Off The Dome Radio

Episode 90: Burger King's Creative Ad Campaign, Streaming Wars Heating Up, Homebuyer Email Fraud, Dreamers vs. Doers, Handling Uncertainty, and How to Block Out Distractions

Episode  |  October 8th, 2019  |  52 mins 12 secs

advertising, amazon, aubrey marcus, balance, batman, burger king, cross-training, dark knight, disney, dream, email fraud, google, heath ledger, joker movie, laura r wallker, marketing, meditation, mexico city, resiliency, steve jobs, streaming wars, tim ferriss, tribe of mentors, uncertainty, yoga, youtube

In today's current events, we highlight Burger King's creative advertising campaign involving food comas. We also discuss the streaming wars, and how competition is heating up between Amazon, Google, and Disney after a couple of branding disputes. We end the segment by talking about email fraud and how a homebuyer from Texas was a victim of a business email compromise scam.

In the real life experience section, Slager gets into what separates dreamers from doers, as well as the importance or cross-training. Tim describes the lessons he learned after experiencing debit card fraud this past weekend.

For book talk, Tim expands on some advice about handling uncertainty from Laura R. Walker in Tim Ferriss' book "Tribe of Mentors." Slager discusses what it means to do the hard tasks and black out distractions, analyzing parts of Aubrey Marcus' "Own the Day, Own Your Life."

Episode 55: Vegan IPOs, Fitness and Sleep, 4 Healthy Relationship Habits, MLB Draft System Outsmarted, Contacting a CEO, Forgetting Your Limitations

Episode  |  May 28th, 2019  |  56 mins 18 secs

baseball, beyond meat, carter stewart, draft, fitness, indy 500, investing, ipo, lifestyle, markets, mlb, plant-based, relationship, resiliency, sleep, stocks, stu heinecke, vegan

In today's current events section of the episode, Slager talks about the 4 strategies to strengthen your relationship this month, and how working out can affect your quality of sleep and energy levels. Tim discusses the first plant-based/vegan company to deliver a successful IPO, Beyond Meat, and what this could mean for the industry, as well as a top MLB prospect, Carter Stewart, who is going a different route from the MLB Draft system.

In today's real life experience portion of the episode, Tim talks about a difficult hurdle he overcame last week and how it tested his mental strength. Slager explains how to not let your external environment push your buttons in certain situations.

In the book talk section, Slager highlights "Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff," and how to not let yourself argue your limitations. Tim covers "How to Get a Meeting with Anyone" by Stu Heineke and talks about the stages everyone must go through to successfully earn the business of a CEO.

Episode 9: Networking, Leading, and Navigating as an Entrepreneur with Jim McKneight

Episode  |  November 29th, 2018  |  50 mins 10 secs

butler university, delegating, entrepreneur, entrepreneurship, finance, leadership, networking, resiliency, self-education

Jim McKneight is an Instructor in Entrepreneurship and Pre-Law Advisor at Butler University. After starting his career as a Tax Attorney at Ernst & Young, he grew three different companies as a CFO, including an ice business that was eventually sold to Home City Ice. Jim goes into detail on the ups and downs of being an entrepreneur, the smartest ways to network, and what motivated him to go back and mentor young business students.