Best Adam Witmer Podcasts (2025)

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482 An Insight Into the Internal w/ Val Hastings 22:58

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Podcast Notes Episode 482 An Insight Into the Internal w/ Val Hastings Hosts: Brian Miller, PCC Guest: Val Hastings Date: September 11th, 2025 In this episode, Master Certified Coach Val Hastings shares insights from his book Coaching from the Inside and decades of experience training leaders and coaches worldwide. He unpacks what makes internal co…

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2025 James Beard Best New Restaurant Award winners Jeanie Janas Ritter and Chef Adam Ritter on combining French techniques with Minnesota ingredients and risking everything to open a restaurant where others ... 48:37

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Classically trained chefs Jeanie Janas Ritter and Adam Ritter shared a culinary journey working at great and Michelin-starred restaurants throughout the US and internationally before coming back to their midwestern roots and working in Minneapolis, first for someone else, then taking the risk of opening a place of their own. Their venture, Bûcheron…

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2025 James Beard Awards Outstanding Restaurant co-owner and master sommelier Bobby Stuckey on featuring amazing food from an Italian region few people have ever heard of 40:05

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Bobby Stuckey entered the culinary world as a teenaged dishwasherand worked his way up through a range of front of the house positions until he achieved the rarely awarded rank of Master Sommelier and became a multi-award-winning restaurateur. The centerpiece of the restaurant group he co-owns, Frasca Food and Wine in Boulder, Colorado, which holds…

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#37: Cross-selling: Sales Techniques for Your Small Business 24:48

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In this episode we discuss cross-selling as part of our mini series on selling and sales techniques.

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481 Choosing What (and What Not) to Adapt To 31:01

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Podcast Notes Episode 481 Choosing What (and What Not) to Adapt To Hosts: Brian Miller, PCC and Chad Hall, MCC Date: September 4th, 2025 In this episode, Brian and Chad explore the theme of adaptability. Prompted by Brian’s personal story of recovering from a four-wheeler accident that left him with a broken collarbone, the conversation unpacks how…

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Portland Chef Cathy Whims on the secrets to cooking in Italy, being tutored by the legendary Marcella Hazan, and helping turn Portland, Oregon into a culinary force 39:43

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Chef Cathy Whims was at the forefront of the culinary revolution in Portland, Oregon and decades later she retains that position there. Her Nostrana Italian restaurant continues to dish up the kind of regional cooking truly enjoyed in the small towns and villages of Italy, bolstered by great Oregon ingredients, and her pizza is listed among America…

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#36: Upselling - Sales Techniques for Your Small Business 28:31

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In this episode we discuss upselling as part of our mini series on selling and sales techniques.

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480 Practicing a Relentless Empathy, w/ Dr. Brian Piccolo 31:49

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Podcast Notes Episode 480 Practicing a Relentless Empathy, w/ Dr. Brian Piccolo Host: Brian Miller, PCC Guest: Dr. Brian Piccolo Date: August 28th, 2025 In this episode, Brian interviews Dr. Brian Piccolo, author of Relentless Empathy. They discuss the transformative power of empathy in relationships, ministry, and everyday life. Dr. Piccolo shares…

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2025 James Beard Best Chef-Texas Thomas Bille on creating great food through the lens of a first generation Mexican American, risking everything on a dream, and rebuilding after losing it all 37:29

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Chef Thomas Bille describes his cooking at his suburban Houston restaurant Belly of the Beast as driven by “a love for food that warms your soul and speaks to our ancestors.” A child of Mexican immigrants, Bille grew up with great food – his father was a professional chef and his mother a fabulous home cook – and as a self-described latchkey kid he…

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#35: Different Ways to Sell for Your Small Business 33:52

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Let's talk about a few different ways you can sell for your small business. Hard selling, soft selling, assumptive selling, helping to sell, and selling to help.

