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Soccer Moms FC PodcastTalking Cleveland Rockers Branding and WNBA Logos with Thomas O'GradyIn this episode Em and Ally are joined by Thomas O'Grady, the original designer behind the Cleveland Rockers branding and logo. Not to mention, the original WNBA teams and some notable NBA teams. Thomas is a legend in the sports branding space – chances are you're wearing his work right now. We talk the idea behind the Rockers name and colors, creating the jerseys, ideating the other WNBA team logos and colors and whole lot more.This episode was recorded the day the news dropped that Rock Entertainment Group announced they are pursuing a bid to bring a...2024-11-2244 min

(A)Theist PodcastEp. 32 - Open and Relational Theology with Thomas Jay Oord**HEADS UP!** We recorded this interview with Thomas Jay Oord several weeks before releasing it. You'll hear references to a trial in which members of the Church of the Nazarene have charged Dr. Oord with promoting doctrines out of harmony with the doctrinal statements of the Church. This accusation and trial are the result of Dr. Oord's continued affirmation of LGBTQ+ individuals. This trial occurred on July 25th. On July 31st, Dr. Oord will be sharing the results via a livestream with other theologians. If you'd like to learn more or join the livestream, you...2024-07-2955 min

Spatial RealitiesE044 - Alliance for OpenUSD announced, Metaverse Standards Forum celebrates 1st anniversary, Meta Connect 23 announced and Patrick Grady from Metaverse EU about the Communication for Virtual Worlds and Web 4.0 Thomas Riedel Patrick Grady Subscribe to the English only RSS feed here. Interview In early July 2023 the European Commission published a Communication on virtual worlds and Web 4.0. And as publications by the EU are usually long, complicated and have a history of its own, it was good that Patrick Grady published a short summary on his blog Metaverse EU to explain how the Communication can be understood. In it the EU outlines a strategy about how to take leadership in the development of virtual worlds and what we would have called Metaverse in 2022. But the C...2023-08-041h 16

New Slang208: Grady SpencerOn Episode 208, I'm joined by singer-songwriter Grady Spencer, who in January released Wait, his fourth full-length with his band Grady Spencer & The Work and sixth overall. During this interview, we talk about writing Wait, the sonic palette that was influenced by the mood and feel of the past few years, the significance of songs like "Therapy's Good," touring the country, growing up in West Texas, why Matchbox Twenty still holds up, and putting his own spin on '90s Country.This episode's presenting partner is Desert Door Texas Sotol, The Blue Light...2022-02-241h 01

Explore New Full Audiobooks in History, The AmericasThomas Jefferson: Family Secrets by William G. HylandPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/590278 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Thomas Jefferson: Family Secrets Author: William G. Hyland Narrator: Kate Mulligan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 48 minutes Release date: February 1, 2022 Genres: The Americas Publisher's Summary: Much has been written about Thomas Jefferson, the public man, and with good reason: he was the architect of our democracy and a visionary who expanded the nation’s physical boundaries to unimagined lengths. But the intensely private Jefferson joined in a conspiracy to make himself unknowable to the public. Thomas Jefferson: Family Secrets is a new and unprecedented examination of the “intimate” Thomas...2022-02-0103 min

New Slang147: 2020 Album Draft (featuring Grady Smith and Garrett McKie & Mike Hart of Hippies & Cowboys Podcast)Welcome to the first ever 2020 Album Draft. On this episode, I am joined by Grady Smith and Garrett McKie & Mike Hart of The Hippies & Cowboys Podcast to discuss some of our favorite albums, EPs, and artists of the year. This Album Draft is 10 Rounds long and each draft must fill out 10 specific categories for their roster. Categories: Chart Topper, Duo/Band, Collab, Living Legend, Debut, Small Following, EP Picker, Amerikinda, Wild Card, and Social Media Personality. Check out Grady Smith's YouTube Channel here and The Hippies & Cowboys Podcast here.This episode's...2020-12-161h 33

Grab the Essential Full Trial Audiobooks in Self-Improvement, Career DevelopmentDiscover Joy in Work: Transforming Your Occupation into Your Vocation by Shundrawn A. ThomasPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/392117 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Discover Joy in Work: Transforming Your Occupation into Your Vocation Author: Shundrawn A. Thomas Narrator: David Sadzin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 28 minutes Release date: September 10, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Career Development Publisher's Summary: We are meant to experience joy in our work. But many of us struggle to find a sense of purpose or fulfillment in what we do. Is it possible for us to truly flourish in our work? Business executive Shundrawn Thomas reveals how work is intended...2019-09-1005 min

What A World Podcast#8 Grady Walker the Last CowboyGrady walker We talk about PRCA, Hollywood, music industry, Developing the I-Can-Do-It mentality as well as skill and persistent “If you don’t think you can ride that horse or ride that bull, you’re not going to” We talk about how he met his wife and working at Michael McDonald’s studio. Triggering the Universal Studio’s flood. Working in western films. Grady admits to being a sperm in Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex with Woody Allen. Working on newsies. Moving from Hollywood to Nashville and switching...2019-06-2439 min

Life UnsettledComfort Zone – A guide to Personal DevelopmentThe comfort zone sounds so obvious, but personal development is much more involved. If you want to grow, succeed or do anything new, you need to go outside it. The comfort zone is in a situation where a person is familiar, at ease and in control. Outside of the comfort zone there is increased anxiety and stress. So, the further out a person gets the greater the level of stress. The easiest definition I have found is from Wikipedia . The most comfortable place in usually not the best for learning or working. If a person repeatedly leaves the comfort zone...2019-05-2400 min

