Decidedly I Decision Tips for Business Owners Sanger Smith and Shawn Smith

Anxiety in leadership isn’t always biting your nails and fretting; it can be as simple as always needing the last word, asking too many questions, shifting the tone of a room, and passing blame. Steve Cuss shares how to break these cultural patterns within your business by tackling the roots of your spiritual wellness.

 

KEY TOPICS

Recognizing the impact your presence has when you walk into a room.

Asking your employees “What’s it like to experience me at my worst?”

Releasing your burdens to God, so others don’t have to carry them for you.

How it’s cheaper for your company for you to be well than
for you to be anxious.

 

CHAPTERS

00:00 Introduction and Mission of Decidedly

06:00 Life as a Hospital Chaplain

08:42 Being Connected to Yourself

12:00 Anxious Leaders

15:13 Anxious Employees

24:24 Making Gentle Corrections

29:37 Harmfully Permissive Leadership

33:01 Taking Personal Responsibility

38:04 Staff Turnover is Expensive

41:45 Productive Prayer in Anxiety

48:38 “Am I Well?”

 

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Thank you to Shelby Peterson of Transcend Media for editing and post-production of the Decidedly podcast.

 

SANGER’S BOOK: A Life Rich with Significance:
Transforming Your Wealth to Meaningful Impact

 

SHAWN’S BOOK: Plateau Jumping: What to Change
When Change Is What You Want

 

MAKING A FINANCIAL DECISION?

At Decidedly Wealth Management, we focus on decision-making as the foundational element of success, in our effort to empower families to purposefully apply their wealth to fulfill their values and build a thriving legacy. 

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CONNECT WITH STEVE CUSS

Website: www.capablelife.com

Instagram: @stevecusswords 

The Expectation Gap: The Tiny, Vast Space
between Our Beliefs and Experience of God: https://www.amazon.com/Expectation-Gap-between-Beliefs-Experience/dp/0310156378/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&dib_tag=se&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.L20NKVs1o9SbeZzwEKUThRtQ5VDG5UuLSZkN66B69TaHdGJ3zgfqD6T_yEkMUAJD9QV1Ht_GIm2cK_F45nhtMelMApnUIU-rNSnwzBqwafDy1Z_0JVvgqxO_lnfIL13R-Dw-oBpb1BB0AakecIjtHjXXq9xoxM1YpkVO0A4DU4wnOADQi288pEyc9IM2K4kolE23x7mnDDYz4vvjM7Z-xVhZRkn1f2_rB5RUKFjvJmY.T-OyE-rnwq_anWe-WaIbgG5uO4raGJTflI-eeSO9Djc&qid=1713358875&sr=8-2 

Managing Leadership Anxiety: Yours and Theirs: https://www.amazon.com/Managing-Leadership-Anxiety-Yours-Theirs-ebook/dp/B07DT87D56/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3VV93R4M3JL6M&keywords=managing%20leadership%20anxiety%20steve%20cuss&qid=1647219164&sprefix=managing%20le%2Caps%2C108&sr=8-1 

Managing Leadership Anxiety Podcast: https://www.missioalliance.org/series/managing-leadership-anxiety/ 

 

Steve is a pastor helping you improve your most precious
relationships: with yourself, your people, and with God. He has tangible tools for engaging with God in a deeper, more
soul-satisfying way. His goal is to unveil harmful expectations and patterns that keep you spiritually stuck so that you can replace them with practices that offer you a vibrant faith life.

DEI training has shifted from promoting equity to being weakly replaced with critical social justice, which today’s guest claims is inherently racist. Dr. Erec Smith, an anti-racist activist, shares how business owners can foster a diverse company culture – without the guise of generic performative activism.



KEY TOPICS

The ways that contemporary DEI trainings are “inherently racist.”

How to “climate check” your company.

Ways to organically foster diversity in your company – WITHOUT QUOTAS.

 

CHAPTERS

00:00 Introduction and Mission of Decidedly

00:52 Boring Required Trainings

04:13 Dr. Eric Smith's Experience with DEI Training

06:11 Prescriptive Racism

09:09 Limitations of Modern DEI Initiatives

12:29 Shortcomings of Critical Social Justice

19:00 Changing Definitions of Words

27:54 White People’s Involvement in DEI

29:20 The Pressure to Conform

32:42 Root Motivations of DEI

35:07 Fostering a Diverse Business

37:58 The Culture of Your Company

41:25 Getting 1:1 with Your Team

44:00 Social Groups

48:00 Getting Out of Your Comfort Zone

51:02 Bridging Relationships

52:58 Empowerment Theory

 

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Thank you to Shelby Peterson of Transcend Media for editing and post-production of the Decidedly podcast.

 

SANGER’S BOOK: A Life Rich with Significance:
Transforming Your Wealth to Meaningful Impact

 

SHAWN’S BOOK: Plateau Jumping: What to Change
When Change Is What You Want

 

MAKING A FINANCIAL DECISION?

