on Connie can be found at www.pure-direction.com

Connie works best with people that:

15:11 One of Connie’s favorite questions to ask a business owner at the beginning of talks, “If we were sitting here 3 years from now, what will have happened for you to feel personally and professionally satisfied and happy?”

19:17 Three basic parts of every company: Get Work, Do Work, Get Paid

In this episode of the Business Broken to Smokin’ Podcast:

Lodestone True North’s Head Coach Mark Whitmore and his right hand man Shane Kardos discuss the “AAR” meeting/template/tool. How to put a bow on the past year.

0:00 Intro

2:13 Shoutout to Ann Kardos at Logos Bookstore of Kent, Ohio

3:03 Is the juice worth the squeeze?

5:57 The same dang dam

7:37 Moving forward really fast…

9:06 3 types of reactions

1 - I don’t remember what happened last year

2 - Data, either too much or too little

3 - All emotion

11:52 AAR stands for After Action Review

   What was the plan?

   What actually happened?

   What caused that to happen?

30:09 This is a Brain Drain…

43:17 Shoutout to Greg Cleary and Duane Marshall at Pinnacle

44:00 Book Reference - Inside Delta Force by Eric L. Haney

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**Credits**