The Overlap Podcast

In this engaging episode of the Overlap Podcast, we dive into the intertwining paths of life and entrepreneurship with our spirited guest, Clint Allison. A seasoned entrepreneur with a rich history in the horticulture and construction industries, Clint shares his journey from managing a family farm in East Tennessee to founding and running his own business. His story is a testament to the power of perseverance, the importance of relationships, and the continuous pursuit of growth both personally and professionally. Listeners will gain valuable insights as Clint discusses the pivotal moments in his career, including the challenges and triumphs of navigating the business landscape. His anecdotes are not only enlightening but also peppered with humor, making for a compelling listen. This episode is a must-listen for anyone interested in how personal connections and professional experiences overlap to shape a fulfilling career and life.

Not gonna lie, when the writing staff saw the phrase “energy audit” pop up in the podcast this week, we became very concerned that The Overlap Podcast might now be some sort of digital media arm of the Church of Scientology and that our boys Sid and Keith were now being held on some ocean liner being tested for thetans (the remnants of immortal spiritual beings that have some sort of supernatural residue in humans … or something) and hanging out with John Travolta and Tom Cruise. We are pleased to report back this is not the case, though we do feel compelled to say that we do believe Shelly Miscavige is obviously still alive and has been on one of the Sea Org cruises for … like 17 years now and just doesn’t like land and has developed agoraphobia … totally plausible. So, instead of indulging in L. Ron Hubbard’s tax dodge … er … religion, we’re taking a deep dive into the exciting enclave of energy - how we generate it, how we expend it, how we best distribute it and how Reddy Kilowatt, the mascot designed in 1926 for Alabama Power, might be the most terrifying company mascot of all time (note: we will do three of those things in the podcast this week; one of them is food for thought we will explore further in the future unless that demon power bug murders us in our dreams Freddy Kreuger style). Aligning your energy with your core values, revitalizing your routine, finding ways to develop lucid dreaming to avoid ancient power company mascots trying to unalive you in your sleep … great advice for your everyday life that’s practical, applicable and necessary to avoid an untimely end for you and your business. Tune in and turn up this week’s Overlap Podcast … and remember, Shelly Miscavige is definitely still alive. Definitely. We would never say anything to the contrary. Ever. So leave us be, David.

Do you remember back in the late 20th century when people would go on vacations to exotic locales like Paris, London, Rome and Des Moines, Iowa, and would make sure to take hundreds or even thousands of photos of said vacations? Do you recall that they would take the plethora of photos and have them turned into slides that could be inserted into a projector and displayed on a large surface so that all of their family and friends that didn’t go on the exotic vacation to Des Moines could now see every moment and have it painstakingly narrated by those people who did go? Maybe your brain has blocked that painful, anxiety inducing experience from your memory, your subconscious protecting you from the trauma you experienced therein. But Writing Staff of the Overlap Podcast, you say, what does this have to do with this week’s episode of the Overlap Podcast? And we reply - oh, we mention that for no reason whatsoever, completely random and errant thought, sorry to bother … oh, and Keith just got back from a conference out in the Mountain West. So, yeah, no correlation at all… Yes, in this week’s episode, our boys Sid and Keith will be diving and delving into the topic of “Beginning With the End in Mind,” something that Keith gleaned from the aforementioned conference … or it could possibly be one of them found that guide to the afterlife book from the movie “Beetlejuice,” because that definitely sounds like the title of that tome… So, tune in this week to find out whether the Overlap Podcast is about something Keith learned at a conference or if it’s a spooky show about exploring beyond the veil of death. Either way, we’re certain you’ll enjoy the show.

For this week’s episode of the Overlap Podcast, we take part in a business practice used by some of the most successful television series of all time - Frasier, Friends, All in the Family, The Simpsons, Starsky and Hutch, The A-Team and, of course, Shining Time Station. Oh, yeah - you guessed it - it’s a clip show. Enjoy this week’s cornucopia of commentary on leadership in all its forms and facets as we bring you the best of our boys Sid and Keith. Tune in and turn it up, loyal listeners.

