Engaging with Our Audience: The Call for Connection
The primary focus of this podcast episode is the importance of maintaining a sense of humor and resilience during challenging times, as exemplified by Gray Hair Dave's candid reflections on his recovery journey following an injury. Throughout our discourse, I provide a personal update on my current status, including my experiences with physical therapy and the gradual return to mobility, which may resonate with those who have faced similar obstacles. Furthermore, I transition into a discussion on the utility of a comprehensive business management program that aids in enhancing focus and organization in one's professional life. The episode also delves into contemporary political matters, specifically a recent security breach involving classified information, prompting a critical examination of accountability within governmental operations. Ultimately, this episode serves as a reminder of the interplay between personal challenges and broader societal issues, urging listeners to remain engaged and proactive in both their personal and professional realms.
In this enlightening podcast episode, Gray Hair Dave articulates a narrative that encapsulates his personal experiences, professional insights, and reflections on current political events. The episode begins with a vivid account of Dave's rehabilitation journey following a foot injury, detailing the challenges he faces in physical therapy. His humorous yet poignant anecdotes serve to illustrate the complexities of recovery, particularly the peculiar exercise of retrieving marbles with one’s toes. This segment not only highlights his struggles but also underscores the broader theme of resilience and the importance of following prescribed therapeutic methods to achieve recovery goals.
Furthermore, the podcast introduces the Thrive platform, an innovative tool that Dave has adopted to streamline his business operations. He elaborates on the platform's comprehensive features, which integrate various aspects of business management, including communication and marketing strategies. Dave's enthusiasm for Thrive is palpable, as he explains how it has aided him in regaining focus amidst the multitude of tasks he juggles as a small business owner. This discussion is not merely informative; it is an invitation for listeners to explore technological solutions that can enhance their own business practices.
Transitioning to a more serious tone, Dave addresses a recent controversy involving the leak of sensitive government information, reflecting on the implications this has for national security and the responsibility of those in power. He expresses the necessity for accountability while advocating for a fair assessment of the situation, suggesting that while mistakes were made, they do not warrant extreme punitive actions. Through this multifaceted approach, the episode encapsulates a rich tapestry of themes that resonate with listeners, ranging from personal growth and professional development to civic responsibility and political awareness.
Takeaways:
- The podcast emphasizes the importance of being entertained while listening to engaging content.
- Gray Hair Dave shares personal updates, including his recovery process from an injury.
- He discusses a business program named Thrive that aids in managing various operational tasks.
- The speaker expresses the significance of finding enjoyment in work, particularly in editing and production.
- Politics is addressed with a focus on recent government missteps and accountability.
- Listeners are encouraged to spread awareness about podcasts and the joy they can bring.
Transcript
Welcome to five minutes with Gray Hair Dave.
Speaker A:He has gray hair.
Speaker A:He has a gray beard.
Speaker A:He wears glasses like the guy in the artwork.
Speaker A:Oh, and the guy in the artwork is better looking.
Speaker A:Now here is Gray Hair Dave.
Speaker B:Well, well, well.
Speaker B:Welcome back, ladies and gentlemen, to again, another fine episode of five minutes with Gray Hair Dave.
Speaker B:Gray Hair Dave.
Speaker B:That's me.
Speaker B:I'm your guy.
Speaker B:I'm back.
Speaker B:How are you?
Speaker B:Hope you're doing well.
Speaker B:Hope you enjoyed that intro from 11 Labs IO.
Speaker B:They do a wonderful job.
Speaker B:I find them fun and I find them entertaining.
Speaker B:And I kind of hope you do too, because, let's be honest, what are we here for?
Speaker B:We're here to be entertained, right?
Speaker B:That's what it comes down to.
Speaker B:I want to be entertained.
Speaker B:So what's new with you?
Speaker B:You never call.
Speaker B:You never call.
Speaker B:I sit here all day long and you never call.
Speaker B:Anyway, I'm here on Sunday waiting for my grandchildren to call.
Speaker B:No, I'm not.
Speaker B:I'm usually here on Sunday.
Speaker B:So if you want to call, leave me a message on five Minutes with Greyhair Dave dot com.
Speaker B:That's the number.
Speaker B:Five minutes of Gray Hair Dave dot com.
Speaker B:Let me know what's going on in your life.
Speaker B:Okay, so anyways, let's get on to today's subjects.
Speaker B:There's a couple things I wanted to talk about.
Speaker B:One is politics, which I'll leave to the end.
Speaker B:I always do.
Speaker B:Another one is the update on my foot.
