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Carl Gould #70secondCEOCarl-Gould-#70secondCEO-The Business Plan Blueprint: Answer These Questions or Stay StuckThe Business Plan Blueprint: Answer These Questions or Stay Stuck Hi everyone, Carl Gould here with your #70secondCEO. Just a little over a one minute investment every day for a lifetime of results. Next, the business plan. Who are we? What is our product? Or service or idea? Who are our customers? What is our market? Who is our competition? Where will we operate? How will we advertise? How will we market ourselves? What is our unique selling proposition? What is our business identity? What size will our company be? And what size will our c...
2026-04-3001 min
Carl Gould #70secondCEOCarl-Gould-#70secondCEO-Vision + Values: Define the Future Your Business Will Be Known ForVision + Values: Define the Future Your Business Will Be Known For Hi everyone, Carl Gould here with your #70secondCEO. Just a little over a one minute investment every day for a lifetime of results. The vision statement: where will we be in five years? 10 years, 20 years from now? Where will we be in one year? Where will we be in three years? What does the future look like for the business in our mind's eye? When we close our eyes and think about our business? What do we see? I know what do you see. N...
2026-04-2901 min
Carl Gould #70secondCEOCarl-Gould-#70secondCEO-Potential Feels Good—Performance Proves EverythingPotential Feels Good—Performance Proves Everything Hi everyone, Carl Gould here with your #70secondCEO. Just a little over a one minute investment every day for a lifetime of results. Potential is wonderful place to be. I got to tell you in potential, you are a legend. It's amazing–I can't believe how good I am. You know, in potential, I can make no mistakes every idea I have is freaking brilliant, right? And my god, I gotta tell you, not only am I charming and handsome, but boy I'm smart in potential, but performance is very...
2026-04-2801 min
Carl Gould #70secondCEOCarl-Gould-#70secondCEO-Build an Implementation Team That Believes—Not Just WorksBuild an Implementation Team That Believes—Not Just Works Hi everyone, Carl Gould here with your #70secondCEO. Just a little over a one minute investment every day for a lifetime of results. Now it's time to build a team, right? You now–you're so busy, you enter the synergy stage and you need an implementation team, you're so busy at what you're doing. You need other people to work elbow to elbow, side by side with you, and to do the work together. If you're an accountant, you need more accountants, if you're a lawyer, you n...
2026-04-2702 min
Carl Gould #70secondCEOCarl-Gould-#70secondCEO- Rapport Wins: People Buy From Those They Relate ToRapport Wins: People Buy From Those They Relate To Hi everyone, Carl Gould here with your #70secondCEO. Just a little over a one minute investment every day for a lifetime of results. Somebody to like you and follow you. They have to believe on some level that they are like you. Okay? Does anybody know the definition of rapport? What would you say? What's a working definition of rapport? How would you call? (understanding, it to create a common bond and interest). He's a smarty pants, a common bond. Okay, very good at what else i...
2026-04-2401 min
Carl Gould #70secondCEOCarl-Gould-#70secondCEO-Bad News First: The Rule That Builds Trust and Accountability pt. 2Bad News First: The Rule That Builds Trust and Accountability pt. 2 Hi everyone, Carl Gould here with your #70secondCEO. Just a little over a one minute investment every day for a lifetime of results. I have found that that has made the team feel very safe to bring me just about anything. And to be honest, the people who don't bring me what they should are the people that shouldn't be there anyway, you know, because you'll find out either way, but even still, like, they're just afraid to tell you, they're, you know, what I...
2026-04-2300 min
Carl Gould #70secondCEOCarl-Gould-#70secondCEO-Bad News First: The Rule That Builds Trust and Accountability Bad News First: The Rule That Builds Trust and Accountability Hi everyone, Carl Gould here with your #70secondCEO. Just a little over a one minute investment every day for a lifetime of results. I do make it clear, you don't have mistake amnesty if you make the same dumb ass mistake over and over again, right? It's not amnesty from being, you know, not doing your job. If you keep making the same mistake, yes, you should be worried, right? But if this is a mistake, honest mistake, you just, you know, you're su...
2026-04-2201 min
Carl Gould #70secondCEOCarl-Gould-#70secondCEO-Mistake Amnesty: Fix It Fast, Don't Hide ItMistake Amnesty: Fix It Fast, Don't Hide It Hi everyone, Carl Gould here with your #70secondCEO. Just a little over a one minute investment every day for a lifetime of results. Thats if you make a mistake, but I hear about the mistake Carl, I forgot to send Peyton all the stuff for the meeting. You're going to get there and nothing's going to be there. I'm so sorry, my bad. You have amnesty from that mistake. You will not get in trouble for that mistake. But if I get found here and...
2026-04-2101 min
Carl Gould #70secondCEOCarl-Gould-#70secondCEO-Create a life plan along with your business planCreate a life plan along with your business plan Hi everyone, Carl Gould here with your #70secondCEO. Just a little over a one minute investment every day for a lifetime of results. We'd like to do is with your enterprise plan and your business plan, we say, let's create a life plan. And what does that look? What are your missions? What are the things that you want in life that are bigger than you, bigger than the business that'll still serve the community? That'll still be stimulating. That'll still be challenging. ...
2026-04-2001 minCarl Gould #70secondCEOCarl-Gould-#70secondCEO-No Seminar Teaches You What to Do After You Hit Your GoalsNo Seminar Teaches You What to Do After You Hit Your Goals Hi everyone, Carl Gould here with your #70secondCEO. Just a little over a one minute investment every day for a lifetime of results. And you don't wait until you sell, but a lot of people do, unfortunately. All the seminars are about how to get my goals. You know, how do I pursue a goal? Well, nobody told you what to do when you get them. You know, how many times... The easiest way to see this is to see it i...
2026-04-1701 minCarl Gould #70secondCEOCarl-Gould-#70secondCEO-When You've Built Yourself Out of a Job When You've Built Yourself Out of a Job Hi everyone, Carl Gould here with your #70secondCEO. Just a little over a one minute investment every day for a lifetime of results. One of the things I learned very early on in my coaching training and when I, I started out my career as a life coach. One of the first things that we learned was that the two top areas of distress you will deal with the client is number two, which is I have a goal. I know what the goal is...
2026-04-1601 minCarl Gould #70secondCEOCarl-Gould-#70secondCEO-I Accept Your ResignationI Accept Your Resignation Hi everyone, Carl Gould here with your #70secondCEO. Just a little over a one minute investment every day for a lifetime of results. As an owner, not everybody's going to come with you and they don't want to. So stop trying to drag them along. Get used to this. I know it's hard, Ed, and you and I talk about this. It's a hard expression to say as an owner. You don't like to say it, but when somebody's giving you the, I think it's time to go...
