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The Today Counts Show

The Today Counts Show is about leadership. It’s about shaping healthy leaders, relationships, and workplaces. It’s about re-imaging leadership within three dimensions: your person, your people, and your place. This triad of thought and life is informed by theology, psychology, biology, philosophy, sociology, and any discipline that contributes to the shaping of leadership character.

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Ep. 97 - Healthy Relationships: Blake Coffee

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2024/01/21

Blake Coffee is Jim's guest on this episode of the Today Counts Show. Blake is founder and Executive Director of One Another Project. One Another Project aims to be an organization where people, families, churches and entire communities discover pathways to healing, togetherness and peace in a fractured world. Blake Coffee is also an attorney/mediator and author. Jim and Blake discuss the importance of relationships in all aspects of life. Your personal life, church life and business life

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Ep. 96 - Built to Beat Chaos: Gary Harpst

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2024/01/14

Jim Piper welcomes a new friend and colleague to the show today. His name is Gary Harpst. Gary is the founder and CEO of LeadFirst. The website describes LeadFirst as a faith-driven leadership platform that equips leaders to integrate faith, business management, and whole-person care. (Those should be familiar concepts to regular listeners of the Today Counts Show.) Gary is also an author. His most recent book is titled "Built to Beat Chaos: Biblical Wisdom for Leading Yourself"

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Ep. 95 - Creating A Resilient, Winning Perspective

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2024/01/07

Jim is flying solo on this episode of the Today Counts Show. This is another one-on-one coaching session where Jim Piper is speaking directly to you! Here's a quick overview of what to expect:Everybody likes winning, right? Well guess what trait most successful, consistent winners share? They are resilient. Good or bad, up or down they don't quit. They are resilient. So today Jim is sharing a model, a method, a roadmap to help you build a resilient, winning perspective in your life

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Ep. 94 - Principles of Success: Jim Piper (w/Guest...

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2023/12/31

Winston Harris returns as guest host for this episode of the Today Counts Show. He leads Jim Piper in a discussion of the Principles of Success. Success means many different things to different people but how you arrive at that "definition of success" leads right into the first topic. Here's an overview of four main topics:· The most difficult person to lead is yourself. Know who you want to be, what you want to do to support that and why. Everything else really depends

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Ep. 93 - Today Counts Show 2023 Reflection: Jim Piper...

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2023/12/24

Today's episode is a total role reversal for Jim Piper. Our special guest host, Winston Harris, interviews Jim on his journey in 2023 as the host of the Today Count Show. When you get the opportunity to talk one-on-one with many successful, fascinating people, you're bound to learn something! Together, Winston and Jim expand on some of the biggest take-away moments that really left an impression on Jim in 2023. Here's the list of episodes mentioned:EPISODE 58: JOHNNY SIRPILLA ON

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Ep. 92 - Core Competencies Of A High Capacity Leader

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2023/12/16

This episode of the Today Counts Show is all about leadership training. Jim talks us through the core competencies of a high capacity leader. This coaching session is divided into 6 topics:· Clear and consistent communication· Time and energy management· Intentional personal and professional growth· People development· Commitment to the enterprise· DecisivenessLearn the difference between delegation and empowerment. Why is one better than the

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Ep. 91 - Don't Be Afraid Of Big Hairy Audacious...

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2023/12/10

John Hewitt is Jim's guest this week! It's hard to know where to start to introduce John but let's just say if you have ever used a tax preparation company to do your income taxes, there's a good chance you have done business with one of his companies. John Hewitt co-founded Jackson Hewitt, founded Liberty Tax Service and founded Loyalty Brands. He is a master at building and growing businesses through franchising. The two tax companies he founded represent two out of three

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Ep. 90 - Dealing With Difficult People: Insights From...

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2023/12/03

We can all think of situations in our lives where we were faced with dealing with a difficult person. At work or in our personal lives. Some situations created by difficult people are low risk/low stakes while others can have a significant negative impact on team dynamics at work or even our family relationships.This episode of the Today Counts Show is all about dealing with difficult people. To guide us through this very challenging topic, Jim welcomes Clint Pies. Clint Pies is currently the

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Ep. 89 - Resiliency And Reflection: Mental Health...