Life UnsettledCareer Change – Plan it or Take the DefaultWhy you should be looking at your future career as an ongoing process. You will have change, probably many times, a career is either planned or decided by others for you. Career Change and paths to new jobs or professions are confusing and don't always go where expected. Why now is one of the best times ever for career change and career development. It may last 2-4 years, but you’ll need every one of those years to make the most progress. Largely I am setting a framework for thinking about careers in this episode. It will be followed by...2019-05-1500 min

Life UnsettledGoal Setting for Personal Growth and DevelopmentGoal setting for your personal growth is one of the most rewarding tasks people can do. Do you know what you want to be in five years? Do you know where you want to be in 3 - 5 years? Your goals should be distant at the start of your journey. You want to develop your own big picture of your future life. Success is personal. Are you on the correct path to reach your goal? Do you know what you want to accomplish this year, within 6 months and today? While some might feel they don’t like to set goals, it is...2019-05-1500 min

Nebraska Beer:30#5 Coryelle Thomas | Radio PersonalityCoryelle Thomas is a Radio Personality at 96.9 FM in Lincoln, Nebraska. Coryelle and host Grady McGuire talk about her growing up in a small town, being in high school plays, totaling cars, and how she forced herself into her first radio gig.Find out more about Coryelle: facebook.com/nebraskanightslive Twitter: @coryellethomasInstagram: @coryelletheshellThe Nebraska Beer:30 Podcast is beer-centered entertainment focused on people who are doing great things in Nebraska. #NEBeer30Facebook.com/NEBeer30Twitter and Instagram: @NEBeer30 2019-02-1931 min

Life Unsettled106 – Everybody makes mistakes Learn from mistakesWelcome to another episode of Life Unsettled New Path, Better Future. You've all heard things like, "Everybody makes mistakes. Learning from mistakes. Don't worry about your mistakes. It's just part of the process of growing and learning." I'm going to as usual disagree with many of the gurus out there that tell you to just continue to make mistakes as you progress. This episode is extremely important but maybe a little bit more complex. As I understand the general logic that people have, you learn from your mistakes so you should expect them and...2017-09-1300 min

Life Unsettled105 – Sales Process Changing at Hyper SpeedToday I'm talking about sales, sales process and the sales environment and the business environment. Do we all think of it in certain ways as we've always experienced walking into stores, online even, walking into a car dealership? Things are changing very rapidly now and in the near future. I want to go over a couple of the things that are changing, and have changed, recently. Really to my entire surprise is how fast those changes are about to take place. Now, it's important, of course, that we understand and adapt to the changes that are already...2017-08-2600 min

Life Unsettled104 – Future Marketing – Customer SourcedThe future marketing like everything else today is impacted by technology. Most people today have no idea how much information on them is changing marketing to them. In the future marketing, companies will use AI. VR and augmented reality to build marketing for them specifically based on what they do and did. Today, we’re going to continue from a previous episode where we talk more about what was going on with sales and the sales process. Let's talk a little bit more now about the technology and the future that’s coming up as well as what is exis...2017-08-1700 min

Life Unsettled103 – Marketing Today; Social Media and Customer FocusToday is the episode on marketing today. Marketing, I'm gonna break it all down into two parts. Originally I thought this was going be one piece, but it turns out that it's just too big. And one of the things, and reason that I want to separate it is, there's not just what's going on today. As I've mentioned many times, technology is moving just so fast that we really have to plan, or at least be aware, of what's happening towards the future. So, we will be taking a look at a second...2017-08-1000 min

Life Unsettled102 – Target Marketing & Build Customer LoyaltyThe second episode of eight in comprehensive business strategy, target marketing, in the overview of building or expanding a strong business. This episode addresses the following topics and questions. Who are your customers and targeting your prospects? Use the attributes of your product or service and describe well what it will do for them They only care about the benefit to them Watch and survey with customer satisfaction to either learn possible expansions or to at least find who they are and what they like and don’t like. It is the customers' perspective that is crucial, not yours or yo...2017-08-0200 min

Life Unsettled101 – Product Line Strategy, Service StrategySo now is the first step in looking at business strategy, your product line strategy. What is your product line strategy or business line strategy? How are you going to expand your product line over time? Now this doesn't matter whether you're just starting out, whether you're about to start, or you've been going for a little while. Even at the very beginning as you're planning your business, you say you only have one product or one service. It doesn't matter. You have to think of expansion in the future and start it from...2017-07-2600 min

Life Unsettled100 – Business Strategy Comprehensive ViewBusiness strategy is often overlooked in small businesses. Too often a small business while a way to pick up some extra money or to gain financial freedom, neglects a comprehensive business strategy. There are over 40 million people in the United States with side gigs. Now, these don’t even include people that have separated from there job and set up their own business. I wonder how many of those 40 million would be able to have a complete business if they looked a more closely at strategy. There are an additional 500,000 people per month starting new businesses. This episode is meant to...2017-07-1800 min

Life Unsettled99 – Startups Unlimited Opportunities with New TechnologyStartups, whether you’re expanding a business, starting a new business, there’s so many opportunities out there, probably more than there ever. I keep on hearing people saying that they’re looking or they’re trying to think of something to do as a startup. Don’t think necessarily of just what you’re doing. Instead, think of problems that you, your neighbors, or other people that you see have. Solving a problem is what makes a business. I want to give you a ton of examples here just really to generate thoughts, generate ideas, and start thinking about things. Some...2017-07-0400 min

