It's Never Just A Game

NJ and Greg wish you a Happy New Year!  They welcome in 2024 with a conversation about age and how old is too old?  From actors to authors, surgeons to NFL quarterbacks, you would be surprised at how many people are still doing what they love well into their later years.

Greg and NJ take time with Mike in Middle America to talk comedy and Sports.  How comedians today can beat cancel culture if they own their own material and distribution.  Shane Gillis is the perfect example of this.  And then the conversation turns to the college play-offs, Zach and Brock and everything in between.

NJ and Greg have an old friend on the show, Dr. Tim Williams!  Tim is a friend and colleague from way back in the P&G Ivorydale Plant days.  Tim shares his career journey; the lessons he learned along the way and the best advice he can give leaders if they want to be successful leading their organizations.  And there is sports to talk about too!

Greg and NJ cover the latest in sports including the J-E-T-S, J-E-T-S, J-E-T-S imploding again and BYU Women’s soccer team pulling off the most unlikely comeback to make it to the final 4!  And then the conversation turns to the gnome and some of the amazing possibilities with gene editing for disease prevention and cure.  

The brothers are all in this week as they cover the sports world with some honest unfiltered assessments.  And then, things turn to politics and perspective.  It was a no-holds-barred conversation, and it still wasn’t like the “lost” tapes!

Greg and NJ discuss what happens when you lose $46.5 billion in value like they have at WeWork, and who loses that money.  Employees are filing lawsuits over being asked to come back to work and companies are coming up with creative ways to get people to want to come back to the office.  And of course, updates and opinions on the world of sports.

The brothers had a wonderful guest in the studio with them this week.  Budge Wallis, former publishing executive and long-time fan of the show.  Budge shares his career journey from working at a local newspaper to P&G to the highest ranks in the publishing industry.  Along the way he shares his insights and learning from a long and successful career.  Plus, Budge is the push-up King we have be...

The brothers explore the new methods scammers are using to trick unsuspecting victims and how these scammers use AI to make everything seem even more real.  Scammers are using your pictures on social media, your voice from videos you post and even your walk to impersonate you. Have a listen to the show so you are ready when they call, text, or email you with their latest scams!

Greg and NJ discuss some of the consequences that can follow fear and greed.  Often, we are afraid to make a change and we are stuck with a less-than perfect situation.  And there are moments when greed motivates people to the point where they lose what they have in the pursuit of more than they should take.  And the brothers cover the Yankees, BYU, Puka Nacua and driving away with the gas line st...

The brothers cover a number of things from the Jets being snake bit to the Yankees not making it to the playoffs for the first time since 2016. But the main topic for today’s podcast is the concept of Stewardship and serving other’s interests at work versus serving your own.  Peter Block’s book, Stewardship is the launching pad for the discussion.  Block’s depiction of Stewardship is provocative a...

The brothers take a moment to celebrate the return of College Football and the sudden resurgence of the New York Yankees!  College football starts with some fantastic stories like Colorado upsetting TCU and Neon Deon keeping receipts.  The Yankees start a youth movement and sweep the Astros and they finish with a fan inspired special Music Time!

NJ and Greg had a wonderful guest on the program, Casey Cavell.  An entrepreneur, an executive business advisor and the host of his own Podcast, The Dugout CEO! Casey helps business leaders and owners focus on what is most important.  He was successful in building a number of businesses and now shares how you can get out of the daily grind of your business and focus on what moves the needle for yo...

The brothers share some of the tips they found for how to out of debt and then they cover a number of topics from the silliness of the new Snow-White movie to the parallels between Stalin’s inner circle and climbing the corporate ladder.  The Yankees are done, Aaron Rodgers is coming off well in Hard Knocks and Neymar will be raking it in playing in Saudi Arabia!

The brothers are getting it all off their chests this week!  First, KLM laying a customer service egg on a trip to Scotland and tips on how to pack for international travel.  Then it is on to the mighty Pac 12, the conference of champions, and how that all imploded and is all but gone now.  And finally, the USWNT loses in the world cup, and how they are discussing boycotting playing matches in US...

Greg and NJ take time to discuss the characteristics of a positive mental attitude (PMA),  what are some of things you need to do and focus on to maintain that positive approach.  What are some of the things that try to take the positivity from you during your lifetime. Brian Harman won the British Open golf tournament, and PMA was one of the things that helped him win his first major and first to...

NJ and Greg discuss Orwell’s 1984 and some of the parallels to today’s world. And the book, The Origins of Totalitarianism and how some things never seem to change.

Greg and NJ take some time to catch up with one of their most frequent guests, Greg Wrubell, voice of the BYU Cougars.  Greg shares his realistic thoughts on how the Cougars will do in both football and basketball as well as in all other sports when BYU enters the Big 12 next week.  Shout-out to Mike in Middle America as his Iowa State Cyclones are 4-0 all time against the Cougars in football. 

The brothers recap the USMNT crushing of Mexico 3-0 and the red cards that followed that match.  ON shoes is discussed and how they built their business, including having Roger Federer join ON.  Disney’s business is off and why.  Finally, a double shot of Music Time!

Greg and NJ discuss the shocking news of the LIV Tour and The PGA coming together to form a new tour.  Greg Norman is out as CEO of LIV and players on both sides of the deal were kept in the dark.  Not sure how it will all come together but money won again!  Lionel Messi says no to Saudi Arabia and signs with Inter Miami and Inter Miami sales of tickets and merch goes through the roof.   There may...

NJ and Greg have a guest this week.  Listen in as Cam Anderson tells his story about how he went from helicopter pilot, to woodworker, to YouTube star.  Cam and Blacktail studios do fantastic woodwork and the videos they make for YouTube are addicting!  Cam talks about making his decision to change his profession and how it is to manage the woodworking he does while producing episodes for his 2.3...

Happy Memorial Day weekend everyone!  The brothers cover several things from Target losing $9 billion in market cap to the potential for deflation as more M2 money is taken out of circulation.  But the center piece of the show is about how golfing CEOs treat non-golfing executives and what that really means for top female executives who don’t play golf, it’s not good!

NJ and Greg take time to talk about EQ, again!  But this time the focus is on how having high EQ can positively impact an organization.  High EQ can increase productivity, drive teamwork and collaboration, spur innovation and even increase revenue.  The brothers then talk about never being too old, and finally, it’s Music Time again!

The first episode of Season 4, thank you all for listening!  Greg is in the UK, so INJAG had its first broadcast from an international location.  The brothers cover Bud Light and Fox News taking huge hits, is Artificial Intelligence biased, and some stories of corporate raiders from the 80’s in the James B. Stewart book, “Den of Thieves,” all of that followed by a specific question……

NJ and Greg talk about the new Michael Jordan movie, Air.  The discussion focuses on the business aspects of the movie.  How MJ’s mother made sure her son would have a piece of the growth of the brand and how much that was worth and is still worth for him.  And then the discussion shifts to the one bad dream so many of us seem to have.  The dream where you missed a class for the entire semester, w...

Greg and NJ are glad to be back.  Taxes are the main subject this week.  Listen in as they share some data on who pays what, why, and how much, for US taxes, you might be surprised by the numbers.  The Masters visit is covered and then Elon Musk is at it again with a new AI company.  And finally, it’s Music Time!