In Top Form Podcast

Join hosts Somnath Sikdar and David M Frees for the sixth and final episode of "Understanding the Client Patient Customer Life Cycle":How to trigger a client to go from a buyer to an advocate, referring and/or repurchasing.

Join hosts Somnath Sikdar and David M Frees for the fifth episode of a five part series:Education as a driver of consumption to improve retention.

Join hosts Somnath Sikdar and David M Frees for the fourth episode of a five part series: The Customer Journey: Purchase and Up-sell.

Join hosts Somnath Sikdar and David M Frees for the third episode of a five part series: Building Client and Customer Trust Through Indoctrination.

Join hosts Somnath Sikdar and David M Frees for the second episode of a five part series: Using Education to Build Rapport and Trust with Clients and Customers.

Join hosts Somnath Sikdar and David M Frees for the first part of a five part series on understanding the client customer life cycle. 

Join hosts Somnath Sikdar and David M Frees for the first episode of a five part series: Building Attention and Awareness, Understanding the Client Customer Life Cycle. 

Meetings (in organizations, businesses or even in professional practices and families) are a powerful tool to clarify goals, determine a course of action, and to implement and monitor implementation.  They are, however, widely misunderstood, misused, and are incredible opportunities squandered. Like anyone who’s been in business for more than a few weeks, you’ve almost certainly experienced the pain and frustration of poorly run meetings. In fact, I’ve been in and run more than my fair share of disappointment or ineffective meetings. But, through time, and by paying attention to what really works (and what’s supported by real data and experience) I’ve become better.   So, I’ll share a few of the best practices, strategies and tactics so that you can skip the long trial and error phase and go right to getting the most out of meetings in every possible dimension ranging from better morale, to faster and better implementation, to higher levels of profit, and client, customer and patient satisfaction and ultimate

Join Our Hosts Dave and Somnath Sikdar as we discuss: How to get more and better referrals, even when you don't like to ask.  Why do you want and need referrals? Every business or professional practice thrives when it gets referrals from existing clients, customers, and patients. Why? They come to you with a higher level of trust inherited from the fact that you were “referred.” That trust means that the sale and transaction costs less and is on a faster track.   Clients who are referred are 25- 50% more likely to engage and but and are, when treated right, also more likely to refer. Referral is so powerful and valuable, that it cannot be ignored but many businesses and professionals are dubious and are often afraid to ask for referral. So, we have put together a number of ways to trigger referral even when you hate to ask. Better yet, when you take a few hours to carefully get to know your very best clients, customers and patients, you’ll also be building a resource of knowing specifically who your existing

Join hosts Somnath Sikdar and David M Frees at Fines Herbes Malvern with Producer Leslie as we learn about how to prep your garden to be In Top Form all season long.      Producer Leslie discusses what seeds to start when, what cuttings to do now, and how to prep your garden beds to have the best growing season yet.

Join our special guest host Pat Flynn as he takes Over In Top Form to discuss how to achieve human flourishing!

 Join hosts Somnath Sikdar and David M Frees at Dragon Gym Exton with Exton Yoga owner Shannon Marie Audet as we learn how yoga and mindfulness can boost performance, promote well being, and enhance your relationships.

Join our Hosts Somnath Sikdar, David Frees, and special regular guest Pat Flynn, as they discuss Strength vs Speed In Business and in Training.

Join our hosts Dave and Somnath Sikdar, guest star Robin Frees, Producers Leslie Must Drinkwater and Nikolas Diener, and our new intern as we discuss Organic Foods What Really Matters, Thinking in a New Way.

Today we look back over the last few years of the show and select some of the best tools, techniques, strategies and tactics for getting more out of your business, professional and personal life in the areas of profit, marketing, fitness, health, communications and negotiating skills, goal setting, systems, and more. Some principles and techniques apply across business and life.  Since it’s New Year’s Eve let’s start with goal setting and systems. Goals vs. Resolutions and Goals vs. Systems Goals and Goal Setting: Better Ways of Creating goals – Common: I want X result Better: I want X result by Y date Better Yet: I will do the following to achieve X (Measurable result) by Y Date Superior: What systems and actions can I create/do to achieve X [measurable goal or more/better] by Y [specific time frame OR SOONER] Systems vs. Goals Frameworks for organizing/optimizing Information You Use Meta Level Principles – These are built upon natural laws.  They are the most important drivers of your thinking and behavior

2 Broad Categories Questions You Ask Yourself Questions You Ask Others Beneath each are two subcategories – questions we ask about our businesses and questions about our personal lives. And, within each category there are questions we ask for particular purposes: to ignite or stimulate creativity, to calm or motivate certain behaviors, to help us to achieve goals and desired results and outcomes, to improve our performance or the performance of others…and on and on. Both basic types of questions are important because they shape the answers you’ll get, frame the experience you’ll have, as well as the sense and expectation of the future. This is also true about how you help others to frame their experiences and to enjoy more out of life. Asking better questions is a fundamental skill that has the power to make everything better. When you ask better questions it can be more motivating to yourself and other, you can trigger higher and better levels of creativity, it can help you to manage physiological reaction

Join our large group of hosts Dave Frees, Somnath Sikdar, Alex Frees, Pat Flynn, and Aleks Salkin as they discuss Discovering the business version of Night vision goggles: using real world, field tested force multipliers in your business, professional practice, and live.  

Join Dr. Dave Weiman & Dave David Frees as they reveal the secrets to being more powerful, persuasive and influential in business and life. They review the skills in Dave Frees' book The Language of Parenting as well as everything that they've learned and mastered since. Discover how to use this information in your personal life, in negotiations, and in every aspect of your business, professional practice and marketing. Resources: www.successtechnologies.com/blog The Language of Parenting http://amzn.to/2iJQZeg   The Mind Set and Meta Strategies Of Great Persuaders and Influential People: Highly Flexible Words Don’t Mean The Same Thing Self Aware High Sensory Acuity Can Be Learned and Mastered Use Multiple Perspectives Out Come Oriented with Openness To Change Emotionally in control/reframing expert The Tactics and Techniques Of Persuasion and Influence: Tone, speed, expression Use Their Language The last 3 words Parrot Phrasing NOT Paraphrasing Embedded Commands Tag Questions Are Good Aren’t They? Ziegar

Join Our Hosts Dave, Somnath Sikdar, producers Leslie Must Drinkwater and Nikolas Diener and our new intern as we discuss: Cocktails the Lost Art and Science for Relaxation and Entertaining.    

Have you ever wondered why you don’t get to see friends more often?  And, when you do get together is it awesome?  Does it fill you with energy?  Do you have a great time and recharge? Do you see more of what really matters and a bit more clearly? Our friendships matter but in the modern world we’re busier than ever and we often sacrifice getting together. And let’s face it, entertaining is hard and stressful so we often default to a sports bar or other less than perfect location for catching up and finding out about one another again. Ages ago, in the 50’s, 60’s and 70’s they had an institution to deal with this – the pot luck lunch of dinner.  Everyone made something so it was easy on the host (and the host often rotated but someone can be a “permanent host”). A few people brought a salad and someone brought a side or two.  A person or a couple of people brought a main dish and another a dessert (or two).  The host made something as well and often provided drinks (as well as the quiet relaxed venue of a hom