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2023/11/19

Jim Piper welcomes his sister, Robin Finney, to the Today Counts Show. Robin is a psychiatric nurse practitioner. She and her husband Micah Finney are co-owners of Compass Rose Psychiatry. Jim and Robin have a lengthy discussion about mental health in today's culture and why it seems to be so front of mind in our society. For example; why are so many people today so easily offended and so quick to share that experience with everyone or even demand retribution against the perceived

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Ep. 88 - Biblical Based Financial Planning: Wes Bridel

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2023/11/12

This episode of the Today Counts Show is about something important to all of us... how to devise and execute a plan for our financial future. In today's uncertain economic times this can be a stressful, difficult task. To help educate us on this subject Jim welcomes Wes Bridel. Wes is a financial planner in Austin, Texas and founder of Kingdom Calling. At the top of the home page on the KingdomCalling.com website it says, "The Biblical Pathway To Financial Freedom". The goal is

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Ep. 87 - Are You Emotionally Spent

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2023/11/05

Jim Piper's topic on this episode of the Today Counts Show is about self-reflection and gauging yourself. It's about understanding when you are emotionally spent and taking action to correct it. Here are a few symptoms that you are not emotionally healthy:· You are easily and often offended· You are embracing a victim mentality, you feel like you're being used· You have no tolerance whatsoever for others or yourself · You're taking shortcuts in

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Ep. 86 - The Communication Triangle

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2023/10/29

What is the Communication Triangle? Is it a mysterious location somewhere on the globe where a communication goes in and is lost forever? Is it Elon Musk's latest project? Luckily, neither of those are true. The Communication Triangle is a method or process (newly named on today's podcast) that Jim shares to help leaders quickly compile and outline information to deliver a talk on any subject or idea. This is a very low-tech, pen and paper concept. Something you can do on a napkin in

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Ep. 85 - Understanding the History Of Israel: General...

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2023/10/19

Special guest General Jerry Boykin talks with Jim about the attack on Israel, their ongoing response to the attack and the reactions of Americans to these events. It's hard for most of us to imagine what happened in Israel or to know what it's like to live in a nation like Israel that is constantly under attack from hostile enemies. Even on our worst days here in the United States we have an easy life compared to many parts of the world like Israel. General Boykin shares his wealth of

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Ep. 84 - Know Your Convictions

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2023/10/08

Near the end of this podcast Jim says this, "When you work on your life, good things come from it." How does this relate to having convictions? Jim uses the examples of his own convictions to illustrate how they inform or influence your calendar. Now, that may not mean an actual calendar with every minute of every day pre-planned, though for many people (like Jim) that is what it means, but still... your convictions influence what is most important to you and, therefore, you will

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Ep. 83 - Life Lessons: 10 Ideas To Live Out, Learn...

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2023/10/01

While reflecting on the impact his grandfather had on his life, Jim created a list of ideas, or concepts, he wants to pass along to his grandchildren and his family. He condenses this wealth of knowledge about leading a good and productive life into 10 points to share with you on this episode of The Today Counts Show. This information can apply to anyone in any stage of life. Here's a partial list:Life is not fair but it's filled with opportunities!Life makes you strong when you take

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Ep. 82 - Spiritual Growth and Maturity

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2023/09/24

Jim Piper delivers a personal message today about the how and why of spiritual growth and maturity. What is there to gain? Your life will change for the better! In contemporary terms, you'll become more self-aware, more compassionate and epithetic, more purposeful in serving others, more grateful and more content just to name a few things. The Bible describes it like this, Galatians chapter 5 verses 22-23:"But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace,

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Ep. 81 - Conflicts and Difficult Conversations:...

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2023/09/17

The topic for today's show is a tricky one. Conflicts and difficult conversations. Probably an area most people would rather not think about but if you are a leader, there are many skills you must learn and this one is crucial. Jim's guest today is here to teach her proven methods. Heather Celaya is an executive pastor at a large, multi-campus church in San Antonio, TX. The process she uses there to manage a diverse staff across multiple areas is based on four simple guiding

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Ep. 80 - Family, Faith and Cruising Kitchens: Cameron...

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2023/09/10

Today Jim brings another fantastic guest to the Today Count's Show. Cameron Davies is a serial entrepreneur. He is founder and CEO of Cruising Kitchens, founder and CEO of Davies Entertainment and creator of the Built For Business TV series. That is really just a surface level description of Cameron's business activities! He is also a proud family man and a man of faith. The idea that eventually lead Cameron to start Cruising Kitchens was simple; build an outdoor food court for food

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Ep. 79 - A Millennial Pastor's Journey: Winston Harris

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2023/09/03

In this episode of the Today Counts Show, Jim welcomes his friend and colleague, Winston Harris. Winston is a pastor at NorthRock Church in San Antonio, Texas. For those of you who don't know, Jim Piper is also a licensed and ordained minister. This sets up some clear differences in perspective since Jim is a pastor from the Baby Boomer generation and Winston is a pastor from the Millennial generation. When the subject of "work-life balance" comes up it gets pretty interesting

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Ep. 78 - Timeless Wisdom For Diligent Leaders - Part...

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2023/07/23

Welcome to the sixth and final episode of our six part series focusing on the practical lessons to be learned from the wisdom of Paul in 1 Timothy in the New Testament. Jim Piper's commentary will guide you through the application of this biblical wisdom and help put it into context for today's leaders. If you are not a Christian don't be turned off by the Bible's use as "source material". Keep your mind and your heart open. Jim has given this episode the subtitle:

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