Life Unsettled98 – Branding, Position your Business and SelfLet’s talk about branding and positioning your strategy. I truly mean your strategy. This can be your business or yourself. If you’re dating, you must have a brand to position yourself. You must be appealing to someone else. It doesn’t matter what you’re talking about. This is crucial. I’m going to get to products very quickly and very soon, but first I want to talk a little bit about the positioning, and the scope and breadth of a brand or a strategy. If you have it too narrow a scope, you may have difficulty broadening your appea...2017-06-1800 min

Life Unsettled97 – Hiring Employees, Contractors, AdvisorsBest to listen to the 8 minute episode. In the meantime though, how is hiring of employees as well as contractors and advisors influencing customer satisfaction. Why do some companies have great customer satisfaction and others seem to be never able to attain it? I go through some of the thoughts and observations from wondering about this topic. Comparison of Companies I first noticed some of the great attitudes between companies and others where the customer experience is not so good. It raised many questions and I discuss those in the episode and then my conversations both about the hiring and...2017-05-3100 min

Life Unsettled96 – Short Term Goals vs Long Term GoalsLet’s talk about short term goals versus long-term goals and the accompanied planning. I know that sounds dry, but: What do you think about it? You see people changing their minds all the time and doing things. It is imperative that you have those long term goals and dreams. Imagine that you have your life’s goal or your business goals for the longer term, and by the longer term then you’re able to turn around and see what you can do in the short term. That is whatever you’re doing, as long as it’s within those broa...2017-05-2200 min

Life Unsettled95 – Statistics Bias, Fake News, Question Authority“Statistics and Bias - Which one of these are better for you, nutrition?” This may start out sounding a little bland, but I want to blow your socks off. It is also not about politics except as an example. You need to be aware because biased statistics has you following bad medicine; eating the wrong things and making bad decisions for your business or life. I may be talking about biased statistics, statistical bias, etc., but what are we really talking about? We’re talking about the information you get and hear about every single day from the media, from teache...2017-05-0200 min

Life Unsettled94 – Startup Entrepreneurs – Older than ThoughtAge for an entrepreneur, how old are startup entrepreneurs? Are you too old or too young? A constant question always seems to be: “How old should I be? Am I too old?” I have a few surprises for you, both with examples, and some survey material. Many Famous Startup Entrepreneurs began Later in Life First, let me give you a few examples. Ray Kroc, Founder of McDonald’s franchise, you may have heard, he didn’t start. Actually, he met the McDonald’s brothers when he was 52 years of age and that’s when he literally started with the idea. Wally Blume...2017-04-1700 min

Life Unsettled93 – Overcoming Adversity; Aaron Curry’s Plateau & BreakthroughWe’ve discussed many different topics. Here is a great real life example of overcoming adversity, which bring many topics together. This particular episode and its example brings in many different pieces that we’ve had in the past and shows a great example of goals, ensuring the drive to succeed; hitting a plateau, striving and obtaining super success – all of the things that most of us want to do. This also is why and where we stop. Aaron Curry, one of the top linebackers entering NFL ever. You need to know why he failed and how he rebounded for your l...2017-03-3100 min

Life Unsettled92 – Leadership and Leadership Styles – Become one in Your NicheLeadership comes in styles for varied groups and purposes! I want to talk about leadership. Often you hear and you see a lot of things for leadership training or how to be a leader, etc. Just like everything else, just like in business you have many alternatives. There are many different types of leaders that have been incredibly successful in life. What I want to do is go over some of the differences. I’m going to point you in the direction of a particular blog post that was done that really does a nice job of showing the differences wi...2017-03-2000 min

Life Unsettled91 – Get Business Advice – Easiest Way for Business InformationI want to talk about getting business advice. Actually it could even be considered getting advice for life, life advice. Before I get into the episode I want to remind everybody that I’ve always said over and over again how you can learn from anybody and everything. Be ready for Business Advice that questions and challenges! I’ve given examples of how birds and other animals sometimes know how to raise their young better than we do. Why? Because they raise them to survive. Taken that little intro in light, ignore the person, but I want to talk about how...2017-03-0200 min

Life Unsettled90 – Feel the Customer – Be the CustomerThis episode is about feeling as the customer or to 'be the customer'. This is apparently very difficult for people, but we all know and have wonderful experiences as a customer. How come we can’t reverse it and feel so well by being the customer that’s in front of us or around us to have them have the feeling that they want to do business with us? At the end, I’m going to give a few examples of some good companies and one person as well. You can't understand customer perception without actually thinking as if you ar...2017-02-0800 min

Life Unsettled89 – Business Opportunities GrowingToday business opportunities are growing, and they will explode over the next year. Let me explain this a little bit. First, I did postpone, I apologize for that. I postponed a few days for this episode to come out because I wanted to wait until the dust settled after the election. At the end of this episode I want to wrap everything up together so you understand why this opportunity is so big, literally for everybody who wants to start and build a business. It doesn’t mean business is easy, but at the end I’ll wrap it up and...2016-11-2200 min

Life Unsettled88 – Work-Life Balance or Hustle – Life UnsettledWe’ve all heard people talking about work-life balance, and: How are you supposed to have it? It’s a choice. Let’s talk a little bit about work-life balance versus the hustle, that is you hear people saying: “Work smart, hustle, keep going,” etc. and then you have these other people trying to tell you about work-life balance. Let’s take a look at the two, because there’s really a lot to each story. Some gurus preach Work-Life Balance while others lecture the importance to hustle. Balancing work and life is a personal preference with consequences First, work-life balance, as de...2016-11-0700 min