2026-04-1501 minCarl Gould #70secondCEOCarl-Gould-#70secondCEO-To Grow and Scale Commitment Is Non-NegotiableTo Grow and Scale, Commitment Is Non-Negotiable Hi everyone, Carl Gould here with your #70secondCEO. Just a little over a one minute investment every day for a lifetime of results. A lifestyle business, convenience and comfort will be the champion. And so they'll come back, and they'll say, ah, this growth is uncomfortable. You need to be committed if you're going to grow and scale. It's one of the world's greatest challenges, and it's almost one of the world's greatest rewards. If you can get a business to scale, you are un...
2026-04-1401 minCarl Gould #70secondCEOCarl-Gould-#70secondCEO-You Can Always Out Hustle SomebodyYou Can Always Out Hustle Somebody Hi everyone, Carl Gould here with your #70secondCEO. Just a little over a one minute investment every day for a lifetime of results. That's why business in many ways, especially in the entrepreneurial world, I love it so much because you really do get out what you put in and you can out-hustle somebody. They can be better at what you do, but you could beat them on that day because I can get to that networking event five minutes before you, I can stay 10 minutes later. I...
2026-04-1300 minCarl Gould #70secondCEOCarl-Gould-#70secondCEO-Comfort Over Commitment Comfort Over Commitment Hi everyone, Carl Gould here with your #70secondCEO. Just a little over a one minute investment every day for a lifetime of results. In the lifestyle business and in many businesses, convenience wins out over commitment. You know, comfort wins out over commitment. Growth is insanely hard. It's relentless. And I get, this is the question I get all the time. So I get a client, a CEO, and they're 40 plus, which means they've been at this 10 years or more. And at some point, cause they're always embarrassed to...
2026-04-1001 minCarl Gould #70secondCEOCarl-Gould-#70secondCEO-A Non-Family CEO Might Be the Healthiest Hire You MakeA Non-Family CEO Might Be the Healthiest Hire You Make Hi everyone, Carl Gould here with your #70secondCEO. Just a little over a one minute investment every day for a lifetime of results. Best of all worlds, if that's the case. If you can get that CEO to take the job because they, in all seriousness, they'll come in and if they're a pro, they've been through situations like this, and they kind of know family dynamics. But if you can get that person who knows the dynamics and can come in and run the bu...
2026-04-0900 minCarl Gould #70secondCEOCarl-Gould-#70secondCEO-You Cant Be Both President and CEOYou Can't Be Both President and CEO Hi everyone, Carl Gould here with your #70secondCEO. Just a little over a one minute investment every day for a lifetime of results. And I love this, when I see this in email signatures and I tell my clients, I'm like, you gotta stop this because it shows you don't know what the role is. I love it when a small business owner says, I'm president, CEO, and founder. I said, those are two different, like the president and CEO are two totally different jobs. I sa...
2026-04-0801 minCarl Gould #70secondCEOCarl-Gould-#70secondCEO-The Chances Your Kids Want The Family Business Is LowThe Chances Your Kids Want The Family Business Is Low Hi everyone, Carl Gould here with your #70secondCEO. Just a little over a one minute investment every day for a lifetime of results. Conversation with a good friend recently, well, a few years ago. He was talking about his three sons and two, these two are coming into the business. And I had met the two, I'd never met the third, and I said, about the second, I said, there is zero chance he will come into the business. Zero. He's li...
2026-04-0701 minCarl Gould #70secondCEOCarl-Gould-#70secondCEO-In Family Businesses Roles Are Assigned by Convenience In Family Businesses, Roles Are Assigned by Convenience Hi everyone, Carl Gould here with your #70secondCEO. Just a little over a one minute investment every day for a lifetime of results. In family-run businesses, we assign a role based on convenience or need, not talent and skill, and propensity for the job. And so, you know, we make people managers when they're not really managers. We put people in certain parts of the business because that's the opening that is there. And you do your best to try to match the, you know, s...
2026-04-0600 minCarl Gould #70secondCEOCarl-Gould-70secondCEO-You Can Hustle to $3–5 Million — Then What? Pt. 2You Can Hustle to $3–5 Million — Then What? Pt. 2 Hi everyone, Carl Gould here with your #70secondCEO. Just a little over a one minute investment every day for a lifetime of results. Pinch point in that three to five million dollar range, where having a bunch of generalists, nobody knows marketing well enough to know how to do Google Ads. Nobody knows logistics well enough to get the best trucking and rates other than just calling around like, how much will you be, how much will you, no. They don't know how to synchronize route...
2026-04-0301 minCarl Gould #70secondCEOCarl-Gould-#70secondCEO- You Can Hustle to $3–5 Million — Then What? You Can Hustle to $3–5 Million — Then What? Hi everyone, Carl Gould here with your #70secondCEO. Just a little over a one minute investment every day for a lifetime of results. Now this is common in all businesses, not just family business. And here's part of what the challenge is, but I'll take family business for starters. Two family members get together and say, let's do it, whatever it is. Let's do it. We're on, game on. And like every business, we all start out as generalists in the business. We wear multipl...
2026-04-0201 minCarl Gould #70secondCEOCarl-Gould-#70secondCEO-The Real Reason Youre Not Scaling Pt. 2The Real Reason You're Not Scaling Pt. 2 Hi everyone, Carl Gould here with your #70secondCEO. Just a little over a one minute investment every day for a lifetime of results. I am of the belief that if somebody in your organization is not performing, to start with, it's not their fault. It's your fault as the leader. I would say, listen, first things first, let's take 100% responsibility for the performance of our team. If they're not performing, let's assume it's us, we haven't given them the tools, we haven't given them the resources, we...
2026-04-0100 minCarl Gould #70secondCEOCarl-Gould-#70secondCEO-The Real Reason You're Not ScalingThe Real Reason You're Not Scaling Hi everyone, Carl Gould here with your #70secondCEO. Just a little over a one minute investment every day for a lifetime of results. So they bring me in and they say, all right, we want to grow. We want to go to the next level. That's code for there are issues internally. Either there's some internal strife, or there's a partnership issue, or there's somebody who no longer aligns with the goals and there's just nothing you could do about it. You know, at this p...
2026-03-3101 minCarl Gould #70secondCEOCarl-Gould-#70secondCEO-Family Business: Great Idea Tough RealityFamily Business: Great Idea, Tough Reality Hi everyone, Carl Gould here with your #70secondCEO. Just a little over a one minute investment every day for a lifetime of results. Interestingly enough, even though there might not be blood in every family, blood family in every business, almost every business has some family dynamic. Here's the first thing that changes. Now one, you know, it's on paper. It's a great idea to work with your family. Who else would you want to support? Who else would you want to be around all th...
2026-03-3001 minCarl Gould #70secondCEOCarl-Gould-#70secondCEO-Consistency Closes DealsConsistency Closes Deals Hi everyone, Carl Gould here with your #70secondCEO. Just a little over a one minute investment every day for a lifetime of results. In business, if you tell me you wanna work with me, here are my rules to the game. Once you say I wanna work with you, I have my team, we'll follow up with you every single week, every week. And we will offer you three times to talk and then I'll always have my calendly link. If you miss those three times, you will get an em...
