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Barry Edwards and Merle Garrison discuss : COVID CRISIS! We all woke up to the news of Trump and Melania being diagnosed with COVID-19. What does this mean for the debates? More importantly – what does it mean for the election? The debate : We agree for once: The Tuesday’s debate was cringe worthy. Trump does a disservice to himself and our American tradition with obnoxious interruptions. He looke...

Barry Edwards and Merle Garrison discuss : COVID Karen at local football game. Debate of personal freedom to not wear mask vs complying with temporary restrictions to enable the kids to enjoy their sport – Is this exercising her rights/freedom, or is she self-centered and making a situation about herself rather than the kids? The deaf ears of the public after the Breanna Taylor verdict. Once again...

Barry Edwards and Merle Garrison discuss : Quick look at the Browns young season as they come off a Thursday night football win. Happy birthday, Halle Garrison ! And… Happy Constitution Day ! Career/self improvement : Barry discusses the successful launch of JuicyWork.com online training marketing program. Unveiling the complex sales funnel that is needed to build the audience, win their trust and...

Barry Edwards and Merle Garrison discuss : Cleveland police officer takes his own life, shortly after fellow police officer killed:  https://bit.ly/2DPOtkM 5 lessons to live by: Dr. Wayne Dyer and Gary Zukav: How To Stop Judging Others | The Oprah Winfrey Show Current Events : On the anniversary of 911 , looking back at its lasting effects. Welcome back NFL ! Don’t lose your audience with soc...

Barry Edwards and Merle Garrison : Nice guys DON’T finish last! Study by the National Academy of Sciences shows that selfish, combative people DON’T get further ahead of nice, extroversive people in corporate America: https://bit.ly/3i1d1Gi Depression prevention – helping people and taking responsibility for your career and wellbeing. Current events : Portland violence continues. The plight of pol...

Barry Edwards and Merle Garrison: discussing bartering work with clients, but mostly, discussing the busy week of news and the social and political unrest of this time. More riots, intimidation and violence by people purporting to stand against violence Kenosha, Wisconsin erupting in riots – more violence protesting violence. The media’s role in conflating the issues and promoting divisiveness. Wh...

Barry Edwards and Merle Garrison: discussing marketing strategies for selling online courses, and content marketing strategy for those that struggle with creating content. See Barry’s recent articles, “Is it ok that I hate everyone at my job?” and ““Why are most SJWs white and middle-class?” at https://OverFiftyStartingOver.com (and sign up for our email list!). Merles inspiring words for business...

A brief look at the volatile upcoming presidential election and distrust of voting process. The possibility of another civil war as rioting continues. Industries that are excelling during COVID. Many business consultants need to take a look at these growing segments. E-commerce and its many related industries are leading the way. Also, we are beginning the trend of brining industries back (reverse...

Barry Edwards and Merle Garrison , discussing dealing with our emotions, as men , professionally and personally. Personal tragedies – Two friends facing life or death surgeries. COVID stress and professional pressures putting stress in our relationships. Barry struggles with expressing emotions proactively and healthily. Bad remodel growing up (Father expressed only anger). Barry keeps emotions in...

Barry Edwards and Merle Garrison. How to name your new business - take into consideration your domain name and social media handles. Free tool at https://edwardscom.net/name-biz.  Metaphysics/religion: Discussing Noah's Ark - taking it metaphorically vs literally. Current events: Mayors encouraging the ravaging of their cities. Netflix has become a manipulative indoctrination media. Speaking...

Barry Edwards and Merle Garrison. O5O Segment:  Sales advice – You realize you gave your initial sales pitch to non-decision makers. How you turn that into a positive. Business travel changes (COVID!). Business/marketing tip of the week: Google My Business – your direct pipeline to Google just got more robust this week. You can enter in your individual products with photos, descriptions and o...

Barry Edwards and Merle Garrison, discussing building a new sales pipeline. Partnering with clients. Enjoying teamwork. The difference between really good, and really bad, leaders. Assessing whether you should contemplate a career change or simple attitude change.   Mary L. Trump's book "Too Much and Never Enough" A thorough trashing of her uncle, Donald.    The possibility of econo...

Neil Signh joins Barry Edwards to discuss NE Ohio’s emerging technology hub and his personal passion for helping startups get their footing. A serial entrepreneur, Neil shares lessons of success and failures and offers a few gems of wisdom to those looking to launch their own new product. Find Neil at https://NeilSingh.co Write in and share your questions or insight at: mail@OverFiftyStartingOver....

