LifeBlood

LifeBlood
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A Human Wellbeing and Flourishing podcast, featuring professionals and subject matter experts, released daily. Get Better, Live How You Want.

  1. 4h ago

    The Right Person to Lead: How to Stop Electing Morons

    LifeBlood: Who is actually the right person to lead? The smartest person? The strongest? The most empathetic? The toughest? The most experienced? Maybe we're asking the wrong questions. Modern politics seems increasingly designed to select for fundraising, charisma, tribal loyalty, outrage, attention, and the ability to win elections. But none of those things necessarily correlate with wisdom, judgment, courage, economic literacy, or the ability to govern. And with enormous fiscal challenges facing the United States, vibes aren't getting us out of this one. This episode explores what we should actually select for in our leaders: character, intellect, wisdom, practical experience, courage, humility, communication ability, and demonstrated competence. Maybe the first thing we need to do is take off our political jerseys and stop treating elections like sporting events. Want to say “Thanks!” You can buy us a cup of coffee.https://www.buymeacoffee.com/lifeblood George’s newest book is available! Get your copy of You’re Money Isn’t the Problem- You Are here: https://amzn.to/4uDYFRz  Feeling busy but unfulfilled? The Meaningful Few helps you identify what truly matters, eliminate distractions, and live with intention and clarity. Learn more here: https://www.mymeaningfulfew.com/  Thanks, as always for listening! If you got some value and enjoyed the show, please leave us a review here:​​https://ratethispodcast.com/lifebloodpodcastYou can learn more about us at LifeBlood.Live, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, YouTube and Facebook or you’d like to be a guest on the show, contact us at contact@LifeBlood.Live. Stay up to date by getting our monthly updates. Copyright LifeBlood 2026.

  2. 2d ago

    What's the Way Forward? How to Take Action in Uncertain Times

    LifeBlood: What’s the way forward? For starters…it’s forward.You cannot change the past, reclaim lost years, or undo what happened to you. You can forgive, learn, accept reality, determine your next best move, and start moving. This episode explores why victimhood is a losing strategy, why maintaining the status quo isn’t enough, the importance of gateway actions when you feel lost, and our responsibility to steward and strengthen the things that matter. Good things require good people to continually invest in them. The future is being built whether you participate or not. Want to say “Thanks!” You can buy us a cup of coffee.https://www.buymeacoffee.com/lifeblood George’s newest book is available! Get your copy of You’re Money Isn’t the Problem- You Are here: https://amzn.to/4uDYFRz  Feeling busy but unfulfilled? The Meaningful Few helps you identify what truly matters, eliminate distractions, and live with intention and clarity. Learn more here: https://www.mymeaningfulfew.com/  Thanks, as always for listening! If you got some value and enjoyed the show, please leave us a review here:​​https://ratethispodcast.com/lifebloodpodcastYou can learn more about us at LifeBlood.Live, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, YouTube and Facebook or you’d like to be a guest on the show, contact us at contact@LifeBlood.Live. Stay up to date by getting our monthly updates. Copyright LifeBlood 2026.

  3. 4d ago

    The Town that Ate its Seed Corn: EVERYTHING Compounds

    LifeBlood: There was once a prosperous farming town with a peculiar tradition: every harvest, they took some of their very best corn and locked it away. They called it seed corn. Then someone asked a perfectly reasonable question: Why are we keeping perfectly good food in a barn when people could eat it today? So they ate some. Nothing bad happened. In fact, things got better. Until decades later, when the town found itself facing a mysterious shortage no expert could quite explain. This episode explores compounding, second and third-order consequences, our preference for the present, and one of the most difficult questions any civilization must answer: What do we owe the future? Want to say “Thanks!” You can buy us a cup of coffee.https://www.buymeacoffee.com/lifeblood George’s newest book is available! Get your copy of You’re Money Isn’t the Problem- You Are here: https://amzn.to/4uDYFRz  Feeling busy but unfulfilled? The Meaningful Few helps you identify what truly matters, eliminate distractions, and live with intention and clarity. Learn more here: https://www.mymeaningfulfew.com/  Thanks, as always for listening! If you got some value and enjoyed the show, please leave us a review here:​​https://ratethispodcast.com/lifebloodpodcastYou can learn more about us at LifeBlood.Live, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, YouTube and Facebook or you’d like to be a guest on the show, contact us at contact@LifeBlood.Live. Stay up to date by getting our monthly updates. Copyright LifeBlood 2026.