2026-03-2701 minCarl Gould #70secondCEOCarl-Gould-#70secondCEO-Maintain the ConversationMaintain the Conversation Hi everyone, Carl Gould here with your #70secondCEO. Just a little over a one minute investment every day for a lifetime of results. I don't mind when somebody says, here's my timeframe, let's meet the timeframe. I have clients today, I have franchisees today, I have deals today, that took two years to just date. Year one, they weren't ready. In a past life, guys, I used to build log homes as a custom home builder. Yeah, you heard me. All of you get rich in your niche, pe...
2026-03-2601 minCarl Gould #70secondCEOCarl-Gould-#70secondCEO-What would you like the next step to beWhat would you like the next step to be? Hi everyone, Carl Gould here with your #70secondCEO. Just a little over a one minute investment every day for a lifetime of results. Hi Bob, hi Jane, hi Janie, hi Joey, hi Jimmy. All right, hope you had a great holiday season. As we're entering the new year, many of my clients are revisiting their goals that they paused in December. Okay, I'm sure your prospects can relate. I have found the last sentence is a very, very good one that will help understand w...
2026-03-2501 minCarl Gould #70secondCEOCarl-Gould-#70secondCEO-Alignment Creates OpportunityAlignment Creates Opportunity Hi everyone, Carl Gould here with your #70secondCEO. Just a little over a one minute investment every day for a lifetime of results. 24 conversations with concepts, where you're saying, how can we work together better? What can we do more to align? I wanna hear about what's going on with you guys and how we can work together. We have found that if you have 24 meaningful and some sort of cadence of conversation, once a month, once a quarter, twice a year, I see you at these four events. However...
2026-03-2400 minCarl Gould #70secondCEOCarl-Gould-#70secondCEO-High-Level Prospects Dont Keep Bankers HoursHigh-Level Prospects Don't Keep Banker's Hours Hi everyone, Carl Gould here with your #70secondCEO. Just a little over a one minute investment every day for a lifetime of results. My business consulting services, I text my prospects before 7 a.m. Why? Because they're up and they're on their phone. And I had to reschedule somebody that I'm supposed to meet with tomorrow, and he said, and they always say the same thing, I don't normally like to do this, Carl, but I'm available Saturday if you want. So I have a couple of c...
2026-03-2301 minCarl Gould #70secondCEOCarl-Gould-#70secondCEO-Stop Selling on a Bankers ScheduleStop Selling on a Banker's Schedule Hi everyone, Carl Gould here with your #70secondCEO. Just a little over a one minute investment every day for a lifetime of results. Until they tell you to stop, contact them every week. we were kind of planning out our calendar. And I said, block off Wednesday night through Sunday night, Thanksgiving weekend. And she said, okay, that's fine. And so as we're getting close, I have a nine hour day on Friday. So even though I blocked out the day, my assistant said, hey...
2026-03-2001 minCarl Gould #70secondCEOCarl-Gould-#70secondCEO-Position Yourself Before They Position You Pt 2Position Yourself Before They Position You Pt 2 Hi everyone, Carl Gould here with your #70secondCEO. Just a little over a one minute investment every day for a lifetime of results. But I would be telling them, here are my goals, right? So for example, one of the techniques that I'll do is I will take essentially personal responsibility either for a brand or a territory, and I would say, listen, there are a few brands that I work with very, very closely, ABC, DEF, and GHI. And I want to really help them...
2026-03-1901 minCarl Gould #70secondCEOCarl-Gould-#70secondCEO-Position Yourself Before They Position You Position Yourself Before They Position You Hi everyone, Carl Gould here with your #70secondCEO. Just a little over a one minute investment every day for a lifetime of results. That you position yourself with your prospects, What I would be doing is I would be going out to our prospects as you're engaging with them and letting them know what your goals are for the coming year. Let them know what you'll be doing differently in the coming year and how they can be part of it. So, for example, I'm committed to h...
2026-03-1801 minCarl Gould #70secondCEOCarl-Gould-#70secondCEO-Is It Really a Deal Yet pt 2 Is It Really a Deal Yet? Pt 2 Hi everyone, Carl Gould here with your #70secondCEO. Just a little over a one minute investment every day for a lifetime of results. Are the ones that are going to close. Maybe they're doing this to educate themselves on the process. It's all good. It's just they are going to drain our resources. And we want to be very, very careful not to spend too much time with client laters. Client laters and deals later, they take a lot of resources. So what do w...
2026-03-1701 minCarl Gould #70secondCEOCarl-Gould-#70secondCEO-Is It Really a Deal YetIs It Really a Deal Yet? Hi everyone, Carl Gould here with your #70secondCEO. Just a little over a one minute investment every day for a lifetime of results. Is categorize who it is in our pipeline that we're speaking with. or a deal now, meaning somebody is engaged, they're talking, they're going to all the steps, they're asking all the right questions, they are liquid, they are rolling over their 401k into an entity that can fund a deal, they are applying to the SBA, they're taking all the steps and they're making all the moves...
2026-03-1601 min
Carl Gould #70secondCEOCarl-Gould-#70secondCEO-Why Now Is the Time to Raise Your PricesWhy Now Is the Time to Raise Your Prices Hi everyone, Carl Gould here with your #70secondCEO. Just a little over a one minute investment every day for a lifetime of results. Your good clients expect your prices to go up. So put them up, right? And I get you might have a certain cadence to it, but I would encourage you all, and if you wanna talk offline about how to do it, I'm happy to do it, but I would encourage you guys today, look at what segment of clientele or what segment of...
2026-03-1301 min
Carl Gould #70secondCEOCarl-Gould-#70secondCEO-Progress Beats Perfection Progress Beats Perfection Hi everyone, Carl Gould here with your #70secondCEO. Just a little over a one minute investment every day for a lifetime of results. Or in business history, have you been rewarded for just trying, right? So more than ever, we–we have the opportunity to just get out there and be (unclear follows), right? Not only is it okay that you make a mistake, but it's actually rewarded when you do, because you're not perfect, right? Social Media for the most part, is the highlight reel is like, you know, when you see s...
2026-03-1201 min
Carl Gould #70secondCEOCarl-Gould-70secondCEO-Why Letting Go Is the Hardest Part of GrowthWhy Letting Go Is the Hardest Part of Growth Hi everyone, Carl Gould here with your #70secondCEO. Just a little over a one-minute investment every day for a lifetime of results. I was just reading an interview, an old interview with Bill Gates where he said in the early days of microsoft he--he wrote all the code and then when they bought in coders, he had to sign off on all the code before it went out and then they bought in Steve Ballmer and Steve was like Bill does anything happening that's it, you're n...
2026-03-1101 minCarl Gould #70secondCEOCarl-Gould-#70secondCEO-Schedule It or It Disappears Part 2Schedule It or It Disappears Part 2 Hi Everyone, Carl Gould here your #70secondCEO, just over a minute of investment per day for a lifetime of results. Sometimes when you're in the jar, you can't read the label, alright, so I know it sounds silly, but we're out here reading the label for you. Ok, so do yourselves the favor of holding each other to getting it on your calendar. So, if we wrote November 1st, 2023 at 12 oclock put it in your calendar as an appointment and invite the person you're doing it with to that a...
