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Welcome to Businesswise: The Voice of Business Networking in Swindon. Every fortnight we'll be sharing a new episode with you that features our members. In it, they'll share their highs, their lows, their networking experience and what it is that makes BusinessWise work for them. Join us as we show you why we're the Voice of Business Networking in Swindon! If you'd like to visit the group please email our secretary on secretary@businesswise.org.uk or to learn more about the group visit www.b ...
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Episode 18, Volume 5: THE WHY FOR STRUGGLES AND FAILURES TO EXPAND
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Why? Why does one struggle with their business? Why does one have problems with expansion? Why? In this episode, L. Ron Hubbard gives you that WHY, and I’ll bet you dollars to donuts, it’s going to surprise you, because you may think you know the datum, but have never evaluated its correct importance before.…
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I can learn from other people’s experiences with Dave Steinhausen
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Today’s podcast presenter, Fi DaSilva Adams is talking to member, Dave Steinhausen of Red Wizard Digital, a company who focuses on pay per click, Google ads, and LinkedIn ads. Starting his business about a year and a half ago, Dave works with small to medium businesses on a one to one basis to help them to understand how to get the best from online…
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Episode 17, Volume 5: A FRAMEWORK OF PURPOSE
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Do not, do not, do not underestimate the importance and power of PURPOSE either in building a business, reviving a failing business, or building a life. We have done several episodes on this subject, but here is a new look and a vital connection that you may have never heard before and which could have a dramatic and positive impact on your success…
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Review Episode: How to Raise Your Income
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Episodes on raising income are always popular. Regard this episode as a FIRST STEP in raising income. If you follow BusinessWISE you may think you know the answer, but I think you are going to be surprised.Af wiseeastus
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Episode 16, Volume 5: HOW TO HANDLE GROUPS
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With a title like HOW TO HANDLE GROUPS, this episode had better deliver some powerful fundamentals. Check it out for yourself! I think you will agree that the ability to handle groups all starts with these basics.Af wiseeastus
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Without networking, people forget you exist! with Barbara Leatham
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Chris Dawes from Visual PR hosts our latest podcast where he is talking to Barbara Leatham of Barbara Leatham Photography. He specialises in business photography, and works predominantly in Wiltshire and Swindon, although also across the UK. Barbara shares the story of how she got into photography from her first interest on a school trip when she w…
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Review Episode: The First Stable Datum on Income
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This was a very early episode of BusinessWISE, and perhaps one of our most popular. But despite its importance to every entrepreneur who needs to be cause over their income, we have never reviewed it. Better late than never!Af wiseeastus
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Episode 15, Volume 5: THE BUYOUT OF AMERICA
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I am sure you have heard of a “turnaround specialist” before. Perhaps you have wondered what their techniques are for “turning around” a struggling business. I know I have. Well, it turns out their techniques are not that great and not all that survival. On the other hand, L. Ron Hubbard has a winning approach that DOES work, and where EVERYBODY wi…
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NETWORKING IS ABOUT WHO KNOWS WHO IN THE ROOM & BEYOND with Fiona Scott
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Chatting to our presenter John Lewis for today’s podcast, is Fiona Scott who is in the 16th year of running her media consultancy Scott Media. Fiona holds the PR seat in the group, plus another member of her team has the social media seat. Increasingly she has found that social media engagement and traditional media engagement are closely linked as…
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Review Episode: The First and Most Important Lesson
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We are about to launch a campaign to make every listener of BusinessWISE a showcase of the power of the Hubbard management system with superlative organization, a loyal and dynamic staff, and booming stats. Are you in? Let’s start with a review of this first and vital lesson.Af wiseeastus
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Episode 14, Volume 5: HOW GOVERNMENT BECOMES SUPPRESSIVE
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Why do governments start taking savage, oppressive actions against their own people? Why might you sometimes feel like you are going to take a battle axe to the people you generally count upon to carry the organization? There is a reason, and once you learn it, you will no longer be the effect of it.…
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Networking has taught me the importance of building your reviews with Phil Rand
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Lis McDermott, writing mentor and author hosts our latest podcast, talking to Phil Rand from Rand Planning Consultancy, a family owned small business that has been run by Phil and his wife for the last 39 years. Phil enjoys working with homeowners who want to make changes to their houses. It might be that they want more bedrooms, due to a growing f…
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Episode 13, Volume 5: HANDLING THE TOXIC CUSTOMER
