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A weekly chat among lefty friends. We cover news, current events, pop culture, whatever we like. And butts. Lots of butts.
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Could YOU improve your small business by 1% each week? Get more customers, make more money - WITHOUT working harder - with the ambitious, lifestyle business podcast.
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Are you a small business owner who likes to think BIG? Then this podcast is for YOU. It's a place where AMBITIOUS business owners learn and share SIMPLE, PRACTICAL tips and advice to help their businesses GROW with ONE purpose... TO PROVIDE THEM WITH THE LIFESTYLE THEY WANT. Whatever that means for YOU... Maybe you want to earn £100k a year? Maybe you want to spend more time with friends and family, or travel more? You might want to give up the Day Job, or completely change direction in your ...
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Conversation on the beliefs, history, culture and personal stories from Evangelical Christianity as engaged by veteran culture warriors and friends.
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This is What Anxiety Feels Like Sarah Fader is the Co-Founder of Stigma Fighters, a 501C3 mental health non-profit organization. Her writing has been featured in Psychology Today, The Atlantic, Vice, McSweeny's and The Huffington Post. She lives with panic disorder and ADHD and and this is her podcast. www.sarahfader.com
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Karen Hardie, Owner Of Xheight - A Branding & Packaging Design Agency, joins us to discuss: 🦩 The stigma around lifestyle businesses - and whether you can have SERIOUS goals as a lifestyle business owner. 🎯 The importance of setting goals that you TRULY desire. 💍 Marrying your business partner. 🏖️ Testing running a business from abroad. 😎 How Karen…
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Karen Hardie, Owner Of Xheight - A Branding & Packaging Design Agency, joins us to discuss: 🦩 The stigma around lifestyle businesses - and whether you can have SERIOUS goals as a lifestyle business owner. 🎯 The importance of setting goals that you TRULY desire. 💍 Marrying your business partner. 🏖️ Testing running a business from abroad. 😎 How Karen…
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Doors to the One Percent Club are now open. BUT... Please listen to this 5-minute solo episode of the Ambitious Lifestyle Business podcast BEFORE joining - because the One Percent Club is NOT for everyone. It's why doors are closed for 83% of the year. It's why we have set criteria for the people who can (and can't!) join. And it's why we famously …
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Doors to the One Percent Club are now open. BUT... Please listen to this 5-minute solo episode of the Ambitious Lifestyle Business podcast BEFORE joining - because the One Percent Club is NOT for everyone. It's why doors are closed for 83% of the year. It's why we have set criteria for the people who can (and can't!) join. And it's why we famously …
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"It's the end of the world as we know it..."
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How do you deal with customer complaints? In this solo episode of the Ambitious Lifestyle Business, John Lamerton, author of bestselling business books such as Big Ideas... for Small Businesses, Evergreen Assets and Routine Machine explains why it should be "the end of the world" for EVERY complaint you get...…
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"It's the end of the world as we know it..."
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How do you deal with customer complaints? In this solo episode of the Ambitious Lifestyle Business, John Lamerton, author of bestselling business books such as Big Ideas... for Small Businesses, Evergreen Assets and Routine Machine explains why it should be "the end of the world" for EVERY complaint you get...…
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114: Dr. Matthew Taylor - The Violent Take it By Force
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Dr. Matthew Taylor returns to the VCW hall to discuss his forthcoming book (out October 1, 2024) "The Violent Take it By Force: The Christian Movement That is Threatening Our Democracy". Dr. Taylor talks about some of the major figures within the independent Charismatic movement, what he sees as 4 quadrants of Evangelicalism, how independent Charis…
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I made a deal with Dave Grohl on the Foo Fighters' recent UK tour. Dave & Co put existing customers (fans) first - BEFORE trying to win new ones. In this solo episode of the Ambitious Lifestyle Business podcast, John Lamerton, author of Big Ideas... for Small Businesses explains the power of "Retention First" thinking.…
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I made a deal with Dave Grohl on the Foo Fighters' recent UK tour. Dave & Co put existing customers (fans) first - BEFORE trying to win new ones. In this solo episode of the Ambitious Lifestyle Business podcast, John Lamerton, author of Big Ideas... for Small Businesses explains the power of "Retention First" thinking.…
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I actually told one of my One Percenters to go and get a job at Starbucks. I explain why in this solo episode of the Ambitious Lifestyle Business podcast - and it's NOT because I wanted him to quit his business and "get a real job"...By John Lamerton
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I actually told one of my One Percenters to go and get a job at Starbucks. I explain why in this solo episode of the Ambitious Lifestyle Business podcast - and it's NOT because I wanted him to quit his business and "get a real job"...By John Lamerton
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7 Ways to KILL your Small Business - for FREE!