2026-03-1001 min
Carl Gould #70secondCEOCarl-Gould-#70secondCEO-Schedule It or It Disappears Part 1Schedule It or It Disappears Part 1 Hi Everyone, Carl Gould here your #70secondCEO, just over a minute of investment per day for a lifetime of results. This is the one thing, the main thing that trips up your progress is scheduling conflicts. That's why we developed the Annual Milestones Planning the way we do. Where you put it on the wall, and you step back and you're like, you're going to do that? At the same time, we're doing that? That sounds crazy! That's just a macro example of how you're not managing the resources...
2026-03-0901 min
Carl Gould #70secondCEOCarl-Gould-#70secondCEO-Exit or Evolution—You Need a Plan-Part 2Exit or Evolution—You Need a Plan-Part 2 Hi Everyone, Carl Gould here your #70secondCEO, just over a minute of investment per day for a lifetime of results. You're gonna say, you're gonna say, all you're gonna say is, "There's a seat for every one of you on the bus." And over your head on this, over this shoulder is going to be today's organizational chart with all the names in it, and tomorrow's, or your five or ten-year plan, or whatever. And, for example, the job you're in right now you won't be in that in...
2026-03-0601 min
Carl Gould #70secondCEOCarl-Gould-#70secondCEO-Exit or Evolution—You Need a Plan - Part 1Exit or Evolution—You Need a Plan - Part 1 Hi everyone, Carl Gould here with your #70secondCEO. Just a little over a one minute investment every day for a lifetime of results. An exit strategy. As a matter of fact, when I first started my business, my landscaping company, very community-based, very local, I never left 30-50 miles of radius around my house. And I used to do snow removal as well, and that's Latin for, you never get to take a vacation, 'cause you never know when it's gonna snow. Right? So, I could ne...
2026-03-0501 min
Carl Gould #70secondCEOCarl-Gould-#70secondCEO-Why People Must Feel Safe Before They ActWhy People Must Feel Safe Before They Act Hi everyone, Carl Gould here with your #70secondCEO. Just a little over a one minute investment every day for a lifetime of results. Let's talk a little bit about how we can influence another person. Because at the end of the day, we're gonna go from potential to performance. But the idea here is that you will be influential to another person, alright? Now building rapport and ultimately influencing something, somebody, it's a bit of a self-fulfilling prophecy, that's a bit of an automatic reflex. In other w...
2026-03-0401 min
Carl Gould #70secondCEOCarl-Gould-#70secondCEO-Success Puts You in Uncharted TerritorySuccess Puts You in Uncharted Territory Hi everyone, Carl Gould here with your #70secondCEO. Just a little over a one minute investment every day for a lifetime of results. You know, one of the first things I learned as a coach was that there are two types of distress you're going to deal with a lot as a coach. And the number two type of distress is, I know what I want. I haven't gotten there yet and I'm not either. I'm not sure or lack of strategy, or I don't have the resources, or wh...
2026-03-0301 min
Carl Gould #70secondCEOCarl-Gould-#70secondCEO-Writing a Book Isn't About the BookWriting a Book Isn't About the Book Hi everyone, Carl Gould here with your #70secondCEO. Just a little over a one minute investment every day for a lifetime of results. Okay, so you write a book for three reasons, one of three reasons: I want to get rich, I want to get famous, or I want to get something off my chest, right. So most of the people I believe you're working with are trying to get rich or trying to get famous. Some might be writing something to get off their chest, but I...
2026-03-0201 min
Carl Gould #70secondCEOCarl-Gould-#70secondCEO-Stop Letting Your Heart Kill Your SalesStop Letting Your Heart Kill Your Sales Hi everyone, Carl Gould here with your #70secondCEO. Just a little over a one minute investment every day for a lifetime of results. In the game we're in, we sell us as good as anyone, and we have to sell us, alright. Now- Nobody does (unclear word follows) Nobody does, right? However, I've learned a few things after certifying and helping 7,000 people like you launch their business, is you are heartless servants. You want to change the world, you want to help people, and yo...
2026-02-2701 min
Carl Gould #70secondCEOCarl-Gould-#70secondCEO- Consistency Beats Intensity in GrowthConsistency Beats Intensity in Growth Hi everyone, Carl Gould here with your #70secondCEO. Just a little over a one minute investment every day for a lifetime of results. Now, as a general rule of thumb, we say 90 minutes a day of business development. Whatever these five are to the best that you can, do 90 minutes a day. If you can't avoid it, try not to do more than that. Unless you're like, I'm at a networking event. It's eight hours long. Like when I'm at Board of Advisors, Ray and I are members of Board o...
2026-02-2601 min
Carl Gould #70secondCEOCarl-Gould-#70secondCEO-Urgency Starts With Knowing Their PainUrgency Starts With Knowing Their Pain Hi everyone, Carl Gould here with your #70secondCEO. Just a little over a one minute investment every day for a lifetime of results. What you do want to ask yourself is what keeps them up at night? Because if you're going to solve the problem of what keeps them up at night worrying, and what exists in their life or their business right now that makes calling you a necessity today, then you are really well dialed in to who your ideal client is, right? So you know, I l...
2026-02-2501 min
Carl Gould #70secondCEOCarl-Gould-#70secondCEO-If You Won't Guarantee It, Why Should They Buy?If You Won't Guarantee It, Why Should They Buy? Hi everyone, Carl Gould here with your #70secondCEO. Just a little over a one minute investment every day for a lifetime of results. The issue is who has the guts to take the mark? Because you all know the answers to, right. So I trade now. So I use this in all of our businesses, and I use this with all of our clients. So I've trained over 7000 business coaches, right, to that long and a have a business coaching and consulting business. And so one...
2026-02-2401 min
Carl Gould #70secondCEOCarl-Gould-#70secondCEO-Stop Selling Positives—Solve Problems Instead Stop Selling Positives—Solve Problems Instead Hi everyone, Carl Gould here with your #70secondCEO. Just a little over a one minute investment every day for a lifetime of results. Now, I know the biggest mistake you kick your way, I want to know what the biggest mistake you are making in your business is, so we can go and fix that problem. Here's the biggest mistake. Talking about the positives of your business too much, or giving it too much airtime, right. That's not what it is in a current client working. In the season of b...
2026-02-2302 minCarl Gould #70secondCEOCarl-Gould-#70secondCEO-How Structure Creates Scalable Systems Part 3How Structure Creates Scalable Systems Part 1 Hi everyone, Carl Gould here with your #70secondCEO. Just a little over a one minute investment every day for a lifetime of results. Buy a system i.e you buy a franchise before that franchise can be successful you must have a structure in place, so what's the difference? Structure means you're taking people and putting them in certain roles and giving them certain task, now that is different than a system because in the beginning you are not controlling 100% of everything they do, this is one of the ha...
