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The Fierce Factor with Kaeli Lindholm — 329 episodes

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Episode 16: Your Performance is Built in Practice

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Episode 15: Clinical Expertise Won't Build Your Business

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Episode 14: Part 2: The Six Stages of Entrepreneurial Business Growth

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Episode 13: Part 1: The Six Stages of Entrepreneurial Business Growth

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Episode 12: Your Business Can Only Grow as Far as Your Operating System

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Episode 11: Growth Doesn't Break Businesses. Weak Infrastructure Does.

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Episode 10: If You Want to Be a Great Leader, Be a Great Follower

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Episode 9: You Are the Guarantee

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Episode 8: Your Addiction to Being Needed Is Slowing You Down

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Episode 7: Don't Just Learn, Activate

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Episode 6: Bombing Season

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Episode 5: Never Outsource Your Financial Intelligence

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Episode 4: Part 2: The Hidden Variable in Your Growth: Your Life Partner

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Episode 3: Part 1: The Hidden Variable in Your Growth: Your Life Partner

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Episode 2: Leadership is Messy

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Episode 1: A New Chapter Begins

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Episode 315: The End of an Era: The Final Fierce Factor Episode

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Episode 314: Learning to Lead Before You Feel Ready with Melanie Crowley

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Episode 313: Turning Big Ideas into Executable Strategy with Whitney Stanford

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Episode 312: How to Stop Scaling Chaos

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Episode 311: Bonus: How to Become the Kind of Leader You'd Want to Follow

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Episode 310: Bonus: The Critical Role of a Practice Leader & When to Hire One

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Episode 309: The White Glove Client Experience: Raising the Standard in Aesthetics (ALT Panel)

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Episode 308: Structure Without Micromanagement: The Leadership Shift Inside Growing Practices (ALT 2025 Replay)

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Episode 307: Retain to Grow: Designing Development Runways for High-Growth Employees (ALT 2025 Replay)

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Episode 306: Develop Your Voice of Impact: Part 3 with Krista Donargo, SGA

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Episode 305: Develop Your Voice of Impact: Part 2 with Krista Donargo, SGA

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Episode 304: Develop Your Voice of Impact: Part 1 with Krista Donargo, SGA

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Episode 303: Safety vs Growth

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Episode 302: Bonus: Why Your Injector Isn't Booked

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Episode 301: My 2026 Predictions

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Episode 300: The Best of 2025 (Milestone Episode!)

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Episode 299: Scaling with Confidence: Why CTS Live is the One Big Domino for Your Practice with Krista Donargo, SGA

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Episode 298: Signs You're on the Verge of a Breakthrough

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Episode 297: The Turning Point: Stepping Out of Burnout and Into Confident Leadership with Jolee Hughes, NP-BC

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Episode 296: The Identity Shift Every High-Level Woman Must Make in 2026

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Episode 295: Real Estate, Acquisitions & Real Leadership: How Dr. Melissa Hubiak is Building Life-first Wealth

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Episode 294: The Future of Aesthetics

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Episode 293: 90k in 90 Days Challenge

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Episode 292: Stop Asking for Permission to Lead

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Episode 291: Female Founder Forum, Part 2: Building Loyalty Programs That Actually Work

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Episode 290: Female Founder Forum, Part 1: Building Loyalty Programs That Actually Work

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Episode 289: From Overwhelmed to Disciplined

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Episode 288: What World-Class Brands Do Differently With Memberships

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Episode 287: Building Premium Loyalty That Converts

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Episode 286: Leading Through Chaos

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Episode 285: The Million Dollar Retail Strategy

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Episode 284: When You're the Owner and the Product

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Episode 283: Building What Lasts with Meg Fox, PA-C, MS

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Episode 282: The Real Cost of Starting a Business

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Episode 281: Lessons Every Female Founder Needs to Hear

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Episode 280: The Confidence Crisis and How Leaders Rise Above It

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Episode 279: Why Your Injector Isn't Booked

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Episode 278: Bonus: It Won't Happen Until You Fully Commit

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Episode 277: Comparison, Burnout, and the Confidence to Do Business Differently with Shannon Synoracki, MHS, PA-C

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Episode 276: Attract Better Talent: Identify Your Hiring Superpower

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Episode 275: The Greatest Transfer of Wealth in Human History: And How to Navigate

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Episode 274: Bonus: Taming the Wild West of Injector Training Institutes with Leslie Fletcher RN, MSN, AGNP-BC

