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 Lives Matter and other protests — funding coming from America’s largest companies. Write in and share...
Jul 05, 2020•1 hr 14 min•Season 2Ep. 11
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 McRaven and Tulsi Gabbert. O5O – Fear. How has fear (desiring the “safe” thing) affected your career? Taking s...
Jul 02, 2020•1 hr 23 min•Season 2Ep. 10
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. O5O - Business consultants -- you need an excellent freebie, or Lead Magnet , in order to collect email add...
Jun 25, 2020•1 hr 13 min•Season 2Ep. 9
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 are the best source for your product or service. $200 off offer on having your own “Ask the Expert” bo...
Jun 19, 2020•1 hr 8 min•Season 2Ep. 8
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. Being smoke screened and duped during another election year. “Candace Owens gives George Floyd Facts“,...
Jun 11, 2020•1 hr 13 min•Season 2Ep. 7
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 COVID. Minneapolis PD clearly has a culture/racism problem, but we don't need to stereotype the nation with it. Ask ...
Jun 04, 2020•1 hr 9 min•Season 2Ep. 6
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 get started. Dreams part 1 . Inspirational and recurring dreams. We’ll dig deeper in a later episode....
May 28, 2020•1 hr 16 min•Season 2Ep. 5
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 (yea, we know). Neo-noir mystery Night School (2018): Kevin Hart Don't worry, he won't get far on foot...
May 22, 2020•1 hr 17 min
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 online rag. Calling strangers racist, sexist… is socially acceptable today… with no evidence. Waco do...
May 14, 2020•1 hr 22 min•Season 2Ep. 3
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
May 07, 2020•1 hr 8 min•Season 2Ep. 2
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 and Joe Biden's recent allegations. The insanity of the "inject yourself with Lysol" rage. And the struggle (or n...
Apr 30, 2020•1 hr 10 min•Season 2Ep. 1
Barry Edwards and Merle Garrison interviewing Rex M. Lee- Cybersecurity and Privacy Advisor/Tech Journalist Rex is a cybersecurity and privacy advisor and a freelance tech journalist. Rex is the founder of My Smart Privacy and CyberTalk. He is also a sr. tech and telecom analyst for BlackOpts Partners in Washington, DC and a former advisor to the Department of Homeland Security ("DHS"), National Security Agency ("NSA"). Rex has written numerous articles on tech, telecom, privacy and cybersecurit...
Apr 29, 2020•32 min
Barry Edwards and Merle Garrison wrap up season 1 with a freestyle 1.5 hour episode. A look back at what went right and wrong, but we appreciated every minute. 25 years of the Cleveland Browns curse . The doomed future of the NFL . We discuss Bob Lazar 's claim of working on alien spacecraft outside Area 51 - Yep... that's definitely real. Now what do we do with that info?? Finally, a look forward to our dreams of the evolution of O5O . As we continue to live much longer, we want to evolve a "re...
Apr 24, 2020•1 hr 29 min•Season 1Ep. 25
Fresh from media shows Nightline , Tucker Carlson and Martha MacCallum – one of the organizer’s for Operation Gridlock which took place in Lansing Michigan April 15 2020. This protest against the Executive Orders by Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer sparked a national movement with US citizens who fear that their civil rights are in jeopardy along with their livelihood. Marian Sheridan is also co-founder of Michigan Conservative Coalition, co-founder of Michigan Trump Republicans, and Grassroot...
Apr 22, 2020•28 min
Barry Edwards and Merle Garrison, discussing today's new entrepreneurial environment, why it's here, and what is threatening it. Get your own free, interactive, Lean Business Model to use as a 20-minute business plan at edwardscom.net/lean Generational changes and challenges. Discuss Jordan Peterson addressing college students video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XICqcAac9jg Colleges are teaching post-modern neo-marxism - entitled to other's wealth - Saps motivation, identity, self-worth....