2026-02-2001 minCarl Gould #70secondCEOCarl-Gould-#70secondCEO-How Structure Creates Scalable Systems Part 2Hi everyone, Carl Gould here with your #70secondCEO. Just a little over a one minute investment every day for a lifetime of results. Before he does that, there must be a structure in place and he is given that structure, that structure is called the standard day, meaning the ideal conditions in order to take that plane off, based on weather and weight and wind he–there is a very specific structure in order to take that plane off, off and get it off the ground. If the pilot waited for that ideal day to come around, th...
2026-02-1901 minCarl Gould #70secondCEOCarl-Gould-#70secondCEO-How Structure Creates Scalable Systems Part 1How Structure Creates Scalable Systems Part 1 Hi everyone, Carl Gould here with your #70secondCEO. Just a little over a one minute investment every day for a lifetime of results. Buy a system i.e you buy a franchise before that franchise can be successful you must have a structure in place, so what's the difference? Structure means you're taking people and putting them in certain roles and giving them certain task, now that is different than a system because in the beginning you are not controlling 100% of everything they do, this is one of the ha...
2026-02-1801 minCarl Gould #70secondCEOCarl-Gould-#70secondCEO-Stage 7 - Have You Reached the Final Stage of Growth Stage 7 - Have You Reached the Final Stage of Growth? Hi Everybody, Carl Gould here, author of The 7 Stage Growth Method and your #70secondCEO, where you invest a little more than one minute a day for a lifetime of results. Today's topic is - Stage 7 The Succession Stage We're ranking your business right now, where are you in this growth trajectory? 1 is, huh? 10 is, we got it! Alright, The Succession Stage, to what degree do you have a: Management team in place? Tight controls? Solid operations? You're runn...
2026-02-1701 min
Carl Gould #70secondCEOCarl-Gould-#70secondCEO-Stage 6 - Can Your Business Run Without You?Stage 6 - Can Your Business Run Without You? Hi Everyone, Carl Gould here, I am your #70secondCEO and the author of The 7 Stage Growth Method. Just a little bit more than a one minute investment each day for a lifetime of results. Are we ranking your business on the 7 Stage Growth model OK? Stage 6, give yourself a ranking on a scale of 1 to 10. This is the Stage of Salability. Remember way back to Stage 3 when you're building your implementation team? Now you're building your management team, OK? You need to have in place a consistent res...
2026-02-1601 minCarl Gould #70secondCEOCarl-Gould-#70secondCEO-Stage 5-Are You Known Beyond Your Product? Stage 5 - Are You Known Beyond Your Product? Stage 5 - Sustainability Hi Everyone, Carl Gould here with your #70secondCEO, I'm also the author of The 7 Stage Growth Method. Today's topic- Stage 5- The Sustainability Stage This is the stage when you can first start considering scaling your business. You've laid the foundation in stages one through four. Let's see how you doing in Stage 5, give yourself a rank on a scale of 1-10, 1 low, 10 high. Stage 5 is when the systems have taken over to the point they've created such a consistent experience for yo...
2026-02-1301 min
Carl Gould #70secondCEOCarl-Gould-#70secondCEO-Stage 2 - From Unknown to Industry ExpertStage 2 - From Unknown to Industry Expert Stage 2- The Specialty Stage Hi Everyone, this is Carl Gould author of The 7 Stage Growth Method and your #70secondCEO, just a little over a one minute investment each day for a lifetime of results. Today's topic is stage 2 the specialty stage. Alright, here we're judging how much of an expert in your niche are you? How much of an authority? Give yourself a ranking on a scale of 1 to 10. One, nobody knows who I am. Ten, I'm an ABSOLUTE authority in my niche. Here's how...
2026-02-1001 min
Carl Gould #70secondCEOCarl Gould-#70secondCEO-Stage 1-Rate Your Strategy: Boring or Compelling?Stage 1 - Ranking Your Business Hello Everyone, this is Carl Gould, author of The 7 Stage Growth Method and your #70secondCEO just a little over a one minute investment per day for a lifetime of results. Today, we are going to start ranking your business according to the 7 Stage method. Stage 1- give yourself a ranking, one low, BORING! 10 high, inspiring and compelling. To what degree are your strategic planning documents, all those great ideas you got out of your head and onto paper, not only are they documented they are inspiring and compelling. What you do...
2026-02-0900 min
Carl Gould #70secondCEOCarl-Gould-#70secondCEO-The Power of Being Believed InHi everyone, Carl Gould here with your #70secondCEO. Just a little over one minute investment every day for a lifetime of results. We've coached about 150,000 people now. And we ask everybody, how did you ever get started in your business, if they're a business owner? Or how did you choose this career path if you work for an organization? The number one answer that we get as the reason why somebody chose a career path is that someone else believed in me. Someone else said, hey, you know, you're really good at this, or you h...
2026-02-0601 min
Carl Gould #70secondCEOCarl-Gould-#70secondCEO-Why Leaders Must Sound CertainHi everyone, Carl Gould here with your #70secondCEO. Just a little over one minute investment every day for a lifetime of results. Your language means this is where knowledge, credentials comes into play. You need to be the smartest person in whatever room you walk in. Or if you're on a project and you're doing a build-out or you're doing a budget, you want to be among, if not the smartest person in that room because you can then direct the room because people follow certainty. They follow leaders, okay? So you want to be the lead...
2026-02-0500 min
Carl Gould #70secondCEOCarl-Gould-#70secondCEO-If They Don't Respect You, They Won't Bring You ProblemsHi everyone, Carl Gould here with your #70secondCEO. Just a little over one minute investment every day for a lifetime of results. Not as important, but it is very important, especially in a commercial setting, to respect. Can you handle the task at hand, right? So whatever your title is, can you handle the job that you say you can do? Here's why that's important. Because if I don't respect you, I won't bother telling you the truth. I won't bother bringing things to you because you can't handle it. Why would I bring a problem to...
2026-02-0400 min
Carl Gould #70secondCEOCarl-Gould-#70secondCEO-Master the Word YesHi everyone, Carl Gould here with your #70secondCEO. Just a little over one minute investment every day for a lifetime of results. And you can't find something in common, it's painful. You meet somebody. Hey, how are you? Nice to meet you. Oh, yeah, I'm Carl. How are you doing? Oh, good to meet you. Oh, yeah, it's your first time at this? Yeah, great, cool. So you into sports? Nah, not much of a sports person. Oh, oh, OK. So what are some of your hobbies? You know, I don't have a lot of hobbies, so...
2026-02-0300 min
Carl Gould #70secondCEOCarl-Gould-#70secondCEO-They're Not Wrong—They're Just Wired DifferentlyHi everyone, Carl Gould here with your #70secondCEO. Just a little over one minute investment every day for a lifetime of results. Now that we have rapport, we can now influence somebody to our point of view, right? Remember, there's three styles, right? So think about it. When you walk around every day in your work and you say, you know, that department, I don't know how they hired those people. They don't deserve to have jobs. How do they make it through the day? Ever have one of those moments, right? Because those people aren't wired...