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Episode 273: Who You Need on Your Money Team

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Episode 272: What It Really Takes to Build Trust in Aesthetics with English Black, PA-C

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Episode 271: How to Become the Kind of Leader You'd Want to Follow

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Episode 270: Bonus: Developing Employee Comp Plans

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Episode 269: You're Invited to the Brand Authority Bootcamp with Krista Donargo, SGA

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Episode 268: The Brand Authority Playbook: 5 Strategies to Becoming Unforgettable

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Episode 267: Strategies for Success in a New Era

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Episode 266: Bonus: The Entrepreneurial Adrenaline Crash

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Episode 265: The Art of High Standards: Building Brand, Team & Trust in Aesthetics with Hilary Baer Hogan, MSN, BSN, BC-NP

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Episode 264: Stop Waiting for Later: Create the Life You Want Now with Sahil Bloom

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Episode 263: The Economy, Consumerism, and Aesthetics 2025 Outlook

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Episode 262: Bonus: Architect a Life-First Business

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Episode 261: Bonus: When You Go All in on an Employee and Then They Leave

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Episode 260: Understanding Private Equity

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Episode 259: Proven Strategies to Grow from Solo Provider to Multi-Seven Figures with Heidi Hermel, MSN, APRN, FNP-C

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Episode 258: Architecting Your Wealth Scorecard

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Episode 257: Introducing The Fierce Factor Society

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Episode 256: How to Experience More Freedom in Your Business

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Episode 255: The Life-First Business Model

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Episode 254: How to Recognize & Cultivate Growth Potential in Your Team Members

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Episode 253: The DNA of a High-Performing Leader: Discover Your Archetype

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Episode 252: Scaling Your Business Starts With You with Morgan Kraut Hylarides, RN, BSN

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Episode 251: Bonus: Developing Employee Comp Plans

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Episode 250: Transparency With Team Members: How Much Is Too Much?

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Episode 249: Creating Psychological Safety in the Workplace with Krista Donargo, SGA

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Episode 248: Building a Cult Following: Lessons in Leadership and Scaling up with Allie McAllister, NP-C, DCNP

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Episode 247: Predictions for Success in 2025

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Episode 246: Don't Be the Expert, Be the Underdog

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Episode 245: Epic Growth in 2025: Strategic Planning for Breakthrough Success

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Episode 244: The Lies That Are Killing Your Potential

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Episode 243: Faith Over Fear with Dr. Sarah Berg, DNP, FNP-C

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Episode 242: Leadership Loneliness

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Episode 241: Bonus: Understanding KPIs, Clarifying Roles, and Producing Results

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Episode 240: The 8-Figure Blueprint with Shelby Miller, DNP

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Episode 239: Building a Confident Money Mindset

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Episode 238: Navigating the Uncertainties of Today With the Future in Mind

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Episode 237: Bonus: Having Difficult Conversations

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Episode 236: Bonus: Influence Emotion to Motivate Action with Krista Donargo, SGA

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Episode 235: Lessons Learned From My Instagram Going Dark

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Episode 234: Slow Down to Level Up With Matt Smith

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Episode 233: Let Go of Control to Allow the Space for Growth With Ana Trevathan, FNP-C

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Episode 232: The Key to Hiring & Retaining Great Injectors With Mary Beth Hagen, MBA

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Episode 231: We Need More Honest Conversations

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Episode 230: The Hard Truths About Leveling Up: With Jessica Christy, PA-C

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Episode 229: How to Test Before You Invest

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Episode 228: Bonus: Defining Success as a Female Entrepreneur

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Episode 227: The Critical Role of a Practice Leader & When to Hire One

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Episode 226: Entrepreneurial Boredom

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Episode 225: Times Change, Values Don't

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Episode 224: Managing Expectations

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Episode 223: Eliminate the Baggage

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Episode 222: Loving the Mess

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Episode 221: How to Beat the Summer Slowdown with Justyn Green, SGA

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Episode 220: How to Know When It's Time to Work With a Coach

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Episode 219: Bonus: Helping Your Partner Buy Into Your Vision

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Episode 218: The 1 Thing You're Missing About Building a Winning Brand

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Episode 217: Bonus: How to Cultivate Abundance During an Economic Recession

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Episode 216: Stop Worrying About What Other People Think

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Episode 215: ALT Recap: Inside the Mind of a Female Entrepreneur

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Episode 214: Bonus: Overcoming Imposter Syndrome

