What is essential for the American presidency, the human digestive system and in every business? Answer: having a No. 2 you know you can rely on to be regular and solid. Now that you’ve gotten over your initial reaction to a rather erudite poop joke - this week on the Overlap Podcast, our boys Sid and Keith aren’t just focused on a good No. 2. They’re wanting to help you learn to do one of the hardest things anyone anywhere has issues with - being able to actually and effectively delegate tasks and responsibilities. Without properly delegating and finding the trust to delegate to your employees and coworkers, you’re setting yourself up for a disaster of epic proportions. Everyone everywhere, be you a brand new business owner or a wizened, long-time entrepreneur, will be able to find great value in this week’s episode so be sure to tune in yourself - this is not the episode to delegate out to someone else. It’s best heard and processed with your own two ears.  

In 1974, the bewitching Stevie Nicks wrote out her feelings of uncertainty and doubt about her relationship with bandmate and then boyfriend Lindsey Buckingham while she was up in Aspen as he toured with Don Everly. And those written out feelings formed one of Fleetwood Mac’s most recognizable and well-loved songs off of the eventual Rumours album that will be a thesis for this week’s episode of The Overlap Podcast: “Landslide.” No, dear listeners, Keith isn’t exploring the depths of his soul in the snow-covered hills, but our boys Sid and Keith will be discussing why you might have “been afraid of changin’” something in your business life you’ve been reluctant to change or let go of. While this process is difficult and fraught with emotional peril, our boys are here to guide you through, reminding you that both you and and children get older and that “time makes you bolder.” So, enjoy this week’s life-changing episode of The Overlap Podcast … and just be glad the writer’s room didn’t try to engage in meaning-making from the musical works of Zamfir, Master of the Pan Flute.  

100 Episodes … a milestone celebration for any collaborative media effort, but certainly a monumental one for us here at the Overlap Podcast. So, how do we celebrate such a momentous occasion?   Do we pull a “What’s My Line” and have a live intro recorded by President Gerald Ford? (Probably not, what with him being dead and all…)   Maybe go with the “All in the Family” and have a clip show hosted by a universally beloved celebrity, like they did with Henry Fonda? (Yeah, we can’t afford Tom Hanks and the writing staff has already threatened them with murder if they do another damn clip show.)   Do we follow a pop culture trope and kill off a major character in our 100th episode? (Please let it be Keith, please let it be Keith, please let it be Keith…)   Maybe a special musical episode for our 100th, a’la Scrubs or That 70s Show? (No one wants to hear a song about EOS … except maybe Sid)    Well, we did … none of those things.   We did bring Friend of the Pod Chad Warweg onboard this week for a special lookback with our boys Sid and Keith to go through the highs, lows, and middles of the past 100 episodes that bring back memories both misty and watercolored.   If you’re a new listener or an OG Overlap follower, there’s something to enjoy in this week’s broadcast … especially at the very end when Keith jumps his motorcycle over a live shark.   Will he make it?   Where did we get a shark?   Will he go “Aaaayyy” like the Fonz as he does it?   Will the writing staff finally be fired for constantly dragging one of the hosts for filth?   Tune in and find out in this week’s episode of the Overlap Podcast.  

[Background music: Inspirational orchestral score composed by Hans Zimmer] [Enter: world-weary football coach into the locker room for the quintessential “talk”] Coach (in a commanding and impassioned voice): Alright, listen up, team. It's halftime, and it's time for some serious introspection. This is The Overlap Podcast, where we gather to dissect the game of business and conquer the challenges that stand in our way. Let me tell you something about the time we find ourselves in, this time of mid-year reflection. It's the perfect time to evaluate, to reevaluate, and to ignite the fire within. [Assembled athletes clap in unison in agreement] Coach: We've come too far to let complacency settle in. We need to dig deep, find that hunger, and unleash our potential because this … this is where the real champions rise to the occasion and conquer their world. [Another agreement unison clap] Coach: Now, I know we can count on our mainstays, our boys Sid and Keith to … Oh, Keith, my man … you bring so much to the table, but your opinions... they need a little fine-tuning. You're like a quarterback with a slightly off-target throw, like if you tried to get … Don Knotts to play for the New England Patriots. However… we know that you have it within yourself to challenge yourself, push yourself, and turn those wobbly passes into game-winning touchdowns and do it in a way that will inspire and enliven us listeners all. We're all in this together, and together we'll conquer every obstacle in our path. [Agreement unison clap, with Keith’s about a half second behind everyone else’s] Coach: Now, let's talk about our goals for the second half of this year. We're going to dive deep into personal growth, resilience, and success strategies that will leave our competition in awe. We'll tackle mindset, relationships, EOS, and everything in between. This is the moment we make a mark, where we define our legacy and show the world who we are. [Unison slow clap starts, Keith still a half second behind each time] Coach: Greatness is not bestowed upon the timid. It's earned by those who are willing to push beyond their limits, who embrace the discomfort, and who refuse to settle for mediocrity. We will rise above the noise, we will overcome adversity and we will do the damn thing. So, who is ready to tune in and turn up this week’s episode of the Overlap Podcast so we can go out and kick some business-world ass? [Team cheers and begins to rush out of the locker room, save Keith, who trips and falls over a bench and is immediately knocked unconscious]  [Music fades out]  Omniscient Third Person Narrator: (Looks at unconscious Keith and audibly sighs exasperatedly) Welcome to The Overlap Podcast, where the halfway point of our year is your halfway point to glory.