Full video : https://youtu.be/00aPO_cSCJo THIS EPISODE… Barry Edwards and Merle Garrison : Discussing the positive effects of teamwork in business/sales. Zoom may actually be increasing the quality of our teams. Happy National French Fry Day ! COVID on the rise. Everything getting shut down again – except protesting events. But there are 4 potential vaccines going into testing. The Chris Columbus...

Barry Edwards and Merle Garrison : Merle’s big news !! And his stressful interviewing process during COVID. More debating God’s existence. How do you wrap your head around the concept of infinity? Segue’s into Kanye West’s announcement of running for president – we’re not very convinced this is on the up and up. Jeffery Epstein’s accomplice is now in custody. How long before she’s whacked? Black L...

THIS EPISODE… Barry Edwards and Merle Garrison : Intro – Happy 4th of July!  I want to introduce CybrCastle.com ‘s Sabrina Donley . “Defeating cyber crime and providing peace of mind.” for SMBs… Email security, ransomware. Email sabrina.donley@cybrcastle.com for a free assessment. Would love to see independents or Libertarians make a strong run at President/VP . Check out Admiral William McRa...

Full video: https://youtu.be/xbkSimpsqtg Barry Edwards and Merle Garrison : Intro - Father's Day!  As tough as our father's were, if they taught us that we could get what we want if we work for it, then they actually gave us something very important. As a parent, even if you have little to give monetarily, you have infinite influence on their productive attitude for the rest of their lives. O...

Barry Edwards and Merle Garrison : Intro – the scam known as eBay. Amazon really beat the heck out of them with innovations such as Amazon Prime and easy return policies… though they may be taking over the world. And getting a lot of flat tires. O5O – Business owners – get your proprietary method squared away, so you’re not competing on price. And so you can easily tell everyone how and why you ar...

Barry Edwards and Merle Garrison : Intro - Peaceful weekend ending with tragic news. O5O - Position your services to sell, quick, easy tips. Find your value propositions so you're not competing on price alone. $200 off offer on having your own "Ask the Expert" book written and published for you - see OverFiftyStartingOver.com. Current events - Conflating the American Dream with white privilege. Be...

Barry Edwards and Merle Garrison, sharing a special offer on how to get your own “Ask the Expert” book published. See OverFiftyStartingOver.com.  We just launched new website for Sandy Mobley: JuicyWork.com. Workshops to help professionals find their careers of passion. Even has classes on becoming a career coach.  Dealing with protests turning into riots while trying to emerge from COVI...

Barry Edwards and Merle Garrison , discussing COVID updates – state-by-state breakdowns. Georgia, wide open for business for a month with no spikes. Nursing home deaths. Starting up new consultant venture . LLC’s vs S Corp and other options. – https://www.aarp.org/money/taxes/info-2014/starting-a-small-business.html Finding your good habits and bad to find your effectiveness. Riding your fear to g...

Barry Edwards and Merle Garrison discussing bringing training products online and doing consultant projects for the first time. COVID - how much regulation is too much? Positives that are coming out of this. Barry's new article on " How I present logo concepts to clients " – using philosophy to develop and sell logos: https://bit.ly/3e5n1vS Movie reviews! The Usual Suspects (1995): Kevin Spacey (y...

Barry Edwards and Merle Garrison 1. Catching up on COVID affecting – Air BnB hosting challenges, Mother’s Day, cooking/take out… LA County announces “safer-at-home” order. Murder Bees!! 2. Mentally dealing with job hunting/sales losses. 3. Post modernism, racism, feminism. Shutting down free speech in media with shame and “conspiracy theories”. **Quora is a far left neo-Marxist, anti-free speech o...

Barry Edwards and Merle Garrison talking about weird dreams, our past beloved dogs (and probable new one).   We present 19 work-at-home jobs currently hiring:  https://bit.ly/2WApvvc  A ton more, but I don't have time... lotta laughs!   Write in and share your questions or insight at: mail@OverFiftyStartingOver.com Website: OverFiftyStartingOver.com

Barry Edwards and Merle Garrison - 1st episode of season 2! Discussing Zoom call with past client Steve Reissig, who is undergoing his own O5O transformation - Barry shares some advice of how to bring most of your consulting gig online.   We struggle with miss-use of political terms such as "liberal" and "progressive".  Also discuss the hypocrisy of identity politics, the MeToo movement...