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Episode 213: Bonus: Success vs Fulfillment: How To Have It All

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Episode 212: What You Need to Know Before Selling to Private Equity with Janell Ocampo, DNP, FNP-BC

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Episode 211: Shifting From the Daily Grind to Strategic Growth

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Episode 210: Stop Putting Your Happiness On Hold with Danielle Oyasu, NP

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Episode 209: What's Missing for Female Entrepreneurs in Our Space

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Episode 208: What to Do When Your Employee Asks for a Raise

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Episode 207: 5 Unspoken Truths About Climbing to the Top

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Episode 206: Things Happen For You, Not to You with Nicola Lowrey, MPAP, PA-C

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Episode 205: Introducing ALT. An Agenda Without Agenda

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Episode 204: Confidently Step Into The Unknown: Part 2 with Jenny Guthrie, APRN-CNP

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Episode 203: Confidently Step Into The Unknown: Part 1 with Jenny Guthrie, APRN-CNP

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Episode 202: Keeping Your Competitive Edge

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Episode 201: The Key to Sustainable Peak Business Performance

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Episode 200: It Won't Happen Until You Fully Commit

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Episode 199: Unlock Your "It" Factor

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Episode 198: Enrolling Your Team Into Your Thought Leadership Goals

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Episode 197: Stop Quiet Quitting on Your Fullest Potential

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Episode 196: Influence Emotion to Motivate Action with Krista Donargo, SGA

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Episode 195: Bonus: Become a More Dynamic Communicator

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Episode 194: How to Dominate in 2024

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Episode 193: Getting Back to the Basics

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Episode 192: Bonus: Tips for Leveraging Reps & Vendor Negotiations

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Episode 191: What Thought Leadership Actually Requires of You

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Episode 190: The Role of Commissions in a Thriving Culture

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Episode 189: Why So Many Businesses Struggle With 'Systems'

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Episode 188: How to Unlock Your Full Potential in 2024

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Episode 187: It's Expensive to Be Smart with Lexi Yoo, FNP-BC/CPNP

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Episode 186: The Excuses Holding You Back

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Episode 185: If You Want to Go Fast, Go Deep

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Episode 184: Be a Rose With Thorns

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Episode 183: Bonus: Letting Go of Control

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Episode 182: Who is Your Personal Board of Directors?

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Episode 181: The Profound Power of No

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Episode 180: Diagnosing the Source of Dysfunction on Your Team

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Episode 179: Bonus: When You Go All-In On an Employee and They Leave

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Episode 178: The Feminine Edge

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Episode 177: Building a Self-Led Medical Aesthetics Practice

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Episode 176: The Cost of Growth

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Episode 175: The Role You Play in Leading Your Team

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Episode 174: Expanding in a Constricting Economy

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Episode 173: Best Practices for Incentivizing Employees

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Episode 172: Where Have All the Good People Gone?

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Episode 171: Bonus: When You've Fallen Out of Love With Your Business

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Episode 170: Entrepreneurial Loneliness

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Episode 169: Should I Grow Big or Stay Small

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Episode 168: Rethinking the Big Picture

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Episode 167: Uncomfortable Truths

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Episode 166: The Million Dollar Asset

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Episode 165: Taming the Wild West of Injector Training Institutes with Leslie Fletcher RN, MSN, AGNP-BC: Part Two

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Episode 164: Taming the Wild West of Injector Training Institutes with Leslie Fletcher RN, MSN, AGNP-BC: Part One

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Episode 163: Bonus: Hiring PTSD

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Episode 162: The Entrepreneurial Adrenaline Crash

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Episode 161: Bonus: Transitioning From Provider to CEO

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Episode 160: Leadership is Learned, Not Born with Justyn Ashlee Green, C-APL

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Episode 159: Pricing Your Services in a Recession

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Episode 158: Navigating a Growth Plateau

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Episode 157: The Aesthetic Industry Popularity Contest

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Episode 156: Bonus: What Your Practice Manager Needs From You

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Episode 155: Become a More Dynamic Communicator

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Episode 154: Employee Entitlement

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Episode 153: Bonus: How to Choose a Business Coach

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Episode 152: Live Q&A: My Growth Philosophy & Confidence to Scale

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Episode 151: The DNA of a Mission-Driven Employee

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Episode 150: Stop Doing Your Life Away

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Episode 149: From Sales Rep to Business Leader with Van Nguyen

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Episode 148: Growth is a Mindset with Jessica Christy