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We think you are really going to love this episode! The toxic customer is probably a bigger factor in your successes and your failures than you realize, and these truths may very well make you feel a lot better about your business, your staff, and your life in general.Af wiseeastus
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REVIEW EPISODE: The Qualities of Leadership
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This being an election year, we thought it might be a good idea to devote a few episodes to LEADERSHIP, starting with this one on the essential qualities needed in a leader.Af wiseeastus
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If I’m struggling with something, there is somebody there to just listen with Louise Muir - Sage
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In today’s podcast, our presenter Lis McDermott is talking to member Louise Muir-Sage of Wellness Wiltshire. She works as a weight-loss and addiction coach and is also a Reiki practitioner. She has worked in the weight-loss industry since 2012, when she originally joined one of the UK’s biggest weight loss organizations as a consultant. In 2023, sh…
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Episode 12, Volume 5: THE AESTHETIC WAVELENGTH
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We have discussed the relationship between Art and Management before in BusinessWISE, but this stable datum on the Aesthetic Wavelength is very likely to going to change the way you view your business, and will unquestionably raise your level of success.Af wiseeastus
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Episode 11, Volume 5: THE SOCIAL PERSONALITY
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Looking at the number of downloads in the first week of our episode on THE ANTI-SOCIAL PERSONALITY, this is a hot topic! I hope this episode on the attributes of the SOCIAL PERSONALITY is at least as popular, because, frankly, this one is even more important for your success and expansion, not to mention the success of this current civilization.…
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Businesswise is like having your own business team! with Andrew Wilkinson
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Chris Dawes from Visual PR hosts our latest podcast, talking to Andrew Wilkinson of Secure Safety solutions. Andrew’s business, which he describes as a soft of ‘one stop shop’ for health and safety, was set up at the end of 2019, just before COVID kicked in. However, he talks about how he was able to diversify during that time. He shares his journe…
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Episode 10, Volume 5: THE ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY
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When you consider all the technical skills you have already learned from L. Ron Hubbard and any skills you may learn from him on the future, which do you think he considered to rank the highest? This episode could be the make-break in your business, and even in your life.Af wiseeastus
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REVIEW EPISODE: THE ORG BOARD PART 2, HOW TO HAVE A LIFE
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One more episode on the Org Board before we move on. This episode simplifies the subject of organization overall and is absolutely critical to any of you who are coping and having a rough time figuring out how have a business and a have a life at the same time. Do you want a LIFE? Listen to this episode.…
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Businesswise are my office family with Rachel Weaven
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Chris Dawes from Visual PR hosts our latest podcast, talking to Rachel Weaven from face2face HR. Rachel, who started her business three years ago, works with businesses who don’t have the capacity for a full time or part time person in their business. She helps them with all of their employment issues, challenges, opportunities, and helps them know…
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REVIEW EPISODE: THE ORGANIZING BOARD PART 1
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You are not going to get very far with the Hubbard management system without an ORGANIZING BOARD, or what we familiarly call “The Org Board”. There is probably no single tool that solves more problems for an entrepreneur than this one. Hiring, training, promotion, production, expansion, even statistical management and conditions, depend on you work…
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Episode 9, Volume 5: Hiring Part 2
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It is very, very possible that your problem with HIRING is actually NOT HIRING!! If you skip this one, you will continue to be baffled not only how come it is so difficult for you to hire effectively. It also explains the company that can’t seem to get past one or two employees. THIS IS AN IMPORTANT ONE!!…
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This group has a unique balance of lightheartedness and business! with Joe Tompkinson
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Fiona Da Silva Adams from Revolution Performing Arts hosts this latest podcast where she talks to Joe Tomkinson from UW, otherwise known as Utility Warehouse. Joe and his wife, Claire, have run their Utility Warehouse business together for the last 12 years. Both previously worked in the police and when their first child came along, Claire decided …
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Episode 8, Volume 5: HIRING PART 1
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Ask any entrepreneur what areas of business they are having difficulty with, and the subject of hiring is going to come up on top or in the top three, especially in these past few years. Well, you don’t need to be the effect of that. Like most things, Mr. Hubbard breaks hiring down into simplicities. We are going to devote two or three episodes to …
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REVIEW EPISODE: WHAT MAKES PEOPLE TICK?