Throughout time immortal, mankind has asked itself a question that echoes through the millenia still today - what compels us to do, to be, to strive and to move forward? Is it evolutionary, baked into our very DNA over eon after eon of continued growth and development? Is it learned behavior, some sort of cosmic experiment conducted by the gods or the powers that be to propel our collective narratives forward? Are we overthinking this particular topic far more than we ought? Undoubtedly so, but we move forward boldly, motivated by the idea that we might actually be freed from the writer’s room if we please our overlords … err… hosts in so doing. In this week’s episode of the Overlap Podcast, our boys Sid and Keith will make moves to motivate us listeners on rethinking the very idea of motivation in the business world altogether, piercing the veil of the “Incentive Illusion.” Amusing anecdotes, appreciated advice and banal banter - all will be encountered herein, so tune in and turn up this week’s Overlap Podcast. Speaking of incentive - if we get the listener rate up, they might actually feed the writers for once, so, please, for the love of all that is holy, listen this week… Resources Mentioned: Harvard Business Review Alfie Kohn

Are you familiar with the Rube Goldberg Machine? Probably not, but run with us here … it’s an overly complicated machine that requires a sure-fire plethora of chain-reaction events in order to complete a usually simple or mundane task. Example: a self-operating napkin that works by lifting a spoon, which moves a handle that throws a cracker past a toucan. The toucan jumps for the cracker, tilting its perch which upsets seeds into a pail that, due to the weight of the seeds, pulls a cord that ignites a lighter next to the fuse of a skyrocket with a sickle attached to it. When the rocket takes off, the sickle cuts a string, freeing a clock pendulum with a napkin attached to wipe the user’s chin. What does any of this have to do with this week’s episode? Answer: yeah, we don’t know either but pretend we came up with some meaningful connection here … something that said something like “Like the spoon, when leadership lifts up employees, a good series of events happens” or some such nonsense. So, our boys Sid and Keith will be taking a look at the ripple effect that true leadership has within your life - be it business, home, faith, church softball league … whatever … leadership has a comprehensive impact on how and what you do throughout your life’s many compartments. Looking forward to amazing anecdotes, interesting insights and colorful commentary as our boys try to help lead you to a better tomorrow. Tune in and turn up this week’s Overlap Podcast.

Admit it - while this year’s new episodes have been amazing, informative and full of edu-tainment, there is something you’ve been yearning for, something that this podcast has time and again brought to you that you’ve just come to rely on it - it is your business Gibraltar monkey, that ever-constant thing that will always be there for you and make you feel safe, comfy and warm, a Linus blanket for your entrepreneurial inner child. So, it should be no great surprise this week that our topic is (drum roll … drum roll … drum roll … cymbal crash) EOS is back, back, back, back, back, back again baby. And this time, our boys Sid and Keith aren’t just bringing EOS with them; they are bringing a completely different business acronym that we’re sure you’re going to love just as much as you do EOS … or maybe not quite as much, but definitely like the tier below EOS because we know with y’all, your relationship with EOS is both real and deep. This new device that is vital for your everyday life - the VTO (Vision Traction Organizer). What does it do? Things! How does it work? Well! Did you listen to the episode at all before you wrote these notes? Nope! But, it doesn’t really matter because we know that you are already so hooked on what VTO will do for you that you stopped reading these notes a paragraph ago when you saw EOS was back, so we know we can write pretty much total nonsense here and still get paid for the week. So, if you’re still reading, go listen to this week’s episode so that we don’t lose our dental plan. It’s a solid dental plan and we’ve got some Brits on the writing staff…

What do Forrest Gump, Jeffrey “The Dude” Lebowski, Captain Marvel and Karl Childers of “Sling Blade” have in common? Answer: something that should best be avoided in life and in characteristics of movie protagonists - passivity. Passivity will always be remembered by those in the know as something to be avoided (And to further prove that passivity leads to problems, the reason that last sentence felt weird to read? Yep … written in the passive voice.) On this episode of the Overlap Podcast, our boys Sid and Keith probe into the price of passivity with the purview of the pecuniary pursuits in which they participate - presenting practical plans and policies to police and purge that passivity as perfectly as possible. Missed opportunities, financial losses and diminished reputation are only a few side effects of choosing to live the passive life, and our boys will have anecdotal evidence that being proactive is the preferred philosophy to produce positive effects for you and your business.= So, get out of the gutter of passivity and press onward and upward with this week’s episode of the Overlap Podcast.