Life Unsettled87 – Hustle versus the 4 Hour Work WeekHustle versus the Four Hour Work Week shows two competing paths to your success. This episode was motivated by a conference I went to where Ryan Deiss, one of the Co-Founders of Digital Marketer, and Gary Vaynerchuk both spoke. It was the Digital Marketer Conference. Don't believe the myth of the 4 hour work week. Hustle to the extent you want, not someone else's opinion What happened and the idea is: Hustle versus the four-hour workweek. We hear, and so many people are following the four-hour workweek, and we also hear about how important it is to hustle. So...2016-10-3100 min

Life Unsettled86 – Acquire Skills, Master a SkillTo stand out in the world, master a skill. Yes, become the master in a niche! In this episode I want to talk and follow up from last time. Last time I talked about becoming an authority. I mentioned that to become an authority you’re going to have to have some special skill, trade, whatever it is. Not only a niche, but you’re going to have to become a master. That is, you’re going to have to be that person that somebody admires and other people want to gain your information. That also puts you in an excellen...2016-10-3100 min

Life Unsettled85 – Establish Authority, Business ExpertHow do you establish authority in your field? I don’t care whether that’s internet authority, or workplace authority, or as a business expert. Learn to become a recognized authority One quick note just before I get into the episode. As soon as I finished the episode, within two hours I ran into two different situations, two different people (not related) both claiming authority, talking about it as if they have it, and I know they don’t. They couldn’t answer some of the very basic questions. So, be careful, make sure that whatever you’re doing, whoever you’re lis...2016-10-2000 min

Life Unsettled84 – Women Employees, Are they Worth It?This topic is about women in the workplace. When I say women employees, there are all kinds of things that pop into people’s minds, and probably everybody’s thinking something different. What I’m going to get into is (and there’ll be a bunch of recommendations at the bottom, both for women and for men) are women cheap and inexpensive employees? Are they worth the risk? Are they an opportunity? What happened was I was talking about something with a woman, I’m talking about the topic in planning of an episode, and all of a sudden she started talk...2016-09-1700 min

Life Unsettled83 – Attitude – The Game of LifeThe Game of Life, a real challenge for everybody, the idea of the topic is game. What is a game? We often hear and think in terms of a game. I looked up all kinds of definitions of it. I want to refer to and bring in the idea of The Game of Life. Make projects a game yields a positive Attitude A game, something that is structured, has rules or whatever, you use it for play or enjoyment, but it can also be educational. Gee, if a game can be educational, that brings up other topics and other ideas...2016-09-1100 min

Life Unsettled82 – Dress for Success – Your PresentationDress for Success, that is, appearance and perception is extremely important. This is a time for taking a look at what we’re doing in public or online, which is basically public. You’ve all probably heard about a book a long time ago called Dress for Success. If you haven’t, you’ve heard references to it or something. What it’s about is what kind of impression you make or have to the general public, to other people. They’re really talking about job interviews and while you’re at work, trying to move up or be exposed to a better au...2016-09-0300 min

Life Unsettled81 – Sales and Marketing – Customer PerceptionHow often do you get sales calls or marketing calls, and how do they go? Damn. Some of these salespeople, actually an awful lot of them are lazy sacks of excrement. It’s often somebody calls me, partially from personal connection, and they basically know a bit about me. We had a lot of conversations, we’ve been on things together, etc. and all of a sudden they call and it sounds like they think I’m from outer space and have just landed. It’s like they don’t remember or don’t know anything. How hard is it to find out...2016-09-0300 min

Amplify Your Mission with Adam Lewis Walker203# Thomas O'Grady - Life UnsettledLife Unsettled is a podcast hosted by Thomas O’Grady in a world where life is unsettled. How do you set yourself up for years to come (and start today) ? Until recently, the years between 45 and 65 years of age were ‘net savings years’, those years where income was more than expenses and people saved for retirement. Now, companies are replacing older workers. Meanwhile, while the net savings years are ripped apart, we’re all living much longer. So, how are people going to refocus their plans. Instead of retiring around 65 and living into their 70...2016-08-2738 min

Life Unsettled80 – Olympics Teaches Dedication toward SuccessWhat happens at the Olympics and what we get out of it(what do we learn for our own success)? You may or may not get the same things I get out of it, but I really was taken by some comments during interviews by a couple of the gymnasts that really sung home. It’s frequently thought that a person who has done as well as Simone Biles or Aly Raisman are somehow destined, that they’re just built that way and it works. They may have some special abilities beyond somebody else, but you have to know and ackn...2016-08-1700 min

Life Unsettled79 – Cognitive Dissonance and BusinessCognitive dissonance and how it affects business. In this episode, the psycho-babble is reduced to much of the root cause and why there is an easy fix, although most will not ever do it. A definition is that cognitive dissonance is the mental stress or discomfort experienced by an individual who holds two or more contradictory beliefs, ideas, or values at the same time. It occurs when someone is confronted by new information that conflicts with existing beliefs, ideas, or values. Isn't that something that quickly resembles making decisions too early. That is, a person arrives at a conclusion and th...2016-08-1717 min

Men of Abundance016: Master What the Master Has Already Done with Thomas O’Grady PhDHas anyone ever told you "You will never amount to much, let alone go to college"? Could you imagine a straight A student being told such a thing? Well, Thomas O'Grady was told that several times by teachers and counselors early in his life. That could have completely devastated Thomas to the point that he would actually accept those poor and greatly miscalculated opinions. In today's story, you will see, that's not what happen at all.Thomas F. O’Grady received his PhD in Mathematical and Statistical Economics from the University of California at Berkeley. Since the ag...2016-08-0342 min