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You may have seen this image doing the rounds on social media: In this solo episode of the Ambitious Lifestyle Business podcast, John Lamerton, author of Big Ideas... for Small Businesses explains why this is a TERRIBLE idea, that could actually KILL your business if you blindly follow the advice.
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7 Ways to KILL your Small Business - for FREE!
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You may have seen this image doing the rounds on social media: In this solo episode of the Ambitious Lifestyle Business podcast, John Lamerton, author of Big Ideas... for Small Businesses explains why this is a TERRIBLE idea, that could actually KILL your business if you blindly follow the advice.
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"Screw this, I'm moving to Fuerteventura..."
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Ambitious, Lifestyle Business owners John and Jason meet to discuss: ⚽ The importance of "process over outcome" - even if you're looking to win a European football tournament... 🏖️ Why Jason is (seriously) looking to emigrate. 🤬 The biggest challenges facing small business owners right now. 🦩 How the One Percent Club could help with those challenge…
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"Screw this, I'm moving to Fuerteventura..."
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Ambitious, Lifestyle Business owners John and Jason meet to discuss: ⚽ The importance of "process over outcome" - even if you're looking to win a European football tournament... 🏖️ Why Jason is (seriously) looking to emigrate. 🤬 The biggest challenges facing small business owners right now. 🦩 How the One Percent Club could help with those challenge…
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How does a weekly email that DOESN'T sell ANYTHING help you market your product/service? By using the exact technique that Walt Disney deployed 70 years ago to launch Disneyland...By John Lamerton
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How does a weekly email that DOESN'T sell ANYTHING help you market your product/service? By using the exact technique that Walt Disney deployed 70 years ago to launch Disneyland...By John Lamerton
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113: Transvangelical and Wyld Violet are Not Safe for Worship
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Alycea, who uses the pseudonym Transvangelical, and Wyld Violet are online sex workers who incorporate their evangelical experience into their work and have a new podcast called Not Safe for Worship. We talk about deconstruction, purity culture, ethics in porn consumption and production, and even touch on the current political climate regarding tra…
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After hiring more than 30 people, here are the 5 things I believe you need, in order to hire an A-player: You need to know what an A-player looks like. Always be hiring. It's worth paying more for A-players. The first 100 days (after hiring) are crucial. You will make mistakes. Correct them quickly. What other tips would you add?…
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After hiring more than 30 people, here are the 5 things I believe you need, in order to hire an A-player: You need to know what an A-player looks like. Always be hiring. It's worth paying more for A-players. The first 100 days (after hiring) are crucial. You will make mistakes. Correct them quickly. What other tips would you add?…
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Would you pay £5 million for a "really nice view"? In this solo episode of the Ambitious Lifestyle Business podcast, John Lamerton, author of Big Ideas... for Small Businesses runs the numbers on his dream house - and asks "can you put a price on freedom?"By John Lamerton
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Would you pay £5 million for a "really nice view"? In this solo episode of the Ambitious Lifestyle Business podcast, John Lamerton, author of Big Ideas... for Small Businesses runs the numbers on his dream house - and asks "can you put a price on freedom?"By John Lamerton
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Running a small business is like playing Snakes & Ladders...
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Running a small business is like playing Snakes & Ladders - just as you feel you're about to win the game, you land on a snake.. and find yourself almost back where you started. There are ladders in this game though - and if you know where to find them, and how to increase your chances of landing on one, you're more likely to beat your competition.…
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Running a small business is like playing Snakes & Ladders...
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Running a small business is like playing Snakes & Ladders - just as you feel you're about to win the game, you land on a snake.. and find yourself almost back where you started. There are ladders in this game though - and if you know where to find them, and how to increase your chances of landing on one, you're more likely to beat your competition.…
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"When you're a one-person band, you can do what you want..."
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Suzy Watson, founder of Explore Norfolk UK, discusses her experience with various online businesses, including network marketing, selling dog collars, and weight loss pills. Suzy emphasizes the importance of passion in building a successful business and highlights the need for authenticity. She also talks about her membership of the One Percent Clu…
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"When you're a one-person band, you can do what you want..."