In keeping with the theme of this week’s episode, the writing staff had a New Year’s Resolution they were going to be better about trying to finish these damn podcast notes well before they were due. And, yet, here we are barely into February writing these things on deadline in the wee hours of the morning because we’re horrible garbage people who will never change. But… you, dear listeners, heed our warning from the Village of the Damned so that you do not find yourself weeping and gnashing in this pitfall with us. Thankfully, you’ve got our boys Sid and Keith on this week’s episode of the Overlap Podcast to take a deep dive into the why, how and where do we go from here of our likely lapsing or lapsed New Year’s resolutions. Don’t have the discipline? We’ll talk about it. Won’t be able to find the will? We’ll work with you. Can’t be bothered to even tune in to learn? We … well, you really have to help yourself at some point - we aren’t your damn nanny or anything. Accountability, Goal Writing, SMART resolutions … yeah, we got ‘em all, so come get your head right and your 2024 season back on track early with this week’s episode of the Overlap Podcast.

In 1878, noted British comic opera legends W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan used their pens to create the timeless operetta “HMS Pinafore,” a work with numerous songs that have stood the test of time and are still beloved by … British people, Aaron Sorkin fans, Anglophiles and Victorian era time travelers stuck in our modern era. Sir Joseph’s song in Pinafore gives us a great jumping off point for our thesis this week, as he sings about his ascension from from “office boy at an attorney’s firm” to “Ruler of the Queen’s Navy,” an odd career arch given that he has never been to sea before nor ever been on a ship of any kind, though he finds himself cast upon the most difficult ship of them all to navigate - the LeaderShip. (Yeah, we know, roundabout way to get to the metaphor … the writing staff is going through it this week, so … show grace, people). This week, our boys Sid and Keith will touch on a seldom-approached topic of leadership - the costs therein. Examining intentions, working within opportunities given, understanding reality versus unreality … well, let us just say that with this week’s episode, you’ll certainly be in a better place to govern your Leadership than the aforementioned late 1800s era fictional First Lord of the Admiralty. So, tune in and turn up this week’s episode of The Overlap Podcast - you don’t want to miss this voyage.

On this week’s Overlap Podcast, you lucky listeners get to be on the cutting edge of the birth of a bouncing baby business adage, one that will grow over time to join the ranks of the top-tier GOAT adages that we have all come to know, expect and love like “Think outside the box,” “shift the paradigm,” “Teamwork makes the dream work,” and even “My door is always open” … you heard it here first folks, the next great business adage is going to be “Never ruin an opportunity to be helpful.” Our boys Sid and Keith will define, dissect and discuss the meaning, evolution and application of this new phrase amongst phrases and show you why this new adage is one that you do actually need to incorporate into your day-to-day business life. (And while we are here, stop saying “synergy” … and “guesstimate” … out here looking clown shoes with your nonsense babble words). See, we just found a way to not ruin an opportunity to be helpful to y’all - so return the favor by checking out this week’s episode.

Talent Maps. Impact Filters. Culture as a Guardrail. With phrases like these in store for this week’s episode, a set of scenarios could currently exist - renegade influencers have hijacked the podcast and turned it into a makeup tutorial, our boys have somehow managed to conjure up the ghost of Canadian philosopher and media theorist Marshall McLuhan for a rousing conversation, or we are getting a deep dive into the terrific tome “Who Not How” by Dan Sullivan and Benjamin Hardy. Which one is it? We’ll never tell… Except it’s obviously the third one, as fun as watching the ghost of Marshall McLuhan tell Keith that he “knows nothing of my work” would be … maybe next month. But this week, our boys Sid and Keith give you the tools of the trade that will allow you to do all of the -ations that you and your business truly need: motivation, visualization, innovation, emphasization, idealization and culturification… we think that last one is actually a word… But, Writing Staff, what about that bit about culture and guardrails you mentioned at the beginning? Well, dear, dear, listeners… you ought to know by now that the only way you’ll get that explained is to tune in and turn up this week’s Overlap Podcast.