Life Unsettled78 – Competitive Advantage – HonestyEverybody is always wondering how to get a competitive advantage. In this episode, I discuss how to use honesty and integrity as a competitive edge. An interesting dilemma it’s actually pointed out that almost everyone thinks of themselves as honest. But when I ask how many people do you know that are honest, I usually get an answer like very few. So while everybody thinks of themselves as honest, they generally don’t think other people are. This means that people have differing opinions of what honesty is. Well, this just means it’s a lot harder to be percei...2016-07-2717 min

Life Unsettled77 – Teamwork Team Building & EgoTeamwork, team building and how ego can adversely affect your efforts. The biggest mistake I see consistently across companies is that every individual wants to own everything, that is, every idea. Every person wants to take each idea and show that it’s at least in part theirs or it is theirs. What is more important success or your ego? Unfortunately, most can’t seem to determine or differentiate between the two. Now, teamwork or Team building is all about buy-in. The idea of course, is to get everybody joining forces together to accomplish something. Take yourself out of the picture...2016-07-1217 min

Life Unsettled76 – Success in Business – Increased ProbabilitySuccess in business requires a true comprehensive look at the business both internally and externally. Most businesses fail. The numbers most commonly stated are 80 to 90 percent of businesses fail. So, in this episode, the topic is how to reduce the probability that yours is one of those failures. By understanding and knowing what might cause failure, you are also aiding both the success and the growth of your company. When starting a business, you should always have at least the basics of the business plan. This serves several purposes. The most apparent is keeping you on target and focused. However...2016-07-1117 min

Winning the Game of Life PodcastWGL51: Thomas O'Grady, Ph.D. Guest at Winning the Game of Life with Shawn Sudershan ChhabraOur featured guest is Thomas F. O’Grady, who is also a podcast host of Life Unsettled with Thomas O'Grady Podcast. Mr. Thomas O’Grady just launched his much-awaited book, "The Mechanics for Breakthrough Success: The Guide to a Life You Never Considered Reachable" Link to the book page: LifeUnsettled.com/bts Thomas F. O’Grady received his Ph.D. in Mathematical and Statistical Economics from the University of California at Berkeley. Since the age of 12 he’s been interested in entrepreneurial activities. He rose to the top in Soviet intelligence, broke Soviet codes 3 times; extended Nobel Laureate Daniel McFadden’s work at G...2016-06-3029 min

Winning the Game of Life Podcast Interviewing Entrepreneurs, Wantrepreneurs, Intrapreneurials, Intrepreneurial & StartupsWGL51: Thomas O'Grady, Ph.D. Guest at Winning the Game of Life with Shawn Sudershan ChhabraOur featured guest is Thomas F. O’Grady, who is also a podcast host of Life Unsettled with Thomas O'Grady Podcast. Mr. Thomas O’Grady just launched his much-awaited book, "The Mechanics for Breakthrough Success: The Guide to a Life You Never Considered Reachable" Link to the book page: LifeUnsettled.com/bts Thomas F. O’Grady received his Ph.D. in Mathematical and Statistical Economics from the University of California at Berkeley. Since the age of 12 he’s been interested in entrepreneurial activities. He rose to the top in Soviet in...2016-06-3029 min

Life Unsettled75 – Achieve Success repeated BreakthroughsHow do you achieve success and how do you or can you know your limits? This episode was the result of not being able to answer easily a question on a radio interview. That question was,” what was the key trigger or breakthrough in your life?” My problem with the question really goes back to the title of my book,” The Mechanics for Breakthrough Success.” Let me explain why this question is absolutely so important. If you have a goal in life, when you are successful you can look back and see what triggered that success. It is important to note tha...2016-06-2600 min

Life Unsettled74 – Decision Making Process Too EarlyThe decision making process and having a basic understanding is useful for understanding customers and employees but probably most important ourselves. In order to influence customers to buy our product or services, it's useful to better understand why sometimes it is so difficult to get people to change their mind. Given that it is difficult to change someone's mind, customer retention is that much more crucial to business success. The easiest way to understand some of this is to look at politics today. Now, I don't really care whether you like Hillary or Trump. This is only...2016-06-2617 min

Discover Your Talent–Do What You Love285: Expert Interview: Rethinking RetirementâProspering after 50, with Thomas OâGrady, Ph.D.Dr. Thomas OâGrady, an economist, walks listeners through rethinking retirement and prospering long after 50. Life expectancy is approaching 90. Many active years ahead offer opportunities for pursuing new careers and interests. âApproach the new reality from an optimistic standpoint,â economist OâGrady advises. âYou can learn and do new things. Think of the kinds of careers that will be available in the future. You may be doing something full-time now and decide on some new or other work you will do on the side. Or, you may decide to start your own business.â2016-06-0300 min

Life Unsettled73 – Have No Time, You’re KiddingJust about everybody will say: “I have no time.” I’m sure you’ve heard that. Just about everybody utters it at some point. What in the world does it mean? First of all, very successful people look at you kind of funny or at least in their minds think of you kind of funny when you keep on saying you don’t have any time. Everybody has the same amount of time. Time is the great equalizer. So much is wasted, that wise use can increase your relative success First of all, you need to find time if you want to be...2016-05-2717 min