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Bonus Episode - A visit to Brennan's for the art and theatre of Banana's Foster 21:57

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This special bonus episode comes from the folks at Gravy, a production of the Southern Foodways Alliance. Gravy shares stories of the changingAmerican South, and in this episode, producer Eve Troeh takes us to Brennan’s, an iconic restaurant in the heart of New Orleans’ French Quarter, where spectacle and tradition come together over a flambé pan. …

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479 The Power (and Pressure) of Leading with Others 39:22

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Podcast Notes Episode 479 The Power (and Pressure) of Leading with Others Hosts: Brian Miller, PCC and Chad Hall, MCC Date: August 21st, 2025 In this episode, Brian and Chad explore the dynamics of coaching through a live demonstration. Brian steps into the role of client, reflecting on his leadership venture, the departure of his business partner,…

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Pitmaster Ali Clem on winning a Michelin star for her barbecue restaurant, and her remarkable rise from selling her barbecue from a trailer 36:00

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Ali Clem says she was shocked when her La Barbecue restaurant in Austin, TX was recently awarded a Michelin star. She was mentored by members of a legendary Texas barbecue family, the Muellers of Louis Mueller Barbecue in Taylor, Texas and married founder Louis Mueller’s granddaughter, LeAnn Mueller. They worked together until Mueller’suntimely dea…

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#34: When to go full time with your side hustle. 30:36

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In this episode, we discuss the many considerations and things you should have in place before making the lead to go full time with your side hustle.By Adam Witmer and Jeff Gargas

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478 Brushstrokes & Breakthroughs, with Mark Ross 17:32

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Podcast Notes Episode 478 Brushstrokes & Breakthroughs with Mark Ross Hosts: Brian Miller, PCC Guest: Mark Ross Date: August 14th, 2025 In this episode, Brian Miller talks with Mark Ross — a coach, artist, and founder of Next Thing Group — about the parallels between painting and coaching, the value of curiosity, and the journey of navigating caree…

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2025 James Beard Award winner Nando Chang on Peruvian-Japanese cuisine, the threat to immigrants in the food world, and how hip-hop changed his life 40:55

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The Chang siblings, born in Peru, emigrated to the U.S. as children, and now living in Miami, have locked up the James Beard award for Best Chef South for two straight years. Valerie won last year for her cooking at her Peruvian restaurant, Maty’s. Her older brother and co-owner Nando just won the 2025 award for what he does at his restaurant withi…

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#33: The Evil Mind of an Entrepreneur 22:59

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In this episode, we discuss the ways in which the minds of entrepreneurs and small business owners are different than most people's. We chat through some ways you can harness that "evil" power to build your business.By Adam Witmer and Jeff Gargas

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Chef and restaurateur Nicholas Fanucci on his career at legendary Michelin-starred restaurants and his journey from the top to a food truck to a restaurant of his own 39:56

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Born in Cannes, France, and raised in a food-centric French-Italian family, Nicholas Fanucci has run some of the greatest and best-known restaurants in America, including the French Laundry, Bouchon, Le Cirque, Le Bec-Fin, and more. Previously, he worked in Europe at legendary establishments including Alain Ducasse’s Louis XV. The restaurants he ha…

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477 Who's Really In Charge Here? 32:36

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Podcast Notes Episode 477 Who's Really In Charge Here? Hosts: Brian Miller, PCC and Chad Hall, MCC Date: August 7th, 2025 In this episode, Brian and Chad explore how coaching principles can transform leadership within organizations. They discuss the tension leaders often feel between maintaining control and empowering others, and how adopting a coa…

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Chef Yotaka “Sunny” Martin and her partner/husband on bringing her Thai cuisine to America and, with no restaurant experience, winning the 2025 James Beard Award for Best Chef Southwest 42:21

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Chef Yotaka Martin had never heard of the James Beard awards until she was nominated for the 2024 competition. She grew up in a small village in the north of Thailand and has only been in the U.S a few years. But she is well aware now. She didn’t win last year but she was just named the 2025 James Beard Best Chef Southwest for her cooking at the Ph…