If the writing staff is allowed to cite previous show notes as precedent and therefore indisputable, bedrock fact … and we believe we are … then we feel comfortable once again bringing you relevant words from the Guardian Angel of this podcast, the Patron Saint of Parrotheads and Knight of the Realm Sir James Buffett - “Changes in latitudes, changes in attitudes/nothing remains quite the same.” So wise, so succinct, so true … but Sir James doesn’t give us much guidance as to what sort of attitudinal change we might expect. Thank the gods our boys Sid and Keith are here with this week’s Overlap Podcast to help guide us along that sainted path, like two vaguely disheveled John the Baptists - it’s all about the Attitude of Gratitude. Our boys will give us anecdotal answers, radical reflections, factual feelings, perspicacious perspectives and life-changing lessons to start 2024 off in the best possible way. So, forget your troubles, c’mon, get happy and tune in to this week’s Overlap Podcast … and try not to realize that we went a hard Judy Garland turn there with that last reference. We know it doesn’t quite fit with the rest of the conceit here, but Sid and Keith keep us locked in this basement each week until we finish writing and we’ve been here without food and water for 2.5 days so delirium and dysentery have already hit us. Send help, for the love of all that is holy… wait, they’ll see this… it’s been nice knowing you, listeners… (Starts playing “Nearer My God to Thee” on the cello)

Dear listeners, as 2023 comes to a close, we here at the Overlap Podcast ask ourselves a very simple question that really brings everything into focus, a question so purely essential that we can’t believe it has taken us this long to get here to bring this vital information to your every day life, words that will change every facet of your life down to the molecular level - “Hmmm, what would Napoleon Bonaparte do if he was here?” (Sounds of thousands of minds being blown at the same time across the Overlap listening universe) If the man can inspire a ragtag group of Swedish singers to lay down some feel-good disco beats and truly iconic lyrics about an 1815 battle in Belgium that the man took part in and turn it into a defiant win in the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest and then conquer the world … just saying, there has to be wisdom there for us to use. And to help guide us through avoiding and escaping from the Elbas of the soul, who better to sit along our boys Sid and Keith than a true GOAT of history - yes, boys and girls, it’s the Esoteric Cleric, the Abbot of Antecedents, the History Teacher Preacher himself - Pastor Chris Bell of 3 Circle Church. And since he’s the current Heavyweight World Champion of History (he won the belt in a cage match fight with Jesse “The Mind” Ventura and the late William “The Biographer” Manchester back in ‘09 at Wrestlemania), his insights will be applicable and understandable - something that Keith’s words are seldom able to reach. So, why would you ever refuse? Much like Keith, that history book on the shelf is always repeating itself - so tune in and turn up this week’s episode of the Overlap Podcast because you couldn’t escape if you wanted to, so come on and finally face your Waterloo … woah woah woah woah. Napoleon: A Life by Andrew Roberts Follow Chris Bell on Instagram https://www.3circlechurch.com/

Admittedly, the writer’s room was initially paralyzed with fear when we saw the title and topic of this week’s episode, as any combination of numbers and the letter X immediately triggers algebraic and geometric PTSD from years of math classes we were present for but had difficulty fully understanding. But once CCR’s “Fortunate Son” stopped playing in our heads and the internal red strobe lights stopped flickering, we were able to understand that most people will find this week’s Overlap Podcast to be one that is enlightening and empowering. This week, our boys Sid and Keith take a deep dive into Dan Sullivan’s seminal text “10x is Easier than 2x,” which is sentiment true for everything except for the manufacturing of plus-size clothing and garments, as it is indeed more difficult to construct a 10-XL item than a 2-XL one. So, we’re sorry to the haberdashers listening this week - this may not be the best episode for you. For you non-clothiers still reading, what Sullivan is asking us to aim for is the audacious - to propose the idea that shooting for the stars with a 10X growth mindset is actually easier and often more attainable than simply shooting for 2x growth. Our boys will give you personal anecdotes and examples for how the 10x mindset has been a godsend to their business lives so dare to dream and make a moonshot plan for you and your business as we head into this new year filled with endless possibilities. So, get ready to intensify your intentions with greater integers by tuning in to this week’s Overlap Podcast … and to our garment industry listeners … keep calm and carry on … cutting? We got nothing. Buy 10x is Easier than 2x