2026-02-0201 min
Carl Gould #70secondCEOCarl-Gould-#70secondCEO-Adapt Your Style to Build RapportHi everyone, Carl Gould here with your #70secondCEO. Just a little over one minute investment every day for a lifetime of results. Why do we care that we have rapport? Why do we care that we have influence? Well, first off, we need rapport because we need to build a relationship. I'm going to ask you a couple of questions in a moment, but we need to build a relationship with other people. And there are only three styles out there. You're one of them. There are two others. And for our purposes, you are basically wired...
2026-01-3001 min
Carl Gould #70secondCEOCarl-Gould-#70secondCEO-The Questions That Build a Business PlanHi everyone, Carl Gould here with your #70secondCEO. Just a little over a one minute investment every day for a lifetime of results. Next, the business plan. Who are we? What is our product? Or service or idea? Who are our customers? What is our market? Who is our competition? Where will we operate? How will we advertise? How will we market ourselves? What is our unique selling proposition? What is our business identity? What size will our company be? And what size will our company eventually become? How long do we plan to stay in business...
2026-01-2901 min
Carl Gould #70secondCEOCarl-Gould-#70secondCEO-Why Vision and Values Must Be IntentionalHi everyone, Carl Gould here with your #70secondCEO. Just a little over a one minute investment every day for a lifetime of results. The vision statement, where will we be in five years? 10 years, 20 years from now? Where will we be in one year? Where will we be in three years? What does the future look like for the business in our mind's eye? When we close our eyes and think about our business? What do we see? I know what do you see. Next, our values statement, what do we hope our business will be remembered...
2026-01-2801 min
Carl Gould #70secondCEOCarl-Gould-#70secondCEO-Why Solving Symptoms Never WorksHi everyone, Carl Gould here with your #70secondCEO. Just a little over a one minute investment every day for a lifetime of results. So, identifying the issue, we are looking for the cause, not the symptom. It's good to know the symptoms, but we need the cause, okay? So I'll give you an example, all right? Let's identify what the issue is in this particular situation, okay? A client of ours just built a brand new state-of-the-art building in New York City, okay? Multiple floors that requires elevators. They had the latest and greatest elevator system go...
2026-01-2701 min
Carl Gould #70secondCEOCarl-Gould-#70secondCEO-Problems Plus SolutionsHi everyone, Carl Gould here with your #70secondCEO. Just a little over a one minute investment every day for a lifetime of results. Now this is gonna take discipline from you as a team member because, as their manager, because you can't allow them to come to you with just the problem. They have to come to you with not only the problem, well defined, and then more than one solution. So you can pick your max now. Your job is to have your team come to you, hey, we noticed this one problem, hey, there's a...
2026-01-2601 min
Carl Gould #70secondCEOCarl-Gould-#70secondCEO-Process Over PreferenceHi everyone, Carl Gould here with your #70secondCEO. Just a little over a one-minute investment every day for a lifetime of results. There's no way, especially as you get bigger, and there's no way anyone on the team is gonna like everything that's going on, you just have to advocate for the process. So in everything in your professional life that you don't like, are you guys familiar with the law of opposite values? You guys familiar with what that is? So have you ever heard the expression that you can't understand light until you k...
2026-01-2301 min
Carl Gould #70secondCEOCarl-Gould-#70secondCEO-Stop Describing. Start InstructingHi everyone, Carl Gould here with your #70secondCEO. Just a little over a one minute investment every day for a lifetime of results. So you've heard the term over-communicate. We have to over-communicate. That doesn't mean just talking more. That means being very, very specific in how we give instructions. Okay, and when we do the situational leadership, we'll talk about that some more because we need to stop being descriptive and we need to start being instructive. So as a manager, as a leader, that's what this group needs to do, right? So in o...
2026-01-2201 min
Carl Gould #70secondCEOCarl-Gould-#70secondCEO-Why Handoffs Break TeamsHi everyone, Carl Gould here with your #70secondCEO. Just a little over a one minute investment every day for a lifetime of results. Anytime there's a handoff, so if you're in sales and someone's engineering, someone's on the service desk, right, those handoffs have to be managed tight and you always cover your teammate's back, right? So that's where, so we have to define how that box runs, okay, and that'll be one of our challenges because we speak American English, that's our challenge, our English is so bad. You try handing it off to somebody who...
2026-01-2101 min
The Gould StandardGlenn Gould's First Piano - The Well-travelled ClavierJoin Brian Levine, Executive Director of The Glenn Gould Foundation, as we look back on the 86th anniversary of Glenn Gould's birth and the first official Glenn Gould Day in Toronto. Featuring sisters Heather Tucker and Susanne Rayner. Discover the origins of Glenn Gould's musical journey through his very first piano—a humble Dominion piano—and learn about the rich history and personal connections between the Gould family and the Morton family. Hear anecdotes about Glenn's early life, his unique bond with the Dominion upright, and the cherished memories shared by those who knew him best.
2025-07-2433 min
The Gould StandardGlenn Gould - The Private TapesHave you ever wondered what it would be like to have received one of the legendary nocturnal phone calls from pianist Glenn Gould? For the first time, Gould Standard listeners will have the chance to eavesdrop on such a conversation, albeit one that took place in the daytime.
Pulitzer prize winning music critic, Tim Page, is widely recognized as one of America’s leading writers on music and the arts. From an early age, he was fascinated by the music and ideas of the Canadian pianist, Glenn Gould. In October 1980, Gould agreed to a print interview with him to appear in...
2024-06-201h 43
The Gould StandardGlenn Gould - The Private TapesHave you ever wondered what it would be like to have received one of the legendary nocturnal phone calls from pianist Glenn Gould? For the first time, Gould Standard listeners will have the chance to eavesdrop on such a conversation, albeit one that took place in the daytime.
Pulitzer prize winning music critic, Tim Page, is widely recognized as one of America’s leading writers on music and the arts. From an early age, he was fascinated by the music and ideas of the Canadian pianist, Glenn Gould. In October 1980, Gould agreed to a print interview with him to appear in...
2024-06-201h 43
Jonny Gould's Jewish StateIran's War on Israel: Hostage stories and reaction plus the latest with Jonny GouldSubscribe and follow Jonny Gould's Jewish State podcast now and scroll down for previous episodes.Jonny is back with the latest on Iran's war on Israel including the moment the IDF came to rescue the "diamonds", the code word for the hostages incarcerated in Gazan hell since October 7th.All of the soundbites you’ll hear in this bulletin are compiled from interviews right here - in episodes Jonny Gould’s Jewish State podcast. The IDF continue its operations against Hamas in Gaza, Hezbollah launches drone attacks against Hurfeish and Nazareth in northern Israe...