Life Unsettled72 – The Women I Like, Motivation HustleI’m going to talk about the kind of women I like and motivation hustle. No, no, no – this is not an eHarmony or Match.com episode, not at all. By the way, kudos and thank you very much to Trishia and Julie for urging me to do this episode. I had these discussions, saying this was going to be a future episode, and they said they were really anxious to hear it, so here goes. The business women that is has motivation hustle develops drive like an immigrant. What I’m talking about is women, as we’re talking about wo...2016-05-2017 min

Life Unsettled71 – Sustained Hustle, MotivationI want to talk about one of the problems that I see in the area of self-motivation or hustle. In the first part, I just want to talk little bit about the quandary of motivation; the difficulties people have who have much more opportunity than what you might have. If it is difficult for them, how much more difficult it might be for you. In the end, I am going to give you four points tell keep yourself relatively motivated. To be successful you must hustle. For long term business success, hustle needs to be sustained. I often look, study, and...2016-05-1600 min

Life Unsettled70 – Causality For Business or Personal SuccessThis topic is probably my favorite on many, many dimensions, and that is causality. Causality, what do I mean? Causality means something that causes something else, or is a partial cause for something else. The study, the watching, the asking of questions to delve into the depths of causality are critical for everything, from anything you’re going to do in business because it’s going to have an effect on the customer, or: What do you do that has an effect that’s negative or positive for the customer now? If you don’t understand that, what are you going to...2016-05-0300 min

Life Unsettled69 – Business Evaluation via MLM ExampleMany of you out there want to be an entrepreneur, or you want to earn extra money, or find an easy path to the money that you need for new things, new stuff, and your future. One question. Many people right now and are also tempted or drawn into the idea of an MLM or network marketing. Is an MLM the answer, or your answer? I’m not going to give you an answer or the answer, because I want you to think about whether that particular opportunity or situation is good for you. But wait a minute, this explanation is...2016-04-2517 min

Life Unsettled68 – Customer Perspective, Not YoursToday I want to get a little further into some of the ideas of the customer perspective. I talked earlier (last episode) about finding a problem, and that solving it could be your next new business. Another area is: Take a look that problems that are sort of solved. I say, “sort of solved,” in the sense of something else has had an unintended purpose. Whenever that happens, that was a market opportunity that was missed. Do notice over and over again that I say, “customer perspective,” that’s because it’s what the customer sees; not you. Very different. Most people...2016-04-1517 min

Life Unsettled67 – Developing Business IdeasToday I want to talk about your business, the business you may have, may want to start, and what opportunities are out there today. Really, more the purpose of how exploding the capabilities and the opportunities are. Really, how to find your business success or your next business idea. Can you find a problem and turn it into a business? That’s really what it’s all about. Success in business starts with the idea. While you have much to do, it must be something that is solid. Think of nothing more than you go into Starbucks, and you get the...2016-04-1017 min

Life Unsettled66 – Listening to the CustomerI’ve got a really interesting topic that so many people make mistakes. It’s absolutely crucial if you’re in a business, in a company, starting your business, building your business. I’ll refer to it as listening to the customer. Everybody talks about listening to the customer, but why do so many companies and people get it wrong? Many companies, even very large ones, have no idea where their markets are, or who is in the market, or who might be leaving the market; who might be entering the market. Sometimes it’s just utter ignorance, sometimes the market has...2016-04-0117 min

Life Unsettled65 – Entrepreneur and RiskToday I want to discuss the idea of being an entrepreneur or entrepreneurial and entrepreneur risk. Part of the reason for this is as we’re talking throughout all of these episodes, we’re hinting or talking about the idea of having additional income, extra income, starting your own business, etc., and there are several different avenues for that, and I want to get clear on some of them and some of the methodologies of getting there, and what you really need to have inside of you. But first, what I’ll consider the three general categories of an entrepreneur. This i...2016-03-2600 min

Life Unsettled64 – College – Is It Worth It?Today I’m going to talk about one of the biggest expenses a family ever has, and that is college, and the money it costs to send somebody to college. One of the big questions is, first of all: Is it worth it? Should it be done? Should somebody go? I want to discuss all of these. Colleges are forcing graduates into major debt. Is is worthwhile or are there better paths in life? Just an aside, colleges and universities are really in trouble right now. They’re bloated, and they’ve had rising tuition for many years, decades actually, and no...2016-03-1400 min

Life Unsettled57 – Social Authority with Amy SchmittauerToday, I have something very, very different. As you know, I usually don’t do interviews, but when I find something that’s this true gem that I feel that people can really truly benefit from, I think this is something really special that people need to hear. Particularly in this case, because most people looking to either augment, increase, or change their career want to know how they can enter. Amy Schmittauer discusses how to develop your authority in the world of social media. A person I have today, Amy Schmittauer, is the curator and developer of Savvy Sexy Soci...2015-12-2028 min

Life Unsettled42 – Branding and Positioning Your BusinessEntrepreneurial Journey with Thomas O'Grady Most of you listening to this podcast, you’re thinking in terms of wanting to have more money, save more money, start a business, have something on the side, or work on something for additional income just to put things on the side; you’re saving for your future or saving for new things. This episode is one of my favorite topics, and this the positioning of your business or yourself. When I say “the positioning,” you’ll often hear people talk about “branding.” Branding, precisely, is the name, term, symbol, or feature used to distinguish. H...2015-08-0613 min

Elite Man PodcastThe Economics of Entrepreneurship – With Thomas O’Grady (Episode 29)Dr. Thomas O’Grady, a world-renowned economist, entrepreneur, and doctor, having received his PhD in Mathematical and Statistical Economics, joins our show today. Dr. O’Grady gives us his best advice on all things relating to economics and what entrepreneurs should be wary of. He gives us his top-notch take on business, relationships, and success. You have […] The post The Economics of Entrepreneurship – With Thomas O’Grady (Episode 29) appeared first on Elite Man Magazine.2015-07-2042 min

