The Overlap Podcast Sid Sexton & Keith Glines

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…