Apr 16, 2020•1 hr 4 min•Season 1Ep. 25
Barry Edwards and Merle Garrison , with special guest Neil Howe Neil helps business owners, coaches and consultants position themselves as the trusted authority in their niche , allowing them to sell more products and services for more money and bigger profits . Neil’s background is in SEO and Local Marketing , but after a conversation with a local builder, pivoted to offer authority marketing services . Neil is an international best selling author and writer for Small Business Trendsetters and ...
Apr 14, 2020•33 min
Friday happy hour special! Barry Edwards and Merle Garrison: Getting Zoom-Bombed ! How to adjust your content marketing to isolation time. Special shoutout to Cleveland dentist, Dr. Claudia Minadeo-Fox , https://HealthInspiredDentistry.com, for leading the way in holistic dentistry. Hugely inspiring video for positive change: Dr. Joe Dispenza , Learn How To Control Your Mind (USE This To BrainWash Yourself) : https://bit.ly/2wwXCLA. Coronavirus pushing the boundaries of socialism in California. ...
Apr 10, 2020•1 hr 3 min•Season 1Ep. 23
Barry Edwards and Merle Garrison , discussing happiness vs joy, interviewing techniques and a frat party. Also – recovering from the 2 trillion dollar stimulus package and the BS loaded into the legislation – including raises for Congress and other waste. Rex Lee’s article on Hybrid Warfare: Are You Prepared — our behind the scenes war with China and Russia. Isolationism vs interdependence world wide. Write in and share your questions or insight at: mail@OverFiftyStartingOver.com Full vid: https...
Apr 03, 2020•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 22
Barry Edwards and Merle Garrison , discussing hard, life altering decisions we need to make. Effective home workout changeup – See The Body Project on YouTube . Using this time to create your sales funnel — lay the foundation now, so it’s sustainable when your super busy again. Netflix recommendations: “Tiger King” (a little disturbing docu-series). Silly, mindless shows, “GLOW”, “Schitts Creek”, “The Big Year” 2011. Inspirational movies: “Hardball” 2001. “Poms” 2019. Merle’s Christian inspirati...
Mar 27, 2020•1 hr 6 min
Marques Ogden , drafted into the NFL in 2003.Retired after 5 years to pursue a career in construction and contracting. At 27, Marques founded Kayden Premier Enterprises and in 2010, Marques won The African American Subcontractor of the Year Award in the state of Maryland. Though he soon went bankrupt, losing almost 2 million dollars on one project in a matter of 90 days. During his darkest hours, Marques pulled himself together, got a part-time job as a custodian and with hard work and determina...
Mar 20, 2020•32 min
Barry Edwards and Merle Garrison : How SMBs and you can use isolation time wisely. SEO quick tip and automating social media posts . Webinars, lead magnets and sales funnel basics . Light sales messages are the key for sales people at the moment. Important lessons learned from failure. Special announcement : Tomorrow (Friday, March 19), we're recording our first Special Guest: former NFL player, author, keynote speaker Marques Ogden . He'll share his story of building a business empire, losing e...
Mar 19, 2020•1 hr 5 min•Season 1Ep. 20
Barry Edwards and Merle Garrison: Coronavirus causing new recession , job loss. With loss is opportunity . Corporate America will see an increase in remote working, and the " Gig Economy " will see another spike as more layoffs occur with the economic turn. This will provide opportunities for consultants as businesses will need to fill gaps with outsourcing. Merle says President should call for Day of Prayer . Barry disagrees based upon separation of church and state . Lighter side : Two Netflix...
Mar 12, 2020•1 hr 4 min
Barry Edwards and Merle Garrison : Personal health scare – now on prescription medications. Coronavirus – how serious is it? Google shuts down it’s biggest event… and then wins lawsuit about shutting down Tulsi Gabbard . Most of the democratic candidates drop out of the race – is there a deep state conspiracy ? Who’s the best VP candidate . Write in and share your questions or insight at: mail@OverFiftyStartingOver.com Subscribe to your preferred channels below! Apple podcasts • Google podcasts ...