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Episode 147: Developing Employee Comp Plans

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Episode 146: Bonus: Success Secrets of Top Female Aesthetic Injectors

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Episode 145: Letting Go of Control

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Episode 144: Defining Success as a Female Entrepreneur

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Episode 143: Team KLC is Hiring

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Episode 142: The Great Reset of 2023

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Episode 141: 5 Habits to Ditch in 2023

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Episode 140: Bonus: The Time Versus Money Conundrum

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Episode 139: Understanding KPI's, Clarifying Roles, and Producing Results

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Episode 138: The Influence of Faith on the Aesthetic Consumer

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Episode 137: Stop Pouring From an Empty Cup

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Episode 136: Why Team Building is Your Achilles Heel

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Episode 135: 5 Ways to Cultivate Abundance During an Aesthetic Recession

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Episode 134: Managing Entrepreneurial Stress

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Episode 133: Bonus: Marketing Your Proprietary Method

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Episode 132: Elimination Marketing

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Episode 131: Protecting Your Entrepreneurial Energetic Wellbeing

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Episode 130: Bonus: Success Secrets of Top Female Aesthetic Injectors

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Episode 129: Tips for Leveraging Reps & Vendor Negotiations

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Episode 128: Find Your Power Squad

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Episode 127: Overcoming Imposter Syndrome

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Episode 126: Architect a Life-First Business

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Episode 125: Helping Your Partner Buy In to Your Vision

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Episode 124: Fierce Women in Aesthetics: Tiphany Hall, PhD, MBA

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Episode 123: Is Your Business Growth Stunting Your Advancement as a Human?

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Episode 122: Unsubscribe From Bad Behavior in Your Business

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Episode 121: The DNA of a Successful Aesthetic Training Academy with Yvonne Dellos

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Episode 120: Bonus: Supercharge Your Relationship Selling in 5 Minutes

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Episode 119: The Metrics You're Focused on That Don't Matter

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Episode 118: Invitation: Hire for Immediate Impact

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Episode 117: Transitioning to Cash Pay Model with Heidi Hermel, NP

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Episode 116: Fierce Women in Aesthetics: Sara Trammell MD

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Episode 115: When You Go All-in on an Employee and They Leave

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Episode 114: Bonus: Why Leaders Ignore National Averages

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Episode 113: What Your Practice Manager Needs From You

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Episode 112: Hiring PTSD

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Episode 111: The 6 Stages of an Aesthetic Business Lifecycle

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Episode 110: The Inner Workings of a $1.2B Business Leader

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Episode 109: Success Begins and Ends With You

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Episode 108: Your Proprietary Aesthetic Method - The Retreat

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Episode 107: Fierce Women in Aesthetics: Alisha Rose Merlo

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Episode 106: How to Know When It's Time to Hire

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Episode 105: Reflections: Six Pack Abs

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Episode 104: The Time Versus Money Conundrum

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Episode 103: Transitioning from Provider to CEO

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Episode 102: Difficult Conversations With Employees

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Episode 100: How to Choose a Business Coach

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Episode 99: Loving Yourself as a Leader

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Episode 98: Best Practices for Raising Your Prices

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Episode 97: Entrepreneurship Lessons Learned as an Industry Sales Rep

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Episode 96: Success Secrets of Top Female Aesthetic Injectors

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Episode 95: Just F*ing Do It

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Episode 94: Success vs Fulfillment: How to Have It All

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Episode 93: Fierce Women in Aesthetics: Zanoli Kozlowski

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Episode 92: 3 Tips for Interviewing Like a Boss

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Episode 91: When You've Fallen Out of Love With Your Business

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Episode 90: Reflections: Addiction to Progress

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Episode 89: My Predictions for Aesthetics in 2022

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Episode 88: Accountability is Your Path to Freedom

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Episode 87: Working with Influencers

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Episode 86: The Jewel Business Philosophy

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Episode 85: TRUST is the New Growth Currency with Sara Trammell MD

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Episode 84: Fierce Women in Aesthetics: Traci Andreason RN

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Episode 83: Reflections: The Internal Shift to Becoming Competition-less

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Episode 82: Build a High Performing Team

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Episode 81: Team Building During the Hiring Pandemic

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Episode 80: Today's Employee Incentivization Climate

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Episode 79: Best of Team Building with Lanae Kentner, GM of In-N-Out Burger

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Episode 78: My Growth Philosophy

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Episode 77: Fierce Women in Aesthetics: Deepa Bhat MD

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Episode 76: Outcome Bundling: Retrain the Aesthetic Consumer

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Episode 75: Reflections: Befriending My Multiple Personalities

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Episode 74: Finding Balance Through Boundaries

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Episode 73: Does Your Hiring Process Need a Makeover?

