The Breakthru Podcast
By J.Paul Fridenmaker
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Welcome to the Breakthru Podcast – I’m J.Paul Fridenmaker and I am amazed by all you folks who do fundraising, inviting generous people to resource causes all over the world. In the Breakthru Podcast, we interview high net worth givers globally to listen and learn about how we, as fundraisers, can do our best work in inviting people to the party.
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(7m 16s) J.Paul's Major Gift Fundraising Guide - Post Script - When You Just Show Up
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Jun 05, 2026 |
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(7m 31s) J.Paul's Major Gift Fundraising Guide - Pull Up A Chair
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May 30, 2026 |
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(7m 43s) J.Paul's Major Gift Fundraising Guide - When They Start Asking You
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May 23, 2026 |
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(9m 34s) J.Paul's Major Gift Fundraising Guide - Before The Ask Ever Happens
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May 16, 2026 |
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(8m 32s) J.Paul's Major Gift Fundraising Guide - The Cost Of Getting It Wrong
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May 11, 2026 |
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(10m 5s) J.Paul's Major Gift Fundraising Guide - Acute Invitational Misalignment Syndrome (AIMS)
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May 02, 2026 |
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(7m 41s) J.Paul's Major Gift Fundraising Guide - 🎉 Let’s Party! 🥳
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Apr 24, 2026 |
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(10m 55s) J.Paul's Major Gift Fundraising Guide - What Faithfulness Looks Like
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Apr 18, 2026 |
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(9m 10s) J.Paul's Major Gift Fundraising Guide - The Weight of Wealth
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Apr 10, 2026 |
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(9m 42s) J.Paul's Major Gift Fundraising Guide - Around The Table
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Mar 26, 2026 |
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(8m 49s) J.Paul's Major Gift Fundraising Guide - The Long Game
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Mar 20, 2026 |
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(10m 4s) J.Paul's Major Gift Fundraising Guide - Don't Let The Dollars Fool You
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Mar 13, 2026 |
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(10m 39s) J.Paul's Major Gift Fundraising Guide - The Invitation
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Feb 20, 2026 |
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(9m 59s) J.Paul's Major Gift Fundraising Guide - Smell Like A Leader
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Feb 12, 2026 |
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(9m 56s) J.Paul's Major Gift Fundraising Guide - Borrowed Anxiety
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Feb 04, 2026 |
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(12m 22s) J.Paul's Major Gift Fundraising Guide - It's Happening Again...
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Jan 29, 2026 |
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(9m 3s) J.Paul's Major Gift Fundraising Guide - What Counts as a Good Week in Major Gift Fundraising?
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Jan 24, 2026 |
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(8m 24s) J.Paul's Major Gift Fundraising Guide - French Toast Delight (D is for Delight)
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Jan 16, 2026 |
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(7m 58s) J.Paul's Major Gift Fundraising Guide - The Work Of Exploration (E is for Exploration)
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Jan 09, 2026 |
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(9m 16s) J.Paul's Major Gift Fundraising Guide - What Trust Is Built On (R is for Resilience)
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Jan 02, 2026 |
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(9m 5s) J.Paul's Major Gift Fundraising Guide - You Don’t Have to Be Perfect (I is for In Process)
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Dec 26, 2025 |
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(9m 35s) J.Paul's Major Gift Fundraising Guide - What Progress Actually Looks Like (P is for Progress)
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Dec 19, 2025 |
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(7m 20s) J.Paul's Major Gift Fundraising Guide - How To Stay Open To What You Didn't Expect (S is for Surprise)
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Dec 13, 2025 |
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(9m 57s) J.Paul's Major Gift Fundraising Guide - When The Bottom Drops Out (N is for Nerve)
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Dec 05, 2025 |
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(7m 42s) J.Paul's Major Gift Fundraising Guide - The Ripples You Might Never See (I is for Impact)
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Nov 29, 2025 |
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(8m 54s) J.Paul's Major Gift Fundraising Guide - INSPIRED - 8 Affirmations to Anchor Your Fundraising Life
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Nov 23, 2025 |
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(9m 59s) J.Paul's Major Gift Fundraising Guide - Will I Still Believe In This 10 Years From Now?