Life Unsettled36 – Self-Motivation and Zest for LifeEntrepreneurial Journey with Thomas O'Grady My topic today is SELF-MOTIVATION: How do you GET it, BUILD it, and REPEAT it over and over again? Think about people you know who are filled with energy and zest for life. These are the people who seem to be up and going at dawn. Then think about those who are on the other end of that spectrum. We all know people who fit both descriptions, but, the truth is that most people are probably somewhere in between. Self-motivation is not some outside force that motivates you, nor is it “passion.” Remember from Episode 25 what I sa...2015-06-2508 min

Life Unsettled35 – Customer Satisfaction for Success in Business and LifeThomas O'Grady No matter what you want to do to be successful, everything you do to be successful requires you to either satisfy needs and wants of others or create demand in which case you’re still satisfying others’ demands or needs and wants. What is “Demand”? The idea is, you’re appealing to others. Sometimes these are very subtle and sometimes the most subtle things can have the most positive or negative effect. Sometimes these could be very difficult to do. Some classic examples would be: Through ads, through customer satisfaction and Dating or Marriage. What are Needs & Wants...2015-06-1900 min

Life Unsettled34 – Technology and Your FutureEntrepreneurial Journey with Thomas O'Grady We are talking about technology and its impact on your future. Remember, “Today is the first day of your future.” There are factors about attitude, perspective, and phases we go through that are affected by the growth of technology. Always be aware of game-changing events; technology is just one of those areas that have changed and accelerated drastically over the last 30 years. Think about how people view events from the past and events in the future. Have you seen the commercial where people categorize “good” events and “bad” events in their lives with color-coded sticky notes? T...2015-06-1200 min

Life Unsettled33 – Ready with Alternative Income Ideas!I had an interesting just a few weeks ago, met somebody, a Lieutenant Colonel in the Army, and it was interesting in what he was doing and how he was planning his future. I thought: “Wow, this would be a great example of what other people, as they’re thinking of another career, another job, or expanding their income some other way – they might have some ideas that they could do, too, from it, as well as they might even copy a little bit of what he did.” Let me get to that right away. We are on with Greg Motes. G...2015-06-0424 min

Life Unsettled32 – Michael builds a life after prison, your excuse!Today we have a special guest, Michael Santos. You’re used to usually hearing from somebody who’s some corporate executive, or outstanding entrepreneur, and that is one nice story that we hear a lot. But this is somebody who has come over what I would like to say insurmountable, but he overcame the odds, and has really been an inspiration and works to be an inspiration for others. He had been in prison for I believe it was 26 years, Michael? Michael: That is correct, 26 calendar years. Thomas: Wow. The way you say that, I’m sure it made a striki...2015-05-2927 min

Economic Rockstar026: Thomas O'Grady on How Writing a PhD on Demographics Revealed an Opportunity in the San Francisco Housing MarketThomas O’Grady has a PhD in Mathematical and Statistical Economics from the University of California at Berkeley. His professional career has taken him from becoming the top analyst in Soviet intelligence for a U.S. agency and receiving the Meritorious Service Medal, also awarded to Wesley Clark, John McCain and General Schwarzkopf to positions with Fortune 100 companies to building three companies of his own. Thomas has been quoted by the print media over 30,000 times and appeared on TV and radio over 300 times. He currently hosts the popular podcast Life Unsettled. Economic Themes: 2015-04-0200 min

Life Unsettled29 – Chris Ducker Outsourcing to Build Business.Today we have a remarkable guest on, and this is special in that this is an answer to a lot of people’s problems. This guest is Chris Ducker, a successful entrepreneur that moved to the Philippines back in about 2000/2001, and at that time he set up a company that actually does some unique services, virtual employees, that is virtual assistants of various kinds. This gives the ability for somebody who has a company or to doing something, to hire virtually; therefore, that’s just like an independent contractor except at a lot less money, as opposed to hiring employees. Extr...2015-02-2531 min

Life Unsettled28- Transformation of Podcasting King John Lee DumasToday we have a very special guest, John Lee Dumas, entrepreneur and military veteran. John, I’m going to get right to it, you’ve had an interesting background and career. It appears to be extremely smooth with EntrepreneurOnFire and the stuff you’ve done over the last two years, but I’d like to go back a little ways into your earlier life. What were you like, for example, as I see you very, very motivated and highly functional, highly detail oriented, etc. is this something you always had or were there any changes that were the result of the mili...2015-02-0500 min

Life Unsettled27 – Drew Bledsoe Career Change, NFL to BusinessDrew Bledsoe, the top draft pick in the NFL, knew football doesn't last forever. How he transitioned to an entirely new occupation. Career change is a key to life today and must be planned ahead. Today, we have a very special guest and an exemplary position in life to give you a perspective that’s very different and something that we’ve talked about in other episodes, but here we have a real life example. Today we have Drew Bledsoe. If there’s anybody on the planet who doesn’t know or remember, he was drafted number one in the NFL...2015-02-0300 min

Life Unsettled26-SMART Goals – Really? Get Real!Too Many folks are pushing the idea of SMART Goals. Here we want to emphasize that they are fine for short term goals for employee performance issues. But they are not smart for your creative or your long term visionaries. If you want breakthrough success or excellence, you need something more. Thomas: Welcome to another episode of Life Unsettled – New Path, Better Future. Today we’re going to follow up on something that we talked a little bit about before, and that is goals. What got me started on this was, as we talked about setting goals and motivating yourself for goal...2015-01-3000 min