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Episode 72: Category of One Clarity, Part 2

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Episode 71: Category of One Clarity, Part 1

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Episode 70: The Waitlist Sweet Spot

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Episode 69: How Jan Marini Skin Research is Transforming Aesthetic Practices

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Episode 68: Is Your Aesthetic Business Ready to Scale?

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Episode 67: The Quest to Find Your Mini-Me

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Episode 66: Fierce Women in Aesthetics: Lori Robertson NP

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Episode 65: Stop Running Your Business Like a High School Freshman

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Episode 64: 5 Questions to Ask Before Investing in an Aesthetic Device

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Episode 63: End Your Pursuit for Abundance and Discover Mind-Blowing Wealth

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Episode 62: How to Lead With a Million Dollar Business Confidence

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Episode 61: Onboarding a New Employee 101

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Episode 60: Reflections: Why Going "All In" Is a Core Value of Mine

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Episode 59: Fierce Women in Aesthetics: Sabrina Fabi MD

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Episode 58: Convert Callers to Consults

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Episode 57: 3 Pitfalls to Building a Winning Team

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Episode 56: Get Better, Not Bigger

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Episode 55: Be Fearless with Tiphany Hall, PhD, MBA

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Episode 54: You'll Never Be "In Demand" Until You Do This

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Episode 53: Why We Do Relationships, Not Transactions

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Episode 52: Marketing Your Proprietary Method

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Episode 51: It's Time to Stop Tolerating

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Episode 50: The Fierce Factor: Season One in Review

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Episode 49: My Parents

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Episode 48: Be Careful What You Wish For

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Episode 47: Eliminate Fire Drills in Your Business With This Strategy

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Episode 46: A Peek Inside the POP Aesthetic Leadership Academy

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Episode 45: Reflections: Contrarian Leadership

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Episode 44: Supercharge Your Relationship With Selling With This 5 Minute Mindset Hack

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Episode 42: Hire to Grow or Grow to Hire?

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Episode 41: Why Leaders Ignore National Averages

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Episode 40: Is Your Team "On Brand"?

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Episode 39: 2021 Aesthetic Trends Creating Momentum for Our Clients!

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Episode 39: 2021 Aesthetic Trends Creating Momentum for Our Clients

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Episode 38: Beware: The Flashy Resumé

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Episode 37: Why It's Time to Rethink Your Good Girl Reputation

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Episode 36: 2020 in Rearview

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Episode 35: Bacon & Breakthroughs... Creating a New Focus for 2021

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Episode 34: When a Financial Goal Becomes Destructive for Your Business

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Episode 33: Creating Iconic Influence

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Episode 32: Strategic Investments to Catapult Growth in a Downturn

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Episode 31: How to Ask for a Pay Raise

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Episode 30: Finding My Voice

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Episode 29: Make Money in Your Sleep

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Episode 28: Start With Who

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Episode 27: $100K Hidden in Plain Sight

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Episode 26: Monetize Your Knowledge with Traci Andreason RN BSN

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Episode 25: Unapologetic Ambition

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Episode 24: Power Position Your Brand

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Episode 23: The In-N-Out Way

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Episode 22: Think Bigger

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Episode 21: How to Create Key Performance Indicators

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Episode 20: Stand Out In a Crowd with Jess Oslo

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Episode 19: The Disruption Strategy

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Episode 18: My Story

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Episode 17: Never Say Never with Alisha Rose Merlo

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Episode 16: How to Get Your Team to Read Your Mind

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Episode 15: Reflections: A Love Letter to the Alpha Female

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Episode 14: Everything You Do Matters

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Episode 13: The Best Comp Plan to Motivate an Employee

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Episode 12: The $10,000 Phone Call

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Episode 11: The Cure for Comparisonitis

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Episode 10: The Power of Patient Retention

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Episode 09: You Are Worthy

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Episode 08: The Aesthetic Reinvention

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Episode 07: Success Incubation

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Episode 06: Don't Look Back with Lori Robertson NP

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Episode 05: Effective Marketing in the New Economy

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Episode 03: Says Who with Dr Sabrina Fabi

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Episode 02: Bigger Than You

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Episode 01: Fierce AF