At Decidedly Wealth Management, we focus on decision-making as the foundational element of success, in our effort to empower families to purposefully apply their wealth to fulfill their values and build a thriving legacy. 

LEARN MORE: www.decidedlywealth.com

 

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CONNECT WITH EREC SMITH, PH.D.

Website: www.freeblackthought.com



Erec Smith is a research fellow at the Cato Institute and
an Associate Professor of Rhetoric at York College of Pennsylvania. Although he has eclectic scholarly interests, his primary work focuses on the rhetoric of anti-racist activism, theory, and pedagogy, as well as the role of rhetoric in a free, pluralistic, and civil society. 

He co-founded Free Black Thought, a nonprofit highlighting viewpoint diversity within black communities. Free Black Thought includes a compendium of black artists, writers, academics, and public intellectuals not discussed in mainstream media. The organization also has a Journal of Free Black Thought, which publishes anything–from poetry to scholarly work—that discusses or displays a variety of viewpoints within the black diaspora. 

Smith is the author of A Critique of Anti-Racism in Rhetoric and Composition: The Semblance of Empowerment (2020), a book in which he scrutinizes contemporary modes of anti-racism in his field. The book was conceived after Smith's observations of his field led him to conclude that anti‐​racist initiatives did more to disempower students and faculty than empower
them. 

Smith is an advisor for both the Foundation Against Intolerance and Racism and Counterweight, an organization that advocates for classical liberal concepts of social justice.

You designed your business to create an impact, not just paychecks. But what does that look like in the day-to-day? Ken Coleman, host of The Ken Coleman Show and bestselling author of  From Paycheck to Purpose  shares what it takes for you, your family, and your team to find real fulfillment through your business.

 

KEY TOPICS

Communicating your business dreams to your spouse (and getting them on board).

How to create an engaging work environment that meets your employees’ needs.

Root causes of silent quitting, burnout, and job hopping.

How the American school system has failed today’s workforce.

  

CHAPTERS

00:00 Introduction and Mission of Decidedly

00:52 A Fly Fishing Fail

07:02 Ken Coleman's Journey to Finding Fulfillment

10:10 What’s most important?

13:55 Clarity, Confidence, and Courage

19:32 When is “the grind” worthwhile?

21:55 Pursuing Individual Passions in Your Marriage

23:23 Business Planning with Your Spouse

26:48 Qualities of a Supportive Partner

29:36 Clarity Breeds Confidence

31:00 Honoring the Way You’re Wired

36:22 Finding Meaning in Your Work

38:46 Why is everyone job hopping?

55:20 Creating an Engaging Work Environment

58:46 The Values Filter for Decisions

 

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Thank you to Shelby Peterson of Transcend Media for editing and post-production of the Decidedly podcast.

 

SANGER’S BOOK: A Life Rich with Significance:
Transforming Your Wealth to Meaningful Impact

 

SHAWN’S BOOK: Plateau Jumping: What to Change
When Change Is What You Want

 

MAKING A FINANCIAL DECISION?

At Decidedly Wealth Management, we focus on decision-making as the foundational element of success, in our effort to empower families to purposefully apply their wealth to fulfill their values and build a thriving
legacy. 

LEARN MORE: www.decidedlywealth.com

 

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CONNECT WITH KEN COLEMAN

Website:www.kencoleman.com

The Ken Coleman Show: https://www.youtube.com/@TheKenColemanShowFullEpisodes/videos

The Proximity Principle:https://store.ramseysolutions.com/business-and-career/books/the-proximity-principle?_gl=1*a5721p*_ga*NDE3ODg1NDkwLjE3MTQ2MDQ0MzQ.*_ga_02SXDH1H96*MTcxNDYwNDQzNC4xLjEuMTcxNDYwNDc4Ny4wLjAuODczMzAwMjk5&_ga=2.204189008.1581484721.1714604435-417885490.1714604434

From Paycheck to Purpose:https://store.ramseysolutions.com/business-and-career/books/from-paycheck-to-purpose-by-ken-coleman/?_gl=1*1diqstt*_ga*NDE3ODg1NDkwLjE3MTQ2MDQ0MzQ.*_ga_02SXDH1H96*MTcxNDYwNDQzNC4xLjEuMTcxNDYwNDgzNS4wLjAuODczMzAwMjk5&_ga=2.158975738.1581484721.1714604435-417885490.1714604434

Instagram: @kencoleman

Ken Coleman hosts The Ken Coleman Show and is the two-time bestselling author of  From Paycheck to Purpose and The Proximity Principle. He’s the expert in what it takes for you and your team to find fulfillment
in life and business.  

Fraud is everywhere. Fraud is costly. Fraud isn’t sequestered in dark basements in the middle of the night; it could happen in the front office of your business. But how can you prevent fraud, catch red flags quickly, and empower your team to blow the whistle if they witness it within the walls of your business? Dr. Kelly Richmond Pope, a leading forensic accounting expert, shares her expert approach.

 

KEY TOPICS

Catching red flags for fraud in your business.

Debunking the profile of a “white-collar felon.”