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476 The Most Important Question (Rebroadcast) 31:36

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Podcast Notes Episode 476 The Most Important Question (Rebroadcast) Hosts: Brian Miller, PCC and Chad Hall, MCC Date: July 31, 2025 In this episode, the hosts dive into the deceptively powerful question: "What’s the simplest way to do it?" Inspired by Pat Flynn and Tim Ferriss, the conversation explores how simplicity can lead to more effective sys…

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Chef and restaurateur Tyler Akin on re-opening his family’s favorite restaurant from his childhood and cooking a world of cuisines 39:15

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Acclaimed Philadelphia restaurateur Tyler Akin recreated his childhood memories by re-opening the restaurant where his family celebrated big occasions—the Green Room, in the Hotel DuPont in Wilmington,Delaware. He grew up watching his southern grandmother in the kitchen. He went to law school (his father was a lawyer and later a judge) but dropped …

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#32: What to Look For in an Email Marketing Platform 32:27

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In this episode we dive into all the things you should be looking at, and thinking about, when selecting your email marketing platform.By Adam Witmer and Jeff Gargas

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475 Cracking the Code of Client Growth, with Adam Witmer 29:42

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Podcast Notes Episode 475 Cracking the Code of Client Growth, with Adam Witmer Host: Brian Miller, PCC Guest: Adam Witmer Date: July 24, 2025 In this episode, Brian sits down with business strategist Adam Witmer to explore the foundations of creating a successful business strategy. From Adam’s early roots in music and discovering a passion for busi…

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Two Michelin star winning chef Suzette Gresham on battling restaurant world misogyny and finding the soul of a cuisine 51:49

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Chef Suzette Gresham has been a pioneer in fighting for the place of women in the long-male-dominated world of high-end cooking for forty years. And she’s also one of the greatest chefs working today. She holds two Michelin stars at her San Francisco restaurant Acquerello, where her seasonal tasing menus sparkle with the freshest, often unusual, di…

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#31: 10 More Email Marketing Mistakes to Avoid 30:31

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In this episode we discuss 10 MORE common email marketing mistakes, following up on episode 30's 10 mistakes. We identify issues such as not including a clear call to action, using overly salesy or spammy language, excessive all-caps in subject lines, relying on outdated templates, writing overly long emails, and more. We discuss the importance of …

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474 Getting Real About What You Want 24:07

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Podcast Notes Episode 474 Getting Real About What You Want Hosts: Brian Miller, PCC and Chad Hall, MCC Date: July 17, 2025 In this episode, Brian Miller and Chad Hall explore the deceptively simple yet profoundly important coaching question: What do you want? They unpack how naming desires—whether deep, superficial, or somewhere in between—can tran…

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Third generation Seattle restaurant owner Mark Canlis, on keeping the highest standards while remaining fresh after 75 years 38:35

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On Food and Wine’s list of America’s top restaurants for 2025, Canlis came in at number two. That, after decades as a Seattle landmark and a nationally known pinnacle of fine dining. It is also a time of great challenge for Canlis – a new Executive Chef; the departure of Mark’s brother, who had been his business partner for twenty years; and the to…

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#30: 10 Email Marketing Mistakes to Avoid (And DYK: MySpace is still a thing?) 30:31

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In this episode we discuss 10 common email marketing mistakes you should avoid...and e also talk about how MySpace is apparently still a thing.By Adam Witmer and Jeff Gargas

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473 It’s Not Just Complicated It’s Complex w/ Dr. Kevin Krosley 20:20

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Podcast Notes Episode 473 It’s Not Just Complicated It’s Complex w/ Dr. Kevin Krosley Host: Brian Miller, PCCGuest: Dr. Kevin Krosley, CCLC, PhD Date: July 10, 2025 Brian Miller from Coach Approach Ministries talks with Kevin Krosley of Catalyst Leadership about the Complexity-Capacity Gap—a framework for understanding why some leaders or organizat…