Speaker B:Let's start there.
Speaker B:So I'm in this.
Speaker B:I'm back in the walking cast.
Speaker B:I mean, walking boot.
Speaker B:I'm off of the scooter.
Speaker B:I don't need the scooter anymore, except for long distances, which I haven't done yet.
Speaker B:And I'm going to physical therapy three times a week.
Speaker B:These people really have a wonderful job.
Speaker B:So, yeah, one of my.
Speaker B:One of my therapists has a sticker on her computer that says, I get paid to hurt people.
Speaker B:Oh, they're not doing it to be sadistic, I don't think.
Speaker B:Although I do believe sometimes they lay at home at night in bed thinking, what can I do to really inject pain but not hurt anybody?
Speaker B:Have you ever tried to pick up marbles with your toes when your foot hurts and it's not your dominant foot?
Speaker B:Now, you all know we have dominant hands whether you're right handed or left handed.
Speaker B:And I think that that continues all the way on down the body to your foot.
Speaker B:Could be wrong, but that's my thoughts on this.
Speaker B:And, oh, she tested me yesterday.
Speaker B:I'll put the.
Speaker B:Put the marbles in a little.
Speaker B:In a little bucket.
Speaker B:I did it.
Speaker B:I finally got into a groove and was going with it.
Speaker B:But not my favorite, not my favorite thing to do.
Speaker B:And they're stretching me and I'm feeling it and it feels.
Speaker B:Feels good in a way.
Speaker B:It really does.
Speaker B:It feels pretty good.
Speaker B:And I'm pretty happy with that.
Speaker B:So we're gonna go with that, right?
Speaker B:They know what they're doing and I'm just there to do what I'm told and get better.
Speaker B:And I feel like I am.
Speaker B:So that's the important part.
Speaker B:I'll put.
Speaker B:I'll put up with some pain to get better, folks.
Speaker B:I don't have a problem with that at all.
Speaker B:I don't think you would either.
Speaker B:So what else is going on in life?
Speaker B:Let's change subjects here and get away from the foot.
Speaker B:I now have a.
Speaker B:The next subject is going to be about work in a sense.
Speaker B:So I now have a program that I use called Thrive T H R Y V.
Speaker B:And if you're a small business or if you're a medium to large business, I think this would even work for you.
Speaker B:And it's.
Speaker B:It brings everything into one place for you.
Speaker B:You've got your emails there, you've got phone calls you can get and receive in there and make from there.
Speaker B:You've got marketing, you got social presence.
Speaker B:You got just an enormous, enormous amount of things that you can do in here.
Speaker B:It just, it's amazing to me what they can do for the money they charge per month.
Speaker B:Now don't get me wrong, this is not free, but you can do schedules, you can do pay that could take payments, make payments.
Speaker B:You can build a website.
Speaker B:You can.
Speaker B:You got a calendar in there, you got to list your clients, your sales, your documents, your marketing, your online presence, your social presence all in one place.
Speaker B:It's helping me to get more focused because focus is what I need because I'm.
Speaker B:I'm highly lacking in focus right now in my business and I've got to get back to it.
Speaker B:Yesterday, not that it matters to you guys, but yesterday I had to send in my annual report to the state for the business and got me thinking, geez, you know, I'm not doing all that great on this.
Speaker B:This is not good.
Speaker B:But hey, you know, it is what it is.
Speaker B:I've gotta, gotta get my act together here and get moving.
Speaker B:So if you know anybody out there who's looking for some editing, whether that's audio or video, I'm your guy.
Speaker B:I'm pretty good at it.
Speaker B:I'm Getting better all the time.
Speaker B:And I enjoy it.
Speaker B:That's.
Speaker B:You want to find somebody in your life.
Speaker B:If you're a podcaster or some kind of, let's say you're just doing an audiobook or whatever or a video, you want the person who's doing your editing, if it's not yourself, to enjoy what they're doing.
Speaker B:Because if it's work for them, granted it's work, and don't get me wrong, I believe it's work.
Speaker B:But if it's work for them to do it and they're not enjoying themselves, you're not going to get the, the quality that you're looking for or those little extras or that, that, that extra oomph or whatever it is you're looking for in your audio or video.
Speaker B:It may not be there if you don't have somebody who really, really likes it.
Speaker B:So my suggestion is to you, if, if you are looking for some kind of an editor, when that comes through, either audio or video, or both, find somebody who really likes what they're doing.
Speaker B:That's me.
Speaker B:So get me, use me.
Speaker B:Part of having a podcast is being able to promote your business.