Mar 05, 2020•1 hr 5 min•Season 1Ep. 18
Barry Edwards and Merle Garrison discussing LEAN Canvas – an agile business plan for entrepreneurs. Free download at edwardscom.net/lean . It is the 20-minute cure to the common business plan. UFOs/aliens : There’s so much evidence! Do you believe? China , the coronavirus. Our dependence on their pharmaceuticals and factories. China financing professors in our colleges. Democratic debates . The Bloomberg Blitzkrieg Write in and share your questions or insight at: mail@OverFiftyStartingOver.com S...
Feb 20, 2020•1 hr 14 min•Season 1Ep. 16
Barry Edwards and Merle Garrison , discuss outsourcing your marketing. Friend of show, Diane, starting her own legal services company. Famous entrepreneurs over 50. Great movies. Socialism vs Capitalism - the greed component. Democratic front runners... or lack thereof. Write in and share your questions or insight at mail@OverFiftyStartingOver.com website: https://OverFiftyStartingOver.com Video: https://youtu.be/0N-9I8kBnM4...
Feb 13, 2020•1 hr 10 min•Season 1Ep. 15
Barry Edwards and Merle Garrison: Friend of show, Lordes starting new animal rehab. Manifesting your passion. Dealing with bad moods. Merle discusses, "Bombs, Bullets and Bribes " by Rick Porrello - taking down Mafia boss, Shondor Birns. Barry talks about Marques Ogden's "The Success Cycle" . Superbowl game and halftime show. Is networking important today? Gay man vs Christianity . Everyone is racist . State of The Union Address. Impeachment is finally over!! Iowa Caucus. Write in and share your...
Feb 06, 2020•1 hr 13 min•Season 1Ep. 14
Barry Edwards and Merle Garrison , discussing social media importance and how to schedule. Today's booming Business Coaching market. Creating and nurturing business teams. Discussing how we're going to go about bringing on guests to the show. Kobe Bryant's tragic passing and how its effected even us non-basketball fans. The coronavirus pandemic, earthquakes - when does Mother Nature thin the herd? And updates on the impeachment hearings - uncovering corruption. Can catch the original video at ht...
Jan 29, 2020•1 hr 8 min•Season 1Ep. 13
This week's episode: Barry Edwards and Merle Garrison , discussing "The Power of Positive Thinking" by Norman Vincent Peale. Rewarding Job Possibilities After Retirement: https://bit.ly/3aximSB. Overcoming insomnia - YouTube meditations: https://bit.ly/2NSNt1e AARP Resources for new careers after 50: https://bit.ly/2RkYdHz Also discuss Space Force debate and importance for national security. Write in and share your questions or insight at: mail@OverFiftyStartingOver.com Subscribe to your preferr...
Jan 23, 2020•1 hr 12 min•Season 1Ep. 12
Barry Edwards and Merle Garrison. Important 1st steps in getting a new business found online. How to maximize your social media and blog posts. Smart contact lenses are going to change everything. How Generation Z is polar opposite of Millennials. Martin Luther King Jr.'s contributions and assassination. Megxit (meh). Write in and share your questions or insight at mail@OverFiftyStartingOver.com website: https://OverFiftyStartingOver.com Subscribe to your preferred channels below! Apple podcasts...
Jan 16, 2020•1 hr 13 min•Season 1Ep. 11
Barry Edwards and Merle Garrison, discussing Jordan Peterson’s take on God and marriage relationships. Struggle with faith. Also mentioned, looking for a great paying government job? Sign up at USAJobs.gov. Discussing Rex Lee’s (friend of the show) article about tech company’s stealing our personal info — full article: https://bit.ly/39X0u2X. Politics: Drone takes out Iran general Soleimani. Trump impeachment stall. Ricky Gervais’ Golden Globes speech. Write in and share your questions or insigh...
Jan 09, 2020•1 hr 6 min