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We have been doing a series of episodes on dealing with people; a pretty important subject when we are talking about groups and building organizations. An important question in all this would be: What motivates people? And how do you motivate yourself? Here is a review episode that covers this important subject.…
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Working alone can be lonely for sole traders with Caroline Peyton
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Today, our presenter, Fiona Da Silva Adams is talking to member Caroline Peyton, who is a nutritionist, naturopath, and specialises in gut health in her business; Peyton Principles. Caroline has been running her business for 15 years now, and even during COVID she was able to continue to work with clients on Zoom, as her business is not a hands-on …
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Episode 7, Volume 5: THE TRUTH ABOUT “TOUGH”
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Do you have to be tough to be successful? The answer is unequivocally yes. However, there are gross misconceptions about what being tough really means. Find out what L. Ron Hubbard has to say about “tough”.Af wiseeastus
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Review Episode: How to Handle Others
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The next few episodes of BusinessWISE are going to be devoted to effectively dealing with others. Let’s start with this review episode as an important foundation to the coming series.Af wiseeastus
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Surrounded by people who support each other with Laura Dent
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In today’s podcast our presenter John Lewis is talking to member Laura Dent of commercial cleaning company So Fresh and So Clean who begins by talking about her recent office move and becoming an ‘office junkie’. Laura and her husband, Neil run their cleaning business together. They started about 12 years ago with Neil doing carpet cleaning, and th…
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Episode 6, Volume 5: Two Types of PR & the “Dead Agent” Caper
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One of the most important things to understand about PR is that it can be used as a defensive weapon and also for offense. But using PR for offense is probably not what you think, and handled incorrectly can BADLY backfire! Better listen to this one.Af wiseeastus
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Episode 5, Volume 5: WHAT YOU ARE NOT TOLD ABOUT PR
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PR is one of the most valuable tools you have in achieving success. It is a PR world. If you have big goals, it is unlikely that you will achieve them without expert use of PR. But the subject is booby-trapped, frankly, through a missing ingredient that PRs are not generally taught which can make nitroglycerine safe to handle in comparison!…
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LET’S TALK NETWORKING! with Dave Southby
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John Lewis of JL Mindset Performance, interviews Dave Southby of Dave Southby Financial Planning – or in other words, BusinessWise current chairperson interviews the former chairperson! Welcome to our new podcast, where over the coming weeks, we will be introducing members of BusinessWise,– and we are now officially the ‘voice of business networkin…
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Review Episode: UNDERSTANDING PUBLIC RELATIONS
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This is a review episode. While we try to make every episode of BusinessWISE stand on its own so a listener can benefit from one chosen at random, when going in depth in one aspect of the Hubbard management system, there are fundamentals that should be well understood first. We are devoting several upcoming episodes to the vital subject of PUBLIC R…
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BusinessWise - The Voice of Business Networking in Swindon trailer
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BusinessWise Swindon is one of the leading networking groups in the town. Join us for the launch of our podcast! Every fortnight you'll hear from one of our members about what networking means to them, why they joined the group and more. This podcast is just one of the perks that our group offers its members! We are a single seat referral group tha…
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Episode 4, Volume 5: POSTULATE MAGIC PART 2
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Last episode we spoke of the power of postulates to create POSITIVE effects, with this episode we go into the NEGATIVE impact of postulates, and the magic super-power you can develop that OVERIDES them!Af wiseeastus
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Episode 3, Volume 5: POSTULATE MAGIC PART 1
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If you have been listening to recent episodes you have picked up a thing or two regarding POSTULATES and their impact on YOU, but what is the impact of your postulates on OTHERS? Be prepared to learn a little MAGIC!Af wiseeastus
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Episode 2, Volume 5: REDUCING EFFORT
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Success without effort! Now that sounds awesome! Let’s learn all about it in this week’s episode!!Af wiseeastus
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Episode 1, Volume 5: SPECIAL NEW YEARS EPISODE- A FEW TIPS ON POSTULATES
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Well, here we are, at the beginning of a brand-new year! Now is the time when most of us take stock of our dreams; what are our RESOLUTIONS for the future? L. Ron Hubbard was the greatest researcher of them all on the subject of THOUGHT, and since a resolution is ultimately a thought, there is much we can learn from him on this. Let this episode he…
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Review Episode: THIRD DYNAMIC POWER, #31 and final episode on the CONDITIONS
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This episode completes our series on L. Ron Hubbard’s discovery and development of the CONDITIONS that all things operate in, and the formulas one can take to reliably move from one operating state to the next one higher up. This may be the most important episode in this series, and thus a fitting wrap up to this subject as we close out 2023.…
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Episode 40, Volume 4: SPECIAL HOLIDAY EPISODE- IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE!