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Suzy Watson, founder of Explore Norfolk UK, discusses her experience with various online businesses, including network marketing, selling dog collars, and weight loss pills. Suzy emphasizes the importance of passion in building a successful business and highlights the need for authenticity. She also talks about her membership of the One Percent Clu…
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John Jesenky and Sarah Fader Crack The Inspector Gadget Code
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Composer John Jesensky and I talk about music, Inspector Gadget, Thomas Newman, piano, and more!Composer/conductor JOHN JESENSKY earned his B.M. in Music Composition from the HarttSchool of Music under the tutelage of composer Stephen Gryc, as well as leading wind ensembleconductor Glen Adsit. John was awarded his M.M. in Film Composition from New …
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How do you get the perfect blend of Sales vs Marketing? In this solo 5-minute episode of the Ambitious Lifestyle Business podcast, John Lamerton, author of Evergreen Assets, explains the importance of getting the balance just right - and the HORRIBLE taste that will be in your customer's mouths if you get it wrong...…
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How do you get the perfect blend of Sales vs Marketing? In this solo 5-minute episode of the Ambitious Lifestyle Business podcast, John Lamerton, author of Evergreen Assets, explains the importance of getting the balance just right - and the HORRIBLE taste that will be in your customer's mouths if you get it wrong...…
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In school, we're taught that copying others is bad. However, in this 5-minute solo episode of the Ambitious Lifestyle Business podcast, John Lamerton explains how copying the right people is a sure-fire way to guarantee yourself success.By John Lamerton
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In school, we're taught that copying others is bad. However, in this 5-minute solo episode of the Ambitious Lifestyle Business podcast, John Lamerton explains how copying the right people is a sure-fire way to guarantee yourself success.By John Lamerton
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Can you have a lifestyle business AND get rich? Can you scale a business, AND have a life? In this 5-minute solo episode, John Lamerton, author of Big Ideas... for Small Businesses explains how you can leverage the pendulum of ambition and lifestyle to design your very own ambitious, lifestyle business.…
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Can you have a lifestyle business AND get rich? Can you scale a business, AND have a life? In this 5-minute solo episode, John Lamerton, author of Big Ideas... for Small Businesses explains how you can leverage the pendulum of ambition and lifestyle to design your very own ambitious, lifestyle business.…
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"I trebled my business in the past few years..."
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Meet Phil Allen. Phil blows stuff up for a living. 💥 His company, Entertainment Effects provides special effects, pyrotechnics and water features to live sport, music, TV and corporate events. Flames 🔥 Confetti Cannons 🎊 Fountains ⛲ Smoke Machines 🌫 Phil is our guest on the Ambitious, Lifestyle Business podcast this month, where we discuss: 📈 How P…
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Meet Phil Allen. Phil blows stuff up for a living. 💥 His company, Entertainment Effects provides special effects, pyrotechnics and water features to live sport, music, TV and corporate events. Flames 🔥 Confetti Cannons 🎊 Fountains ⛲ Smoke Machines 🌫 Phil is our guest on the Ambitious, Lifestyle Business podcast this month, where we discuss: 📈 How P…
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112: Dr. Matt Warner was Cancelled at a Conservative College (With Dr. Paul Hoard)
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Dr. Matt Warner joins the VCW to talk about being fired from Grace College in Winona Lake, IN for what he describes as unspoken political expectations. Outside activists found old social media posts by him (involving posts about LGBTQ, Black Lives Matter and criticism of Tucker Carlson) and they pressured college board members to let this professor…
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111: Meg Wise Deconstructed at John MacArthur's Church
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Meg Wise joins the VCW hall to talk about her experiences at John MacArthur's Church in Los Angeles County, CA. She talks about their response to the COVID pandemic and the scandal involving MacArthur publicly shaming a woman whose husband was sexually abusing their kids. Follow Meg Wise: On X/Twitter: _nomadic_soul Read A Deconstruction Chronicle …
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"I sold my £2.6m business - for £1,000..."