Speaker B:Now I may have folks come back later on and not be happy with today's podcast because I'm talking about business.
Speaker B:But I'm here for business too.
Speaker B:You know, I like business.
Speaker B:I like my, like my business and I want it to grow.
Speaker B:I want to start making some money at it.
Speaker B:So let's, let's move on from the business end and let's move over to politics.
Speaker B:Well, you all know the big thing this week was this.
Speaker B:This leak of a, a class of classified information from the Department of Defense to a reporter on the Signal app.
Speaker B:He was included in a, a multi person text or group text.
Speaker B:First of all, why was that guy on the group text?
Speaker B:Somebody goofed up somewhere.
Speaker B:And I'm sorry.
Speaker B:If the government's doing well, I'm going to tell you if the government's making mistakes, I'm going to tell you they made a mistake here.
Speaker B:And I don't care if it didn't have exact information on what times the bombs were going to drop or where exactly they were going to drop or whatever.
Speaker B:Somebody made a mistake.
Speaker B:You know, it doesn't make it better, but it doesn't make it as bad when somebody pipes up and says, hey, it was my fault, I take the blame.
Speaker B:Do I believe somebody needs to be fired over this?
Speaker B:No.
Speaker B:Somebody needs their hand slapped?
Speaker B:Yes.
Speaker B:Fired?
Speaker B:No.
Speaker B:This is not a fireable offense.
Speaker B:There was nothing important that anybody and that anybody could have put out there that would have made a difference.
Speaker B:And the reporter didn't.
Speaker B:He didn't put it out online until the next day.
Speaker B:So nobody who was, you know, under attack by us or, you know, whatever, the Houthis, I think that's how you say it.
Speaker B:Houthis or Houthis, they didn't know what was coming because of him.
Speaker B:Good for him for not doing that.
Speaker B:I'm not very big on a lot of these reporters anymore, but at least he didn't jeopardize national security, which is good.
Speaker B:I mean, because national security is very, very important.
Speaker B:I'm sorry, folks if you don't agree with that, but I, I do.
Speaker B:Only these goofballs coming over here and making problems here in America, keep it over there in their world.
Speaker B:We don't need it.
Speaker B:So, yeah, step up, Be a man, be a woman, whatever it is.
Speaker B:If it was, you take the hit, you deserve it because you made the mistake, not me.
Speaker B:Now, if that was Hegseth, hey, he needs to step up.
Speaker B:I've been watching it a little bit.
Speaker B:You've got the people on the left going, absolutely back.
Speaker B:Crap crazy.
Speaker B:Going, oh, they made a mistake.
Speaker B:Oh, look at the Trump Organization.
Speaker B:Yeah.
Speaker B:And you can't tell.
Speaker B:Yeah.
Speaker B:Okay, let's look at Benghazi, folks.
Speaker B:Let's look at when Biden pulled the troops out of Afghanistan way too early and how many died because of that.
Speaker B:Yeah, let's, let's not compare apples to oranges here or apples to ants, you know, so the girls on the View are going to have a fun time with this show, though, anyways.
Speaker B:Oh, I don't know, folks.
Speaker B:Look, if you, if, if you know somebody who needs a little bit of editing done on their stuff, let me know.
Speaker B:Five minutes with gray HairDave.com or they can go right over to Gray Hair Productions.com and look at that.
Speaker B:If you want to leave me a message, go to five minutes with gray hair, Dave dot com.
Speaker B:That's the number.
Speaker B:Five minutes with gray hair, Dave dotcom.
Speaker B:Little right hand corner, there's a little microphone.
Speaker B:You can leave me a voicemail or you can go to the contact me page and leave me a message there.
Speaker B:Also, folks, just like every other time I talk about it, if you know somebody who doesn't know what a podcast is, doesn't know know how to find one, doesn't know what genres are out there, doesn't know how to follow, subscribe, or listen, even show them for me, you'll make my day.
Speaker B:And do me a favor.
Speaker B:Tell them if they want to have a fun one, they can listen to Gray Haired Dave.
Speaker B:Also, folks, do yourself and somebody else a favor today.
Speaker B:Smile at somebody you don't know.
Speaker B:You're going to make their day and they'll make yours in turn.
Speaker B:So on behalf of Gray Hair Dave over here at Gray Hair Productions, actually sitting in the offices of Gray Hair Productions, llc.
Speaker B:This is Gray Hair Dave.
Speaker B:You've had enough of the gray yet, saying bye, bye.
Speaker B:Talk to you next week.
Speaker B:Bye.