2024-06-1329 min
The Gould StandardCornelia Foss - Painting, Music and the Love of Glenn Gould, Pt. 2This episode of The Gould Standard delves into the personal and artistic relationships between Glenn Gould, Cornelia Foss, and her family. We begin with Cornelia relating her first captivating encounter with Gould at a concert during her marriage with famed composer-conductor Lukas Foss, leading to Cornelia and Glenn’s eventual love affair. We explore the complex dynamics between Cornelia, Glenn, and Lukas, highlighting Gould's multifaceted personality - from his perceived reclusiveness to his warm, playful and affectionate side as experienced by the Foss children. Cornelia Foss reflects on the challenges and transformations of their relationships, particularly focusing on Gould's the al...
2024-05-0958 min
The Gould StandardCornelia Foss - Painting, Music and the Love of Glenn Gould, Pt. 2This episode of The Gould Standard delves into the personal and artistic relationships between Glenn Gould, Cornelia Foss, and her family. We begin with Cornelia relating her first captivating encounter with Gould at a concert during her marriage with famed composer-conductor Lukas Foss, leading to Cornelia and Glenn’s eventual love affair. We explore the complex dynamics between Cornelia, Glenn, and Lukas, highlighting Gould's multifaceted personality - from his perceived reclusiveness to his warm, playful and affectionate side as experienced by the Foss children. Cornelia Foss reflects on the challenges and transformations of their relationships, particularly focusing on Gould's th...
2024-05-0958 min
The Gould StandardCornelia Foss - Painting, Music and the Love of Glenn Gould, Pt. 1In a compelling episode of the Gould Standard podcast, listeners are treated to an intimate conversation with American painter Cornelia Foss alongside her children, Christopher and Eliza. Delving into the rich tapestry of their family history from Europe to Hollywood to New York, and the life and career of Cornelia’s husband, the great American composer and conductor, Lukas Foss, the trio shares poignant insights into their lives intertwined with art and music. This two-part conversation also includes reminiscences of Cornelia’s almost 5-year love affair with Glenn Gould, which saw her and the children moving to Toronto to be wi...
2024-04-2552 min
The Gould StandardCornelia Foss - Painting, Music and the Love of Glenn Gould, Pt. 1In a compelling episode of the Gould Standard podcast, listeners are treated to an intimate conversation with American painter Cornelia Foss alongside her children, Christopher and Eliza. Delving into the rich tapestry of their family history from Europe to Hollywood to New York, and the life and career of Cornelia’s husband, the great American composer and conductor, Lukas Foss, the trio shares poignant insights into their lives intertwined with art and music. This two-part conversation also includes reminiscences of Cornelia’s almost 5-year love affair with Glenn Gould, which saw her and the children moving to Toronto to be with...
2024-04-2552 min
Kaidankai: Ghost, Supernatural, and Dark Short FictionFox Hunt by Linda A Gould"Fox Hunt" first appeared in Commuter Lit on September 27, 2022In Japan, foxes are messengers for the god of agriculture. In today’s story, a farmer hates foxes and spends his life hunting them with his dog trained for the hunt. So, how is it that he remains wealthy and unpunished for killing his god's favorite animal?Linda Gould is an American who has lived in six countries. The mythology and folktales from each have inspired her writing-- fiction and non-fiction. Her work has been published in media outlets around the world. Gould is the editor of Wh...
2024-03-0615 min
Investing Secrets: Invest like the Top 0.1%Danny Gould: Why I'm Investing in Hotels (Mini-Episode)Dive into the latest "The Gould Mine" episode, where we explore the thriving hotel investment landscape. Discover why the next 12 to 24 months are prime for entering this market, offering unique growth and profit opportunities. I'll take you through my journey from aspiring hotel owner to reality, a path marked by my long-term vision and strategic planning.Learn about the crucial role of real estate syndications and private equity in navigating the hotel ownership terrain. Hotels stand out in the commercial real estate sector, offering exceptional annual returns that surpass other asset classes.This episode delves...
2023-11-2309 min
Kaidankai: Ghost, Supernatural, and Dark Short FictionSlow Down Sunday #13: The Lonely Road by Linda GouldSlow Down Sunday features stories from the archive. "The Lonely Road first appeared on the Kaidankai on November 17, 2021.A traveler starts his journey full of hope. The forest leads him down a different path.Linda Gould is an American and long-time resident of Japan. Her fiction and non-fiction have been published in media outlets around the world. Gould is the editor of White Enso, an online journal of creative work inspired by Japan, and host of “Kaidankai,” a podcast of supernatural stories. Click here to learn about the 2023 Kaidankai contest for writers.Webs...
2023-06-2544 min
Jonny Gould's Jewish State🗣️Trailer: Radio! A new era for Jonny Gould’s Jewish StateA new era has started for your favourite Jewish podcast: http://www.jewishstate.radio
Jonny Gould's Jewish State is now also a 24-hour radio station.
Featuring the best interviews from the series and the very latest news from the Middle East and beyond, Jonny Gould's Jewish State Radio aims to engage an even bigger audience who want to hear different perspectives on Israel and the Jewish diaspora.
Tell your friends about Jonny Gould's Jewish State and its brand new radio station.
Where do you find it? Just click on:
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2023-01-2002 min
The Gould StandardGould's Glorious Goldbergs with Tim Page & Richard EinhornGlenn Gould was propelled to stardom by his 1955 recording of Bach’s Goldberg Variations. After a lifetime of study and contemplation, and in anticipation of his 50th birthday, Gould decided to return for another trip to the summit of this musical Everest. His radical rethinking of the Goldbergs became a new masterpiece, admired by music-lovers around the world.
It was also a valedictory statement: released on his 50th birthday, the album preceded the stroke that would end Gould’s life by a few days, a tragic bookend to a storied musical life. As Sony Classical releases a brand new 11-CD set...
2022-09-291h 30
The Gould StandardGould's Glorious Goldbergs with Tim Page & Richard EinhornGlenn Gould was propelled to stardom by his 1955 recording of Bach’s Goldberg Variations. After a lifetime of study and contemplation, and in anticipation of his 50th birthday, Gould decided to return for another trip to the summit of this musical Everest. His radical rethinking of the Goldbergs became a new masterpiece, admired by music-lovers around the world.
It was also a valedictory statement: released on his 50th birthday, the album preceded the stroke that would end Gould’s life by a few days, a tragic bookend to a storied musical life. As Sony Classical releases a bran...
2022-09-291h 30Kaidankai: Ghost, Supernatural, and Dark Short FictionEp. 155: Unpleasantville-- Prome Theus--Linda GouldProme TheusBorn: UnknownDied: Unknownby Linda A. GouldLinda Gould is the Managing Editor of White Enso, an online journal of creative work inspired by Japan and the host of the Kaidankai podcast. She is a lifelong book-lover who spent many summers as a child high up in the branches of a tree reading. Her fiction and non-fiction work has been published in outlets around the world. She has a degree in journalism from the University of Delaware and has extensive writing, editing and design experience. She is the founder of the Women's En...
2022-08-2609 minKaidankai: Ghost, Supernatural, and Dark Short FictionUnpleasantville-- Tessa Lokovitch--Linda GouldEstana LokovichBorn: 2001Died: 2015by Linda A. GouldLinda Gould is the Managing Editor of White Enso, an online journal of creative work inspired by Japan and the host of the Kaidankai podcast. She is a lifelong book-lover who spent many summers as a child high up in the branches of a tree reading. Her fiction and non-fiction work has been published in outlets around the world. She has a degree in journalism from the University of Delaware and has extensive writing, editing and design experience. She is the founder of the Women's English Writing Gr...