When you think of the overlap between business ownership and parenthood, what could possibly come to mind? Momager Supreme Kris Jenner? The OG Father/Manager Joe Jackson? Wire Hanger Hater and 51 percent owner of PepsiCo Joan “Mommie Dearest” Crawford? Probably not - we know we tend to be niche pop culturalists here in the Overlap Podcast writers’ room. However, our boys Sid and Keith have us covered this week (and won’t even wake us up at 2 in the morning and hand us an axe to cut down the shrubberies outside) as they take a deep dive into the similarities and synergy that make up the shared circle portion of Venn diagram that is these two titans of life on this planet we call Earth. Marvel in the meaning-making, enjoy the extrapolations and find peace in the parallels produced - this is a great episode of the Overlap Podcast that will definitely be a “Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?” and certainly won’t be a “Hush, Hush Sweet Charlotte.” Tune in and turn up this week’s episode … and don’t eff with us, dear listeners. This ain’t our first time at the rodeo…  

(Tinny fanfare of trumpets and Sousaphones like the beginning of newsreels in old timey movies begins) The Business Device Hall of Fame, located in the heart of Gary, Indiana, ( near Jermaine Jackson’s son Jermajesty’s restaurant Jermajesty’s Steak and Crepes) better make room for a brand new exhibit because this week’s thesis for the Overlap Podcast is going to be the biggest thing for business - even better than when Mavis Beacon taught typing, more monumental than when metal was molded and bent until paper first was clipped and will make the Rolodex look like the piece of crap it truly is - a Lazy Susan for business cards. Yes, this week’s central point stands tall above all other business must-haves, save only the GOAT of office supplies - the red Swingline stapler, which was only created after the intense demand from its appearance in the cult classic Mike Judge film “Office Space.” What is this Deus Ex Machina, this device from the gods themselves meant to change our world forever and always? Of course, it’s the Full Focus Planner - allowing our boys Sid and Keith to further explore the furthest reaches of time management not unlike a modern day Bill S. Preston, Esquire, and Theodore Logan (minus the phone booth and Death, obviously). The pair’s excitement for the Full Focus Planner is catchier than Pink Eye and will likely be just as contagious, as our boys share the joys of their new favorite toys. They’ll share personal anecdotes, goals set and matched and (because their schedules are so well-managed and curated), they’ll even have time to take you through the first 50 pages of their screenplay they’ve written - picture it, a Whodunnit murder mystery in the style of “Murder on the Orient Express” but with the Muppets as main cast and Hologram Carol Channing as the only human character. Somebody get Jack Warner on the phone - we’ve got his tent pole flick for next summer. (Okay, maybe not that last part, but… real talk, you’d go see that movie in theater. Or at least pay like $3 to rent and stream it one night, right?) So, Plan to Focus Fully on this week’s Overlap Podcast - anyone who finishes the episode can email us to get the 10 question quiz. Score 90 or above and you’ll get a coupon for $1.75 off the ticket price for “Murder on the Muppet Express,” in theaters June 2028. Get your Full Focus Planner today!   