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Nov 14, 2025 |
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(11m 22s) J.Paul's Major Gift Fundraising Guide - What Is This Job Doing To Me?
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Nov 06, 2025 |
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(11m 8s) J.Paul's Major Gift Fundraising Guide - Can I Be Fully Myself In This Work?
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Nov 01, 2025 |
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(8m 29s) J.Paul's Major Gift Fundraising Guide - Not That Anyone's Counting (except everyone is))
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Oct 24, 2025 |
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(9m 14s) J.Paul's Major Gift Fundraising Guide - Why Do I Feel Like I'm Begging?
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Oct 16, 2025 |
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(9m 39s) J.Paul's Major Gift Fundraising Guide - Everyday I'm Hustlin'
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Oct 10, 2025 |
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(10m) J.Paul's Major Gift Fundraising Guide - Asking Up (The Wealth Gap Conundrum)
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Oct 03, 2025 |
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(9m 57s) J.Paul's Major Gift Fundraising Guide - What If They Say No?
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Sep 27, 2025 |
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(7m 4s) J.Paul's Major Gift Fundraising Guide - Introduction to 👻Spooky Season for Major Gift Fundraisers
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Sep 19, 2025 |
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(8m 14s) - J.Paul's Major Gift Fundraising Guide - Strength For The Descent
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Sep 12, 2025 |
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(8m 14s) - J.Paul's Major Gift Fundraising Guide - When You're Running Out Of Daylight
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Sep 04, 2025 |
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(11m 20s) - J.Paul's Major Gift Fundraising Guide - Don't Burn All Your Oxygen
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Aug 29, 2025 |
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(13m 55s) J.Paul's Major Gift Fundraising Guide - Read The Mountain
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Aug 22, 2025 |
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(9m 40s) J.Paul's Major Gift Fundraising Guide - Tell Me Again... How Did That Ask Happen? (Read by J.Paul)
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Aug 16, 2025 |
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(9m 3s) J.Paul's Major Gift Fundraising Guide - 🥪A Delicious [tax] Sandwich (Read by J.Paul)
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Aug 09, 2025 |
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(10m 20s) J.Paul's Major Gift Fundraising Guide - Crypto For Charities (Read by J.Paul)
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Aug 01, 2025 |
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(11m 11s) J.Paul's Major Gift Fundraising Guide - 🕯️The Candle In The Next Room (Read by J.Paul)
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Jul 26, 2025 |
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(12m 29s) J.Paul's Major Gift Fundraising Guide - The Story Before The Trailhead (Read by J.Paul)
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Jul 19, 2025 |
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(8m 11s) J.Paul's Major Gift Fundraising Guide - How Your Style Shapes Your Systems... and vice versa (Read by J.Paul)
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Jul 11, 2025 |
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(7m 25s) J.Paul's Major Gift Fundraising Guide - What's Your Messaging Approach? (Read by J.Paul)
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Jul 03, 2025 |
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(7m 34s) J.Paul's Major Gift Fundraising Guide - What's Your Relationship Rhythm? (Read by J.Paul)
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Jun 28, 2025 |
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(8m 29s) J.Paul's Major Gift Fundraising Guide - Introducing the Major Gift Fundraising MRI (Read by J.Paul)
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Jun 20, 2025 |
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(9m 15s) J.Paul's Major Gift Fundraising Guide - It's A Dang Slow Burn (Read by J.Paul)
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Jun 13, 2025 |
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(12m 24s) J.Paul's Major Gift Fundraising Guide - You're Allowed To Use Video (Read by J.Paul)
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Jun 06, 2025 |
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(10m 28s) J.Paul's Major Gift Fundraising Guide - Keep Showing Up (Read by J.Paul)
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May 29, 2025 |
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(10m 9s) J.Paul's Major Gift Fundraising Guide - Teach, Don't Pitch (Read by J.Paul)
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May 22, 2025 |
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(12m 43s) J.Paul's Major Gift Fundraising Guide - You Already Have A Content Plan. Here’s How To Use It. (Read by J.Paul)