2022-08-1909 minKaidankai: Ghost, Supernatural, and Dark Short FictionUnpleasantville-- Estana Lokovitch--Linda GouldEstana LokovichBorn: 1980Died: 2015by Linda A. GouldLinda Gould is the Managing Editor of White Enso, an online journal of creative work inspired by Japan and the host of the Kaidankai podcast. She is a lifelong book-lover who spent many summers as a child high up in the branches of a tree reading. Her fiction and non-fiction work has been published in outlets around the world. She has a degree in journalism from the University of Delaware and has extensive writing, editing and design experience. She is the founder of the Women's English Writing Gr...
2022-08-1810 min
The Gould StandardScaling the Heights with Gould's WallNew from Tapestry Opera, Gould’s Wall is a contemporary opera from Canadian composer Brian Current. This audacious work invokes Glenn Gould’s dizzying pursuit of artistic perfection, defying expectations as well as gravity by literally shifting the plane of reality from horizontal to vertical. Featuring composer Brian Current, librettist Liza Balkan, director Philip Akin, and Tapestry Opera’s Artistic Director, Michael Hidetoshi Mori, this special conversation contemplates art in its highest forms.
2022-07-1444 min
The Gould StandardScaling the Heights with Gould’s WallNew from Tapestry Opera, Gould’s Wall is a contemporary opera from Canadian composer Brian Current. This audacious work invokes Glenn Gould’s dizzying pursuit of artistic perfection, defying expectations as well as gravity by literally shifting the plane of reality from horizontal to vertical. Performed in The Royal Conservatory’s atrium, Gould’s Wall runs from August 4th to August 12th, 2022 in Toronto.
We spoke with the team behind the opera about the historical wall, the creative process and its challenges, and Gould’s presence throughout the work. Featuring composer Brian Current, librettist Liza Balkan, director Philip Aki...
2022-07-1444 minKaidankai: Ghost, Supernatural, and Dark Short FictionDay 83: Yuki-Onna by Lafcadio Hearn and The Snow Ghost by Linda GouldJapan's most famous ghost comes to life in Hearn's deft writing, and Linda Gould offers another version of the ghost's hunt for victims.Lafcadio Hearn chronicled Japan's myths, legends and folktales during his years living in Japan. Since many of these stories went unrecorded by the Japanese, his translations influenced the spread of Japanese literature to Western cultures.Linda A. Gould is the host of Kaidankai and editor of White Enso. She is an on-again, off-again writer of fiction, non-fiction, science fiction and ghost stories. Facebook: Japanese Ghost Stories, Twitter: @Ghost Japan and @WhiteEnsoYou ca...
2021-10-2213 min
The Gould StandardKat Von D: Tunes, Tattoos and a Taste of Glenn GouldKat von D, by any measure, is one-of-a-kind. One of the world’s most celebrated tattoo artists, Kat defies the idea that while life is short, art is forever, choosing a medium that is inherently perishable: the human body. She rose to fame for her starring appearances on two popular TV shows, Miami Ink and LA Ink, and parlayed that recognition into a wildly successful entrepreneurial career through her line of makeup, simultaneously becoming both an alternative fashion icon and a social media sensation.
Music has always been central to her creative inspiration, and while her image ev...
2021-10-2156 minKaidankai: Ghost, Supernatural, and Dark Short FictionDay 42: Reflections on 9/11 by Linda GouldSo much of this podcast focuses on ghosts and death. So what do you do on a day like 9/11? Linda Gould reflects on a visit to the 9/11 memorial. Linda A. Gould is the host of Kaidankai and editor of White Enso. She is an on-again, off-again writer of fiction, non-fiction, science fiction and ghost stories. Facebook: Japanese Ghost Stories, Twitter: @Ghost Japan and @WhiteEnsoYou can read today's selection and all the stories featured on kaidankai at https://www.whiteenso.com/100-stories.html. If you'd like to participate in kaidankai, please send your story here: https...
2021-09-1112 minKaidankai: Ghost, Supernatural, and Dark Short FictionDay 35: Setsubun by Linda GouldSetsubun, by Linda Gould is a re-imagining of the Japanese holiday, celebrated on February 3rd, where families throw beans at demon-masked fathers to get rid of bad luck and invite in good luck. It's a fun holiday, but this story has a darker theme. Linda A. Gould is the host of Kaidankai and editor of White Enso. She is an on-again, off-again writer of fiction, non-fiction, science fiction and ghost stories. Facebook: Japanese Ghost Stories, Twitter: @Ghost Japan and @WhiteEnsoYou can read today's selection and all the stories featured on kaidankai at https://www.whiteenso...
2021-09-0413 minKaidankai: Ghost, Supernatural, and Dark Short FictionDay 30: Sepulchre of Shame by Maggie Brace & Inner Monster by L GouldIn Sepulcher of Shame, Maggie Brace provides a unique twist on everlasting love. Then, Linda Gould has a different take on shame and the monsters within us.Maggie D Brace, a life-long denizen of Maryland, teacher, gardener, basketball player and author attended St. Mary's College, where she met her soulmate, and Loyola University, Maryland. She has written 'Tis Himself: The Tale of Finn MacCool and Grammy's Glasses, and has multiple short works and poems in various anthologies. She remains a humble scrivener and avid reader.Linda Gould s the host of Kaidankai and editor of White Enso...
2021-08-3003 minKaidankai: Ghost, Supernatural, and Dark Short FictionDay 14: Under the Sea by Linda GouldIn Under the Sea by Linda Gould, what lurks under the water can be stunningly beautiful...and terrifying. Linda A. Gould is the host of Kaidankai and editor of White Enso. She is an on-again, off-again writer of fiction, non-fiction, science fiction and ghost stories. Facebook: Japanese Ghost Stories, Twitter: @Ghost Japan and @WhiteEnsoThe Kaidankai Podcast features original short fiction exploring horror, fantasy, science fiction, and the strange.New episodes every Wednesday.Subscribe on Spreaker, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts.Read the stories at kaidankaistories.com...
2021-08-1413 minKaidankai: Ghost, Supernatural, and Dark Short FictionDay 4: Kamata Matahachi by Linda GouldLinda A. Gould tells a ghostly story of love and revenge. See the picture that inspired this story at https://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/explore/collection/work/55394/.Linda A. Gould is the host of Kaidankai and editor of White Enso. She is an on-again, off-again writer of fiction, non-fiction, science fiction and ghost stories. Facebook: Japanese Ghost Stories, Twitter: @Ghost Japan and @WhiteEnsoThe Kaidankai Podcast features original short fiction exploring horror, fantasy, science fiction, and the strange.New episodes every Wednesday.Subscribe on Spreaker, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you...
2021-08-0404 min