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Kris Oldland launched 1927 Media in 2013 and over ten years, built his primary brand Field Service News to be a global leader in the field, before disaster struck - and Kris was forced to sell the business - worth £2.6million at its peak - for £1,000. In this powerful episode, Kris bears all and tells us: 💬 The key mistakes that he made leading to …
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Kris Oldland launched 1927 Media in 2013 and over ten years, built his primary brand Field Service News to be a global leader in the field, before disaster struck - and Kris was forced to sell the business - worth £2.6million at its peak - for £1,000. In this powerful episode, Kris bears all and tells us: 💬 The key mistakes that he made leading to …
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110: Jason Kirk: Hell is a World Without You and Nevaeh is Just Heaven Spelled Backwards
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Burn this episode to the top blank CD on your spindle and throw it in your anti-skip discman, because writer and podcaster Jason Kirk joins the VCW hall to talk about his new novel, Hell is a World Without You, a coming-of-age story set in early 2000s evangelical youth group culture, and chock full of the rapture anxiety, purity culture, retreats, …
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Mick Walker has been making award-winning videos for major brands around the world for over 17 years. He's all about keeping video production simple and accessible – something he calls 'Video Made Simple.'. In this episode, you will hear: 💬 Why Mick "never wanted to run a business". 💬 How "coming clean" about owning a lifestyle business changed eve…
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Mick Walker has been making award-winning videos for major brands around the world for over 17 years. He's all about keeping video production simple and accessible – something he calls 'Video Made Simple.'. In this episode, you will hear: 💬 Why Mick "never wanted to run a business". 💬 How "coming clean" about owning a lifestyle business changed eve…
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109: The Ballot and the Bible: Kaitlyn Schiess
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Co-Host of the Holy Post podcast, Kaitlyn Schiess stops by the VCW hall to talk about her new book, The Ballot and the Bible. She discusses points of American history and how the Bible was interpreted on multiple sides of an issue by Christians- sometimes for good, sometimes for bad, and sometimes for really ugly evil. Support the show on Patreon: …
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108: Jewish Voices for Peace: Dr. Alice Rothchild and Abby Brockman
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With Israel's brutal war against Gaza still raging, Dr. Alice Rothchild and Abby Brockman join the VCW hall to talk about the horror of Israel's war, to talk about their interactions with Palestinian people and the hospitality they experienced as well as speaking about their perspectives on Jewish faith and values. Read Dr. Rothchild's articles: Th…
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107: Theologizin' Bigger With Trey Ferguson
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Pastor Trey Ferguson joins the VCW hall to talk about Theologizin' Bigger, his new book out now. We talk about theology and imagination, Biblical inerrancy including the 1978 Chicago statement, an Ark in Kentucky and much more. Get Pastor Trey's book right here: https://www.lakedrivebooks.com/books/theologizin-bigger/ Listen to The New Living Treys…
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106: Our Favorite Movies of 2023 Part 2 with Jeffrey Overstreet and Dr Mary McCampbell
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Part 2 of the big annual pre-Oscars dive into our favorite movies of the year and the Oscar nominees. Part 2 covers the top 7 films on each our our top 10 lists, which we'd started going through toward the end of Part 1. Jeffrey Overstreet returns and brings with him new VCW guest Dr Mary McCampbell, an author, professor, and speaker who focuses on…
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"I Still Struggle With My Work/Life Balance..."
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Austin Newberry is the owner and CEO of Logspan - a timber building manufacturer based in Scotland. Austin is a family man who says that he still struggles with work/life balance. In this episode, you will hear: 💬 Austin's POWERFUL story about a childhood family holiday - and how it impacts his parenting style to this day. 💬 What it's like to take …
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Austin Newberry is the owner and CEO of Logspan - a timber building manufacturer based in Scotland. Austin is a family man who says that he still struggles with work/life balance. In this episode, you will hear: 💬 Austin's POWERFUL story about a childhood family holiday - and how it impacts his parenting style to this day. 💬 What it's like to take …
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105: Our Favorite Movies of 2023 Part 1 with Jeffrey Overstreet and Dr Mary McCampbell
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Our big annual pre-Oscars dive into our favorite movies of the year and the Oscar nominees is back! Jeffrey Overstreet returns and brings with him new VCW guest Dr Mary McCampbell, an author, professor, and speaker who focuses on the theological significance of popular music, film, and literature. Subscribe to Mary's Substack The Empathetic Imagina…
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crreeeaaaaaak! What's that noise? Oh, it's just the sound of me, opening the doors for the March 2024 intake of my One Percent Club. Why the creaking? Well, the doors have been closed since the 1st of October last year - and they need a bit of WD/40. What's the One Percent Club? It's a community of like-minded, ambitious lifestyle business owners, …
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