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Well, the Yule season in the Northern Hemisphere shares celebration with many of the great civilizing movements on this planet and is generally regarded as a time to remind ourselves of the desirability and magic of peace and goodwill amongst humans. Interestingly, within these concepts and celebrations lies the key to true success and happiness. L…
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Episode 39, Volume 4: FIXING THE VIOLATION OF POWER CHANGE - #30 in our series on CONDITIONS
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Though Power Change is the “lazy” formula, and perhaps the easiest of all the Conditions Formulas to do, when violated, and it gets violated OFTEN, one quickly finds oneself in the disastrous nosedive of DANGER! But it can be repaired. Learn how with this episodeAf wiseeastus
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Episode 38, Volume 4: How To Look A Gift Horse In The Mouth - #29 in our series on CONDITIONS
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Of all the operating states of existence, or CONDITIONS, as Mr. Hubbard describes them, there is a one that is a gift. If you are lucky enough to receive this gift, don’t blow it by applying the wrong formula! Learn what it is and what the steps of its formula are before you fall into a common pitfall.…
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Review Episode: THE FORMULA FOR POWER! - #28 in our series on CONDITIONS
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We have covered all the earlier conditions and their formulas up to POWER, and we have thoroughly defined it. The time has come to cover the POWER FORMULA so you know what to do when you get there!Af wiseeastus
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Episode 37, Volume 4: A SPECIAL EPISODE FOR AFRICA
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Africa is rapidly becoming the CONTINENT OF LIGHT. The changes occurring in Southern Africa will soon impact the world. Out of respect and appreciation for a study group there that has been listening to BusinessWISE we decided to do a special episode for them on SUCCESS, but we hope all listeners will find it useful and interesting.…
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Review Episode: DEFINING POWER PART 3 - #27 in our series on CONDITIONS
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There is one more definition of POWER you need to understand before we move on in this continuing series on Mr. Hubbard’s discovery of the CONDITIONS and their FORMULAS. This is Part 3, so make sure you have covered the earlier two episodes as well before we move on to the POWER FORMULAS. Know well what you are handling, and you will find that POWE…
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Review Episode: DEFINING POWER PART 2 - #26 in our series on CONDITIONS
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There is much to know about POWER. Many who think they understand it best are the first to lose it; their career, their business, or even their lives ruined. You need to understand it thoroughly to attain it and, just as importantly, to maintain it. This episode will connect many dots as you see the relationship between power and several other fact…
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Episode 36, Volume 4: LIFE AND POWER - #25 in our series on CONDITIONS
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Very soon we will be covering the formulas for the highest operating state there is: the top of the scale of conditions, POWER. But this is a good place to cover a fundamental that applies to POWER in particular and has considerable application to ALL the conditions and their formulas. You can know and apply your formulas pretty well and still have…
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Review Episode: DEFINING POWER PART 1 - #24 in our series on CONDITIONS
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In our continuing series on Mr. Hubbard’s discovery of the CONDITIONS and their FORMULAS, we arrive at last at the highest operating state there is- POWER! But power is also one of the least understood concepts in the English language, so let’s start by making sure we clearly understand what power IS before we start getting into its formula. It’s g…
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Review Episode: What To Do When You BLOW IT! - #23 in our series on CONDITIONS
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AFFLUENCE is the most dangerous condition there is. When you blow it, it’s not nice. But thankfully there is a way to fix a BROKEN AFFLUENCE. You are supposed to be able to learn from your mistakes, aren’t you? Well, this episode will show you exactly how.Af wiseeastus
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