  4. Sep 4

    This Ends Here: When to Draw a Line in the Sand

    LifeBlood: There comes a point when keeping your mouth shut stops being prudence and starts becoming self-betrayal. We live in an age of tribalism, outrage, intimidation, and ideological zealotry. Too often, reasonable people respond by holding their tongues, nodding along, and avoiding uncomfortable conversations. But silence has a cost. This episode explores courage, conviction, individual rights, personal responsibility, and what it means to stand for principles without becoming another zealot. Bad ideas are bad ideas regardless of who has them. Principles that only apply to your enemies aren't principles. The challenge is to decide what you actually believe, determine what you're unwilling to surrender, and find the courage to calmly say: No. Not anymore. This ends here. Want to say “Thanks!” You can buy us a cup of coffee.https://www.buymeacoffee.com/lifeblood George’s newest book is available! Get your copy of You’re Money Isn’t the Problem- You Are here: https://amzn.to/4uDYFRz  Feeling busy but unfulfilled? The Meaningful Few helps you identify what truly matters, eliminate distractions, and live with intention and clarity. Learn more here: https://www.mymeaningfulfew.com/  Thanks, as always for listening! If you got some value and enjoyed the show, please leave us a review here:​​https://ratethispodcast.com/lifebloodpodcastYou can learn more about us at LifeBlood.Live, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, YouTube and Facebook or you’d like to be a guest on the show, contact us at contact@LifeBlood.Live. Stay up to date by getting our monthly updates. Copyright LifeBlood 2026.

  5. Sep 2

    Deadly Serious: Are You Protecting What Matters Most?

    LifeBlood: Not everything deserves to be taken deadly serious.But some things do.Your family. Your health. Your work. The people who trust you. The responsibilities you've willingly accepted. The things you've decided matter most.The challenge is figuring out what those things are—and then acting accordingly.This explores what it means to become deadly serious about your Meaningful Few: the handful of things that matter most across the six key areas of your life.You'll learn why seriousness doesn't mean being intense all the time, how greater empathy and undivided attention can demonstrate seriousness, why your calendar and actions reveal your true priorities, and how to identify the areas of your life that deserve more from you.If you say something matters, act like it.Take it like you mean it.Become deadly serious about the most important things in your life. Want to say “Thanks!” You can buy us a cup of coffee.https://www.buymeacoffee.com/lifeblood George’s newest book is available! Get your copy of You’re Money Isn’t the Problem- You Are here: https://amzn.to/4uDYFRz  Feeling busy but unfulfilled? The Meaningful Few helps you identify what truly matters, eliminate distractions, and live with intention and clarity. Learn more here: https://www.mymeaningfulfew.com/  Thanks, as always for listening! If you got some value and enjoyed the show, please leave us a review here:​​https://ratethispodcast.com/lifebloodpodcastYou can learn more about us at LifeBlood.Live, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, YouTube and Facebook or you’d like to be a guest on the show, contact us at contact@LifeBlood.Live. Stay up to date by getting our monthly updates. Copyright LifeBlood 2026.