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May 15, 2025 |
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(9m 41s) J.Paul's Major Gift Fundraising Guide - What We Can Learn From Toilet Tanks and Flytraps (Read by J.Paul)
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May 08, 2025 |
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(11m 36s) J.Paul's Major Gift Fundraising Guide - The Myth Of Donor Fatigue - Guest post by the awesome Michael Mitchell! (Read by J.Paul)
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May 01, 2025 |
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(7m 38s) J.Paul's Major Gift Fundraising Guide - The Stakes Are High (Read by J.Paul)
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Apr 26, 2025 |
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(11m 3s) J.Paul's Major Gift Fundraising Guide - 🤫Shhhh… Don’t Tell Anyone (Read by J.Paul)
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Apr 19, 2025 |
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(9m 3s) J.Paul's Major Gift Fundraising Guide - Rethinking Your Fundraising Org Chart (Read by J.Paul)
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Apr 11, 2025 |
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(9m 15s) J.Paul's Major Gift Fundraising Guide - What's So Magical About Pat Kraft's Fundraising (Read by J.Paul)
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Apr 05, 2025 |
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(9m 32s) J.Paul's Major Gift Fundraising Guide - Plot Twist - The Secret to Doing Well on LinkedIn (Read by J.Paul)
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Mar 28, 2025 |
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(9m 49s) J.Paul's Major Gift Fundraising Guide - What I Missed In Last Week's Guide (Read by J.Paul)
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Mar 22, 2025 |
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(9m 18s) J.Paul's Major Gift Fundraising Guide - Ditch Those (fundraising) Targets (Read by J.Paul)
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Mar 15, 2025 |
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(7m 6s) J.Paul's Major Gift Fundraising Guide - Spring Has Sprung! (Read by J.Paul)
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Mar 08, 2025 |
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(8m 56s) J.Paul's Major Gift Fundraising Guide - A (secret) Superpower of Great Fundraisers (Read by J.Paul)
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Mar 02, 2025 |
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(10m 47s) J.Paul's Major Gift Fundraising Guide - This Job Description Didn’t Make Me Scream Into a Pillow (Read by J.Paul)
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Feb 22, 2025 |
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(9m 22s) J.Paul's Major Gift Fundraising Guide - The Lost Planet of Development Plans - Stop drifting and start taking action... (Read by J.Paul)
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Feb 14, 2025 |
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(13m 9s) J.Paul's Major Gift Fundraising Guide - Get Those Reps In! It's time to climb mountains... (Read by J.Paul)
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Feb 08, 2025 |
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(8m 2s) J.Paul's Major Gift Fundraising Guide - The Candy Crush Conundrum... Are you needing to get unstuck? (Read by J.Paul)
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Feb 01, 2025 |
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(10m 52s) J.Paul's Major Gift Fundraising Guide - Welcome to Zero! ...Why are we never satisfied? (Read by J.Paul)
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Jan 24, 2025 |
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(11m 2s) J.Paul's Major Gift Fundraising Guide - From Cha-Ching! to Changemakers... 5 insights gleaned from my first mentor (Read by J.Paul)
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Jan 18, 2025 |
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(8m 56s) J.Paul's Major Gift Fundraising Guide - You've got to know when to hold'em... Know when to fold'em... (Read by J.Paul)
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Jan 10, 2025 |
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(8m 48s) Breakthru Blog from 11 January 2025 - Stop Whining and Start Leading - 5 ways board members can inspire action (Read by J.Paul)
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Jan 03, 2025 |
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(6m 52s) Breakthru Blog from 14 December 2024 - Hello, and Wow! Questions that spark magic when meeting new people (read by J.Paul)
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Dec 07, 2024 |
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(9m 9s) Breakthru Blog from 7 December 2024 - ¡The Three Financiadors! With guest author Jameson Tomlin (Read by J.Paul)
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Dec 02, 2024 |
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(9m 40s) Breakthru Blog from 23 November 2024 - If I Had A Dollar For Every Silver Bullet... I'd be a major gift prospect (Read by J.Paul)
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Nov 16, 2024 |
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(10m 55s) Breakthru Blog from 16 November 2024 - So, You're 90 Days In... How's it going? (Read by J.Paul)
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Nov 15, 2024 |