Life Unsettled20 – Income Determined by Your Five Closest FriendsYou have heard the famous quote or statement that 'your income is the average of your five closest friends.' It could be within the range someplace, but nevertheless it is constrained, that's right, constrained by the performance of your five closest friends. This quote is credited to Jim Rohn as I've been told. How is this idea derived? Your five closest friends and associates are friends because you have similar interests; go to similar places and live in similar surroundings. That is, they are within your comfort zone, (see episode 15). Additionally, you are comfortably within their comfort zones, which...2014-11-0708 min

Life Unsettled11-Ultimately Success requires SacrificeIf anyone wants success, whether in business as an entrepreneur or in sports, you must be willing to sacrifice. Time is at least part of that investment to be used effectively for success. I discuss the Importance of Sacrifice for your Future. At midnight, your day starts. You are given 86,400 seconds. They expire at the end of the day. How will you use them? Extremely Good Results require sacrifice, but we can discuss the idea and need for a balanced life. So, what does that balanced life mean? Success is brought by a combination of factors and you can do b...2014-09-2806 min

Life Unsettled09-Helping Solopreneurs Michael O’NealMichael O'Neal went from a unique creative career of branding and web design into an entrepreneurial pursuit assisting solopreneurs, quickly becoming successful, building a business that took him into directions he didn't foresee. We go over his journey and his motivations. We discuss why a successful person, Michael O’Neal, gave up a good position as a branding guy and web designer and set out on his own into an entirely new venture? What were the motivations that made him jump? You will hear in a casual conversation some of the things that made him feel unsatisfied and why he be...2014-09-1851 min

Life Unsettled08- Car Enthusiast Entrepreneur: Mark GreeneIt is not every day, but maybe it should be that we hear of someone turning a ongoing love into a business passion, the enthusiast entrepreneur. That is true success! Mark Greene is turning a life long love of fine cars into an entrepreneurial pursuit. He is the enthusiast entrepreneur. He explains how he made the transformation. Now, visiting shows from around the world, armed with thousands of pictures and connections he has made, this passion becomes a potential from multiple streams of income. Today, Mark travels the world and visits specialty automotive events living his dream. He built a h...2014-09-1735 min

Life UnsettledTransform Dire to Entrepreneur Success: Anita MarlerBackground and a major transformational moment Anita Marler - Her transformation into success was faced with desperation. From a small farming community in Alberta, Canada, at the age of 25 I moved out to Vancouver on the West Coast. Shock Her Life Turns Upside Down. In 2006, Anita Marler had a Brain Aneurysms, and as many of you know the statistics for brain aneurysms are people statistically either die or their life is altered. They end up of some type of disability and very few walk away from it unscathed. She was one of those few that walked away from it unscathed. I...2014-09-1027 min

Life Unsettled05 – Building a Business Where Twitter fits AJ AmyxSocial Media? Twitter can be scary to many, but is this relevant or useful? It really is daunting to many people, particularly those a little older. We’ll see that it opens up markets, avenues and relationships efficiently. AJ Amyx, grew up and still lives in a small town, but his views and horizons are far and wide. He was in a band that really started to do very well, but his life changed. He went through an unsettled period and a complete transformation. Here is a snippet of the episode. From a Life Crashing Down to Complete Transformation. How? Why...2014-09-0728 min

Life Unsettled01 – Intro and Motivation toward Entrepreneur SuccessThe Life Unsettled podcast with Thomas O’Grady, provides candid insights with both solo and interview episodes into breaking through income and financial concerns for a satisfying life and your future as an entrepreneur. The interviews break out successful entrepreneurial journeys and contain content to keep you motivated and raise your visions and dreams to higher levels than you currently might think. Those higher levels that you don't even know is true breakthrough success. This initial episode provides direction and an overview of the Life Unsettled podcast. It will focus on business, entrepreneurs, finance, how to achieve success and how to...2014-08-2708 min

The Tao of Sports Podcast – The DefinitiTao of Sports Ep. 120 – Thomas O’Grady (CEO, Gameplan Creative)To say that Thomas O’Grady knows about brand indentity is an understatement. O’Grady discusses his thoughts on branding, logo identification, and how important creative services is to any professional or college team. From 1990 to 2003, Thomas O’Grady served as Sr. VP of the NBA’s Creative Services Division, responsible for a 25-person in-house team that orchestrated the creation of 20 of the 30 NBA team re-branding identities, helping propel NBA licensed product revenues from $180 million in 1990 to $2.5 billion in 2002. O’Grady also was the brand architect behind the WNBA launch, the entire brand identity of the 1995 NBA expansion Toronto Raptors an...2013-05-0933 min

Tao of Sports PodcastTao of Sports Ep. 120 – Thomas O’Grady (CEO, Gameplan Creative) To say that Thomas O’Grady knows about brand indentity is an understatement. O’Grady discusses his thoughts on branding, logo identification, and how important creative services is to any professional or college team. From 1990 to 2003, Thomas O’Grady served as Sr. VP of the NBA’s Creative Services Division, responsible for a 25-person in-house team that orchestrated the creation of 20 of the 30 NBA team re-branding identities, helping propel NBA licensed product revenues from $180 million in 1990 to $2.5 billion in 2002. O’Grady also was the brand architect behind the WNBA launch, the entire brand identity of the 1995 NBA expansion T...2013-05-0933 min