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Michelin award winning chef Julia Momosé on creating the tastes she grew up with in Japan at her Chicago restaurant Kumiko, and the mixology that just won her a James Beard award 41:41

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Born and raised in Japan, Chef Julia Momosé developed a respect and love for hospitality watching her mother entertain at home. Her motivation for entering the culinary world was a visit she made to a bar in Kyoto watching the bartender hand making ice spheres for use in drinks. She pursued that newfound passion while attending college in the U.S.,…

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#29: Hope Marketing - What it is, why it doesn't work, and how to avoid falling into the hope marketing trap. 25:05

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In this episode, we explore the idea of Hope Marketing. We discuss what hope marketing is, why many business owners and entrepreneurs fall into the trap of relying on it, and how you can avoid this mistake.By Adam Witmer and Jeff Gargas

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472 Distinctions as the Key to Insight 23:07

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Podcast Notes Episode 472 Distinctions as the Key to Insight Hosts: Brian Miller, PCC and Chad Hall, MCC Date: July 3, 2025 In this episode, Brian Miller and Chad Hall dive deep into the concept of distinctions in coaching—the practice of helping clients untangle and clarify similar ideas that are often conflated. They discuss how distinctions can …

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Classically trained boundary-shattering chef Jordan Kahn on simultaneously holding Michelin stars at two different restaurants, and his singular approach to storytelling through food 53:47

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Pioneering chef Jordan Kahn holds Michelin stars at two different Los Angeles area restaurants— two stars at Vespertine, and one star at Meteora. Appropriately, the Michelin Guide calls his rise in the food world “meteoric.” Kahn worked under legendary chefs Thomas Keller and Grant Achatz before striking out on his own, He is known for crafting not…

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#28: Content Marketing Part 6 - Search Engine Optimization (SEO) For Small Businesses 28:03

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In this episode, we wrap up our series on content marketing, diving into Search Engine Optimization (SEO). We explain what SEO is, why it's important, how AI is impacting SEO, and provide some real examples for how to get started.By Adam Witmer and Jeff Gargas

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471 Transforming Culture One Crew at a Time with Tara Carbo 28:15

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Podcast Notes Episode 471 Transforming Culture One Crew at a Time with Tara Carbo Host: Brian Miller, PCC Guests: Tara Carbo Date: June 12, 2025 In this episode, Brian sits down with Tara Carbo—a former blue-collar entrepreneur turned leadership coach—to explore how her unique background shapes her coaching philosophy. Tara shares how her deep root…

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Chef Anita Jaisinghani on creating a wildly successful Indian diner in Houston, Texas 34:41

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Chef Anita Jaisinghani grew up in India and, while she loved food, she didn’t make it a career at first. She became a microbiologist, worked in that field when she and her husband moved to Canada, and only decided to enter the restaurant business when they moved to Houston. There, she opened what she describes as an Indian diner, Pondicheri, and in…

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#27: Content Marketing Part 5 - Types of Content 30:34

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We continue our series on content marketing this week - Join us as we dive into all the different types of content you can create for your business.By Adam Witmer and Jeff Gargas

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470 Conversations That Get Clients 28:52

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Podcast Notes Episode 470 Conversations That Get Clients Hosts: Brian Miller, PCC and Chad Hall, MCC Date: June 19, 2025 In this episode, Chad and Brian dive deep into the realities of getting coaching clients, debunking the myth that "if you build it, they will come." They explore the importance of having intentional conversations as the primary e…

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Michelin star winning chef Laurent Tourondel on his restaurant blowing up on Tik Tok 30:32

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Laurent Tourondel is a Michelin star winning French chef who opened an affordable New York steakhouse, Skirt Steak, that became a Tik Tok sensation. Born in Auvergne, France, he has worked all over the world in astoried 40-year career (and even says his time in Moscow was a great culinary learning experience). He has earned a Michelin star, three s…