The internal controls that protect businesses from scams.

Situations that prevent employees from blowing the whistle on internal fraud.



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Thank you to Shelby Peterson of Transcend Media for editing and post-production of the Decidedly podcast.

 

SANGER’S BOOK: A Life Rich with Significance:
Transforming Your Wealth to Meaningful Impact



SHAWN’S BOOK: Plateau Jumping: What to Change
When Change Is What You Want

 

MAKING A FINANCIAL DECISION?

At Decidedly Wealth Management, we focus on decision-making as he foundational element of success, in our effort to empower families to purposefully apply their wealth to fulfill their values and build a thriving legacy. 

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CONNECT WITH DR. KELLY RICHMOND POPE

Website:
https://www.kellyrichmondpope.com/ 

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kelly-richmond-pope-cpa-83689a5/

Instagram: @kellyrpope 

Fool Me Once: Scams, Stories, and Secrets from the Trillion-Dollar Fraud Industry 

Documentary Directed by Dr. Kelly Richmond
Pope: All the Queen’s Horses: How Could One Woman Steal $3 Million Without Anyone Noticing?: Kelly Richmond Pope, Director of All the Queen's Horses Documentary 


Dr. Kelly Richmond Pope is the Dr. Barry Jay Epstein Endowed Professor of Forensic Accounting at DePaul University in Chicago, IL. Pope is a nationally recognized expert in risk, forensic accounting, and white-collar crime research, and an award-winning educator, researcher, author, and award-winning documentary filmmaker. Pope teaches managerial and forensic accounting both at the undergraduate and graduate level. 
In 2020, the AICPA and the CPA Practice Advisor named Dr. Pope among the top 25 most powerful women in accounting. Her area of expertise lies in understanding and identifying financial fraud risk within financial statements, assessing corporate culture and compliance systems designed to confront internal control challenges. Pope's research on executive misconduct culminated in directing and producing the award-winning documentary  All the Queen's Horses , which explores the largest municipal fraud in US history.

Do your employees need to run every decision by you? Is it possible to work too much? Are your company’s values clear enough? Should your employees be as dedicated to your business as you are? Sanger answers each of these questions and unveils how simple mindset shifts can significantly impact your business's trajectory.

 

KEY TOPICS

- Empowering your team to make decisions without your constant input.

- Reasons not to carry a key to your business.

- Simplifying decision-making in your business by getting overwhelmingly clear with your vision and values.

- Why we should stop glorifying 80-hour work weeks.

 

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https://youtu.be/Msho-0OatJY



CONNECT WITH US

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Thank you to Shelby Peterson of Transcend Media for editing and post-production of the Decidedly podcast.

 

SANGER’S BOOK: A Life Rich with Significance:
Transforming Your Wealth to Meaningful Impact

 

SHAWN’S BOOK: Plateau Jumping: What to Change
When Change Is What You Want

 

MAKING A FINANCIAL DECISION?

At Decidedly Wealth Management, we focus on decision-making as the foundational element of success, in our effort to empower families to purposefully apply their wealth to fulfill their values and build a thriving legacy. 

LEARN MORE: www.decidedlywealth.com

 

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John R. Miles and Sanger discuss doing less of what you don’t care about and more of what you love.

 

KEY TOPICS

Remembering to do what you want (not what you ‘should’ do) while maintaining a productive business.

Building trust and strong relationships with team members.

Simplifying your life so you have time and energy for what
you care about.

Identifying the gap between your actual self and your ideal
self, and bridging that gap.

 

CONNECT WITH US

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Thank you to Shelby Peterson of Transcend Media for editing and post-production of the Decidedly podcast.

 

SANGER’S BOOK: A Life Rich with Significance:
Transforming Your Wealth to Meaningful Impact

 

SHAWN’S BOOK: Plateau Jumping: What to Change When Change Is What You Want



MAKING A FINANCIAL DECISION?

At Decidedly Wealth Management, we focus on decision-making as the foundational element of success, in our effort to empower families to purposefully apply their wealth to fulfill their values and build a thriving legacy. 

LEARN MORE: www.decidedlywealth.com

 

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CONNECT WITH JOHN R. MILES

Website: https://passionstruck.com/

Book: https://passionstruck.com/passion-struck-book/

Podcast: https://passionstruck.com/passion-struck-podcast/

Instagram: @john_r_miles & @passion_struck_podcast 

Twitter: @john_rmiles 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/johnrmiles.c0m 

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/milesjohn/ 

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTLdXATpxf8LP3riC0_mkKw 



John R. Miles has a distinguished 30-year career that spans military leadership, entrepreneurship, global business, and strategic innovation. His leadership foundation was laid at the United States Naval Academy, marked by distinction as a Division 1 athlete, class secretary, and brigade honor staff member during a significant chapter of the academy’s history.  

His approach to leadership embodies the rigor of his naval training, enriched with a deep understanding of business dynamics, which he now reflects on as the visionary CEO of Passion Struck® and host of the #1 Alternative Health Podcast, the Passion Struck podcast.