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(10m 13s) Breakthru Blog from 2 November 2024 - ZOOM OUT!... Keep strategy myopia at bay (Read by J.Paul)
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Oct 26, 2024 |
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(8m 8s) Breakthru Blog from 26 October 2024 - 🤔Think Like a Giver👐... Raise funds like a pro (Read by J.Paul)
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Oct 19, 2024 |
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(10m 7s) Breakthru Blog from 19 October 2024 - Smash That Like Button👍...some sneaky truths about growing your following (read by J.Paul)
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Oct 15, 2024 |
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(9m 35s) Breakthru Blog from 12 October 2024 - Road Work Ahead... Do we go around it or through it? (Read by J.Paul)
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Oct 08, 2024 |
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(11m 35s) Breakthru Blog from 21 September 2024 - Knock Knock [not a joke] (Read by J.Paul)
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Sep 15, 2024 |
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(5m 6s) Breakthru Blog from 14 September 2024 - 2024 Fourth Quarter Playbook... What plays should you be calling? (Read by J.Paul)
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Sep 07, 2024 |
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(9m 7s) Breakthru Blog from 7 September 2024 - I See Hidden Metrics... What's your sixth sense? (Read by J.Paul)
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Aug 31, 2024 |
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(9m 21s) Breakthru Blog from 31 August 2024 - Next Stop: Procrastination Station... How 'bout we stay on the train? (read by J.Paul)
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Aug 24, 2024 |
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(8m 11s) Breakthru Blog from 24 August 2024 - Celebrate Good Times! Don't forget to raise your glass... (Read by J.Paul)
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Aug 17, 2024 |
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(11m 6s) Breakthru Blog from 17 August 2024 - These ARE The Droids You're Looking For... Do you have an AI tech stack? (Read by J.Paul)
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Aug 10, 2024 |
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(9m) Breakthru Blog from 3 August 2024 - What's Your Giving Avatar? And are you paying attention to others? (Read by J.Paul)
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Aug 03, 2024 |
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(6m 8s) Breakthru Blog from 25 May 2024 - The Benefits of JOG[ing]... far beyond your physical health (Read by J.Paul)
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May 18, 2024 |
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(11m 50s) Breakthru Blog from 18 May 2024 - Time for a JOG... You won't need your running shoes (Read by J.Paul)
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May 11, 2024 |
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(9m 17s) Breakthru Blog from 11 May 2024 - CHAULK Talk... Six Meditations to Consider (Read by J.Paul)
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May 05, 2024 |
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BONUS Episode - 10 Minute Guided Meditation with J.Paul
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May 05, 2024 |
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(14m 27s) Breakthru Blog from 4 May 2024 - Everything is (NOT) Awesome (Read by J.Paul)
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Apr 27, 2024 |
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(10m 32s) Breakthru Blog from 27 April 2024 - Are You Seeing Around The Next Corner? (Read by J.Paul)
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Apr 20, 2024 |
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(7m 16s) Breakthru Blog from 20 April 2024 - HA! AI Can't Compete (Read by J.Paul)
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Apr 14, 2024 |
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(6m 21s) Breakthru Blog from 13 April 2024 - Keepin' It Real...You Got Questions? Ask Away! (Read by J.Paul)
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Apr 06, 2024 |
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(6m 46s) Breakthru Blog from 6 April 2024 - Do As I Say...AND As I Do (Read by J.Paul)
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Mar 30, 2024 |
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(9m 54s) Breakthru Blog from 30 March 2024 - Am I Scaring People? (Read by J.Paul)
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Mar 26, 2024 |
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(7m 16s) Breakthru Blog from 23 March 2024 - Keep It Secret. Keep It Safe. (Read by J.Paul)
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Mar 23, 2024 |
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(6m 18s) Breakthru Newsletter from 16 March 2024 - How Should I Ask of Thee? (Extrovert Edition - read by J.Paul)
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Mar 16, 2024 |
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(6m 37s) Breakthru Newsletter from 9 March 2024 - How Should I Ask of Thee? (Introvert Edition - read by J.Paul)
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Mar 10, 2024 |