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#26: Content Marketing Part 4 - Email Marketing Basics - What it is and why it's important. 22:16

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In this episode, we continue our series on content marketing, focusing this week on email marketing basics.By Adam Witmer and Jeff Gargas

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469 Telling Real Stories in a Broken World w/ David Alford and Joseph Stam 24:45

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Podcast Notes Episode 469 Telling Real Stories in a Broken World w/ David Alford and Joseph Stam Host: Brian Miller, PCC Guests: David Alford and Joseph Stam Date: June 12, 2025 In this episode, host Brian Miller speaks with filmmakers David Alford and Joseph Stam about their new film Searching for the Elephant. The conversation dives into the grit…

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Chef Marisa Baggett on shattering expectations as a female, Black, Jewish sushi chef, and redefining sushi her way 38:06

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Marisa Baggett had never seen sushi, never tasted sushi, when a customer asked for it at her Starkville Mississippi café. And that launched her quest to master the age old Japanese culinary tradition, graduating from the California Sushi Academy, and championing creativity that remains true to the fresh and local soul of sushi, such as her southern…

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#25: Content Marketing Part 3 - Lead magnets - What they are, why they are important, and how to create lead magnets that work. 35:02

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Lead magnets are free resources offered in exchange for contact information, used to build email lists and nurture potential customers. Lead magnets are different than discovery tools like podcasts. In this episode we share a variety of examples of effective lead magnets for different industries. More examples at smallbusinessbs.com…

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468 The Goal Isn't Unbreakable, It's Antifragile 31:02

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Podcast Notes Episode 468 The Goal Isn't Unbreakable, It's Antifragile Hosts: Brian Miller, PCC and Chad Hall, MCC Date: June 5, 2025 In this thoughtful episode, Brian and Chad dive deep into the concept of antifragility, a term popularized by Jonathan Haidt (and originally coined by Nassim Nicholas Taleb). They explore what it means to not only en…

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Chef Eric Levine on turning Brooklyn favorites like hot dogs and knishes into elevated culinary masterpieces— and on achieving celebrity and success while repeatedly battling cancer 39:15

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Chef Eric LeVine was so taken by cooking that before he even attended culinary school, he wrote a letter to groundbreaking chef David Burke at the legendary River Café in New York – and got hired. He credits Chef Burke with setting him on the path to culinary achievement and, after graduating from the Culinary Institute of America, Chef LeVine cook…

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#24: Content Marketing Part 2 - Marketing & Sales Funnels - What actually matters to your business. 28:21

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Part 2 of our series on content marketing focuses on marketing and sales funnels. We discuss what their actual purposes are, why it's important to think about them, how to approach creating them, the mistakes to avoid, and why this is all valuable to your business.By Adam Witmer and Jeff Gargas

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467 Finding Balance Through the Enneagram, with Marilyn Vancil 30:11

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Podcast Notes Episode 467 Finding Balance Through the Enneagram, with Marilyn Vancil Host: Brian Miller, Executive Director of CAM Guests: Marilyn Vancil In this insightful conversation, Brian speaks with Marilyn Vancil, a leading Christian voice on the Enneagram and author of Self to Lose, Self to Find and Beyond the Enneagram. Marilyn shares how …

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Owner Amy Mills on secrets behind the iconic barbecue restaurant founded by her father, a barbecue legend 43:58

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Amy Mills grew up surrounded by barbecue. Her father Mike Mills owned 17th St. Barbecue in Murphysboro, Illinois and was the first pitmaster ever named Grand Champion three times at the “super bowl of swine,” the Memphis in May barbecue competition. Her father passed away a few years back and Amy now runs the growing operation which includes two re…

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#23: Content Marketing Part 1 - What is content marketing? 19:28

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This is Part One of our series on content marketing. In this episode, we explore what content marketing is and why you should be using it for your business.By Adam Witmer and Jeff Gargas