What does this week’s episode have in common with Cher, Cyndi Lauper, the Reverend Al Green, French novelist Marcel Proust, and the ever-amazing Sir Huey Lewis? Well, other than all them having a Bacon Number of 2 (the number of steps that it takes to connect all of them to actor Kevin Bacon, per the website the Oracle of Bacon … yeah, real thing that exists) … they all know a quintessential truth about life, the universe and everything - time, and how we use it, is vitally important.   In this week’s Overlap Podcast, our boys Sid and Keith take a deep dive into a topic even the great Morris Day could never master - Time Management (save Jerome, of course - Morris and Jerome - BFF OGs). More than any other resource that you and your business have to have, time is finite and has to be treated like the rare and precious commodity it is because none of us have the ability to get it back once it is gone (barring someone owning a DeLorean with a functioning flux capacitor, the Doctor’s Tardis, a time turner, a rundown Colorado ski chalet hot tub short-circuited by a bootleg Soviet Bloc energy drink or some other sort of time travel device).   Our boys will take you through the tips, tricks and teachings they’ve taken in throughout their tour of life - predetermining priorities, getting real with realistic goals, defusing distractions… just to name a few, with their own astute anecdotes and intelligent insights. (Yes, even Keith … we’re just as shocked as you are, dear listeners.)   So, after this week’s episode, you may not be able to turn back time, but you’ll be a damn sight better at making sure that time … is on your side, yes, it is…  

When you think of the word “principle,” what comes to mind? Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Princple? The Peter Principle? Bernoulli’s Principle? Seymour Skinner? (Maybe not that last one, unless you’re having these notes read to you and didn’t see the spelling…) Well, for this week’s episode of the Overlap Podcast, our boy Sid takes us on a deep dive of the newest principle sensation sweeping the nation with vital information for your everyday life - The Proximity Principle. Sid will take author Ken Coleman’s self-coined Proximity Principle and its premise that in order to achieve goals in your career, you must surround yourself with the people who currently fill the roles to which you aspire. Or, to put it a different way from the Poet Laureate of East Baltimore, Proposition Joe from HBO’s “The Wire” - “Wear the part, be the part mother…” Through the Proximity Principle, you set yourself up for better networking and mentorship opportunities that help you up the ladder, which then positions you to better help bring up the next generation to greatness. And in these notes, we will also debut our latest contest - the Keith Principle Conundrum. To win our mystery grand prize, come up with what “The Keith Principle” would address and attempt to explain. If you win, you’ll get … The Mystery Box. Is it filled with doubloons? Pecans? Gwyneth Paltrow’s severed head? Who knows? It’s the Mystery Box… (trademark pending) Tune in to this week’s episode to learn more details.  

The late, great Neil Sedaka said it best - “They say that breaking up is hard to do / Now, I know, I know that it’s true.” Wise words from a man whose first big hit was a love letter to his ex-girlfriend… maybe you’ve heard of her… Carole King? Then again, maybe we shouldn’t be taking life advice from the man who also wrote the lyrics “Doo doo doo down dooby doo down down” So, what’s more awkward than that incredibly random stream of consciousness intro? Answer: having to let people go from your business. Our boys Sid and Keith are here for you like Dionne Warwick’s psychic friends to provide anecdotal experiences, interesting insights and what to expect in the post-firing fallout. From start to finish, you definitely will want to keep this week’s episode of the Overlap Podcast and start anew, because it really does tell you… how breaking up is hard to do. Once more, with feeling - “Comma comma down dooby down down, comma comma down dooby doo down down…”  

This week’s episode of the Overlap Podcast is one that you definitely won’t want to miss because you’re getting a heaping helping of content we know has worldwide appeal - from the 305 to the DMZ, it’s a special guest episode with Mr. Worldwide himself - rapper Pitbull … yeah, no definitely not that. Could you imagine, though? Sid and Keith talking business strategy with Pitbull… yeah… no.   However, this week’s Overlap, like Pitbull, does have a worldwide component this week - a recap of the 2023 EOS Worldwide Conference, complete with all the insights and experiences from entrepreneurs, business leaders, industry disrupters, EOS implementers and a score of other EOS VIPs. (Sadly not present, special guests Cousin Greg from HBO’s “Succession” and the sole surviving cast member from “Match Game ‘76” Fannie Flagg)   Our boys Sid and Keith will give you the highs, lows and middles from this great gathering of EOS’s best and brightest from Timbuktu to Walla Walla, Washington and from Hell, Minnesota to Djibouti, Djibouti (Our legal team has requested we mention that participants in the conference may not have been from any of these hilariously named locales, though they possibly maybe could have perhaps at one point been … or visited those sites … or been site adjacent).   So, once more into the EOS breach with this week’s Overlap Podcast, as we boldly go where we have gone … two, three, maybe four? … times before. Make it so, listeners.