  6. Aug 31

    Undeniable Ambition

    LifeBlood: Every civilization must answer one timeless question: What should we do with human ambition? James Madison believed ambition should check ambition. Ayn Rand believed it should be unleashed. Karl Marx believed it was created by capitalism. B.F. Skinner believed it could be engineered away. Adam Smith believed ambition required virtue. Elinor Ostrom showed how ordinary people build extraordinary institutions. This episode explores what these thinkers got right, what they got wrong, and why the systems we build matter more than the intentions we have.Your future isn't determined by your intentions. It's determined by the systems surrounding your ambitions. Want to say “Thanks!” You can buy us a cup of coffee.https://www.buymeacoffee.com/lifeblood George’s newest book is available! Get your copy of You’re Money Isn’t the Problem- You Are here: https://amzn.to/4uDYFRz  Feeling busy but unfulfilled? The Meaningful Few helps you identify what truly matters, eliminate distractions, and live with intention and clarity. Learn more here: https://www.mymeaningfulfew.com/  Thanks, as always for listening! If you got some value and enjoyed the show, please leave us a review here:​​https://ratethispodcast.com/lifebloodpodcastYou can learn more about us at LifeBlood.Live, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, YouTube and Facebook or you’d like to be a guest on the show, contact us at contact@LifeBlood.Live. Stay up to date by getting our monthly updates. Copyright LifeBlood 2026.

  7. Aug 28

    Bridges, Seeds, or Garbage

    LifeBlood: Not every contribution has to change the world. Some people build bridges that future generations will cross. Others plant seeds they'll never see grow. And sometimes the greatest act of responsibility is simply picking up the garbage everyone else walks past. This episode explores stewardship, legacy, personal responsibility, and the simple question that can transform how you engage with your community: Does this situation require a bridge, a seed, or just someone willing to pick up the garbage? If we each took ownership of the small corner of the world in front of us, we'd all benefit from the compounded effects of millions of ordinary acts of responsibility. Want to say “Thanks!” You can buy us a cup of coffee.https://www.buymeacoffee.com/lifeblood George’s newest book is available! Get your copy of You’re Money Isn’t the Problem- You Are here: https://amzn.to/4uDYFRz  Feeling busy but unfulfilled? The Meaningful Few helps you identify what truly matters, eliminate distractions, and live with intention and clarity. Learn more here: https://www.mymeaningfulfew.com/  Thanks, as always for listening! If you got some value and enjoyed the show, please leave us a review here:​​https://ratethispodcast.com/lifebloodpodcastYou can learn more about us at LifeBlood.Live, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, YouTube and Facebook or you’d like to be a guest on the show, contact us at contact@LifeBlood.Live. Stay up to date by getting our monthly updates. Copyright LifeBlood 2026.

  8. Aug 26

    Overcoming Shame with Dr. Frank Spinelli

    LifeBlood: We talked about overcoming shame, the distinction between guilt and shame, common sources of shame across demographics,the shame spiral and its link to addiction, the Four P's framework (Pause, Present, Ponder, Possibilities), the neuroscience of self-compassion, and the importance of community in overcoming shame, with Dr. Frank Spinelli, physician, health coach, and author. You can learn more about Frank at FrankSpinelli.com, Instagram, Facebook, X, and LinkedIn. Get your copy of The Shame Compass here:https://amzn.to/3RNfAmK  Want to say “Thanks!” You can buy us a cup of coffee.https://www.buymeacoffee.com/lifeblood George’s newest book is available! Get your copy of The Meaningful Few here: https://amzn.to/4qA26X9  Feeling busy but unfulfilled? The Meaningful Few helps you identify what truly matters, eliminate distractions, and live with intention and clarity. Learn more here: https://www.mymeaningfulfew.com/  Thanks, as always for listening! If you got some value and enjoyed the show, please leave us a review here:​​https://ratethispodcast.com/lifebloodpodcastYou can learn more about us at LifeBlood.Live, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, YouTube and Facebook or you’d like to be a guest on the show, contact us at contact@LifeBlood.Live. Stay up to date by getting our monthly updates. Copyright LifeBlood 2026.

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A Human Wellbeing and Flourishing podcast, featuring professionals and subject matter experts, released daily. Get Better, Live How You Want.

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    LifeBlood
  • Years Active
    2017 - 2026
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