Podcast Episode #436: Culture Wars – How to Engage The Disengaged Labor Force – Alastair Macdonald
Episode #436: Dentist Freedom Blueprint Podcast
Culture Wars – How to Engage The Disengaged Labor Force – Alastair Macdonald
Alastair Macdonald is back for a second round and if you missed his first episode, be sure to catch episode #435. In this episode, we will be dealing with the many labor force issues that came about during COVID. From the helicopter money that let a lot of people stay home to people who just don’t want to go back to the office, we will talk about how you can find good people even in an era like this where we’re going into a recession.
We also discuss relevancy and how businesses can stay relevant while being a lighthouse to their community. Alastair sheds light on how to play the long game rather than focusing on the short game and how that helps you outlast the rest. You will also hear about how important it is to know when to go against herd mentality and zig when others are zagging.
Minute Markers:
4:19 – How to build a wall around yourself and business by also protecting the people around you.\
8:30 – Why it’s so worth it to encourage your community to start thinking about how they will take care of family members who fall on hard times.
10:34 – Our responsibility to our community to “report from the field.”
12:30 – Examples of how companies are navigating elements of the coming recession well.
16:00 – How dentists are able to better prepare for transitional and recessionary times.
18:46 – Why now is a great time to be generous with your community.
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In this episode, we finish up the second part of my interview with Rob Swanson and his eight rules of investing. (If you haven’t listened to part 1, be sure to go back and give that a listen before jumping into this one.) Today, we pick up where we left off, covering rules four through eight and talking about everything from decision-making to cash flow and risk reduction.
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Alastair MacDonald is a private advisor to established entrepreneurs, investors, and business owners, as well as a TEDx speaker who lectures on economic, social, and financial forecasts. Join me today to hear part two of our conversation at the Freedom Founders Mastermind, where we dive into the concept of certainty, how to hedge against a volatile economy, and why the abdication model is no longer one that works.
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