The writing staff here at the Overlap Podcast got excited this week when saw the words “Mastering the Art Of” in the show summary because we assumed it was some sort of bizarro tribute to the late, great Julia Child and we had visions of Keith comically slicing off a few fingers while trying to demonstrate how to properly gratinee an onion. And while the writer’s room is sad that isn’t the case (though, logically, we should have known that a business podcast probably wouldn’t pivot to provincial French cooking … especially for a largely audio podcast), you dear listeners will be treated to a much more relevant and necessary Art to Master - Planning - using the terrific teachings of Keith Cunningham’s “Plan or Get Slaughtered” method (and don’t judge him because he shares a name with our Keith … he’s the good, smart Keith). Risk assessment. Meticulous planning. Adaptive Strategies. EOS. (We assume that last one since they always somehow shoehorn it into every episode). All will be discussed, dissected and disseminated by our boys Sid and Keith as they take their talk from the rhetorical to the actual. And an added bonus for this week … well, possibly a minus … you be the judge … you’ll be able to see our boys do this week’s episode via video recording (on YouTube only), broadcast in glorious Technicolor and Stereophonic sound. So, if you want to know what Keith and Sid actually look like (answer: Dollar Tree brand Kris Kristofferson and a thinner, balder Luciano Pavarotti), here’s your chance. So, bon appetit for this week’s Overlap Podcast … and we warned you about the video, so we aren’t liable for that now… New Video version of our podcast on Youtube! Go subscribe and share, or if you think we have faces for radio just stay right here. https://youtu.be/rYy4STjwxx4?si=2zAtAXQfL-DNxwnP https://www.linkedin.com/in/keithjcunningham/ https://keystothevault.com/plan-or-get-slaughtered/

We begin this week with no funny fanfare or comedic cuteness because this week’s special guest deserves nothing but our utmost respect and your undivided attention, as the Best Friend of the Pod and OG Sponsor Rick Miller returns once again to share his wisdom and knowledge with our boys Sid and Keith and with all you lucky listeners. Rick is bringing the fire this week, as he discusses with our boys how to be able to cultivate a culture that both allows for profits to propagate while still enabling an enduring environment for ethics to excel. And when push comes to shove and you have to choose between the moral good and the monetary good, Rick will help us stay on the sunny side of the moral good, because what does it profit a man if he gains the world but loses his soul and his morals? Yes, this week’s Overlap Podcast is going to be one you won’t want to miss, so come on and hear Mr. Miller’s magnificent message - brought to you by … well, him. And, Rick, thank you from the bottom of our hearts for your early and constant support. The writing staff here at Overlap salutes you, sir.

Stop us if you’ve heard this one - A life insurance agent was meeting with his client about the policy coverage for her husband. The agent asks if she knew the present value of her husband’s policy and she didn’t understand what he meant. To explain, the agent says “What would you get if your husband dies?” The wife thinks for a moment and then replies, “Probably a poodle, I guess.” (Bah dum tiss) Why are we starting with a hokey opening joke about insurance straight out of the Shecky Green era Borscht Belt school of comedy? Because the writing staff here doesn’t know bupkis about how to combine football and insurance into a working simile or metaphor to honor this week’s special guest star Chris May, the former USA football great and current Insurance Aficionado. In this week’s episode of The Overlap Podcast, our boys Sid and Keith sit down and do a deep dive into the Art of Setting Expectations (something our boys clearly didn’t do with the writing staff if they thought we knew anything about football … other than Dick Butkus. And we really only know that because it’s hilarious.) Chris will take our boys through an ideal world with clearly set expectations that have basis in real-world on-the-ground data and facts and help them strategize ways to take those expectations from concept to concrete reality. So, huddle up and hear the plays being called during this week’s Overlap Podcast - we can assure you that it’ll be a definite slam dunk … er, wrong sports ball … hole in … nope, not that one either … grand slam … nope, that’s Denny’s … … … … … insert sports ball reference of choice. (Yeah, that works, right? We’re going with that.) For more visit https://overlaplife.com/

What do you know about the state of Delaware? That it was the first state to ratify the U.S. Constitution and join the United States? That it only has three counties? That the state has more corporate entities than it does people? Why are we obsessing on Delaware? Easy answer - because this week’s guest on the Overlap Podcast is the best export from that state since DuPont Chemical, Judge Reinhold, Valerie Bertinelli and President Joe Biden - it’s the man, the myth, the legend, the Ingenious Integrator behind the operations of Sexton Lawn and Landscape - Forrest Derr. Yes, join our boys Sid and Keith as they have an in-depth and entertaining conversation with the Emirate of EOS Integration, as they start with his humble beginnings as a shelf stocker at a grocery store in the Blue Hen State to his incredible EOS mastery now. (We stan EOS in this house and if you don’t, well … you probably need to find another podcast to listen to stat because it comes up a lot here … like way more than you would think it would given normal parameters). So, buckle down and bring on this week’s episode of the Overlap Podcast, for more EOS integration, determination and … other -ation word to complete the Rule of Three … because we can’t get enough of that wonderful stuff. For more visit https://overlaplife.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/forrestkderr/